Its about 2 30am. Now its time for a look back at the day in parliament. Hello again, and welcome to monday in parliament, as borisjohnson tries and fails to force an early general election. The electorate will, im afraid, have a sense that we are all like charlie brown, endlessly running up to kick the ball, only to have Parliament Take it away. The lib dems want an early poll too, but its not their first choice. If there is not the support for a peoples vote in this parliament, then we need to look at the other way to do that. And in john bercows last week as speaker, an mp finally discovers how to impress him. He really is an encyclopaedia of arguably useful information. But first, Boris Johnsons latest attempt to persuade mps to vote for an early general election has failed. 0n the very day the Prime Minister had to accept a delay to brexit. We are not now leaving on thursday. Mrjohnson wants to hold an election on december the 12th, but under the law to thirds of mps, 434 of them,
Welcome. And we are delighted to have all of you with this today. The committee gathers to examine this state of the television and video marketplace. Im glad to convened this hearing with my colleague, se senator cantwell, hours established panel of witnesses and thank them for appearing. The honorable michael powell, president and ceo of an cta the internet and television association. The honorable gordon smith, president and ceo of the National Association of broadcasters and our former colleague. Mr. David kinney, ceo of nielsen. Mr. Craig aaron, president and ceo of free press. Americans are living in the golden age of television. Weve never had more choices and access to video content. When viewers tend to be home at a certain time to watch their favorite show, they are gone. Television experience is moving away from dependence on fixed schedules, programming links and the confines of the Family Living room. With the development of overthetop technology, digital programming and s
Who serves on the judiciary and commerce communities. The text that opposition to the merger. This was hosted by the georgetown law institute. Good afternoon. Welcome im so excited to see this crowd, to talk about the merger of the future media ownership. My name is gigi and im a fellow with the Georgetown Institute for technology. I want to thank a couple of folks, the institute for public representation which is part of georgetown law center, the Benton Foundation the mozilla foundation. Also senator blumenthal of connecticut who your be hearing from soon and jamie was a Research Fellow at georgetown and alexander who is head of the institute for you may have heard she broke her leg when she and her son or daughter were shopping. A shoplifter knocked them over. I was in there the day before. Anyway if you could send well wishes to her. Also the other georgetown students gathered by andy, panelists helping today with logistics. The me set the stage. In may Sinclair Broadcast Group ann
Local content and media diversity. This is an hour and 40 minutes. Good afternoon, everybody. Welcome. I am so excited to see this crowd to talk about the media ownership. Im gigi sohn, fellow at the georgetown university. I want to thank the institute for Technology Law and policy. The institute for public representation, which is will part of Georgetown Law Center. Fenton foundation and mozilla. I want to thank senator blumenthal from connecticut who well hopefully being hearing from soon for reserving this room and a Research Fellow and personal law clerk, doing a fabulous job, alexander gibbons, head of the institute, who some of you may have heard pro her leg when she and her son or daughter were shopping at h m were shoopping and a shoplifter knocked her over. I was there the day before. If people send well wishes to alex, shes done a great job running the institute. I want to thank other georgetown students gathered by Andy Schwartzman, our panelist, helping today with various a
Executions last month. The judge may never lose his or her humanity, and the judge as judge never forgets that the law has to be followed in a matter how he or she feels about a particular issue. Amy plus, we will look at the economic crisis in puerto rico as the island moves to close 179 Public Schools days after seeking bankruptcy protection. And we speak to a dreamer at Rutgers University in new jersey who is now facing possible deportation. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. In france, former investment banker and political centrist Emmanuel Macron was elected president on sunday in a decisive victory against farright candidate Marine Le Pen. With the majority of votes counted, macron won about 65 to le pens 35 . Even though le pen lost, it was a record performance for her party, the national front, whose antiimmigrant policies once made it a pariah. Le pen had campaigned on an openly xenophobic and