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na | true | ti_cnn | real | na | na | na | na | na | na | train | na | na | it was refreshing to moderate a "town hall" with the libertarian presidential and vice presidential candidates last week because govs. gary johnson and william weld respect limits on presidential power.
sunday, when fox's chris wallace challenged johnson's plan to replace the irs with a consumption tax, johnson pointed out that he's "not getting elected dictator or king."
wallace suggested that means, "don't take my policies seriously because they won't get through."
it means that johnson understands that america is a constitutional republic and there are (and ought to be) checks on what presidents can do.
in response to wallace's comment about johnson not taking his promises seriously, johnson said, "take them very seriously. count on certainty that we're always going to support taxes going lower... being in business being easier, rules and regulations not getting worse."
clinton changes positions from year to year: praising trade deals, then condemning them; condemning gay marriage, then praising it<u+2014>then scolding anyone who doesn't share her new position.
trump changes positions even faster, sometimes day to day. after saying he'll deport millions of immigrants, now he says he won't if they pay taxes and fill out paperwork<u+2014>roughly the same position jeb bush and marco rubio held when trump trashed them.
libertarians don't shift to fit the whims of the day, because we have core principles. one is: on most every issue, less government involvement is better.
"government doesn't create jobs!" said johnson when a young woman asked what johnson and weld would "do about jobs." the libertarians said jobs get created when government gets out of the way, imposing only a few clear and predictable rules.
while trump makes vague promises about making government "great" and clinton about making it "fair," johnson and weld talk about getting rid of as much of it as they can.
"there are constitutional limits to that," said johnson. "but if you were to wave a magic wand, there are a number of departments that come up: commerce, housing and urban development, education, homeland security."
unlike trump and clinton, johnson specifies cuts<u+2014>and he's willing to go after sacred cows such as defense spending: "you can't balance the federal budget<u+2014>something we're promising to do in the first 100 days<u+2014>you can't do that without cutting military spending. ... the brac commission, set up by the pentagon, says that we've got to eliminate 20 percent of those bases, but that hasn't happened."
"when the gis returned from world war ii, they had two sets of needs, education and health care," he says. "education was handled through the gi bill, which was essentially a voucher system. you could go wherever you wanted, the most successful program in domestic political history of the 20th century. health care was the ... opposite approach: command and control, one size fits all, the government is going to do this."
the gi bill vouchers allowed soldiers to enroll at a school they chose. but for health care, they must wait in long lines at government-run veterans hospitals, sometimes dying for lack of adequate care.
applying these free-market lessons across a range of policies, johnson and weld would roll back the drug war, decrease our involvement in foreign wars and give individuals more control over how their social security funds are invested.
when an audience member suggested that voting for a third party is a "wasted vote," weld replied, "we're fiscally responsible. we're socially inclusive and tolerant, (but) if you agree with us and you want to go waste your vote on trump or clinton, be our guest. we're libertarians."
johnson and weld don't promise they can get rid of the washington leviathan overnight, but taking a few steps closer to liberty sounds like a good start to me. it's a lot better than the path the two major parties want us to take. | neither dictator nor king | noauthor | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | https://t4.rbxcdn.com/c5695e5f087535e2066dc473e03b1819 | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | nocountry | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | null | null | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | null | null | null | na | na | na | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | ti_cnn_train.parquet | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | 0.0 | na | na | na | na | na | na | nothread | na | 0.0 | 0.0 | 5.0 | 25.0 | 8.0 | 3900.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 3.0 | 0.0 | 249.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 66.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 38.0 | 8.0 | 16.0 | 4.0 | 11.0 | 11.0 | 7.0 | 5.0 | 21.0 | 22.0 | 29.0 | 252.0 | 67.0 | 39.0 | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na |
na | true | ti_cnn | real | na | na | na | na | na | na | train | na | na | wilmington, delaware (cnn) president barack obama eulogized beau biden saturday as a good man of character, hailing the compassion and public service of his family in a moving funeral oration about the son of grief-stricken vice president joe biden.
obama said that the former delaware attorney general and iraq war veteran who died a week ago from brain cancer was a fine man full of integrity who had refused to trade on his family name. he did his duty to his country and "did not have a mean bone in his body," obama told more than a thousand mourners at a roman catholic funeral mass in wilmington, delaware.
"beau biden brought to his work a mighty heart, he brought to his family a mighty heart," obama said in his eulogy, during which he appeared on the verge of being emotionally overcome several times as he praised beau biden as a model public official, father and son.
he said beau biden and the biden family, with their culture of service and compassion, had endured tragedy in the past but not been defeated by it. they were the kind of people, obama said, who, since the nation's founding, had ensured that merit, not birth or wealth, were most important.
"families like the bidens have made it so. people like beau have made it so. he did in 46 years what most of us could not do in 146," obama said. "he left nothing in the tank. he was a man who led a life where the means were as important as the ends."
"beau biden was an original. he was a good man, a man of character, a man who loved deeply and was loved in return," obama added.
when he had concluded his eulogy, obama stepped down from the pulpit of the st. anthony of padua church, and folded biden in his arms, placing a kiss on his vice president's cheek.
the president's comments, while memorializing beau biden, were also an extraordinary show of love and respect for his vice president from a man who is more known for keeping his emotions contained than revealing them in public.
"joe, you are my brother, and i am grateful every day you have got such a big heart, and a big soul, and those broad shoulders. i could not admire you more," obama said, looking directly at the vice president.
obama said that beau biden's quality as a man was evidenced by his refusal to run for the senate when the path was open for him to follow in his father's footsteps, because he had unfinished work in delaware, where he made a name for himself by fighting to protect children who were victims of abuse. he was, obama said, "someone who cared, someone who charmed you and disarmed you and put you at ease."
earlier, gen. raymond odierno, the army chief of staff, posthumously awarded the legion of merit to beau biden, hailing him as a member of a brotherhood of soldiers who had "deep moral and ethical roots."
odierno said he got to know biden when he served in iraq and said he had possessed a "natural charisma that few people possess," adding that he fully expected him to serve as president of the united states one day.
"people willingly wanted to follow him, trusted his judgment and believed in him. frankly, he was selfless to a fault," odierno told mourners.
joe biden did not speak at the funeral, but looked on as his daughter ashley and son hunter eulogized their brother and paid tribute to his own role in leading the family. ashley remembered how she had accompanied beau biden to chemotherapy treatments and hunter told how he had held his brother's hand as he took his last breaths, whispering, "i love you" over and over.
beau biden's funeral cortege had arrived at the church heralded by a pipe band. the vice president, wearing dark glasses, and the rest of his family, all looking bereft, formed up behind the hearse. biden occasionally whispered in the ear of beau's widow, hallie, and comforted his son's two children, natalie and hunter.
the casket, covered in an american flag, was carried gently into the church with full military honors, reflecting beau's service as a captain in the army national guard in iraq.
saturday morning, obama, first lady michelle obama, daughters sasha and malia and his mother-in-law, marian robinson, all dressed in black, left the white house, where the american flag stood at half-staff to honor beau biden.
the first person in line for the service arrived at 4:30 a.m., and by breakfast time, the line of mourners stretched around the block at the church.
joe biden's role as a grieving father is not without irony in itself. the vice president has become one of the most sought after eulogists in washington as his painful personal history -- he lost his first wife and an infant daughter in a car crash in 1972 -- has made him especially compassionate to the tragedies of others.
musicians performing at the event included coldplay vocalist chris martin, who had heard through a family friend that beau biden liked his music and volunteered to attend the ceremony, a white house official said.
other high profile mourners included bill and hillary clinton, and a long list of high profile washington figures, reflecting joe biden's near half century in politics, including senate republican majority leader mitch mcconnell and the democratic leader in the house, nancy pelosi.
sens. harry reid, patrick leahy and joe manchin were there, along with delaware democratic sens. chris coons and tom carper and other senior members of the house and obama's cabinet, the white house said.
saturday's funeral followed two days of mourning and memorial events for beau biden, which has showcased the deep emotional anguish the vice president and his family are enduring following his death a week ago.
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na | true | ti_cnn | real | na | na | na | na | na | na | train | na | na | "police say the attack began when a suicide bomber in a car detonated outside parliament's gates.
"inside, lawmakers were meeting to confirm the appointment of a new defense minster. tv pictures showed the speaker sitting calmly as a cloud of dust from the blast fills the room.
"a prolonged fire-fight then followed which police say ended when the security forces killed the six taliban attackers. there's been a surge of taliban attacks since last year's withdrawal of most u.s. and foreign forces.
"the taliban will see today's attack as a propaganda coup <u+2014> as it's against a major government power center in the heart of the capital. the attack is raising questions about how this security lapse could happen and about the overall ability of afghan forces to combat the militants." | taliban militants attack afghan parliament in kabul | noauthor | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | https://t4.rbxcdn.com/c5695e5f087535e2066dc473e03b1819 | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | nocountry | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | null | null | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | null | null | null | na | na | na | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | ti_cnn_train.parquet | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | 0.0 | na | na | na | na | na | na | nothread | na | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 51.0 | 8.0 | 788.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 6.0 | 0.0 | 49.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 19.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 11.0 | 0.0 | 2.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 11.0 | 5.0 | 55.0 | 19.0 | 9.0 | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na |
na | true | ti_cnn | real | na | na | na | na | na | na | train | na | na | we<u+2019>ll get to the gop debate momentarily. but first, a word about the republicans<u+2019> odyssey and oddity this past year.
welcome to the most volatile republican presidential race in modern times. the upper 66 percent of last year<u+2019>s field is either out of the running or running on fumes. the top 74 percent in the current field is five times larger than its 15 percednt share of a year ago.
and 2016? it may only add to the confusion.
on to the main event and what transpired tuesday night at the venetian las vegas.
the good news: it was smaller grouping than the last time cnn/salem radio ran the show (nine candidates, down two from september<u+2019>s gathering at the reagan presidential library). and it was truncated <u+2013> 40 minutes less than september<u+2019>s<u+00a0>three-hour debate from hell).
still, cnn was plagued by the same problems as before: a candidates<u+2019> forum that was too long, too lumbering, and too laxly herded.
here are seven observations from this, the final republican debate of 2015:
1. no one trumped trump. it wasn<u+2019>t for a lack of effort. kentucky sen. rand paul ripped into donald trump less than 30 seconds into the debate<u+2019>s start over internet policy. former florida gov. jeb bush tut-tutted: <u+201c>you<u+2019>re not going to insult your way to the presidency.<u+201d>
what they don<u+2019>t get: trump didn<u+2019>t earn the center spot on the stage courtesy of profound thinking or refined elegance. better to construct one<u+2019>s own case, rather than try to deconstruct the donald.
blame it on the candidates<u+2019> approach and wolf blitzer<u+2019>s herky-jerky style of questioning (like watching a 16-year-old drive a stick-shift for the first time): how many of trump<u+2019>s rivals made a lasting impression as to how they<u+2019>d defeat isis and protect the homeland?
2. the cage match.<u+00a0> at various points, paul took swings at trump, florida sen. marco rubio and new jersey gov. chris christie. the libertarians in the crowd loved it, but the candidate came across as desperate <u+2013> for attention and a lifeline for a campaign struggling to stay afloat.
the dust-up that the media wanted but didn<u+2019>t get: trump and texas sen. ted cruz. both were too smart to take the bait.
cruz didn<u+2019>t expound on his differences with trump over the muslim immigration ban or a previous comment suggesting he thought trump lacked a presidential temperament. trump expressed <u+201c>great respect<u+201d> for the other candidates on the stage and ruled out an independent run (the night<u+2019>s biggest news).
time will tell whether what trump said in vegas stayed in vegas.
cruz did have some momentary tussles <u+2013> with rubio over senate votes (always a good way to put an audience to sleep). and trump: his testiest moments came in a personal back-and-forth with bush over demeanor and poll numbers.
3.<u+00a0> executive order. it was a national security debate long on tough talk about leadership skills, which would seem an opening for the two sitting governors looking for a leg-up in this race: christie and ohio gov. john kasich.
did either succeed? not quite.
for christie, the problem was numbers. yes, he had some good moments connecting national security to his new jersey heritage. however, nine candidates and a round-robin style of q&a too often reduced christie to interjecting himself into the debate to remind viewers of just how vapid senators can be (carly fiorina also went down this path, at several points jumping into the cross-talk to bemoan the awfulness of the political class).
as for kasich, it<u+2019>s a matter of rhetorical substance abuse. three governors past and present have departed the race. a fourth, bush, is struggling to stay relevant. it<u+2019>s a political climate in which the republican base isn<u+2019>t impressed by resumes, yet kasich continues to recite a long washington biography. oh(io) the humanity.
4. auld lang syne. and so ends the gop<u+2019>s debate circuit for 2015. next up: a jan. 14 debate in north charleston, s.c., hosted by the fox business network.
5. at a time when many a college student is taking semester finals, this debate had the vibe of that last exam of the week before an extended break. tempers were short; the candidates seemed tired of sharing the same oxygen.
6.<u+00a0> debate winners, if we must: trump and cruz, for playing mostly error-free ball.
7. debate losers: anyone who lost their place in line for the<u+00a0><u+201c>star wars<u+201d><u+00a0>premiere by staying home to watch a mostly uneventful debate.
bill whalen is a research fellow at stanford university's hoover institution, where he analyzes california and national politics. he also blogs daily on the 2016 election at www.adayattheracesblog.com. follow him on twitter @hooverwhalen. | gop debate: no one trumps trump and six other takeaways from las vegas | noauthor | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | https://t4.rbxcdn.com/c5695e5f087535e2066dc473e03b1819 | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | nocountry | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | null | null | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | null | null | null | na | na | na | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | ti_cnn_train.parquet | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | 0.0 | na | na | na | na | na | na | nothread | na | 1.0 | 0.0 | 5.0 | 70.0 | 8.0 | 4595.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 280.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 85.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 35.0 | 7.0 | 16.0 | 7.0 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 12.0 | 9.0 | 23.0 | 23.0 | 30.0 | 281.0 | 86.0 | 35.0 | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na |
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na | true | ti_cnn | real | na | na | na | na | na | na | train | na | na | facebook<u+2019>s 1.44 billion users rely on the site for lots of things: keeping in touch, sharing photos, casual stalking.
but if you get your political news through facebook, as more than 60 percent of millennials do, please browse with extreme caution: the<u+00a0>site doesn<u+2019>t show you everything, and may subtly skew your point of view.
this is not, of course, a new fear;<u+00a0>moral panic over<u+00a0><u+201c>echo chambers<u+201d> and <u+201c>filter bubbles<u+201d> is as old as the social web, itself. but<u+00a0>a new survey by the pew center, released on monday, suggests there may be some new urgency here. per that survey, a<u+00a0>majority of american internet users now get political news from facebook <u+2014> and the 2016 elections, as we know, are in just over a year.
that<u+2019>s really important, and important to understand, because facebook is quite unlike<u+00a0>traditional conduits of news. (think: your local abc affiliate, your gossipy neighbor, this page, what have you.) as in those more traditional settings, facebook gives you a great deal of control over which sources you follow and what you choose to read. but unlike those other, traditional sources, facebook also hides many<u+00a0>stories selectively. according to a recent washington post experiment, as much as 72 percent of the new material your friends and subscribed pages post never actually shows up in your news feed.
which might be fine, when we<u+2019>re talking about your ex-co-worker<u+2019>s baby pictures <u+2014> but what about if we<u+2019>re talking about a political scandal?
<u+201c>a longer-term question that arises from this data [about facebook as a political news source],<u+201d> the pew report says, <u+201c>is what younger americans<u+2019> reliance on social media for news might mean for the political system.<u+201d>
by now,<u+00a0>it should be common knowledge that the news feed does not show you every post your friends put on facebook. unfortunately, there<u+2019>s still a major misconception around<u+00a0>how news feed works:<u+00a0>in a recent study from the university of illinois, 62.5 percent of participants<u+00a0>had no idea facebook screened<u+00a0>out any posts.
facebook has a good reason for doing this, mind you:<u+00a0>if you saw every<u+00a0>post, you<u+2019>d be overwhelmed. there<u+2019>d simply be too many to read. (this is a problem twitter<u+2019>s having, incidentally.) so instead, facebook does a little math and, based on a range of engagement factors, tries to predict the posts you<u+2019>re most interested in, and only places those in your news feed.<u+00a0>the math behind the news feed changes constantly, and facebook regularly rejiggers it to meet user needs. (you may recall a certain outcry over <u+201c>manipulative<u+201d> algorithmic changes in july 2014.)
anyway, none of this is inherently bad or nefarious. in fact,<u+00a0>for the<u+00a0>casual, social facebook user, it<u+2019>s probably really good. the problem is that more and more people are using facebook for more and more important things <u+2014> like informing how they vote <u+2014> without entirely<u+00a0>understanding how it works.
<u+201c>it<u+2019>s kind of [like] waking up in <u+2018>the matrix<u+2019> in a way,<u+201d> said one newly enlightened participant in that university of illinois study.<u+00a0><u+201c>i mean you have what you think as your reality<u+201d> <u+2014> but it<u+2019>s actually filtered, moderated.
facebook has, unsurprisingly, worked very hard to shed the impression that this filtering may somehow hurt its users or their media literacy. in may, researchers working for the site published a very high-profile, very controversial paper<u+00a0>on the <u+201c>ideological diversity<u+201d> of information in the news feed. the communications scholar<u+00a0>christian sandvig called it the <u+201c><u+2018>it<u+2019>s not our fault<u+2019> study<u+201d> <u+2014> a peculiarly deliberate attempt to prove that, even if filter bubbles do exist, their algorithm isn<u+2019>t<u+00a0>to blame.
as sandvig and others have pointed out, though, that isn<u+2019>t actually what facebook<u+2019>s<u+00a0>data shows. for one thing, the study wasn<u+2019>t conclusive: it only looked at a small and highly non-representative user sample. on top of that, the study shows that the algorithm does tweak political news in three important, if modest, ways. to wit:
again, none of this is necessarily nefarious or shocking. (<u+201c>what else would a good filter algorithm be doing other than filtering for what it thinks you will like?<u+201d> sandvig wrote.) but it does mean that, when you use facebook as a source for political news,<u+00a0>that news is modestly more likely to flatter your existing point of view.
<u+201c>selectivity and polarization are happening on facebook,<u+201d> sums up sandvig, <u+201c>and the news feed curation algorithm acts to modestly accelerate<u+201d> both of those things.
it<u+2019>s no wonder, really, that highly partisan news sources tend to do very well on facebook <u+2014> they speak to the biases of both users and the network.
it might be hard to see the big so-what in all of this. after all,<u+00a0>if you<u+2019>re just one user cruising along through your news feed, you want a service that<u+2019>s pleasant and comfortable for you. you don<u+2019>t want to be bombarded with rage-inducing partisan news in between your memes and your mom<u+2019>s<u+00a0>stories and your pet<u+00a0>videos.
but consider, for a minute, that more than half of all american<u+00a0>adults use facebook <u+2014> enough people, some scholars theorize, to swing a national election. as more of those people use facebook for news, we risk <u+201c>accelerating<u+201d> polarization for a large slice of the u.s. population.
and that<u+2019>s too bad, really, both because political polarization can be blamed for a host of ills, and because social networks could really be a force for good here.<u+00a0>one analysis of twitter found, for instance, that ideologically diverse networks tend to yield more moderate people<u+00a0><u+2014> proof positive, its author wrote, that social media has <u+201c>rich potential <u+2026> to transform the political process.<u+201d>
there are, at least in theory, technical ways around this problem. the sociologist zeynep tufekci has called for facebook to hand more filtering control directly over to its users: <u+201c>at a personal level,<u+201d> she wrote, <u+201c>i<u+2019>d love to have the choice to set my newsfeed algorithm to <u+2018>please show more content i<u+2019>d likely disagree with.<u+201d> (balancer, a browser extension/research project that took this approach toward news site reading, is the only known tool to increase <u+201c>diverse exposure<u+201d> clearly and measurably.)
meanwhile, jonathan zittrain <u+2014> a law professor at harvard <u+2014> has called for facebook to declare itself an <u+201c>information fiduciary,<u+201d> much like lawyers and doctors do already. in exchange for, say, a tax break, the site would promise to offer a depersonalized, unfiltered news feed experience, among other things.
unfortunately, these solutions seem unlikely for now <u+2014> and in the meantime, the available fixes are both very individual and far less ambitious.<u+00a0>if you use facebook to access political news, consider toggling from <u+201c>top stories<u+201d> to <u+201c>most recent.<u+201d> (that option<u+2019>s in the left-hand rail, under <u+201c>favorites.<u+201d>) alternately, think about supplementing your facebook diet with news from somewhere else.<u+00a0>pew also has a<u+00a0>new analysis on the news sources that liberals and conservatives like best: take a gander at some stories<u+00a0>from your ideological opposite.
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na | true | ti_cnn | real | na | na | na | na | na | na | train | na | na | fear of a possible islamic state bloodbath sent tens of thousands of iraqis fleeing ramadi on monday after government forces abandoned the city -- just 80 miles from baghdad -- in what one u.s. military official conceded was a fight "pretty much over."
some 25,000 people have fled the embattled streets of ramadi as thousands of isis fighters seized the key iraqi city, killing some 500, and reportedly going door-to-door looking for iraqi government troops and police to run out of town.
<u+201c>there have been executions in the streets of ramadi," muhannad haimour, a spokesman for the anbar provincial government, told nbc news monday. isis extremists used vehicles, bulldozers rigged with explosives and suicide bombers to overrun the city after weeks of battles in the street.
"the situation in the city is absolutely terrible," haimour said. "the city is in very bad shape."
gen. martin dempsey, chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, called isis' gains "a serious setback" for both the city's inhabitants and the iraqi security forces.
"much effort will now be required to reclaim the city," dempsey said.
the fight for ramadi is <u+201c>pretty much over for now,<u+201d> a u.s. military official told fox news, after isis overran the beleaguered iraqi army to take control of the city sunday.
iraqi security forces abandoned their anbar operations center in ramadi overnight, leaving the city almost completely in isis control, according to the u.s. official, who has seen the latest intelligence reports from ramadi.
although there were a large number of iraqi security forces occupying ramadi, most troops fled after isis fighters began their assault on the city center sunday, leaving behind humvees and armored vehicles supplied by the u.s. military, a separate senior u.s. military official told fox news.
"the iraqi security forces were pushed out by a much smaller [isis] force," the official said.
the takeover followed a three-day siege that began with a wave of isis car bombs and which dealt a devastating blow to the baghdad government and the u.s. forces providing logistical support. on monday, shia militias converged on the city, some 70 miles west of the capital, in a bid to retake it.
ramadi's streets were deserted monday, with few people venturing out of their homes to look for food, according to two residents reached by telephone.
the militants, meanwhile, were storming the homes of policemen and pro-government tribesmen, particularly those from the large al bu alwan tribe, of whom they detained about 30, the residents said. the militants went door-to-door with lists of alleged pro-government collaborators. homes and stores owned by a pro-government sunni militia known as the sahwa were looted or torched.
the residents spoke to the associated press on condition of anonymity because they feared reprisals by the militants.
youssef al-kilabi, a spokesman for the shiite militias fighting alongside government forces, told the ap on monday that the iranian-backed paramilitary forces have drawn up plans for a ramadi counter-offensive in cooperation with government forces.
we will "eliminate this barbaric enemy," al-kilabi vowed. he did not elaborate on the plans or the timing of a counter-offensive.
iran's defense minister gen. hossein dehghan flew to baghdad on a surprise visit for urgent talks with iraqi leaders.
the fall of ramadi was a stunning defeat for iraq's security forces and military, which fled as the isis rebels overwhelmed the last hold-out positions of pro-government forces, despite the support of u.s.-led airstrikes targeting the extremists
the retreat by iraqi forces was reminiscent of the nation's earliest battles against isis, including the fall of mosul, when poorly trained iraqi soldiers shrank from the black-clad islamist army, leaving guns and other gear behind for the terrorists to capture.
in ramadi sunday, bodies littered the streets as local officials reported the militants carried out mass killings of iraqi security forces and civilians. online video showed humvees, trucks and other equipment speeding out of ramadi, with soldiers gripping onto their sides.
"ramadi has fallen," haimour, a spokesman for the provincial governor of anbar, told ap sunday. "the city was completely taken. ... the military is fleeing."
since friday, when the battle for the city entered its final stages, "we estimate that 500 people have been killed, both civilians and military," haimour said.
the figures could not be independently confirmed, but islamic state militants have in the past killed hundreds of civilians and soldiers in the aftermath of their major victories.
the pentagon is aware of reports that iran-backed shia militias have been asked by iraq's prime minister to lead the fight to take back ramadi.<u+00a0> iran's defense minister arrived in baghdad today for talks with his counterpart, in what the media is calling an "emergency meeting."
when asked if the u.s. military planned to increase its involvement in the campaign to defeat isis, the senior u.s. military official said, "the iraqis have to want it more than we want it."
a sunni tribal leader, naeem al-gauoud, said many tribal fighters died trying to defend the city and their bodies were strewn in the streets, while others had been thrown in the euphrates river. ramadi mayor dalaf al-kubaisi said that more than 250 civilians and security forces were killed over the past two days, including dozens of police and other government supporters shot dead in the streets or their homes, along with their wives, children and other family members.
secretary of state john kerry, speaking in south korea, called ramadi a "target of opportunity" for extremists, but said he was confident that isis' gains could be reversed in the coming days. kerry also said that he has long said the fight against the militant group would be a long one, and that it would be tough in the anbar province of western iraq where iraqi security forces are not built up.
the u.s.-led coalition said sunday it had conducted seven airstrikes in ramadi in the last 24 hours. "it is a fluid and contested battlefield," said army col. steve warren, a pentagon spokesman. "we are supporting (the iraqis) with air power."
iraqi prime minister haider al-abadi ordered security forces not to abandon their posts across anbar province, apparently fearing the extremists could capture the entirety of the vast sunni province that saw intense fighting after the 2003 u.s.-led invasion of the country to topple dictator saddam hussein.
sunday's retreat recalled the collapse of iraqi security forces last summer in the face of the islamic state group's blitz into iraq that saw it capture a third of the country, where it has declared a caliphate, or islamic state. it also calls into question the obama administration's hopes of relying solely on airstrikes to support the iraqi forces in expelling the extremists.
the final push by the extremists began early sunday with four nearly simultaneous bombings that targeted police officers defending the malaab district in southern ramadi, a pocket of the city still under iraqi government control, killing at least 10 police and wounding 15, authorities said. among the dead was col. muthana al-jabri, the chief of the malaab police station, they said.
later, three suicide bombers drove their explosive-laden cars into the gate of the anbar operation command, the military headquarters for the province, killing at least five soldiers and wounding 12, authorities said.
on a militant website frequented by isis members, a message from the group claimed its fighters held the 8th brigade army base, as well as tanks and missile launchers left behind by fleeing soldiers. the message could not be independently verified by the ap, but it was similar to others released by the group and was spread online by known supporters of the extremists.
backed by the u.s.-led airstrikes, iraqi forces and kurdish fighters have made gains against isis, including capturing the northern city of tikrit. but progress has been slow in anbar, a sunni province where anger at the shiite-led government runs deep and where u.s. forces struggled for years to beat back a potent insurgency. american soldiers fought some of their bloodiest battles since vietnam on the streets of ramadi and fallujah.
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na | true | ti_cnn | real | na | na | na | na | na | na | train | na | na | barack obama led an emotional assault on donald trump<u+2019>s patriotism in his last big speech to adoring democrats on wednesday, casting the republican as a threat not just to his legacy, but to american democracy.
<u+201c>show the world we still believe in the promise of a great nation,<u+201d> the president urged both delegates and a national audience which is in real danger of voting for someone he dubbed a <u+201c>home-grown demagogue<u+201d>.
the departing president was joined on stage by hillary clinton, making her first surprise appearance of the convention before an electrified crowd, which seems more than ready to embrace her. the biggest cheer of the week in philadelphia came as obama and clinton walked off, arms wrapped around each other.
an evening which began with the raw emotion of people touched by gun violence from sandy hook to orlando became an overt mission by a succession of big democratic names to reach those independent voters outside of the room tempted by trump<u+2019>s appeal to struggling middle-class families in an anti-establishment mood.
earlier, vice-president joe biden stole the show with a blunt retort aimed at trump. <u+201c>this guy doesn<u+2019>t have a clue about the middle class,<u+201d> blasted a politician who revels in his blue-collar roots. <u+201c>not a clue,<u+201d> chanted back the audience.
but it was a trickier balancing act for the cerebral president, seeking simultaneously to take a victory lap and pass the baton safely to the right team.
<u+201c>america is already great,<u+201d> insisted obama as he inverted trump<u+2019>s central theme to suggest it is his populism which threatens the country<u+2019>s values most: <u+201c>the american dream is something no wall will ever contain.<u+201d>
america has changed, obama said, but its values have not, adding: <u+201c>we don<u+2019>t fear the future; we shape it. we embrace it, as one people, stronger together than we are on our own. that<u+2019>s what hillary clinton understands <u+2013> this fighter, this stateswoman, this mother and grandmother, this public servant, this patriot <u+2013> that<u+2019>s the america she<u+2019>s fighting for.<u+201d>
on a day dominated by allegations of russian interference in the election and an apparent call by trump inciting russia to help reveal clinton<u+2019>s emails, obama presented the republican nominee as fundamentally anti-american.
<u+201c>we do not look to be ruled,<u+201d> he said, rejecting the strongman philosophy, adding: <u+201c>he is offering slogans and fear. he is betting that if he scares enough people, he might win just enough votes to win this election, and that<u+2019>s another bet that donald trump will lose.<u+201d>
privately however, clinton campaign chair john podesta has been warning against complacency, telling staff that trump is <u+201c>not a serious man, but a man to be taken seriously<u+201d>.
obama walked off stage to a triumphant stevie wonder hit signed, sealed, delivered i<u+2019>m yours, which could be read as a love song to those in the room, but may strike a more dissonant note among those that they still need to win over.
<u+201c>yes, we have still got more work to do,<u+201d> acknowledged obama, conceding that change is never quick and that he had always insisted <u+201c>we wouldn<u+2019>t meet all of our challenges in one term, or one presidency, or even in one lifetime<u+201d>.
nevertheless, a warm-up video celebrated a host of achievements worshipped in the convention hall, yet contentious outside: obamacare, gun control, climate change and marriage equality.
<u+201c>i stand before you tonight after two terms as your president to tell you that i am more optimistic about the future of your country than ever before. how could i not be?<u+201d> asked the president.
obama began by recalling his introduction to national life at the democratic convention 12 years ago. yet after two weeks of intrigue over who will be the next president, he already felt like a historic figure: half campaigning for his successor, and half burnishing his legacy.
at times, the great orator of the age felt oddly flat too: upstaged by the energy of biden and, above all, by the uplifting address of michelle obama two nights earlier. aides backstage revealed that the president had been through six drafts of the speech in the last week, staying up until 3am to rewrite it after watching the first lady<u+2019>s.
there were sporadic, isolated protests from the floor too <u+2013> something obama has had to deal with all his presidency, but more manageable in a vast and overwhelmingly sympathetic hall.
the room came alive, however when he turned to appraise <u+201c>the next president of the united states<u+201d>, hillary clinton. <u+201c>you may remember we were rivals <u+2026> she was tough, she was doing everything i was doing but just like ginger rogers, it was backwards and in heels.
<u+201c>no matter how much people try to knock her down, she never ever quits,<u+201d> he added to roars, <u+201c>there has never been a man or woman, not me, not bill, more qualified than hillary clinton.
<u+201c>then there<u+2019>s donald trump,<u+201d> obama started before a predictable response to his first reference of the opponent. <u+201c>don<u+2019>t boo, vote!<u+201d> he shot back, recycling a quip likely to get good service over the next 100 days.
biden also rolled out lines that democrats are likely to rely on heavily in future weeks, angrily reclaiming the flag from a republican party that claims increasing monopoly on patriotism.
<u+201c>it<u+2019>s never been a good bet to bet against america,<u+201d> said the vice-president to chants of <u+201c>usa, usa<u+201d>. <u+201c>we not only have the biggest economy in the world we have the strongest economy in the world.<u+201d>
<u+201c>we do not scare easily,<u+201d> added a fired-up biden. <u+201c>we overcome and we always always move forward. the 21st century is going to be the american century <u+2026> we own the finish line. don<u+2019>t forget it!<u+201d>
hillary clinton<u+2019>s vice-presidential pick tim kaine struck a more conciliatory tone, making the first serious attempt of the week to reach out to the many republicans known to be contemptuous of trump.
<u+201c>if any of you [republicans] are looking for the party of lincoln, we got a home for you here,<u+201d> said kaine, in a line that sums up why this virginia moderate was picked as clinton<u+2019>s running mate.
a series of republicans also appeared on video saying trump is a <u+201c>not fit to be commander-in-chief<u+201d>, including the remarkable sight of the party<u+2019>s last nominee, mitt romney, being used to help boost a democratic convention.
retired rear admiral john hutson, a former republican, took to the stage. <u+201c>this morning he invited russia to hack us,<u+201d> he began to supportive boos from the crowd <u+201c>that<u+2019>s not law and order; that<u+2019>s criminal intent.
<u+201c>more than 20 republican national security leaders recently warned that donald trump would make american <u+2018>less safe<u+2019>. he even mocks john mccain,<u+201d> he added, before recalling a famous putdown of dan quayle: <u+201c>donald, you<u+2019>re not fit to polish john mccain<u+2019>s boots.<u+201d>
former new york mayor and businessman michael bloomberg also attempted to reach out to floating voters.
<u+201c>i have been a republican and a democrat and eventually an independent,<u+201d> he said. <u+201c>not many people in this room can say that, but lots of people watching at home can and now they are weighing their choices.<u+201d>
<u+201c>i<u+2019>m a new yorker, and i know a con when i see one,<u+201d> he added in a strong attack on trump. <u+201c>hillary clinton understands that this is not reality television; this is reality.<u+201d>
former cia director and defense secretary leon panetta said: <u+201c>meanwhile donald trump says he gets his foreign policy experience from watching tv and running the miss universe contest. if only it was funny, but it is deadly serious.<u+201d>
but even this moment of apparent unity was interrupted by more chanting. <u+201c>no more war!<u+201d> erupted a section of bernie sanders supporters sitting in the washington and oregon delegations. it prompted arena authorities to shut down lights in their section, the protesters to wave camera torches in the gloom.
kaine also ran into trouble on the left. a small group of sanders protesters began to interrupt him but were quickly surrounded by clinton supporters who were encouraged to stand up in front of them by battle-scarred floor whips. others struck up a chant of <u+201c>feel the bern<u+201d> toward a moderate many progressives regard with distrust, but kaine<u+2019>s modest, self-deprecating demeanor defused a return to the outright revolt of monday.
obama delivered praise to the sanders fan club: <u+201c>if you agree that there is too much inequality and too much money in politics we all need to be as vocal and as persistent as bernie sanders,<u+201d> he said. <u+201c>that<u+2019>s right. feel the bern!<u+201d>
but he also issued a direct challenge to the bernie or bust contingent: <u+201c>you can<u+2019>t stay home just because she doesn<u+2019>t align with you on every issue.<u+201d>
obama himself remained popular among both camps, prompting tears from many who sense the twilight of a groundbreaking administration.
jayne mazzotti, a delegate from obama<u+2019>s home state of illinois, said she had been in the room for all of his convention speeches: from when he burst onto the national stage in boston in 2004, to when he became the first african american to accept the nomination of a major party in in denver in 2008, to fighting for his re-election in charlotte in 2012 and now his final stand in philadelphia in 2016.
<u+201c>he has evolved and grown with precious few missteps,<u+201d> she said. <u+201c>he<u+2019>s been a true favorite of mine as a president, and i<u+2019>ve been through a few.<u+201d>
<u+201c>the difference between a barack obama and a donald trump, should he for whatever reason win this election, will just be a world apart. there have been republicans that i<u+2019>ve been very proud of in a sense that they were a symbol of something <u+2026> they had an elegance, they had poise.
<u+201c>i can<u+2019>t say that of donald trump, i don<u+2019>t think even republicans can say that of donald trump,<u+201d> she added.
randell tatum, a delegate from massachusetts, said it was a bittersweet moment to watch obama give arguably the last major set piece speech of his presidency.
<u+201c>the thing i<u+2019>ll miss the most about him is the spirit he gave all of us,<u+201d> tatum said. <u+201c>i think he restored this country, brought us back from the darkest times, and here we are.<u+201d>
watching obama over the last eight years has been especially poignant for tatum, an african american who said his ancestry in the us dates back to the 1500s.
