Technology to boost their crops and reduce waste. Im sorry its not the latest sports including voluntary both sides with the russian born preauth reigning bowl champion Lewis Hamilton is hit with a 10 2nd penalty. We begin this news hour with a major escalation in the conflict between amenia and azerbaijan over the disputed region of nagornokarabakh at least 16 Service Personnel have now been killed many more injured both sides have declared martial law theyre blaming each other for sundays flare up in fighting dozens of Armenian Military reservist living in the disputed region have also now been summoned to fit u. T. Many homes in the area have been damaged and azerbaijan is saying 5 members of one. Family were killed by armenian shelling the United States russia france and iran are among the nations calling for calm all been forced to walk or begins our coverage. As airy tanks under attack according to armenians Defense Ministry it also claims that his area drones and helicopters wer
Doctors tell us theyre overwhelmed and authorities have declared a state of emergency in the capital madrid. Also back to base scientists return from a year long study on the polar ice bringing with them some devastating findings the expeditions leader says the arctic is warming fast. Thanks for joining us russia broke it brokered ceasefire in the disputed region of nagornokarabakh has failed to hold as about john and armenia blame each other for breaking the truce and escalating 2 weeks of fierce clashes shelling has killed several civilians and wounded dozens more the conflict between the 2 former soviet republics dates back to the 1990 s. For an evening walk on the streets of ganja azerbaijan 2nd largest city taking comfort in a strained ceasefire. A safe spot that hasnt held following shelling in a residential area of ganja locals describe a night of terror. These were sleeping it was around 2 in the morning we heard an explosion and after that our house blew up it was washing with
U. N. Security Council Meets to discuss the increasingly bitter dispute about ethiopias grand dream extends down. Below thank you for joining us pressure is mounting on u. S. President donald trump over allegations that russia paid that the taliban to target u. S. Soldiers in afghanistan the white house has invited 8 members of congress for a briefing on the intelligence reports trying says the Intelligence Briefings revealed by the New York Times never reached him because the agencies they didnt think that they were credible House Speaker nancy pelosi says trumps the nyos shows that it wants to ignore any allegation against russia and its president Vladimir Putin the Washington Post meanwhile has reported that several american soldiers are believed to have died because of the Russian Program at a press conference the White House Press secretary reiterated the trumpet not being briefed on the alleged russian bounties there is no consensus within the Intelligence Community on these alle
Why did you want to write about Political Parties . Your first book was focused on political lobbying. In the universe of potential reforms, the electoral college. The money in politics which we hear a ton about. Executive power. You chose to focus on parties as a linchpin. Can you talk about what drew you to parties . Tell us about the process. Great to be with you again matt. A fun reunion on cspan. So why did i write this book . I wrote this book because i was worried about american democracy. I saw hyper partisanship as a serious problem affecting our country and i wanted to think about if there was some way to maybe solve that problem. It kind of flowed in an indirect way from my previous book which was about the growth of corporate lobbying. In that book, i had concluded that one way reason they were so powerful was because they wrote a lot of the laws. Because there was not a tremendous amount of expertise. After that book came out, i went talking to folks in and around congress
Pleasure to read. I think is great and important because a lot of attention. And just wanted to start out by kind of pulling back a little bit and asking you why did you want to write about Political Parties visiting your first book was focused on lobbying and in the universe of potential reforms, the electoral college, one of the biggest ones money in politics between your tongue about. The growth of executive power, he chose to focus on parties. Thats really is the linchpin. Can you talk a little bit about the parties. In the process. Matthew is going to be with you again. If an reunion here. Lee on cspan. And so why did i write this book. Another because i was worried about american democracy. I saw hyper partisanship as a serious problem. Affecting a country and i wanted to think about if there was some way to maybe solve the problem. It kind of exploded in a somewhat indirect way for my previous book but the corporate lobbying in that book i had basically concluded that one race w