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denzel washington, samuel l. jackson, and wesley snipes. they all presented me my oscar. and during my speech i made a couple statements. one's that the entertainment industry is way behind sports, as far as diversity goes. it's easier for african american person to be president of the united states of america than president of a hollywood studio or tv or cable network. >> and why does that matter? >> because image... images matter. and if we're not in the position, we're not in the room then we don't really have a say. if... here's the thing, we go... i'm... i'm glad we got black stars. that's great. but they're not really in the... woven into the fabric of decision... decision-making in... in hollywood, or the networks. and also this is beyond hollywood. it's television, it's newspapers, it's magazines. we have to be in those positions where we have a vote... you have a part of the decision. we have a say. and we're... and that's not the case now. >> but here you are, you know, all these years later. does it still frustrate you that it... nothing's changed? >> i can't s

host: washington, d.c., trevor, democrat. drop the whole playful euphemisms of deterrence and response? so we are talking about is genocide and mass murder. i visited the titan missile site that was turned into a museum and what struck me was, there are no plans for the people who lost that missile to survive. it was the subject of jokes among the operators. this is annihilation. given that our real threat nuclear weapons is a symmetrix, people who we can't to deter with mass murder and mass annihilation. isn't it insane to incentivize our potentially unstable states like russia and pakistan to build more nuclear weapons, which could potentially end up in the hands of someone who wishes to use them? guest: that is the core of the argument from the arms control association and groups similar to that, that essentially the more the u.s. invests in nuclear weapons, the more likely it is other nations will do the same in the creates the potential for a rogue actor to lay hands on nuclear weapons. russia and the u.s. lead by magnit

both of them got their washington roots, dragged them down. those two characters twisted themselves into pretzels trying to convince you that what you heard you hadn't heard and you what saw you hadn't seen. we didn't change our position. it's no change of position. rand paul jumps in to criticize them for the position he thought they had and for some, jeb bush got involved in this thing he came running in, he started to say, i changed my position and you changed your position, you asked me to support your bill, marco. they started having a florida side skirmish. i'm standing there, saying to myself, it's easy. finally i interrupted and i said, for the viewers at home, i think you feel as i do. you need a washington to english dictionary to convert this tuff, right? marco rube noah was for amnesty and legalization, that was his position. when conservatives told him he didn't like it and he decided to run for president, he turned tail and ran and hid. you've got to make a judgment on what you think of that. i changed my position on gun, i'm hap

my guests are with me in washington. and bruce, you were just about to say... >> yeah, i think that the partisanship in congress is so extreme, they don't care, it's all about winning for that particular time and day. and it's all driven totally bipartisanship, and it's a joke for the united states. they will be hoisted, and they don't care about that, it's quite it discerning. >> you said, jp, you don't think that we'll get to that. so what happens? outside pressure? the very fact that, the people that they want to please, they will be on the outside. >> they will feel pressure as this debate broils, but senator lindsey graham said that he's open to this. and senator graphly started to walk back his position today. so for good reason, it would be unprecedented and unconscionable for the senate to not perform its duty in this context, and i think that the pressure will continue to build and affect the outcome here. >> a lot of times, certainly in the recent political eruptions, people have been talking about defending th

al jazeera join us live from washington, d.c. roz, tell us more about the reaction from washington. >> well, not only did the spokesperson say that assad was delude first degree he thinks he can stay in power no matter how long it takes to take control of syrian territory. they also said that assad really has no legitimacy and should have left yesterday. that said, the u.s. is going to be focused on trying to, one, implement the temporary cessation of hostilities, which is their temperature of a cease-fire. and then try to work on some sort of peace accord. and then try to get to a transitional government. but as you said, lauren, deluded was the first word out of his mouth and that is summarizing how the obama administration looks at syria. what is also interesting is whether or not the u.s. believes in a russia can be a trustworthy partner and can be trusted to increase the amount of pressure on damascus to do the right thing, to have the assad government step aside and try to get this peace process under way. well again, laure

