A National Emergency. Im melissa chan welcome to news asia thank you for joining us we start with the United Nations at the hague and the International Court of justice where myanmars leader on sun suu kyi will defend her country against charges of genocide brought by the african state of the gambia myanmars military had run a Deadly Campaign in 2017 that led to the exodus of more than 700000 range refugees now the Nobel Peace Prize recipient and long time human rights advocate will defend what many say is indefensible she will speak tomorrow this is day one of whats expected to be 3 days of testimony. So all the big on the us is that you tell me and mine. To stop these senseless killings to stop this out of barbarity and brutality that has shocked and continue to shock our collective conscience. To stop this genocide of its own people. Cynics say one motivation for on town suchi is appearance she was not obligated to personally appear at the hague is next years elections back home in
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, welcome to a Holiday Edition of the last word. 1934 congressional elections, because 2022 was the First Time Since 1934 that first term president saw every senator in his party reelected. Every senator who is running. In 1934, first term democratic president Franklin Roosevelt sought every democratic Senator Running for ev election get reelected. President biden saw the same thing this year. And the democrats added a seat to their control of the senate when John Fetterman won in pennsylvania. A very difficult state for democrats to win. As is arizona and georgia. But, Democratic Senate candidates won in those states to. From my race in arizona, i had wide support by republicans. Republican mares and county supervisors, business leaders, law enforcement. You know, theyve come up to me frequently. But also, endorsed me. Republican mayors. Because, you know, theyre tired of what theyve seen over the last, well, six years now. And they just want to get things done, and you know, they jus
, welcome to a holiday edition of the last word. 1934 congressional elections, because 2022 was the first time since 1934 that first term president saw every senator in his party reelected. every senator who is running. in 1934, first term democratic president franklin roosevelt sought every democratic senator running for ev election get reelected. president biden saw the same thing this year. and the democrats added a seat to their control of the senate when john fetterman won in pennsylvania. a very difficult state for democrats to win. as is arizona and georgia. but, democratic senate candidates won in those states to. from my race in arizona, i had wide support by republicans. republican mares and county supervisors, business leaders, law enforcement. you know, they ve come up to me frequently. but also, endorsed me. republican mayors. because, you know, they re tired of what they ve seen over the last, well, six years now. and they just want to get things done, an