Boundaries to benefit one political group. Sometimes it serves to create a majority and minority district, for example. It has become a catchall for what is broken in washington. There is talk about how gerrymandering has created and dysfunction. The main driver of what has polarized congress is the voters themselves sorting and likeminded places that has made it easier for and dysfunction. The partisans drawing the map to create highly democratic or republican seats. Host is it still happening . Guest of course. It is happening at a dizzying pace. In the last round, republicans benefited from the fact that they won the midterm elections timese power to redraw 4 as many districts as democrats on the state level. Most is done by state legislatures. If you have commissions. That has been the subject of debate. Should we move to a commission process in more states and take the power out of the hands of the people who are drawing lines for themselves and members of congress . What is happe
Good afternoon. My name is liz kennedy and im senior director of democracy and government reform. Id like to welcome you to the center for democracy progress this afternoon. Senator whitehouse has been delayed doing the nations business at a Senate Hearing so well be doing todays program with our fantastic panel and well be joined by the senator later in the program. We are at a critical moment for our democracy, which faces grave threats. A lot of attention has rightly been focused on russias involvement in Election Hacking and in dysinformation campaigns in the United States and elsewhere. C. A. P. Has addressed these issues, the weapon nation of information. Just on mopz c. A. P. Had an event for the release of our report Election Security in all 50 states, which graded each of the 50 states and the District Of Columbia on their Election Security prepared ps. Todays conversation will focus on yet another element of the kremlins influence that we are deeply concerned about and that h
Policy. We are live this morning in montgomery, alabama for the next up on the cspan bus 50 capitals with the Alabama Senate president pro tem. He will discuss key issues in his state. Host good morning, everyone. We will begin with your thoughts on the economy. President trump during his first date of the union has said since his election 2. 4 million new jobs have been created, wages are rising, deregulation is spurring growth, and the tax cuts mean more money in american pockets. We want to know, are you seeing a difference . Does President Trump deserve the credit . If you make the low 50,000,. Ial in at 202 7488000 if you make between 50,000 and. 100,000, dial 202 7488001 if your income is over 100,000, 202 7488002. Asn us on twitter, as well cspan on facebook. The president counting the economy on tuesday. [video clip] since thetrump election, we have created 2. 4 million new jobs. [applause] trump including 200,000 new jobs in manufacturing alone. Tremendous number. [applause] p
You joined in on a project to look at gerrymandering. David wasserman, what is gerrymandering . David the manipulation of boundaries to benefit one political group. Sometimes it serves to create a majority and minority district, for example. It has become a catchall for what is broken in washington. There is talk about how gerrymandering has created gridlock and dysfunction. But it is not always that simple. Because i think the main driver of what has polarized congress is the voters themselves sorting in likeminded places, and that has made it easier for those partisans drawing the maps to create dysfunction. And create highly democratic or republican seats. Host is it still happening . David of course. David of course. It is happening at a dizzying pace. In the last round, republicans benefited from the fact that they won the midterm elections and the power to redraw 4 times as many districts as democrats on the state level. Most redistricting is done by state legislatures. If you ha
Discusses Race Relations in america. We still have a long way to go. There is still racism in our country that needs to be addressed accurately and i think the Confederate Flag has been something thats a lingering element of this. Woodruff those are some of the stories were covering on tonights pbs newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by supported by the john d. And catherine t. Macarthur foundation. Committed to building a more just, verdant and peaceful world. More information at macfound. Org and by the alfred p. Sloan foundation. Supporting science, technology, and improved Economic Performance and Financial Literacy in the 21st century. And with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. And. This program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Ifill the latest deadline in the Iran Nuclear Talks approached today, amid signs of discord. Irans st