government this week? i ll explain. first, here s my take. if you are trying to understand the recent protests against the putin regime in russia, one of the best guides is an outspoken columnist that s been writing essays in the nation s leading newspapers over the past month. political competition is the heart beat of democracy. this author writes noting the absence of such competition in contemporary russia. he describes the frustrations of the russian middle class, demanding political rights. today the quality of our state does not match civil society s readiness to participate in it. on corruption, perhaps the issue that most riles the public, the problem is scathing. it s from the lack of transparency and accountability of government, he says. now, what makes this all deeply strange is that the author of these essays is vladimir putin, the architect, builder, and chief enforcer of the system that he is critiquing. putin seems to understand russia s problems better tha
finally, what the dickens was going on in the british government this week? i ll explain. first, here s my take. if you re trying to understand the recent protests against the putin regime in russia, one of the best guides is an outspoken columnist who s been writing trenchant essays in the nation s leading newspapers over the past month. political competition is the heartbeat of democracy. this author writes, noting the absence of such competition in contemporary russia. he describes the frustrations of the russian middle class, demanding political rights. today, the quality of our state does not match civil society s readiness to participate in it. on corruption, perhaps the issue that most riles the public, the author is scathing. the problem comes from the lack of transparency and accountability of government, he says. now, what makes this all deeply strange is that the author of these essays is vladimir putin. the architect, builder and chief enforcer of the system tha
a weapons program. but one side effect may be all the notice very soon higher oil prices. jennifer griffin is at the pentagon. will these penalties stop the israelis from launching an attack as was said that they might? it s really unclear, shep. and yesterday the president said he did not think that israel had yet taken a decision whether to militarily strike. israel s foreign minister was here at the state department and on capitol hill meeting lawmakers today. why want to talk about iran and iran and then when we are done talking about iran and iran. we are going to talk a little bit more about iran. iran s foreign ministry spokesman dismissed the new u.s. sanctions announced on monday as propaganda, part of the, quote, psychological war, shepard. shepard: none of our oil comes from there but a lot of europe s does and now iran is threatening to cut europe off. that s right. that s in response to the new sanctions and the european oil embargo that goes into effect
regulation. he is committed to repealing obama care entirely. a university in pennsylvania has a morning after pill vending machine. and now the food and drug administration is looking into that. plan b as they call it is an emergency contraception pill available without a prescription to anybody 17 years or older. a statement from shippensberg university reads in part, quote: according to our records all of our current full-time students are 17 or older. the machine is in a private room in our health center. and the health center is accessible only to the students. the f.d.a. reports it just caught wind of this and that it s contacting pennsylvania state authorities and the school officials. u.s. health officials have just put out their list of the saltist foods and biggest offenders may surprise you. caucus night again. voters in multiple states have their say. on a science adventure.
overseas an entirely different story. syrians fighting for their lives, more killings, people runni running. president bashar al assad refuses to cede the presidency. and chilling 911 calls before the man set the house ablaze killing his entire family. stunning moments right before that tragedy. and we go one on one this morning with donald trump. he is one of the wealthiest men in america. no one would dispute that. what does he think about mitt romney s tax rate and the whole idea of raising taxes on the wealthy. we re going to ask him about it and see what he has to say. you might be surprised. and rick santorum s tuesday night trifecta. the former pennsylvania senator turning the race for the republican nomination on its ear. missouri, the nonbinding primary, no delegates at stake there, here are the results. santorum 55%. romney, 25%. paul, 12%. gingrich, not even on the ballot there. and minnesota, this is the state that he won handily back in 2008. this time no