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na | true | ti_cnn | real | na | na | na | na | na | na | train | na | na | as the unfolding clinton email story plays out, i have some simple counsel for my friends in congress, the conservative movement and right-leaning opinion media: stop talking unless and until you have a plan. better to go dark than play this game by the clinton rules.
hillary really put a wrench in the media<u+2019>s plans this week. after eagerly cheerleading barack obama for eight years, they stood ready to help break the ultimate glass ceiling and play their role as part of the uncritical chorus of hillary clinton<u+2019>s coronation, first as the democratic nominee then as president. it<u+2019>s why they hate this story. it brings alive the memories of 30 years of the slimy, predatory clinton enterprise and how its venal, sleazy, one-step-ahead-of-the-law hillbilly hustle stains everything it touches.
cursed with both arrogance and inertia, the bill and hillary machine is stumbling toward political peril as the story of her possibly illegal (and certainly dodgy and ill-advised) use of private email servers consumes a washington and new york press corps that for once can<u+2019>t easily look away. the clintons know we<u+2019>re only at the end of the beginning of this story and the national security, legal and political implications for hillary will get worse. the clintons are depending on their old skills at manipulating the press and hoping the gop and conservatives will save her by mishandling their response as badly as she<u+2019>s mishandling hers.
while the media<u+2019>s passive <u+201c>attention span<u+201d> excuse du jour is real, many in the press are possessed of a boundless ideological desire to change the subject right now. that<u+2019>s why the press is waiting breathlessly for (and in some cases, actively trolling for) republicans to blow it. an intemperate remark from congressman jackass would fit the bill perfectly. don<u+2019>t be the squirrel. don<u+2019>t give them a shiny object. don<u+2019>t give them an excuse to turn this into <u+201c>krazee republicans sure hate hillary because she<u+2019>s a woman.<u+201d> for god<u+2019>s sake, candidates, take a deep breath and skip talking about your favorite social issue for just a few days. the media is desperate for another riff on evolution or vaccines or gay marriage or prison sex from a gop contender so they can turn their undivided attention to the republicans.
let<u+2019>s try something new: maintain message discipline, hold focus and keep an eye on a bigger objective than your daily press release, social media hits or email fundraising drops. this is about her, not us, so unless gop elected and opinion leaders are smart and subtle, and execute with the right timing and tone, she wins. try for once to play the long game and help hillary clinton take on water.
you can sense the clintons are on the back foot; her now-infamous tweet and promises of transparency last week were nothing more than rehashed clinton stalling tactics from the 1990s, when there were only a handful of media outlets and a relatively hermetic press culture. it was as stale as a faxed statement, three days late in the era of always-on social media. that won<u+2019>t work today, if we<u+2019>re smart. she<u+2019>s blowing this; let<u+2019>s help.
it<u+2019>s vital to have a plan, to execute it with discipline and proceed against clinton with a measured pace and tone. speak more in sorrow than in anger. don<u+2019>t make it all about benghazi (they<u+2019>re expecting that) or the record-keeping laws (boring). touch on those selectively, but focus instead on the grave national security risks that her amateur-hour email server shenanigan posed and more broadly what this says about the clinton culture. her team can yammer on about the legality of it all, her motivations or the traffic content, but the moment this becomes about the chinese, iranians, russians or even just random hackers reading the email (classified or not) of the secretary of state, it<u+2019>s a new ballgame.
i encourage you to use the smarmy d.c. construction of <u+201c>i just want to work in a bipartisan way for good, transparent government and to protect national security secrets from the chinese, russians and other threats<u+201d> that the acela media claims to worship. republicans have heard the hard ideologues on the left use it a million times while grinding their teeth in frustration. avoid making wild claims about either the substance or political outcomes of investigations. reduce expectations, rather than raise them. don<u+2019>t let one single member of congress or leader be the only face in the room; the clintons love to demonize a single target, so vary your portfolio. be persistent. be serious. be smart. | a message to my fellow republicans | noauthor | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | https://t4.rbxcdn.com/c5695e5f087535e2066dc473e03b1819 | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | nocountry | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | null | null | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | null | null | null | na | na | na | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | ti_cnn_train.parquet | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | 0.0 | na | na | na | na | na | na | nothread | na | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3.0 | 34.0 | 8.0 | 4515.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3.0 | 0.0 | 330.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 101.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 42.0 | 9.0 | 14.0 | 7.0 | 18.0 | 12.0 | 13.0 | 3.0 | 29.0 | 31.0 | 35.0 | 333.0 | 101.0 | 42.0 | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na |
na | true | ti_cnn | real | na | na | na | na | na | na | train | na | na | "i will veto a bill that comes to my desk and i will make this argument to the american people as to why i'm doing so," obama said at a joint press conference with united kingdom prime minister david cameron, referencing a plan supported by some in his own party to increase sanctions on iran through congress before a deal is reached by international negotiators.
"my main message to congress at this point is just hold your fire. nobody around the world least of all the iranians doubt my ability to get additional sanctions pass if these negotiations fail," obama added later.
cameron said he was also calling american senators and urging them not to pass additional sanctions.
the wide ranging joint press conference covered issues as global as the terror attacks in france to as beltway as what obama thinks about his one time opponent mitt romney considering another presidential bid ("no comment," obama said while smiling).
obama promised friday to "do everything in our power" to assist france in their effort to combat terrorism in the wake of the attacks that killed at least 17 people across the country in the past week. "we will continue to do everything in our power to help france seek the justice that is needed and that all our countries are working together seamlessly to prevent these attacks," obama said. on iran, obama turned a question on whether he'd veto additional sanctions on iran back on his counterparts in congress -- including those in his own party. "why is it that we would have to take actions that would jeopardize the possibility of getting a nuclear deal over the next 60 or 90 days?" obama asked. obama added later: "i am not, repeat not, suggesting that we are on immediate war footing should negotiations with iran fail." related: new congress, new nuclear showdown over iran in a departure from the physical threats posed by those who attacked paris, cameron and obama announced friday new cooperation on combating cyberattacks, including cyber "war games" designed to identify vulnerabilities in banking networks. cameron is at the white house for bilateral talks expected to focus squarely on security after this month's terror attacks in paris and growing fears of violent islamic terror cells inside europe. cameron and obama addressed reporters in a joint press conference after their meeting friday. a british official said the two countries would establish "cyber cells" to share information and develop "a system where countries and hostile states and hostile organisations know that they shouldn't attack us." the move comes after high profile breaches at sony pictures and the u.s. central command, ramping up concern about online safety. british officials say cameron flew to washington with cyber issues at the front of mind. cameron is worried that companies like google, facebook and twitter are allowing terrorists to use their networks unseen by law enforcement. the companies say they have safeguards in place to ensure criminals and terrorists aren't allowed to communicate. cameron told itv in an interview that tech companies shouldn't provide a "safe space" for terrorists to communicate or plan attacks. the news conference will be the first time obama is questioned about the paris attacks, and his failure to attend a unity march held in the french capital last weekend. the white house says it was a mistake not to send a higher-profile administration official to the march. | cameron set to press obama on tech encryption | noauthor | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | https://t4.rbxcdn.com/c5695e5f087535e2066dc473e03b1819 | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | nocountry | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | null | null | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | null | null | null | na | na | na | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | ti_cnn_train.parquet | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | 0.0 | na | na | na | na | na | na | nothread | na | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.0 | 45.0 | 8.0 | 3446.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 261.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 53.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 28.0 | 9.0 | 11.0 | 6.0 | 13.0 | 5.0 | 6.0 | 2.0 | 20.0 | 17.0 | 26.0 | 263.0 | 53.0 | 28.0 | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na |
na | true | ti_cnn | real | na | na | na | na | na | na | train | na | na | food shortages and price hikes caused by extreme weather will be three times more likely over the coming decades, according to a new report.
the u.k.-u.s. taskforce on extreme weather and global food system resilience found<u+00a0>that unless better planning, modeling<u+00a0>and trade arrangements are put in place, massive disruptions to our food supply<u+00a0><u+2014><u+00a0>the kind that usually only occur<u+00a0>once a century <u+2014><u+00a0>will happen every 30 years.
extreme weather in<u+00a0>areas that produce our most important crops is largely the cause. a<u+00a0>massive<u+00a0>drought is already underway in california<u+00a0><u+2014> the world's richest food-producing region<u+00a0><u+2014> causing<u+00a0>a loss of 30%<u+00a0>of its cropland at<u+00a0>a value of nearly $2 billion.
the u.s. isn<u+2019>t alone in feeling the impact of extreme weather. venezuela is undergoing<u+00a0>beer shortages because of a heat wave. violence has even struck food lines there.
countries that are heavy grain importers will be the most vulnerable to severe food impacts, the task force reported. egypt has even begun taking steps to thwart shocks to its food supply by<u+00a0>boosting wheat production. food protests and riots broke out there in 2008 when food prices rose sharply.
china is also taking preventative steps. among other strategies to shore up supplies, it is securing agricultural production capacity in sub-saharan africa and elsewhere in the developing world.
the u.s. and european union will likely be sheltered from widespread impacts because of strong economies and the ability to outbid other countries for food supplies, the report found. still, it says global cooperation needs to happen<u+00a0>to prevent large food shocks. that means policy and trade agreements that take into account sharing water resources and banning restrictions on certain staple crops.
resiliency efforts are key to battling weather extremes and<u+00a0>crop production. india, for example, is highly dependent on monsoon patterns for rainfall. linked to those patterns is its agricultural system. a dramatic shift in weather could throw off productivity.
with a <u+201c>godzilla<u+201d> of an el nino event predicted for this coming winter season in the u.s., an extreme weather case study on food supplies could be on<u+00a0>the horizon.
steps should be taken now to prevent food problems in the future.<u+00a0>the task force recommends five solutions:
<u+2022><u+00a0>countries with high vulnerability to global grain production shocks should take measures to reduce their exposure.
<u+2022><u+00a0>greater investments in agricultural research should be made to reverse losses in yield-gain and to improve food system efficiencies.
<u+2022><u+00a0>unsustainable withdrawals of ground water and any unnecessary uses of non-renewable energy should be stopped.
<u+2022><u+00a0>public-private partnerships, or cooperation between governments and businesses,<u+00a0>should be fostered to lessen the potential impact of future global grain production shocks.
<u+2022> better resiliency efforts should be developed<u+00a0>to reduce risks and manage the effects of storms and extreme weather events.
we often think of the immediate destruction that weather brings, whether through floods, wildfires, wind<u+00a0>or snow. but the effects after the event<u+00a0>can be just as serious.<u+00a0>food, shelter and water are the three basic prongs to survival, and all are coming under attack by extreme weather.
thomas m. kostigen is the founder of<u+00a0>theclimatesurvivalist.com<u+00a0>and a new york times best-selling author and journalist. he is the national geographic author of<u+00a0>"the extreme weather survival guide: understand, prepare, survive, recover"<u+00a0>and the ng kids book<u+00a0>" extreme weather: surviving tornadoes, tsunamis, hailstorms, thundersnow, hurricanes and more!"<u+00a0>follow him<u+00a0>@weathersurvival, or email<u+00a0>[email protected]. | extreme weather to cause extreme food shortages, task force finds | noauthor | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | https://t4.rbxcdn.com/c5695e5f087535e2066dc473e03b1819 | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | nocountry | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | null | null | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | null | null | null | na | na | na | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | ti_cnn_train.parquet | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | 0.0 | na | na | na | na | na | na | nothread | na | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 65.0 | 8.0 | 3662.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 4.0 | 0.0 | 226.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 60.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 13.0 | 7.0 | 12.0 | 1.0 | 11.0 | 9.0 | 7.0 | 2.0 | 20.0 | 16.0 | 33.0 | 230.0 | 61.0 | 13.0 | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na |
na | true | ti_cnn | real | na | na | na | na | na | na | train | na | na | an fbi dive team reportedly pulled an object from a san bernardino lake friday, seeking evidence pinpointing the motive and history of the attackers who killed more than a dozen people during a holiday party.
one diver handed the unknown item to an official wearing gloves, who put the object in a plastic bag, the press-enterprise reports.
investigators are looking for a hard drive that may have been dumped in the lake, a law enforcement official briefed on the investigation told the associated press. david bowdich, chief of the fbi's los angeles office, said investigative leads indicated the shooters had been in the area the day of the massacre and said the search of the lake could take days.
fox news has learned that in 2012, one of the gunmen, syed farook, conspired with former neighbor enrique marquez, the man who purchased the rifles used in the deadly attack in san bernardino on dec. 2. the plot would have targeted the los angeles area.
it appeared the two were scared off the idea by the november 2012 arrests of four southern california men attempting to travel to afghanistan to wage holy war.
the small, urban lake is about 3 miles north of the shooting site.
authorities say farook and his wife, tashfeen malik, opened fire on his fellow san bernardino county health inspectors during a holiday party, killing 14 people and wounding 22 others. the couple died hours later in a police shootout, leaving behind a 6-month-old daughter.
fbi director james comey has said farook had been in communication with individuals who were being scrutinized by the fbi in terrorism investigations, but that the contact he had was not enough to bring him onto the law enforcement radar.
the fbi has interviewed hundreds of people and conducted searches looking for evidence. bowdich says it's possible the agency will do neighborhood canvasses in the future, too.
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na | true | ti_cnn | real | na | na | na | na | na | na | train | na | na | the death of saudi arabia's king abdullah early friday has launched an uncertain new era for u.s. officials to negotiate amid the spreading influence of iran and the ongoing battle to roll back gains made by the islamic state terror group in iraq and syria.
a former u.s. diplomat close to the saudi royal family told fox news thursday that the death of the 90-year-old king, along with this week's collapse of the u.s.-supported government in yemen, was a "worst-case scenario" because it removed another obstacle to iran expanding its reach in the region. the former diplomat said that tehran's influence could now be seen in four middle eastern capitals -- sana'a in yemen, as well as baghdad, damascus, and to a lesser extent, beirut.
abdullah, a sunni arab, made one of the main priorities of his rule countering mainly shiite iran whenever it tried to make advances in the region. he also backed sunni factions against tehran's allies in several countries, but in lebanon, for example, the policy failed to stop iranian-backed hezbollah from gaining the upper hand. and tehran and riyadh's colliding ambitions stoked proxy conflicts around the region that enflamed sunni-shiite hatreds <u+2014> most notably and terribly in syria's civil war, where the two countries backed opposing sides. those conflicts in turn hiked sunni militancy that returned to threaten saudi arabia.
with the death of abdullah, decision-making in riyadh is likely to be more cautious on issues like iran and syria, former u.s. diplomat dennis ross told the wall street journal.
citing saudi officials, the paper reports that king abdullah became less fond of the u.s. in the final years of his reign. the king repeatedly pushed obama to lend stronger backing to the rebels against syrian president bashar al-assad, against whom he bore a personal animus, and was reportedly furious when airstrikes threatened against damascus by obama in the summer of 2013 did not come to pass.
the officials also said that the late king took a dim view of ongoing talks between the u.s. and iran over the latter nation's nascent nuclear program, seeing it as a sign that washington was more than willing to work behind its ally's back.
king abdullah's death may also open up a bigger power vacuum in riyadh than first believed. his successor, 79-year-old half-brother prince salman, had recently taken on some of the ailing abdullah's responsibilities. however, the journal reports that u.s. officials do not consider him to be a strong or healthy ruler in his own right, which raises the possibility that others in the royal family could come to the forefront.
the journal reports that one of the first and biggest questions to face the saudi king is what to do about the ongoing unrest in yemen, where gains by shiite houthi rebels forced the resignation of the country's president and entire government thursday.
there is also the question of what to do about the ongoing u.s.-led bombing campaign against the islamic state, better known as isis. the late king abdullah was so fearful of the group's growing power that he committed saudi airpower to strike the sunni insurgency.
among the other decisions facing salman is whether he will continue the country's ongoing strategy of increased levels of oil production. the country produced 9.6 million barrels a day in january, according to platts, the energy information division of mcgraw hill. that's enough to satisfy 11 percent of global demand, despite a global price drop of nearly 60 percent since june.
the price of u.s. crude was up 88 cents, or 1.9 percent, to $47.19 a barrel in after-hours trading thursday.
fox news' catherine herridge and the associated press contributed to this report.
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na | true | ti_cnn | real | na | na | na | na | na | na | train | na | na | jerusalem, israel <u+2013> the bible speaks of a time when it would be said, "peace, peace, when there is no peace' (see jer. 6:14). for some, that prophetic utterance took on new meaning monday when the president began his lengthy speech in the northern german city of hanover.
while israel fights for recognition and justice in an increasingly hostile world, which sometimes envisions its destruction, president obama says we're living in the most peaceful era in the history of humanity.
meanwhile, israeli middle east commentator ehud yaari says "tehran's commitment to surrounding, besieging and eliminating the 'zionist entity' has not changed, and countering this goal will require pushing back against iranian advances in iraq, syria, jordan and elsewhere," the washington institute reported.
and a smuggler at the syrian-turkish border told buzzfeed that isis has deployed at least 4,000 fighters to europe, while french and belgian officials say the 5,000-plus europeans who joined the islamic state will bring terrorism with them when they return home.
but according to obama, the world is experiencing the "most peaceful, most prosperous, most progressive era in human history."
"i want to begin with an observation that, given the challenges that we face in the world and the headlines we see every day, may seem improbable but it's true. we are fortunate to be living in the most peaceful, most prosperous, most progressive era in human history," he said.
the president went on to explain how the world is in much better shape than it's ever been.
"more people live in democracies, where they live wealthier and healthier and better educated with a global economy that has lifted up more than a billion people from extreme poverty and created new middle classes from the americas to africa to asia," he continued.
and not only that, infant mortality is down, people live longer and tens of millions have been saved from disease. and in a more tolerant world, gays and lesbians have more opportunities, he said.
according to obama, it's a good time to be alive. most anyone, he said, would choose to born today than at any other time in the history of the world. it is also a time that "we need to integrate muslims."
"i want you to remember that our countries are stronger, they're more secure and more successful when we integrate people of all backgrounds and faiths and make them feel as one. and that includes our fellow citizens who are muslim," he said.
the president's eloquent words may ring hollow to the millions in the middle east and africa whose family members have been slain, their homes confiscated, their children kidnapped and sold as sex slaves, and to the tens of thousands of refugees flooding european shores.
according to the bible, israel is at the core of many events unfolding in the world today. biblical prophecies foretold thousands of years ago are coming to pass in our lifetimes.
the bible admonishes us to pray for the peace of jerusalem (psalm 122:6), the capital of the jewish nation-state, and to give him no rest until he makes jerusalem a praise in the earth.
"i have set watchmen on your walls, o jerusalem; they shall never hold their peace day or night. you who make mention of the lord, do not keep silent and give him no rest till he establishes and till he makes jerusalem a praise in the earth. (is. 1:6-7)
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na | true | ti_cnn | real | na | na | na | na | na | na | train | na | na | john kasich was killing it with these iowa voters.
he bantered with larry, a coralville voter, about the university of iowa's hot hoops team. iowa had better take advantage<u+00a0>of ohio state university, he said.<u+00a0>"our basketball team is down this year."
kasich<u+2019>s signature down-home small talk over, larry asked the republican presidential candidate if he supports<u+00a0>the renewable fuel standard<u+2019>s<u+00a0>requirement that gas contain a certain amount of<u+00a0>ethanol, much of it made from iowa corn.<u+00a0>kasich supports the existing law.
<u+201c>you keep going,<u+201d> larry told kasich, calling him "johnny."<u+00a0><u+201c>if you<u+2019>re ever in the great state of iowa and you<u+2019>re close, we<u+2019>ll come and wave to ya.<u+201d>
that<u+2019>s right: kasich was talking to larry, and more than 12,000 other iowa voters, in a telephone town-hall meeting thursday night. kasich<u+00a0>was calling from the other early-voting state: new hampshire.
kasich is polling at<u+00a0>just less than 3% in iowa<u+00a0>ahead of the feb. 1 caucuses, putting him in ninth, according to the realclearpolitics rolling average of recent polls. talk among the kasich team of a<u+00a0>possible top-five finish<u+00a0>has faded.
while other candidates have swarmed iowa this month, kasich has appeared just twice:<u+00a0>jan. 4 in west des moines<u+00a0>and jan. 10 in council bluffs. he plans iowa visits this week in the quad cities, des moines and cedar rapids, but he's not scheduled to be<u+00a0>in iowa on caucus day.
instead, he<u+2019>s taking his town-hall game in person to new hampshire. ahead of the feb. 9 primary, he's in a tight battle with texas sen. ted cruz and florida sen. marco rubio for second place. finishing just behind<u+00a0>poll-leading donald trump, he hopes, could<u+00a0>propel him to prominence among establishment republicans leery of trump and cruz, who are<u+00a0>topping national surveys.
his approach, kasich and his advisers say, has its roots in reality: it<u+2019>s next to impossible to win both contests, so they're<u+00a0>focusing on the state where they have the best shot. the same candidate has won both the iowa caucus and the new hampshire primary only once in the last seven contested gop elections: 1976, the first year iowa republicans kicked off the nation<u+2019>s voting.
<u+201c>i wish i had more time for iowa,<u+201d> kasich said in an interview wednesday on his campaign bus in new hampshire. <u+201c>when we go, we get such good response, so it<u+2019>s tempting to keep going back. it<u+2019>s time management. it<u+2019>s nothing against the folks in iowa.<u+201d>
the iowa tele-town halls <u+2014> kasich has held three <u+2014> have helped some. on thursday night, people dropped in and out of<u+00a0>the conversation, with as many as 4,375 participants at any time, data<u+00a0>from the vendor show. the average participant spent a whopping 32 minutes on the hour-long call, up from 15 minutes and eight minutes in the previous calls. some iowans, at least, are interested in kasich.
he told participants on the phone call that he<u+2019>d appreciate any boost he can get from their caucus votes.
what about caucusgoers who worry about <u+201c>throwing away<u+201d> their votes on a low-polling candidate?
<u+201c>i vote for the person that i like. i don<u+2019>t worry about throwing away my vote. i vote for the person who can do a good job,<u+201d> kasich said in the interview.
in the tele-town halls, iowans get a taste of the same kasich they<u+2019>d see in person <u+2014> minus the teal puffy coat he<u+2019>s been wearing this winter,<u+00a0>the national debt ticker<u+00a0>that decorates his town-hall meetings and the blue bus carting him through the new hampshire snow.
with kasich, voters get an hour of folksy explanations of complicated policies, plus exhortations to take care of each other, seek a personal purpose, become part of something bigger than themselves.
he also makes jokes that make fun of audience members, or himself, or the presidential process. he drops names. (he<u+2019>s friends with john mccain,<u+00a0>who twice won the new hampshire primaries. he got leonardo dicaprio<u+2019>s autograph for his daughters at a restaurant this month.)
he sometimes interrupts questioners or finishes their queries for them.
<u+201c>my mind works very fast, you know, and there<u+2019>s things that they say that trigger something that i can<u+2019>t wait to tell them,<u+201d> he said in the interview. <u+201c>i<u+2019>m really not trying to cut anybody off, and i<u+2019>m certainly not trying to show them any disrespect, but <u+2014> can<u+2019>t we just kind of get to it? i<u+2019>m just bursting to tell them.<u+201d>
rushad thomas walked right into a kasich joke monday night at a town hall in lebanon, new hampshire.
<u+201c>i think<u+00a0>immigration<u+00a0>is a good thing, because our population is getting very old-people heavy,<u+201d> thomas, 26, said to the audience,<u+00a0>which was also very <u+201c>old-people heavy,<u+201d> since the event was at a senior center.
then, thomas launched into his question:
kasich almost never travels with his wife, karen, and 16-year-old twin daughters, reese and emma. he says he wants to be careful how much exposure the twins receive.
and although he has women working on his campaign <u+2014> his campaign manager is beth hansen, his former gubernatorial chief of staff <u+2014> his traveling staff and advisers are all men.
<u+201c>sometimes this bus is like being in a fraternity house, you know?<u+201d> kasich said in the interview. <u+201c>i would rather have a situation where we could bring more women in, but on this bus, it<u+2019>s just guys, you know? it<u+2019>s not ideal. but there<u+2019>s only a couple of people that i talk to really, really seriously, and beth is one of them.<u+201d>
kasich<u+2019>s family joined him monday and tuesday in new hampshire. his daughters told voters kasich was the most loving, caring and experienced gop candidate <u+2014> and <u+201c>the only one i<u+2019>d feel comfortable with,<u+201d> reese said.
once, in lebanon, kasich teased reese for wanting to attend college at an art school in london.
<u+201c>what kind of school is that?<u+201d> he said, to chuckles. after some back and forth, she finally agreed to give him a hug. <u+201c>if i was making fun of you, i<u+2019>m sorry,<u+201d> he said. <u+201c>but i wasn<u+2019>t. we all need to laugh at ourselves.<u+201d>
it wasn<u+2019>t his finest parenting moment. so he did what parents do. <u+201c>she didn<u+2019>t like that, and i actually had to apologize to her,<u+201d> he said in the interview.
without his daughters on the campaign trail, kasich lights up whenever he sees a child. he read a thomas the tank engine<u+00a0>book to a family of toddlers in the middle of a town-hall meeting, asking the children what noise a cow makes.
<u+201c>you said it like a goat!<u+201d> a voter shouted.
new hampshire voters who see kasich often say they believe he<u+2019>ll <u+201c>get things done<u+201d> in washington, d.c. they cite his down-home style and his blue-collar upbringing.
<u+201c>i know he<u+2019>s not in the top three<u+201d> nationally, said paul plater, a 67-year-old from hillsboro who is retired from the army corps of engineers. <u+201c>he<u+2019>d get my vote. he<u+2019>s going to be up there in the top three by the end.<u+201d>
on the tele-town hall thursday, political director jeff polesovsky asked the iowa callers: would you consider caucusing for kasich?
press 1,<u+00a0>he said, if he<u+2019>s your first choice. press 2<u+00a0>to say<u+00a0>i<u+2019>m considering him. press 3<u+00a0>for no. press 4 if you<u+2019>re undecided.
<u+201c>how about 5 for: <u+2018>what, are you out of your mind?<u+2019> <u+201d> kasich cracked. <u+201c>you gotta have a little fun, folks. everything is not a root canal!<u+201d> | john kasich wooing iowans mostly from new hampshire | noauthor | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | https://t4.rbxcdn.com/c5695e5f087535e2066dc473e03b1819 | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | nocountry | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | null | null | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | null | null | null | na | na | na | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | ti_cnn_train.parquet | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | 0.0 | na | na | na | na | na | na | nothread | na | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.0 | 51.0 | 8.0 | 7060.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.0 | 4.0 | 0.0 | 507.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 162.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 48.0 | 7.0 | 18.0 | 4.0 | 5.0 | 11.0 | 11.0 | 8.0 | 26.0 | 21.0 | 38.0 | 511.0 | 162.0 | 48.0 | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na |
na | true | ti_cnn | real | na | na | na | na | na | na | train | na | na | some are insisting on a <u+201c>better deal<u+201d> than the framework nuclear agreement reached with iran on april 2. but the idea of a better deal is a chimera, an illusory option, and it should not lull us into thinking there is another agreement to be had if only we were to bear down harder. the present agreement, which depends on important pieces to be resolved by the end of june, can substantially reduce the ability of iran to develop a nuclear weapon over the next ten years or more and also creates a dynamic that could be a game changer in the combustible middle east.
senator mark kirk has postponed a vote on the iran sanctions bill he wrote with senator robert menendez, possibly until june 30. this is a constructive step, avoiding an action that would undercut negotiations toward a final agreement. but we need to keep the sanctions issue in mind because it is inextricably intertwined with the same calls for a better deal emanating from people in congress, israel, and other critics. no one can argue that a better agreement wouldn<u+2019>t be better<u+2014>3,000 iranian centrifuges is better than 5,000; a 20-year deal is better than 10. the tough question is: how do you get there? putting aside what the iranians might do in response to additional pressure<u+2014>dig in deeper, speed up their program<u+2013>and looking just at our side of the equation, the notion of a better deal is unachievable.
here is why. according to critics, seeking a better deal starts with increasing sanctions on iran. if tough sanctions brought them to the table, tougher sanctions will bring them to their knees. at some point their economy will be in tatters from the intensified sanctions, and they will be forced to return to the bargaining table and agree to better deal. with a closer look, however, this scenario unravels.
first, it is highly unlikely that even our allies in europe would join us in further sanctions against iran in the wake of a nuclear agreement they believe is sensible and positive. that is even truer for other countries<u+2014>like india, japan, south korea and china<u+2014>that were pulled into the existing sanctions regime quite unwillingly. the support of these countries for the oil sanctions in particular has been critical to the sanctions<u+2019> effectiveness. they will not willingly sign up for more.
second, if a deal falls through, it is likely that the existing multilateral sanctions regime will begin to crumble. as noted, countries like india and south korea, who don<u+2019>t feel threatened by an iran nuclear weapon, will be only too happy to find a pretext to break out of the sanctions<u+2014>perhaps tentatively at first but in a rush as others do. it will be hard to argue the rationale for sanctions, which, from the perspective of nearly every nation, will have achieved their purpose<u+2014>bringing iran to the table to negotiate serious limitations on its nuclear program.
indeed, the proponents of tougher sanctions to get a <u+201c>better<u+201d> deal have misunderstood the nature of the iranian sanctions. the fact is that the united states does not own or control the multilateral sanctions regime. the effectiveness of the sanctions is based on how the international community views the perceived threat and therefore the legitimacy of coercive actions to stop it.
third, those who seek a better deal through tougher sanctions argue that we don<u+2019>t necessarily need international support. the united states could unilaterally enact sanctions that have extraterritorial reach, as we already have done with a number of congressional measures since 2010. the proposition is that we will to some degree deny foreign companies access to the larger, more important american market, if they choose to do business with iran.
however, the context has entirely changed since the comprehensive iran sanctions act was passed in 2010. new extraterritorial sanctions would be directed against an iran that has reached an agreement on its nuclear program with major world powers. the rest of the world generally detests our assertion of authority involving foreign companies in foreign countries. here, for example, we would seek to close the u.s. market to germany<u+2019>s bmw if they sold cars to iran or japan<u+2019>s sony if it sold in iran. if congress imposed sanctions in spite of a nuclear agreement reached with iran by major powers, the international community<u+2014>except for a few countries<u+2014>would believe those sanctions to be illegitimate. in this context, it is hard to imagine the u.s. government moving ahead with major sanctions proceedings against many of our friends and allies.
so, as we discuss and debate the merits of this framework agreement, and a final agreement that may follow, let<u+2019>s recognize that this is the agreement we will have<u+2014>not some imagined alternative. in my judgment, if the next stage of negotiations succeeds, the framework that emerged this week lays the groundwork for a strong and effective agreement.
the framework does not<u+2014>nor by itself is it likely to<u+2014>fundamentally alter the other threats iran poses in the region, including its ongoing efforts to exert control in damascus, beirut, baghdad and sanaa, and its continuing threat to israel. that is why it is important to embed this agreement in a regional strategy that bolsters concrete cooperation with our friends in the region and reassures them that we are there for the long haul. president obama<u+2019>s summit with regional partners at camp david will be an important opportunity to look not only at the hot spots, but at the bigger picture.
the iran nuclear agreement is important not despite other troubles in the region but because of them. each challenge would be more difficult and dangerous if iran<u+2019>s nuclear program was unconstrained and unmonitored, let alone if iran were to develop a nuclear weapon and spark others in the region to follow. under the agreement that is emerging, we will have a high degree of confidence<u+2014>as will others in the region<u+2014>that iran<u+2019>s nuclear program is seriously constrained. walling off the nuclear threat does not extinguish the fires that are burning in the region. but it does remove what would be the most combustible fuel.
there is no second bite at this apple. this is a good deal. we should not be distracted by talk of a better one.
enacting new, tough sanctions in an effort to force iran toward a <u+201c>better<u+201d> deal would mystify and alarm the rest of the world, isolating and weakening us. such sanctions would crumble under their own weight <u+2014>amounting to, as shakespeare said, <u+201c>sound and fury, signifying nothing.<u+201d> | the fantasy of a better iran deal | noauthor | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | https://t4.rbxcdn.com/c5695e5f087535e2066dc473e03b1819 | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | nocountry | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | null | null | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | null | null | null | na | na | na | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | ti_cnn_train.parquet | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | 0.0 | na | na | na | na | na | na | nothread | na | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 33.0 | 8.0 | 6513.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 485.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 121.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 67.0 | 14.0 | 14.0 | 4.0 | 16.0 | 9.0 | 6.0 | 13.0 | 25.0 | 23.0 | 41.0 | 486.0 | 122.0 | 67.0 | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na |
na | true | ti_cnn | real | na | na | na | na | na | na | train | na | na | it would not surprise me if, at the next republican national convention, benjamin netanyahu took a seat in the delegates-from-abroad section. the israeli leader has both allied and associated himself with congressional republicans who differ with president obama over whether to impose additional sanctions on iran and who also <u+2014> let<u+2019>s not beat around the bush <u+2014> hate his guts. their foreign policy is actually a domestic one: to destroy the president.
whether this is political or personal <u+2014> or a combination of the two <u+2014> is beside the point. whatever the case, when netanyahu accepted john boehner<u+2019>s invitation to address a joint session of congress in march, he did so without informing the white house. boehner, too, bypassed the white house. as a result, netanyahu will come and go and not meet with the president.
boehner insists that, as speaker of the house, he has the standing to issue an invitation to a foreign leader on his own. that<u+2019>s debatable. he is, after all, elected by the republican caucus, not by the full house and not, significantly, by the american people. he knew what this invitation would look like. this is high school stuff, a stunt unworthy of even newt gingrich.
i stand with the president on this sanctions matter. additional sanctions may drive the iranians from the table. the europeans may go with them. let<u+2019>s give the talks some more time.
i stand with netanyahu in worrying about a president who has been awfully twitchy in his foreign policy. his faux threat to take syria to task if it used chemical weapons in its civil war <u+2014> the famous <u+201c>red line<u+201d> <u+2014> turned out to be a red-faced embarrassment. it has cost obama much more than it cost bashar al-assad.
but what concerns me most is how netanyahu threatens to harm the bipartisan understanding and support of israel. the prime minister has never been able to hide his disdain for obama. in may 2011, he made obama squirm before the tv cameras as he lectured him about middle east matters in the oval office. it was, simply, no way to treat the president of the united states.
accepting boehner<u+2019>s invitation sent the same message of contempt. i know netanyahu sees the iranian nuclear program as an existential threat to israel, but that does not excuse his boorish manners. i am an ardent supporter of israel, but i am also an american: do not insult my president!
my feelings, however, are immaterial. what matters above all is the possibility that support of israel will become a partisan political issue in the united states. it may come as a surprise, but zionism was once beloved by the american and european left. (the british labour party even supported transferring palestinians out of what is now israel <u+2014> a policy that changed once labour got to govern.) now, though, the european left has abandoned israel, adoring the palestinian cause with a striking naivete.
the american left is not quite as robustly anti-israel, but the trend is unmistakable. even some american jews <u+2014> especially the younger generation <u+2014> are either cooler toward israel or indifferent. the holocaust has faded as an emotional rallying point, and with both an intermarriage rate well over 50 percent and a declining population, the american jewish community is both contracting and, inevitably, losing clout. for many young jews as well as non-jews, israel<u+2019>s right-wing government is hardly attractive. it<u+2019>s been many years since harry belafonte sang <u+201c>hava nagila.<u+201d>
a generation of americans who support gay rights, same-sex marriage and reproductive freedom and who fear global warming are going to wonder about an israeli prime minister who embraces a speaker of the house who personifies all they loathe. israel should not become yet another right-wing issue, joining such bizarre causes as the right to pollute the atmosphere or to turn millions of immigrants into fugitives.
going back to the very formation of the state, israel has enjoyed deep bipartisan support in america <u+2014> neither a republican nor democratic issue. there<u+2019>s no mystery here. israel is a democracy, a beleaguered one at that, whose creation is yet another desert miracle. its cinematic virtues are manifest. it<u+2019>s a great story.
now, though, some damage has been done. netanyahu will come and speak to congress and make his case <u+2014> the one he has made time and time again <u+2014> for additional sanctions on iran. but if, in the end, action needs to be taken against iran, israel will need the support of all americans. he has, with his impetuousness and contempt, made that harder to get. | netanyahu<u+2019>s contempt for president obama | noauthor | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | https://t4.rbxcdn.com/c5695e5f087535e2066dc473e03b1819 | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | nocountry | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | null | null | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | null | null | null | na | na | na | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | ti_cnn_train.parquet | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | 0.0 | na | na | na | na | na | na | nothread | na | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 40.0 | 8.0 | 4539.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 355.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 88.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 45.0 | 15.0 | 13.0 | 15.0 | 17.0 | 11.0 | 12.0 | 8.0 | 18.0 | 30.0 | 37.0 | 356.0 | 88.0 | 45.0 | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na |
na | true | ti_cnn | real | na | na | na | na | na | na | train | na | na | on april 28, the supreme court will hear arguments in obergefell v. hodges, named for ohio resident jim obergefell, who wants to be listed as the surviving spouse on his husband's death certificate. obergefell married his partner of 20 years, john arthur, aboard a medical jet in 2013, while arthur was suffering from als. arthur passed away in october of that year, three months after the couple filed their lawsuit.
