Show so how confident are you about trumps pick as the czar for a coronavirus v. P. Pence is he competent enough to it to manage this well potentially could be a National Emergency well i do think the Vice President 1st of all thank you for having me and i do think the Vice President is competent enough. To get out of the way and he will allow experts to take the forefront were now is you know the president is indicating that he wants all information to funnel through the Vice President and so in a western democracy thats very dangerous a clear eyed Capital Allocators whatever my partisan leanings or or my opinion of the president i dont bring that to bear in making analytical judgments here you know were running 11000000000. 00 watching his press conference a few days ago my 1st reaction was we had to get in a way more defensive position because. If you have the government whether its an autocracy earth democracy lying about the extent of something thats health and Human Services rela
he s being impeach has been impeached for anyway well be framers of our constitution want to to distinguish our system from their british system and britain you can get rid of a prime minister of simply by a vote of non-confidence in the united states we have an elected president it s a republic not a parliamentary democracy and there are a specify a grounds for impeachment treason bribery of the high crimes and misdemeanors so even if you think terrible the president sent a terrible job i m an old things you list it none of them a grounds for impeachment their grounds perhaps sure not voting for him when he comes up for reelection but impeachment is very specific in the frame was will very clear that they want to did clearly defying and very particular criteria before it duly elected president could be a removed and the ukrainian matter is not among impeachable offenses neither is abuse of power obstruction of congress ok well the house of representatives obvious he disagree
a gathering to talk about poverty in this was a bus from the b.b.c. to the monarchy what s fueling melt downs in the british establishment we are privy councillor and former u.k. home office minister norman baker all the more coming up in today s going underground but 1st let s go straight to donald trump s impeachment trial in the u.s. senate joining me now via skype from miami is one of his lawyers professor alan dershowitz who will be defending the president in the senate alan thanks so much for joining us again i m going underground i know you re really busy what with the trial arguably even more important the defending president joe is what s going to be happening in jerusalem tomorrow putin macro rivlin pence pelosi prince of wales all gathering in jerusalem headed next week 75th anniversary of the russian liberation of auschwitz what does it mean to you that remember it. well i lost many members of my family. in fact and in other parts of europe i m very proud of the f
Palestinian territories. He used the law to sue some of the most powerful people in the world on behalf of some of the least powerful. In 2002, michaelatner filed the first lawsuit against george w. Bush on behalf of guantanamo prisoners. Six years later, he won a landmark case at the Supreme Court against the Bush Administration. Today we speak with his family and friends and hear michael in his own words. This is no time for compromise, no time for political calculations. Us,oward zinn admonishes the job of thinking people not to be an aside of the executioners. Remindsin nation prize us all that the job for each of us is not to be an aside of the executioners. Amy all that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. Brazils senate has voted to suspend president Dilma Rousseff immediately and begin impeachment proceedings against her on accusations of tampering with accounts to hide a budget shortfall. The 55 to 22 sena
Constitutional rights defended, investigated, and spoke up for victims of human rights abuses across the world from haiti and guatemala to iraq and the palestinian territories. He used the law to sue some of the most powerful people in the world on behalf of some of the least powerful. In 2002, Michael Ratner filed the first lawsuit against george w. Bush on behalf of guantanamo prisoners. Six years later, he won a landmark case at the Supreme Court against the Bush Administration. Today we speak with his family and friends and hear michael in his own words. This is no time for compromise, no time for political calculations. Us,oward zinn admonishes the job of thinking people not to be an aside of the executioners. Remindsin nation prize us all that the job for each of us is not to be an aside of the executioners. Amy all that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. Brazils senate has voted to suspend president Dilma