because they re hostile to the united states. long-term residents of the united states aren t in the same position. you quoted at the top, voting by noncitizens is quite common. it has persisted in the united states until the early part of the 20th century. tucker: it s not the same thing. it s a matter of intent? anyone who meets your definition of being not hostile to the united states as defined by you or other harvard law professors gets to vote. if putin were to say i m not hostile to the united states i like a donald trump, i think he said that on stage on monday that would give him the right to influence our elections by your standard. the traditional test, arkansas was the last date to eliminate noncitizen voting in 1926, the traditional test was residency. when abe lincoln was elected on the backs of lots of noncitizen voters in illinois, i don t
with plastic straws. some say the billions of plastic straws americans use every year are harmful to nature and are ts be eliminated. many restaurants are supplying straws only by request or eliminated them altogether. in seattle, they are banned, yoi can be fined or go to prison for distributing them. the executive director of lonely whales joins us now. thanks for coming on. for having me. tucker: unlike some people, i don t think it s crazy to worry about what plastic does to see animals, and i m bothered by the effect that stress have on turtles. honestly, i don t like that. i guess what bothers me is the solution. the overwhelming majority of plastic waste in the oceans does not come from the united states we aren t a big littering country, it comes from asia. why not put pressure on the asian countries that are dumpin
l because it doesn t mean anything until you really pick and choose one of those measures and impose it and that s where it gets tricky especially by the way between the two heavyweights of the european union between france and germany france once a hardline approach to the whole thing wants to play hardball but they don t really have anything to lose because their exports to the united states aren t as as large as comprehensive as those from germany that has a huge trade surplus with with the united states most often in brussels thank you. search for five big cats reported to have escaped from a zoo in western germany is over a drone spotted the two lines two tigers and the judge give us still on the premises of the eiffel s who located near the german town of luna back several enclosures have been damaged by storms overnight and the animals were thought to be missing a police led hunt and sued putting nearby residential areas on lockdown the fugitive bear which did escape was shot an
starts off it will overshadow other controversies. so diplomats for example in saudi arabia, the government you know well, are finding that behind the scenes a lot of work is being done for that important trip, for example. definitely. definitely. past several weeks there have been many saudi officials in washington preparing for this trip. and there s a lot of excitement. so do saudi officials see the u.s. domestic issues as a sideshow? does it have any impact at all? i mean, is it an advantage actually in the sense that if the u.s. government is distracted saudi arabia for example can push its own foreign policy? i don t think there s much bearing on foreign policy. domestic issues in the united states aren t much of concern to saudi officials or arab officials. they have no bearing on the relationship, on the visit, i
think. they just ignore it and move on. i mean, it s not something that really concerns them. there are many issues that concern the saudi government, regional stability, syria is a main concern, pushing back against iran expansion. people in the region have their plates very full. and i would say that u.s. domestic issues aren t on the top of the list. now, what the president is saying with his trip making his first foreign trip to saudi arabia, to israel, to italy, is that he wants to solve what he describes as the kind of religious problems that have effected that region. is it as simple as that? well, it s a very complex issue to solve. mainly the relationship between the united states and saudi arabia after 9/11 has been one of cooperation on security. on a daily basis. not only do the saudis and the americans share experience and share expertise, but they also