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Hello and welcome to crossfire for all Things Considered im Peter Lavelle its an understatement to say america is a very divided country many have even spoken openly about the possibility of civil war what is tearing the country apart what is keeping it together it cannot only be about donald trump what will it take to start a sustained social and political dialogue before its too late. Crosstalk in the political divide im joined by my guest jen kearns in new york she is a g. O. P. Strategist co...

A warm welcome youre watching r. T. International with mean if you are and its great to have you with us now our top story at democrats have labeled fox news nexus an existential threat to the u. S. Describing it as a russian stooge with some on the blue half of washington calling for the cello to register as a Foreign Agent. Voices in the mainstream of the Democratic Party have escalated their calls for the suppression of alternative views specifically about Foreign Policy the target now seems ...

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Pellegrino, dr. Uni libby, ellie newson, and chris dixon, thank you very much for what you have said. [applause] is do a formatdo a little bit different than i usually do because i want to involve you in the discussion. I do not give you a long speech, i will listen i will limit it to three hours. [laughter] sen. Sanders i want to touch on, there are some out there. I want to touch on some of the essential issues and get your thoughts on it. I want to start with the issue of money and politics. ...

Questions on education, health care, and Climate Change. If you run for the president of the United States, it is an expensive proposition. Now is thatight especially since Citizens United , what we have seen is a major corruption of our political process and the concept of meaning oneeting person one vote. We are america here. If we were arguing about an issue, majority wins. Everybody has the same vote. But increasingly in american politics, that is not the case. You have a handful of billiona...

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Thats the energy we know you have. My name is george and im the Program Director of the Commonwealth Club on behalf of all of us i want to welcome you and you for coming down to tonights terrific program with Charles Schwab in conversation with adam. We are very appreciative to have you all here. How many of you are members of the Commonwealth Club . Thank you. If not, this is a great time to join. Theres all kinds of terrific programs coming up, a great building and there is a gentle man at the...

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Living in the country well those are the headlines and thats it for me for now Daniel Hawkins will be taking the latest news from around the world stay with us here on international. Hello and welcome to crossfire where all Things Considered im Peter Lavelle its an understatement to say america is a very divided country many have even spoken openly about the possibility of civil war what is scaring the country apart what is keeping it together it cannot only be about donald trump what will it ta...

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