District, give you a 75 lets get a faith district, give you 75 africanamericans, and what it did was remove africanamericans from surrounding districts so that democrats would have no chance that would be no coalitions possible. You have to do we will different types of gerrymandering, one was racial gerrymandering, primarily in the south, which republicans play to their advantage, and the second was in the north and the midwest, which was raw political power to draw as many districts as we can. The problem is that can change. Every 10 years there is a new senses, new redistricting, and who is to say the democrats cannot control posted the next time around and use gerrymandering against the republicans . What we suggested is lets have Bipartisan Commissions in every state where you get together. Right now, there are five states where you do that and those states, those districts are more competitive. Arizona, california, iowa, new jersey washington, you have more competitive seats this
World to continue stepping up with resources that are required so we simply do not stop this disease, we do more to prevent future epidemics. Much of our discussion focused on the continuing threat of terrorism. In the wake of the vicious attacks in paris as well as the new surfacing out of belgium today we continue to stand unequivocally not only with our french friends and allies, but with also all of our partners who are dealing with this scourge. I know david joins me when i say we will continue to do everything we can in our power to help france seek the justice that is needed, and all our countries are working together seamlessly to prevent attacks and defeat these terrorist networks. With our combat mission in afghanistan over, we are focused with our nato allies on assisting and equipping Afghan Forces to secure their own country and deny al qaeda any safe haven there. And we will continue to count on Great Britain as one of our strongest counterterrorism partners. We are syste
Administration, the president and the congress. So we do a number of things and i think its unfortunate that we suggest otherwise. In terms of accountabilrty, we absolutely know where were spending the money, down to a great deal of detail. You may not like the results that you see. Thats a fair point. And there are priorities set. I mean, i will give you a current example. We have backed much on Ground Forces over the last few years than we have any others. That was a painful decision, i can assure you, within the department of defense, but it was one consciously made based on a strategy that we felt in the aftermath of iraq and afghanistan we could afford smaller Ground Forces and still cutting but not as much the naval and air force. So i think alice is right, we can do better, but it is not as if we are just taking this money and sort of randomly spending it wherever we want and its not the case that theres no effect. Its easy if you mischaracterize someone. Thats not what im sayin
To take back military intervention. Also ahead now that i know the finish is near, i can finally have a hot shower and warm bath. The winner of the yukon arctic ultra marathon. First ukraines president says troops have pulled out of the eastern town of debaltseve in what he described as a planned and peaceful way. They were surrounded by prorussian rebels. Fighting in the town continued despite a ceasefire. Debaltseves become a key prize for the prorussian separatists. Its at the intersection of two major highways that link separatist territories in the east. Its rail hub is also important for delivering coal supplies. Loss of the town represents a serious defeat for ukrainian troops. I dont know, our commanders didnt tell us whether its a retreat or rotation. They told us that change our position because our unit had been there quite a long time and we had quite a lot of losses, so they took the position that we should leave our position. The press kept away, so al jazeeras paul brenn
This is Al Jazeera America live from new york city. Im john henry smith. Thousands are fleeing their homes in into eastern iraq after ramadi has fallen under isil control. Some 8,000 have been forced to leave. Secretary of state john kerry spoke about isil during his trip to south korea. He said the group and others that he calls daesh are growing stronger in the region, and as such the Iraqi Government has no time to waste. Particularly in anbar where you dont yet have the presence of the Iraqi Security forces in the full numbers necessary to take the fight to dash everywhere yet i underscore yet. There are targets of opportunity like ramadi or somewhere elsewhere dash has the ability to inflict great damage. The head of u. S. Central command met with iraqs defense minister in baghdad today, and thousands have arrived to kick start the fight. They were caught in the cross fire and now they have no place to go. According to the International Organization for migration 8,000 people were