I want to talk a little bit about the division of iraq or keeping iraq whole. On the one hand, quh you look at some of these borders in the middle east, they were all done by the colonialists and i have often felt why should we be obligated to maintain those borders . Iraq is not a real state. It was slapped together. Youve got the kurds, you have the shia and the sunni, who really dont want to be part of each other, and so particularly the kurds, who have autonomy now, practically have their own nation, and probably will proclaim it very shortly, so my sympathies would be to say to the kurds, well, why should we suck you back into iraq . You have the right to your own nation. Frankly, nobody has ever explained to me why the palestinians are entitled to selfdetermination but somehow the kurds are not. I dont know i dont think thats fair, quite frankly. On the other hand, we are told that if the kurds break off, theres practically no way that you could stop the radicals from dominating
And even blindfolded. Those are some of the stories were working an this monday, november 3rd. Announcer from abc news, this is world news now. We begin with an early taste of winter for some 70 million americans. Noreefeaster packing powerf wind gusts has dumped up to a foot of heavy, wet snow across parts of maine. The storm wasnt confined to just one region, however. Abcs Chuck Sivertsen has the latest. Reporter november came in like a lion across much of the country, getting the jump on winter. An early noreaster played a post halloween trick an maine. Toppling power lines. North of portland this heavy truck became a casualty of the slick roads. In North Carolina, the wintry weather struck with whipping winds and up to eight inches of snow in some areas. I got a text, and they asked me how much snow. And i said what . I opened up the door and i was totally surprised. Reporter in the states horse country, wind gusts sent windchills galloping don into single digits. They were hit wit
Refunds. It could be a year before that ntsb investigation is complete. Alex perez, abc news, los angeles. Tom menino, the longest serving mayor in the history of boston, is being laid to rest today. The former mayor was lying in state yesterday. Among them, secretary of state john kerry and Hillary Clinton. And Vice President biden will attend todays private funeral. Menino was mayor for more than 20 years. He stepped don in january, shortly before being diagnosed with cancer. He died thursday at theage of 71. We turn to your voice,ior vote. Just 24 hours away from election day with control of congress at stake. Republicans needing a net gain of six seats to take over the second. Voters are choosing from a widely Diverse Group of candidates. Abcs david wright tells us about some of the more interesting ones. Reporter there some are interesting newcomers. Among them, elise stephanek, hoping to become the youngest woman ever elected to congress. And theres mia love in utah who would be
Preemption of state laws by an agency is going to survive a Court Challenge and were there other routes you considered . Were there other what . Other routes to reaching the goal . Routes. So as we laid out in the discussion, what were dealing with is a situation where the states said to the localities, you have the authority to do this. And then put in place barriers to keep them from exercising that. Section 706 explicitly says to us, take away barriers to broadband deployment. And so we did take away those barriers, but did not go to the overall state authority that in fact said to those folks you have the ability to do this. Jim with the l. A. Times. There have been a number of allegations both on capitol hill and by commissioner pai that president obama influenced improperly influenced this proposal. Did the president or anyone at the white house either dictate to or influence your proposal . Thanks for asking that question, jim. The president has been well known, on record, for a
Documentary on the rape subject russia a troll army invading Comment Sections on news stories. Students on both sides of the moss cokiev debate have it out on youtube and the return of a stateopened broadcaster india is reliving a nightmare goings back two years, when the gang rape and murder of a student hit the headline. Its back in the headlines because of a film band called indias daughter, it features an interview with one of the rapists saying women out on the streets after 9 00pm deserve with come to them, and the film would not have been killed if she had not resisted. It was made for bbc, but several stations in india plan to air it on International Womens day. Thats when the government banned it. One called it a conspiracy to defame india. One of the most widely watched english news channels backed the government announcing the time as voyeuristing and questioning why any broadcaster would want to show it. Its a story about a discussion on violence and rape in india, an outra