Cant be forced to testify before congress. Lets bring in attorney david rifkin, he served during the reagan and georg george h. W. Buh administrations. Welcome. Thank you for coming today. David, how strong is this president s case for saying that his aides dont have to testify because of this immunity . Very strong. It is a wellestablished immunity, paul, dates back to 1971, an opinion written by william republica renquist, been reaffirmed in nine administrations and both parties, fully case law. Ittheres a group of people tht see the president every day, he communicates with them, the 1971 opinion says the president is a coequal branch, he cannot command that members of congress appear before him. They cannot command he appears before them. I want to emphasize one more point. The reason the president has a strong position, theres another form of absolute immunity based upon 1989 opinion, he went on to be a chief judge in the fourth circuit. That stands for the proposition that Nation
A Carbon Neutral transport people are worried about what happens to the batteries at the end of its life people are worried about mineral extraction what do you say about those concerns we think that electoral believe the earth at the moment the right technology because we are committed to perris 2050 years we wants to be on to 2050 climate new true and today electrification is the best choice to realise at short notice c o 2 reductions on to 2025 we want to produce more than 1000000. 00 electric cars with this we can reduce the c o 2 emissions fall off by 30 percent the id 3 represents one of the 1st tangible results of that effort but whether its paid off is something consumers get to decide following its Market Release next summer. Democracy activists joshua wang is taking his message to the road. His 1st stop berlin the 22 year old spoke at the German Parliament after being detained for 24 hours by authorities that hong kong airport wang met with germanys foreign minister hype of m
A staggering figure the number of tigers has dropped from more than 100000 at the start of the last century to fewer than 4000 today on International Day of the tigers we look at some of the reasons for the decline but also why the fortunes are changing in some countries. And 22 year old cyclists in a gun but now sparks a sensation by becoming the 1st colombian to win the Tour De France will have more from the town where he grew up. Im sumi so much going to thank you for joining us the personal doctor of jailed russian Opposition Leader election of ali says he may have been exposed to a toxin while in prison the volley forced rushed to a hospital from a detention facility where he was serving a 30 day sentence a hospital official said the only had suffered a severe allergic reaction but his doctor says he might have been poisoned by a chemical substance the volley was detained last week ahead of planned protests against a ban on opposition candidates in upcoming local elections. Lets g
In the adage comes to life on fogo island, a 90 square mile patchwork of ten villages where clapboard houses cling to rock or 100 million years old. Among the quirks, newfoundland is a half an hour ahead of the main lined. Wander through the vim villanova ajts and set your watch back to the 18th century. Thats the temple . Exactly. The roman empire centered around conquests and the outsized personalities of the emperors. Research and archeology search for reliable evidence from that time and tonight well introduce you to some new discoveries abou about one of the most written about emperors of all time, caligula. I cant believe we are sitting on the steps that caligula may have walked on. Its amazing. Just come and sit at a sunset by the lake in the center of this national park. I mean, time stops. And you get a hundred colors of yellow and a hundred colors of orange. Then the dusk sets in. Oh, there is an elephant right there. There certainly is. I have to stop and say hello to the el
Good evening, panorama is live, ekaterina tikhomirova is with you and about the main events this saturday. He took the first step of humanity beyond the globe on gagarins birthday ; our cosmonauts paid tribute to the memory of space pioneers before their flight into orbit. He had no equal. Belarusian egor sharamko took gold at the artistic gymnastics world cup. And the cherries cry. 80 years since the tragedy of another belarusian village burned by the nazis. Lets remember. My colleagues will complete the picture of the day. The camera with which leonov went into outer space, a letter from terezhkov and a book with gagarins personal autograph. Collector in love presented a ledge into space. Women in the army, what professions the fair sex has mastered and what challenges they overcome, about the fragile and strong, see the new issue on uniform. Blood sister of khatyn. 80 years ago, the nazis massacred the civilians of the village of vishenki. 114 people died in the fire. Today they wer