Are going to attack this idea of the nomination on the basis that it could well jeopardize the Affordable Health care act shes making the point that the Supreme Court on november the 10th will hear a case which is called texas against california which is a vote of protecting preexisting conditions she says that if there is a conservative majority on the court particularly with someone like amy expressed concern about the Affordable Health care act or obamacare as it became widely known that then that thing is at risk and shes hoping that that might ple into Public Opinion outside the chamber russias foreign minister has indicated that turkey will not be involved in peace talks over the disputed region of nagano color back as a by john has proposed its ally turkey be involved in discussions armenia and azerbaijan are accusing each other of violating a humanitarian cease fire. Funerals have been held in the us a by Johnny Village of here for the victims of sundays attacks on the city of
Studies. Welcome to our viewers online. My name is jacob kurtzer, im the acting director of the humanitarian agenda here, a project that we seek to leverage the expertise of our scholars and programs to offer policy solutions to humanitarian problems in the world today. I would like to direct everyones attention to our emergency exits, its part of our safety and security plan, and encourage you also to take this opportunity to turn your phones to mute. I want to acknowledge before we begin the partnership that our program has with the agency for International Development office of foreign Disaster Assistance, whose support allows us to put on event, such as todays discussion. We have a short time today so ill be brief. All of us here today are keenly aware of the immense human suffering taking place in idlib and across syria right now. Families and individuals have been forced into multiple displacements, with targeted attacks ongoing on innocent civilians and on hospitals and clinics
In the interest of time and because we are on air at cspan, we should get moving. Ill be giving opening remarks. Well get started on some of our opening remarks, and then swiftly alex will be here and well start the moderator discussion. First of all, as i say, welcome to the middle east institute. Thank you ever so much for joining us for this extremely important event. As someone whos work on syria and particularly on idlib nan stop for the last nine years, i can safely say that events like this kopt come as a more important time. Im also not aware of any other events like this one happening in washington these days. So im extremely glad its taking place. The humanitarian crisis thats developed in northwestern syria in recent months is entirely unprecedented. Not just after nine years of war in syria, but in this whole worlds modern history. And yet despite the sheer enormity of the crisis, the world has yet to do much more than issue public statements of concern. Im going to keep my
The panel covers sanctions against venezuela, russian involvement, and the future of democracy there. Posted by the interamerican dialogue, this is hosted by the interamerican dialogue, this is 90 minutes. [indistinct conversations] good afternoon, everybody. Good afternoon. I am michael shifter, the president of interamerican dialogue, and i want to welcome everybody here and thank you for coming. Week ago today, juan guaido returned to venezuela after an International Trip where he shored up support from europe, canada, and the United States, first in miami, then in washington, d. C. He met with the president , speaker of the house, state of the union, he received a standing ovation, and showed us all that bipartisanship is still actually possible. But the future is far from certain. The president of the National Assembly was recognized as interim president by some 60 governments. The maduro regime seems entrenched. The unprecedented humanitarian crisis persists, and guaido faces tou
Test captions Copyright National cable satellite corp. 2008 we understand this year is an election, but i think its clear for the International Community and you have to be clear for all the venezuelans and i think 80 of the venezuelas have the same understanding we have, the only way out of this situation is a fair and free president ial election. If they want to achieve a transition going to a joint election, National Assembly, and president ial election, more than welcome if we have new Justice System and all the conditions because we understand and we really know that the moment the venezuelans are able to vote, the day we have a real election is the last day of maduro and the gang in the power. In the moment venezuelans are able to decide not only in the country, because thats another thing important. Now were almost 5 Million People outside of the country. 5 Million People. With rights, political rights, that right now doesnt have any chance to be part of an election. That kind o