[laughter] guest i think we have so little perspective on this moment that it is quite impossible to say. I think the perception that many people in the United States and, of course, also around the world have that this is an extraordinary uni shall time is something that we are in a time out of time will be a curiosity in the future. People will look back and wonder about that very sense i think it is kind of an interesting phenomenon. I think that will be studied. Host when you think about today, do you compare it to any other period in history . Guest no, you know, as a historian, im interested in analogies. I think we have a cognitive tendency to enjoy analogies to find one thing to be like another, all the time, just in the same way, you know, im the kind of person that sees likenesses in family members. I look at a new baby and say oh that looks just like great grandma so and so. But at the same time, even as i say that, i recognize that a lot of that is my need for familiarity.
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Is thursday but those significant proceedings arent expected to begin until next week this is a difficult time for our country but there is precisely the kind of. For which the framers created this and im confident this body can rise above short termism and factional favor and serve the long term best interest of our nation earlier i spoke with a correspondent hydro caster on capitol hill she explained whats next in this historic impeachment trial. Embers of the leaders of both parties framing this in its Historical Context calling upon you know the framers of the constitution Majority Leader Mitch Mcconnell the Top Republican in the senate calling for putting aside this factionalism well you know thats not even a word used nowadays in the u. S. To describe the partisanship weve been experiencing in d. C. But it is a word that you see used by the framers of the constitution historically and so both Mitch Mcconnell and nancy pelosi the top democrat in the house saying that this is the m
Police Security Forces theyve taken control of martyr square which is really the epicenter of the protest movement we saw the Security Forces use excessive amounts of tear gas as well as Water Cannons but the protesters the antiestablishment protesters were very defiant they were fighting back using fireworks. Throwing stones dozens of people have been injured on both sides the interior minister tweeting just a short while ago that it is unacceptable to assault the Security Forces that their rights and to protest as it is is in the constitution but assaulting the Security Forces damaging property of public property is not acceptable at all this is the 3rd night of violence since activists declared what they called a week of rage they wanted to revive the momentum of the protest movement which began in mid october majority of the lebanese people who are suffering from the dire Economic Conditions this movement is across sectarian movements people from different sects are behind what the