tom ackerman, al jazeera, washington. >>> the berlin film festival is underway and this year the organizers are trying to do more to include some of the 10s of thousands of refugees who now call the german capital home. almost 80,000 arrived in berlin last year. and this edition of the festival is focusing on getting them involved. as well as appearances from a-listers like george clooney and spike lee there are also free and discount the tickets for asylum seekers and a range of films looking at the risks people take trying to get to europe. meryl streep is the head of the jury, that will hand out the coveted golden beara ward for best film. >>> and just a quick reminder that we are keeping an eye on a news conference. where conjure i, sergei lavrov and stefan dee m de mistura on e talks have you been having in munich. >> this week on talk to al jazeera, katrina adams, she sits atop u.s. tennis as chairman of the board, ceo, and president of the united states tennis association. >> it's been 133 years since we were founded, so it is an honor to be the first... i don't think i have to fight

he was very much a social person on the washington scene. even though liberals disagreed with him, a lot of them respected him, especially justice ginsburg, they had a very close relationship. i thought it was interesting to see the reactions from democrats. are reading from nancy pelosi, a very gracious response. host: he was a devout catholic. frequently seen at st. joseph's on capitol hill, a block or two from the supreme court. important was his catholic faith to his life and court rulings? caller: it was very important. he cited it regularly. is -- hisething that catholicism, his italian heritage, was near and dear to him. he had nine children. in talking to people, friends, and also in his decisions, he would always talk about the family. his faith was very important to him. it was something he talked about regularly. host: this is a photograph of his family, taken when he was first on the supreme court in the 1980's. something that is highly unlikely to happen in our lifetime, a unanimous vote. .et's talk about what is next by all ind

this was the one for washington. they put it out to bid. it was one of the most hotly contested projects ever in the gsa services, the big landlord for the government. they chose us. it's a great honor because we were chosen in the obama administration, which is sort of amazing. a lot of people did not think we were not able to get it. we want to make sure it gets done. we have a great track record for this stuff. we're building a hotel, 300 rooms. i think it will be one of the great hotels of the world. we are a year and a half ahead of schedule, even more than that. it's a little unusual when you talk about government. but we are 1.5 years under budget, and it opened in september this year. it was supposed to open up in september 2 years from now. we really have a great team. eric and don are working on it, ivanka is in charge of that one. she has done an amazing job. i think it will be one of the great hotels of the world. pat: you run the table. about a year from now, and you have your hand on the bible swearing your oath in front of th

. >> mike viqueria in washington. secretary of state john kerry says peace talks are still under way, but the syrian government stepped up its assault on aleppo. al jazeera's disloard haal jazes more. >> the suffering continues, tens of thousands of syrians are again on the move. those who have arrived to the turkish border are not being allowed in. these people are from the northern country side of aleppo, many came on foot, many came with nothing. there is no safe area for these people as the government pushes ahead with a major offensive in the province. >> translator: we left our homes because of the bombings by the russians, the iranians, bashar and the shia army, we wand erdogan to let us in. >> reporter: for now, there is no indication that the gates will be opened. officially, turkey has an open door policy for syrian refugees but strict conditions have been put into place, and turkey has been under a lot of pressure dealing with the 2.5 million syrians in the country. >> but under pressure villages and towns

politics editor with you washington examiner. i want to show our viewers what the governor nikki haley had to say when she endorsed marco rubio yesterday. [video clip] >> we have good people in this race. we have good people running for president. i thank them today for their sacrifice and they're willing to serve to honor this great country and make her better. but my job was to find the person i thought could do it the best. i wanted somebody with fight my wanted somebody with passion, i wanted somebody who had conviction to do the right thing. i wanted somebody humble enough that remembers that you work for all the people. i wanted somebody who was going to go and show my parents that the best this vision they ever made for their children was coming to america. made.t decision they ever [applause] every day is a great day in south carolina. [applause] >> ladies and gentlemen come if we elect marco rubio come every day will be a great day in america. [applause] help me welcome the next president of the united states, let's go t

[applause] ted cruz: it did not come from washington. washington despised ronald reagan. it began right here in new hampshire in the live free or die state and it changed this country, changed the world. why am i so optimistic? because the same thing is happening again. it took jimmy carter to give us ronald reagan. i am convinced the most long-lasting legacy of barack a newis going to be generation of leaders in the republican party who stand and fight for liberty, the constitution, the judeo-christian values that built this great nation. [applause] ted cruz: with that, i am happy to answer or dodge any question you would like. yes, ma'am. i understand that you are a big supporter of president reagan, and so i want to ask you, if like him he would work to keep a secure by sitting down with the russians and negotiating mutual reductions in weapons. ted cruz: thank you for that question. from my perspective, i am happy to sit down and negotiate with practically anybody, but the key is how you negotiate with the enemies. what we have seen over the last seven years as an ill

