Off the road. Shanghai prepares to introduce new laws. Italian prosecutors say they have arrested the captain and first mate of a boat that capsized off the coast of libya. Survivors have asked in sicily its feared up to 900 others drowned. The Prime Minister says europe must Work Together to stop migrants being exploited by traffickers. Alexi obrien reports. Reporter of the hundreds on board the boat they hoped would take them to a new life these are the few who made it. 27 migrants out of as many as 950. Arriving in the sicilian port of catania and exhausted by their ordeal they were met by emergency workers. Among the survivors, the boats captain and first mate. Trrs say they have been charged over the sinking. Translation we carried out two arrest warrants, the captain and crew. The captain was charged with manslaughter. Reporter in malta 24 bodies arrived, bulled from the water since their overcrowded boat capsized and sank off the coast of libya. More information is being release
And it was really a pleasure to do and its a very, like i said, its a really happy story. Great. Thank you for your time. Up next on booktv, Margaret Macmillan Come International history professor at Oxford University examines the lead up to world war i. This is just over one hour. Welcome everybody to todays council on Foreign Relations meeting. I look back at the build up to the great war with Margaret Macmillan and Robert Massie. Im david amblin, editor of world policy journal and i would like to welcome our National Members participating in this meeting through the live screen. You know, i was sitting at lunch i have a little surprise for our two guests, because i checked 100 years ago today out of curiosity come november 4, 1913, the United States was preparing to muster 500,000 troops and gear up for war against a major power. President wilson had just given an ultimatum to that nations head of state but we didnt go to war. At least not them. That major power was on this side of
The Current Court is moving rather frightening way to some people in the direction of reviewing laws that affect the economy in a serious way. For example, laws that were passed in vermont to make it harder for pharmaceutical companies to jack up charged by giving information about drugs to certain doctors so that there were prescribed more costly. The court struck that down on the basis of the First Amendment. After four joined the conservatives and match. Breyer went almost apoplectic. This is a return of what was called the locker area, the time from the 1890s in 1937 when the court was striking down economic legislation rather loosely. If you strike down an economic legislation simply because it deals with speech in one way or another, it deals with information information is at the heart of almost everything. And using the First Amendment that way could give the court the kind of power that i think is presuppose in your question. Some people think that is exactly what was right be
Former federal prosecutor Sidney Powell on what can be done about prosecutorial misconduct. She was at the Cato Institute to discuss her book i sent to my exposing corruption in the department of justice. This is about an hour and a half. Good afternoon and welcome to the Cato Institute. Im the director of the project on criminal justice. And today we want to examine some distressing legal trends that are at work in the criminal law area. Our guest speaker today has just written a new book entitled license to my exposing corruption in the department of justice and the book recounts several cases in which ambitious prosecutors use illegal and unethical tactics to win their cases. Before we get to the panel of experts, i want to take a minute or two to lay out a discussion that is going to follow but before i do that let me ask those that came with cell phones if you take a moment to doublecheck and make sure that they are turned off as a courtesy to our speakers. Thank you. The first po
The hearing. Mr. Barrs actions make clear that in his department of justice the president s allies get special treatment. The president s enemies real and imagined are targeted for extra scrutiny and the needs of the American People and the needs of justice are generally ignored. And a federal court of appeals has ordered District Court judge Emmitt Sullivan to drop the case against Michael Flynn. Were going to have more on that news in a moment. A lot of moving parts this morning both in sort of some inside the beltway type of news and also some big stuff having to do with the virus and Police Reform. Joining me now is my coanchor for the next two hours, katy tur, and were watching a lot this hour so where are we beginning . You can add Climate Change to that list but thats coming a bit later. Democrats called the measure flawed. Were going to talk to senator Tammy Duckworth about that shortly. Were also following more spikes in coronavirus cases across the country especially in place