Paul welcome to the journal editorial report, The Middle East is on as the world prepares to mark the 1year anniversary of the October 7th Terror Attack with the israeli military pressing forward on multiple frontend taking the fight to irans socalled Axis Of Resistance in gaza, lebanon and yemen. Benjamin netanyahu vowed to change the Balance Of Power in the region. How has the at least changed since the israel hamas war began . Lets ask seth jones, senior Vice President and director of the international Security Program at the center for strategic and international studies. Good to see you again, happy to have you here. How has October 7th and the Israel Response to that changed The Middle East . There is both a shortterm and longerterm impact in the change of the Balance Of Power. The first is in the short term, weve seen hezbollah knocked on its back for the Command And Control structure that has been severely degraded. The leader of hezbollah has been killed and its interesting to
not only that, he s been criminally indicted twice so far, he could face multiple trials in between campaign stops during primary season next year. essentially, on top of all of that, he appears to remain in control of the narrative and the eject cherie of this race. take for example the ways that those have responded to the criminal indictment last month, and how those responsive has a vault in the weeks since. have a promissory quickly made a pledge to pardon trump. tim scott said that the indictment is, quote, a serious case, but with serious allegations. at the same time, he condemned president biden and the justice department, alleging that they were targeting and hunting republicans. more interesting is how the talking points of a vote for trump s own former vice president, mike pence. shortly after the public learned about the indictment, pence said that he was, quote, deeply troubled but that no one is above the law. then, after the indictment was unsealed, he told cn
which is more cruel and unusual? one of the most influential appellate courts erupted in public disagreement over one of the most difficult issues of our time, homelessness. having recently decided matters of affirmative action, student loans and adoption, on top of last year s rulings concerning abortion, guns, religion and climate change, scotus might soon have the final word here, too. at issue, ordinances in grants pass, oregon, which would impose fines on homeless people for encampment on public property. a trial court was faced with this issue, whether cities can impose criminal penalties for sitting, sleeping or lying outside on public property for homeless individuals who cannot obtain shelter. it held the ordinances were unconstitutional and constituted cruel and unusual punishment under the eighth amendment. the matter came before the powerful ninth circuit court, which has jurisdiction for much of the western united states and all of california. the ninth circuit
it is almost independence day, give this thought. we keep asking politicians to get things done, get gas cheaper, who will pay my student loan. i was looking at the jfk inauguration speech, you remember the one. ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country. a great line, right? and a gutsy line for a politician. think about it, his first day, he says, my fellow americans, don t look at me, you want something done, do it yourself. that is refreshing and that is what i want to hear more of from now on when i look at candidates, i only have one thing on my wish list. give me one thing and the other things fall into place. give me freedom. it s sad we have to say that, isn t it? it is supposed to be a given. remember the constitution, the first amendment is about freedom, there is a reason founding fathers put it first, thanks old white guys. yeah, yeah. [applause] bureaucratic sas freedom is great, it will have to wait, we re in a climate
lots of travelers already have frayed nerves amid all of that the ceo of united airlines is apologizing for taking private jet out of the new york area this week while his airlines canceled flights that left thousands stranded. that frustration has been spreading across the country. according to flight alert.com there are about the 800 delayed nationwide with the worst delays in dallas, atlanta, chicago, worst cancellations washington, chicago, not necessarily as it has been. how s it looking over there? there relates struggling to meet the record numbers look and wait times about 20 minutes or so. ~ flights delayed here in atlanta. you mentioned the numbers are simply record-breaking. posted pandemic levels four years ago be exceeded 17.7 million expected to travel by air in the u.s. during the holiday week for atlanta had to process more than 100,000 tsa just friday alone. the numbers up 11% over one year ago. try to tell people, get to the airport early. at least two or th