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so we're covering technology policy in washington, health care policy in washington, energy policy in washington. 15 different policy verticals where we try to bring that same sense of urgency and that same sense of swarming over the story probably a little less visible. the other thing we've learned, it's been a great surprise. even in this sort of speeded up era of digital news. the long form piece, the magazine piece that might go for 3,000, 4,000, 5,000 words, people will read that. they'll share it, they'll post it on facebook. it'll go viral. if it's good. there's very little appetite for a long thumb sucker. but if the piece is revelatory, it'll go as viral as any kind of sort of piece of daily shouting from the campaign trail. the original work is what gets a voice and gets an audience. host: with that approach, though, what do you do editorially to keep over the reporters who report? how do you keep things in shape that way when it comes to editorial oversight and content? >> well -- guest: well, we try to be a team. the best and most important factor, the editors. when we we

will undoubtedly be examining some of these issues, the gentlelady from washington, ms. delbene. ms. delbene: thank you. i want to thank the gentlelady from new jersey for yielding. 43 years ago the supreme court ruled that women have a constitutional right to decide whether and when to have a child. americans overwhelmingly think that is the right decision and i agree. -- that was the right decision and i agree. according to bloomberg, at no time since 1973 has a woman's access to reproductive health care been more dependent on her income or zip code. politicians across the country are passing dangerous laws to block women from exercising their constitutionally protected right to choose. and their efforts are working. that's why the case before the supreme court is so important. as the justices weigh the whole woman's health case, i hope they recognize that the shameful attacks undermine roe vermont wade, put women's -- roe vs. wade, put women's ealth at risk. if the court upholds these harmful laws, it could pave the way for similar restrictions at the federal level an

the clerk: the speaker's rooms, washington, d.c. february 24, 2016. i hereby appoint the honorable john j. duncan jr. to act as speaker pro tempore on this day. signed, paul d. ryan, speaker of the house of representatives. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to the order of the house of january 5, 2016, the chair will now recognize members from lists submitted by the majority and minority leaders for morning hour debate. the chair will alternate wreck niggets between the parties with each party limited to one hour and each member other than the majority and minority leaders and minority whip limited to five minutes, but in no event shall debate continue beyond 11:50 a.m. the chair now recognizes the gentleman from illinois, mr. gutierrez. for five minutes. you may be seated. i'm utierrez: mr. speaker, not here to give a political speech. this is not the right venue for that, but i would like to share some observations i have about visiting nevada last week. the first observation is that among a broad and diverse segment of voters, there is a great deal

washington dc council supporting a bill. it would give a check to the most violent centimetres to not commit crimes. is it award will bad behaviour. some >> reporter: it would offer a reward for not committing crimes. the amount is minimum at all compared to the cost of invitation. criminals. >> if you're a good person for your whole life you will never be rewarded. >> this is $9,000 a year and they learn to be good american citizens. i like it >>> our panel. a republican strategist and white house aid. a senior fellow at the independent women's forum. also a features editor at the nations mag zen >>> they're trying to do this. should cities pay violent criminals to not be violent? >> how do i get myself signed up for this. i'm a good citizen, i pay my taxes and volunteer. i'm responsible. i contribute to my community. hazard. >> reporter: is it true you're not getting money. when you think about it-- >> i work, so-- >> we invest in middle-class kids constantly. i suspect, i certainly have held fellow ships in my life, inter

don't think that in your office in washington, in london, in paris, in brussels, that you'll be implementing policies which will be helping us more here than us are concerned. if you look at our families here, every congolese that lives here they will tell you that everyone, somehow was affected by the war. how do you think that people who are in europe will be or in u.s. will be more caring for us than ourselves? because we need more peace than anyone else. this is our land, this is our country. >> what in god's name makes you think that you can handle stress, anxiety, depression... post-traumatic stress? >> the closest i got was sitting in my truck, gun in hand. >> who will save america's heroes? >> i wish he'd been able to talk to somebody. >> "faultlines". >> what do we want? >> al jazeera america's hard-hitting... >> today the will be arrested. >> ground-breaking... >> they're firing canisters of gas at us. >> emmy award-winning, investigative series. >>> uganda's main opposition candidate under house arrest hours before the results are to be announced >>> hello. you're watching al jaze

