for the second round. it means that in just three weeks there will be more elections, this time for the national parliament with macron gambling the national rally won t pull off a double, but how can he be sure? for the national rally leader marine le pen and her young colleague early elections offer a tantalising glimpse of the possibilities of power. but if they are to repeat their triumph at the europeans, they need to convince the public they are a party of government. translation: we are ready to be empowered if the french - people give us the support in the forthcoming legislative election. we are ready to turn the country around, ready to defend the interests of the french people, ready to put an end to mass immigration, in short we are ready to turn the country around, ready to bring it back to life. this morning president macron was paying respects to french victims of the second world war, blithely confident as ever so he seems, but his rule is at a turning point
Midday. Im lucas casey. Lucas our top story. Another fazzino trial. With two people already taking the stand lucas dozen people have taken the Winneshiek County courtroom. Witnesses shed what happened fazzino was found dead inside her familys home her husband, alexander is now on trial for her death. Among those testifying, emilys friend who was also the family nanny. She described a rocky relationship between emilys addiction and alexander fazzinos controlling nature. I asked emily two questions, one if she was afraid of alex whatd she say . Yes. Then i asked her a second, i asked if she thought alex would harm or even kill her. She nodded her head yes. And today, more testimony in the courtroom. Emilys sister ammie brighton and her husband Jeff Brighton both took the stand, making their accounts of the week leading up to emilys death. Ammie saying she did not think her sister had a problem with Prescription Drug abuse. Did you go after her whenever she left. Yes. I kissed her. Where
We never slowed down. Schools and businesses went virtualand we powered a new reality because at media, we are built to keep you ahead. Media, along with these Television Companies supports cspan2 as a public service. Good evening. Im director of georgetowns undergraduate program and in my other life a columnist for the los angeles times. Weredelighted this evening to welcome you to one of our occasional panels. A professional journalist and all its challenges and its glories. Our topic this evening is women on the war. Testimonies and reflections from women who have distinguished themselves as workforce vepundits from vietnam until the present day. I want to extend a special welcome to our colleagues students and faculty from George Washington university and the university of maryland who have joined us as well as the rest of you in the audience including many distinguished former war correspondent. And who we believe is imprisoned there today. We urge the Syrian Government to take ac
You can send us a tweet or give us a call. You can send us a tweet or join us on facebook. Com. This morning from inside the New York Times, and other look back at what happened thursday, essentially setting up the debate that that will come front and center on monday. She makes this point Sarah Wheaton has a q a on a book focusing on the dodd frank legislation. You can read it online at nytimes. Com. Nytimes. Com. T one of the questions from Sarah Wheaton, her take away from the book, is there something fundamentally broken about washington . His results were the 2010 elections says Robert Kaiser wiped out the majority in the house. We obviously have a gridlock again. On the issue of changing the Senate Filibuster rule, which the senate is taking up this week, the socalled Nuclear Option as it has been coined over the last couple of months, here is more from orin hatch of utah from a what he has to say about that possibility , this isas you can see a real mess. Thes not a good mess ar
Supreme Court Reporter ariana devoe and ron brownstein. Can you first explain how the other justices will move forward until a replacement is appointed and confirmed. Well, since there are only eight justices on the court, there could be some cases coming up that are equally divided, 44. What that means is in this case, in this term where were hearing major cases, there could be uncertainty. The cases involve abortion, affirmative action. The president s programs on immigration, all of those are in play. And if the court ends up being evenly undecided, theres going to be uncertainty. The justices could hold off and not put down a decision right away but then the question is when they will get to these cases and when will they have nine justices on the Supreme Court. And of course, you know, its going to be difficult to see whether they will continue on or wait. Youve heard Mitch Mcconnell who says he doesnt think the president should even nominate. Dont even start the process. But the