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chairman schiff introducing formally new sweeping legislation to deal with exactly this. my reason for being here is as simple as the title: protecting our democracy act. it shouldn t matter who the president of the united states is. we should want that president not to be able to abuse that office to enrich themselves. we should want them to maintain independence from the justice department, not use it as their own private law firm, not use it to go after their adversaries. the plan here is not partisan as emphasized. the legislation would have rules to limit how presidents use or, again, potentially abuse pardon power. deal with the deadlines that might prevent otherwise prosecution of rogue presidents. that s obviously a look at the legal presidency of trump. and to enforce the ban on presidents who aren t allowed to enrich themselves. also ideas to better protect doj independence. this is all part of congress broader efforts at accountability, deal with what ....
the implications are enormous, notjust in texas but across the us, and it points to a wider phenomenon. ideological conservatives are using state activism to confront federal power. my guest is texas republican state senator bryan hughes. has a new front opened up in america s culture wars? bryan hughes in austin, texas, welcome to hardtalk. thank you for having me. it s a pleasure to have you on the show, senator hughes. let me ask you a very simple question, is the era of roe versus wade that famous supreme court decision which essentially enshrined the right of a woman to have an abortion in the us is that era over in texas? we believe the end may be in sight. you know, for the last 30 years, the supreme court has been chipping away at that opinion and giving the states more authority to protect innocent human lives. so, this is not the end of roe versus wade, but the end may be in sight. we hope it is. this texas legislation, which you were one of the archite ....
stars arrive for the emmy awards. it s 8am in singapore, and 3am in moscow, where initial results from russia s marathon three day elections show president putin s party on course to retain its parliamentary majority. the central election commission says with 33 percent of the ballots counted, united russia hasjust over 45 percent of the vote. that s down from more than 54% at the last elections in 2016. few critics of the kremlin were allowed to run with supporters ofjailed opposition leader alexei navalny among those affected, but the bbc s seen evidence of potential vote rigging, as our correspondent in moscow, steve rosenberg reports. there s something different about a russian election. polling stations turn into music halls. buses turn into polling stations. we found this parked just outside of moscow. we asked, why in a bus? he couldn t explain. the authorities say the vote was transparent and fair. it looks like a regular election there are voters and there ....
the results are coming in after russia s three day elections, with president putin s united russia emerging as clearly the largest party in parliament. the central election commission says with 25 percent of the ballots counted, united russia hasjust over 44 percent of the vote. it s still quite early in the process but that s down from more than 54% at the last elections in 2016. few critics of the kremlin were allowed to run with supporters ofjailed opposition leader alexei navalny among those affected. from moscow, steve rosenberg reports. there s something different about a russian election. polling stations turn into music halls. buses turn into polling stations. we found this parked just outside of moscow. we asked, why in a bus? he couldn t explain. the authorities say the vote was transparent and fair. it looks like a regular election there are voters and there are parties to vote for. but, most opposition politicians and activists, in other words the kremli ....
leading the nominations along with the london based football comedy ted lasso earning 20 nominations. now on bbc news.it s political thinking with nick robinson. hello and welcome to political thinking. the programme in which i have a conversation with, rather than carrying out an interrogation of, someone who shapes our political thinking. no politician since winston churchill has had as many seniorjobs in the cabinet as my guest this week. sajid javid replaced matt hancock as boris johnson s health secretary. before that, he himself has had to quit as chancellor after a spat with dominic cummings. he d also done a host of other jobs home secretary, business secretary, communities secretary and culture secretary as well. he revealed in a speech this week that his mum had said, you may not be a doctor, but at least you have got a job in health care. sajid javid, welcome to political thinking. thank you. it s my pleasure to join you. so, your mum is pleased that y ....