India security tight at this hour in the city of. As Prime Minister modi inaugurated the building of a flashpoint hindu temple on the side of a demolished mosque. And with just 90 days left in the us elections we hear from lifelong republicans considering the once unthinkable in november casting their ballots for a democrat. Im brian thomas great to have you with us today they route it woke to scenes of utter devastation this morning after 2 colossal explosions devastated parts of lebanons capital they happened at a warehouse where nearly 3000 tons of highly explosive Ammonium Nitrate were being stored apparently without any Safety Measures at least 100. 00 people were killed. 4000 others were injured that according to the red cross these are images from beirut where smoke continues to rise over the blasts i think splosion shattering windows as far as 20 kilometers away rescue workers are continuing to look for survivors beneath the rubble it remains unclear exactly how many people rig
A unique people under threat. Minority deals with the challenges from tourism and villages. Welcome to do the show its good to have you with us can an International Investigation into alleged war crimes committed in afghanistan all for justice to the many unnamed victims of that countrys wall its a question thats hung in the air for some time but now the International Criminal court office some hope that the on so will be yes this off the judges last week authorized an investigation into alleged war crimes and crimes against humanity committed during the war in afghanistan the ruling covers atrocities committed by the taliban Afghan Government forces. U. S. Forces the investigation will look at crimes such as attacks against civilians murder torture rape in forsters appearances and many others. The United States which is not a member of the i. C. C. Has criticised the judgment and so has the government of afghanistan. Joining me on the line from kabul now is kate clark use codirector o
We have passed federal bills and more than 100 bills across the country so we are really grateful for all of the support from the people. Certainly the support from our , generous people who really just want to make the world a better place. Today is the oneyear anniversary of the First Step Act being signed into law. Tell us what the First Step Act did and how effective has it been. Washe First Step Act actually a negotiated bill. It wasnt even the build we really hoped to pass, which was the sentencing reform and corrections act. It was a groundbreaking reform at safelywas aimed reducing incarceration at the federal level and also reducing recidivism. But also it ensured that we do not have these egregiously long oneences for people like woman who received a life sentence for a first time lowlevel nonviolent drug crime. Effective. Been it has freed thousands who should have been home years ago, but we still have a long way to go, and yesterday actually we thea one Day Anniversary of
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We are going to open up regional lines for this conversation this morning. That means if you are in the eastern or central time zones, we want to hear from you at 202 7488000. If you are in the mountain or pacific time zones, we want to hear from you at 202 7488001. In mind, you can always text us your opinion at 202 always3, and we are reading on social media. You can reach us on twitter at cspanwj and facebook at facebook. Com cspan. Again, the idea and concerns about government surveillance has been on peoples minds recently. Infact, there was a story nbc today that i wanted to read to you that talks about some of the concerns about government surveillance. The unsupported claims that President Donald Trump has made for two years about the fbis russia investigation, calling it a witch hunt cooked up by his political opponents, the conclusion by the Justice Department watchdog of the that the probe was justified was big news. But the other major findings of the Inspector Generals rep