Today primary voters went to the polls in five states, connecticut, rhode island, maryland, delaware and pennsylvania. We have live Election Night results and analysis and live candidate speeches beginning in a half hour on cspan. Today two senators discussed the constitutional role of the u. S. Senate in confirming judicial nominees including nominees to the Supreme Court. Democrat Patrick Leahy and republican orrin hatch, both members of the Judiciary Committee, discussed their views on judicial nominations and Supreme Court nominee Merrick Garland hosted by the Edward Kennedy institute. This is just under an hour. [inaudible conversations]. [inaudible conversations]. [inaudible conversations] good morning. On behalf of the edward m. Kennedy institute for the United States senate, i welcome all of to you the kennedy caucus room. For this timely and important discussion of the senates role, its advice and consent role in connection with the president s lifetime appointment of individu
Bush bunch of negative outcomes. The russian economy will contract 3 or 4 this year and will remain into concession next year. Take stands in stark contrast to the vast majority of the worlds economies that are projected to grow this year. Just in the last three years, weve seen the russian economy plummet in size from being oneeighth the size of the u. S. Economy to being onesix teteen. So with all due respect to our friends in spain, that is not a country that is thriving. They are sustaining significant economic costs and responding to a situation where they see their influence diminishing and ross prospect of a significant long Term Investment in syria going down the tubes. So i guess thats the case that i would make. One of the that yfof the hallman strength is the fact that at least in this situation the United States is leading a coalition of 65 nations carrying out an integrated stwraemrategy destroy isil. Is it accurate then to say that the president is comfortable with the id
The forces and the presence of the pkk, none of these issues are easy and none of them are going to go away tomorrow. The kurds are fighting isis right now, they are kind of the pointy end of the spear, they are not perfect and they need more support in our view. I think eventually the International Community will come around to giving them that support. I would like to see it happen sooner rather than later. That does not mean theres not questions with the impact on the pkk, how turkey would address that, and nervousesness in iran and others. But the truth is, the most urgent challenge right now is defeating isis, and retaking the territorial integrity of iraq and syria. So long as thats an equation, none of the other issues can move forward and things are going to get worst and hundreds on of thousands of people are going die. So, i think we need to look at the kurds as an integral and essential part of the battle and treat them as an ally accordingly. And all the other issues. What
Taken to tackle climate change. Lebanese army has exchanged prisoners. 16 cap tav soldiers have been released in exchange for prisoners held by the lebanese government. The former wife of i. S. I. L. Leader was among those freed. The Lebanese Army also received the body of one of its soldiers killed by alnusra front last year. They were part of 40 sol verse who were seed in august last year. The armed groups, the alnusra front and i. S. I. L. Were responsible for the kidnappings. The nusra front freed soldiers in august. Joining me now from beirut is middle east analyst. Good to have you with us. The picture that we saw a few minutes earlier there, fighters openly standing exchanging prisoners with the sovereign state. No strikes taking place. Doesnt that speak to how important this deal must be perceived to be . That is going to be a harsh one, specifically that the alnusra front is being surrounded in those areas without having any access to the lebanese territory in order to exchang
He said the time has finished, so i will have to finish. Can you hear me . Were good to go . Okay. Im going to ask a few questions and engage in a bit of discussion here, and then turn it over for questions. Sir, one thing thats allowed isis the Islamic State to make gains in iraq have been the divisions in iraqi politics and iraqi society. Theres been a lot that iraq is developing a more inclusive government, but your government doesnt have a minister of defense, it doesnt have a minister of interior, theres a plan to engage the sunni tribes but the plan has not yet been implemented. Can iraq form a truly inclusive government now given all the failures of the past . Why can it work this time when it hasnt worked before . Tep interpr translator before there werele many sensitivities between various iraqi groups. In iraq, we are still dealing as groupswere many sensitivities between various iraqi groups. In iraq, we are still dealing as groups who unfortunately citizenship has not been