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Things appear to be mostly calm on monday after security and police forces around the country dispersed protesting crowds using various means. some using more violent means than others as you just mentioned in the case of shanghai. but it is extraordinary to see not only how widespread those protests were, but also in terms of demands from some protesters. as you mentioned to that point even the most vehement opponents of the zero covid policy had really been dancing around the issue in this country in terms of the policy itself. they blamed local enforcement, blamed incompetent, overzealous local officials but not pointing a finger at the ultimate decision-maker in this one-party system. but that all changed on the streets of shanghai on saturday night when those protesters really chanting slogans directly challenging the legitimacy of its ruling party and its strong man leader. that probably explains why they received some of the harshest treatment in the hands of the police authorit ....
Were but also demands from some protesters as you played out some of the sounds because up to that point on saturday night in shanghai, even the most vehement opponents had been dancing around the issue of who is ultimately to blame for this growing disaster. and the devastating consequences from this policy. most people still had been saying, oh, it was the incompetent overzealous local officials. but those protesters in shanghai chanting slogans the strong man leader and ruling party basically saying the system was the problem, and that may explain why they were received some of the harshest treatment in the hands of police authorities. but the biggest fear, obviously, from the authority s point of view is this kind of message inspiring others across the country. but that s exactly what we have seen ever since with people, as you mentioned, in beijing but also in other cities in china as ....
Becoming so clear, it became clear in the last two weeks here, fareed, we may be seeing in joe biden the last pro-israel democratic president of the united states. if you look where the rising left in that party is today. and therefore, i think you will see a stronger move toward building more separation and creating a much stronger autonomy and preserving the possibility for a two-state solution. that is the most we could hope for right now but that is a possibility with this new coalition. tom freedman, you re always to insightful on this. thank you. thanks, fareed. next on gps , we ll dig into the bizarre story of belarus forcing a passenger plane down and then arresting a passenger who was a thorn in the side of the country s strong man leader. ....
The west bank. but i do think we re in a phase where the dangers to israel of becoming apartheid state, are becoming so clear, it became clear in the last two weeks here. fareed, we may be seeing in joe biden the last pro-israel democratic president of the united states if you look where the rising left in that party is today. and, therefore, i think you will see a stronger move toward building more separation and creating a much stronger autonomy and preserving the possibility for a two-state solution. that is the most we could hope for right now, but that is a possibility with this new coalition. tom freedman, you re always so insightful on this. thank you. thanks, fareed. next on gps, we ll dig into the bizarre story of belarus forcing a passenger plane down and then arresting a passenger who was a thorn in the side of the country s strong man leader. go where everybody knows your name ....
Fulcrum of history, you are the chair of the judiciary committee in 2019 in a year when very important things, in matters of the greatest constitutional and historical import can come from your committee. how are you thinking about your role right now? i m thinking about my role that i have a job to do and that job is to protect the rule of law, to vindicate the rule of law and to protect the united states insofar as we can against the anti-democratic impulses of trump and his administration. we see this anti-democratic movement in many places around the world, and the president s allied himself with tyrants in other places. we have to make sure that democratic processes work here, that the rule of law is paramount, that no one is above the law and that is what we re going to do. congressman jerry nadler, incoming chair of the judiciary committee, thank you for being here. thank you. ahead, how turkey s strong man leader muscled donald trump into leaving syria, the incredible s ....