"the decision to file suit -- i know from john's perspective -- it was a way for him to say, 'thank you, jim. you've given me 20 years. the past couple of years have been pretty awful with als, and this is something i can do to thank you, to protect you and to just let you know once again, how much i love you.' and i can think of no better reason to be going to the supreme court than to remember that and honor that," obergefell said recently, during a moving speech at the human rights campaign's headquarters.
obergefell is joined by several dozen other gay plaintiffs from a number of states who are fighting both to be able to marry the person they love and to have their marriage recognized in every state in the country.
for greg bourke and michael deleon, it began at fauver law office, a small firm that operates out of a house in louisville, kentucky. in july 2013, the couple filed a lawsuit with the u.s. district court for the western district of kentucky to have their marriage recognized by the commonwealth of kentucky. bourke and deleon wed in canada in 2004, but have not been able to receive the same benefits that heterosexual married couples get in their state.
shannon fauver and dawn elliott, the two attorneys who originally handled bourke and deleon's case, said it was tough to find plaintiffs who were ready to face all the publicity that comes with such a prominent role. they said many were concerned about how the proceedings would affect their children and family members.
"i thought it would be a whole lot easier to find people who were willing to be involved in the litigation," said elliott. "but we had to sell it to the plaintiffs in order for them to be involved in this."
as the cases became increasingly high-profile, more groups signed on to help win the right to marriage equality. in kentucky, for example, the plaintiffs are now being represented not only by fauver, but also by the louisville firm of clay daniel walton and adams plc, the american civil liberties union and the stanford law school supreme court litigation clinic.
"the stories of these families, and others all across america, are the reason public opinion is changing so rapidly on marriage," said james esseks, director of the aclu's lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and hiv project. "these are just regular parents who want the best for their kids. marriage will help both them and their children."
michigan's contribution to the obergefell suit revolves around just one couple, april deboer and jayne rowse. their 2012 lawsuit originally made no mention of gay marriage, and was instead aimed at changing state law so they could both be recognized as legal parents to their four adopted children. the couple only switched course after a federal judge invited them to expand their challenge to target the state constitution's ban on same-sex marriage.
dana nessel, an attorney for the couple, said the judge's recommendation was just one of a series of surprises. for a small legal team with little funding, she said, the last three years have been tough, though ultimately rewarding.
the michigan case is unique both in the way it originated and because it was sent to a full trial, according to jay kaplan, staff attorney for the lgbt project at the michigan chapter of the aclu. he said that holding a trial gave rowse and deboer's attorneys the opportunity to present expert testimony and cross-examine the defendants' witnesses.
"this is the right time [for marriage equality] -- politically, socially, legally," said laura landenwich, an attorney with clay daniel walton and adams plc, during a recent interview at the firm's office. "everything is in place for them to rule in our favor. and i will make the prediction that if we lose, that opinion will get reversed later on. it will be viewed at some point as a mistake." | meet the couples fighting to make marriage equality the law of the land | noauthor | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | https://t4.rbxcdn.com/c5695e5f087535e2066dc473e03b1819 | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | nocountry | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | null | null | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | null | null | null | na | na | na | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | ti_cnn_train.parquet | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | 0.0 | na | na | na | na | na | na | nothread | na | 0.0 | 0.0 | 8.0 | 71.0 | 8.0 | 4279.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 5.0 | 0.0 | 300.0 | 3.0 | 0.0 | 80.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 48.0 | 11.0 | 17.0 | 7.0 | 14.0 | 11.0 | 11.0 | 7.0 | 24.0 | 17.0 | 33.0 | 305.0 | 83.0 | 49.0 | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na |
na | true | ti_cnn | real | na | na | na | na | na | na | train | na | na | happy memorial day! but if you<u+2019>re in wisconsin, and relying on food stamps, remember that<u+00a0>republicans don<u+2019>t want you to have ketchup on your hamburger. they<u+2019>d probably rather you didn<u+2019>t have a hamburger at all, but wisconsin farmers and ranchers have clout, and so proposed cuts to the supplemental nutrition assistance program made room for wisconsin products. but they still don<u+2019>t want you to have <u+201c>crab, lobster, shrimp, or any other shellfish.<u+201d> or ketchup. or spaghetti sauce. really.
for now, that<u+2019>s all grandstanding. snap is a federal program, and the obama administration hasn<u+2019>t allowed states to restrict food purchases that way. but that hasn<u+2019>t stopped gop legislators from trying. maine and missouri want to ban snap <u+201c>junk food<u+201d> purchases. wisconsin and 16 other states are also trying to drug test recipients.
and wisconsin has nothing on brownbackistan, i mean kansas. the state has already outlawed the use of temporary assistance for needy families program debit cards at a range of businesses, including movie theaters, college sports games (?) and cruise ships. (there goes the welfare cruise ship business!) kansas tanf recipients also are unable to withdraw more than $25 a day from their accounts. that means to withdraw $100, they<u+2019>ll pay five bank fees (since atms only dispense $20s). banks win, the poor lose.
all this is happening against the backdrop of gop policy failure. we<u+2019>ve had a 30-plus year experiment in republican approaches to the problems of poverty and declining economic opportunity <u+2013> and it<u+2019>s turned out abysmally. ronald reagan convinced a lot of people that <u+201c>we fought a war on poverty, and poverty won,<u+201d> so democrats came together with republicans and slashed the largest welfare program for families with children, first in the states, then federally. bill clinton signed the federal bill into law, thinking he could get the issue of the lazy poor behind him, and then concentrate on the supports low-wage workers might need to climb.
of course, clinton never completed that part of his agenda; he got distracted by the gop witch hunt known as impeachment. republicans still didn<u+2019>t want to make friends even after clinton gave them punitive welfare reform; go figure.
then george w. bush became president, and we got a lesson in the way tax cuts create jobs <u+2013> as in, they don<u+2019>t. in eight years of the clinton administration, which raised top tax rates, 23 million jobs were created, compared with 3 million in the eight low-tax bush years. it might be time to try a whole new approach to fighting poverty <u+2013> raising the minimum wage; strengthening workers<u+2019> ability to bargain; investing in infrastructure to shore up our roads, bridges and rail system but also to create jobs; expanding access to college. instead, red state gop legislators are pushing ever crueler ways to treat the poor like garbage. sam brownback<u+2019>s kansas is becoming an ever more awful dystopia. it<u+2019>s an absolute laboratory for tax-cutting, welfare-slashing schemes, and it<u+2019>s circling the drain economically. scott walker is an amateur compared to brownback, but he<u+2019>s working hard to make sure wisconsin ties kansas for the most dysfunctional economy. the wisconsin gop<u+2019>s bogus health claims for the snap cuts are belied, the huffington post observes, by the fact that the amended law now allows the purchase of any and all dairy products, thanks to the power of the state<u+2019>s dairy lobby.<u+00a0> theoretically, a snap recipient could spent the whole month<u+2019>s allotment on <u+201c>dippin<u+2019> dots,<u+201d> one legislator notes. <u+201c>the <u+2018>ice cream of the future<u+2019> is now on the list of what<u+2019>s acceptable to pay for, but a bottle of ketchup is not,<u+201d> he noted. but of course this isn<u+2019>t about the keeping the poor healthy; it<u+2019>s about punishing them. the fact that the cuts almost certainly won<u+2019>t be enacted makes them more cynical, in a way. this is how you tell the kochs, and scared white people, that the slackers and moochers are being punished. it accomplishes nothing, but it<u+2019>s good politically. that<u+2019>s still the core premise of republican politics, and it will remain so through the 2016 election, at least. | gop<u+2019>s demonic new crusade: right-wing zealots look for even crueler ways to treat the poor like garbage | noauthor | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | https://t4.rbxcdn.com/c5695e5f087535e2066dc473e03b1819 | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | nocountry | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | null | null | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | null | null | null | na | na | na | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | ti_cnn_train.parquet | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | 0.0 | na | na | na | na | na | na | nothread | na | 1.0 | 0.0 | 10.0 | 103.0 | 8.0 | 4099.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.0 | 5.0 | 0.0 | 244.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 81.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 30.0 | 17.0 | 16.0 | 13.0 | 14.0 | 10.0 | 15.0 | 6.0 | 22.0 | 32.0 | 26.0 | 249.0 | 82.0 | 30.0 | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na |
na | true | ti_cnn | real | na | na | na | na | na | na | train | na | na | killing obama administration rules, dismantling obamacare and pushing through tax reform are on the early to-do list. | ben carson vs. ben carson | noauthor | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | https://t4.rbxcdn.com/c5695e5f087535e2066dc473e03b1819 | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | nocountry | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | null | null | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | null | null | null | na | na | na | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | ti_cnn_train.parquet | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | 0.0 | na | na | na | na | na | na | nothread | na | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 25.0 | 8.0 | 117.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 10.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.0 | 1.0 | 10.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na |
na | true | ti_cnn | real | na | na | na | na | na | na | train | na | na | republican white house candidates on sunday criticized president obama<u+2019>s plan to deploy 50 special operations troops in syria to fight the islamic state terror group.
<u+201c>sending 50 american special forces into syria in the eyes of isil shows that obama is not all in,<u+201d> candidate and south carolina sen. lindsey graham said on <u+201c>fox news sunday.<u+201d> <u+201c>it is a sign of weakness to isil. they have sized obama up and they think he's weak.<u+201d>
graham, a defense hawk and armed services committee member, argued that such a small group will have <u+201c>no chance of winning<u+201d> the fight to destroy the islamic state, whose recent and unexpected rise has resulted in the militant group occupying large swatches of iraq and syria.
he downplayed the possibility of a clash between u.s. forces and russian forces in syria, sent to protect the regime of syrian president bashar assad.
<u+201c>there may be some potential,<u+201d> said graham, who has advocated for sending more troops to the region to battle the islamic state. <u+201c>but i see russia and iran mopping the floor with obama ... . russia is all in with iran to support assad.<u+201d>
the white house<u+2019>s announcement friday to deploy the non-combat troops comes roughly two years after obama vowed that he would not put <u+201c>american boots on the ground in syria."
white house press secretary josh earnest argued the move is not a change in strategy, only an <u+201c>intensification<u+201d> of the president<u+2019>s plan to help local forces fight the terror group.
ben carson, another gop presidential candidate, said sunday that he supports obama's plan in part but that it fails to go far enough.
<u+201c>i think that<u+2019>s a move in the right direction ... certainly in terms of helping to guide what the air force is doing,<u+201d> he told abc<u+2019>s <u+201c>this week.<u+201d> <u+201c>but i think that that's only a small part of it. we need to have a much bigger plan when it comes to battling the global jihadist because they have big ideals.<u+201d>
carson, a first-time candidate, said that if elected he would address russian president vladimir putin<u+2019>s efforts in syria and that the united states should establish a <u+201c>no-fly<u+201d> zone in the region.
this is not the first criticism of obama<u+2019>s most recent decision.
on saturday, gop contender donald trump also suggested the move was a half-measure.
"i think we have a president who just doesn't know what he's doing," trump told cnn before a campaign stop in norfolk, va. <u+201c>you either do it or you don't do it.<u+201d>
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na | true | ti_cnn | real | na | na | na | na | na | na | train | na | na | a dispute over when international sanctions against iran would be lifted following a potential nuclear agreement reportedly is the latest issue to bog down negotiations.
according to the wall street journal, iran's negotiators say that sanctions must be lifted almost immediately after a deal is concluded. u.s. and european diplomats, for their part, hold that sanctions should only be lifted once tehran accounts for its past nuclear activity and is confirmed to be using nuclear energy for peaceful means by the united nations' nuclear watchdog.
one european diplomat was quoted by the journal as saying there was "no way" western negotiators would budge from their position, which the diplomat said the iranians considered a "deal-breaker. they don't want it at all."
amid the dispute, officials from iran and the u.s. reportedly said friday that talks will resume next week.
according to the journal, both sides believe that the u.s. and european union can lift some of the sanctions each has unilaterally imposed on iran's energy and finance sectors. however, the issue of lifting sanctions imposed by the u.n. is more complex and according to negotiators, is likely to take years, not weeks or months, to accomplish.
for its part, the international atomic energy agency (iaea) says that iran has failed to turn over key documents about its nuclear program, and has also denied access to scientists and nuclear sites.
both sides are working to meet a march 31 deadline to construct the framework of a permanent agreement. the final deadline for all the details to be worked out is june 30. on thursday, u.s. secretary of state john kerry and his iranian counterpart, foreign minister javad zarif met face-to-face for the fourth straight day in lausanne, switzerland.
the associated press reported late thursday that elements of a draft deal had been agreed that would commit iran to a 40 percent cut in the number of machines it could use to make an atomic bomb. in return, the iranians would get quick relief from some crippling economic sanctions and a partial lift of a u.n. embargo on conventional arms.
officials told the ap that the tentative deal imposes at least a decade of new limits on the number of centrifuges iran can operate to enrich uranium, a process that can lead to nuclear weapons-grade material. the sides are zeroing in on a cap of 6,000 centrifuges, officials said, down from the 6,500 they spoke of in recent weeks.
that's also fewer than the 10,000 such machines tehran now runs, yet substantially more than the 500 to 1,500 that washington originally wanted as a ceiling. only a year ago, u.s. officials floated 4,000 as a possible compromise.
it's unclear how complete the draft is. iran's deeply buried underground enrichment plant remains a problem, officials said, with washington demanding the facility be repurposed and tehran insisting it be able to run hundreds of centrifuges there. iran says it wants to use the machines for scientific research; the americans fear they could be quickly retooled for enrichment.
a planned heavy water reactor will be re-engineered to produce much less plutonium than originally envisioned, relieving concerns that it could be an alternative pathway to a bomb. u.s. officials believe they can extend the time tehran would need to produce a nuclear weapon to at least a year. right now, iran would require only two to three months to amass enough material to make a bomb.
president barack obama appealed directly to iranian citizens in a message commemorating nowruz, the persian new year.
"our negotiations have made progress, but gaps remain," obama said thursday in a video message posted online.
"if iran's leaders can agree to a reasonable deal, it can lead to a better path <u+2014> the path of greater opportunities for the iranian people," he said.
the pressure in congress on the administration over iran remained intense, with the chairman of the senate foreign relations committee saying he would move ahead with legislation giving lawmakers a say over any nuclear deal. and 360 house republicans and democrats <u+2014> more than enough to override any presidential veto <u+2014> sent a letter to obama saying if an agreement is reached, congress will decide on easing sanctions it has imposed.
"congress must be convinced that its terms foreclose any pathway to a bomb, and only then will congress be able to consider permanent sanctions relief," the lawmakers wrote.
rep. eliot engel of new york, the top democrat on the house foreign affairs committee, told administration officials at a hearing thursday that congress cannot be marginalized and "any attempts to sidestep congress will be resisted on both sides of the aisle."
the associated press contributed to this report.
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na | true | ti_cnn | real | na | na | na | na | na | na | train | na | na | washington -- senate majority leader mitch mcconnell (r-ky.) said sunday that despite his differences with president barack obama, he has no interest in shutting down the government or causing it to default on its debt.
treasury secretary jack lew warned congress on friday that on march 16 the government would no longer have authority to take on debt to pay for spending congress has already approved. if lawmakers don't raise the so-called "debt ceiling" by then, lew said the treasury department can take "extraordinary measures" to continue government operations for a short time.
"i made it very clear after the november election that we're certainly not going to shut down the government or default on the national debt," mcconnell said, speaking on cbs' "face the nation."
defaulting on the debt would not only shut down the government; economists say it could have catastrophic financial consequences. the obama administration has previously refused to bargain with republicans who wanted policy concessions from democrats for agreeing to raise the debt ceiling.
nevertheless, mcconnell suggested republicans could try to get some policy initiatives out of a debt ceiling hike -- even though demands could lead to a standoff with the obama administration.
"we'll figure some way to handle it and hopefully it might carry some other important legislation that we can agree on in connection with it," mcconnell said. | mitch mcconnell pledges to avoid debt ceiling disaster | noauthor | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | https://t4.rbxcdn.com/c5695e5f087535e2066dc473e03b1819 | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | nocountry | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | null | null | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | null | null | null | na | na | na | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | ti_cnn_train.parquet | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | 0.0 | na | na | na | na | na | na | nothread | na | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.0 | 54.0 | 8.0 | 1428.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 5.0 | 0.0 | 94.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 18.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 16.0 | 2.0 | 4.0 | 3.0 | 6.0 | 2.0 | 5.0 | 2.0 | 13.0 | 8.0 | 14.0 | 99.0 | 18.0 | 17.0 | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na |
na | true | ti_cnn | real | na | na | na | na | na | na | train | na | na | "from the start," hillary clinton declared today in reno, "donald trump has built his campaign on prejudice and paranoia. he has taken hate groups mainstream, and [is] helping a radical fringe take over the republican party." the speech that followed those words was an extended argument that her opponent is a racist, a conspiracy theorist, and a man temperamentally unfit to be president.
clinton's campaign had promoted this in advance as an address about "donald trump and his advisors' embrace of the disturbing 'alt-right' political philosophy"<u+2014>the alt-right being an umbrella term for an assortment of racist micro-movements and online subcultures. yesterday i suggested that making the alt-right the stars of such a speech could only give a signal boost to what is, after all, a rather obscure political faction. but clinton's comments about that faction took up only about a minute of her remarks. and while that minute was pretty juicy, the alt-right wasn't really the rally's star villain after all.
the star villain was donald trump. everyone else that clinton brought into the address<u+2014>the alt-right, breitbart, alex jones, david duke, nigel farage, vladimir putin<u+2014>was there in a supporting role.
some of clinton's arguments didn't make a lot of sense. she led her litany, oddly, by quoting trump's recent remarks about how bad blacks have it in america. ("poverty. rejection. horrible education. no housing. no homes. no ownership. crime at levels nobody has seen.") most people would call his comments a clumsy attempt to reassure voters that he cares about the black community's problems, but clinton declared them "a dog whistle to his most hateful supporters." she also wildly overstated the alt-right's influence, declaring that "the de facto merger between breitbart and the trump campaign" means the alt-rightists have "effectively taken over the republican party." she was on sturdier ground at other moments, as when she mentioned trump's habit of retweeting white nationalists or his false claim that he watched thousands of new jersey muslims cheer the 9/11 attacks.
running through all her claims, both the weak ones and the strong ones, was one basic theme: donald trump is a bigot and a nut. and while that's an idea you've been hearing ever since the mogul turned reality tv star entered the race, this was as forceful and concentrated an expression of it as i've ever heard emerge from hillary clinton's mouth. it's bound to fire up her supporters, and i expect it will help her get out the vote. whether it also leads a bunch of curious conservatives to google "alt-right" depends, i suppose, on how much coverage that minute of the speech gets in the next few days.
but the guy who must be really delighted right now is alex jones. hillary clinton just attacked him by name! his listeners will be hearing clips from this speech til ragnarok. | hillary clinton: the alt-right has 'effectively taken over the republican party' | noauthor | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | https://t4.rbxcdn.com/c5695e5f087535e2066dc473e03b1819 | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | nocountry | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | null | null | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | null | null | null | na | na | na | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | ti_cnn_train.parquet | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | 0.0 | na | na | na | na | na | na | nothread | na | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 80.0 | 8.0 | 2877.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 5.0 | 0.0 | 171.0 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 67.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 17.0 | 14.0 | 12.0 | 9.0 | 14.0 | 8.0 | 7.0 | 8.0 | 11.0 | 20.0 | 17.0 | 176.0 | 69.0 | 17.0 | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na |
na | true | ti_cnn | real | na | na | na | na | na | na | train | na | na | a heartbroken nation<u+2019>s tension turned to mourning thursday afternoon as news broke that the suspected gunman in an attack on a charleston, south carolina, church had been arrested, and the identities of his nine victims were released.
dylann roof, 21, allegedly entered the emanuel african methodist episcopal church during a weekly bible study meeting and opened fire around 9 p.m. wednesday. eight people were found shot to death at the scene, police said. two others were transported to a hospital, where one later died.
in a statement at the white house, president barack obama mourned the victims and lamented the steady stream of mass shootings he has had to address while in office. "once again, innocent people were killed in part because someone who wanted to inflict harm had no trouble getting their hands on a gun," he said. "at some point, we as a country will have to reckon with the fact that this type of mass violence doesn<u+2019>t happen in other countries."
<u+201c>the only reason someone could walk into a church and shoot people praying is out of hate,<u+201d> said charleston mayor joe riley at a news conference. <u+201c>it is the most dastardly act that one could possibly imagine.<u+201d>
according to mullen, the suspect sat in the church with other attendees for about an hour before he began firing. in an interview with nbc, a cousin of pinckney said she spoke with a survivor, who reported that the suspect had reloaded his gun five times. when the survivor's son tried to talk him out of shooting more, he reportedly replied, "'i have to do it. you rape our women and you're taking over our country. and you have to go.'"
cornell william brooks, the president and ceo of the naacp as well as an african methodist episcopal minister, released a statement on thursday in which he expressed outrage about the "mass hate crime."
"the senselessly slain parishioners were in a church for wednesday night bible study," brooks stated. "there is no greater coward than a criminal who enters a house of god and slaughters innocent people engaged in the study of scripture."
south carolina gov. nikki haley (r) urged people to pray for the victims and their families. <u+201c>while we do not yet know all of the details, we do know that we<u+2019>ll never understand what motivates anyone to enter one of our places of worship and take the life of another,<u+201d> she said. <u+201c>please join us in lifting up the victims and their families with our love and prayers.<u+201d>
worshippers and other community members gathered thursday to mourn and pray throughout a town so known for its churches that it's often referred to as "holy city."
the historic black church, commonly referred to as "mother emanuel," has "one of the largest and oldest black congregations south of baltimore, maryland," according to the church's website. one of the church's founding members was denmark vesey, who organized a slave uprising that started in 1821. civil rights leaders also visited the church during the 1960s. | nation mourns 9 victims in charleston church shooting | noauthor | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | https://t4.rbxcdn.com/c5695e5f087535e2066dc473e03b1819 | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | nocountry | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | null | null | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | null | null | null | na | na | na | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | ti_cnn_train.parquet | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | 0.0 | na | na | na | na | na | na | nothread | na | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3.0 | 53.0 | 8.0 | 2964.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 6.0 | 0.0 | 183.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 56.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 19.0 | 18.0 | 11.0 | 7.0 | 25.0 | 10.0 | 14.0 | 4.0 | 20.0 | 26.0 | 24.0 | 189.0 | 56.0 | 19.0 | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na |
na | true | ti_cnn | real | na | na | na | na | na | na | train | na | na | the state department identified two americans who died in nepal<u+2019>s devastating earthquake, and reported two more dead monday, as the death toll rose past 4,000 and survivors dug through the rubble of their villages seeking shelter and food.
saturday's 7.8 magnitude earthquake triggered an avalanche that buried part of the mount everest base camp, killing 18 people, including foreign climbers preparing to make their summit attempts at the world<u+2019>s tallest peak.
at least four americans died in the quake, all at the mount everest base camp the state department said monday. state department spokesman jeff rathke identified two of the american victims as ely taplin and vinh b. truong.
two others haven't been named yet, either because consular officials haven't confirmed their identities or next of kin haven't been notified.
<u+201c>we express our deepest sympathies to the families and loved ones of those who died,<u+201d> rathke told reporters. he said the state department was fielding hundreds of calls from americans asking for assistance and concerned about the safety of loved ones in nepal.
<u+201c>we are supplementing our embassy staff to better respond to u.s. citizens and liaison with the nepal government,<u+201d> rathke said.
in addition to the more than 4,000 dead in nepal, another 61 people were killed in neighboring india, and china reported that 20 people had died in tibet.
meanwhile, tens of thousands of families slept outdoors for a second night, fearful of aftershocks that have not ceased. camped in parks, open squares and a golf course, they cuddled children or pets against chilly himalayan nighttime temperatures.
"it's overwhelming. it's too much to think about," said 55-year-old bijay nakarmi, mourning his parents, whose bodies were recovered from the rubble of what once was a three-story building.
reports received so far by the government and aid groups suggest that many communities perched on mountainsides are devastated or struggling to cope as they search for lost loved ones, sort through rubble for their belongings, and try to find food and shelter for their families.
lila mani poudyal, the government's chief secretary and the rescue coordinator, said the recovery was slow because many workers -- water tanker drivers, electricity company employees and laborers needed to clear debris -- "are all gone to their families and staying with them, refusing to work."
world vision aid worker matt darvas reached nepal's gorkha district -- the epicenter of saturday's powerful quake -- early monday afternoon. he said almost no aid had reached there ahead of him.
"it does not seem aid is reaching here very quickly," darvas told the associated press by phone from nepal.
udav prashad timalsina, the top official for the gorkha district, said he was in desperate need of help. "there are people who are not getting food and shelter. i've had reports of villages where 70 percent of the houses have been destroyed," timalsina he said.
he said 223 people had been confirmed dead in the district, but he presumed "the number would go up because there are thousands who are injured."<u+00a0>landslides and other destruction delayed attempts to reach the district earlier, but gorkha is feared to have extensive damage.
"villages like this are routinely affected by landslides, and it's not uncommon for entire villages of 200, 300, up to 1,000 people to be completely buried by rock falls," darvas said. "it will likely be helicopter access only."
"further north from here the reports are very disturbing," darvas reported. he says up to 75 percent of the buildings in singla may have collapsed and the village, a two-day walk away, has been out of contact since saturday night.
local officials lost contact with military and police who set out for singla, and darvas says helicopters have had to turn back because of clouds. he says a few suvs with foreign tourists bringing basic aid supplies had begun to reach gorkha by early evening.
jagdish pokhrel, the clearly exhausted army spokesman, said nearly the entire 100,000-soldier army was involved in rescue operations. "we have 90 percent of the army out there working on search and rescue," he said. "we are focusing our efforts on that, on saving lives."
kathmandu district chief administrator ek narayan aryal said tents and water were being handed out monday at 10 locations in kathmandu, but that aftershocks were leaving everyone jittery.
"there have been nearly 100 earthquakes and aftershocks, which is making rescue work difficult. even the rescuers are scared and running because of them," he said.
the capital city is largely a collection of small, poorly constructed brick apartment buildings. but outside of the oldest neighborhoods, many in kathmandu were surprised by how few modern structures collapsed in the quake.
emergency aid flights are landing in nepal, with relief workers from several different countries who will try to locate and rescue victims. but the dire conditions and communication obstacles are adding to the chaos at the small airport in nepal's capital of kathmandu, where there were major backups on the tarmac.
india's defense ministry says four indian air force planes carrying communication gear, aid supplies and rescue personnel were forced to return to new delhi today because of airport congestion.
the quake will probably put a huge strain on the resources of this impoverished country best known for everest, the highest mountain in the world. the economy of nepal, a nation of 27.8 million people, relies heavily on tourism, principally trekking and himalayan mountain climbing.
the first nations to respond were nepal's neighbors -- india, china and pakistan. other countries sending support sunday included the united states, canada, the united arab emirates, britain, germany, france, poland, italy, israel and singapore.
an american military plane left delaware's dover air force base for nepal, carrying 70 people, including a disaster-assistance response team and an urban search-and-rescue team, and 45 tons of cargo, the pentagon said.
the earthquake was the worst to hit the south asian nation in more than 80 years. it destroyed swaths of the oldest neighborhoods of kathmandu and was strong enough to be felt across parts of india, bangladesh, china's region of tibet and pakistan.
nepal's worst recorded earthquake in 1934 measured 8.0 and all but destroyed the cities of kathmandu, bhaktapur and patan.
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na | true | ti_cnn | real | na | na | na | na | na | na | train | na | na | in every presidential campaign, there are issues everyone knows beforehand will be discussed <u+2014> what should we do about immigration, how can we improve the economy, where should we go on health care <u+2014> and events that become campaign issues when they burst into the news. so it is with the public health crisis in flint, michigan, where a public health catastrophe has played out over the last two years, and more and more politicians are being asked to comment on it.
to get you up to speed, in 2014, in an effort to save money, the city stopped getting its water from detroit and began getting it from the contaminated flint river. it turned out that all manner of nasty chemicals were contained in the water, most alarmingly, lead. it<u+2019>s important to understand that at the time, flint<u+2019>s own elected officials were all but powerless, because the city was being run by a <u+201c>emergency manager<u+201d> appointed by michigan governor rick snyder; it was the emergency manager who made the final call to switch their water supply (you can read more about that here). emails released yesterday by snyder<u+2019>s administration show that as flint residents were complaining about the water<u+2019>s color and taste, and reporting ill health effects, state officials were not particularly eager to do anything about it. snyder<u+2019>s chief of staff wrote in one email that other state officials felt that <u+201c>some in flint are taking the very sensitive issue of children<u+2019>s exposure to lead and trying to turn it into a political football.<u+201d>
well it<u+2019>s a political football now <u+2014> as well it should be. i<u+2019>ve long been an advocate of <u+201c>politicizing<u+201d> just about everything (see here or here), not because candidates should take any excuse to blame each other for anything going wrong anywhere in the country, but because elected officials need to make choices, and campaigns provide an opportunity to get them on record saying how they<u+2019>d address critical issues. right after a hurricane is the best time to talk about what government should do to prepare for disasters, just as the aftermath of a high-profile police shooting is the best time to talk about police practices. it<u+2019>s when our attention gets focused on a problem and there<u+2019>s a real opportunity to make progress.
so what we<u+2019>re seeing now is that democrats, particularly president obama and those running for his party<u+2019>s presidential nomination, are eager to talk about flint. obama met with flint<u+2019>s mayor, declared a state of emergency that will allow federal funds to flow there, and called the crisis <u+201c>inexplicable and inexcusable.<u+201d> hillary clinton raised it in sunday<u+2019>s debate when asked what issue she wish had been brought up but hadn<u+2019>t, saying, <u+201c>we<u+2019>ve had a city in the united states of america where the population which is poor in many ways and majority african american has been drinking and bathing in lead contaminated water. and the governor of that state acted as though he didn<u+2019>t really care. he had requests for help that he basically stonewalled. i<u+2019>ll tell you what, if the kids in a rich suburb of detroit had been drinking contaminated water and being bathed in it, there would<u+2019>ve been action.<u+201d> for his part, bernie sanders called for snyder to resign.
and the republicans? it won<u+2019>t be surprising if they aren<u+2019>t interested in discussing the race and class issues the crisis raises, and thus far, they don<u+2019>t seem to want to talk seriously about it at all. ben carson was the first to give any substantive comment, placing the blame on flint<u+2019>s elected officials and the federal government, neatly excusing governor snyder<u+2019>s administration of any involvement. marco rubio was asked about it on monday and said he couldn<u+2019>t say much, since <u+201c>that<u+2019>s not an issue that right now we<u+2019>ve been focused on<u+201d>; from what i can tell he hasn<u+2019>t said anything about it since. donald trump was also reluctant to discuss it, responding to a reporter<u+2019>s question on tuesday by saying, <u+201c>a thing like that shouldn<u+2019>t happen, but, again, i don<u+2019>t want to comment on that.<u+201d> john kasich said, <u+201c>i think the governor has moved the national guard in and, you know, i<u+2019>m sure he will manage this appropriately.<u+201d> i haven<u+2019>t been able to find any comments from jeb bush, chris christie, rand paul, carly fiorina, mike huckabee, or rick santorum.
but there is one republican candidate who made detailed remarks about the issue: ted cruz. <u+201c>it is a failure at every level of government, a failure of the city officials, a failure of the county officials, and the men and women of michigan have been betrayed,<u+201d> cruz said. <u+201c>every american is entitled to have access to clean water. and to all the children who have been poisoned by government officials, by their negligence, by their ineptitude, it<u+2019>s heart-breaking.<u+201d> in addition, cruz<u+2019>s michigan state director wrote on her facebook page that the campaign was bringing bottled water to <u+201c>crisis pregnancy centers<u+201d> in the city, which try to convince women not to have abortions.
cruz did his best to fit the issue in with his broader critique of government, but it isn<u+2019>t surprising that the rest of his republican colleagues didn<u+2019>t really want to talk about it. if snyder were a democrat, you can be sure they<u+2019>d be blaming him, but he isn<u+2019>t. they aren<u+2019>t going to say that this disaster demonstrates that the problems that affect poor and black people are given less attention by government at all levels than the problems that affect rich and white people, because most of them don<u+2019>t think that<u+2019>s actually true. they aren<u+2019>t going to say that this shows that we need a major investment in infrastructure spending in america, because they don<u+2019>t really believe that, either.
but those are the broader issues that the catastrophe in flint raises, and that<u+2019>s what the candidates ought to be pressed on. they don<u+2019>t even have to agree on who bears the lion<u+2019>s share of the blame to agree that we have a national problem that requires attention. the american society of civil engineers gives the country<u+2019>s drinking water system a grade of <u+201c>d<u+201d> and says that in the next couple of decades we will need to invest hundreds of billions of dollars, perhaps even into the trillions, in order to bring the system up to where it should be.
so now that we<u+2019>re focusing on the question of drinking water, the candidates should say what they see as our infrastructure priorities, how we should address them, how much we ought to spend, and how that fits in with the other things they<u+2019>d like to spend money on. | time to press the presidential candidates on flint<u+2019>s water crisis | noauthor | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | https://t4.rbxcdn.com/c5695e5f087535e2066dc473e03b1819 | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | nocountry | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | null | null | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | null | null | null | na | na | na | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | ti_cnn_train.parquet | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | 0.0 | na | na | na | na | na | na | nothread | na | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 65.0 | 8.0 | 6434.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 8.0 | 0.0 | 444.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 119.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 72.0 | 14.0 | 15.0 | 16.0 | 20.0 | 11.0 | 16.0 | 8.0 | 29.0 | 30.0 | 50.0 | 452.0 | 120.0 | 72.0 | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na |
na | true | ti_cnn | real | na | na | na | na | na | na | train | na | na | despite what he told cnn in an interview shortly before the debate aired, trump had been clear about why he didn<u+2019>t want to participate in the fox debate: the presence of moderator megyn kelly. whether or not he really meant it, kelly showed time and again why he was right to avoid a renewed confrontation with her.
here<u+2019>s the thing about megyn kelly. she<u+2019>s not some closet liberal. that<u+2019>s a common mistake made about her. she often<u+00a0>indulges in the same right-wing racial hysteria as anybody on fox. but she can be a pretty fearless<u+2014>and fearsome<u+2014>tv journalist. on thursday, she unveiled what might be the most ruthless, devastating technique i<u+2019>ve ever seen in any debate i<u+2019>ve watched. it was so neat and brutally effective that you wondered why it had never been done before.
put simply, kelly pulled a <u+201c>daily show<u+201d> on marco rubio and ted cruz, playing lengthy montages of their past support of a path to citizenship for undocumented immigrants. (they<u+2019>ve each since flip-flopped.) both men, robbed of their ability to insist that they<u+2019>d never said the words they<u+2019>d obviously said, floundered helplessly.
can you imagine the kind of clip show kelly and her team were preparing for trump? she does not mess around. instead of dealing with her, trump got the best of both worlds. he ducked any debate messiness but still managed to dominate the proceedings in his absence, and got his alternative rally aired on both cnn and msnbc. he also left ted cruz in place as a default frontrunner; cruz, who even on his best nights has the air of a man trying to sell you a<u+00a0>monorail you don<u+2019>t need, had one of his worst nights. he resorted to whining about how much he was getting ganged up on, which is never attractive even when attractive people do it.
