German lawmakers fact plans to phase out coal as an Energy Source find 2038 climate activists say 18 years is just too long to wait. And the mysterious fate her faults one is elephants and investigation is underway into whats killing hundreds of. Im rebecca written welcome to the program and is stand court has sentenced a form a formal later excuse me of Amnesty International atomic kits to 6 Years Imprisonment on terrorism related charges the harsh verdict has ended what critics say was a politically motivated trial targeting opposition activists in turkey the court also sentenced 3 other turkish activists. To prison 7 of the 11 defendants were acquitted german activist and i was among them and his arrest in istanbul 3 years ago triggered a crisis in relations between germany and turkey. And im now joined by human rights activist that one of the defendants in the trial was also arrested in 27 tane and spent more than 100 days in pretrial detention but was returned to germany later tha
Say 18 years is just too long to wait. And americans prepared to mark Independence Day in the year of the coronavirus some say they want to celebrate the 4th of july as always others are angry at having their freedom to have fun restricted. Im Rebecca Ritters welcome to the program and Istanbul Court has sentenced former Amnesty International later tanna kimmage to 6 Years Imprisonment on terrorism related charges the harsh verdict has ended what critics say was a politically motivated trial targeting opposition activists in turkey the court also sentenced 3 other turkish activists to prison 7 of the 11 defendants were acquitted german activist no was among them his arrest in a stand. 3 years ago triggered a crisis in relations between germany and turkey. And im now joined by human rights activist that one of the defendants in the trial was also arrested in 27 tane and spent more than 100 days in pretrial detention but was returned to germany late of that year peter thanks very much fo
Welcome to the program we start in the United States where the run up to the 4th of july Independence Day weekend has seen a Record Number of new corona virus infections on thursday alone 55000 new cases were registered heres a look at data showing the daily tally of new cases every day since the beginning of the u. S. Outbreak rising steadily at 1st the curve then flattened from the end of april to mid june but as lock down restrictions eased new infections shot up again those startling statistics mean this weekends Independence Day celebrations are being scaled back as officials urge caution at public and private gatherings Washington Bureau chief in his fall has been to ocean city in maryland to guard the mood. For Many Americans this is the 1st time out of 2 months. They are hungry for fun and some. Want to celebrate this 4th of july weekend as they normally do id like to keep moving on do the fireworks continue no malice as much as we can moving back to normalcy is what wed like t
Educate the american. Today they are going to share with us the original inspiration behind the book and why it is more important now to be finalized the education. Joining us today, president of the bill of Rights Institute, david has worked for 20 years to build strong Civic Education programs that engage the hearts and minds of young people, previously working at Hillside College and author of a book on the vital role of merely in politics. Welcome. Also joining us from the chair and liberty of the American Enterprise institute and the editor in chief of the dispatch and hes offered a chapter and how to educate an american. Finally, sarah morgan smith, director of faculty which seeks to restore and strengthen the capacity the American People constitutional selfgovernment. Thank you all for joining us. Two quick notes, who will through a q a so please submit questions in one of two ways. Either you can email nicole. Penn, pe and or submit questions to the , educating american aei. Se
Bookstore in washington, d. C. In 2019. Hello, everyone. Im a member of the event staff and i would like to welcome you all on this cold evening to politics and prose. Just a few quick notes before we get started, cspan is here with us tonight and we are also filming for our own Youtube Channel so if you could take a moment to silence your cell phone please take a moment along the same lines when we get to the q a portion of the event, we have a microphone up over here we want to make sure we keep the dialogue running. Books are available at the register. Also fun and an interesting books that make great gifts to you might want to pick up a couple of those as well which is of course why we are here the secret plot to kill George Washington. Writing history with the same command that made him one of the finest thriller writers he tells the story of the plot to assassinate George Washington. Looking back, he shows the iconic view was brought with uncertainty. It was anything but a sure.