Whole stones a Parliament Building now reports suggest lebanons leaders had been warned just last month about explosive materials stored at beiruts port saying a hoarder is there and has more on the investigation into the blast. The government has now handed the file to the judiciary but one of the main demands of the antigovernment protest movement is that there is the need for an independent judiciary at the moment judges are appointed by politicians which means they are loyal to the Political Parties and not to the state so theres little faith in the judiciary theres little faith in politicians who have a knowledge themselves that they knew that thousands of tons of Ammonium Nitrate was stored at a warehouse in beirut ports beirut ports located in the middle of a densely populated city the president himself saying that the report reached his desk and hes saying its not my responsibility im not in charge of the ports and that i spoke to the officials at the higher defense counsel and
Members of World Affairs i want to welcome the viewers from cspan and members of World Affairs councils from across the country. I think you are going to especially enjoy todays conversation with Jia Lynn Yang, the author of a new book, a mighty and irresistible tide, the epic struggle over American Immigration. The nation continues to be a nation that welcomes immigrants on one hand and then turns some away dependent on the shifting political mode. Today is laura collins, director of the Bush Institute Economic Growth initiative based here in dallas at the george w. Bush institute. Todays program is sponsored by Paige Hendricks of public relations. I hope you will purchase a copy of jias book. You can purchase a book that interrabankbooks. Com and you can get a 10 discount if you type in the discount code. I hope you will support the bookstore. I want to tell you a little bit about Jia Lynn Yang, Deputy Editor at the new york times. She has been there about three years, joined in sept
Precinct yes, that is the same as the c. H. O. P. Protest precinct. At least two people were arrested, a dozen Police Officers were injured, one of them hospitalized. And in portland there have now been 53 straight nights of demonstrations and riots downtown. Federal officers once again had to use tear gas and force to break up the lawless mob of antifa and black lives matter rioters. President trump today vowed to send more federal officers, more federal agents to deal with the unrest and violence in the pacific northwest. Were sending Law Enforcement. Portland is totally out of control. They were ripping down for 51 days ripping down that city, destroying the city, looting it. And they really have done a fantastic job in a very short period of time. No problem. They grab em, a lot of people in jail. These are anarchists, these are not protesters. These people are anarchists. These are people that hate our country. And were not going to let it go forward. Lou portlands radical dem act
Trump by two other half points, although that was closer than it looked because the race was over by early voting, which lasts two weeks, and the democrats had banked enough votes. Biden is ahead in polls, only slightly outside the margin of error in recent polling. There has not been a lot of public polling. The democrats have a substantial registration advantage, which they have for many years, including 154,000 voters or so in clark county, where las vegas is, 70 of the vote. Very difficult for a republican to win statewide in nevada with that firewall the democrats have in clark county. Steve it seems so long ago, the nevada caucuses in which senator Bernie Sanders won with 40 of the democratic vote. Many people were beginning to write off joe biden. So much has changed. What about the sanders support in nevada . Is it solid for the Presumptive Democratic nominee, joe biden . Jon interesting question. Sanders won here essentially in a landslide over joe biden. It is a caucus. They
Education committee looks at how to open schools safely in the fall during the pandemic. Members will hear from the Dallas School superintendent, the national pga president , and the pediatrics professor. Watch live at 10 15 eastern on cspan three, online at cspan. Org or listen live with the free cspan radio app. All persons having business before the Honorable Supreme Court of the United States have managed to get their attention. Landmark cases. Cspans special history series. Produced in partnership with the National Constitution center, exploring the human stories and constitutional dramas behind 12 historic Supreme Court decisions. Mr. Chief justice and may please the court, quite often in many of our most famous decisions, are ones that the court took that were quite unpopular. Lets go through a few cases to illustrate very dramatically the visual of what it means for different people who have helped to stick together because they created a rule of law. Good evening and welcome t