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And the differences. And the similarities of cultures across the world. Hi im Steve Clemons and i have a question whats brewing in heartland america are classic republican strongholds going wobbly and are democrats poised to turn a lot of red states blue lets get to the bottom line. Many local elections were held across the United States last week and both parties found reason to celebrate virginia turned from red to blue and as a sign that times are changing to muslim women were elected to Public Office in that state elsewhere republicans held their ground and even made some gains so is there a National Trend here or there are just too many unknowns like impeachment which is going to get really big this week and the lack of a democratic challenger to face donald trump but were fortunate today because we have 3 people in this room who just have all the answers or brohm a sure want to seat on the school board of Fairfax County virginia just became the youngest elected official in the St
Welcome to the Brennan Center at nyu school of law. I am your moderator i am a journalist at the atlantic and a staff writer in the ids section. The Brennan Center is a nonprofit im sorry nonpartisan that reforms and revitalizes when necessary to defend the systems of democracy and justice. You can keep up with their work online or follow them on facebook or twitter and listen to their podcast. One second. Sorry. Tonight we are hosting one of our own mike german who is a fellow with the Liberty National security programmer he focuses on Law Enforcement and intelligence oversight and reform. He used to work at the aclu for National Security and privacy and before that serve 16 years as an fbi special agent with domestic terrorism and covert operations and discussing his book speaking like a terrorist im sorry his second book that was his first book you should also read disrupt and discredit and divide how the new fbi damages our democracy. Since 9 11 it has transformed itself to be famo
A life of their own theres theres no telling exactly when people are going to calm down or exactly what it will take for people to calm down short of the drafting of a new constitution that changes the very that the notion of political system. Omani we have to catch you later on for an update from santiago finale thank you money right there in chile. Still ahead on the program unconvinced by office if economic reform lebanons protests continue that fight a complete political change with no end to saudi arabias war against insight Yemeni Health officials warn that 6000000 children could be at risk of malnutrition. How i was again we still got some lovely weather across much of Eastern Europe but all the sort of the met its regular season rather lively storms latest crop of storms just pushing up into that eastern side of the med heading up towards like for us to around the globe and countries had coastal flooding in cairo other side of the med we still have this slow moving area of low
Sites in the burning of government buildings your position say instead its a cry for transparency and change john home and aljazeera the past. Weather is next but still ahead. Protests in chile no sign of stopping despite the government pledging new Economic Reforms and accusations of heavy handed tactics and obstruction and hong kong journalists say an official complaint against police. Because some rather wet weather into the middle east at the moment certainly around the levant affair but a cloud just piling out of that east the side of the medics right he was saying some flooding rain some disruptive weather pushing into that western side of the reason hey we have got cloud and rain just making its way then into a good part of lebanon maybe seen some wet weather still affecting the Sinai Peninsula i think over the next couple days we could see some flooding grassy pushing its way back to northern parts of egypt say that. Service will stay there cyprus staying rather unsettled see t