Security correspondent david martin. If the assessment by the Pentagons Defense Intelligence Agency is accurate, north korea has crossed a crucial but not the final threshold in developing a Nuclear Weapon that can threaten the american homeland. Shortly after word of the new estimate leaked, President Trump warned kim jong un in the starkest terms possible. He has been very threatening beyond a normal at the sam statd as i said, they will be met with fire, fury and frankly power, the likes of which this world has never seen before. More than a year ago, kim jong un showed off what he claimed was a Nuclear Device small enough to fit atop a missile. North korea already has conducted five underground nuclear tests, the last one estimated to system to hit the target. Without that north korea does not have a workable Nuclear Weapon. But the Defense Intelligence agency estimated north korea could have a reliable weapon as early as next year. A full two years earlier than previously forecast
Security correspondent david martin. If the assessment by the Pentagons Defense Intelligence Agency is accurate, north korea has crossed a crucial but not the final threshold in developing a Nuclear Weapon that can threaten the american homeland. Shortly after word of the new estimate leaked, President Trump warned kim jong un in the starkest terms possible. He has been very threatening beyond a normal at the sam statd as i said, they will be met with fire, fury and frankly power, the likes of which this world has never seen before. More than a year ago, kim jong un showed off what he claimed was a Nuclear Device small enough to fit atop a missile. North korea already has conducted five underground nuclear tests, the last one estimated to system to hit the target. Without that north korea does not have a workable Nuclear Weapon. But the Defense Intelligence agency estimated north korea could have a reliable weapon as early as next year. A full two years earlier than previously forecast
Progressive caucus has always wee, for a number of years, have the annual progressive caucus budget that we put forth that is full of those big ideas trying to move the ball forward. Only giving us policy solutions that people are asking for but how we can help elect electorally. I will let each person kind of say whatever they want. We will have five minutes to make some initial comments. We will ask a couple questions by the panel. So first, i will go in order here that we have. I will start this way. We have the president of democracy and color. Next to her, from the 17th district in california. Joshua, a polling firm that works a lot with aggressive democrats. And next to me is the Vice President for research and policy. It helps a lot of us in the progressive caucus, Democratic Party, and candidates come up with great policy ideas. We will do this in the last panel. Start here. Down the row and then open up the conversations. Amy is the president of democracy and color. Amy good a
We are here to discuss the intersections of outside platforms in the democratic already. Why the party is not enough internet itself. Might first representative we will speak with his Keith Ellison, we will talk about the most important part you think are important in the democratic platform and how they are conforming you and other candidates. First of all i think all of these platforms are very good and healthy. We should encourage people to coalesce around common shared values. When i was a Bernie Sanders supporters i was on his drafting committee. Thingsa lot of good done. I can tell you this, Bill Mckibben who is a leader on climate issues. There was a lot more we could have and should have done. If we do not have other groups doing platforms besides just the Democratic National committee then how is it going to look at how this policy may play out . Us whenactually inspire we find another platform. We can look at other things. Just to have a bunch of them out there is a good thin
We have a great panel. We are a big group to talk about running from donald trump and running for people. Will bring up a couple different issues. I will keep question short and i will serve as timekeeper. We will try to keep answers quick. I last brought questions. How do outside Democratic Party platforms and manifestoes and lots of policy platforms, Climate Change and lots of different issues, how those impact how people are running as candidates. We hope to get a lot of different perspective. Everyone here will get a chance to comment on the role of these outside platforms. [inaudible] they are based out of canada but moving into the u. S. They want to use the intersection of race and politics to redefine it. Without further ado, a quick intro, i wont read everybodys bio, word for word because youre all fascinating people and we just be here telling everybody how cool you are. Ill give a quick introduction and then we should have about 20 minutes for q a at the end. If youre writin