To discuss this and more im joined by my guest Adam Roosevelt in washington hes a National Security analyst as well as a g. O. P. Strategist and elmer we have scott ritter is a former Intelligence Officer and United Nations weapons inspector and into and we have Mohammad Marandi he is a professor at the university of toronto gentlemen crossed out rules in effect that means you can jump any time you want and i always appreciate it ok lets go to professor marandi interim 1st professor marandi event over the last year iran. Saw the assassination of one of its. Celebrated military officials probably the greatest. Cherice hunter and killer in the world and then we have this scientist. Over the last few days sas needed and by all accounts it was an israeli operation we dont know to what. Degree the americans were knowledgeable of it but it doesnt really matter here so it looks quite likely a new administration will be coming into power in january theres a lot of speculation about the last da
All vote to ensure a totally Read Parliament will drive out the dirty unpatriotic opposition who in the last 5 years have sought to destroy the success of the revolution. Martinez has been told many times not to give up hope but he fears his country could slip even deeper into crisis. Im now joined by d. W. Correspondent Johan Ramirez he joins us from bogota the 100 most western nations and the venezuelan opposition called this parliamentary election a fraud and yet all indications are that president maduro will be a big winner in this election detail for us just what he stands to gain here. He is going to win the control of the National Assembly something that he that is in the hands of the opposition since 2015 it means that hes going to get control on every state institution in venice all of this is also also its involved because Nicolas Maduro is already half past the control off of the country. In venezuela but he wants to crush the opposition but at the same time hes going to los
Obtain. What you might see is a bit more bitesized approach to aspects of the trading agreements. To get a greater engagement in a more constructive engagement. You talked about the covid recession. We have had a second wave of covid coming across europe in the last couple months. Indicators of the economy show that is causing a double dip in many economies in terms of activity. Youhelpful you are are that we could have a fast recovery this time around and see that vshaped recovery people have talked about . I think the vaccine is going to be a very important story for the 2021. From the irish perspective we moved early on in the early the second wave, the Second Lowest interest in europe now. We are doing very well in terms of the downward trajectory of caseys. Of cases in hospital and icu. Somewhere at the end of this month we move out of what we call level 5. Our schools of state construction has stayed open. Our domestic economy. Our investment side is doing very well. Science and
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Good evening and welcome im abbott. Welcome to our program. Todays event is on the record and this is live streaming. We do welcome social media engagement. This is an independent non partisan platform. The host into. For this evening programs began youll hear flush talk from doctor former nation. His work focus on demystifying peoples behaviors and opinions in complexes societies and difficult complex situations. He has a ph. D. In policy studies. Following the flash top we begin our Panel Discussion and i will introduce our panel stat that time. Please join me in welcoming doctor pharma nation. I appreciate the chance to be here. Hello chicago. This is my first time. Here the title being Public Opinion after the iranian crisis. We are independent company focusing on opinion polling. Only on iran. Im from toronto canada. Welcome to the canadians from here. We are based in toronto. Thats one of our call centers in toronto. Scientific polling from iran have been completely reliable, and