Good afternoon, welcome to the Heritage Foundation, executive editor of the daily signal, courtesy to our speaker today i would like to ask that you silence your cell phone although dont turn them off because we do encourage you to tweet and share on social media about todays program to help spread the word. You can find on Heritage Feed on both channels and platforms, to introduce our guest today marvin olasky, former visiting fellow and close friend of our organization. Hes the author of more than 25 books including his latest reforming journalism which he will discuss with us today. Marvins political journey is quite unique. As he became an atheist and a marxist in high school and joined the communist party in 1970s. He was at the university of michigan working on ph. D that he had spiritual awakening and baptized into the Presbyterian Church in 1976, he later became the founder of redimo Presbyterian Church in austin texas in 1982. After college he taught at university of texas at
A lot i think will depend on the size of the crowd also the mood of the crowd there is a see the sense of frustration here that after weeks of these exhausting marches the government simply hasnt moved there have listened to peoples requests and as weve seen at times some of that frustration has been taken out in the form of violence by a very small minority of marchers youve got to remember that this these marches are often hundreds of thousands of people strong but there yes there has been some violence violent clashes between police underscore Minority Party and rob but whats being made then of the discovery that the police are calling extremely powerful homemade explosives around to kill 2 kilograms of quite dangerous materials. It is a quite worrying development it is certainly raised the tension levels here is what people are talking about especially as the police say that they found leaflets and also. Some clothes. That links them with one of these socalled localist groups which
Hello and welcome to. Headquarters in doha. Also ahead. Europes security security. Has promised to help secure europe displaced persons plans to leave the European Union at seven years since the start of the revolution in libya but has there been any real change to its people. Race and superheroes. Comic book movie is being hailed as a cultural milestone. Fake identities staged political rallies and a Systematic Campaign of social media trolling just a few of the allegations made in the u. S. And document of thirteen russians and three companies for criminal and espionage conspiracy that is part of the investigation into tampering with the two thousand and sixteen u. S. President ial election mike hanna reports from washington. And anti trump protests march in new york shortly after his election this one of the pro and anti trump rallies a special council alleges were organized by the group of russians sometimes at the same time on the same day part of a Massive Campaign the indictment
Information warfare against the United States thirteen russians are charged with meddling in the twenty sixteen u. S. Election marking a Major Development in the f. B. I. Investigation. Thank you very much i love these tragedies donald trump avoids more questions about americas gun laws while visiting victims of the Florida School shooting spree also a state of emergency is declared any theo here after the Prime Ministers sudden resignation. And countries blockading cattle stage a conference in germany but as we find out not all is as it seems. Welcome to the aljazeera news hour now thirteen russians and three Russian Companies have been charged with tampering in the twenty sixteen u. S. President ial election the office of special counsel Robert Miller described it as a criminal and espionage conspiracy to support donald trump and disparage the candidate t. Defeated Hillary Clinton crucially the indictment does not suggest any collusion between the russians and Trumps Campaign mike ha
Over. Syrian forces say they have taken control of the city from i. S. I. L. And in sport hosts india beat australia for the t20 world cup and afghanistan is playing the first win in the nation beating 2012 champions, the west indies. Hello we begin in pakistan where at least 60 people have been killed and 250 wounded in a suspected suicide bombing in the city of lahore. The blast went off in the parking area of a public park that was packed with christian families celebrating easter. Al jazeera has the latest. Reporter the explosion happened at a public park for children, in the heart of the punjab province, the ruling governments stronghold and easter weekend meant the park was full of families and most of the dead and injured are women and children. Witnesses reported bodies strewn everywhere and the number of casualties so high people were taken to hospitals and taxis in rickshaws and its familiar in pakistan and fighting armed groups for over a decade but in the past punjab has be