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Legitimacy of this premiership here in thailand theres also concerns. about stability there are 19 different parties within the coalition that doesnt sound exactly like a recipe for stability. if there are already questions being asked here about exactly how long this government can spray you will say you know hes been in charge for 5 years he says if then hand the wheel but other people are pointing to the fact that yes there are 19 different parties whove been culpable together to form this co...

Whole election and sent us this dispatch from bangkok. todays anger on twitter is the culmination of months of frustration among opposition voters here in thailand many of pointing out the irony that the man who took power in a military coup in 2014 is the very same man now charged with returning thailand to civilian rule as one opposition m.p. put it is like making the man who burnt down a temple the abbot of that very same temple the opposition say that victory was stolen by a military determi...

Track to surpass a million there for the year. is it a crisis? >> i saw families, moms and kids, dads and kids, that are struggling. and when we hear the story of earlier this week about, what was it, over 20 children that were locked in a truck for 23 hours, that is a terrible crisis. but what is a tariff going to do to resolve that problem? nothing. >> thats a really important pointing that jacob sobrov did. >> right. >> if tariffs are not the answer, then to get mexico to the table here, to d...

Of the biggest corporations in the world. senator sanders addressing wal-marts share holder meeting this morning calling on a bigger voice for the corporate board and to pay them a $15 minimum wage. >> the issue that we are dealing with today is pretty simple. wal-mart is the largest private employer in america. and yet despite the incredible wealth of its owner, wal-mart pays many of its employees starvation wages. frankly, the american people are sick and tired of subsidizing the greed of some...

Testify. if that means he just keeps pointing to the report that he wrote, the ability for members of congress to ask him specific questions and frame the questions in proper context, i think will work against what the president and mr. barr and so many of those republicans sycophants around him have tried to do, thats to distort whats in the report. that report is a damning document of this presidency. if you listen to president trump, its a christmas card to him. its a holiday card. it looks l...

Its all him. he has been doing it. >> its definitely all him. youre 100% right. >> but its him communicating and hes doing it in a very powerful way. i think the tweets should be reviewed before they go out. i dont agree that they should just be -- but thats his decision to make. its not my decision. the american people knew going into this that he liked to just speak his mind. i think they accept that. i think the polling data shows they accept it. >> why do you keep pointing to the polling dat...

Was and he was called the great communicator but i think the white house itself -- >> hold on. you think donald trump is a better communicator to the american people than ronald reagan? >> theres no question. look what he has done and the legislation he has passed. its all him. he has been doing it. >> its definitely all him. youre 100% right. >> but its him communicating and hes doing it in a very powerful way. i think the tweets should be reviewed before they go out. i dont agree that they sho...

Nationalism he reminds us nationalism is not to be confused with patriotism. pointing to the overlap between extremes, orwell observed a communist and fascist are closer to other. a journalists in -- the admonition that freedom is the freedom to say two plus two make four even when leaders insist the opposite. on all the war on facts, we should recognize our concerns are quaint. today is june 4th. the 30th anniversary of the chinese massacre. there was the power of the press to stop countries fr...

. oh im joined here the big table by barrett becker he is the head of asia programs with the german council on foreign relations good to have you back on the show i want to ask you how responsible is germany in chinas ability to abuse human rights. in its own territory with total impunity. well germany has done a lot in the past to engage in dialogue with china there where rule of law looks between both governments. german has always. maintained to diplomacy that was very tried but very effectiv...

She might well be on the balcony, but its a good excuse and totally excusable, because she would be in london, away from the baby. would they bring the baby, someone else to look after him? she adores him, doesnt want to leave him, doesnt want anyone else to pick him up. wants to sleep with him some pains have been saying. very difficult for a long winded time away from him and maybe shes just not ready for that. >> talking about the royal relationship between the trumps and the rest of the roy ...