Received his bachelors degree and juris doctorate and worked for the house of representatives judiciary committee. Went on the serve as United States attorney for district of massachusetts, and eventually the u. S. Assistant attorney general for the Criminal Division. In 1990 mr. Weld was elected as governor of massachusetts. And in 1994 he was reelected to that position by the largest margin of victory in massachusetts history. Governor weld is now running for president under the republican ticket. Although he is challenging President Trump in the gop primaries, we do have to clarify that this is a policy the event and not a campaign event. Mr. Weld has a history of service in the Republican Party and to his country and the Dartmouth College republicans are proud to host him on campus. Without further ado, governor weld. [ applause ] thank you so much. A pleasure. Well, im going to sit by the side here so theres nothing between me and you and i plan to speck for 10 or 15 minutes on my
You should have copies of the constitution at each of your seats. So if theres anything that comes up during the course of the conversation where you need to refer to that legal document, feel free to do so. [laughter] think aboutp us these issues we have for distinguished experts. Senior fellows a at brookings, writes a column for the wall street journal and is the author of antipluralism, the populist threat to liberal democracy. Molly reynolds is a senior fellow at brookings and is the author of exceptions to the role, the politics of filibuster limitations in the u. S. Senate. Elaine kamarck is a senior author of a book about a Senior Process on nominating and the United States. Is a seniortes fellow at brookings and is a coauthor of a forthcoming book entitled on making the presidency, Donald Trumps war on the most powerful office. Host i want to start with bill. He has paid a lot of attention to the Public Opinion aspects of impeachment. There were three recent National Surveys t
Library is under threat. Well report from the scene. Just on the hill by the president ial library where there is a massive effort to get this blaze under control. They are fighting it from the air and the ground, but the wind is blowing very strongly. And in the last hour, twitters announced its stopping all political advertising, all around the world. Well look at why we begin with the grenfell fire that killed 72 people in june 2017. Today a report into the tragedy was released. And it calls for the government to treat its response as a national emergency. Lucy manning has this report. My family why . the last thing i was hearing from my aunt was where are the firefighters . And i rest it at that, where are the firefighters . I pray every single day, since the Grenfell Tower, to die sooner. Because i have no meaning in my life. No inquiry can comfort them. No blame brings them back. N0 warm words ease their harsh reality. Grenfell was a National Tragedy but their deeply personal one
Around 60,000 people have been forced from their homes in North Eastern syria, on the second day of a major air and ground assault by turkish forces. Thereve been several civilian deaths. Turkeys president claims at least a hundred kurdish fighters have been killed. They are long time American Allies in the fight against the extremist group, the so called Islamic State, but the turks regard them as terrorists. Turkey is trying to push back the kurds and seize land just inside the syrian border, to create what it calls a safe zone to resettle some of the millions of Syrian Refugees who sought shelter in turkey during eight years of war. Our International Correspondent 0rla guerin sent this from near the border. Turkey says its creating a safe zone in syria but take a look at 5 year old sara. Shes just lost one of her legs in a rocket attack that killed her 12 year old brother. Sara is one of many casualties in hospitals in the kurdish town of qamishli today. Victims of a new chapter in
Neighbourhoods in los angeles. Challenging our ideas about time and space. A new super telescope may give us more clues about dark energy. Live from our studios in london and singapore. This is bbc world news. Its newsday. Hello and welcome. Its 8am in singapore and midnight here in london, where borisjohnson is trying to break the brexit deadlock by holding a snap election. The british Prime Minister had pledged that the uk would leave the eu on october 31 do or die. But he doesnt have enough votes to get his brexit deal through parliament. On monday, mrjohnson failed in his latest attempt to get mps to agree to a new election, so hell try again on tuesday. Our political editor, laura kuenssnberg, has the story of another turbulent day, which began with britain being granted its official brexit extension. Throw your hands up if you like. Very short and efficient and constructive meeting and im happy that the decision has been taken. Short and efficient . Not how anyone could describe