Headscarves in Public Schools is not compatible with religious freedom. That has been welcomed in germany as a step in the right direction. For students wearing a headscarf at school is not a problem, but for their teachers, it has been a different matter. In 2003, the German Constitutional Court issued a ban on headscarves responding to the case brought by a teacher who had been denied a promotion because of the headscarf. But they refused to remove the headscarves, and petitioned the top court for redress and now they have won. The judges said it did not constitute a danger by itself, neither for peaceful proexistence of the school or the neutrality of the state. It does not violate students rights per se, and it does not mean the state embraces the religion. The judges said the decision was too sweeping, calling the ban a violation of religious freedom. Schools can have the right to forbid headscarves, but only if it poses a risk of disruption. The court also overturned a part of th
Written daily Intelligence Briefings last year. Additionally, according to the associated press, quote then National Security adviser john bolton told colleagues at the time that he briefed trump on the intelligence assessment in march 2019. Though we should point out that we have not confirmed that detail. Separately the New York Times is saying that trump got a written briefing on the situation in late february of this year. That is according to two officials, one of them saying it was included in the daily brief on february 27th. When the reports of this all emerged over the weekend, the president said on twitter, nobody briefed or told me about the intelligence in question. Theres also the question of the intelligence itself. On sunday, the president said it was not found to be credible and characterized it as a potential hoax. Then yesterday, his White House Press secretary is said there was quote no consensus on the credibility of the intelligence assessment and today the New Yor
Over this next hour. Now, to the coronavirus pandemic, lets not forget, and the latest facts and headlines as we know them at this hour, nearly 4 million americans have been affected by the coronavirus. Cdc saying the actual numbers could be 13 times higher in some places. Death toll has passed 143,000 in our country with over 1,000 deaths recorded yesterday. Former fda commissioner scott gottli gottlieb, 300,000 americans could be lost by the end of the year if things dont change. In the United States, probably you know by the end of the year, we could upwards of 300,000 if we continue on the current trajectory. Right now, we have close to 1,000 casualties a day. If we dont change the trajectory, you can do the math. On that topic, the president returns to the White House Briefing room later today to talk about what his administration is doing to fight coronavirus, not clear if hell be alone as he was yesterday during what was billed as a Coronavirus Task force briefing, the first in
These negotiations have been looking so bleak that mark meadows wondered if the final meeting today deadline day was he worth it. They went for it. This afternoon both sides walked away with nothing. It was a disappointing meeting. Extremely disappointed. After two weeks of near daily negotiations, it appears the only thing they can agree on is that talks were a failure. White house chief of staff mark meadows and treasury secretary Steve Mnuchin accused democrats of trying to overplay their hand, asking for too much. What they want is a 2. 5 trillion blank check. Senate minority leader Chuck Schumer and House Speaker nancy pelosi saying that the white house wanted to little. I was told come back when youre ready to give us a higher number. The task of helping the millions of americans facing eviction and feeling the pinch after losing federal Unemployment Benefits falls on President Trump. The chief and i will or will recommend the president based upon a lack of activity to move forwa
Ten days later after talking to chinese president xi, trump called bob woodward and said this about the virus. It goes through air, bob. Thats always tougher than the touch. The touch, you dont have to touch things, right . But the air, you just breathe the air and thats how its passed thats a very tricky one and delicate one its also more deadly than your strenuous flus people dont realize, we lose 25,000, 30,000 people a year here thats pretty amazing. What are you able to do for this is more deadly this is 5 versus 1 and less than 1 . You know, so this is deadly stuff. And then over a month later on march 19th, remember this is after we lost the month of february to inaction and just as the coronavirus started spreading rapidly in our country, the president had another conversation with bob woodward. Now its turning out it not just old people, bob, but today and yesterday some startling facts came out its not just older yeah, exactly. Its plenty of young people. So give me a moment