because the progress happens in small steps, what it s happening. in palpable ways. this evening was interesting, the speech by president biden, they address from the white house, i thought what was interesting about it was it s quiet, normalcy. the idea that there are as a lack of superlatives, there s punditry all over the place. twitter is not, i mean it could be a tree falling in the woods. the president of the united states given important address and it s okay. and it said nice things about republicans, and nobody said their hair on fire. you pointed out that even in the obama days, it would ve been hard pressed to pay a compliment to the speaker of the house. and that s what joe biden did tonight. it was the normalcy that the part of amazing me today. it was paid by the, and welcoming refreshing change for a lot of people. yes, have a good night, see you next week. you two ali! think about this, do you remember where you are the first time you heard about
about little changes, not that little, that do happen. they are smart but they all meaningful. they re meaningful. i think that s why you see a lot of tension in this country. because the progress happens in small steps, but it s happening. in palpable ways. it s happening. this evening was interesting, the speech by president biden, the address from the white house. i thought what was interesting about it was the quiet normalcy. the idea that the lack of superlatives, there isn t punditry all over the place. twitter is not it could be a tree falling in the woods. the president of the united states gives an important address. first of all. and it s okay. and said nice things about republicans and nobody set their hair on fire. that s the way it has to work. you pointed out, even in the obama days, it would ve been hard-pressed to pay a compliment to the speaker of the house. yes. that s what joe biden did tonight. the normalcy was the part that amazed me
saturday june 3rd, i m ali velshi, if you can believe at the iowa caucus which has kicked off the republican primary seasons are only about seven months away. the slate of candidates lining up to the 2024 republican presidential nominee has been filling up for the past couple of months. the field is about to get crowded over the next several days, but three more republicans expected to officially announce the presidential bids in the early part of next week. on tuesday, the former new jersey governor, chris christie, is expected to jump into the race with the formal announcement schedule during a town hall event in new hampshire, where he finished in six place. the last time he ran for the presidency in 2016. on wednesday, the former vice president, mike pence will celebrate his 64th birthday by making his presidential bid official and the months of speculation and setting up a challenge against his former boss. on the same day, the incumbent north dakota governor, doug burgu
Several deaths have been reported. Security forces tried to break up a sit in there, which has been going on for weeks. The demonstrations have also spread to other cities including the provincial capitals of lahore and karachi. The bbcs south asia regional editor, anbarasan ethirajan, is following the story. Islamabad, pakistans capital city, turned into a battle zone. Police fired tear gas and rubber bullets to disperse the islamists, but they came prepared, and responded with stones and bricks. Several police vans were on fire. Many injured were taken to hospital. At one point, the police had to retreat as hundreds more demonstrators turned up unexpectedly. After failing to disperse the islamists, the government has asked the military to restore order in islamabad. The islamists have been blocking a key highway for weeks, demanding the sacking of a government minister who they accuse of blasphemy. The protesters are defiant. Translation were protesting against the operation, the cru
Pakistans government has called on the army to restore order in the capital islamabad after violence broke out during protests by islamists. The demonstrators want a government minister, who they accuse of blasphemy, to be sacked. The violence in islamabad has reportedly led to several deaths and around 200 people being injured at faiza bad interchange, a key highway in the city. Security forces tried to break up a sit in there which has been going on for weeks. The demonstrations are now spread to other cities, in the provincial capitals of lahore at karachi. Islamabad, pakistans capital city, turned into a battle zone. Police fired tear gas and rubber bullets to disperse the islamists, but they came prepared, and responded with stones and bricks. Several police vans were set on fire. Many injured were taken to hospital. At one point, the police had to retreat as hundreds more demonstrators turned up unexpectedly. After failing to disperse the islamists, the government has asked the m