Voters here in the United States welcome to World News America On Pbs and around the globe. Tonight were focusing on democracy, as israel holds its fifth round of elections in four years and Benjamin Netanyahu may be on the verge of a comeback, while in Braziljair Bolsonaro still hasnt conceded that he narrowly lost the presidency to lula da silva. And here in the us, its a week to go until the midterm elections, and in the state of arizona, which donald trump narrowly lost in 2020, republican candidates running for state wide office wont admit that mr trump was defeated. Our north america correspondent John Sudworth reports from arizona. Arizonas rugged landscapes speak to its place on americas old wild west frontier. Today, though, it is the politics that is wild. Some of the most corrupt elections weve ever seen. With the state at the vanguard of the republican partys stolen election claim. Youre across the pond and you think you know about our election. Let mejust tell you. The aud
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voters here in the united states welcome to world news america on pbs and around the globe. tonight we re focusing on democracy, as israel holds its fifth round of elections in four years and benjamin netanyahu may be on the verge of a comeback, while in braziljair bolsonaro still hasn t conceded that he narrowly lost the presidency to lula da silva. and here in the us, it s a week to go until the midterm elections, and in the state of arizona, which donald trump narrowly lost in 2020, republican candidates running for state wide office won t admit that mr trump was defeated. our north america correspondent john sudworth reports from arizona. arizona s rugged landscapes speak to its place on america s old wild west frontier. today, though, it is the politics that is wild. some of the most corrupt elections we ve ever seen. with the state at the vanguard of the republican party s stolen election claim. you re across the pond and you think you know about our election. let mejus
the race stands at this hour. plus the nba player who took a stand quite literally from the national anthem. jonathan isaac of the orlando magic joins us to talk about his new book on the inside story of what was really happening in the nba. trace gallagher is on the case tonight. good evening, trace? reporter: the white house and the department of homeland security both noted today with a straight face that the dhs information board was shut down because of disinformation quoting the board has been grossly and intentionally mischaracterized. it was never about censorship or policing speech in any manner yet that was exactly the worry of so many republican lawmakers who felt the disinformation board or ministry of truth as many conservatives who refer to it wasn t nearly as concerned as foreign information threats as domestic opinions. utah republican senator mitt romney called the board a terrible idea that communicates to the world we are going to be spreading propaganda
so in a very short time the poverty rate in venezuela doubled by nineteen ninety five . 66% of all venezuelans werehe impoverished. getting poorer tends to make voters radical. so inevitably venezuela gotbl radical politics. what happened next ? venezuela is now rated one of the most miserable places on planet earth. a few years ago, citizens in caracas were reduced toos eating zoo animals. there was no n food and for that matter there was no electricity. so in just half a lifetime an advance of society had reverted to the stone age. the states is not in danger of becoming venezuela next week, but we are moving closer to it . inflation is a big part of the reason of all a the economic crises a country can face. inflation isla the most dangeros inflation doesn t just make people poor. it totally destroysn their confidence in their leaders. the authorities who issued the now worthless currency they re using for toilet paper u inflation is not an act of god like a droughtin or a