nothing else in the debate reached the audacious heights of the clip-show hit jobs.<u+00a0> faced with kelly<u+2019>s sheer star power, the other moderators, chris wallace and bret baier, couldn<u+2019>t help but play second fiddle. the worst part of the evening was the repeated tossing aside of interesting, relevant questions. the requisite 9 hours were spent getting each man onstage to brag about how many isis fighters he would personally disembowel, but questions on puerto rico<u+2019>s debt, on criminal justice and policing, on climate change and on the crisis in flint were all asked of just one candidate and then discarded. what<u+2019>s the point of having multiple debates if you don<u+2019>t use them to tackle a wide range of issues in the broadest way possible?
it would be foolish to predict what effect the debate will have. the caucuses are just around the corner. nobody knows what<u+2019>s going to happen. what does seem certain is that at least some of the people who participated in the debate on thursday won<u+2019>t be around much longer. megyn kelly won<u+2019>t be one of those. she is now well on her way to cementing herself as the indispensable star of fox news, with or without the assistance of donald trump. | this is why trump was smart to avoid her: megyn kelly just crushed the gop debate | noauthor | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | https://t4.rbxcdn.com/c5695e5f087535e2066dc473e03b1819 | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | nocountry | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | null | null | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | null | null | null | na | na | na | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | ti_cnn_train.parquet | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | 0.0 | na | na | na | na | na | na | nothread | na | 1.0 | 0.0 | 5.0 | 81.0 | 8.0 | 2930.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 6.0 | 0.0 | 174.0 | 4.0 | 0.0 | 72.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 21.0 | 8.0 | 7.0 | 6.0 | 12.0 | 3.0 | 6.0 | 3.0 | 11.0 | 20.0 | 19.0 | 180.0 | 76.0 | 21.0 | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na |
na | true | ti_cnn | real | na | na | na | na | na | na | train | na | na | clinton, who resigned from her philanthropy's board of directors immediately after declaring her presidential campaign on sunday, has drawn fire for her family foundation's acceptance of money from countries considered hostile to the united states.
the foundation will now only accept funding from australia, canada, germany, the netherlands, norway and the united kingdom, according to new foundation policies that will be posted online but was obtained by cnn.
the foundation also pledges to disclose its donors quarterly beginning in july -- as opposed to annually -- and to not hold any more clinton global initiative events overseas following an international conference in may. | clinton foundation will continue to accept foreign money during hillary's run | noauthor | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | https://t4.rbxcdn.com/c5695e5f087535e2066dc473e03b1819 | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | nocountry | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | null | null | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | null | null | null | na | na | na | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | ti_cnn_train.parquet | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | 0.0 | na | na | na | na | na | na | nothread | na | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 77.0 | 8.0 | 685.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 7.0 | 0.0 | 47.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 9.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 5.0 | 1.0 | 3.0 | 2.0 | 1.0 | 2.0 | 4.0 | 5.0 | 8.0 | 54.0 | 9.0 | 4.0 | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na |
na | true | ti_cnn | real | na | na | na | na | na | na | train | na | na | one thing that is certain about monday<u+2019>s ruling by a federal judge in texas blocking implementation of president obama<u+2019>s executive actions on immigration reform <u+2014> it won<u+2019>t be the last word.
nonetheless, the opinion is worth noting for three reasons: first, what it says about the depressing politicization of the federal judiciary; second, and related, what it suggests about the conservative face of judicial activism; third, what its implications may be for the coming showdown on funding for the department of homeland security.
the new york times report on the ruling contained a jarring phrase, describing its author, u.s. district judge andrew hanen, as <u+201c>an outspoken critic of the administration on immigration policy.<u+201d> my instinct was that the reporter had gone too far in that characterization; surely, a federal judge <u+2014> even a federal judge appointed by george w. bush <u+2014> could not fairly be described that way.
turns out, he can. hanen sits in brownsville, tex., on the border with mexico, and it can fairly be assumed it was no accident that the 26 states challenging the executive actions sued in that court, where they had a 50/50 chance of having the case heard by hanen. (the other judge in brownsville is a bill clinton appointee.)
hanen has a remarkable history of blasting the department of homeland security for what he views as its lax approach to immigration enforcement. in his court, where you stand depends, literally, on where he sits <u+2014> hanen<u+2019>s rulings bristle with frustration over the influx of illegal immigrants at the border and what he views as the feckless governmental policies in dealing with them.
in a 2013 case involving the smuggling of a 10-year-old girl from el salvador, hanen went after dhs for reuniting the girl with her undocumented mother, rather than prosecuting the mother for having hired the trafficker. <u+201c>this court is quite concerned with the apparent policy of the department of homeland security .<u+2009>.<u+2009>. of completing the criminal mission of individuals who are violating the border security of the united states,<u+201d> hanen wrote.
the plaintiffs challenging obama<u+2019>s plan <u+201c>got the judge they wanted and they got the ruling they wanted,<u+201d> frank sharry, executive director of america<u+2019>s voice, an immigration reform group, told me.
as to that ruling, its weakest link is its strained conclusion that texas, at least, had legal standing to challenge obama<u+2019>s actions. time was, conservatives, and conservative judges, were most reluctant to grant standing, an approach in keeping with their conception of the modest judicial role.
so how did hanen deal with the federal government<u+2019>s argument that the states had failed to show the individual injury required to allow them to challenge the executive actions?
it came down <u+2014> this is not a joke <u+2014> to driver<u+2019>s licenses. texas argued that the expanded class of individuals eligible to remain in the country would be entitled to apply for licenses, and that the $24 fee for obtaining a license did not cover the state<u+2019>s actual cost. thus, hanen found, the states have shown the the program <u+201c>will directly injure the proprietary interest of their driver<u+2019>s license programs and cost the states badly needed funds.<u+201d>
hanen<u+2019>s conclusion that he should prevent the immigration actions from going into effect rests on a similarly slender reed. he concluded that an injunction was justified because the states could suffer <u+201c>irreparable harm<u+201d> in the form of having to issue driver<u+2019>s licenses and other benefits.
seriously, the irreparable harm to texas is that it spends some money on driver<u+2019>s licenses? please, you conservatives who applaud this outcome <u+2014> not another word about judicial activism.
finally, because the clock is ticking on funding for the department of homeland security, hanen<u+2019>s ruling raises the question of whether it offers a face-saving exit to republicans seeking to avoid a shutdown or instead will further inflame conservatives.
my answer is: both. those who rail against presidential usurpation of authority will seize on hanen<u+2019>s opinion to assert that they cannot appropriate a dime for the department of homeland security. (no matter that hanen<u+2019>s opinion only reached the not-so-sexy topic of whether the administration<u+2019>s actions complied with the, yawn, administrative procedure act, not whether they overstepped constitutional boundaries.)
the cannier move would be for senate republicans to seize on the case as an escape from their untenable corner: the executive actions are under court review, now we can move on with funding essential government services. smarter? yes. more likely? not in the current poisonously partisan environment.
read more from ruth marcus<u+2019>s archive, follow her on twitter or subscribe to her updates on facebook. | the judge immigration foes wanted | noauthor | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | https://t4.rbxcdn.com/c5695e5f087535e2066dc473e03b1819 | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | nocountry | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | null | null | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | null | null | null | na | na | na | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | ti_cnn_train.parquet | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | 0.0 | na | na | na | na | na | na | nothread | na | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 33.0 | 8.0 | 4762.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3.0 | 0.0 | 358.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 105.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 53.0 | 12.0 | 16.0 | 4.0 | 19.0 | 8.0 | 12.0 | 6.0 | 27.0 | 34.0 | 34.0 | 361.0 | 106.0 | 53.0 | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na |
na | true | ti_cnn | real | na | na | na | na | na | na | train | na | na | when you file your return, you hardly have to do anything different. there's a new line on the 1040 -- line 61, to be precise -- where you attest that you do, in fact, have health coverage. if that's the case, then mark it down here, and you're done.
the good news is, tax credits made your health insurance more affordable. the bad news is, you now have to prove you still have insurance, and that you didn't get too much or too little of a subsidy. if your tax credit was too large, you'll have to pay back at least some of it.
those 1095-a forms are supposed to arrive in your mailbox by feb. 2, so be on the lookout. you also can download them from the exchange website or call the exchange and ask it to send you one. you may get more than one form, depending on how each member of the family is covered. if you see any inaccuracies on these documents, contact your insurance exchange.
when you applied for a credit, you told the exchange what you expected to earn in 2014, and that number was used to calculate your subsidy. now, when you file the 8962 with your taxes, you're running the numbers again based on what you really made. if those amounts are different, your tax credits have to be adjusted. those who owe the irs can set up payment plans.
how many people will see their refunds cut (or face a tax bill), and how many will get money back? no one can say for sure. but h&r block projects that about half of all exchange customers didn't estimate their incomes correctly, and should expect some kind of adjustment, either higher or lower, pickering said.
basically, if you bought an unsubsidized plan from an obamacare exchange, take the information from your 1095-a and put it on your 8962, and check off line 61 of your 1040. if you didn't use an exchange, you just need to care about line 61. when it comes to taxes, that counts as easy.
one more thing for unsubsidized people who used an exchange: you might still be able to get tax credits. if you earned less than four times the federal poverty level -- $46,680 for a single person and $95,400 for a family of four -- you can apply for a subsidy via the exchange. if you skipped the exchange, then this isn't possible, no matter what your income was.
obamacare's individual mandate requires most legal u.s. residents to get covered, so you might be subject to a tax penalty if you were uncovered for more than three months. the formula is complicated, but the penalty starts at $95 and goes all the way up to about $11,000. (read this for more information.) if you didn't earn enough money to pay taxes, meaning you made less than $10,150 as a single person under 65 or more for other types of households, then there's no health insurance mandate for you, and you don't have to file a return.
the idea behind the mandate was that everyone who can "afford" insurance should buy it, to avoid saddling the rest of us with the cost of their medical care. the affordable care act says insurance is "affordable" if it costs 8 percent of your income. if insurance was available to you below that price and you didn't get coverage, you'll have to pay a penalty.
if you make less than $60,000 a year, you can use the irs' free file option, but you'll still have to do a lot of math yourself. if you make less than $53,000 a year, you can take advantage of tax preparers participating in the irs' free volunteer income tax assistance program. the irs' tax counseling for the elderly program is available at no charge to people 60 and older. and enroll america will offer no-cost local help using intuit turbotax. | here's how obamacare is going to affect your taxes | noauthor | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | https://t4.rbxcdn.com/c5695e5f087535e2066dc473e03b1819 | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | nocountry | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | null | null | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | null | null | null | na | na | na | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | ti_cnn_train.parquet | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | 0.0 | na | na | na | na | na | na | nothread | na | 0.0 | 0.0 | 4.0 | 50.0 | 8.0 | 3583.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3.0 | 0.0 | 191.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 54.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 22.0 | 5.0 | 11.0 | 3.0 | 7.0 | 6.0 | 8.0 | 3.0 | 16.0 | 12.0 | 26.0 | 194.0 | 55.0 | 22.0 | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na |
na | true | ti_cnn | real | na | na | na | na | na | na | train | na | na | "after trump went after the 'mexican' judge from northern indiana then (house speaker) paul ryan endorsed him, i decided that in fact this was not my party anymore," will said on "fox news sunday."
trump attacked will on twitter over his decision to leave the gop sunday morning, writing: "george will, one of the most overrated political pundits (who lost his way long ago), has left the republican party. he's made many bad calls."
will responded on "fox news sunday," saying: "he has an advantage on me, because he can say everything he knows about any subject in 140 characters and i can't."
he said he'd joined the republican party in 1964, inspired by arizona sen. barry goldwater, a founder of the conservative movement and a key figure in the party then.
"i joined it because i was a conservative, and i leave it for the same reason: i'm a conservative," will said. "the long and the short of it is, as ronald reagan said when he changed his registration, 'i did not leave the democratic party; the democratic party left me,' " he said. will first announced his decision to leave the gop at a federalist society luncheon friday. he told the audience: "this is not my party," according to pj media , a conservative news website. the pulitzer prize-winner confirmed to pjm in an interview after his speech that he had left the party and was now "an unaffiliated voter in the state of maryland" before switching the subject. pjm reported that will cited ryan's endorsement of trump is one of the reasons why he decided to leave the party. will didn't say whether he'd vote for either democratic presumptive nominee hillary clinton or a third-party candidate, such as libertarian gary johnson. will, who worked on president ronald reagan's 1980 campaign, also said at the luncheon that trump as president with "no opposition" from a republican-led congress would be worse than clinton as president with a republican-led congress. when asked by pj media about his message to conservatives regarding trump, will responded, "make sure he loses. grit their teeth for four years and win the white house." cnn efforts to reach will were not immediately successful saturday. will has long been a harsh critic of trump. just earlier this month, he told fox news that trump is a "real amateur in politics." "he seems to confuse the enthusiasm of the crowds in front of him at the moment in the high school auditorium with the larger electorate," he said . "whereas, in fact, crowds are definitionally not a representative selection of the american people." and this is not the first time the conservative has broken with republican party orthodoxy. in 2009, he wrote an op-ed in the washington post calling on the united states to get out of afghanistan, which received criticism from his party. | george will: trump's judge comments prompted exit from gop | noauthor | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | https://t4.rbxcdn.com/c5695e5f087535e2066dc473e03b1819 | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | nocountry | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | null | null | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | null | null | null | na | na | na | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | ti_cnn_train.parquet | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | 0.0 | na | na | na | na | na | na | nothread | na | 1.0 | 0.0 | 7.0 | 58.0 | 8.0 | 2794.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3.0 | 0.0 | 198.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 74.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 26.0 | 6.0 | 10.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 6.0 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 16.0 | 13.0 | 18.0 | 201.0 | 74.0 | 27.0 | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na |
na | true | ti_cnn | real | na | na | na | na | na | na | train | na | na | as the supreme court prepares to take up same-sex marriage next week, conservative scholars have produced a last-ditch argument to keep the scourge of homosexual unions from spreading across the land: gay marriage kills.
they<u+2019>re saying that legalizing same-sex marriage will cause 900,000 abortions.
the logic is about as obvious as if they had alleged that raising the minimum wage would increase the frequency of hurricanes. if anything, you<u+2019>d think that more same-sex marriages would mean more adoptions.
but comes now gene schaerr, unsuccessful lawyer for utah in that state<u+2019>s case against same-sex marriages, to file an amicus brief with the supreme court on behalf of <u+201c>100 scholars of marriage.<u+201d>
<u+201c>on the surface, abortion and same-sex marriage may seem unrelated,<u+201d> schaerr acknowledged in a post on the heritage foundation web site in advance of a presentation he made to the conservative think tank monday. but <u+201c>the two are closely linked in a short and simple causal chain.<u+201d>
to wit: legalizing same-sex marriage devalues marriage and causes fewer heterosexual couples to marry, which leads to a larger number of unmarried women, who have abortions at higher rates than married women. as a result, schaerr wrote, <u+201c>nearly 900,000 more children of the next generation would be aborted as a result of their mothers never marrying. this is equal to the entire population of the cities of sacramento and atlanta combined.<u+201d>
case closed! or at least it would be, if schaerr<u+2019>s <u+201c>causal chain<u+201d> were real. he freely acknowledged that he had no cause-and-effect proof when i asked him about it at heritage on monday.
<u+201c>it is still too new to do a rigorous causation analysis using statistical methods,<u+201d> he admitted, saying that he had found only a decline in marriage rates in states that had legalized same-sex marriage (in fact, marriage rates have declined overall). <u+201c>the brief doesn<u+2019>t even attempt to say conclusively that this reduction in marriage rates has been the result of adopting same-sex marriage,<u+201d> schaerr said, though there are <u+201c>theoretical reasons<u+201d> such causation might occur.
or perhaps theological reasons. when schaerr quit his law firm last year to take the utah case, he wrote to colleagues that he was going to <u+201c>fulfill what i have come to see as a religious and family duty.<u+201d> a colleague leaked his resignation letter to the human rights campaign, a gay rights group.
utah argued that legalizing same-sex marriage would lead to lower birth rates, pointing out that some of the states with the lowest birth rates, such as massachusetts, vermont and connecticut, had same-sex marriage, and some of the highest birth-rate states, such as texas and utah, did not.
but the national birth rate has been declining for years, from 14.2 per 1,000 people in 2006 to 12.4 in 2013. texas and utah actually had larger drops than massachusetts, vermont and connecticut.
utah lost its case, but schaerr <u+2014> a former clerk to antonin scalia <u+2014> is now making a similar argument, claiming to show drops in marriage rates in the years after states adopted same-sex marriage.
heritage<u+2019>s ryan anderson, appearing with schaerr on monday afternoon, went even further than schaerr<u+2019>s conclusions in alleging that <u+201c>every nation and every state that have redefined marriage have seen their marriage rates decline by at least 5 percent after that redefinition, even as the marriage rates in the rest of the states remain stable.<u+201d>
the national marriage rate declined to 6.8 per 1,000 in 2012, from 8.0 in 2002, before massachusetts became the first state to legalize gay marriage. the massachusetts rate dropped from 5.9 in 2002 to 5.5 in 2011, while connecticut went from 5.7 to 5.5 and vermont went from 8.6 to 8.3. but texas and utah, free of same-sex marriage, dropped from 8.4 to 7.1, and from 10.4 to 8.6, respectively.
fred sainz, vice president of the human rights campaign, accused schaerr of <u+201c>cherry-picking<u+201d> his statistics. but though the numbers are dubious, schaerr<u+2019>s argument has the useful purpose of switching the debate away from same-sex marriage <u+2014> on which public opinion is shifting decidedly against conservatives <u+2014> and toward abortion, where positions are hardened.
schaerr had other arguments, too. he asserted that abraham lincoln would find it <u+201c>preposterous<u+201d> that the 14th amendment, guaranteeing equal protection, would be used to justify same-sex marriage.
what lincoln would think in 2015 is unknowable <u+2014> but such considerations did not deter schaerr. he also speculated that an unemployed man who got his girlfriend pregnant in a state that had legalized same-sex marriage would be more likely to conclude that <u+201c>i<u+2019>m not going to assume these obligations to this woman and this child.<u+201d>
from that idle speculation, all it takes is a slippery slope and an active imagination to get to 900,000 abortions.
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na | true | ti_cnn | real | na | na | na | na | na | na | train | na | na | (cnn) the democratic party gathered in philadelphia on thursday for the fourth night of its convention, and cnn's reality check team put the speakers' statements and assertions to the test.
the team of reporters, researchers and editors across cnn listened throughout the speeches and selected key statements, rating them true; mostly true; true, but misleading; false; or it's complicated.
reality check: clinton on trump's 'i alone can fix it' claim
clinton emphasized the teamwork aspect she believes the presidency requires, asking, "isn't he forgetting troops on the front lines. police officers and firefighters who run toward danger. doctors and nurses who care for us ... he's forgetting every last one of us. americans don't say, 'i alone can fix it.' we say, 'we'll fix it together.'"
while clinton's quote may be correct -- trump did say "i alone can fix it" -- she took his remarks out of context. in that portion of his speech, trump began by once again addressing clinton's email server scandal and commented that the fbi's lack of legal action against clinton indicated "that corruption has reached a level like never before." he stated that his perspective made him the only person capable of preventing powerful politicians -- like clinton -- from taking advantage of "people that cannot defend themselves."
trump's full statement on being the only one able to fix this system included: "nobody knows the system better than me, which is why i alone can fix it. i have seen firsthand how the system is rigged against our citizens, just like it was rigged against bernie sanders."
notably, the "i and only i" rhetoric is not new for trump -- he has frequently claimed he alone can solve america's problems. but in the context of his convention speech, in which he references his perspective on clinton's alleged corruption, we rate clinton's claim true, but misleading.
clinton applauded the dallas community's response to its police chief's call for people to step up and join the police force to make a difference after the fatal shootings of five police officers.
"police chief david brown asked the community to support his force, maybe even join them," she said. "and you know how the community responded? nearly 500 people applied in just 12 days. that's how americans answer when the call for help goes out."
after the july 7 shooting, dallas police chief david brown called protesters to "serve your communities."
"we're hiring. get off that protest line and put an application in," he said. "we'll put you in your neighborhood, and we will help you resolve some of the problems you're protesting about."
while her number is a hair high, we rate clinton's claim true.
clinton praised president barack obama and vice president joe biden for turning around america's economic fortunes.
"our economy is so much stronger than when they took office. nearly 15 million new private-sector jobs. twenty million more americans with health insurance. and an auto industry that just had its best year ever. that's real progress," she said.
when obama took office in january 2009, the country was in the midst of the deepest economic downturn since the great depression. over the course of his administration, the economy has grown 2% a year. it's not spectacular growth, but the economy is certainly stronger than during the recession. we rate that claim as true.
the nation has added 14.8 million private-sector jobs between the low point of february 2010 and june 2016, according to bureau of labor statistics data. but if you look over obama's two terms, the nation is up only 9.8 million jobs. we rate that claim as true, but misleading.
health secretary sylvia burwell said in may that 20 million more people have coverage now thanks to obama's signature health reform law. it includes both people who have gained coverage on the obamacare exchanges and through medicaid expansion, as well as young adults who have been able to stay on their parents' plans until they turn 26. we rate that claim as true.
the auto industry sold more cars and trucks in 2015 than ever before. we rate that clam as true.
clinton attacked trump's record, saying, "in atlantic city, 60 miles from here, you will find contractors and small businesses who lost everything because donald trump refused to pay his bills."
usa today looked at 60 lawsuits and more than 200 mechanic's liens, and interviewed businesses like an atlantic city cabinet builder who claimed that the trump organization did not pay more than $80,000 owed to him, which started the closure of the builder's business. hundreds of other contractors in the 1980s made similar claims. additionally, the investigation found 21 citations against the now-defunct trump plaza for violations of the fair labor standards act in the same city.
the wall street journal cited a well-known controversy where contractors on trump's taj mahal casino were told by the organization that they should agree to accept "less than full payment or risk becoming unsecured creditors in bankruptcy court," the paper reported. a year later, the taj mahal casino went bankrupt.
in response to the reports, trump told usa today in an interview that he only stiffs or shorts bills if the work is unsatisfactory, and he told the journal that he pays "thousands of bills on time."
these are just cases in atlantic city, but both investigations cite examples in other cities such as miami as well.
based on the reporting of these two news outlets, we rate clinton's claim as true.
katie mcginty, who is running for senate from pennsylvania, said that when she was growing up, hard work meant success, but today that deal is off the table.
"middle-class families aren't making a dime, in real terms, more than they were two decades ago. but we know costs have been going through the roof." she said.
whether this is true or not depends on your time frame.
the most recent census data is from 2014, when median household income was $53,657. that's up 5.2% from 1994, when it was $51,006.
however, if you look at 20 years ago from today -- or 1996 -- median income was $53,345. while technically that's quite a few dimes higher, it is essentially flat.
mcginty is echoing a common refrain that wages have been stagnant in recent years. it's true that median income is still lower than its pre-great recession level peak of $57,357 in 2007.
median income, however, has risen over the past year or two, according to estimates from sentier research, which was founded by two former census bureau employees. by june 2016, it had risen to $57,206.
while their data doesn't go back 20 years, it supports mcginty's statement that median income has been flat over the longer term. sentier estimates the typical household earned $57,826 in june 2000, the earliest month they looked at.
we rate mcginty's claim mostly true. while median income rose 5.2% between 1994 and 2014, it's roughly the same as it was in 1996, according to census data. and sentier research found that median income in june 2016 is roughly the same as it was in 2000. and it's true costs for many things have risen since then.
los angeles mayor eric garcetti focused on the challenges faced by america's cities. garcetti touted his city's action on raising the minimum wage: "in los angeles, we saw too many americans living in poverty, so we became the biggest city in america to raise the minimum wage to $15, inspiring other cities and states to follow."
other cities also passed measures to raise the minimum wage, including san francisco, san diego, chicago and seattle. seattle did so in 2013, before los angeles did, and its $15 rate will be implemented sooner, by 2018.
while la was the largest city at the time to enact a minimum wage increase, it is not yet up to $15 an hour, as garcetti implies. also, other cities like new york will phase in the $15 rate sooner than la will.
henrietta ivey, a home care worker from detroit, praised clinton as an advocate for a higher minimum wage.
"i know she will fight to raise the minimum wage," ivey said. "in michigan, we are 'fighting for 15,' a $15 minimum wage."
clinton has indeed spoken out in support of setting a new bar for wages but she has waffled on the amount of the pay hike. last november, she told an audience at a town hall in iowa, "i favor a $12 minimum wage at the federal level."
a week after the town hall, she wrote a tweet with the hashtag #fightfor15, a hat tip to a grass-roots labor group promoting a $15 minimum wage nationwide.
during a cnn debate in april, moderator wolf blitzer pressed clinton to clarify her plans for the federal minimum wage. clinton said that she was on board with the fight for $15 movement but she then outlined some fine print, prompting an extended back-and-forth with bernie sanders.
"i am sure a lot of people are very surprised to learn that you supported raising the minimum wage to 15 bucks an hour," sanders said.
clinton explained that her policy at the federal level would mirror new york's recent minimum wage increase, which establishes a $15 floor for workers in the new york city metro area and a $12.50 minimum wage for the rest of the state, where the cost of living is lower.
the increases will be phased in over the next five years and there are different timetables for employers in the city, suburbs and rural areas. small businesses have a more staggered schedule than large companies. the new york law calls for pay statewide to eventually hit $15 but there's no established timeline yet for the increase.
"hillary clinton supports a $12 federal minimum wage but believes that the federal minimum is just that, and encourages states, cities, and workers through bargaining to go even higher, including a $15 minimum wage in places where it makes sense," the post says.
ivey correctly states that clinton's platform includes a raise for low-wage workers, so our verdict is true, but it's important to note that some geographic restrictions apply to her fight for $15.
colorado gov. john hickenlooper touted colorado's economic record. "today, denver is the fastest-growing big city in america, and colorado has the second-strongest economy in the country," he said.
since there are many ways to measure the strength of an economy, and not all will show that colorado is the second strongest, hickenlooper's claim is mostly true.
former michigan gov. jennifer granholm praised obama for helping the auto industry in its time of need.
"(obama) saved the american auto industry. right, and then that renewed auto industry paid america back in full," granholm said.
that's not true, actually. when the treasury department closed the books on the $45.9 billion bailout of general motors in december 2013, taxpayers had lost more than $10 billion.
ultimately, though, the government may have saved money. the failure of gm and chrysler would have cost the federal government between $39 billion to $105 billion in lost tax revenues as well as assistance to the unemployed, according to a study by the center for automotive research, a michigan think tank.
we rate granholm's claim that the auto industry paid back taxpayers in full as false.
reality check: pelosi on democrats looking like america
house minority leader pelosi held up her caucus of democrats in the house of representatives as representative of the demographics of the country as a whole.
"we are a caucus proud that we look like 21st-century america; over 50% women, people of color and the lgbt community members," she said. "what a contrast to the restricted club that met in convention in cleveland last week."
that breaks down to 33% female, 39% people of color, and 3% lgbt.
the republican caucus in the house of representatives has 22 women, 11 people of color and no representatives who identify as lgbt.
that means that women make up 8.9% of the 247-person caucus, and people of color make up 4.4% of the republican representatives.
we rate pelosi's claim as mostly true because the democratic caucus falls short of representing women, but is over-representative of people of color and those who identify as lgbt.
social studies teacher david wils said clinton would "make college debt free for all."
some context here: clinton's final plan is the direct result of the push and pull between her and sanders during the democratic primary. sanders touted his plan for tuition-free public college and clinton, at first, offered only free community college tuition.
when it was clear that clinton was losing younger voters to sanders, she shifted her position and offered a new proposal for free tuition at public colleges, but she added, "i don't want to make college free for donald trump's kids." with these specifics, her proposed plan does not cover families with household incomes over $125,000 a year, not exactly "donald trump's kids."
nba legend kareem abdul-jabbar says recent religious freedom acts are the "opposite" of what founding father thomas jefferson wanted.
in brief remarks, abdul-jabbar cited jefferson's virginia statute for religious freedom, one of his most famous and important works.
"in 1777, jefferson drafted the virginia statute for religious freedom, which later became a model for the first amendment. today's so-called 'religious freedom' acts, like the one signed by gov. mike pence of indiana, they are the opposite of what jefferson wanted because they allow discrimination," abdul-jabbar said.
so are today's religious freedom bills the opposite of what jefferson wanted?
the statute, passed by the virginia general assembly in january 1786, is seen as a precursor for first amendment protections by declaring the need for separation of church and state and the right to exercise one's conscience.
"no man shall be compelled to frequent or support any religious worship, place, or ministry whatsoever, nor shall be enforced, restrained, molested, or burthened in his body or goods, nor shall otherwise suffer on account of his religious opinions or belief; but that all men shall be free to profess, and by argument to maintain, their opinion in matters of religion, and that the same shall in no wise diminish, enlarge, or affect their civil capacities," jefferson wrote.
proponents say it is a protection of first amendment rights. opponents say it is discriminatory.
"as thomas jefferson noted, 'no provision in our constitution ought to be dearer to man that which protects the rights of conscience against the enterprises of civil authority,'" pence wrote.
abdul-jabbar didn't point to any particular passage in the statute, but he might have been referring to jefferson's view that "our civil rights have no dependence on our religious opinions any more than our opinions in physics or geometry."
jefferson, however, believed that "proscribing any citizen as unworthy the public confidence, by laying upon him an incapacity of being called to offices of trust and emolument, unless he profess or renounce this or that religious opinion, is depriving him injuriously of those privileges and advantages, to which, in common with his fellow citizens, he has a natural right."
he also railed against compelling people "to furnish contributions of money for the propagation of opinions which he disbelieves is sinful and tyrannical."
as for indiana's religious freedom law, it didn't seek to mandate a particular point of view, but shield those holding certain beliefs from being legally liable.
furthermore, jefferson was talking about the government discriminating against citizens. his virginia statue doesn't say anything about protecting private citizens' religious freedom from other individuals, which is what the recent crop of religious freedom laws are arguably about. at least, that's what many state supreme courts have found, for instance in the case of bakers and florists who refuse to service same-sex weddings.
whether religious freedom laws are discriminatory is a matter of opinion, but it's certainly not clear that jefferson's statute is at odds with them, making abdul-jabbar's claim far from a slam dunk. we rate it false.
the democratic party -- currently fighting to gain a majority in the senate -- gave katie mcginty a big platform for her upcoming race at the last night of the dnc. mcginty launched attacks against opponent sen. pat toomey -- whom she will battle in november for a pennsylvania seat -- spotlighting his financial policy on a national stage. given the big audience, our team decided mcginty's claims deserved a full-blown reality check.
mcginty first emphasized toomey's six-year investment career, claiming he had "made his millions on wall street" before launching into specific criticisms of his economic policy.
even if you factor in generous bonuses, it is unlikely toomey topped $2 million as a trader. he is, however, currently valued at $4.8 million by the center for responsive politics -- which given his career history, almost certainly comes entirely from investment banking.
for these reasons, we rate mcginty's claim as true.
mcginty also delved into details on toomey's voting record. "he's still trying to sell us the same old trickle-down. we're not buying it. we know that trickle-down only benefits those who are already on the top. trust the stock market with your hard-earned social security, pat toomey says. trust the wheelers and dealers with your savings and you will be living large."
as for trusting the stock market with "your hard-earned social security," mcginty is likely referring to toomey's 2010 social security privatization proposal, which targets a specific group of people. democrat joe sestak, opposing toomey in the 2010 midterm election, accused him of putting "wall street profits ahead of protecting pennsylvania seniors."
if individuals did not want to participate, toomey said they "could stay with the current system of a guaranteed benefit." mcginty's statement that toomey encourages trusting the stock market with social security earnings is generally accurate, but leaves out some important context regarding whom toomey's philosophy targets. that makes mcginty's second claim true, but misleading.
texas rep. joaquin castro said trump has defended the internment of japanese-americans during wwii.
castro's claim is rooted in comments the business mogul made last year to justify his proposed travel ban for muslims. it's a bit of a stretch to characterize trump's statements as a defense of president franklin d. roosevelt's proclamations ordering the imprisonment of japanese immigrants in the aftermath of pearl harbor.
on abc's "good morning america," trump said roosevelt is remembered as a great president despite his legacy of japanese internment.
"this is a president who is highly respected by all," said trump. "if you look at what he was doing, it was far worse (than the travel ban)."
as a follow up, the candidate was asked whether he supported bringing back policies similar to roosevelt's wartime restrictions.
"i don't want to bring (them) back at all," said trump. "i don't like doing it at all."
during a separate appearance on msnbc's "morning joe," trump declined to say whether he thought the establishment of japanese internment camps violated american values.
