Candidate senator Bernie Sanders spoke with supporters at the National Voter cycle museum in iowa. Senator sanders opened the event by addressing the killing of the iranian general are u. S. Forces. By u. S. Forces. Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome senator Bernie Sanders. [cheering and applause] sen. Sanders thank you all for coming out. Today, i want to talk about some of the very important issues facing our country. But before i get to some of them, i want to take a moment to address the events in iraq and the escalating crisis in the middle east. Yesterday, President Trump ordered the assassination of a top iranian general. In iraq along with the leader of an iraqi militia. This is a dangerous escalation that brings us closer to another disastrous war in the middle east. Which could cost countless lives and trillions more dollars and lead to even more deaths, more conflict, more displacement in that already highly volatile region of the world. When i voted against the war in ira
Marched through the streets and in coronation protests against a controversial citizenship you know off and a mining project in brazil which is facing opposition from indigenous communities. Living as internationally recognized government has a approved a military did with turkey or paving the way for her to play a bigger role in the civil war the deal could save turkish troops deployed to defend tripoli from warlord Khalifa Haftar well egypt which backs half the has rejected the agreement saying it violates Un Security Council resolutions including an arms embargo roy chalons has our top story. Libyas warring forces are on the move here soldiers after Libyan National Army Advanced west there are breaking out and hoping to open a new front its for months theyve been fighting on the outskirts of tripoli against the army of the government of National Accord on thursday the u. N. Backed g. And i announced its agreed to receive greater military help from turkey but that. After iran is an a
Fiercely divided u. S. House of representatives votes to impeach President Donald Trump he says its a deeply disgrace also ahead. Then the close honkin find out next why so many migrants travel from here to europe not through the mediterranean but across the atlantic or something. Dont be disturbed to the sport. For you banned from sport for doping offenses president Vladimir Putin says the sanctions are unfair and politically motivated. But we begin this hour with breaking news out of libya where the u. N. Recognized government says it will accept an offer of military support from taki the tripoli based administration is fighting an offensive by the world can be for have to his forces are trying to capture the capital schools in the Southern District of. An intra party has now been closed with r. T. Say its because of sporadic fighting and shelling by have forces well we have reporters in 3 countries crucial to this story sebastian is standing by moscow monitor joe is in istanbul but
Refuses to say when the articles to the senate for trial. Well theres been a shooting attack in moscow near the headquarters of the f. S. B. Security service lets go straight now to moscow and our correspondent step vasant step what more do we know at this stage 3 people dead. Its still unclear how many many people have died there was indeed a shooting incident at the lubyanka the headquarters of the secret Service Agency here in moscow its not clear exactly where these attackers were there are some media reports that they actually went inside the building but others say they were outside of the building there has been reports also also confirmed by police that it were using machine guns kalashnikovs has been mentioned and also those streets now have completely been cordoned off in that area around lubyanka area to make sure that the people who are still in their side and the police is doing this ongoing operation is also saw some unconfirmed reports that some of the attackers might ha
Its my pleasure now to introduce bob cusack, the editorinchief of the hill who will moderate a panel on how will candidates messages and platforms change with popular vote. Bob . Thanks, jim. I want to introduce our panel. Norm gordons teen of aei, michael steele, former chair of the rnc. Brown a common, evoked to latina, and jesse wagon, New York Times editorial board. I was looking back at the states that were visited most by donald trump in the last election. Not surprisingly it was ohio and north carolina, florida, pennsylvania, of course democrats wish that Hillary Clinton had visited wisconsin a bit more. The first question would be, if we did change the system, and norm, ill start with you, what would be the impact of campaigns and their strategy . So, as you mentioned, bob, they visited the large speed it dates and i was kind of amused when senator kramer of north dakota defending the Electoral College said this would make north dakota irrelevant. Well, guess what . When it com