Most urgent issue we face and theres a lot of competition. Weve been witnessing a relentless and unprecedented seriesta of attacks on the twin foundations of our democratic system, free and Fair Elections and the rule of law. They are not unrelated to the president has made repeated threat to separate the election, some with support from the attorney general, suggesting he will military to the polls which is illegal, Voter Suppression of perhaps most chillingly refusing to commit to abide by theab election results. Some are worried that the rule of law has been so eroded in this country that it may be possible to literally steal the election, and we think there are strong legal and institutional safeguards against that, but the dramatic erosion of the rule of law in recent years is unmistakable. We you see Law Enforcement weaponized arew partisan and political gain come from threats of politically motivated prosecutions against political adversaries to the actual interference in prosec
So speaking of funding gaps. The Brennan Center for justice hosting a discussion on how the government should respond to protests. Whetherthe response should be different for Peaceful Protesters and anarchists and what the response could be. Democracy and equal protection under the law. We are a nonpartisan 501 c 3 . We do not participate in elections or endorse or oppose candidates in any way and we are very grateful to be producing todays event with the nyu John Brenneman center which advocates for civil debate on politics and Public Policy and nyu votes which works to give every nyu student the information they need to vote. I am especially grateful to be introducing an event with some of the countries most important thinkers on what i think is one of themost urgent issues we face and theres a lot of competition. Weve been witnessing a relentless andunprecedented series of attacks on the twin foundations of our democratic system. Elections and the rule of law. They are not unrelated
Bay area at this time. Take a look at the lightning strikes that are there. This is just a 10minute time frame here. And it continues to be active with hail reported in santa rosa earlier today, in addition to all of that thunderstorm activity that moved through early on. If i pull you way back, you can see where that moisture is coming from, but with the cloud cover in place today, we are actually a little cooler in many spots. Take a look at napa, down by 11 degrees, down by 9 in hayward. Temperatures right now low 60s to low 100s. 79 in oakland. Low 100s reported in livermore and brentwood. Thats where we continue with the advisories. The excessive heat warning is down along the San Francisco peninsula and the north bay and east bay. That entire orange there, that shaded area, along with santa cruz and monterey. When i come back, ill have a look at what we can expect as we move forward. Tomorrow morning, temperatures are expected to be relatively mild once gain before we heat it up
Know if youve come in contact with someone who is infected but does it and french on privacy. And he does them through the schools fee for president giani in france you know warns against restarting football leagues while in england which stems throws off the food they wages to help ease the pressure during the Coronavirus Crisis. Its one month on from the krona virus being declared a pandemic the crisis is engulfing the United States its reported the highest number of dead in a single day more than 2 102102 be exact half a 1000000 americans are infected in the situation is expected to get worse before it gets better the virus is widely believed to have started in a market trading wild animals and will haunt china has now banned the sale of wildlife for food but the animals remain on sale for medical purposes as politicians are among those calling for what markets to be permanently closed the washington reports it is not that simple and a warning some viewers may find some of these ima
Government is planning to organize a summit to fooldom. We all work in the same direction will go for. No good libyan will accept any bloodshed from the sun cease fire is a wise decision. Also coming up tonight an exclusive report hiding his identity to bring the truth to why what one Hong Kong Police officer thinks about the prodemocracy protests. Im just frustrated because some offices really dislike the protestors and honestly they really want to bait them up i have to say the senior offices have basically messed it up. On to our viewers on p. B. S. In the United States and all around the world welcome we begin the day with libyas unlikely peace broker in 2011 germany Drew International criticism when it refused to support a u. N. Security Council Resolution that authorized military intervention in libya early ends fears at the same time would soon be realized that libya liberated from a dictator would soon become libya front line of a new proxy war the capital tripoli remains the t