In germany, the Centre Left social Democrat Party of Chancellor Olaf Scholz narrowly fends off an electoral challenge in the eastern state of brandenburg by the far right afd which had been ahead in Opinion Polls before the vote. Sri lankas president ial election has been won in a political shift for the nation. The election on saturday was the first to be held since mass protests unseated the Countrys Leader in 2022. Ill a full bulletin at nine oclock. Now on bbc news, its time for americast. How can america keep its politics safe . Safe for everyone, but particularly safe for the candidates who are running for the presidency. It is, of course, a huge issue now. There have been two attempts on Donald Trumps life. There is a potential threat, of course, to everyone who is involved, and it has an impact on america because, in a practical sense, how do people go out and campaign if theyre unsafe doing so, but also in a kind of undermining of democracy sense, as well, that the whole natio
Second prison . No, but i mean, he cant hurt me a country that bills itself as the worlds oldest democracy we sure do love a strong man. And from teddy roosevelt, all the way up to our Reality Tv President nowhere produces more of them than the Empire State and i got it in an age where Congresss Approval Rating hovering somewhere around sewer rants, we want to vote for the politician who can finally just get things done that was Elliot Spitzer to a tee but when New Yorkers sent the sheriff of Wall Street to the Governors Mansion we all learned the hard way that white nights can have dark Secrets Spitzer was caught breaking his own Sex Work laws. A level of hypocrisy we could never forget Eliot Spitzer blazed a trail through New York that had him in Spitting Distance of the white House Right up until the moment he set himself on Fire Sound like the setup for a bad joke, but bear with me do you see the New York you dream of begins tonight so theres this honest politician named Eliot Spit
Of all, with their open borders and bad elections, they have made us into a third world nation, something which nobody thought was even possible. Americans deserve a campaign based on the issues. We try and keep it on the issues, and god has now spared my life. It must have been god. Not once, but twice. And there are those that say he did it because trump is going to turn this state around. He s going to turn this country around. He s going to make america great again, and maybe. So how does america protect its presidential candidates? welcome to americast. Hello, it sjustin in the worldwide headquarters of americast in london, england. I thought we d decided that wasn t funny any more. It s sarah here and i m in springfield, ohio. And it s marianna, aka misinformation. Also in london, also in what we are still very boringly calling the worldwide headquarters of americast. Ok, it s not funny, but we re doing it all the same, and there s quite a lot that falls into that category. Anywa
Now on bbc news, americast. How can america keep its politics safe . Safe for everyone, but particularly safe for the candidates who are running for the presidency . It is, of course, a huge issue now. There have been two attempts on Donald Trumps life. There is a potential threat, of course, to everyone who is involved, and it has an impact on america because in a practical sense, how do people go out and campaign if theyre unsafe doing so, but also on a kind of undermining of Democracy Sense as well, that the whole nation feels itself to be unsafe and unable to be properly democratic. Donald trump has been talking about the second attempt on his life and using it, its fair to say, for his own political gain. Theyre doing things in politics that have never been done before in the history of our country, and worst of all, with their Open Borders and bad elections, they have made us into a third world nation, something which nobody thought was even possible. I americans deserve a campai
Ukraine scheme. Later we will breakdown the latest news from the president ial race including the latest on the Georgia Election Board ruling on counting ballots. But first i want to get right into it with the Executive Producer of from russia with lev, my colleague, Rachel Maddow, who gets to add a new and important moniker to your resume. You are the Executive Producer of this amazing documentary we just watched. Congratulations, first of all, my friend. Thank you, it feels so great to have it out in the world. Have to ask you, did you like it . Not only did i like it, i was set up not to like it. I dont mean that for any other reason than lev is a complicated character and it is an honest documentary about the complexity of lev. His Wife Talks about the complexity of lev. You had the first interview with him all those years ago. So i was not sure what i wanted to know that i did not already know and you stitched the whole thing together in a way that makes me wish i knew all of this