The president ial elections of the Russian Federation. Voting takes place at polling stations at the russian Diplomatic Missions in turkey. In addition to the embassy site in ankara, they also opened in istanbul, trabzon, antalya. Our own correspondent leila alnazarova is following the voting process. Isteklal is one of the most popular streets in istanbul. Usually it comes to life closer to noon, but today , despite the day off, from the very Early Morning you can see a queue of people standing at the. It fell that we were in the period of president ial elections, so we decided to vote our civic duty, to give, thats why we are here we are standing now, our embassy is voting today at the Russian Embassy in ankara, according to ambassador alexey yarkhov, the electoral process is organized according to the letter of the law in accordance with all recommendations of the central election commission. We evaluate the activity as high, people enthusiastically fulfill, exercise their constitut
More than 90 of voters also actively vote in the belgorod region, a new regional region of russia, you can take part in the president ial elections in person at the polling station or in electronic format. More than 90 of registered voters have already voted on the remote electronic voting portal. The election process is being monitored by more than a thousand International Observers and experts from 129 countries ; the turnout in zaporozhye is approaching 81 . There were already queues of commissions, that is, this is evidence that people wanted to cast their votes and take part in the first russian president ial elections in zaporozhye, but in fact , the chairman of the Central Election Commission of the zaporozhye region, galina kotyuchenko, galina anatolyevna, has more detailed information, what are the data for this hour on the elections, our data is wonderful, we have wonderful sunny weather today in the zaporozhye region, it corresponds to the mood of our voters. Despite the pro
Internet and find themself spart, you see people who have had no training, no association with it, including americans, who go on the internet and find themself s themselves enthralled because of whatever lost souls they are or because of the violence with isil and selfradicalize and unfortunately undertake to do violence. So you see that spectrum there. You do see some effort by isil, meaning isil in syria and iraq to command and control, but its not exclusively that way. I say all this because thats very distinctly different from the al qaeda model. The al qaeda model was a very hierarchical, very clear command and control type terrorist enemy. And that meant they had discipline and it meant they could take on big things like 9 11, but it also meant that when we started to go after them they were vulnerable to attacks on the command and control structure and on their logistics structure. Isils more resilient because it is more decentralized and informal in that kind of sense. Takes a
Discuss the future of television technology. A Government Accountability Office Report has found that construction of a new u. S. Embassy in kabul afghanistan, has gone 27 overbudget. Gao and state Department Officials testified about the project at a House Oversight committee hearing. Republican Jason Chaffetz chairs this three and a half hour hearing. Committee on oversight and government reform will come to order. I appreciate you being here as we have a hearing today regarding the Construction Costs and delays of the United States embassy in kabul, afghanistan. The chair is authorized to declare a recess at any time. I appreciate you being here. This is an important topic. We have so Many Americans who have given their lives in afghanistan, who have sacrificed away from their families to serve the United States of america and our interests there. We have a duty and a obligation to make sure that they are well housed, that they are safe, that they are secure, that theyre able to do
Decades or more and the policy has failed. We ought to try Something Else not just continue applying that same model to new substances. Thats just me. Mr. Wooldridge. In talking about alcohol in the period of alcohol prohibition, bootleg dhol was adulterated with methyl alcohol and other compounds and drinkers were blinded and people were paralyzed and there was a term called jake leg which was a kind of paralysis in which people were perm nentsly injured from their use of alcohol and that, of course, we know is the function of prohibition and not of the legal control. Are these drugs harmful . The evidence is of people who present themselves to the police and so on yes, these seem to be quite harmful. They are harmful as a consequence of the market distortions that Law Enforcement creates for the drugs that people want to get and there was an article in the New York Times magazine this sunday, i didnt want to use these drugs, but theyre easier to get and theyre being represented as be