Peculiar way we count the two nonconsecutive administrations of Grover Cleveland in the 19th century. All 44 of those president s have been males. All but two of them have been white protestant males. , of the 44, have been elected to second terms, which is a room entry indicator of the character of our political system and its volatility. Scarcely more than one third of our chief executives beginning in the 18th century have been elected to a second term for one reason or another. Eight have died in office. Four have been assassination. Five have been elected without popular majorities. Three have been impeached and two of those in the lifetime of many people here today. Of all of those numbers, the one i want to of the size most, is the number one. By that, i mean the president is electedne of the 536 officials in washington, d. C. Strictly speaking, it is 537, and theers of congress, president and Vice President im treating as a single click on entity. So the president is one of 536
Of the character of our political system and its volatility. Scarcely more than one third of our chief executives, beginning in the 18th century, have been elected to a second term for one reason or another. Eight have died in office. Four have been assassination. Five have been elected without popular majorities. Three have been impeached, two of those in the lifetime of many people with us here today. Of all of those numbers, the one i want to of the size most, is the number one. By that i mean that the president is simply one of the 536 elected officials in washington, d. C. Strictly speaking, it is 537, 535 members of congress, and the im treating the president and Vice President for this purpose as a single entity. So the president is one of 536 elected officials. When i reflect on that asymmetry between the one president and 536 other federal elected officials, im reminded of a quip by the journalist theodore white, who wrote several books on president ial elections beginning in
Which is some kind of a rudimentary indicator of the character of our political system and its volatility. Scarcely more than one third of our chief executives, beginning in the 18th century, have been elected to a second term for one reason or another. Eight have died in office. Four have been assassinated. Five have been elected without popular majorities. Three have been impeached, two of those in the lifetime of many people with us here today. Of all of those numbers, the one i want to emphasize the most is simply the number one. By that i mean that the president is simply one of the 536 elected officials in washington, d. C. Strictly speaking, it is 537, 535 members of congress, and im treating the president and Vice President for this purpose as a single political entity. So the president is one of 536 elected officials. When i reflect on that asymmetry between the one president and 535 other federal elected officials, im reminded of a quip by the journalist theodore white, who w
Receive any evidence. And corona virus cases rise rapidly in Northern England with hospitals preparing for the worst the u. K. Governments contradictory antivirus measures are some confusion still to. A warm welcome to you youre watching the weekly here on r. T. International bringing you all the latest headlines along with a recap of the stories that shape the week 1st the latest on news that is dominated a lot of our coverage the last few days and weeks azerbaijan and armenia say their abiding by a cease fire agreement that came into force on saturday but reports of violations are coming from both parties where the moscow serving as a broker the 2 sides managed to seal a truce including an exchange of prisoners and war dead in the contested region where theres still paves the way for further talks to be mediated by the o. S. C. Minsk group as by johns president said today he views whats been achieved thus far positively and heres some of what we saw from the key players yesterday. A
Has burned 80,000 acres. Containment numbers have gone it is 19 contained. From 27 to 33 . We are starting to make some progress. It is happening. 557,000 square miles of reporter the plan includes learned, which is bigger than the city of los angeles. Setting controlled burns including this area of fall creek trail near felton. 1200 homes and outbuildings have been burned. Thanks to cooler weather and help from the national guard, the czu lightning complex fire has destroyed 538 structures. They are making solid progress. There were no new evacuation it will take time because of orders. Cal fire shared these photos of thick fog and set the cooler the terrain and the size of the weather and more resources have helped. We have a lot of resources fires. To give a little context of this, the size, if you take above Boulder Creek and other allied agencies working that as a sign its roughly 162 diligently. Very difficult to rain. Acres per person. That is not everyone on the fire line by co