facing american democracy today is what is happening in u.s. states and republican-led states. you know, one of the points of our book was democracies don t die at the hands of general anymore and military coups. democracies die at the ballot box and i think the biggest threat we face in 2022, if the republicans retake the house, which they very well might, you could very well imagine a 2024 election. no matter who the candidate is, that state legislatures across the country will throw the election to the house of representatives. and you have to remember, will a trumpified if the democrat even if the democrat has won? steve, has there been another point in american history where democracy was as threatened as it potentially is now? yeah. beyond the civil war, no. certainly, in no one s living memory, has not nixon, not roosevelt, not mccarthyism,
obama. some have already lost their jobs. u.s. army sergeant bowe bergdahl s fate is in the hands of general mark milley. milley can order a court martial or take no action. his decision will consider a report by bergdahl s former platoon mates who accused him of desertion. arizona ditching the use of a controversial lethal drug cocktail following serious complications in the execution of an inmate. it took two hours and 15 doses of the drug to kill joseph wood back in july. a state review found his execution was quote handled appropriately, but determined the drug combination would knno longer be used. nasa releasing the video of
army sergeant bowe bergdahl s fate in the hands of general mark milley. he will decide to charge bergdahl for leaving his post in 2009. he can take no action or impose penalties. he will consider a report by the platoon mates who accuse him of desertion. rolling stone article about the gang rape at the university of virginia is about to get the fine-tooth comb treatment. they ask the columbia university school of journalism to review the widely discredited story. the review will be conducted by the dean of journalism. it will evaluate the editorial process. the findings will be published unedited on the web site. arizona ditching the use of the use of lethal drug cocktail
battlefield is still very much going on. let s talk about these cease-fire possibilities. are we closer today than we have been in the last several days? i know john kerry is in cairo. the last time the cease-fire failed, hamas said, nobody talked to us. are there any hamas representatives in all of this? from what we re seeing, possibly, yes, hamas has representatives there in cairo. the issue is, one is political, what level of confidence and trust is there. of course, hamas don t have any trust in the egyptian government in the hands of general now president because he is a staunch opponent of the muslim brotherhood. you have the united states involved there this time arnold. there is no love loss between brotherhood and united states.
of two wars, one which is now winding down. as for the war that is ramping up, secretary gates saying he wants to make sure that the afghanistan strategy is well under way before he hands off to a successor. carrying out that afghanistan strategy, now in the hands of general david petreas, previously responsible for the bush s escalation of troops in iraq. general petraeus on meet the press saying he supports the beginning of troop withdrawal from afghanistan next july, conditionally, of course, adding that he sees progress, if not necessarily steady progress. more of a roller coaster of ups and downs and setbacks as well as successes. and that s hard for our leaders at times, for our counterparts. it s hard for the people, but it s a time where you just have to keep your shoulder to the wheel and continue to push. rand paul remaining in the pockets of the corporations as he runs for the senate from kentucky, and now admitting he does not know what harlan county, kentucky, is fam