. >>> we're here in washington dc. we have gathered voters who are concerned about issues in this country and have a different perspective. i want a show of hands. how many of you are republicans? all right. fantastic. as you watch the campaign who has to adapt to you? which candidates are you listening to? >> i think m has stood out especially on thursday night. -- marco rubio has stood out. i hope that was something that happened earlier >>> i want to play a segment of that. this is from texas thursday night. things got pretty heated. let's take a listen to it. >> [simultaneous speakers] >>> one at a time. [simultaneous speakers] >>> what do you think when you hear this kind of debate, what does it make you think about? >> it's not ideal to have canned shouting over each other. when you have a candidate like donald trump in the race and he is launching personal attacks and talking over everyone else. you have to have someone willing to fight back >>> you're shaking your head yes? you're supporting marco rubio? >> rig

don't think that in your office in washington, in london, in paris, in brussels, that you'll be implementing policies which will be helping us more here than us are concerned. if you look at our families here, every congolese that lives here they will tell you that everyone, somehow was affected by the war. how do you think that people who are in europe will be or in u.s. will be more caring for us than ourselves? because we need more peace than anyone else. this is our land, this is our country. >> these people have decided that today they will be arrested. >> i know that i'm being surveilled. >> people are not getting the care that they need. >> this is a crime against humanity. >> hands up... >> don't shoot. >> hands up... >> don't shoot. >> what do we want? >> justice. >> when do we want it? >> now. >> explosions going on... we're not quite sure - >> is that an i.e.d.? >> announcer: this is al jazeera. ♪ hello and welcome you are watching the news hour, i'm peter in doha with 60 minutes of news and comment today, the u.n. prepares to deliver aid to thousands of besieged in syria as the

circuit has a couple sitting on the bench in washington. that is known as a stepping stone or waiting room for the supreme court. others, there is speculation, we might as well say it, their talking about attorney general loretta lynch, because she has this possibility. she is an african-american, she has been confirmed by the senate. there would likely be objections raised, republicans could look bad in the offing, so all of these kinds of calculations go into it, but to answer your question, if he's going to succeed in actually getting someone confirmed, it would likely be someone moderate, seen as a serious member all right sitting on the federal bench. >> al jazeera's mike viqueira for us in washington, mike, thank you. >>> to syria, at least 21 have been killed in airstrikes in idlib and azaz. seven of them were at doctors without borders supported hospital. another eight of missing. the aid groups there said it was a deliberate attack. >> the eastern province area has been destroyed and seven people killed. eight are still missing fro

if it wasn't for them, i wouldn't know that i had rights as a woman in washington state and in the country, and i wouldn't be able to be here and powerful. 6 i think that with educators being more open and the institutions saying publicly that they support all immigrants. over the years, even though, since 1982, we have been able to say that institutions have access to education regardless, you see areas where people are denied access what trying to enroll in school, and that's something that we're seeing in higher education, so it's more exciting that more institutions are willing to one, have the conversation, but include you. >> i bring up the optimism not because i want to end on a happy note or be realistic, but the opposite would lead the country in a really bad place. 30, 40 million angry people instead of going back to punch it out tomorrow, tomorrow, tomorrow. the interesting thing with recent research shows that you calibrate this for yourself, based on where your family was, and how your father did and his father did. and as long as that's better now, you can look at your own of

rolling the diagnosis, let's begin with washington's seniorer washington correspondent, mike viqueira. >> i don't believe that the president should appoint someone. >> almost from the moment of his passing, the fight has been a political stroke that could leave the supreme court with 8 justices for at least a year. republicans want to turn the november election into a referendum for who should sit on the court. and any nominee put forward by president obama should be blocked in the senate. ted cruz has blocked a filibuster. >> we're one away from a majority that would effectively write the second amendment out of the constitution. >> reporter: mr. obama has ignored that call and said that he will do his constitutional duty to fill the vacancy. who will he nominate? speculation around two classes of candidates. first, a jurist already on the bench. a stepping stone to the supreme court. he was analysisly confirmed by the senate three years ago. merritt garland is the chief judge of the dc court. widely respected, his name has come up on previous lists, and paul wall ford, elected to th