"i don't want to respond," trump said. "you know why? that's not what we're doing."
trump can scramble words like jackson pollock splattered paint, allowing for a broad array of interpretations to his patter. but we can't find anything in his commentary that suggests he has a favorable view of japanese internment. we rate this claim false. | dem convention speeches day 4: 's reality check team vets the claims | noauthor | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | https://t4.rbxcdn.com/c5695e5f087535e2066dc473e03b1819 | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | nocountry | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | null | null | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | null | null | null | na | na | na | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | ti_cnn_train.parquet | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | 0.0 | na | na | na | na | na | na | nothread | na | 0.0 | 0.0 | 19.0 | 68.0 | 8.0 | 19638.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3.0 | 0.0 | 1405.0 | 3.0 | 0.0 | 328.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 136.0 | 30.0 | 41.0 | 17.0 | 36.0 | 28.0 | 28.0 | 12.0 | 65.0 | 65.0 | 104.0 | 1408.0 | 331.0 | 137.0 | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na |
na | true | ti_cnn | real | na | na | na | na | na | na | train | na | na | since 9/11, can there be any doubt that the public has become numb to the<u+00a0>euphemisms that regularly accompany u.s. troops, drones, and cia operatives into washington<u+2019>s imperial conflicts across the greater middle east and africa?<u+00a0> such euphemisms are meant to take the sting out of america<u+2019>s wars back home.<u+00a0> many of these words and phrases are already so<u+00a0>well known and well worn that no one thinks twice about them anymore.
here are just a few: collateral damage for killed and wounded civilians (a term used regularly since the first gulf war of 1990-1991).<u+00a0><u+00a0> enhanced interrogation techniques for torture, a term adopted with vigor by george w. bush, dick cheney, and the rest of their administration (<u+201c>techniques<u+201d> that were actually demonstrated in the white house).<u+00a0> extraordinary rendition for cia kidnappings of terror suspects off global streets or from remote badlands, often followed by the employment of enhanced interrogation techniques at u.s. black sites or other foreign hellholes.<u+00a0> detainees for prisoners and detention camp for prison (or, in some cases, more honestly, concentration camp), used to describe guant<u+00e1>namo (gitmo), among other places established offshore of american justice.<u+00a0> targeted killings for<u+00a0>presidentially ordered drone assassinations. boots on the ground for yet another deployment of <u+201c>our<u+201d> troops (and not just their boots) in harm<u+2019>s way. even the bush administration<u+2019>s global war on terror, its label for an attempt to transform the greater middle east into a pax americana, would be redubbed in the obama years overseas contingency operations (before any attempt at labeling was dropped for a no-name war pursued across major swathes of the planet).
as euphemisms were deployed to cloak that war<u+2019>s bitter and brutal realities, over-the-top honorifics were assigned to america<u+2019>s embattled role in the world. exceptional, indispensable, and greatest have been the three words most commonly used by presidents, politicians, and the gung ho to describe this country. once upon a time, if americans thought this way, they felt no need to have their presidents and presidential candidates actually say so <u+2014> such was the confidence of the golden age of american power.<u+00a0> so consider the constant redeployment of these terms a small measure of america<u+2019>s growing defensiveness about itself, its sense of doubt and decline rather than strength and confidence.
to what end this concerted assault on the words we use? in george orwell<u+2019>s<u+00a0>classic 1946 essay <u+201c>politics and the english language,<u+201d> he noted that his era<u+2019>s equivalents for <u+201c>collateral damage<u+201d> were <u+201c>needed if one wants to name things without calling up mental pictures of them.<u+201d> obviously, not much has changed in the intervening seven decades.<u+00a0> and this is, as orwell intuited, a dangerous way to go.<u+00a0> cloaking violent, even murderous actions in anodyne language might help a few doubting functionaries sleep easier at night, but it should make the rest of us profoundly uneasy.
the more american leaders and officials <u+2014> and the media that quotes them endlessly <u+2014> employ such euphemisms to cloak harsh realities, the more they ensure that such harshness will endure; indeed, that it is likely to grow harsher and more pernicious as we continue to settle into a world of euphemistic thinking.
in the future, some linguist or lexicographer will doubtless compile a dictionary of perpetual war and perhaps (since they may be linked) imperial decline, focusing on the grim processes and versions of failure language can cloak.<u+00a0> it would undoubtedly explore how certain words and rhetorical devices were used in twenty-first-century america to obscure the heavy burdens that war placed on the country, even as they facilitated its continuingfailed conflicts.<u+00a0> it would obviously include classic examples like surge, used in both iraq and afghanistan to obscure the way our government rushed extra troops into a battle zone in a moment of failure only ensuring the extension of that failure, and the now-classic phrase shock and awe that obscured the reality of a massive air strike on baghdad that resulted in the deaths of dozens of civilians (<u+201c>collateral damage<u+201d>), but not the <u+201c>decapitation<u+201d> of a hated regime.
don<u+2019>t think, however, that the language of twenty-first-century american war was only meant to lull the public.<u+00a0> less familiar words and terms continue to be used within the military not to clarify tasks at hand but to obscure certain obvious realities even from those sanctioned to deal with them.<u+00a0> takeasymmetrical warfare, the gray zone, and vuca.<u+00a0> unless you spend time in department of defense and military circles, you probably haven<u+2019>t heard of these.
asymmetrical warfare suggests that the enemy fights unfairly and in a thoroughly cowardly fashion, regularly lurking behind and mixing with civilians (<u+201c>hostages<u+201d>), because that enemy doesn<u+2019>t have the moxie to don uniforms and stand toe-to-toe in a <u+201c>kinetic<u+201d> smack-down with u.s. troops.<u+00a0> as a result, of course, the u.s. must be prepared for underhanded tactics and devious weaponry, including ambushes and ieds (improvised explosive devices, or roadside bombs), as well as a range of other <u+201c>unconventional<u+201d> tactics now all too familiar in a world plagued by violent attacks against <u+201c>soft<u+201d> targets (aka civilians).<u+00a0> it must also be prepared to engage an enemy mixed in with a civilian population and so brace itself for the inevitable collateral damage that is now so much the essence of american war.
that groups like the islamic state (isis) would choose to fight <u+201c>asymmetrically<u+201d> should hardly come as a surprise to anyone who<u+2019>s ever been confronted by a much bigger and better armed kid in a schoolyard.<u+00a0> misdirection, a sucker punch, a slingshot, even running away to fight another day are <u+201c>asymmetrical<u+201d> approaches that are sensible indeed for any outgunned and overmatched opponent.<u+00a0> the term is a truism, nothing more, when it comes to the realities of our world. it is, however, a useful way of framing matters for those in the pentagon and the military who don<u+2019>t want to think seriously about the grim course of action, focused significantly on civilian populations, they are pursuing, which often instills anger and the urge for revenge in such populations and so, in the end, runs at cross purposes to stated u.s. aims.
the <u+201c>gray zone<u+201d> is a fuzzy term used in military circles to describe the perplexing nature of lower-level conflicts, often involving non-state actors, that don<u+2019>t qualify as full-fledged wars. these are often fought using non-traditional weapons and tactics ranging from cyber attacks to the propagandizing of potential terror recruits via social media. this <u+201c>zone<u+201d> is unnerving to pentagon types in part because the vast majority of the pentagon<u+2019>s funding goes to conventional weaponry that<u+2019>s as subtle as a sledgehammer: big-ticket items like aircraft carriers, nuclear submarines, main battle tanks, strategic bombers, and wildly expensive multi-role aircraft such as the f-35 (now estimated to cost roughly $1.4 trillion through its lifecycle).<u+00a0> much of this weaponry is <u+201c>too big to fail<u+201d> in the funding wars in washington, but regularly fails in the field precisely because it<u+2019>s too big to be used effectively against the latest crop of evasive enemies.<u+00a0> hence, that irresolvable gray zone which plagues america<u+2019>s defense planners and operatives.
the question the gray zone both raises and obscures is: why has the u.s. done so poorly when, by its own definition, it remains the biggest, baddest superpower around, the one that outspends its non-state enemies by a factor so large it can<u+2019>t even be calculated?<u+00a0> keep in mind, for instance, that the 9/11 attacks on american soil were estimated to have cost osama bin laden at most a half-million dollars. multiply that by 400 and you can buy one <u+201c>made in america<u+201d> f-35 jet fighter. if the gray zone offers little help clarifying america<u+2019>s military dilemmas, what about vuca?<u+00a0> it<u+2019>s an acronym for volatile, uncertain, complex, and ambiguous, which is meant to describe our post-9/11 world.<u+00a0> of course, there<u+2019>s nothing like an acronym to take the sting out of any world.<u+00a0> but as an historian who has read a lot of history books, let me confess that, to the best of my knowledge, the world has always been, is now, and will always be vuca. for any future historian of the pentagon<u+2019>s language, let me sum things up this way: instead of honest talk about war in all its ugliness and uncertainty, military professionals of our era have tended to substitute buzz words, catchphrases, and acronyms.<u+00a0> it<u+2019>s a way of muddying the water.<u+00a0> it allows the world of war to tumble on without serious challenge, which is why it<u+2019>s been so useful in these years to speak of, say, coin (counterinsurgency) or 4gw(fourth-generation warfare). much like its most recent enthusiast, general david petraeus, coin has once again lost favor in the military, but fourth-generation warfare is still riding high and sounds so refreshingly forward-looking, not like the stale vietnam-era wine in a post-9/11 bottle that it is.<u+00a0> in reality, it<u+2019>s another iteration of<u+00a0>insurgency and coin mixed and matched with chinese communist leader mao zedong<u+2019>s people<u+2019>s war.<u+00a0> to prevail in places like afghanistan, so 4gw thinkers suggest, one needs to win hearts and minds <u+2014> yes, that classic phrase of defeat in vietnam <u+2014> while securing and protecting (a definite coinage) the people against insurgents and terrorists.<u+00a0> in other words, we<u+2019>re talking about an acronym that immediately begins to congeal if you use older words to describe it like <u+201c>pacification<u+201d> and <u+201c>nation-building.<u+201d> the latest 4gw jargon may not help win wars, but it does sometimes win healthy research grants from the government. the fact is that trendy acronyms and snappy buzz words have a way of limiting genuine thinking on war.<u+00a0> if america is to win (or, far better, avoid) future wars, its war professionals need to look more honestly at that phenomenon in all of its dimensions.<u+00a0> so, too, do the american people, for it<u+2019>s in their name that such wars are allegedly waged. the truth about <u+201c>progress<u+201d> in america<u+2019>s wars these days, secretary of defense ashton carter often resorts to cancer imagery when describing the islamic state. <u+201c>parent tumor<u+201d> is an image he especially favors <u+2014> that is, terrorism as a cancer that america<u+2019>s militarized surgeons need to attack and destroy before it metastasizes and has <u+201c>children.<u+201d><u+00a0> (think of the isis franchises in libya, where the organization has recently doubled in size, afghanistan, and yemen.)<u+00a0> hence the proliferation of <u+201c>surgical strikes<u+201d> by drones and similarly <u+201c>surgical<u+201d> special ops raids, both of which you could think of as america<u+2019>s equivalent of white blood cells in its war on the cancer of terrorism. but is terrorism really a civilizational cancer that can be <u+201c>cured<u+201d> via the most aggressive <u+201c>kinetic<u+201d> treatments?<u+00a0> can the u.s. render the world cancer-free?<u+00a0> for that<u+2019>s what carter<u+2019>s language implies.<u+00a0> and how does one measure <u+201c>progress<u+201d> in a <u+201c>war<u+201d> on the cancer of isis?<u+00a0> indeed, from an outsider<u+2019>s perspective, the proliferation of u.s. military bases around the world (there are now roughly 800), as well as of drone strikes, special ops raids, and massive weapons exports might have a cancerous look to them.<u+00a0> in other words, what constitutes a <u+201c>cancer<u+201d> depends on one<u+2019>s perspective <u+2014> and perhaps one<u+2019>s definition of world <u+201c>health,<u+201d> too. the very notion of progress in america<u+2019>s recent wars is one that a colleague, michael murry, recently critiqued.<u+00a0> a u.s. navy vietnam war veteran, he wrote me that, for his favorite military euphemism, <u+201c>i have to go with <u+2018>progress<u+2019> as incessantly chanted by the american military brass in iraq and afghanistan<u+2026> <u+201c>we go on hearing about 14 years of <u+2018>progress<u+2019> which, to hear our generals tell it, would vanish in an instant should the united states withdraw its forces and let the locals and their neighbors sort things out. since when do <u+2018>fragile gains<u+2019> equate to <u+2018>progress<u+2019>? who in their right mind would invest rivers of blood and trillions of dollars in <u+2018>fragility<u+2019>? <u+00a0>now that i think of it, we also have the euphemistic expression of <u+2018>drawdown<u+2019> substituting for <u+2018>withdrawal<u+2019> which in turn substitutes for <u+2018>retreat.<u+2019> the u.s. military and the civilian government it has browbeaten into hapless acquiescence simply cannot face the truth of their monumental failures and so must continually bastardize our language in a losing <u+2014> almost comical <u+2014> attempt to stay one linguistic step ahead of the truth.<u+201d> progress, as murry notes, basically means nothing when such <u+201c>gains,<u+201d> in the words of david petraeus during the surge months in iraq in 2007, are both <u+201c>fragile<u+201d> and <u+201c>reversible.<u+201d> indeed, petraeus repeated the same two words in 2011 to describe similar u.s. <u+201c>progress<u+201d> in afghanistan, and today it couldn<u+2019>t be clearer just how much <u+201c>progress<u+201d> was truly made there.<u+00a0> isn<u+2019>t it time for government officials to stop banging the drums of war talk in favor of <u+201c>progress<u+201d> when none exists? think, for instance, of the american-trained (and now re-trained) iraqi security forces. each year u.s. officials swear that the iraqi military is getting ever closer to combat readiness, but much like one of zeno<u+2019>s paradoxes, the half-steps that military takes under american tutelage never seem to get it into fighting shape.<u+00a0> progress, eternally touted, seems always to lead to regress, eternally explained away, as that army regularly underperforms or its units simply collapse, often abandoning their american-supplied weaponry to the enemy. <u+00a0>here we are, 12 years after the u.s. began training the iraqi military and once again it seems to be cratering, this time while supposedly<u+00a0>on the road to retaking iraq<u+2019>s second largest city, mosul, from its islamic state occupiers.<u+00a0> progress, anyone? in short, the dishonesty of the words the u.s. military regularly wields illustrates the dishonesty of its never-ending wars. after so many years of failure and frustration, of wars that aren<u+2019>t won and terrorist movements that only seem to spread as its leaders are knocked off, isn<u+2019>t it past time for americans to ditch phrases like <u+201c>collateral damage,<u+201d> <u+201c>enemy noncombatant,<u+201d> <u+201c>no-fly zone<u+201d> (or even worse, <u+201c>safe zone<u+201d>), and <u+201c>surgical strike<u+201d> and adopt a language, however grim, that accurately describes the military realities of this era? words matter, especially words about war.<u+00a0> so as a change of pace, instead of the usual bloodless 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na | true | ti_cnn | real | na | na | na | na | na | na | train | na | na | so far, none of the presidential debates <u+2014> democratic or republican <u+2014> have asked about k-12 education. that's a huge missed opportunity.
education really is a divisive issue within the democratic party, and one on which hillary clinton<u+00a0>has indicated she might take a different tack than president obama.
last week, obama signed a new federal education law, the every student succeeds act. for the first time in more than two decades, it will scale back the federal government's role in education. while teachers unions and congressional republicans both like the new law, it's received criticism from the left from those who say that states can't be trusted to safeguard the well-being of poor and minority students. (clinton said in a statement that she supports the law, although it's not perfect.)
this would have been the ideal jumping-off point for a question about education policy:
president obama just signed the every student succeeds act, which keeps the standardized testing requirement from no child left behind but gives states more freedom to decide which schools are succeeding, and what to do about the ones that aren't. do you trust states to make the right decisions without federal oversight? and how would you work within the constraints of the law to improve education in the us?
k-12 education has been almost entirely absent from the 2016 campaign trail so far. but clinton's few public statements suggest that she might be friendlier to teachers unions than president obama, who often antagonized unions with his competitive grant programs, support for charter schools, and push to evaluate teachers based in part on their students' test scores.
clinton, who has been endorsed by both major teachers unions, has suggested charter schools cherry-pick their students. she opposes tying teacher pay to their students' test scores, saying there's "no evidence" that approach works. and she's said that getting more funding for traditional federal education programs, such as federal money to educate poor students and students with disabilities, would be a top priority.
sen. bernie sanders, meanwhile, has hardly talked about k-12 eduction at all. and former maryland gov. martin o'malley was a strong supporter of charter schools while in office. this is a big and important division within the democratic party, one that debates repeatedly miss their chance to highlight. | the debate moderators missed the opportunity to ask about a real democratic divide | noauthor | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | https://t4.rbxcdn.com/c5695e5f087535e2066dc473e03b1819 | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | nocountry | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | null | null | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | null | null | null | na | na | na | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | ti_cnn_train.parquet | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | 0.0 | na | na | na | na | na | na | nothread | na | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 82.0 | 8.0 | 2401.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 5.0 | 0.0 | 153.0 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 38.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 20.0 | 2.0 | 12.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 9.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 19.0 | 4.0 | 27.0 | 158.0 | 40.0 | 21.0 | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na |
na | true | ti_cnn | real | na | na | na | na | na | na | train | na | na | (cnn) russia's airstrikes in syria "do not go beyond isil (isis), al nusra or other terrorist groups recognized by the united nations security council or russian law," russian foreign minister sergey lavrov said thursday.
pushed to define "other terrorist groups," lavrov said: "if it looks like a terrorist, if it acts like a terrorist, if it walks like a terrorist, if it fights like a terrorist, it's a terrorist, right?"
lavrov was addressing reporters at the u.n. in new york thursday, on the second day of airstrikes by russian warplanes in syria.
moscow, which supports the regime of syrian president bashar al-assad, has been accused of using the strikes to target anti-assad groups including the u.s.-backed opposition group the free syrian army (fsa).
but lavrov said russia does not consider the fsa a terrorist group. "we believe that free syrian army should be part of the political process," he said.
"the goal of our operation -- in response to the request of president assad and on the basis of the decision granted by the russian parliament to the russian president in accordance with the russian constitution -- the goal is terrorism and we are not supporting anyone against their own people. we fight terrorism," lavrov said.
lavrov questioned the u.s.-led coalition's legitimacy, given the mission had not received the consent of the u.n. security council or any "request of one of the countries on whose territories they operate."
"you cannot avoid the impression that the legal basis of the coalition activities in syria is really flawed," he said.
"as far as i understand, the coalition announced isil and other associated groups as the enemy and the coalition does the same as russia [does]. somehow some people try to present the coalition action as leading to a political settlement and russia fighting the same people is being perceived or presented like defending the regime. it's absolutely unfair," he said.
the foreign minister also questioned the logic of trying to topple al-assad to further the fight against isis, asking whether the removal of saddam hussein in iraq and moammar gadhafi in libya had made those countries better places.
russia's defense ministry issued a statement earlier thursday saying that it had carried out new airstrikes.
"russian aerospace forces engaged another four #isis facilities in #syria this night," the ministry announced on twitter along with gun camera video showing large explosions.
the strikes were carried out by eight russian su-24 and su-25 jets, which claimed to hit isis "terrorist staff" and an ammunition dump near idlib and another headquarters in hama.
but 24 hours into the military campaign, there were concerns it was targeting those who oppose al-assad, including more moderate factions that are supported by the united states and others in the west.
the syrian ambassador to russia, riad haddad, told cnn's matthew chance that russians were fighting alongside the syrians, to destroy not just isis but all of the other rebel groups in syria.
haddad said all of the rebel groups, including isis, have a common goal: "to spread terror."
he told cnn that the impact of the russian airstrikes over the past few days has been more effective than all of the coalition airstrikes so far combined and that the syrian army and the russian army are working side by side, sharing intelligence and data and working very closely together.
a syrian opposition activist living north of homs near one of the villages targeted -- talbiseh -- told cnn that isis had no presence in the area.
"russian warplanes were targeting civilians and innocent people only, putin is lying about targeting daesh militants," khdaier khushfa said via skype. daesh is another name for isis.
"daesh withdrew from the northern countryside of homs in an announcement they made a year ago after the groups refused to deal with them, including ahrar al sham and revolutionaries front," he said.
"we know that russia is the biggest ally of the syrian regime, and since bashar al-assad considers us terrorists, then there is no doubt that putin knows these areas are under our control and not daesh."
khushfa said the russian strikes had killed 17 civilians in talbiseh and 11 in zafaraniya, despite rebel military posts and headquarters being located outside the two villages.
"we are used to the regime airstrikes but now the entire world is watching another country killing civilians in cold blood without taking any action," he said. "we are very concerned about what will happen next -- civilians i spoke to are very scared -- it's like, after five years since the revolution started we are back to ground zero."
u.s. officials have also questioned whether isis is active in the areas hit by the russian strikes.
sen. john mccain -- chairman of the u.s. senate armed services committee -- told cnn's chris cuomo that he could "absolutely confirm" that the initial strikes were "against our free syrian army or groups that have been armed and trained by the cia, because we have communications with people there."
mccain called the russian strikes "an incredible flouting of any kind of cooperation or effort to conceal what their first -- putin's priority is. and that is of course to prop up bashar al-assad."
defense secretary ash carter said wednesday that the russian attacks, which the kremlin said were meant to target terrorists, didn't appear to hit targets under the control of isis, which operates in the north and east of the country.
but the white house downplayed the dangers of the russian move.
"i think the russians have made clear that they're not interested in provoking a conflict," white house press secretary josh earnest said. "their actions thus far indicate that that's what they believe."
the u.s. and russian military will hold a secure video teleconference call thursday. the u.s. will be represented by elissa slotkin, assistant secretary of defense for international security affairs, and vice adm. frank craig pandolfe, director of strategic plans and policy on the joint staff, according to the pentagon.
the iraqi prime minister welcomed russia's involvement in the fight against isis.
for that reason, al-abadi said, iraq appreciated anyone willing to join the fight.
"our message to the russians -- i met with putin -- please join this fight against da'esh," he said, using another name for isis. "da'esh is a dangerous terrorist organization, not only against iraq, against syria, against the whole region, against the whole world. it is time that we all join the same forces to fight da'esh."
in his comments at the united nations, lavrov said that russia had no plans to move its operations into iraq.
"no we are not planning to expand our airstrikes to iraq," he said. we are polite people -- we don't come if we are not invited."
meanwhile, the israel defense forces said thursday that senior defense officials from israel and russia are scheduled to meet next tuesday in tel aviv to address the coordination between the two militaries in the region. israel's deputy chief of staff, maj. gen. yair golan, along with his russian counterpart maj. gen. nikolai bogdanovski, are to meet at the kirya base in tel aviv, the idf said. | russia carries out new airstrikes in syria | noauthor | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | https://t4.rbxcdn.com/c5695e5f087535e2066dc473e03b1819 | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | nocountry | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | null | null | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | null | null | null | na | na | na | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | ti_cnn_train.parquet | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | 0.0 | na | na | na | na | na | na | nothread | na | 0.0 | 0.0 | 25.0 | 42.0 | 8.0 | 7251.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 7.0 | 0.0 | 630.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 143.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 66.0 | 20.0 | 12.0 | 9.0 | 20.0 | 9.0 | 11.0 | 7.0 | 35.0 | 32.0 | 48.0 | 637.0 | 143.0 | 66.0 | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na |
na | true | ti_cnn | real | na | na | na | na | na | na | train | na | na | washington (cnn) in an awkward meeting at the white house this month, mitch mcconnell had a message for his adversaries: democrats had only themselves to blame for the escalating war over the supreme court.
mcconnell, according to two sources familiar with the session, singled out the four democrats in the room: senate minority leader harry reid, vermont sen. patrick leahy, vice president joe biden and president barack obama himself. he said all four of them did something he and senate judiciary committee chairman chuck grassley did not do: attempt to filibuster samuel alito's nomination in 2006, setting a new precedent in the supreme court wars.
"you reap what you sow," mcconnell said, according to the sources.
in the aftermath of obama's wednesday decision to nominate federal judge merrick garland to the supreme court, republicans now are planning on setting yet another precedent: denying confirmation hearings for a nominee, something that has not been done since such proceedings became common practice more than 60 years ago. the hardline has given democrats ammunition against the gop-led senate for treating a qualified nominee unfairly, an argument they plan to make as they try to defeat a handful of vulnerable senators in swing states in november.
but in interviews with cnn, the republican leadership's resolve to deny a hearing for obama's pick only seemed to be hardening after the president's announcement. and they got backup from some key at-risk senators, who said that the next president -- not the current one-- should make the supreme court choice.
new hampshire sen. kelly ayotte, one of the most endangered republicans this year, said "out of courtesy and respect," she's "open" to meeting with garland, breaking with mcconnell, who opposes scheduling such a visit. but she was firmly in mcconnell's camp when it came to whether garland should be considered by the full senate.
"i still believe this position is a lifetime appointment and one that will have a consequential impact on the country and the supreme court for decades to come. so i continue to believe that we should consider the people's view on this by waiting for the confirmation process to go forward after the elections in november," ayotte said.
other vulnerable senators, like rob portman of ohio and pat toomey of pennsylvania, sided with ayotte.
adam jentleson, a spokesman for reid, said the gop is taking obstruction to a whole new level.
"mitch mcconnell is the world's most accomplished hypocrite," jentleson said. "alito received fair hearings, floor consideration and was confirmed."
the public pressure will begin thursday when garland begins to make the rounds on capitol hill, as gop senators are split on whether to even meet with him. it will intensify over the next two weeks in the home states of endangered republican senators, with protests by activists that they hope can turn into negative media coverage over the gop's hardline.
democrats have privately circled july 4 as their target date to get the gop to crack, before the party conventions that month, the august recess and a brief september session ahead of the november elections.
"i think the republican leadership position is completely untenable and unsustainable," said sen. richard blumenthal, d-connecticut. "because no. 1, the american people are absolutely fed up with a senate that is stuck in gridlock and constant paralysis. what i hear most commonly from my constituents is 'why can't you get things done?'"
some republicans seemed receptive to that argument.
sen. mark kirk, who faces a tough re-election in the blue state of illinois, said he will "assess judge merrick garland based on his record and qualifications."
and the maine moderate, sen. susan collins, who voted in 1997 to put garland in his current spot as the chief judge for the u.s. court of appeals for the district of columbia circuit, said she'd meet with the judge and called on the judiciary committee to move forward with hearings.
"i believe the senate judiciary committee should hold a hearing," collins said. "that would be the normal course."
"i supported him," roberts said when asked why he voted for him in 1997.
would he vote for him now?
"it's not about the person," roberts said, repeating the mantra from this party leadership. "it's about the process. let the people decide."
pennsylvania's toomey, one of the vulnerable republicans facing a tough re-election in a swing state, dashed from reporters in the capitol wednesday, refusing to take questions about garland and whether he would meet with him. however, in a press release issued by his office, the first-term senator said a confirmation should wait until after the election "to give the american people a more direct voice" in picking a justice.
another threatened republican, portman of ohio, acknowledged he will face enormous pressure from democrats and outside groups on the issue but said he still thinks a nominee should wait for a new president.
"i'm sure there will be ads on both sides. this is not about politics. it's about what's best for the country," he said.
republicans believe it's worth spending some political capital in their standoff with democrats to prevent a major shift in the direction of the court should the seat of the late antonin scalia, a reliable conservative, be filled by a more liberal justice.
the gop holds a slim 54-46 majority in the senate and must defend 24 seats in november compared to just 10 for democrats if they are to maintain the majority. republicans insist they won't get hurt politically by their defiant stand, arguing voters are more interested in terrorism, national security, jobs and the economy than a supreme court vacancy.
"we have a real comfort level in allowing the american people to voice their feelings about the direction of the supreme court," said sen. roger wicker of mississippi, who chairs the senate gop's campaign committee. "we trust the people and we think they will appreciate being given an opportunity to speak first." | mcconnell to obama: dems started the scotus wars | noauthor | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | https://t4.rbxcdn.com/c5695e5f087535e2066dc473e03b1819 | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | nocountry | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | null | null | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | null | null | null | na | na | na | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | ti_cnn_train.parquet | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | 0.0 | na | na | na | na | na | na | nothread | na | 1.0 | 0.0 | 9.0 | 48.0 | 8.0 | 6061.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 441.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 134.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 62.0 | 15.0 | 18.0 | 6.0 | 14.0 | 7.0 | 13.0 | 2.0 | 26.0 | 35.0 | 44.0 | 442.0 | 135.0 | 62.0 | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na |
na | true | ti_cnn | real | na | na | na | na | na | na | train | na | na | back in february, analyzing donald trump<u+2019>s appeal, david gelernter wrote:<u+00a0><u+201c>political correctness.<u+00a0>trump hasn't made it a campaign theme exactly, but he mentions it often with angry disgust. reporters, pundits, and the other candidates treat it as a sideshow, a handy way for trump (king kong jr.) to smack down the pitiful airplanes that attack him as he bestrides his mighty tower, roaring. but the analysts have it exactly backward. political correctness is the biggest issue facing america today. even trump has just barely faced up to it. the ironic name disguises the real nature of this force, which ought to be called invasive leftism or thought-police liberalism or metastasized progressivism. the old-time american mainstream, working- and middle-class white males and their families, is mad as hell about political correctness and the havoc it has wreaked for 40 years <u+2014> havoc made worse by the flat refusal of most serious republicans to confront it.<u+201d>
i thought gelernter was onto something at the time, and i thought about this passage again when reading the thoughts of a 22-year-old trump supporter quoted<u+00a0>by conor friedersdorf in the atlantic.<u+00a0>fridersdorf<u+2019>s correspondent (whose name is redacted) is a prosperous post-collegian in the san francisco bay area <u+2014> someone who should be <u+00a0>backing bernie, or hillary, or maybe libertarian candidate gary johnson. but instead he<u+2019>s backing trump, and so is his asian fianc<u+00e9>e.<u+00a0>and the reason he gives is political correctness. <u+201c>for me personally, it's resistance against what san francisco has been, and what i see the country becoming, in the form of ultra-pc culture. that<u+2019>s where it's almost impossible to have polite or constructive political discussion.<u+00a0>disagreement gets you labeled fascist, racist, bigoted, etc. it can provoke a reaction so intense that you<u+2019>re suddenly an unperson to an acquaintance or friend. ... this is a war over how dialogue in america will be shaped. if hillary wins, we're going to see a further tightening of pc culture. but if trump wins? if trump wins, we will have a president that overwhelmingly rejects pc rhetoric. even better, we will show that more than half the country rejects this insane pc regime.<u+201d>
it<u+2019>s not a coincidence that when leftist protesters showed up at a conservative event at rutgers university, students responded to the leftists<u+2019> chants with <u+201d>trump! trump! trump!<u+201d>
political correctness is not, as some might claim, just an effort to encourage niceness. as gelernter notes, it<u+2019>s an effort to control people. like the newspeak in george orwell<u+2019>s 1984,<u+00a0>the goal is to make it impossible for people to speak, or even think, unapproved thoughts.
of course, by limiting what people can think and say, political correctness has hollowed out america<u+2019>s universities, cheapened and distorted its politics, and served (and this last is entirely intentional) to make those who favor traditional american values like free speech feel marginalized and at risk.<u+00a0>(i saw someone on twitter talking about <u+201c>america-shaming<u+201d> last week, and that term fits pretty well.) but as leftists like to say, you can<u+2019>t make an omelet without breaking a few eggs.
almost as irritating to a lot of people, though, is the extent to which self-described <u+201c>conservative<u+201d> politicians, pundits<u+00a0>and media organs have gone along. part of this is because pc is often misleadingly sold as politeness, and elite american conservatives are suckers for etiquette. part of it is because those conservative leaders move in an upper-middle-class environment where academic norms govern everyone, including them.
so nobody <u+201c>respectable<u+201d> was willing to launch a full-scale counterattack on pc, on or off-campus. crack the occasional joke, maybe. but actually do something? not so much.
but when <u+201c>respectable<u+201d> people won<u+2019>t talk about things that a lot of voters care about, the less-respectable will eventually rise to meet the need. that<u+2019>s what trump<u+2019>s doing. and a lot of people are cheering him on not so much because they<u+2019>re fans of trump personally as because they<u+2019>re happy to see someone finally stand up to the pc bullies.
will electing trump solve all the nation<u+2019>s problems?<u+00a0>nope.<u+00a0>but, as mentioned above, it will show that more than half the country rejects the culture of political correctness, and the political class that let it take over. and for many people, that<u+2019>s reason enough.
glenn harlan reynolds, a<u+00a0>university of tennessee<u+00a0>law professor and<u+00a0>the author of<u+00a0>the new school:<u+00a0>how the information age will save american education from itself, is<u+00a0>a member of usa today's<u+00a0>board of contributors.
in addition to its own editorials, usa today publishes diverse opinions from outside writers, including our<u+00a0>board of contributors. to read more columns, go to the<u+00a0>opinion front page<u+00a0>and follow us on twitter<u+00a0>@usatopinion. | glenn reynolds: donald trump is the response to a bullying culture | noauthor | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | https://t4.rbxcdn.com/c5695e5f087535e2066dc473e03b1819 | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | nocountry | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | null | null | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | null | null | null | na | na | na | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | ti_cnn_train.parquet | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | 0.0 | na | na | na | na | na | na | nothread | na | 0.0 | 0.0 | 11.0 | 66.0 | 8.0 | 4802.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3.0 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 337.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 65.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 57.0 | 20.0 | 13.0 | 10.0 | 16.0 | 14.0 | 9.0 | 8.0 | 25.0 | 28.0 | 44.0 | 339.0 | 66.0 | 57.0 | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na |
na | true | ti_cnn | real | na | na | na | na | na | na | train | na | na | it seems like a million years ago when democratic supporters of bernie sanders and<u+00a0>hillary clinton were furiously debating the merits of the superdelegate system. it happens almost every time and it never gets less stupid.
while defending superdelegates is never a popular position to take on social media, the value of the system and its distant cousin, the electoral college, could<u+00a0>not<u+00a0>be more obvious during this current general election. all we need to do is to observe the shrieking, wild-eyed, uncorked flailing that<u+2019>s taking place among supporters of donald trump, both online and off, and the need for firewalls against ignorant populism becomes abundantly self-evident.
as much as we like to think of ourselves as wise and rational people, we too often require protection from ourselves. everything from traffic laws to food labels and<u+00a0>term limits are designed as strictures against the human penchant for self-destruction. indeed, the constitution and the system of government it outlines is built upon checking the worst instincts of human nature <u+2014><u+00a0>especially the unquenchable appetite for total power. the framers therefore constructed a system in which every structure is checked and balanced with the sole purpose of thwarting too much centralized power and fostering stability in the face of popular whimsy.
we<u+2019>ll never know if james madison and the authors of the constitution were prescient enough to forecast a trump candidacy, but we know they were deeply concerned about the hazards of direct democracy. hence the establishment of the electoral college as a bulwark against destabilizing figures with the charisma to easily manipulate low-information voters.
alexander hamilton wrote in federalist no. 68 about the dangers of directly electing presidential candidates who possess <u+201c>talents for low intrigue, and the little arts of popularity.<u+201d> sounds a lot like trump.
so, the framers adapted the roman <u+201c>collegium electorum<u+201d> into a system in which voters choose slates of electors, appointed for each party and equal to the respective state<u+2019>s congressional representation, rather than directly voting for presidential candidates.
technically, about<u+00a0>half of all electors are required by law or party rules to cast their ballots for the winner of their state<u+2019>s popular vote. theoretically, though, electors can break ranks and vote for the other candidate. the hope is that electors won<u+2019>t have to deny the popular vote to stop an existentially dangerous candidate, and they never have.<u+00a0>but it<u+2019>s nice to know there<u+2019>s a method for doing so<u+00a0><u+2014> in case of a maniac<u+2019>s rise to power.
likewise, the democratic party, beginning in 1984, chose to implement a primary firewall, the superdelegate system, as a means of blocking similarly frivolous candidates from winning the nomination <u+2014><u+00a0>unqualified or downright scandalous candidates who might look great to radicals and extremists but who<u+00a0>would be a disaster in the general election.
together, both systems provide fail-safe mechanisms that, while seldom if ever used, offer insurance policies against trump-like figures or worse, who prey upon our natural biases and impulsiveness.
trump may not know it, but he<u+2019>s done the founding fathers a service by successfully vindicated the existence of both institutions. (i<u+2019>d bet a month<u+2019>s salary that he doesn<u+2019>t even know how the electoral college works.) anyway, the republican party, if it<u+2019>s at all interested in blocking another trump-ish fiasco, would do well to set up its own superdelegate system, even if it never has to use it.
but it<u+2019>s fair to suggest that many republicans wish one<u+00a0>was<u+00a0>already in place. superdelegates, as controversial as they are, would<u+00a0>have potentially thwarted trump<u+2019>s nomination and, with it, many bleeding ulcers. more important, it<u+00a0>would shield the rest of us from a similarly destabilizing character whose entire strategy is built upon pandering and ridiculousness. i<u+2019>m not sure the gop is self-aware or self-critical enough to appoint its own superdelegates, but the rest of the world would be more than grateful for it.<u+00a0>believe me.
we never thought it could happen like this, but trump has managed to climb to the very brink of acquiring absolute power, propelled by upward of the 40 percent of american voters who<u+00a0>have been deceived by appeals to their worst human instincts and the lure of populist bromides, delivered to them with the mastery of a professional television celebrity.
while trump<u+2019>s no longer favored to win, it doesn<u+2019>t matter. he<u+2019>s already thoroughly beclowned american democracy by his very existence as the gop nominee, appearing on television every day with his ludicrous conspiracy theories, his childish name-calling and his disgustingly misogynistic gropings.
collectively, his 40 percent support ought to be enough to trigger a rethinking of the gop<u+2019>s primary process, if for no other reason than to re-marginalize the <u+201c>poorly educated<u+201d> voters whose racism and formerly unfocused rage have led them to blindly pledge their loyalty to this reality-show clown,<u+00a0>this saturday-morning-cartoon villain,<u+00a0>and designate him as presidential material.
to further illustrate why the framers were wise to set up a check on mob rule, there<u+2019>s this:
the man in the above video is fairly indicative of the automatons who have elevated trump to this point. the very fact that he thinks <u+201c>taking out<u+201d> hillary clinton is his <u+201c>patriotic<u+201d> duty proves that perhaps it<u+2019>s a smart idea to create a buffer between him and directly choosing presidential candidates. oh, and he<u+2019>s far from being<u+00a0>the only one.
even though i disagree with trump on every issue, my chief objection isn<u+2019>t simply about policy. my visceral grievances with trump have more to do with his lack of character, his total lack of qualifications and his terrifying disrespect for the rules and traditions of american presidential politics <u+2014> the latter being the wafer-thin fabric that holds this entire american experiment together, making his complete disregard for the rules, written and unwritten, the greatest threat to the american system.
if events go horribly awry and the election swings in his direction at the 11th hour, the fear of a trump presidency isn<u+2019>t strictly limited to his<u+00a0>proposal for building a wall or, i don<u+2019>t know, nominating omarosa to the supreme court. the real fear has to do with the millions of impulsive, knee-jerk things that we can<u+2019>t even begin to predict. and the next trump will be even more devious about his or her demagoguery.
there will surely be more trumps, knowing that the<u+00a0>style of the current republican nominee has led him to a point in which he has<u+00a0>occasionally flirted within the margin of error more than once. <u+201c>trumpism<u+201d> is on the loose now, and even a humiliating loss on<u+00a0>nov.<u+00a0>8<u+00a0>won<u+2019>t make it go away. and the next purveyor of it will likely learn from trump<u+2019>s mistakes and improve his or her chances. therefore it<u+2019>s incumbent upon the gop to make sure it puts down this white nationalist monster it<u+2019>s created by making sure another trump doesn<u+2019>t end up at large. suffice to say, i<u+2019>m not holding my breath.
ultimately, if you<u+2019>ve been skeptical or downright opposed to both superdelegates and the electoral college, look no further than trump and tell us how else the next one will be stopped without either, knowing that there are tens of millions of american voters who are absolutely cool with the idea of a president trump. | donald trump, a threat the founding fathers foresaw: he proves the need for the electoral college <u+2014> and is the best case for superdelegates | noauthor | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | https://t4.rbxcdn.com/c5695e5f087535e2066dc473e03b1819 | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | nocountry | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | null | null | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | null | null | null | na | na | na | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | ti_cnn_train.parquet | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | 0.0 | na | na | na | na | na | na | nothread | na | 0.0 | 0.0 | 4.0 | 139.0 | 8.0 | 7400.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 509.0 | 6.0 | 0.0 | 144.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 65.0 | 25.0 | 21.0 | 7.0 | 22.0 | 15.0 | 14.0 | 14.0 | 35.0 | 50.0 | 58.0 | 511.0 | 150.0 | 65.0 | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na |
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veteran counterterrorism official rand beers is leaving the white house.
beers has served as deputy assistant to the president for homeland security since january 2014. he will be replaced by amy pope.
