And inception in 2004. And prior to joining, she worked in two networks that were here in western massachusetts both in holyoke and in north hampton. So it is a special honor to be able to welcome her back to western massachusetts. [cheers and applause] so i know that we are all excited to hear from her and this New York Times bestselling book, option three, ukraine. So those are your three options. [applause] so you want would you prefer showing hands or shouting . Shouting, okay. Number one, walruses. [cheers and applause] number two, alaska. [applause] number three, ukraine. [cheers and applause] [laughter] i think some people voted for both walruses and ukraine. Im going to demand a recanvas. All right. Ill read the bit on walruses in particular. Just the thing that weirded me out about the publication of the book when the book came out last month, earlier this month, is that right at around the time i got to my pub date, a couple of Different Things happened in the news. One is th
May 19th, im Alicia Menendez in new york, with symone sanderstownsend and Michael Steele in washington, d. C. This morning, the compass braces for protest, plus donald trump addressed the Nra Convention, between the usual, there was a not so well threat to execute the city president. Plus, it could be the final week of trumps criminal trial in new york, a big question, will the defendant take the stand . Grab your coffee, settle in, welcome to the weekend. Safety is of course a priority for many voters and yesterday donald trump cozied up to the extreme gun lobby, accepting the endorsement at the annual meeting in dallas, in another hard to follow address, he painted a dystopian version of america, urging gun owners to vote because their safety is on the line. He used the event to rattle off his lies about President Biden but he added this new twist. He is a manchurian candidate, he has accepted money from china, from russia, from ukraine, from everywhere. If that were a republican, he
Merrick garland and contempt of congress. [background noises] up. Good afternoon everyone. This is a Police Police week so let me Democratic Caucus express our appreciation the men and women of Law Enforcement who wear the uniform in order to protect and serve communities all across the including tobacco i brooklyn. Where the fortis house continuing to find ways to strengthen the the police and the everyoneur view we should honor enforcement who on january 6 sacrificed it all. Put their lives on the line and at risk order to defend the congress for defend the defend the core values and in our country such aseaceful transfer of power. Books that requires the significance in the capitol to honor the men and enforcement. Including the Capitol Capitol Police a department. And many others who on that fateful date to put down a violent insurrection. Its timeto honor the men Law Enforcement. Day. Including democrats and republicans our Staff Members and most defended the constitution. Caucus
Committee, and that money is actually paid by fifa money. So it is the other 11 billion that goes into the infrastructure and half of that is being paid by the federal government of russia. Now, in russia its a little bit different because you say, the other half comes from sponsors and other private citizens, from what i learned in sochi, many of those private companies that sponsor were actually governmentbacked there you get a little bit, unlike the United States, germany and others where you have true commercial entities, i find many of these private companies have some Government Support in the back. Also what happens is, i again learned, correct me if im wrong here, is that many of those hotels were built in sochi and maybe this will happen for world cup, many of the hotels are built based on loans guaranteed by the federal government. So if they default on those loans, because those hotels arent being filled up and theyre not making revenue, who is really paying that . It is the
Excuse to crackdown on political opponents. Hes also threatening to pull out of the refugee transfer deal he made with e. U. Leaders. The e. U. Parliament appears to have had enough. It is recommending a freeze on membership talks with turkey. Can the refugee deal and e. U. Turkish relations be rescued, or is turkey getting ready to say so long . That is what we want to talk about today on quadriga with three people following the situation closely. It is a pleasure to welcome gokcen beyinli, a journalist from turkey and academic currently working with oxford university. She says turkey has been a part of europe for centuries. It belongs to the e. U. , not erdogan. Germanru is a turkish businessman and founder of the Party Alliance of german democrats. He says turkey is no longer obedient to europe. Relations will inevitably continue. And it is a pleasure to welcome michael thurmann. He right he writes about International Politics for die zeit and he says the turkish government is fight