we are out fishing off california, oregon, washington, canadian and alaskan coasts. producing lots of wild salmon sustainably, great food. and we feel the consumer would have that. >> they are never not going to be given the choice. they can choose wild salmon over farmed salmon, and genetically engineered salmon, assuming they can tell the difference. i can tell the difference between wild salmon and farmed salmon. i can't with a lot, i can with that. but people generally know, and buy it. >> it tastes different. some of the salmon caught in alaska, sock-eye and co-hoe, you can bring them to markets close to the price of some farmed fish. there's a lot of good product available. if it's liabilitied, as we think it should be, the consumer can make their own choice, i don't want to understate the fact that we see the g.e. salmon as a threat. if they get out in the wild, it solomon. they are many times larger, it's like - the wild solomon going up against giants competing in the same part of the eco system >>> again, these will be farmed in panama and other place and b

don't think that in your office in washington, in london, in paris, in brussels, that you'll be implementing policies which will be helping us more here than us are concerned. if you look at our families here, every congolese that lives here they will tell you that everyone, somehow was affected by the war. how do you think that people who are in europe will be or in u.s. will be more caring for us than ourselves? because we need more peace than anyone else. this is our land, this is our country.

let's bring in our own senior washington correspondent, mike viqueira. mike, this is certainly stunning news. what do you think we are going to hear from the obama administration? >> well, false you will hear a note of grace. it has been confirmed by the u.s. marshal service which, of course, keeps watch over the supreme court. and when we hear president obama react to this, i think he will strike a high note, notwithstanding political differences that each individual has had with the other in terms of where they stand on the court. much has been made about president obama's background, a constitutional lawyer. will poe will president obama nominate someone given the fact that this election year, he is unlikely to get a lot of traction in the senate controlled by republicans but whatever no, ma'am next day knee he puts forward, i think all of that is beside the point. >> i think the president will not nominate someone. i don't think that individual would be confirmed this year, but one of the reasons he would nominate someone is for the same reason on tu

that it's that hard, that we're even discussing this is a measure of how, unfortunately, the ranker in washington has prevented us from getting basic work done. this would be a good moment for us to rise above that. i understand the pressure that republican senators are under, and the fact of the matter is the issue here is that the court is now divided on many issues. it would be a deciding vote. senators are going to be under pressure from various constituencies and many of their voters to not let any nominee go through no matter who i nominate. but that's not how things are supposed to work. that's not how our democracy is supposed to work. i intend to nominate in due time a very well-qualified candidate. if we're following basic precedence, then the vote will be taken and ultimately they will be confirmed. justice kennedy when he was nominated by ronald reagan, in ronald reagan's last year in office a vote cass taken, and there were a whole lot of democrats, i'm sure, who did not agree on kennedy's issues, but they did the right thing and confirmed him. they certainly didn't mount a filibuste

the storms brought flash flooding to the washington, d.c. area. winds were strong enough in new york city to overturn a tractor trailer on the busy george washington bridge. in the midwest, there were white out blizzard conditions. in crown point, indiana, firefighters had to come to the rescue of drivers stuck when the snow became too deep to continue. >> we found about 30 cars stuck in the snow with people still in them. >> hundreds of thousands of customers lost power throughout the u.s. half of those in new york and new jersey. john henry smith, al jazeera. >> mid atlantic got a few more tornado reports, but the orange you see, those were wind damage reports and really extended all the way up into the northeast. this radar is going back in time clearly, but a lot of different reports, over 300 reports as all of this moved through. what we have left behind this, yes, not as troublesome as what we've seen over the last days. michigan, indiana, ohio, a little bit of that extends down into the appalachians today, this is lighter snow, not the heav

kimberly halkett, al jazeera, washington. >>> a we hostage -- reminder you can find out much moo moore -- more on our website, aljazeera.com. >> the warm blue waters off the coast of hawaii, a scene of incredible beauty but a world in transition. ironically this piece of coral, delicate as fine china, is also a sign of trouble. >> today, we are facing the potential loss or massive degradation of all of our reefs. >> down here, climate change is taking its toll. >> so this is essentially telling you that this coral is not dead. >> but a team of scientists is trying to engineer survival in an extreme future. >> what you're talking about here is epigenetics? >> exactly, rapid adaptation. >> will it work? >> this is "techknow". a show about innovations that can change lives. >> the science of fighting a wildfire. >> we're going to explore the intersection of hardware and humanity, but we're doing it in a unique way. this is a show about science... >> oh! >> oh my god! >> by scientists. techknow investigates a coral catastrophe. >> hey guys today we are going for a dive and we are talking c