Resign. U. S. Vice president might bans continues campaigning off the reports suggest at least 5 senior Staff Members have tested positive for corona virus. And a ban on Nuclear Weapons will soon become a reality but is it worth the paper its written on. The program we begin this news hour in chile where voters i have just a few hours left to cost their ballot in a historic referendum on whether to change the countrys constitution a vote is a result of fierce antigovernment protests which of consume the country since last year at the heart of the unrest lingering inequality enshrined in the current constitution which was enacted decades ago during the pinochet dictatorship more than 14000000. 00 people are eligible to vote including president Sebastian Pinera who cost his votes in the capital santiago they have been long queues of people outside polling stations and soldiers a controlling entry with strict sanitary measures obviously because of the pandemic our latin america editor you
A state of emergency new measures are in place across europe to stop the spread of covert 19. A call for a nationwide strike in belarus self to the president ignores the oppositions demand to step down. Polls have just closed in a historic referendum in chile people are deciding whether to overhaul the constitution which critics say as led to widespread inequalities for decades the vote a result of fierce antigovernment protests which of overwhelmed the country since last year if the referendum passes Guiding Principles imposed 4 decades ago under a military dictatorship could be replaced president Sebastian Pinera believes the measure will be approved latin america editor of the sea and human is joining us now from a polling station in santiago to see if this is an. About the part of the constitution itself its also about whos going to rewrite it imho its going to be written isnt it. Oh theres so much at that that we dont know but right now at this very moment the polls have just clos
[background noises] [background noises] welcome everybody to todays hybrid hearing pursuant to house rules some members will appear in person and others will appear remotely via webex. Some members are appearing in person and let me first remind ereveryone that pursuant to the latest guidance on the house attending physician all individuals attending this hearing in person must wear a face mask. Numbers werefa not wearing a may facemask will not be recognized and let me also make a few reminders for those numbers appearing in person, you will see members and witnesses appearing remotely on the monitor in front of you when you are speaking is what is known in web acts as active speaker you. A timer is visible in the room directly in front of you. Members appearing remotely i know youre all familiar with web ex by now but let me remind everyone of a few points. First, you will see each person speaking during the hearing whether in person or remote as long as yous have your web acts set t
We will hear about the battle of bunker hill, the American Invasion of canada and the eventual british evacuation of boston. Okay everybody. So last class we were talking about the outbreak of the american revolution. Tension is building and a spring of 1775 general thomas cage sends troops in the countryside fighting breaks out at lexington and concord at nightfall, about 20,000 americans descend on boston, lay siege to the city, this war that nobody really wants but has been brewing for probably 12, 13 years, has started. We are going to talk whats called raja military does anybody take . French raja many tear this is april 1775 right after lexington and concord through the declaration of independence. This is sometimes called the Popular Uprising phase. This is the year of the revolution, that probably more people supported the war than any other one. Why do you suppose theres so much support for for the war this year . Any ideas . They havent started fighting it. Gabriel they haven
About the preamble of the declaration of independence. He views each line and explores what the Founding Fathers may have intended by their word choices. Good afternoon, everybody. So for the last six weeks in this class weve been examining the political thought of the imperial crisis. That is weve been looking at the debates between British Imperial officials and american wig patriots and that debate has in many ways come down to one issue which is broadly speaking, what is the british constitution and how does it define relations between the mother country and her colonies. And more specifically even, the real question is what is the political constitutional relationship between the power and the authority of the British Parliament and americas colonial legislatures. And over the course of about 12 years, between 1764 and 1776, the Britain Parliament passed a series of laws. In 1764 it began with the sugar act and then a year later the stamp act and then in 176768, the townsend act a