Im melissa chan welcome to news asia thank you for joining us in thailand the government has convened a special session of parliament to deal with ongoing prodemocracy rallies Prime Minister has labeled the protests illegal members of the opposition say he should step down echoing one of the main demands of the people on the streets. Amounts of protester carrying off to revive the thief just tax cutting one of bangkoks p. C. s streets with a clear message these protesters have 3 key demands the p. M. s resignation a more democratic constitution and reforms to the monarchy. Even a group of track queens got in on the act we are just the wonder of freedom to talk about sue to talk to talk about anything yet just more nike and you know how to share thailand how to develop talent to live up to help decide that. This is the man they want to get rid of prior to chant led to a military coup in 2014 parliament held a special session to address the concerns me i think i just want to see clashes
Pretty much guarantee here is that there are going to be big pushes for accountability by these opposition groups who opposition parties Party Leaders wanting to call people to account for the mess that these elections were. All these allegations these violations seemingly now. Proving true according to the Central Election Commission so as we go forward although were a long way off obviously seeing a new election date i think before the election the process of trying to call people to account for those violations of the campaign and on election day is going to get started immediately. Turkeys foreign minister is in azerbaijan for talks as pressure mounts among the International Community to end the conflict in the golan like how the back i mean is Defense Ministry says fighting with azerbaijan calm down overnight following intense bombardment in the disputed region theres been heavy shelling for the past 10 days nato wants to key to do more to deescalate the violence. U. S. President
President trumps medical team confirming just a short time ago that he will be leaving the Walter Reed Medical Center in in 90 minutes from now. Much lets get straight to eamon javers outside walter reid with the latest yeah, thats right. The president s doctors said hes feeling well enough he just doesnt need all the bells and whistles of this facility you see hund see behind me. They brought him out of an abundance of caution theyre convinced they can monitor him back at the white house where they have pretty good facilities of their own heres what the president s doctor said a short time ago we send patients home with medications all the time in fact, yesterday afternoon he probably met most of his d discharge requirements he is returning to the white house medical facility physicians, nurses, pas, and the unit here, the team here behind me is going to continue to support us in that nature. Now the president had a tweet just before the doctors came out explaining his decision to lea
Harriet tubman is celebrated for her work as an abolitionist, underground railroad conductor, and union army scout during the civil war. Next, karen hill of the Harriet Tubman house talks about Harriet Tubmans lesserknown role as an activist in the Womens Suffrage Movement. The president Woodrow Wilson house hosts this conversation as part of a series commemorating the 100th anniversary of women gaining the right to vote. Good evening. I am the executive director at the Woodrow Wilson house. It is truly my pleasure to welcome you to the first of a series of speaking events we are going to have on a suffrage series. The wilson house, if you have not been here before, is part of the National Trust for Historic Preservation. Wilson and his wife edith lived in this house. Edith turned it over to the National Trust in 1961 on her death. It has been lovingly cared for. We welcome you tonight. I wanted to tell you about how we started this speaker series. Our senior manager said to me this su
Civil war. Next karen hill of the Harriet Tubman house talks about her lesser known role as an activist in the women suffrage movement. The Woodrow Wilson house in washington, d. C. Hosted this as part of a series commemorating the 100th anniversary of women gaining the right to vote. Welcome. Good evening. Im the executive director here at the Woodrow Wilson house. And it is really truly my pleasure to well you to the first of a series of speaking events that were going to have on a suffrage series. So the wilson house if you havent been here before its part of the National Trust for Historic Preservation. Wilson and his wifeedeth lived in this house and edith turned it over to the National Trust upon her death and its been lovingly cared for until tonight. I wanted to tell you about this speaker series. Said to me this summer when i first started there is a commission on the suffrage and i think we should go to that meeting. It is the womens Suffrage Centennial commission, and i said