perhaps you know me as, the kung fu panda. ah, you re adorable. huh. oh, whah! welcome back to msnbc state of the union special coverage. president biden gave a forceful speech and made clear that democracy is under threat. not just abroad but right here in the u.s. in front of both chambers of congress, he reminded of the january 6th capitol attack in the very room, three years ago. history is watching. just like history watched three years ago on january 6. insurrection stormed the capitol , the threat of american democracy. many of you were here on the darkest of days. we also, they were not patriots. they stopped to overcome the peaceful transfer of power. january 6th lies about the 2020 election and the plots to steal the election posed a threat to the u.s. democracy since the civil war. they failed. america stood. america stood strong. democracy prevailed. the executive director of the georgetown institute of politics and public service. and brendan buck is he
coming up on this week s show. the atmosphere is brilliant. you ve got the singing, lots of shouting. that s so good. that s so tasty. some people want train sets, i wanted a castle. scotland is a perennialfavourite when it comes to travel. from its rugged and dramatic highlands to its vibrant cities and festivals. considering its relatively small size, scotland really does punch above its weight when it comes to tourism. and this week we re looking back at some of our favourite travel show adventures there, kicking off with the time i headed to shetland to experience something that s firmly based in the islands viking past, although a big change is under way. sitting halfway between the scottish mainland and norway, the shetland islands have a unique combination of cultures. and today the sleepy town of lerwick is facing an invasion from a long dormant foe. shouting the vikings. cheering and shouting so this is up helly aa. it s one of a number of viking festivals that take
of the presidential palace in the capital, port au prince. there are reports that armed gangs have once again invaded now on bbc news, unspun world withjohn simpson. hello and welcome. in today s unspun world from the bbc s headquarters here in central london, i ll be asking bbc correspondents around the world to give us their insights into what s really going on. what s daily life like in gaza and the west bank at present? going to the bread queues, to the soup queues where children are struggling to get to the front of the queue before the food runs out. peace in gaza and in ukraine. what might it look like? how might it happen? it can be because they think that, actually, if they carry on fighting, they might get on the losing side, and they want to make the leap before the situation turns against them. and the closest china gets to a parliament is gathering in beijing. will it actually decide anything? i think a lot of analysts - in particular like to read kind of smoke s
cnn this is gps, the global public square. welcome to all of you in the united states and around the world i m fareed zakaria coming to you from new york. today on the program president biden the state of, the union and america s role in the world i talked to susan glasser and ian bremmer, but great the middle east, then much more also cnn s jim sciutto on how close russia may have come to using nuclear weapons in ukraine. and how a new global nuclear arms race his apartment then allbirds, noah feldman on what it means to be a jew in this time of ever rising anti-semitism but first, here s my take as we ve watched the horrors of another war in the middle east, it s easy to get gloomy and depress. it seems that the region continues to be violent and unstable but that mrs. an important shift that has taken place in recent time, one that provides some cause for optimism about the future. the arab states that are now the middle east leaders are playing an important and
now on bbc news, unspun world withjohn simpson. hello and welcome. in today s unspun world from the bbc s headquarters here in central london, i ll be asking bbc correspondents around the world to give us their insights into what s really going on. what s daily life like in gaza and the west bank at present? going to the bread queues, to the soup queues where children are struggling to get to the front of the queue before the food runs out. peace in gaza and in ukraine. what might it look like? how might it happen? it can be because they think that, actually, if they carry on fighting, they might get on the losing side, and they want to make the leap before the situation turns against them. and the closest china gets to a parliament is gathering in beijing. will it actually decide anything? i think a lot of analysts - in particular like to read kind of smoke signals and the kind - of subtle clues in what people are wearing or where people are sitting. when hamas fighters atta