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Parts of. governing coalitions at the national level. after the end of the cold war right wing populist and far right parties played very little role in europe only reaching the 10 percent threshold in a few countries at the turn of the millennium. but in 2019 far right parties have become a force to be reckoned with in some countries theyve even been part of the government . a similar development took place after the 1st world war which had led to the emergence of a number of democracies in eur...

Whistleblower act legal team and harmeet dhillon. what does your experience tell you about this kind of case? >> in these types of situations there is a very high threshold, evidentiary burden imposed on the information outlined in the whistleblower complaint. ive seen the same anonymous sources leaking classified information that the justices based on hearsay and gossiping they dont have any details. unit who hasnt leaked? the whistleblower who went through the proper procedures, submitted this...

Kind of case? >> so in these types of situations, there is a very high threshold, evidentiary burden imposed upon the information outlined in this type of whistle-blower complaint. ive seen these same anonymous sources leasing to leaking classified information to suggest this is based on hearsay and gossip and that they dont really have any real details. you know hasnt leaked? the whistle-blower who went through the proper procedures, submitted this to the president trump-appointed inspector gen...

Covered by it. hes going to win if they go to court. the statute only places under the jurisdiction and it makes sense, i people who work in the intelligence community. president trump doesntt workin. the intelligence community works for president trump. there is no way that his communication with foreign leaders could ever fall under the jurisdiction of the ig so this just shows again how willing, i think, president trumps critics are to throw oul order. >> laura: but why did the dni allow this...

The whistle-blower statute, president trump clearly is not brought by it. hes gonna win if they go to court. the statute only places under the jurisdiction and it makes sense, people who work in the intelligence community. president trump doesnt work there. the intelligence community works for president trump. there is no way that his communication with foreign leaders could ever fall under the jurisdiction of the ig so this just shows again how willing president trumps critics are to throw out ...

We do get because by law it has to be turned over to the intelligence committee at this point. and i think what were going to see is what the whistle-blower was so concerned about. we know the icig thought it was concerning and met the threshold for turning it over to congress. and we its been withheld to this point by the director of national intelligence. that must be turned over and im glad the president realizes it at this point. and well see the details of it. what we know now the president...

More candidates to make the stage. tom steyer who didnt make the september debate in the days after the september debate did hit the threshold so he is qualified. so youll have ten plus tom steyer for the next debate. also tulsi gabbard the congresswoman from hawaii has not qualified but you still have a week to get into this october debate. she needs one more poll in the next week where she hits 2%. if she can get that in the next week she would join tom steyer and join these ten other candidat...

I think i am going to get a nobel prize for a lot of things, if they give it out fairly, which they dont. if they gave one, they gave one to obama, immediately upon his ascent to the presidency, and he had no idea what he got it. and you know what? that was the only thing i agreed with him on. >> thats true, you can get it for science, you can get it for peace, economics, literature, well see. still ahead, democratic calls for impeaching the president are ramping up after a report of president...

Ive been noticing really interesting reactions to this unfolding story about donald trump pressuring a foreign country, ukraine toshlgs help his election in 2020 by investigating one of his rivals. those reactions are coming from the senate, which has by and large stayed mum about the issue of impeachment. it doesnt originate in their house. what is impeachment for if not for this. senator murphy tweeted, quote, if he demanded a foreign government to do his political bidding, thats when he cross...

What is impeachment for if not for this. senator murphy tweeted, quote, if he demanded a foreign government to do his political bidding, thats when he crossed the critical threshold. no need to overthink this. and then theres senator elizabeth warren running for president who is already on the record supporting impeachment, sending a message directly to house speaker nancy pelosi tweeting after the mueller report congress had a duty. by failing to act, congress is complicit in trumps latest atte...