Off the rails on hundreds of thousands of people are left stranded in south africa because of train truck. Iran is threatening the United States with a crushing response to efforts to reimpose sanctions the u. S. Has triggered a socalled snap back of the sanctions which were lifted in the 25th day of Iran Nuclear Deal but every other permanent member of the United Nations Security Council rejects the u. S. Plan arounds present tells on rouhani is urging the u. S. To respect International Law hes praised world ows for standing up to american pressure. Here. We could see the u. S. Lost 3 times in the span of a month but the un Security Council the americans always thought that they had the upper hand at the Security Council for many reasons including enjoying the veto power and having traditional friends they never imagined to be defeated at the same council we saw 13 out of the council 15 Member States seductive the u. S. They supported the j. C. And rejected the United States today we
Instrument its into all of many places its s. Dave i think totally wrong about that tell me a little bit more because i dont really see why democracy would be a stick of the west so tell me a little bit more about where that perception comes from well he your book is not very flattering to you after it terry ends but i think you ultimately confirmed that deeply have believed that everybody almost everybody uses different kinds of tricks and manipulation studio and you kind of center in the house and take expression of political will and based on his democracies i doing it in certain the way they are relying on laws and regulations to ensure that self interest authoritarian regimes may be doing that and what in crew there are ways but ultimately i think the conclusion of your book is that everybody doesnt. No really i mean i dont think thats the conclusion theres a lot of countries on in the book which dont really do it or at least do it less and theres a lot of countries in europe in n
Whatsoever they seem to be reasonably stable countries that are stuck in between these 2 extremes so. It would be i think we should expect countries like russia to look roughly the same intensity in 20 years time and its going to take quite a lot to shift russia even to a complete or a terran state that doesnt hold elections rule or to a much more Democratic State where we could genuinely talk about some of the tweets and losing power i was writing of aides to the soviet union and i remember very vividly this transition from infuse the absent any and if you see as and for democracy to see a lot of cynicism not only among the people but also among the leaders and when it comes to the latter as. It was primarily driven black a realisation and deeply how the leave that for the west democracy is not a value its not the goal its not something that they lead by its actually an instrument its in to all of many places and its as theyve been totally wrong about that. Tell me a little bit more b
Speaker pelosi good morning, everyone. Good morning. Pelosi thank you for being here. We are really very honored to have congressman raskin to lead us through his legislation which , is so very important. So i hope you will prepare yourself for a civics lesson, or a presentation on the constitution of the united states. The 25th amendment to the constitution was ratified in 1967 after the assassination of president kennedy with strong , bipartisan support. Members of congress have a duty to take all necessary action to preserve continuity of government and protect the stability and integrity of our democracy for the future. That is why today, again, it is my honor to welcome congressman jamie raskin of maryland, a constitutional scholar, as he introduces legislation to establish a commission on president ial capacity to discharge the duties and powers and duties of the office. This is not about President Trump. He will face the judgment of the voters. But he shows the need for us to cr
So, i hope you will prepare yourself for a civics lesson, or a presentation on the constitution of the united states. The 25th amendment to the constitution was ratified in 1967 after the assassination of president kennedy with strong bipartisan support. Members of congress have a duty to take all necessary action to preserve continuity of government and protect the stability and integrity of our democracy for the future. That is why today, again, it is my honor to welcome congressman jamie raskin of maryland, a constitutional scholar, as he introduces legislation to establish a commission on president ial capacity to discharge the duties and powers and duties of the office. This is not about President Trump. He will face the judgment of the voters. But he shows the need for us to create a process for future president s. Throughout americas history, our leaders have created and strengthened guardrails in the constitution to ensure stability and continuity of government in times of cris