I want to welcome you all to a discussion about the possibilities of ranked Choice Voting, potentially solving a bunch of different challenges. This is an event in a series of events for new americas 20th anniversary. It was founded in 1999. We are creating a home for new generation of people and ideas across a wide range of Public Policy questions. I am kind of an of the oldtimers, although i was not here in 1999, although i knew the founders and saw the creation of it. Thefundamental ideas about political system had been part of the dna of this organization from the beginning, as my colleague reminded me that ranked voting was in the book that the founders wrote called the radical center. It was one of the ideas that they promoted. That book is not viable for what we do, but it is part of it. Informn i came back to the Political Reform Program in 2014, and our founding idea is that we introduce fresh and getting into the conversation about reforming american democracy and getting bey
He recently traveled to pyongyang for the new yorker magazine. His report offers a rare, inside look at north korea. He writes in 18 years of , reporting, i never felt as much uncertainty at the end of a project, a feeling that nobody , not a diplomat, the strategists, or the scholars who have devoted their lives to the subject matter able to describe with confidence how the other side thinks. I am pleased to have him on this program. Welcome. Evan thank you very much. Charlie tell me how this trip took place. Who was on the trip, its purpose and plan . Evan this trip began a few months ago, really with the idea that we have to get there, we have to go to north korea to understand what is going on on the ground. They dont have diplomatic relations, so you cant go to an embassy in washington. What you can use is what is known as the new york channel, it is an Informal Office that exists within the north Korean Mission to the United Nations who manage relations with the United States. An
Tests. These tests found problems with officer noncompliance with policy, equipment failures, an officer error due to lack of training. We followed up on systemic corrective make sure actions were taken. They did not consistently track to fix problems. We recommended that they do so, and they have actions underway to do that. Mr. Chairman, in some respects our findings mirror some of the themes we have seen over the past several years. In general, the u. S. Has made significant process combating smuggling. We made Great Strides to sense 1998 when the u. S. Began deploying Radiation Detection equipment. At the same time, many of these programs should of been implemented better. Sometimes fail to assess whether the programs are working as intended. Agencies rushed to deploy technologies before they were ready. Over the years, other agencies that implemented recommendations to address these problems. Result, they strengthened their programs. Looking ahead, other agencies face some tough d
Questions about race that is elected republican senators or house members on the same ballots overseen by the same poll workers and the same secretaries of state. The Justice Department top elections crime prosecutor resigned in protest after bill barr told attorneys to investigate to investigate any allegations of irregularities in the vote. As each day goes by president elect bidens Transition Team says it is losing valuable time. The camp is considering legal action if the Trump Administration continues to stall. There are many had a headlines to get to this morning. Lets begin with evan perez on the top doj prosecutor resigning in protest. I think its important aswe look at this memo from barr what it said, im quoting, investigations may be conducted if there are clear and apparently credible allegations of irregularities, important word, that if true could potentially impact the outcome of a federal election in an individual state. Saying you can investigate any irregularities bu
Team that would likely include Rudy Giuliani and possibly Alan Dershowitz. New arrests as authorities hunt down riot suspects. Federal charges were just filed against the man seen carrying speaker Nancy Pelosis lectern as well as another man who wore a bearskin headdress during the riot. Lets go to our senior Congressional Correspondent manu raju. Manu, walk us through these really fasttrack developments on the timetable for impeachment. Reporter yeah, it was moving very fast and expecting a vote could happen in just a matter of days. The one concern some democrats have is the precedent they would set by moving so quickly on impeachment. Typically, an impeachment inquiry takes months, but this could take a matter of days. And democrats say the reason why theyre moving so quickly is because the matter is urgent and they say the president is a concern to the american publics safety in the aftermath of what happened on wednesday and the president inciting violence that led to the deadly m