The president doesnt resolve the Voting Rights battle first. In the middle of all this comes another big push from the president. Minutes from now he will speak on a new gun Crime Prevention and Public Safety plan. But will politics get in the way of this too . Cnn chief Congressional Correspondent manu raju is live on capitol hill for us. An Infrastructure Meeting is about to kick off with white house officials 30 minutes from now. Where do those talks stand . Reporter the white house meeting is with the Bipartisan Group of senators. Theyre trying to figure out exactly whether they can reach an agreement on how to finance this package. The democrats who were involved in these talks told me today that they believe it is essential today to try to figure out a way to get an agreement on how to pay for a 1. 2 trillion package over eight years. There are still disagreements about how to do that. At the same time there is pressure from the left, particularly from progressives like Elizabeth
A truce in the trying to break these elections happening under the threat of violence as well by armed groups linked to al qaida. And i felt an interest has the support from a few years that people on main wont attempt to attack voters on voting day already. Weve seen and weve heard from officials that voting will not take place in hundreds of villages because of the security concerns there. So the vote is going ahead despite opposition, on occasions that its being rigged in favor of president kabila when they were not here win outright in the 1st round. It remains to be seen after todays elections, all voting process. Opposition parties in pakistan are holding a major rally in the city of push, calling on Prime Minister to step down. This is despite a government ban on public gatherings to curb the rising number of coronavirus cases. Theyve been holding these rallies for several weeks across pakistan, trying to keep pressure on the government. A District Court judge in pennsylvania ha
Im melissa chan welcome to news asia were glad you could join us hong kong has made Headline News week in and week out pretty much ever since spring of 2019 when we saw the start of a series of massive prodemocracy protests at 1. 20 percent of the city took to the streets what happens when you deal with tear gas not just once but countless times over a stretch when you face off against Police Brutality again and again it takes a toll takes a closer look at the Mental Health of people of hong kong we start with the story of henry thats not his real name but a pseudonym speaking with journalists has become a liability in this once free territory. 22 year old protester henry struggles whenever he passes fire Police Station in hong kong it was in just such a station that. Experience Police Brutality 1st hand. One day when i went out 9 Undercover Police officers took me in a car to the Police Station in the Interrogation Room they tried to force a confession they took out the buttons they h
A moment of reconciliation and or maybe rather an admission of guilt. In poland plants act of humility marked the beginning of a close friendship but that changed when the populist law and Justice Party rose to power in 2015. 70 years after the war they say they want more than what they call empty gestures they want reparations from germany lawmakers in berlin have refused such demands many here dismissed it as an attempt by the polish nationalist government to score cheap political points by stirring up empty german resentment but some are more open to the idea how many feel like maybe germany did take the easy way out because our polish neighbors were so quick to accommodate us maybe its not such a bad idea to talk about reparations just as we discussed erecting a memorial here in berlin the polish victims of the German Occupation here. 50 years on the relate. Unship between germany and poland looks as bleak as the weather did on that fateful december day but on suggests just serves
Has said the talks will continue until wednesday but no further you can say whether or not that is the final deadline for these trade and security in negotiations and deep both sides have said they will keep talking up until the final minutes indeed coming out of downing street in the u. K. Today they say theyll talk as long as it takes so long as we think that it deal is to be done and they have admitted though that these talks really are going down to the wire and of course just to give you a sense of that british newspapers today one saying history has its eye on wrecks it say remains to be seen of course whether or not that deal can be done in the coming days but the public here among those that weve spoken to there is a sense of fatigue now as these negotiations drag on and on theyve been going on and in one form or another for years now take a listen to what people on the streets of had to say. Im not worried about it because we need to get something so detailed. We need to make