Didnt leave too angry at a Political Class they blame for tuesdays blast that killed dozens and destroyed and damaged many neighborhoods in the lebanese capital the authorities were aware that thousands of tons of highly explosive material was stored at the beirut port for years we have survived the explosion but part of all of us has died to be honest but what can we do i am one of the fortunate ones who can leave and establish myself outside but all these people cannot so what can we do what they did was return to the streets they have been demanding a new leadership for months many were injured in running battles that lasted for hours but this time they say they wont be silenced they want justice and revenge for the victims of the explosion and believe a government led inquiry into the disaster wont hold senior officials accountable. We are not leaving if you go to them or us in this country and you know what the people always pick and we will fight we want revenge and all revenge i
Landmark cases produced in partnership with the National Constitution center. Exploring the human stories and constitutional dramas behind 12 Historic Supreme Court decisions. Mr chief justice. Good evening, welcome to see spencers landmark cases. Tonights case is the New York Times Company Versus the United States, in this 1971 case, the Supreme Court ruled six to three against the knicks this Nixon Administration in a big win for journalism. The decision upheld the New York Times in the Washington Post, which you just saw depicted in this recent movie, the right to project published classified information on the history of the vietnam war over significant objections from the pentagon and the white house. We have to terrific guests at the table tonight, to help us understand how this case unfolded. And what it means for us today in our society. Let me introduce you to flloyd abrams, the bestknown First Amendment lawyer counsel in the New York Times case and he is the attorney in new y
Well i think the very real win for the Afghan Government and the Afghan People will be if we make concrete progress towards peace im sure that the president will be confident that this strength of his hand as he tries to set the conditions for the negotiations will draw a fence in a start to each afghanistan towards peace so yes it will strengthen the president s art there were some people of course who thought that they could get unconditional release of these prisoners and that there would be negotiations starting next week for anybody who thought that this may be a disappointment but we have to have a show of the of the Afghan People broadly speaking at the in favor of negotiations and Peace Process and the afghan president empowered to try to take that for us maybe its maybe its inched us its just towards the taliban to be fairly here at least with what theyve achieved so far this year through negotiations promise of u. S. Withdrawal out of reduction of u. S. Air pressure on their
A primary focus for those discussions we have a tough so today so lets go and dive right a. Big stimulus this week as the g. O. P. Rolled out their new one trillion dollar Coronavirus Relief package bill on monday Senate Majority leader Mitch Mcconnell unveiled that plan dubbed the heels are. We manage Senate Republicans ministration have been consulting over the last few weeks to come up with a realistic proposal. With what we think is an appropriate amount of Additional Debt to be good to the economy at this time. We think it is about a trillion dollars. And weve allocated it in a way that we think makes the most. For the country at this particular time. Already theres a split between Senate Republicans on the bill but next come to go sheesh and what the democrats this is ahead of some looming deadlines all Senate Minority leader Chuck Schumer called the relief package totally inadequate perhaps the most controversial is the unemployment a that runs out on friday and Unemployment Ins
A valued partnered to the u. S. Government working closely with us to ensure the safety of americans and saudis it continues that the department of state is concerned about the alleged activities that led to dr out. In canada any accusations of wrongdoing it says should be addressed through established legal channels the lebanese president michel aoun has dismissed calls for an Internet International investigation and to choose days devastating chemical explosion in the country he says the blast which killed at least 157. 00 people and injured thousands more could have been caused either by negligence or a missile attack 154. 00 people were killed in thousands injured in the blast and its now devastated the lebanese capital work is continuing to clear up the City Residents say there is little help from the state saying a hoarder is in beirut. People here you know they would like to see International Investigators take courts because they have lost faith in the political establishment t