a media witness campaign. just the last few days, brussels, istanbul, the ivory coast, and yet i.s.i.l. s brutal reach also extends deep into our shared history as it seeks to destroy the future of some countries and the past of others. for nearly 3,000 years, they stood watch. sentinels of one of the world s first great empires. he s enormous. he s 16 feet tall. he weighs 40 tons. 4-0 tons, carved out of this kind of jim is u gypsum rock. the lamasu, guardians of syria. the wisdom of man, and the eagle and the bull all in one. a mystical protector. the powers of syria every gateway would be flanked by two of these magnificent magical beings who would protect everyone entering that palace from any kind of evil. gil stein is director of the university of chicago s oriental institute, where the lamasu is a be showcase of the syrian empire. we have these beautiful pieces that the iraqi government allowed us to bring back and then the remainder of it is either in the
spectacles made more visible by a media witness campaign. just the last few days, brussels, istanbul, the ivory coast, and yet i.s.i.l. s brutal reach also extends deep into our shared history as it seeks to destroy the future of some countries and the past of others. for nearly 3,000 years, they stood watch. sentinels of one of the world s first great empires. he s enormous. he s 16 feet tall. he weighs 40 tons. 4-0 tons, carved out of this kind of jim is u gypsum rock. the lamasu, guardians of syria. the wisdom of man, and the eagle and the bull all in one. a mystical protector. the powers of syria every gateway would be flanked by two of these magnificent magical beings who would protect everyone entering that palace from any kind of evil. gil stein is director of the university of chicago s oriental institute, where the lamasu is a be showcase of the syrian empire. we have these beautiful pieces that the iraqi government allowed us to bring back and then the r
politics, the ongoing wars in the middle east, u.s. empire, and working with the late historian howard zinn and more. in the police boycott of director plus films of speaking out against police brutality. all that and more, coming up. welcome to democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i m amy goodman. doctors without borders has released an internal report on the u.s. bombing of its hospital in kunduz, afghanistan. the airstrike killed at least 30 people, including 13 staff members, 10 patients, and seven unrecognizable victims get to be identified. doctors without borders has said the strike appears to be a war crime. in a report describes patients burning in a beds, medical staff who were decapitated and lost limbs, and staff members shot from the air while they fled the burning building. the report described doctors and other medical staff thing shot while running to reach safety in a different part of the compound. doctors without borders says it provi
rose: and so you began how. being truthful. rose: is it luck at all or is it something else? we were kind of the little engine that could. rose: what s the object lesson here? fight for injustice. rose: tell me the significance of the moment. this was week of kurds launched a new offensive against isis. the republican candidates met for their fourth prime time debate. and myanmar held its first election in 25 years. here are the sights and sounds of the past seven days. the kurds battle isis for sinjar. kurdish forces entered the iraqi city of sinjar from all corrections with the help of coalition airstrikes. egypt looking into whether a baggage scanning machine was broken the day a russian airbus crashed. all indicators are pointing to the fact that this was isis. the lebanese news agencies reports two suicide bombers through bleu themselves up within a few hundred feet of each other. within hours, isis claimed responsibility. rose: cat loania approve
rose: and so you began how. being truthful. rose: is it luck at all or is it something else? we were kind of the little engine that could. rose: what s the object lesson here? fight for injustice. rose: tell me the significance of the moment. this was week of kurds launched a new offensive against isis. the republican candidates met for their fourth prime time debate. and myanmar held its first election in 25 years. here are the sights and sounds of the past seven days. the kurds battle isis for sinjar. kurdish forces entered the iraqi city of sinjar from all corrections with the help of coalition airstrikes. egypt looking into whether a baggage scanning machine was broken the day a russian airbus crashed. all indicators are pointing to the fact that this was isis. the lebanese news agencies reports two suicide bombers through bleu themselves up within a few hundred feet of each other. within hours, isis claimed responsibility. rose: cat loania approve
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the country as it relates to state s sovereignty. these are the reactions by states to federal law and what the states are trying to do about it in some cases. our guests this morning at the table are ilya shapiro of the cato institute. he s a senior fellow for constitutional studies, good morning. good morning. we are also joined by ian millhiser senior constitution policy analyst, appreciate your time. let me try to set this up by reading the beginning part of a politico piece published recently. and the piece says that infuriated by what they see as the long arm of washington reaching into their business, states are increasingly telling the feds keep out. bills that would negate a variety of federal laws have popped up this year in the vast yorte of states with the amount of anti-federal legislation sharply oun the rise during the obama sharply on the rise during the obama administration. mr. millhiser, get us started what kind of laws? guest: you have to go back to
the programs you are watching. call us or e-mail us. join the c-span conversation. like us on facebook, follow us on twitter. here on c-span we take you live to the heritage foundation in washington, d.c. for an assessment of president obama s strategy in iraq. among those participating former national security advisor for george w. bush. we ll hear from other foreign security policy experts this. is the president saying today that the humanitarian crisis is over eliminating the need for a risky u.s. rescue mission. but the dire threat from an advancing islamic army. the president speaking to reporters. he said that the u.s. will work with other governments to provide humanitarian relief wherever we have capabilities. on that issue the new york times reports that worried out the spread of islamist militant extremism saudi arabia donated to a counter terrorism they hope wednesday it will strengthen its ability and set the example for other don nar countries. that s from th
john mills welcome to conflict zone thank you have you finally accepted that the european union is not going to blink when it comes to the deal on the table they finally mean what they said this is the only deal available for the day has not changed substantially since november cyprus and some traffic ations i think we have to accept that that s the only really likely situation i think you could rule out them trying to help the prime minister at the summit by offering a few more clarification zork them or making interpretations i don t think the substance there is going to change in the state so your colleagues in the g.d. european research group fundamentally underestimated the didn t the. well they kept saying it was going to blink i mean we had this return to britain didn t we the e.u. will blink at the eleventh hour but we re not there yet we need to hold our nerve they were never going to blink ever estimated only
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it s a piece for success strategy that make a difference. baking bread on g.w. . this is you don t use line from berlin down to the wire the e.u. says this prepared to offer britain more time for braggs it but the extension fall short of what british prime minister to rescind may was asking brussels for and the e.u. is offer comes with strings attached the british parliament must approve the divorce agreement by next week so is the country hurtling towards a new deal exit. great
to have you along everyone well we begin with a story that s dominating the political agenda here in europe and that is drags it british prime minister theresa may is in brussels on a mission to delay the u.k. s departure from the european union she is scrambling to avoid a no deal of regs that you leaders are meeting in brussels for a summit where they have now said in a draft statement that they would be prepared to hand britain is short break the delay but only until may twenty second that s shorter than