"rand beers has been at the forefront of some of the most challenging national security issues we face," lisa monaco, assistant to the president for homeland security and counterterrorism, said in a statement.
"from critical infrastructure protection to cybersecurity, to pandemic preparedness, and border security, and to advancing our security relationships with critical north american partners, rand has provided indispensable counsel to me, as well as to the president and his broader national security team," she said.
beers came to the white house from the department of homeland security, where he was acting director from september 2013 to january 2014. beers spent more than four years as the department's undersecretary for the national programs and protectorate directorate, where he was responsible for protecting computer networks, communications programs and physical infrastructure.
beers served as a marine corps officer and rifle commander in vietnam from 1964 to 1968. he joined the foreign service and spent most of his career at the state department.
"the united states has had a remarkable public servant in rand, and there are many serving today across the government who have benefited from his judgment and mentorship," monaco said. "as rand prepares to retire, i wish him well and extend my sincere gratitude for his decades of service."
national security adviser susan rice said beers is the "epitome of a selfless, skilled, dedicated public servant" who has "given so much to his country as well as to his colleagues" from his military service to time in government.
"i count myself lucky to have been among those who have worked closely with<u+2014>and learned a great deal from<u+2014>randy over many years. i will sorely miss his wise counsel," rice said.
pope came to the white house from the justice department in 2012 and has served as<u+00a0>special assistant to the president and the national security council<u+2019>s senior director for transborder security. according to the white house she<u+00a0>advised on<u+00a0>issues including<u+00a0>human trafficking and combatting the threat from foreign terrorist fighters.
as congressional republicans disagree on how to fund the department of homeland security, whose capital runs out at the end of the month, white house press secretary josh earnest said it is "pretty irresponsible for republicans in congress to be playing politics with the budget of the department of homeland security." earnest added that republicans had "painted themselves into a corner" and said that "it is time for republicans to set aside politics." | white house counterterrorism adviser rand beers to retire | noauthor | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | https://t4.rbxcdn.com/c5695e5f087535e2066dc473e03b1819 | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | nocountry | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | null | null | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | null | null | null | na | na | na | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | ti_cnn_train.parquet | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | 0.0 | na | na | na | na | na | na | nothread | na | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 57.0 | 8.0 | 2803.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 5.0 | 0.0 | 200.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 46.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 34.0 | 5.0 | 9.0 | 2.0 | 6.0 | 8.0 | 3.0 | 5.0 | 28.0 | 11.0 | 33.0 | 205.0 | 46.0 | 35.0 | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na |
na | true | ti_cnn | real | na | na | na | na | na | na | train | na | na | israel has mounted what it terms an "uphill battle" against an agreement that might ease sanctions on the iranians while leaving them with a nuclear infrastructure with bomb-making potential. tehran says its nuclear program is peaceful.
"this deal, as it appears to be emerging, bears out all of our fears, and even more than that," netanyahu told his cabinet in jerusalem as the united states, five other world powers and iran worked toward a march 31 deadline in lausanne, switzerland.
noting advances made by iranian-allied forces in yemen and other arab countries, netanyahu accused the islamic republic of trying to "conquer the entire middle east" while moving toward nuclearization.
"the iran-lausanne-yemen axis is very dangerous to humanity, and must be stopped," he said.
netanyahu's campaigning against the nuclear negotiations crested on march 3 with his speech to the u.s. congress at the invitation of its republican speaker, john boehner, that angered president barack obama and many fellow democrats.
the right-wing prime minister, who won a fourth term in a march 17 election, said on sunday he had spoken to senior u.s. lawmakers from both parties "and heard from them about the steadfast, strong and continuous bipartisan support for israel".
strategic affairs minister yuval steinitz, the israeli official who has been spearheading efforts to lobby world powers against the iran deal, voiced cautious hope that the negotiations would collapse as they have in the past.
"we may still have a chance. we are not alone. there are still great doubts in the united states as well as in france, even in england," steinitz told israel radio, referring to disputes with iran over the scope of nuclear projects it might be allowed to retain.
but steinitz said israel, which is not a party to the talks and whose hardline demands have not been welcomed in western capitals, was in an "uphill battle".
another senior israeli official, security cabinet minister gilad erdan, saw a "good chance" of the powers and iran reaching a framework deal by the tuesday deadline, after which they would turn to the end-of-june target date for a comprehensive accord - a final stretch in which more counter-lobbying could be mounted.
"this is not over yet. there's the congress, and also the players involved in the negotiations themselves have not agreed on all terms," erdan told israel's army radio. "there is still a great amount of room in which to operate diplomatically before the final accord." | netanyahu: obama's iranian nuclear deal worse than israel feared | noauthor | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | https://t4.rbxcdn.com/c5695e5f087535e2066dc473e03b1819 | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | nocountry | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | null | null | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | null | null | null | na | na | na | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | ti_cnn_train.parquet | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | 0.0 | na | na | na | na | na | na | nothread | na | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 64.0 | 8.0 | 2507.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3.0 | 0.0 | 175.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 44.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 24.0 | 4.0 | 8.0 | 3.0 | 8.0 | 7.0 | 3.0 | 7.0 | 20.0 | 10.0 | 26.0 | 178.0 | 44.0 | 24.0 | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na |
na | true | ti_cnn | real | na | na | na | na | na | na | train | na | na | research suggests gun background checks work, but they're not everything
here's one topic americans can bank on hearing about in next week's state of the union address: gun control. the reaction to president obama's announced gun-control measures this week was swift and entirely as expected. gun-control advocates and many democrats applauded his efforts; gun-rights groups and many republicans loudly denounced the orders as executive overreach.
expanded background checks are central to the president's proposals. his order doesn't rewrite existing laws, but it would broaden the scope of who is in the gun-selling business. it would require more gun sellers online and at gun shows to be licensed (and perform checks) among other things.
"let me be clear: it's not where you are located but what you are doing that determines whether you are engaged in the business of dealing in firearms," attorney general loretta lynch told reporters this week.
so would those extra checks bring down america's high levels of gun deaths? gun policy experts who spoke to npr say it could, but if so, that it would only make a dent.
here's a look at the evidence:
two recent studies provide evidence that background checks can significantly curb gun violence. in one, researchers found that a 1995 connecticut law requiring gun buyers to get permits (which themselves required background checks) was associated with a 40 percent decline in gun homicides and a 15 percent drop in suicides. similarly, when researchers studied missouri's 2007 repeal of its permit-to-purchase law, they found an associated increase in gun homicides by 23 percent, as well as a 16-percent increase in suicides.
those are some huge results <u+2014> one expert called the missouri study "the strongest evidence that background checks really matter," as the new republic reported <u+2014> but as with lots of social-science research, there's some fuzziness as to what the results mean. one caveat is that these studies aren't about background checks alone. instead, they're about permit-to-purchase laws, under which people had to go to local law enforcement to get a permit and, therefore, a background check.
that difference might have impacted the results, explained daniel webster, a co-author on both studies. he said that being forced to get a permit from law enforcement might do more to deter a straw purchaser, for example, than getting a check at a nearby store.
furthermore, he added that because so many factors influence gun violence in different ways, it's hard to say how much the effects seen in connecticut and missouri would also happen in other states. in addition, a stand your ground law enacted in missouri in 2007 may have affected the results.
still, other academic research points to the laws' effectiveness as well. in a 2015 analysis of studies published over the course of 15 years, webster and co-author garen wintemute found that expanding background checks could "have protective effects against lethal violence," and that permit-to-purchase laws in particular help curb murders and suicides.
they also found that background checks help keep guns out of the hands of criminals, but that it's less certain whether that in turn leads to less violence.
there's no perfect consensus on how well background-check laws work. a 2000 study found that the 1994 brady act <u+2014> which instituted not only background checks but waiting periods at first <u+2014> did not reduce either homicide or suicide rates.
a cdc task force also found in a 2003 review "inconsistent findings" as to whether restricting gun access through background checks works and insufficient evidence as to whether an array of other gun laws are effective. however, the cdc also said that its findings didn't mean that gun laws don't work; rather, it said it needed to study the topic more.
gun-policy researchers say they want to better study background checks (as well as many other policies), but a couple of hurdles stand in the way. part of the problem is that good studies on the effectiveness of background checks are pretty rare, according to webster. one reason is that it's hard to find good test cases to study.
"there's not a lot of change or variation [in laws] to study in recent times," he said. "the vast majority of these laws have been on the books for many, many decades."
"one of the big problems is that the feds have not funded good research in this area," said david hemenway, director of the harvard injury control research center and an expert on firearm-related injuries.
he points to federal restrictions, passed in 1996, that said the centers for disease control could not use its funding to "advocate or promote gun control." that caused the cdc to back away from gun research almost entirely.
outside organizations could pick up that slack, hemenway added, but they have not done so. "the foundations haven't done a good job, because it's such a controversial area," he said. you don't want to get involved. so we know some things, but we don't know as well as you would hope, given the enormity of the problem."
what recent shootings tell us
while some scholarly evidence suggests that background checks reduce crime, seeing evidence in recent mass shootings is tougher. as the new york times found in a december investigation, the guns used in many recent high-profile shootings were purchased legally by people who passed background checks.
importantly, though, to the extent that background-check laws on the books might have prevented mass shootings, it's impossible to compile similar lists of incidents that would have occurred, were it not for those laws.
one other thing recent shootings say is that the current background-check system has some gaping holes in it. for example, fbi director james comey said in july 2015 that dylann roof, who is accused of killing nine at a south carolina church last year, should not have passed a background check. because information about his admission to a narcotics charge never reached an fbi examiner handling his check, as the washington post reported, roof was able to buy his gun.
in addition, some states are doing a poor job of submitting mental health records to nics, as politico's kevin cirilli writes, allowing some sick people to obtain guns. cirilli points to virginia tech shooter seung-hui cho, who had a history of mental illness before he killed 32 people in 2007.
as it stands, around 1.6 percent of 148 million background checks (that is, more than 2 million) between 1994 and 2012 were denied, according to federal statistics.
what the statistics say
one of the most important questions to this discussion is impossible to answer precisely: how many guns are obtained without background checks? while there aren't exact numbers on this, the figure could still be substantial. using 2004 data, around 18 percent of gun transactions involved private sellers, buyers' family members or friends or "other" sources, as the washington post's glenn kessler found last year. a majority of those sources were not licensed dealers (and therefore were not required to conduct background checks).
according to the figures cited by kessler, 7 percent of guns were obtained from gun shows (and many of those sales probably underwent background checks).
but data suggests that gun shows don't directly supply many of the guns used in crimes. spokespeople from the national rifle association and national shooting sports foundation, a trade group for gun sellers, both also pointed npr to government data showing that less than 1 percent of prison inmates in 1997 said they got their guns from gun shows. meanwhile, nearly 80 percent obtained their guns from friends, family or "street" (illegal) sources.
all of this very well may mean that, as gun-rights advocates like florida republican sen. marco rubio often point out, criminals will simply obtain guns through some avenue other than stores. that would mean that background checks don't deter those people, and, therefore, that expanding them to more online or private or gun show sales would do little.
but there are other possible conclusions. a recent study of offenders in the chicago area found most obtained their guns from "personal connections, not from gun stores or by theft." while that study suggested to some that background checks are ineffective, one of the authors, duke university's philip cook, disagrees.
"this research demonstrates that current federal and local regulations are having a big effect on the availability of guns to criminals in chicago," he said in a release. "they can't buy their guns from stores, the way most people do, and are instead largely constrained to making private deals with acquaintances, who may or may not be willing and able to provide what they want."
lawrence keane, general counsel for the national shooting sports foundation, told npr that "the industry has always been supportive of the background check system," though he also said he has doubts about how much good the new proposals will do.
researchers hemenway and webster both think the president's executive actions could have a modest effect on gun violence. for his part, hemenway thinks universal background checks would be an effective first step, but what he thinks would be more fruitful in the long term has more to do with innovation than legislative action.
"in the long run, we should be spending a lot of money on figuring out technological fixes," he said. "the easiest one is to make guns better for home protection and much, much less dangerous and less likely to be stolen." | research suggests gun background checks work, but they're not everything | noauthor | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | https://t4.rbxcdn.com/c5695e5f087535e2066dc473e03b1819 | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | nocountry | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | null | null | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | null | null | null | na | na | na | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | ti_cnn_train.parquet | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | 0.0 | na | na | na | na | na | na | nothread | na | 0.0 | 0.0 | 9.0 | 72.0 | 8.0 | 9609.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 541.0 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 180.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 61.0 | 22.0 | 12.0 | 7.0 | 27.0 | 9.0 | 16.0 | 3.0 | 33.0 | 39.0 | 43.0 | 542.0 | 182.0 | 62.0 | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na |
na | true | ti_cnn | real | na | na | na | na | na | na | train | na | na | the 81-year-old supreme court justice, who has attained somewhat of a cult following for her stance on gender equality, told a gathering of law students wednesday that people often ask her when she thinks there will be enough women on the court.
"and my answer is when there are nine," she said, as if the question even needed to be asked.
ginsburg also spoke about the difficulties she faced attaining a job in the legal field.
"in those days, in the southern district, most judges wouldn<u+2019>t hire women. in the u.s. attorney<u+2019>s office, women were strictly forbidden in the criminal division. there was one woman in the civil division," she said.
"and the excuse for not hiring women in the criminal division was they have to deal with all these tough types, and women aren<u+2019>t up to that. and i was amazed," she added. "i said, have you seen the lawyers at legal aid who are representing these tough types? they<u+2019>re all women."
in what is sure to further her "notorious rbg" status, the justice later also delivered this gem of a quote: "if i had any talent in the world, any talent that god could give me, i would be a great diva." | ruth bader ginsburg has perfect response when asked about women on the supreme court | noauthor | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | https://t4.rbxcdn.com/c5695e5f087535e2066dc473e03b1819 | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | nocountry | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | null | null | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | null | null | null | na | na | na | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | ti_cnn_train.parquet | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | 0.0 | na | na | na | na | na | na | nothread | na | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 84.0 | 8.0 | 1133.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 4.0 | 0.0 | 85.0 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 35.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 8.0 | 1.0 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 9.0 | 7.0 | 19.0 | 89.0 | 37.0 | 4.0 | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na |
na | true | ti_cnn | real | na | na | na | na | na | na | train | na | na | ireland's historic vote in favor of marriage equality last friday was, in the end, not especially close, with the yesses carrying almost every electoral district. still, as jason kelleher's map of the vote shows, there were some very pronounced regional differences:
anyone familiar with the basic sociology of gay rights in the west will be unsurprised to see that support for equality is largest in dublin and down south in cork, ireland's second city. support was generally weakest in the northern and western parts of the country, roughly the area known as connaught.
but overall the picture is of enormously broad support for the referendum, including in most of rural ireland. | support for marriage equality in ireland was strikingly broad | noauthor | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | https://t4.rbxcdn.com/c5695e5f087535e2066dc473e03b1819 | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | nocountry | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | null | null | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | null | null | null | na | na | na | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | ti_cnn_train.parquet | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | 0.0 | na | na | na | na | na | na | nothread | na | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 61.0 | 8.0 | 684.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 6.0 | 0.0 | 41.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 14.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 5.0 | 1.0 | 3.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 5.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 6.0 | 1.0 | 8.0 | 47.0 | 14.0 | 6.0 | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na |
na | true | ti_cnn | real | na | na | na | na | na | na | train | na | na | some senators are more diplomatic about their criticisms than others. where views diverge is whether a president cruz would be as ideologically unbending as senator cruz.
as donald trump and republican rival ted cruz battle it out on the way to the iowa caucuses feb. 1, a favorite attack by mr. trump is that "nobody likes" senator cruz, particularly in congress. he can't deal. the texan "stands on the middle of the senate floor and can't make a deal with anybody," trump said tuesday on msnbc's "morning joe."
that<u+2019>s not idle chatter, even if it<u+2019>s typical trumpian broad-brushing.
from a former president, to former house and senate leaders, to sitting members of congress, <u+201c>establishment<u+201d> republicans are sounding alarms about the likability and deal-ability of the tea party darling who led the way to a partial government shutdown over the affordable care act in 2013.
monitor interviews with more than a dozen senators bear this out, though not all jump on the dump truck and some are more diplomatic about their criticisms than others. where views more starkly diverge is whether a president cruz would be as ideologically unbending as a senator cruz, with some observers expecting no appreciable change and others suggesting that the presidency would force him in a more pragmatic direction.
senators don<u+2019>t like to criticize their fellow senators, and several pointed to cruz<u+2019>s strengths <u+2013> his intellect, passion, and humor. when asked about cruz, sen. susan collins, a moderate republican from maine, paused. then she pointed out that no senate republican has endorsed the texan, despite the fact that they have all come to know him since he took office in 2012.
<u+201c>it<u+2019>s not helpful to the level of debate in this country, to have a member of this body trashing the senate rather than working within the senate to make it more responsive and to reform whatever he may see as its deficiencies,<u+201d> senator collins said, as she rode the senate subway to her office last week.
her colleague, sen. lindsey graham (r) of south carolina, was far less tactful. <u+201c>he<u+2019>s not a problem solver. when you think of problem solving, the last person that comes to mind is ted cruz. everybody<u+2019>s a problem but him,<u+201d> said senator graham, who, after dropping out of the presidential campaign, now supports jeb bush.
one senior republican labels cruz a <u+201c>neo-nihilist<u+201d> who tears down, rather than builds.
in a speech on the senate floor last summer, cruz called his own party leader, senate majority leader mitch mcconnell (r) of kentucky, a liar. this simply is not done in a place where strict decorum is still the order of the day, and it angered many republicans. one reason republicans are going on the record about cruz is because they are so concerned that he will get the nomination.
cruz, for his part, frequently refers to his colleagues as part of the <u+201c>washington cartel.<u+201d>
the renegade wears his flamethrower status as a badge of honor, joking with voters about needing a <u+201c>food taster<u+201d> when he sits down to a meal in the senate dining room. his supporters, meanwhile, love the fight in him. an e-mail request from the monitor to his campaign went unanswered.
but if unbending ideology and derision characterize cruz<u+2019>s short tenure in the senate, what might they portend for a cruz presidency?
some observers contend that what you see is what you<u+2019>ll get, while others think that he may well bend <u+2013> or at least have to mend some fences.
<u+201c>i can<u+2019>t necessarily say that past is prologue,<u+201d> says sen. thom tillis (r) of north carolina, who sits on the judiciary committee with cruz and admires the way the attorney-senator <u+201c>pins down<u+201d> witnesses, particularly in confirmation hearings. senator tillis was backed by the tea party express in a tough race in 2014, and calls cruz <u+201c>an asset<u+201d> on the committee.
but tillis points out that being a senator is not the same as president, and then adds, <u+201c>i would be hopeful that whoever emerges as the republican nominee recognizes that working with us produces a far better result for the nation.<u+201d>
while tillis says he has not clashed with cruz, he adds that rebuilding burned bridges is <u+201c>one of the factors<u+201d> that a president cruz would have to deal with.
this point, that a senator and a president are two very different jobs, is key to those who think that relations between cruz and establishment republicans in congress would improve if the tea party champion were to become president.
matt mackowiak, a gop consultant in houston, points out that cruz had absolutely no incentive to play along or try to accomplish anything when he got to the senate three years ago.
first, he ran a campaign as a principled conservative who wasn<u+2019>t going to give an inch. second, he wanted to be a national player. <u+201c>i think he realized that waiting nine months to give your maiden floor speech and keeping your head down wasn<u+2019>t a path he wanted to take.<u+201d> then-sen. barack obama had the same realization.
but just as important, says mr. mackowiak, the senate, at that time under democratic control, was a <u+201c>graveyard<u+201d> for any real accomplishments by a minority party. <u+201c>the incentive instead was to be a bomb thrower, to develop your outside game, not your inside game.<u+201d>
mackowiak points to cruz<u+2019>s intense admiration for president reagan. the consultant believes that cruz wants to emulate the <u+201c>morning in america<u+201d> president. to do that, he would need a legislative agenda that would require cooperation from congressional republicans <u+2013> and depending on the math, also democrats.
<u+201c>maintaining a poisoned relationship with leaders of both houses would be insane. he would never do that,<u+201d> mackowiak says.
but others are not so sure. they point to a new era of politics in which long-term relationships are not as important as short-term coalitions on issues. they look at the angry voter <u+2013> on both the left and the right <u+2013> who is tired of the establishment.
and most important, they look at cruz himself. not only has he stood his ground, even if it<u+2019>s been a losing ground, on issues such as defunding planned parenthood, killing the iran nuclear deal, and defeating a senate immigration bill. he also promises up and down to stick to those positions.
neither will he run to the <u+201c>mushy middle<u+201d> in a general election campaign, he says.
<u+201c>the positions he<u+2019>s taking are resonating with people,<u+201d> says a conservative senator-in-arms, jeff sessions (r) of alabama. <u+201c>they<u+2019>re tired of talk.<u+201d>
it may well be that establishment republicans in congress bend to a president cruz. notice how rep. paul ryan (r) of wisconsin has reached out to the rebellious hard-right freedom caucus that drove out <u+201c>establishment<u+201d> speaker john boehner last fall.
a president cruz would likely put enormous pressure on a gop-controlled congress to govern from an ideologically rigid position, and that congress would feel an enormous amount of pressure to cooperate with him, says james henson, director of the texas politics project at the university of texas at austin.
if that<u+2019>s the case, says professor henson, expect to see immediate pushback from cruz on such issues as the affordable care act, gay marriage, and abortion rights in ways that test the supreme court <u+2013> where he argued eight cases as the texas solicitor general. cruz has been deeply critical of the high court, and may challenge it by supporting state efforts, working with congress, or even through executive order, henson says.
whether ted cruz, the president, would be like ted cruz, the senator, gets down to the <u+201c>mixture of true believer and strategic player<u+201d> in his political profile, says henson. so far, the two have worked hand-in-hand <u+2013> his rigidity has served him politically.
<u+201c>one can look at ted cruz and speculate that his political career up to this point has been predicated on upward mobility, and that once he got to the highest office in the land, he might exhibit a bit more pragmatism,<u+201d> henson says. <u+201c>that<u+2019>s not out of the question, but i wouldn<u+2019>t bet on it.<u+201d>
what it comes down to, he says, is what cruz really wants and what motivates him, and who he is as a person. no one knows the answers to those questions better than ted cruz. | ted cruz isn't liked in congress. what could that mean if he's president? (+video) | noauthor | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | https://t4.rbxcdn.com/c5695e5f087535e2066dc473e03b1819 | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | nocountry | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | null | null | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | null | null | null | na | na | na | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | ti_cnn_train.parquet | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | 0.0 | na | na | na | na | na | na | nothread | na | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3.0 | 82.0 | 8.0 | 8136.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 7.0 | 0.0 | 507.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 171.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 70.0 | 19.0 | 21.0 | 10.0 | 20.0 | 19.0 | 11.0 | 7.0 | 47.0 | 32.0 | 60.0 | 514.0 | 172.0 | 70.0 | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na |
na | true | ti_cnn | real | na | na | na | na | na | na | train | na | na | washington, march 9 (reuters) - republican senators warned iran on monday that any nuclear deal made with u.s. president barack obama could last only as long as he remains in office, in an unusual intervention into u.s. foreign policy-making.
the letter, signed by 47 u.s. senators, says congress plays a role in ratifying international agreements and points out that obama will leave office in january 2017, while many in congress will remain in washington long after that.
"we will consider any agreement regarding your nuclear-weapons program that is not approved by the congress as nothing more than an executive agreement between president obama and ayatollah khamenei," the letter read.
"the next president could revoke such an executive agreement with the stroke of a pen and future congresses could modify the terms of an agreement at any time," it read.
the letter, first reported by bloomberg news, followed a speech to a joint meeting of congress last week by israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu, who warned that the united states was negotiating a "bad deal" with tehran.
it comes as world powers have been negotiating with iran to try to reach some form of understanding by the end of march before a final deal in june that could ease crippling sanctions that have crippled iran's economy.
the u.s. constitution divides foreign policy powers between the president and congress. the executive branch is responsible for negotiating international agreements and lawmakers rarely intervene directly with the leaders of another nation while the president's administration is negotiating a pact.
republicans want any u.s. nuclear agreement with iran to be approved by congress. but senate majority leader mitch mcconnell, who signed the letter released on monday, agreed to postpone a vote on a bill requiring obama to submit any deal for congressional approval amid outcry from democrats.
along with mcconnell, republican signers include tom cotton, orrin hatch, john cornyn, john mccain, lindsey graham, john thune and mark kirk. ted cruz, marco rubio and rand paul, two possible 2016 presidential contenders, also signed. (reporting by doina chiacu; editing by susan heavey) | republicans warn iran against nuclear deal with obama | noauthor | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | https://t4.rbxcdn.com/c5695e5f087535e2066dc473e03b1819 | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | nocountry | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | null | null | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | null | null | null | na | na | na | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | ti_cnn_train.parquet | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | 0.0 | na | na | na | na | na | na | nothread | na | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 53.0 | 8.0 | 2198.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 4.0 | 0.0 | 144.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 18.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 15.0 | 4.0 | 9.0 | 5.0 | 7.0 | 4.0 | 7.0 | 8.0 | 19.0 | 12.0 | 19.0 | 148.0 | 18.0 | 16.0 | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na |
na | true | ti_cnn | real | na | na | na | na | na | na | train | na | na | after winning the vote of the state's republicans by a wide margin on tuesday, the real estate billionaire rattled off a list of those groups who swept him to victory: "we won with young. we won with old. we won with highly educated. we won with poorly educated. i love the poorly educated."
by wednesday morning, the phrase "i love the poorly educated" was trending heavily. on twitter, it was tweeted roughly 15 times a minute, according to social media analytics firm zoomph.
"i am, by modern standards, poorly educated, and i think that donald trump is a threat to america," tweeted aaron camp (@aaronapollocamp).
another twitter user, kat (@vtweddingphoto), wrote, "this is an embarrassment. for the gop and for us as americans. the world is once again laughing."
others said trump's remark was being taken out of context, as he also touted having won the support of "the highly educated."
"to be fair with trump, he said 'i love the highly educated and the poorly educated'. don't take it out of context," tweeted super bowl champs (@josh_d_manning).
dan slott (@danslott) was not swayed. "we won the poorly educated vote. i love the poorly educated" - trump not a joke. not parody. not out of context. trump actually said this."
trump has won three of the four state-by-state republican nominating contests, including nevada, in the run-up to the party nominating convention in july and the nov. 8 general election to succeed president barack obama. | trump loves 'the poorly educated' ... and social media clamors | noauthor | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | https://t4.rbxcdn.com/c5695e5f087535e2066dc473e03b1819 | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | nocountry | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | null | null | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | null | null | null | na | na | na | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | ti_cnn_train.parquet | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | 0.0 | na | na | na | na | na | na | nothread | na | 0.0 | 0.0 | 6.0 | 62.0 | 8.0 | 1463.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3.0 | 0.0 | 77.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 26.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 9.0 | 2.0 | 5.0 | 1.0 | 2.0 | 7.0 | 4.0 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 8.0 | 14.0 | 80.0 | 27.0 | 9.0 | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na |
na | true | ti_cnn | real | na | na | na | na | na | na | train | na | na | hillary clinton sought to minimize new disclosures that top secret<u+00a0> government information passed through the private email server she used when she was secretary of state, dismissing the controversy as an <u+201c>inter-agency dispute<u+201d> that<u+00a0> pales next to the larger issues on the minds of voters.
in an interview with nbc news on saturday morning, two days before the iowa caucuses, mrs. clinton said, <u+201c>it<u+2019>s the same story that<u+2019>s been going on for months now. and i just don<u+2019>t think most people are as concerned about that as they are about what we<u+2019>re going to do to get the economy going.<u+201d> | clinton <u+2018>not concerned<u+2019> about new flap over classified emails | noauthor | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | https://t4.rbxcdn.com/c5695e5f087535e2066dc473e03b1819 | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | nocountry | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | null | null | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | null | null | null | na | na | na | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | ti_cnn_train.parquet | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | 0.0 | na | na | na | na | na | na | nothread | na | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 61.0 | 8.0 | 585.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 4.0 | 0.0 | 37.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 11.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 3.0 | 0.0 | 3.0 | 1.0 | 5.0 | 6.0 | 3.0 | 41.0 | 11.0 | 3.0 | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na |
na | true | ti_cnn | real | na | na | na | na | na | na | train | na | na | a connecticut teenager who tried to reject life-saving chemotherapy for<u+00a0>hodgkin<u+2019>s lymphoma can be forced to undergo the treatment anyway, the state<u+2019>s<u+00a0>supreme court ruled thursday.
the court unanimously affirmed a trial court judgment, which found that state officials could intervene and take over the care for the girl <u+2014> identified as <u+201c>cassandra c.<u+201d>
<u+201c>this court agrees with the trial court that, even assuming that the mature minor doctrine applies in this state, the respondents have failed to meet their burden of proving under any standard that cassandra was a mature minor and capable of acting independently concerning her life threatening medical condition,<u+201d> thursday<u+2019>s order reads.
the teen<u+2019>s mother has said that her daughter <u+201c>knows the long-term effects of having chemo<u+201d> and doesn<u+2019>t want to put <u+201c>poison<u+201d> in her body.
<u+201c>she may not be able to have children after this, because it affects everything in your body,<u+201d> her mother, jackie fortin, said in a video posted on the hartford courant<u+2019>s web site. <u+201c>it not only kills cancer, it kills everything in your body. she knows this.
<u+201c>this is her human rights <u+2014> her human constitutional rights <u+2014> to not put poison in her body. her rights have been taken away. she has been forced to put chemo in her body right now, as we speak. these are her rights that have been taken away. she does not want to [put] poison in her body.<u+201d>
the teen is now receiving treatment at connecticut children<u+2019>s medical center, and a lawyer representing the state told the court that she is <u+201c>doing well,<u+201d> the courant reported.
<u+201c>under this circumstance <u+2014> when there is medical consensus that action must be taken or the child will die <u+2014> the department has a clear and urgent responsibility to save the life of this child,<u+201d> connecticut department of children and families told cnn in a statement earlier this week.
according to the courant:
the court thursday heard arguments from lawyers for cassandra and her mother, jackie fortin, who supports her daughter<u+2019>s decision to reject chemotherapy treatments. the justices clearly struggled to find ground for overruling the lower court and sending the case back for another hearing, as requested by cassandra and her mother. assistant public defender joshua michtom, representing cassandra, said the question was whether, despite an encouraging prognosis, <u+201c>a smart and knowledgeable 17-year-old (can) make the same choice, for better or worse, than she would be able to make without state interference nine months from now, when she turns 18.<u+201d>
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na | true | ti_cnn | real | na | na | na | na | na | na | train | na | na | but this past week, trump<u+2019>s seemingly implacable sense of self-confidence seems to be, well, shaken. more than that, even. lately, the man<u+00a0>seems downright thirsty. in a very short order, his campaign strategy has changed from a man who enters the room and tells you how it<u+2019>s going to be to that of a man who is begging and pleading for you to like him. the stench of desperation has started to cling to him, and now every move he makes seems even more like pathetic pandering.<u+00a0>the once unbreakable donald trump now is starting to look like the guy who uses a shirtless picture for his tinder profile.
the biggest sign of this newfound thirst is in the opening of the pocketbook.<u+00a0>trump<u+2019>s ability to grab media and voter attention without spending much money has been a<u+00a0>unique aspect of his campaign so far. even though he does take donations, trump likes to front like he<u+2019>s not beholden to any backers, which contributes to the voters<u+2019> sense that he<u+2019>s not like those other bought-and-sold politicians.
but now the politician who was acting like he could win just by saying stuff on twitter has caved and is making a huge ad buy in iowa and new hampshire. oh, he<u+2019>s trying to spin it as another sign of his winning spirit,<u+00a0>announcing the ad buy with huge fanfare and getting a level of free media coverage that other candidates don<u+2019>t get for mundane things like buying tv ads. but none of that can distract from the fact that the almighty trump is now acting like every other candidate in the race, going on tv with his hat out and asking for your vote. <u+00a0>this is not the <u+201c>you<u+2019>re fired<u+201d> trump. this is a guy begging for a job.
on its own, caving in and acting like every other candidate wouldn<u+2019>t be that big a deal. but the ad buy comes during a week when every move trump makes in public is looking grabby.<u+00a0>the long-standing predictions that trump<u+2019>s poll lead would vanish once the primaries begin isn<u+2019>t looking quite as much like establishment wishful thinking<u+00a0>anymore. his lead in new hampshire is shrinking<u+00a0>and ted cruz is up in iowa. if he loses both of those, he knows we<u+2019>ll see a reemergence of the<u+00a0>narrative that he was just a passing fancy for voters before they start to get serious at the polls, and his behavior is starting to smell a bit desperate.
going after bill clinton for past infidelities, for instance, is the choice of a desperate man.<u+00a0>panty-sniffing the clintons has a long history of backfiring with the voters and it opens trump up to charges of hypocrisy, since he blew up his first marriage in order to marry his mistress. but trump has gone even further than simply bringing up monica lewinsky. he<u+2019>s also been hinting that bill clinton has committed sexual assault.<u+00a0>it<u+2019>s an attempt at a feminist gotcha, but going there means that trump is aligning himself with the same people<u+00a0>who accuse the clintons of murdering<u+00a0>people, having secret love children, and practicing witchcraft.
it<u+2019>s an interesting move, because trump has spent the past month<u+00a0>actually moving away from his past as a right-wing conspiracy theorist, by refusing, for instance, to talk about his <u+201c>questions<u+201d> about barack obama<u+2019>s birth certificate. to dive back into the fever swamps means risking general election credibility to pander to the hard right again, a move he<u+2019>d only undertake if he were<u+00a0>really worried about losing in the primaries.
his attacks on the clintons aren<u+2019>t the only effort at baiting the base that runs a high risk of backfiring, either. one of the stranger moves that trump has taken this week has been race-baiting his opponent ted cruz. <u+201c>in all fairness, to the best of my knowledge, not too many evangelicals come out of cuba, ok,<u+201d> trump said at a campaign rally in iowa. <u+201c>when you<u+2019>re casting your ballot, remember.<u+201d> cruz<u+2019>s polling success in iowa is assumed to come from the evangelical base, so this attempt to sow doubt that he<u+2019>s really evangelical is a clear-cut case of thirstiness.<u+00a0>but this runs a high risk of backfiring. trump isn<u+2019>t wrong to assume that the <u+201c>evangelical<u+201d> identity is tied closely in the conservative mind to whiteness. but what he fails to understand is that this is why so many conservative christians like ted cruz. as with ben carson, the handful of non-white evangelical figures on the scene offer <u+201c>proof<u+201d><u+00a0>that the white evangelical identity is so desirable that it draws converts. cruz himself knows this, which is why he highlights his background instead of minimizing it. there<u+2019>s a similar trying-too-hard quality to the way<u+00a0>trump spokeswoman katrina pierson<u+00a0>acts. it<u+2019>s not just that she wore a bullet necklace on cnn, but the way she defended herself when people made fun of her for it. maybe i<u+2019>ll wear a fetus next time& bring awareness to 50 million aborted people that will never get to be on twitter https://t.co/utomoyyxlk oh, will they also be holding little confederate<u+00a0>flags while singing <u+201c>proud to be an american<u+201d>?<u+00a0>the pretense of sincere concern for fetal life is all but abandoned here. the fetus<u+2013>like the gun or the flag<u+2013>is reduced to a bit of jewelry, a sad posturing to indicate alignment with the fetus fetishist tribe whose votes pierson<u+2019>s hustling desperately to get. but perhaps the saddest grasping from trump comes from this ad that trump posted on instagram. <u+201c>we are in a serious war,<u+201d> the title reads, before running a reel of coverage of the paris and san bernardino attacks. but then it cuts to obama making a joke about <u+201c>star wars,<u+201d> suggesting that his willingness to spend a couple of hours out of his busy week seeing a movie is what lies between us and bringing an end to the threat of islamic terrorism. the whole thing is preposterous, but it<u+2019>s hard to even get mad, it<u+2019>s so pathetic. for one thing, we are not actually in a war, and stating otherwise has a strong whiff of hoping you can make it true simply by saying it.<u+00a0>but there<u+2019>s something particularly pitiful<u+00a0>about wanting obama to make a pointless gesture<u+00a0>in refusing to see <u+201c>star wars.<u+201d> what<u+2019>s the argument here? that if obama refuses to see <u+201c>star wars,<u+201d> isis will be so impressed by his sacrifice that they<u+2019>ll lay down their arms? that seeing a movie somehow removes his ability to make important military decisions? that if he would just stand in an empty room yelling, <u+201c>damn you, isis!<u+201d> for two hours instead of watching a movie, we would defeat our enemies? this insistence on empty gestures over meaningful action, of course, sums up the entire trump campaign. this is a man whose foreign policy proposals amount to arguing that if he just puffs his chest out big enough, all other world leaders will immediately do everything he wants. but the utter silliness of this ad, with its assumption that obama can meaningfully effect world change by not seeing a movie, highlights the vapidity of the trump campaign poignantly. vote for trump, and he will miss entire blockbuster movies for no reason whatsoever, just for you! the man is clearly desperate. | he<u+2019>s getting desperate: trump<u+2019>s campaign used to be confident, but cruz has gotten him feeling downright thirsty | noauthor | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | https://t4.rbxcdn.com/c5695e5f087535e2066dc473e03b1819 | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | nocountry | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | null | null | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | null | null | null | na | na | na | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | ti_cnn_train.parquet | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | 0.0 | na | na | na | na | na | na | nothread | na | 0.0 | 0.0 | 11.0 | 112.0 | 8.0 | 6899.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.0 | 8.0 | 0.0 | 515.0 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 146.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 56.0 | 17.0 | 27.0 | 9.0 | 21.0 | 20.0 | 15.0 | 12.0 | 36.0 | 43.0 | 54.0 | 523.0 | 148.0 | 56.0 | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na |
na | true | ti_cnn | real | na | na | na | na | na | na | train | na | na | lausanne, switzerland (cnn) as nuclear talks with iran neared the endgame, u.s. secretary of state john kerry shied away from predicting success.
difficult issues remain on the table as the world's most powerful diplomats meet in switzerland with iranian nuclear negotiators, kerry told cnn on monday.
