[applause] so before we begin te discussion, its worth saying a word on the concept of the rule of law. The concept of rule of law goes back a long way. The greeks and romans talked about it and its meaning has evolved over time. But eventually what its come to mean is basically a fundamental way in which society prevents the situation in which there is an oligarchy or dictatorship. Internationally, the understanding is that it has several requirements. The most important is that government officials and their agents are accountable under the rule of law. Second is that laws are protective of the fundamental right of citizens, including among others the rights to the freedom of speech and the freedom of press. A third is that laws are made in an open and public manner and that they are fair minded. And the fourth is that the enforcement of law as done by independent tribunals, by adjudicators that are independent of the forces that be. With that, i will begin by asking our commentators
Confirm russian interference in the election, hinders our ability to prevent in the future. So before we begin the discussion, its worth saying a word on the concept of the rule of law, the concept of rule of law goes back to the greeks and its meaning has evolved over time. But eventually what its come to mean is basically a fundamental way in which society prevents the situation in which there is an oligarchy or dictatorship. You have to understand that it has several requirements. Both officials and their agents are accountable under the rule of law. Second is that laws are protective of the fundamental right of citizens, including among others the rights to the freedom of speech and the freedom of press. A third is that laws are made in an open and public manner and that they are fair minded. And the fourth is that the enforcement of law as done by independent tribunals, by adjudicators who are independent of the forces that be. With that, i will begin by asking our commentators to
As i said, they are expected to recover. Back tier at the scene, the investigation continues. Marcus solis, channel 7 Eyewitness News. Marcus, thank you very much. Taking a view from the air now above the massive crime scene. Shannon, what can you see from your angle . Reporter you know, from up here, we can really take you throw what happened here. We want to bring you into the intersection of malcolm x boulevard and quincy street report of gunshots fired. There. We know the suspect brandished a weapon and fled in his car. What we can ascertain is he went the wrong way on quincy street going all the way up the street coming across bedford avenue and coming back down again and going the wrong way along lexington avenue. That is where it happened where the suspects vehicle crashed with an officers vehicle, front end damage to both of them. We are looking at video where car as we pull in tight here. You can see them on the hood of the car as well as on the side of the car and obviously t
Majority of the audience members that go out to performing arts events and in addition theythose 3 organizations over the past 30 years have raised themselves hundreds of millions of dollars to make Capital Improvements on the [inaudible] moore mooreial and city hall which are city assets. Not only have they invested that degree of money in city assuts, but on top of that pay rent to the the sate and a share of concession sales for all those reasons we feel their funding is justified, however your point regarding the size of the grant in comparison to the others is well taken, but that is just a little of what dpoes into our thinking of maintaining those grants. Zrkss supervisor wiener thank you very much. My apologies for miss thg first part of the hearing and thaupg for those who called. I want to chime in on the last point. I think given the budget situation we are in now, i think we have a opportunity to add to a broader array of arts organizations without having to cut the larger
To provide on going and stable support and historically we have been very hezitants to cut fund toog groups when they havent done anything wrong. Never mind the 3 of the largest 6, [inaudible] are the largest sector. [inaudible] are responsible for serving a vast majority of the audience members that go out to performing arts events and in addition theythose 3 organizations over the past 30 years have raised themselves hundreds of millions of dollars to make Capital Improvements on the [inaudible] moore mooreial and city hall which are city assets. Not only have they invested that degree of money in city assuts, but on top of that pay rent to the the sate and a share of concession sales for all those reasons we feel their funding is justified, however your point regarding the size of the grant in comparison to the others is well taken, but that is just a little of what dpoes into our thinking of maintaining those grants. Zrkss supervisor wiener thank you very much. My apologies for mis