"we are working very hard to work those through. we are working late into the night and obviously into tomorrow. we are working with a view to get something done," he said. "there is a little more light there today, but <u+200b>there are still some tricky issues. everyone knows the meaning of tomorrow."
negotiators have set tuesday as their deadline for a basic deal. a comprehensive deal, including technical additions, is supposed to be negotiated by june 30.
world powers are seeking the outlines of an agreement they say would stop iran from getting a nuclear weapon for at least 15 years . in exchange, iran would get out from punishing sanctions that have crippled its economy.
kerry's comments to cnn came after uncomfortable rumblings about the talks in lausanne, switzerland, made headlines.
the assertion: iran backpedaled the day before on an important detail of a possible deal to prevent it from developing a nuclear bomb.
on sunday, an iranian negotiator told journalists that tehran would not send fissile material to russia, which diplomats had earlier told journalists was part of the plan to put potential bomb-making materials out of reach.
"the export of stocks of enriched uranium is not in our program, and we do not intend to send them abroad. ... there is no question of sending the stocks abroad," iranian deputy foreign minister abbas araghchi said.
but on monday, a senior u.s. state department official said the rumblings in the press should quiet down.
negotiators had not yet decided any specifics about the disposal of fissile material, and iran has made the comments many times before, the official said, citing a list of previous examples of such statements in press reports.
chinese foreign minister wang yi sounded optimistic as he briefed reporters on the talks' progress earlier monday, saying that the diplomats were "narrowing down" their differences and working out ways to resolve sticking points.
"these marathon-like negotiations have reached the final stage," he said.
things have been tense in lausanne as the deadline for an agreement looms, with talks snagged on three important points:
<u+2022> how quickly or slowly iran will be allowed to advance its nuclear technology in the last five years of the 15-year agreement.
<u+2022> how quickly crushing u.n. sanctions will go away.
<u+2022> whether sanctions will snap back into place if iran violates the deal.
iran wants them gone for good. but international negotiators want merely to suspend them, so they can reapply them as leverage if iran does not keep the bargain.
agreement on the points is crucial, a western diplomat said.
"there cannot be an agreement if we do not have answers to these questions," the diplomat said.
in the background, a vocal critic of a possible deal spoke out again. over the weekend, israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu denounced the deal he believes is taking shape.
"this agreement as it evolves is fulfilling our deepest fears and even worse," he said after a meeting in israel with visiting u.s. senate majority leader mitch mcconnell. netanyahu also attacked iran for its support of houthi rebels in yemen, who have overtaken many parts of that country.
he said iran was trying to take over the whole middle east with the nuclear deal and its influence in yemen.
conservative washington lawmakers are threatening new sanctions if tehran doesn't comply with demands, which could throw a wrench into negotiations.
u.s. negotiators are working to reach an agreement in part to prevent this kind of congressional punishment. they fear it could prompt hardliners in tehran to push for killing the talks, which would scuttle the chances of a deal altogether.
aside from the three tough points, negotiators on both sides have shown optimism.
u.s. officials have said most of the other elements were solvable if those three major hurdles could be overcome.
iran's araghchi agreed. "getting to an accord is doable. solutions have been found for numerous questions," he said.
iran would like sanctions lifted as soon as a deal is signed. but diplomats says it's not so simple.
iran could see unilateral sanctions relief in the areas of trade, oil and banking, but sanctions adopted by the united nations are more complicated.
many are related to proliferation and transfer of missile technology and are tied to certification by the u.n. nuclear watchdog, the international atomic energy agency, that iran's nuclear program does not have a military dimension.
on saturday, iranian foreign minister javad zarif showed some optimism about finding a path through the deadlock.
he said he believes the world powers "have realized that sanctions, pressure and an agreement will not go together. it's only to translate that understanding and realization into the agreement that we are negotiating."
u.s. officials said that all sides, including iran, agree that sanctions would be lifted in phases over time as iran confirms its compliance to the deal. but they acknowledge there is still disagreement on the actual formula.
iran also wants to be allowed to develop more advanced centrifuges while the deal is in effect. new machines would enrich uranium much faster than current machines.
u.s. and european officials worry that could enable iran quickly to produce enough highly enriched uranium for a nuclear weapon.
diplomats say the first 10 years of the 15-year deal would have the most stringent restrictions, which would be relaxed over the last five.
"we are not asking them to do nothing (in technology development), but they want to do more than we want them to do," a western diplomat said.
but the diplomat added, "after 15 years, they can do what they want."
diplomats said iran has agreed to a cap of fewer than 6,000 centrifuges that it can operate to enrich uranium. that figure is down from the 6,000 the sides were speaking about when the talks started thursday, but substantially more than the several hundred the united states had originally wanted.
iran currently runs about 10,000 centrifuges, but it has around 19,000 in its stockpile.
u.s. officials maintain the number is not that important, because there will be other restrictions on the levels of enrichment and type of centrifuges iran can operate, which they believe will extend the time iran would need to produce enough fissile material for a nuclear weapon -- known as the "breakout time" -- to at least a year.
while the focus this week is on the march 31 deadline, it's important to note it isn't the final deadline.
even if a pact is reached tuesday, it's unclear what form it would take, and the united states and iran have varying needs.
the parties are seeking to reach what's being called a framework agreement -- essentially a political understanding of the main principles of the final deal.
but if they're able to come together on the big issues, they still have until the end of june when the joint plan of action expires to iron out the details. so that means the talks won't be finished this month.
officials have been vague about the format this framework deal might take as well as how much of it will be made known to the public and international stakeholders. the united states would prefer a written accord, but iran has balked at putting anything in writing until a comprehensive deal is reached.
u.s. officials say they will need to quantify iran's commitments before submitting the agreement to congress. but u.s. and western diplomats say that iran is looking simply for an "understanding" of what has been agreed to before a formal accord is reached. | iran nuclear talks: 'tricky issues' remain, kerry says | noauthor | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | https://t4.rbxcdn.com/c5695e5f087535e2066dc473e03b1819 | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | nocountry | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | null | null | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | null | null | null | na | na | na | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | ti_cnn_train.parquet | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | 0.0 | na | na | na | na | na | na | nothread | na | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3.0 | 54.0 | 8.0 | 7904.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 4.0 | 0.0 | 551.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 137.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 64.0 | 9.0 | 14.0 | 6.0 | 15.0 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 5.0 | 34.0 | 26.0 | 50.0 | 555.0 | 137.0 | 64.0 | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na |
na | true | ti_cnn | real | na | na | na | na | na | na | train | na | na | hillary clinton on thursday derided donald trump<u+2019>s praise of vladimir putin as <u+201c>unpatriotic<u+201d> and <u+201c>scary<u+201d> and suggested the republican nominee<u+2019>s coziness with the russian president could represent a threat to national security.
in a press conference at an airport in westchester, new york, her first such formal event in 278 days, clinton discussed trump<u+2019>s remarks at a <u+201c>commander-in-chief forum<u+201d> hosted by nbc and iraq and afghanistan veterans of america in new york on wednesday night, in which the nominees drew sharp contrasts on foreign policy and national security in back-to-back appearances that previewed their first debate later this month.
<u+201c>bizarrely, once again he praised russia<u+2019>s strongman vladimir putin <u+2013> even taking the astonishing step of suggesting that he prefers the russian president to our american president,<u+201d> clinton said on the airport tarmac, in front of her campaign plane. <u+201c>now, that is not just unpatriotic and insulting to the people of our country as well as to our commander-in-chief <u+2013> it is scary.<u+201d>
on wednesday night, trump insisted his praise for putin was deserved because the russian president has an <u+201c>82% approval rating<u+201d>.
<u+201c>i think when he calls me brilliant, i<u+2019>ll take the compliment, ok?<u+201d> trump said.
trump has exchanged compliments with putin, though critics have said russia is meddling in the us election in order to tip the scales in trump<u+2019>s favor. until recently, trump<u+2019>s campaign was run by paul manafort, who previously worked in ukraine on behalf of a pro-russia candidate.
clinton and her campaign have suggested russia is using cyber-attacks to meddle in the us election, after a hack of the democratic national committee led to the resignation of the dnc chair, debbie wasserman schultz, just before the party<u+2019>s convention in philadelphia in july. trump has downplayed the severity of the intrusion and even invited <u+2013> sarcastically, he claimed <u+2013> russia to hack clinton<u+2019>s own emails.
on thursday, the house speaker, paul ryan, distanced himself from trump<u+2019>s remarks, accusing putin of conducting state-sponsored cyber-attacks <u+201c>on what appears to be [the us] political system<u+201d>.
<u+201c>vladimir putin is an aggressor who does not share our interests,<u+201d> ryan told reporters at a press conference in washington. <u+201c>vladimir putin is violating the sovereignty of neighboring countries. he is acting like an adversary.<u+201d>
ryan, who has endorsed trump, grew frustrated by questions about the republican nominee<u+2019>s remarks. he did not watch the forum event, he said, and did not wish to respond to every comment trump makes.
<u+201c>i<u+2019>m not going to stand up here and do a tit-for-tat on what donald said last night,<u+201d> ryan said.
in new york, clinton also criticized trump<u+2019>s remarks about us generals, who he said had been <u+201c>reduced to rubble<u+201d> under the leadership of president obama, to a degree that is <u+201c>embarrassing for our country<u+201d>.
<u+201c>what would ronald reagan say about a republican nominee who attacks america<u+2019>s generals and heaps praise on russia<u+2019>s president?<u+201d> clinton said. <u+201c>i think we know the answer.<u+201d>
clinton challenged republicans to denounce trump<u+2019>s comments. <u+201c>every republican holding or seeking office in this country should be asked if they agree with donald trump about these statements,<u+201d> she said.
in the forum, clinton and trump diverged on whether the us should deploy ground troops to iraq. clinton restated her opposition to sending a contingent of troops into syria and said she would not deploy ground troops to iraq <u+201c>ever again<u+201d>. trump disagreed.
<u+201c>we would leave a certain group behind and they would take the various sections where they have the oil,<u+201d> he said, regarding a policy apparently meant to prevent terror groups such as islamic state from gaining command of such a vital resource.
on thursday, clinton denounced this approach. <u+201c>the united states of america does not invade other countries to plunder and pillage,<u+201d> she said. <u+201c>we don<u+2019>t send our brave men and women around the world to steal oil.
<u+201c>and that<u+2019>s not even getting into the absurdity of what it would involve <u+2013> massive infrastructure, large numbers of troops, many years on the ground. of course, trump hasn<u+2019>t thought through any of that.<u+201d>
after the press conference, clinton departed for charlotte, north carolina, where she was due to hold a rally on thursday afternoon. | hillary clinton: 'unpatriotic' donald trump's praise of putin is 'scary' | noauthor | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | https://t4.rbxcdn.com/c5695e5f087535e2066dc473e03b1819 | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | nocountry | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | null | null | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | null | null | null | na | na | na | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | ti_cnn_train.parquet | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | 0.0 | na | na | na | na | na | na | nothread | na | 0.0 | 0.0 | 8.0 | 72.0 | 8.0 | 4307.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 7.0 | 0.0 | 304.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 70.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 22.0 | 14.0 | 8.0 | 4.0 | 14.0 | 6.0 | 9.0 | 6.0 | 13.0 | 25.0 | 19.0 | 311.0 | 70.0 | 22.0 | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na |
na | true | ti_cnn | real | na | na | na | na | na | na | train | na | na | a former marine was found guilty late tuesday of the 2013 shooting deaths of former navy seal chris kyle, the author of "american sniper," and his friend chad littlefield.
it took an erath county, texas jury less than two hours to convict eddie ray routh of capital murder. state district judge jason cashon sentenced routh to life in prison without the possibility of parole. prosecutors had not sought the death penalty in the case. routh's defense team said they would appeal the conviction.
"we have waited two years for god to get justice on behalf of our son," littlefield's mother, judy, told reporters outside the courthouse. "and as always, god has proven to be faithful, and we're so thrilled that we have the verdict that we have tonight."
chris kyle's widow, taya, was not in the courtroom when the verdict was read. earlier in the day, she had stormed out of the courtroom in the middle of the defense's closing arguments, whispering an expletive and slamming her hand on the wall as she walked out the door. at the time, attorneys were discussing how useful it would have been for routh's mother to have told chris kyle about her son's history of violence.
routh showed no visible emotion as the verdict was read, while kyle's brother and parents were among a group of the victims' families and friends who cried and held hands. they did not issue a statement.
jerry richardson, littlefield's half-brother, told routh that he "took the lives of two heroes, men who tried to be a friend to you, and you became an american disgrace." routh had no reaction.
texas gov. greg abbott tweeted "justice!" in response to the verdict.
routh, 27, had admitted to killing kyle and littlefield at a gun range on feb. 2, 2013 but pleaded not guilty. his attorneys and family members asserted that he suffers from psychotic episodes caused by post-traumatic stress disorder and other factors.
but prosecutors said tuesday that whatever episodes routh suffers are self-induced through alcohol and marijuana abuse.
in front of a packed courtroom, erath county assistant district attorney jane starnes and three defense attorneys made their case.
"that is not insanity. that is just cold, calculated capital murder," starnes said. "(routh) is guilty of capital murder and he was not by any means insane."
but defense attorneys contended that routh could not have realized what he was doing.
"he didn't kill those men because of who he wanted to be, he killed those men because he had a delusion," warren st. john said. "he thought that they were going to kill him."
kyle and littlefield took routh, who had deployed to iraq and earthquake-ravaged haiti, to a shooting range after routh's mother asked kyle to help her son cope with ptsd and other personal demons. interest in the trial had been partially driven by the blockbuster oscar-nominated film based on kyle's life.
routh's attorneys also pointed to the gunman's use of kyle's pickup truck after the shooting to purchase tacos at a drive-through window and run assorted errands as evidence of delusional behavior.
had routh been found not guilty by reason of insanity, the state could have moved to have him committed.
routh's attorneys pointed out that they needed only a preponderance of evidence for jurors to conclude routh was insane at the time of the shootings and therefore not guilty, a standard of proof well below what would be required to convict him of capital murder.
but prosecutors also noted that routh had apologized to kyle's family -- evidence, they said, of a guilty mind.
"this defendant gunned down two men in cold blood, in the back, in our county. find him guilty," erath county district attorney alan nash said.
kyle made more than 300 kills as a sniper for seal team 3, according to his own count. after leaving the military, he volunteered with veterans facing mental health problems, often taking them shooting.
fox news' jennifer girdon and the associated press contributed to this report. | former marine guilty of murder in 'american sniper' trial | noauthor | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | https://t4.rbxcdn.com/c5695e5f087535e2066dc473e03b1819 | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | nocountry | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | null | null | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | null | null | null | na | na | na | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | ti_cnn_train.parquet | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | 0.0 | na | na | na | na | na | na | nothread | na | 0.0 | 0.0 | 4.0 | 57.0 | 8.0 | 3993.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 8.0 | 0.0 | 230.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 77.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 30.0 | 25.0 | 9.0 | 8.0 | 26.0 | 4.0 | 22.0 | 4.0 | 23.0 | 30.0 | 17.0 | 238.0 | 77.0 | 30.0 | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na |
na | true | ti_cnn | real | na | na | na | na | na | na | train | na | na | after the paris attacks, americans are divided on obama<u+2019>s plan to let in 10,000 syrian refugees. the timing is good: thanksgiving can shed light on how much the nation<u+2019>s tradition of hospitality should influence this decision.
syria refugee nedal al-hayk works as a fabricator in warren, mich. several u.s. governors are threatening to halt efforts to allow syrian refugees into their states in the aftermath of the coordinated attacks in paris, though an immigration expert says they have no legal authority to do so.
just as americans prepare to express their hospitality toward others during thanksgiving, a national debate has erupted over another kind of hospitality: president obama<u+2019>s plan to welcome 10,000 syrian refugees into the united states. after the paris attacks, the plan has been widely challenged, not least by nearly half the us governors. they fear islamic state terrorists might slip in as <u+201c>sleepers<u+201d> among the refugees. others argue back that the us already rigorously vets all asylum seekers <u+2013> for as long as two years.
might thanksgiving, with all its traditions and meaning, shed some light on this debate?
the practice of welcoming strangers into one<u+2019>s home or community long precedes the first american thanksgiving, that autumn feast of 1621 when pilgrims and native americans expressed gratitude for either the harvest, each other, or god<u+2019>s mercy (or all of the above). hospitality is an ancient middle east virtue, rooted in the traditions of desert tribes and deeply encoded in the three abrahamic religions. in the scriptural book of hebrews, we read: <u+201c>be not forgetful to entertain strangers: for thereby some have entertained angels unawares.<u+201d>
hospitality, like thanksgiving, is a type of giving that treats others <u+2013> rich or poor, stranger or family <u+2013> as equals. in ancient days, this egalitarian focus was symbolized by the washing of a guest<u+2019>s feet. today it serves as a cornerstone for democracy. it is also the basis for the united nations refugee convention, in which a majority of the world<u+2019>s states have agreed to grant asylum to people deemed to be refugees.
in the us, a thanksgiving day was not an official holiday until lincoln made it one during the civil war. the woman who championed it, sarah hale, wrote in 1864: <u+201c>let us each see to it that on this one day there shall be no family or individual, within the compass of our means to help, who shall not have some portion prepared, and some reason to join in the general thanksgiving.<u+201d>
granting permanent asylum in the us to a refugee, of course, is not the same as sharing a turkey dinner with a stranger. today<u+2019>s modern nation-states are careful about who crosses their borders, either to prevent problems or to enhance their society. but with 1 in every 122 people now either a refugee, internally displaced, or seeking asylum, the need for hospitality is great. and in hospitality a nation can find its greatness. | thanksgiving lessons for the syrian refugee debate | noauthor | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | https://t4.rbxcdn.com/c5695e5f087535e2066dc473e03b1819 | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | nocountry | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | null | null | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | null | null | null | na | na | na | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | ti_cnn_train.parquet | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | 0.0 | na | na | na | na | na | na | nothread | na | 0.0 | 0.0 | 4.0 | 50.0 | 8.0 | 2922.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3.0 | 0.0 | 209.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 55.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 44.0 | 6.0 | 9.0 | 3.0 | 10.0 | 13.0 | 5.0 | 3.0 | 19.0 | 12.0 | 42.0 | 212.0 | 56.0 | 44.0 | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na |
na | true | ti_cnn | real | na | na | na | na | na | na | train | na | na | turkey says it shot down a russian warplane near border with syria
turkey says that after issuing 10 warnings in five minutes, two of its f-16s shot down a russian warplane that turkey claims violated its airspace.
on twitter, russia's defense ministry said its sukhoi su-24 was flying "only within the borders of syrian territory." its pilots, the russians said, appear to have ejected.
later in the day, russian president vladimir putin called the action a "stab in the back by the terrorists' accomplices."
according to the associated press, putin went on to say that there would be "significant consequences."
"we will never tolerate such atrocities as happened today and we hope that the international community will find the strength to join forces and fight this evil," putin said.
the ap published video that appears to show a damaged warplane crash into a hillside. the video, shot from turkey's hatay province, then appears to show the pilots parachuting down:
the washington post reports that russia initially disputed turkey's version of events, saying the plane was likely downed "due to shelling from the ground."
update at 3 p.m. et: body of one pilot found
a spokesman for a syrian rebel group called the 10th coastal brigade told npr's alison meuse that it had the body of one of the russian pilots and also released a video showing the body. the group said the pilot was dead when it found him. he could have been killed in the shoot-down of his jet, when he came under fire during his parachute descent or in a barrage of fire that the rebels laid down to prevent the pilots from heading to a regime-held area nearby.
the spokesman said the group does not know the condition or whereabouts of the second pilot. he may have run to regime-held areas.
update at 3:10 p.m. et: rebels say they downed copter
another syrian rebel group, the first coastal division, tells npr that it destroyed a russian helicopter that had landed about 7 km from the area where the russian jet was downed.
the helicopter was shot down by a tow missile provided by a covert u.s. program to support syrian rebels, according to the media director for the group, which is part of the free syrian army coalition.
the media director did not have information on the russian crew of the helicopter. the group has released a video purporting to show the attack on the helicopter, showing it engulfed in a huge explosion.
nato officials held an extraordinary meeting to discuss the incident. afterward, nato's secretary general jens stoltenberg released a statement saying, "we stand in solidarity with turkey and support the territorial integrity of our nato ally, turkey":
the downing of the warplane figured into today's white house meeting between president obama and french president francois hollande, who is trying to shore up support following the recent attacks in paris.
obama said turkey had the right to defend its territory. but he also said both sides need to find out what happened and to "discourage any kind of escalation." the president added: | turkey says it shot down a russian warplane near border with syria | noauthor | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | https://t4.rbxcdn.com/c5695e5f087535e2066dc473e03b1819 | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | nocountry | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | null | null | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | null | null | null | na | na | na | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | ti_cnn_train.parquet | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | 0.0 | na | na | na | na | na | na | nothread | na | 0.0 | 0.0 | 10.0 | 66.0 | 8.0 | 3064.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 5.0 | 0.0 | 212.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 74.0 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 26.0 | 11.0 | 3.0 | 1.0 | 21.0 | 5.0 | 9.0 | 7.0 | 18.0 | 14.0 | 23.0 | 217.0 | 74.0 | 28.0 | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na |
na | true | ti_cnn | real | na | na | na | na | na | na | train | na | na | donald trump addressed great faith ministries international, a predominately black church, in detroit on saturday. he delivered a focused message on unity and the importance of faith in healing a divided nation.
the republican nominee was greeted warmly by congregants. although he is not wildly popular among their voting bloc, his message resonated with the faith community.
"for centuries, the african american church has been the conscience of our country," trump told the congregation.
"i will always support your church <u+2014> always <u+2014> and defend your right to worship," he added. "i hope my presence here will also help your voice to reach new audiences in our country and many of these audiences desperately need your spirit and your thought."
trump sympathized with the group, telling them that he wants a country that ensures a right for everyone to a great education and to live in safety and peace.
"i fully understand that the african-american community has suffered from discrimination and there are many wrongs that should be made right," he said.
trump's visit comes shortly after hiring former apprentice star omarosa manigault as the director of african-american outreach with the hopes of securing the minority vote. trump was also joined by former republican presidential candidate ben carson.
"today, i just want to let you know i am here to listen to you and i am doing that," trump said, adding that as a leader he wants to "step into the community and learn what is going on."
the billionaire mogul did just that as he swayed quietly while the church choir sang "what a mighty god we serve." later he was donned with a prayer shawl by the church's pastor, bishop wayne jackson, and given a jewish heritage study bible.
"this is a prayer shawl straight from israel. whenever you're flying from coast to coast -- i know you just came back from mexico and you'll be flying from city to city -- there is an anointing. and anointing is the power of god," jackson said. "it's going to be sometimes in your life that you're going to feel forsaken, you're going to feel down, but the anointing is going to lift you up. i prayed over this personally and i fasted over it, and i wanted to just put this on you."
trump closed his speech by reading 1 john 4:12, 'no one has ever seen god but if we love one another, god lives in us and his love is made complete in us.' and that's so true," he said.
some of the congregants walked away loving trump and others said they felt no differently about him.
booker sawyer iii, a real estate agent, told abc news he was pleased with what he saw.
"it's a blessing to have him here because we just want to hear -- be open to what he has to say," he said.
carol thomas told the news organization that she has been offended by the things he has said in the past, but that his visit was a "smart move."
"at least he can have somebody he can talk to, somebody that is on his level as far as economically, that he can see that all a black people are not so impoverished or we need so much help, because some people have arrived and helped themselves," she said.
jacqueline wilson, a cashier and a church member, was reluctant to give her political opinion but referred to the bible when speaking on trump.
"god says judge no man because you shall be judged," she said. "it's not about democrat or republican, it's about who has god's potential." | trump brings message of faith, unity to black church | noauthor | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | https://t4.rbxcdn.com/c5695e5f087535e2066dc473e03b1819 | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | nocountry | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | null | null | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | null | null | null | na | na | na | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | ti_cnn_train.parquet | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | 0.0 | na | na | na | na | na | na | nothread | na | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.0 | 52.0 | 8.0 | 3404.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 4.0 | 0.0 | 228.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 74.0 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 30.0 | 5.0 | 16.0 | 2.0 | 7.0 | 21.0 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 33.0 | 10.0 | 45.0 | 232.0 | 74.0 | 32.0 | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na |
na | true | ti_cnn | real | na | na | na | na | na | na | train | na | na | killing obama administration rules, dismantling obamacare and pushing through tax reform are on the early to-do list. | obamacare's unlikely no. 1 city | noauthor | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | https://t4.rbxcdn.com/c5695e5f087535e2066dc473e03b1819 | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | nocountry | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | null | null | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | null | null | null | na | na | na | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | ti_cnn_train.parquet | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | 0.0 | na | na | na | na | na | na | nothread | na | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 31.0 | 8.0 | 117.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 10.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.0 | 1.0 | 12.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na |
na | true | ti_cnn | real | na | na | na | na | na | na | train | na | na | what are so few trainers going to do in an iraq besieged by the islamic state? they send a message.
president obama<u+2019>s decision to send an additional 450 troops to iraq to train mostly sunni fighters for the battle to oust the islamic state is a modest gesture aimed at a very big problem <u+2013> iraq<u+2019>s wide and deepening sectarian divide between shiite and sunni muslims.
the new trainers, expected to arrive in iraq within a few days, will go to a different location from the 3,050 united states soldiers already in iraq and assisting in the training and equipping of iraqi security forces.
the difference is that the objective of the new site will be to train and arm sunnis who have largely been excluded from other efforts at building up iraq<u+2019>s security forces. this is a priority that obama administration officials describe as crucial to the effort to reverse the territorial gains of the islamic state and ultimately push it out of iraq.
<u+201c>it<u+2019>s critically important to get the sunnis in the main security forces,<u+201d> said elissa slotkin, assistant secretary of defense for international security affairs, in a teleconference with reporters wednesday. <u+201c>that<u+2019>s another reason we want <u+2026> us forces on the ground,<u+201d> she adds, <u+201c>to help facilitate that conversation<u+201d> about ensuring that iraq will <u+201c>have the military represent the people who are resident in iraq.<u+201d>
the new training site at taqaddum air base is significant <u+2013> and not just because it was the launch pad for the thousands of us marines who fought for months in 2007 to take back the nearby city of fallujah from sunni insurgents. it was those same extremists who rose from defeat to regroup in war-ravaged syria and form the islamic state.
taqaddum (the marines simply called it <u+201c>tq<u+201d>) is located outside ramadi, the capital of the sunni-dominated anbar province that islamic state militants have largely controlled since sweeping into iraq from syria a year ago.
now it will be the goal of the us trainers at tq to build a fighting force, drawn largely from local sunni tribes, to spearhead the fight to take back ramadi, which fell to the islamic state last month, and begin pushing the extremists out of anbar.
it is a very tall order <u+2013> and one that stands virtually no chance of succeeding in the absence of broad political reforms by the shiite-led government in baghdad that address the deep marginalization and political exclusion of iraq<u+2019>s sunnis. that alienation has left many sunnis either indifferent to islamic state gains or in some cases even sympathetic to them.
mr. obama<u+2019>s order reflects a request from iraqi prime minister haider al-abadi for more help for the fight to retake lost territory from the islamic state. but it is also an attempt to emphasize the president<u+2019>s conviction that no amount of us assistance can succeed without an <u+201c>inclusive<u+201d> government in baghdad and sunni buy-in to the new iraq.
just days ago at the group of seven meeting of leading industrialized nations in germany, obama essentially said that the us had too many trainers in iraq already, speaking of <u+201c>more training capacity than we<u+2019>ve got recruits.<u+201d> but obama has made it clear he believes what<u+2019>s lacking is a military that includes all of iraq<u+2019>s communities <u+2013> and in particular the disenfranchised sunnis.
"you've had in the past, some of the sunni tribes who have not joined the regular iraqi security forces <u+2013> because of some of the political tensions and divisions in iraqi politics over the last several years," said ben rhodes, deputy national security adviser for strategic communications, on the same teleconference. "part of what we're aiming to do ... is to provide different pipelines for iraqis to get into the fight under the umbrella of the iraqi security forces."
addressing the iraqi shortcomings after meeting monday with mr. abadi on the margins of the g7 summit, obama zeroed in on the sectarian factor.
iraq<u+2019>s sunnis are <u+201c>willing and prepared to fight,<u+201d> he said, but bringing them into the security forces and training programs <u+201c>has not been happening as fast as it needs to.<u+201d>
obama<u+2019>s decision is also intended to bolster abadi, a shiite politician facing opposition within the iraqi government to any gestures toward the sunnis. the administration views abadi as open to political reforms but hesitant before the stiff headwinds he<u+2019>s encountering from more-hardline shiites.
in addition, the plan to empower iraq<u+2019>s sunnis is intended as something of a counterbalance to iran<u+2019>s growing influence in iraq. iran is advising and equipping the shiite militias that have filled the void left by a collapsed iraqi army and police force.
but those militias have also deepened the wedge between shiites and sunnis, with many shiites welcoming their (and iran<u+2019>s) growing influence while sunnis accuse them of abuses and serving shiite purposes.
obama has consistently said the fight to oust the islamic state is one the iraqis have to win themselves, and wednesday<u+2019>s announcement only underscores that perspective. by sending 450 additional trainers to iraq, obama can hardly hope to heal iraq<u+2019>s sectarian divide. but the step may at least test whether the iraqi will and intent are there to do it. | why did obama send another 450 trainers to iraq? (+video) | noauthor | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | https://t4.rbxcdn.com/c5695e5f087535e2066dc473e03b1819 | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | nocountry | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | null | null | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | null | null | null | na | na | na | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | ti_cnn_train.parquet | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | 0.0 | na | na | na | na | na | na | nothread | na | 0.0 | 0.0 | 7.0 | 57.0 | 8.0 | 5177.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 4.0 | 0.0 | 458.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 92.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 70.0 | 10.0 | 14.0 | 3.0 | 13.0 | 5.0 | 9.0 | 3.0 | 21.0 | 21.0 | 35.0 | 462.0 | 93.0 | 70.0 | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na |
na | true | ti_cnn | real | na | na | na | na | na | na | train | na | na | presidential campaigns are always studies in contrast, but rarely have the differences between the two major party nominees <u+2014> and the kind of campaigns they plan to run <u+2014> been as stark and as unusual as those between hillary clinton and donald trump.
his political instincts are as rash as hers are cautious. her policy proposals are as detailed and numerous as his are broad and few in numbers. her public appearances are controlled and careful. his are the political equivalent of <u+201c>the truman show.<u+201d> she says he is unqualified to be president. he says she is unfit to serve.
there are certainly ideological differences between the two. but this is not an election that presents voters with the kind of choice they had in 2012. president obama and former massachusetts governor mitt romney had sharply different views about social and cultural issues, the size and scope of government, the best ways to create jobs, and projecting u.s. power abroad.
some democrats probably would take issue with the suggestion that the ideological divisions between trump and clinton are less clear than those between romney and obama. the clinton team will appeal to her base with many of the same arguments obama used against the gop nominee four years ago.
but trump is not romney. if the policy differences between clinton and trump were the same as those between obama and romney, conservative intellectuals (and many gop elected officials) would be far more comfortable with trump as their presumptive nominee.
ideological consistency is not part of his trump<u+2019>s political dna. he has been on various sides of various issues <u+2014> in this campaign and in past years. he will campaign to clinton<u+2019>s right on issues such as immigration, gun rights, abortion and repealing the affordable care act. he will crowd her from the left on things like trade (though she has shifted on that issue), infrastructure spending and the use of military force.
that<u+2019>s only a small part of what makes the coming campaign so intriguing. the ways in which clinton and trump will run their campaigns could be as defining as where they stand on this or that issue. a walk through their campaign offices hints at these differences.
clinton<u+2019>s headquarters is sprawling in its size and population, projecting a leave-nothing-to-chance philosophy. her campaign operates out of two spacious floors in a brooklyn office building that features spectacular views of lower manhattan. the quarters reflect some sensibilities of a tech start-up, but with a corporate overlay.
trump<u+2019>s campaign headquarters is on a floor of trump tower in midtown manhattan. the space is small and cramped in comparison to clinton<u+2019>s, populated by only a handful of people. the office has an industrial quality to it, having once been used for building sets for the reality tv show <u+201c>the apprentice.<u+201d>
there are plans to expand elsewhere in the building to meet the demands of a presumptive nominee, and trump has set up a washington office. but compared with clinton and by normal standards, the trump campaign has been a minuscule organization, operating largely from the visceral instincts of the candidate. for a long period of time, the inner circle numbered just five people.
clinton<u+2019>s campaign has been built on a foundation of successful recent campaigns, particularly those of obama in 2008 and 2012. it will have massive organizations in the battleground states <u+2014> paid staff and volunteers. they will be backed by prodigious amounts of research <u+2014> polling data, focus group findings, voter data, analytics and modeling <u+2014> designed to draw a detailed picture of the battleground electorates.
the campaign is beginning serious analysis of those electorates. in some states where the demographics are more challenging, the clinton team will seek to persuade undecided or wavering voters to carry the day. in others, such as florida, where the demographics are more favorable to the democrats, the campaign probably will focus more on registering those who haven<u+2019>t participated in the past and then mobilize every possible democratic voter to turn out.
trump consumes and spouts polling data around the clock, using it as a justification for his candidacy and how he conducts himself. yet he has just now hired a pollster, having rejected the need for one in the primaries. he shows little personal interest in the need for the kind of data and analytics now considered a requirement of modern campaigns.
his expanded team is building state organizations and deepening ties with the republican national committee for additional muscle. but his get-out-the-vote operation may never be as comprehensive as clinton<u+2019>s, although his advisers say their primary state organizations were better and deeper than they<u+2019>ve been given credit for.
where the real differences will come into play are the campaign and communication skills of the candidates. trump has broken rules in the primaries and shows little inclination to change. he is indiscriminate in doling out interviews <u+2014> he talks to everybody all the time <u+2014> and is both strategic and undisciplined about the way he communicates. clinton is far more controlled, parceling out television interviews and avoiding real interactions with the reporters who have been traveling with her for the past year.
trump will dominate the hourly news cycle conversation and will be merciless in his attacks on clinton, as he was against his republican opponents. her advisers are not convinced that what worked for him in the primaries will be successful with the broader electorate. they have been studying him, culling information from those who know how he operates as a way of determining the most effective ways of responding. they aren<u+2019>t sure they<u+2019>ve cracked the case.
clinton will not be the main respondent to trump. though she has begun to attack trump in her campaign appearances, campaign officials and surrogates will carry most of the load of answering back as needed. whether that can break through in an environment in which trump<u+2019>s voice speaks loudly is the issue.
clinton will focus on what she would do to make people<u+2019>s lives better <u+2014> a message that has generated little excitement during the primaries. to the extent she talks about trump, her message will be the obvious: that a trump presidency is too risky in all respects. he will try to blow past all that in an effort to galvanize those voters sick of the status quo and paint her as a representative of a tired past.
her advisers think she has the discipline and an outer shell tough enough to prevent him from provoking her unnecessarily. in turn, they think she and they can get under his skin and divert his attention from the factors that will determine how people vote. trump<u+2019>s team thinks she doesn<u+2019>t understand the mood of the electorate.
clinton has never met an opponent like trump or run in such a campaign environment as the one that will unfold over the next five-plus months. that reality will animate the election and dictate the tone and pace of the campaign <u+2014> though not necessarily the outcome. | is clinton ready for the wild west campaign of donald trump? | noauthor | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | https://t4.rbxcdn.com/c5695e5f087535e2066dc473e03b1819 | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | nocountry | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | null | null | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | null | null | null | na | na | na | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | ti_cnn_train.parquet | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | 0.0 | na | na | na | na | na | na | nothread | na | 0.0 | 0.0 | 4.0 | 60.0 | 8.0 | 7074.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 4.0 | 0.0 | 489.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 164.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 45.0 | 11.0 | 22.0 | 5.0 | 21.0 | 7.0 | 9.0 | 12.0 | 31.0 | 29.0 | 44.0 | 493.0 | 165.0 | 45.0 | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na |
na | true | ti_cnn | real | na | na | na | na | na | na | train | na | na | growing evidence is leading investigators to believe a bomb may have downed the russian passenger plane over the sinai this past weekend.
a u.s. official, speaking on condition of anonymity, says intercepted communications played a role in the tentative conclusion that the islamic state group's sinai affiliate planted an explosive device on the plane.
but the official says there has been no formal judgment because forensic evidence from the blast site, including the airplane's black box, are still being analyzed.
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meanwhile, intelligence analysts say they don't believe the operation was ordered by isis leaders in raqqa, syria. rather, they believe that if it were a bombing, it was planned and executed by the islamic state's affiliate in the sinai, which operates autonomously.
cbn news terrorism analyst erick stakelbeck says if isis claims responsibility for something, they're usually right.
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"isis has had a pretty good track record [when it comes to] responsibility," stakelbeck said. "when they claim responsibility for an attack, it usually does turn out to be them. we don't know so far in this case, but isis has not been known to go out on a limb and say something that they didn't do."
*click below to watch cbn's terrorism analyst erick stakelbeck, chief international reporter gary lane, and senior international reporter george thomas discuss the implications of this event.
the british government did not wait to take action to protect its tourists.
"there will be no u.k. passenger flights out to sharm el-sheikh from now [on]," u.k. foreign secretary phillip hammond said. "passengers who are on the ground in sharm el-sheikh will be returned to the u.k.
some british tourists were not happy about the move.
"i would prefer to come here and make my own decision, rather than the government tell us i couldn't go," british tourist julie wattenberg said.
"it would be a really bad decision because i think that nowadays, this could happen anywhere in the world," another tourist from great britain, helen collins, said. "you need to live your life and not let the terrorists win."
investigators will now be looking at how a bomb might have gotten on board.
"what these aviation experts from the u.k. are going to be looking at is was it possible someone who worked for one of the airlines, [like] a grounds crew person, actually went in and planted that bomb," cbn news chief international correspondent gary lane said.
russian teams are now wrapping up their search for human remains from the saturday crash that killed all 224 people onboard. only 140 bodies have been recovered so far. | isis suspected in russia crash: what it means | noauthor | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | https://t4.rbxcdn.com/c5695e5f087535e2066dc473e03b1819 | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | nocountry | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | null | null | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | null | null | null | na | na | na | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | ti_cnn_train.parquet | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | 0.0 | na | na | na | na | na | na | nothread | na | 1.0 | 0.0 | 7.0 | 45.0 | 8.0 | 2631.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 8.0 | 0.0 | 204.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 46.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 25.0 | 6.0 | 11.0 | 3.0 | 14.0 | 4.0 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 13.0 | 14.0 | 11.0 | 212.0 | 46.0 | 26.0 | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na |
na | true | ti_cnn | real | na | na | na | na | na | na | train | na | na | the state that hosts the nation's first presidential primary will hold its first can't-miss event for the republican field of 2016 presidential contenders -- the first-in-the-nation republican leadership summit -- on friday and saturday.
new hampshire's blend of rockefeller republicans and tea party faithful can make it tricky terrain for republicans, who will play to a more socially conservative base in iowa than they'll find in the granite state.
but the wide array of candidates -- which range form libertarian-inclined rand paul, to brassy east coaster chris christie to culturally conservative scott walker -- have plans to test the waters, fanning out across the state over the weekend for additional speeches, meetings, fundraisers and meet-and-greets of their own.
and once they've left, democratic front-runner hillary clinton will be in town. a week after kicking off her presidential campaign and on the heels of a three-day swing through iowa, clinton will be in new hampshire on monday and tuesday. she is scheduled for similarly small-scale events as her iowa trip: roundtables with students, educators and business leaders, as well as private meetings with democratic activists and officials, a campaign aide said. though republicans can face challenges in new hampshire, it's a place that's treated the clintons well. bill clinton found his political resurrection in the granite state during his 1992 campaign, and it's where hillary salvaged her cratering 2008 campaign as well. she eventually succumbed to eventual democratic nominee barack obama, but not until after many more months of campaigning thanks in large part to her surprise win in the new england primary. new hampshire voters are proud -- and protective -- of their first-in-the-nation primary status. iowa voters weigh in first, but they attend caucuses, rather than casting ballots like they would in a general election. though the primary date hasn't been set yet, it will likely be in late january or early february 2016. from now until then, though, new hampshire voters are sure to see plenty of 2016 candidates, particularly from the broad republican field as the candidates jockey for momentum. the entire gop field -- declared and undeclared candidates -- gets their first taste of the "live free or die" state at the first-in-the-nation republican leadership summit hosted by the new hampshire republican party on friday and saturday in nashua. candidates are scheduled to deliver speeches throughout both days. leading up to and following the summit, presidential hopefuls have packed their schedules. new jersey gov. chris christie was on hand for town halls; former florida gov. jeb bush scheduled several meetings with voters and the press; and wisconsin gov. scott walker will hold a meet-and-greet on sunday. | political world's eyes on new hampshire | noauthor | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | https://t4.rbxcdn.com/c5695e5f087535e2066dc473e03b1819 | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | nocountry | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | null | null | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | null | null | null | na | na | na | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | ti_cnn_train.parquet | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | 0.0 | na | na | na | na | na | na | nothread | na | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 39.0 | 8.0 | 2813.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3.0 | 0.0 | 188.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 51.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 24.0 | 2.0 | 4.0 | 0.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 8.0 | 4.0 | 10.0 | 191.0 | 51.0 | 25.0 | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na |
na | true | ti_cnn | real | na | na | na | na | na | na | train | na | na | the upcoming supreme court decision on the affordable care act could wipe out insurance for millions of people covered by the president<u+2019>s health care plan, leaving states that didn't set up their own health care markets scrambling to subsidize coverage for those left uninsured.
twenty-six of the 34 states that would be hardest hit by the ruling have gop governors. twenty-two of the 24 senate seats that are up for re-election in 2016 are currently held by republicans. what that means is that it<u+2019>s the gop <u+2013> and not the white house <u+2013>that<u+2019>s working on damage control.
president obama<u+2019>s landmark legislation offers subsidized private insurance to those without access to it on the job. in the supreme court case, opponents of the law argue that its literal wording allows the government to subsidize coverage only in states that set up their own health insurance markets.
the justices will determine whether the law makes people in all 50 states eligible for federal tax subsidies -- or just those who live in states that created their own health insurance marketplaces. the question matters because about three dozen states opted against their own marketplace, or exchange, and instead rely on the u.s. health and human services department<u+2019>s healthcare.gov.
if the court rules against the obama administration, insurance subsidies for people in those states would be in jeopardy.
if the court invalidates the subsidies in those states, the results would be <u+201c>ugly,<u+201d> former kansas insurance commissioner sandy praeger told the associated press.
"people who are reasonably healthy would just drop coverage," she said. "only the unhealthy would keep buying health care. it would really exacerbate the problem of the cost of health insurance."
praeger, a republican who retired this year, called it "a classic death spiral," using a term for market collapse.
in march, the supreme court appeared divided along ideological lines after hearing the challenge that, if struck down, could affect up to 8 million policy holders.
if the subsidies survive, the aca will look like settled law to all but a few passionate opponents. however, if they are overturned, the shock could carry into next year<u+2019>s elections.
here are just a few of the potential consequences:
around the time when the court announces its decision, insurers will be working to finalize premiums and plans for the coming year. contracts with the government for 2016 health law coverage have to be signed by early fall. if the subsidies are overturned, insurers would have to tear up their projections about markets in more than half the states.
populous states such as texas, florida, ohio, illinois, new jersey, georgia and pennsylvania would be among those affected.
state lawmakers could mitigate the impact by setting up their own insurance markets, or exchanges. but that can't be done overnight.
states might try authorizing an exchange, and then contracting with the federal government to run it. but that sort of end-run might prompt lawsuits from opponents of the law.
in any case, most state legislatures will be out of session by the summer.
during arguments, associate justice samuel alito raised the possibility that the court might be able to delay the effective date of its decision. even a delay through the end of this year wouldn't buy much time. enrollment for 2016 health law plans is scheduled to start nov. 1.
the health law was designed as a balancing act. insurers can't turn people away because of health problems, but most healthy people are required to contribute to the insurance pool, and the government subsidizes most of the premium for low- to middle-income households.
take away subsidies, and the other two parts become unstable.
the law's requirement to carry insurance, never popular, would probably become the biggest target for repeal.
"my guess is there would be overwhelming political support for the elimination of the individual mandate if people can't afford the premiums," said former sen. tom daschle, d-s.d., who was an influential obama adviser on health care.
insurers would demand relief from provisions of the law intended to limit premium increases, or they might drop out of the insurance exchanges.
sticker shock for self-pay customers
many people still buy individual health care policies directly from an insurance company, bypassing the law's markets and paying the full cost. they tend to be small-business owners, self-employed professionals and early retirees.
but even they would not escape the tumult in states losing subsidies.
the health law created one big insurance pool in each state, combining customers who purchase their policies directly with those who buy through the government market. if healthy people exit the insurance exchanges in droves, premiums for those buying directly would go up. some may be unable to afford the higher cost.
"it would set off cascading events," said larry levitt of the nonpartisan kaiser family foundation. "the individual market would empty out as premiums rise significantly."
leading congressional republicans have been walking a fine line, opposing the law in the supreme court case while pledging to protect consumers if their side wins.
if the subsidies are overturned, republicans will first try blaming obama and the democrats for writing flawed legislation and then trying to paper over problems with regulations. then they'll move ahead with a patch to appease angry constituents.
a bill introduced by sen. ron johnson, r-wis., would continue the subsidies for existing customers only on the federal exchange until september 2017. that would open a window for states to act, but it would ultimately leave the problem for the next president and congress. senate majority leader mitch mcconnell, r-ky., is a co-sponsor.
johnson's bill would repeal the requirements for individuals to have insurance and for larger employers to offer coverage to workers.
obama is unlikely to accept any of those changes.
"the president is likely to veto whatever we would propose, because we don't have a willing partner," said sen. john barrasso, r-wyo., leader of a gop working group on health care.
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na | true | ti_cnn | real | na | na | na | na | na | na | train | na | na | a verdict in 2017 could have sweeping consequences for tech startups. | rubio looks to april 13 miami launch | noauthor | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | https://t4.rbxcdn.com/c5695e5f087535e2066dc473e03b1819 | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | nocountry | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | null | null | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | null | null | null | na | na | na | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | ti_cnn_train.parquet | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | 0.0 | na | na | na | na | na | na | nothread | na | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 36.0 | 8.0 | 69.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 4.0 | 0.0 | 3.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 7.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na |
na | true | ti_cnn | real | na | na | na | na | na | na | train | na | na | it sounds corny to say it like that, but i don<u+2019>t know how to say it and be believed. i know that because, having experienced this emotion from the inside for most of my life, i sure as hell resisted believing it when i heard people saying it.
there<u+2019>s no one more resistant to being empathized with or more prone to call attempts to do so <u+201c>patronizing<u+201d> than the bitter lonely guy, especially when women try to do it but even when other nerdy guys try to reach out. people like captain awkward and dr. nerdlove and the founders of the good men project spend huge chunks of their lives trying to help nerdy guys, but still get regularly blasted with extreme vitriol as <u+201c>feminist sjws<u+201d> by said nerdy guys.
i<u+2019>ve tried to write sympathetically about this stuff in the past: the guilt, the shame, the constant feelings of inadequacy. indeed, part of the reason i am so determined to write and speak up and be an activist is a shamefaced admission of how lucky i<u+2019>ve been to get away from where i was a few short years ago, how amazing a turning point 2014 was for me while being a terrible year for everyone else.
the viral meme that inaugurated 2015 as the new year of the bitter male nerd is mit professor scott aaronson leaving an emotionally vulnerable comment on his blog during a heated argument about misogyny and sexual harassment in the stem community.
he talks about how in the <u+201c>battle of the sexes,<u+201d> awkward shy guys damn sure don<u+2019>t feel <u+201c>privileged.<u+201d> how he, in particular, was plagued with guilt and fear over approaching women, constantly self-castigating over the possibility that he was a sexual harasser or a rapist, to the point where he asked a therapist about the possibility of chemical castration. he talks of reading andrea dworkin and other radical feminists who make him feel, as a man, like a monster.
and he concludes as a result of this that feminism is a destructive force for men like him, that the bias of the world is tilted in favor of women and women<u+2019>s issues because everyone is talking about how to help victims of harassment and sexual assault and no one is talking about how to help him.
and it sucks. i<u+2019>m not trying to deny that it sucks. although i was never as bad off as scott aaronson i<u+2019>ve felt a lot of those feelings and, more importantly, i<u+2019>ve known my share of guys who were that bad off. it seems in every group of nerdy guys i<u+2019>ve known there<u+2019>s one guy who<u+2019>s trapped in a feedback loop of anxiety and self-loathing when it comes to women that goes around and around in circles.
feminists on the internet have tried to respond to aaronson<u+2019>s piece, some sympathetically, some less so.
i don<u+2019>t want to rehash all the points amanda marcotte and laurie penny made. nor do i have some magic way of squaring the circle and making everything okay for guys like scott <u+2014> for both him and me, high school was a long time ago, and the only thing that really heals these wounds isn<u+2019>t any stirring speech or specific program of self-improvement but just time.
but i will say something that, as a guy who<u+2019>s been there, seems obvious to me and necessary to say.
none of the pain scott talks about came from things that happened to him. they came from things that happened inside his head. he speaks in generalities about <u+201c>sexual assault prevention workshops,<u+201d> or of feeling targeted by feminist literature <u+2014> himself saying that he was perversely drawn to the most radical and aggressive rhetoric he could find, eschewing more moderate writers for the firebreathing of dworkin and mackinnon.
he doesn<u+2019>t talk about anyone targeting or harassing him personally <u+2014> indeed, how could he be targeted by books written by second-wave feminists when he was a toddler? <u+2014> but of feeling targeted, of having an accusatory voice inside his mind tormenting him with a pervasive sense of inadequacy, uncleanness, wrongness. it doesn<u+2019>t seem like anyone in his life was particularly giving him a hard time, but that he was giving himself a hard time and picking up on any critical or negative messages directed at men in general as a way to amplify his negative thoughts.
as someone who<u+2019>s no stranger to those conditions we call depression and anxiety, i can relate to scott. as someone whose circle of friends is also no stranger to those conditions, and as someone who<u+2019>s read david foster wallace<u+2019>s seminal take on the topic, i also can<u+2019>t blame anyone for being frustrated with scott.
depression, at its core, doesn<u+2019>t really make sense, but it<u+2019>s really great at hijacking the rest of your brain to make itself make sense, and when the depressed person in question is highly intelligent, you end up with an immaculately logical tower of reasoning for why their depression is wholly rational and inevitable.
that<u+2019>s how i feel when i look at scott<u+2019>s impassioned argument that the dating scene is set up to grind <u+201c>shy awkward nerds<u+201d> into the dirt while letting jockish <u+201c>neanderthals<u+201d> have all the women they want. i could point out plenty of evidence, statistical and anecdotal, that this is not in fact the case, as commenters in that thread in fact do <u+2014> but what would be the point? you can<u+2019>t argue with emotions that deeply ingrained.
what<u+2019>s striking to me is that this comes up because scott very passionately wants to debate that nerds don<u+2019>t have <u+201c>male privilege<u+201d> and that nerdy guys are the victims, not perpetrators, of sexism. he is arguing this to a commenter posting under the name <u+201c>amy,<u+201d> who argues that shy, nerdy guys are in fact plenty dangerous on the grounds that she has been raped by a shy, nerdy boyfriend, and that in her life experience around shy, nerdy guys she<u+2019>s seen plenty of shy, nerdy guys commit harassment and assault and use their shy nerdiness as a shield against culpability for it.
to be blunt, scott<u+2019>s story is about scott himself spending a lot of time by himself hating himself. when he eventually stops hating himself and, as an older, more mature nerd, asks women out, no women mace him, slap him or ritually humiliate him <u+2014> instead he ends up with a girlfriend who ends up becoming a wife. so far, so typical. amy<u+2019>s story is about being harassed and groped by men in the tech world and, eventually, being raped by a shy, nerdy guy she thought she trusted. so far, so also typical. what<u+2019>s the biggest difference between scott<u+2019>s and amy<u+2019>s stories? scott<u+2019>s story is about things that happened inside his brain. amy<u+2019>s story is about actual things that were done to her by other people against her will, without her control. and scott, and his commenters, are treating the two as worthy of equivalent degrees of scrutiny. this isn<u+2019>t a new or unique instance of this kind of blind spot going on. we all know about the gamergate firestorm where a bunch of anonymous guys on the internet felt harassed and insulted by an article making general criticisms about <u+201c>gamer culture<u+201d> as a whole and deciding to react by harassing specific, individual women, including calling a swat team to someone<u+2019>s house, and treating it as though these two things are equivalent. it<u+2019>s similar to an earlier instance when <u+201c>nerd persecution<u+201d> was cried, when rebecca watson talked publicly about being made to feel uncomfortable in an elevator at a conference for atheist thinkers by a guy hitting on her at 4:00 a.m. watson didn<u+2019>t name the guy, didn<u+2019>t share the guy<u+2019>s social media handle, didn<u+2019>t show a photo of the guy. the guy remains anonymous to this day. she wasn<u+2019>t even particularly mean to him <u+2014> her <u+201c>guys, don<u+2019>t do that<u+201d> is exactly the kind of blunt, well-intentioned advice guys like scott say they want. but people acted like watson, by speaking up about something a guy did to make her feel uncomfortable, had viciously attacked the guy <u+2014> and, by extension, viciously attacked all shy, awkward guys <u+2014> and therefore felt justified in viciously attacking her in return. this turns out to be a pattern. for most of us, sex is a big part of our lives, and our relationship to gender therefore a weighted and fraught thing. we all have hang-ups and neuroses, and they<u+2019>re much more likely to manifest in the way we see sexual attraction and relationships than in the way we do our taxes. no one actually said men have it easy. but men are the ones who by and large get to deal with this as an internal matter. women are the ones who have to deal with internal hang-ups and, as laurie penny points out in her piece, external threats from other people. guys deal with women in the abstract, as a category; women deal with specific men who physically threaten them. guys claim to be harassed more often online than women do, but when guys are <u+201c>harassed<u+201d> it means being exposed to a generalized atmosphere of nasty comments and rude behavior. by contrast, women are the ones who get singled out, stalked, who become unwilling celebrities with a horde of people dedicated to <u+201c>taking her down.<u+201d> this is what laurie penny means <u+2014> or one of the things she means <u+2014> when she says that the harm the <u+201c>patriarchy<u+201d> causes women is <u+201c>structural.<u+201d> not that all women have it worse than all men. not that anyone gets away without getting at least a little screwed up by the arbitrary, unreasonable demands our culture makes of us. but that it<u+2019>s women who disproportionately bear the burden of actual harm, of being directly victimized by other people. i don<u+2019>t know what the best way is to help guys like scott aaronson who wrestle with internal demons. internal demons are slippery things. i do know that what could help women like amy is to find the guys who are doing bad things to her and stop those guys from doing that. that<u+2019>s why feminism is more focused on women<u+2019>s issues than men<u+2019>s, because women<u+2019>s issues are the things happening out in the world where we can do something about them. similarly, no one gets away without having hang-ups and neuroses about race, but racism <u+2014> the systematic denial of access to financial and social capital, the being kept out of jobs, the being harassed and shot by law enforcement <u+2014> is something that happens to black people in this country and not to whites. the questions of how to deal with the roles we<u+2019>ve been handed down by our parents and our culture and how we parse how much of it is our own personality problems and our own psychology versus our cultural inheritance <u+2014> that<u+2019>s a problem all of us have and maybe will continue to have for the rest of human history. but the problem of people being assaulted, harassed, raped, killed? that<u+2019>s an external, physical problem. that<u+2019>s something we can do something about. i don<u+2019>t know how <u+201c>women,<u+201d> as a group, can help men with the problems he describes. i can testify from my own experience that getting laid does not, in and of itself, magically make anything better and that if scott believes (as he says) that living in an era when he would<u+2019>ve had an arranged marriage at a young age would<u+2019>ve made his problems vanish, he<u+2019>s probably wrong. but meanwhile, women are getting stalked and raped and killed. that<u+2019>s something that men are doing and that men can stop other men from doing. and, with apologies to my fellow emotionally tortured guys, that really ought to be our priority. | the plight of the bitter nerd: why so many awkward, shy guys end up hating feminism | noauthor | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | https://t4.rbxcdn.com/c5695e5f087535e2066dc473e03b1819 | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | nocountry | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | null | null | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | null | null | null | na | na | na | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | ti_cnn_train.parquet | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | 0.0 | na | na | na | na | na | na | nothread | na | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3.0 | 83.0 | 8.0 | 11096.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 5.0 | 0.0 | 751.0 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 209.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 82.0 | 35.0 | 19.0 | 18.0 | 34.0 | 12.0 | 25.0 | 13.0 | 33.0 | 64.0 | 48.0 | 756.0 | 211.0 | 83.0 | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na |
na | true | ti_cnn | real | na | na | na | na | na | na | train | na | na | aided by her performance in the first democratic debate, hillary rodham clinton has regained much of the ground she lost during a summer of controversy and holds a dominating lead nationally over sen. bernie sanders (i-vt.) in the contest for her party<u+2019>s presidential nomination, according to a new washington post-abc news poll.
vice president biden, who has yet to announce whether he will join the democratic race in the coming days or weeks, runs third amid signs of slippage over the past month. if he were to decide not to run, the poll indicates that much of his current support would go to clinton rather than sanders.
[read details from the latest washington post-abc news national poll here]
by a wide margin, democrats and democratic-leaning independents rated clinton over sanders as the winner of last week<u+2019>s debate in las vegas. the debate was the first of three events this month that are seen as important tests for clinton, whose candidacy has been hurt by questions about the security of the private e-mail server and account she used while serving as secretary of state.
on thursday, clinton will testify before the house committee that is investigating the attacks in benghazi, libya, on sept. 11 and 12, 2012, which led to the deaths of four americans. then, on saturday, she will join other democratic presidential candidates at the jefferson-jackson dinner in iowa, a quadrennial testing ground that eight years ago provided a significant boost to then-sen. barack obama<u+2019>s candidacy.
clinton currently leads the democratic race with the support of 54 percent of registered democrats and democratic-leaning independents. that compares with 42 percent in september, by far her lowest level of support over the past two years, and 63 percent in july.
sanders runs second at 23<u+00a0>percent, almost identical to his september number. the senator from vermont, who has tapped energy among those in the progressive wing of the democratic party, saw his support rise steadily throughout the spring and summer. the latest results mark the first time that his support has not moved from one month to the next.
biden<u+2019>s possible candidacy draws the support of 16 percent of democrats, halting a rise to 21<u+00a0>percent in september. that puts him back about where he was when speculation about a possible candidacy began to ramp up in midsummer.
without biden in the field, clinton<u+2019>s support jumps 10 points to 64 percent among democratic-leaning voters. sanders picks up 2 points to 25 percent.
none of the other candidates included in the poll <u+2014> former maryland governor martin o<u+2019>malley, former senator jim webb of virginia or former rhode island senator and governor lincoln chafee <u+2014> registered more than 2 percent. the poll was completed before webb<u+2019>s announcement tuesday that he would no longer seek the democratic nomination.
nearly two-thirds of democrats predict that clinton will be their party<u+2019>s nominee. that percentage is lower than the last time the question was asked in a post-abc poll, which was in late march. at that time, sanders had not announced his candidacy and therefore was not a significant factor in the race.
more than seven in 10 democrats say that clinton has the best chance of the party<u+2019>s candidates to win the general election in november 2016. just one in five cite sanders as the party<u+2019>s strongest candidate. in a related question, asked of all adults, 37 percent predicted that she would win the general election, while 20<u+00a0>percent say republican candidate donald trump would win.
among democrats, clinton leads sanders on who is <u+201c>closer to you<u+201d> on the issues by 53 to 36 percent and on who <u+201c>understands the problems of people like you<u+201d> by 51 to 37 percent.
clinton<u+2019>s weakest attribute among those tested with democrats came on the question of honesty. asked who in the field is more honest and trustworthy, 42<u+00a0>percent said clinton and 41<u+00a0>percent named sanders.
clinton recently announced her opposition to the construction of the keystone xl pipeline and to the trans-pacific partnership trade agreement. the new poll found that 50 percent of democrats and democratic-leaning independents want a president who opposes the pipeline, while 50 percent support obama<u+2019>s new trade pact.
clinton<u+2019>s positions on the two issues are out of step with the general public. a majority support the keystone xl pipeline (55 to 34 percent) and a plurality (44 to 32 percent) want the next president to back the trade agreement.
among democrats, clinton has more support with women than men. her strength among women rose in the new poll after an unexpectedly sharp drop in september. she has more support among voters age 50 and older than among those younger than 50.
clinton leads sanders among white democrats by 49 to 32 percent and among non-whites by 61 to 13. however, white democrats rate sanders as more honest and trustworthy. non-whites say clinton is more honest.
clinton<u+2019>s deep washington experience as a senator and secretary of state is an asset in the democratic primary. among leaning democrats, 76 percent say they want the next president to have experience in how the political system works. for that group, 64 percent support clinton, compared with 17 percent for sanders and 14 percent for biden.
the post-abc poll was conducted oct. 15 to 18 among a random national sample of 1,001 adults, including land-line and cellphone respondents. full results have a margin of sampling error of plus or minus 3.5 percentage points. the error margin is plus or minus six points among the sample of 352 democratic-leaning registered voters. | clinton, judged winner of debate, holds big national lead over sanders | noauthor | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | https://t4.rbxcdn.com/c5695e5f087535e2066dc473e03b1819 | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | nocountry | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | null | null | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | null | null | null | na | na | na | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | ti_cnn_train.parquet | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | 0.0 | na | na | na | na | na | na | nothread | na | 0.0 | 0.0 | 6.0 | 70.0 | 8.0 | 5591.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 4.0 | 0.0 | 299.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 96.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 21.0 | 3.0 | 10.0 | 1.0 | 4.0 | 6.0 | 11.0 | 5.0 | 22.0 | 12.0 | 34.0 | 303.0 | 96.0 | 21.0 | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na |
na | true | ti_cnn | real | na | na | na | na | na | na | train | na | na | hillary clinton moved to capitalize tuesday on a sharp-edged debate performance that exposed vulnerabilities for donald trump, excoriating his values and character in an effort to expand her coalition of women, minorities and young voters.
trump, meanwhile, scrambled to move his campaign forward. while the republican nominee insisted that he was not unnerved, he and his advisers grasped at excuses to explain why he did not perform better at the first presidential debate monday night.
trump on tuesday was unrepentant and eager to defend his past, denigrating a former beauty pageant winner whom he targeted as his latest foil and vowing to attack clinton over her husband<u+2019>s marital infidelities in their next showdown.
in a country divided over two historically unpopular candidates, trump<u+2019>s turn is unlikely to shake his core support. but democrats said they felt assured that trump<u+2019>s hot temperament, scattered demeanor and series of statements that left him exposed to further scrutiny would make it increasingly difficult for him to win over the undecided voters he has been courting, especially moderate white women.
<u+201c>i look back as a former practitioner and say, <u+2018>is there anything donald trump did to convince somebody who wasn<u+2019>t in his column to be for him?<u+2019><u+2009><u+201d> said david plouffe, president obama<u+2019>s former campaign manager. <u+201c>i have a hard time thinking there<u+2019>s many of those people. i don<u+2019>t think he lost anybody. but that<u+2019>s not his challenge now. he<u+2019>s got to add.<u+201d>
clinton was ebullient as she returned to the campaign trail tuesday in raleigh, n.c., and strove to keep alive the controversies that marred trump<u+2019>s debate performance.
<u+201c>the real point is about temperament and fitness and qualification to hold the most important, hardest job in the world, and i think people saw last night some very clear differences between us,<u+201d> clinton told reporters aboard her campaign plane en route to north carolina.
trump did little to change the subject. in a tuesday morning interview on fox news channel, he said debate moderator lester holt, the anchor of <u+201c>nbc nightly news,<u+201d> was biased, and the republican complained about the quality of his microphone. clinton jabbed him for that, telling reporters, <u+201c>anybody who complains about the microphone is not having a good night.<u+201d>
[trump<u+2019>s attacks on her weight are <u+2018>a bad dream<u+2019> for former miss universe]
trump also disparaged a former miss universe pageant winner, alicia machado, for her physique. in the debate, clinton raised trump<u+2019>s past comments about the venezuela-born woman, who was crowned miss universe at age 19 in 1996.
<u+201c>he called this woman <u+2018>miss piggy,<u+2019> and then he called her <u+2018>miss housekeeping,<u+2019> because she is latina,<u+201d> clinton said in one of the debate<u+2019>s more electric exchanges.
the next morning, trump offered an indignant defense of how he dealt with machado when he was a partner in the company that owned the miss universe contest.
<u+201c>she was the worst we ever had,<u+201d> he said on fox, adding: <u+201c>she gained a massive amount of weight, and it was a real problem.<u+201d>
the clinton campaign sought to advance the story across media platforms, releasing a web video featuring the beauty queen-turned-actor, now a u.s. citizen who lives in california, and arranging a conference call for reporters with machado, who described the election as <u+201c>like a bad dream.<u+201d>
like trump<u+2019>s feud this summer with the muslim parents of a dead u.s. soldier, the machado episode rapidly emerged as a microcosm of the campaign <u+2014> and a test of whether trump can expand his support beyond his base of aggrieved white voters, most of them men.
mike murphy, a veteran republican strategist who has been critical of the party<u+2019>s nominee, said trump<u+2019>s comments about machado were <u+201c>hugely tone deaf.<u+201d> the debate overall, he said, was for many republicans <u+201c>an <u+2018>oh, crap<u+2019> moment. if you thought he had a spring in his step for the last few weeks and was getting back in the hunt, that<u+2019>s pretty much gone.<u+201d>
few of trump<u+2019>s supporters went so far as to crown him the victor. house speaker paul d. ryan (r-wis.), who has been a weather vane for the republican leadership during this election season, was supportive though muted at a tuesday news conference. he told reporters that trump gave a <u+201c>unique, donald trump response to the status quo.<u+201d>
<u+201c>i think he gave a spirited argument,<u+201d> ryan said, <u+201c>and i think he passed a number of thresholds.<u+201d>
trump<u+2019>s backers insisted that the debate would not damage his standing in the close race with clinton. rep. peter t. king (r-n.y.) said, <u+201c>as far as the temperament, that<u+2019>s how he<u+2019>s been for the last 15 months. it got him to the top. .<u+2009>.<u+2009>. he does have the feistiness that i think 51 percent of the american people will like.<u+201d>
william j. bennett, who served in president ronald reagan<u+2019>s cabinet, said of trump: <u+201c>when he loses his temper a little bit, many people see that as passion and as someone who<u+2019>s engaged in the fight and in what he believes. people forgive that <u+2014> and a leopard can<u+2019>t change his spots.<u+201d>
[why even republicans think clinton won the first debate]
it will take several days before the political impact of monday<u+2019>s debate becomes clear, but many republicans said they were bracing for clinton to get a bump in the polls. an estimated 84 million people watched the clash at hofstra university in hempstead, n.y., making it the most-watched presidential debate in history.
the event reverberated around the globe. former mexican president vicente fox said trump<u+2019>s behavior should alarm world leaders because he revealed himself to be <u+201c>ignorant<u+201d> and <u+201c>dangerous.<u+201d>
<u+201c>when he speaks about the geoeconomic situation and the geopolitical situation and terrorism, he<u+2019>s absolutely ignorant, and he<u+2019>s only provoking us democratic leaders from around the world to reject everything he<u+2019>s proposing,<u+201d> fox, who watched the debate on mexican television, said in a telephone interview. <u+201c>he is an imperialistic gringo.<u+201d>
in the united states, the risk for trump is that a negative impression sets in on shows such as nbc<u+2019>s <u+201c>saturday night live,<u+201d> on social media and in workplace conversations.
democrats sought to taunt trump on his uneven performance, particularly given his regular attacks on clinton<u+2019>s <u+201c>stamina<u+201d> and appearance.
<u+201c>he seemed unable to handle that big stage, and i really did feel that by the end, with the kind of snorting, the water gulping and the leaning on the lectern, that he just seemed really out of gas,<u+201d> said clinton campaign chairman john podesta.
trump previewed an even more combative second debate, oct. 9 in st. louis, by saying he might <u+201c>hit her harder,<u+201d> perhaps over former president bill clinton<u+2019>s affairs.
<u+201c>i really eased up because i didn<u+2019>t want to hurt anyone<u+2019>s feelings,<u+201d> trump said on fox, saying he would have brought up <u+201c>the many affairs that bill clinton had<u+201d> but held back because the clintons<u+2019> daughter, chelsea, was in the audience.
<u+201c>i didn<u+2019>t think it was worth the shot,<u+201d> he said. <u+201c>i didn<u+2019>t think it was nice.<u+201d>
hillary clinton shrugged off the threat, telling reporters: <u+201c>he can run his campaign however he chooses. i will continue to talk about what i want to do for the american people.<u+201d>
clinton campaigned at a community college gymnasium in raleigh to whoops and loud applause. <u+201c>one down, two to go,<u+201d> she said of the debates.
during a campaign rally in melbourne, fla., tuesday evening, trump said that clinton is <u+201c>a woman that i think is virtually incompetent, certainly as secretary of state.<u+201d> he called her incompetent repeatedly throughout the rally.
<u+201c>we<u+2019>re going to get rid of that crooked woman. she<u+2019>s a crooked woman. she<u+2019>s a very, very dishonest woman,<u+201d> trump said.
for democrats, trump provided what plouffe called <u+201c>an embarrassment of riches<u+201d> at the debate <u+2014> a series of controversial statements and unresolved, damaging questions. he seemed to affirm that he paid no income taxes; he made side remarks and pained expressions while clinton praised the vibrancy of african americans; he said it was a smart business strategy to profit from the housing crash.
vice president biden seized on that last point at a rally for clinton in philadelphia, where he charged that trump has no <u+201c>moral center.<u+201d>
<u+201c>this is a guy who said it was good business for him to see the housing market fail,<u+201d> biden said. <u+201c>what in the hell is he talking about?<u+201d>
clinton and a brigade of high-profile surrogates plan to continue using trump<u+2019>s debate comments against him. she will campaign in new hampshire on wednesday with sen. bernie sanders (i-vt.), hoping to energize young voters there with a discussion of college affordability, while first lady michelle obama will stump across pennsylvania on thursday.
<u+201c>he put a lot on the table <u+2014> a lot of things that are not true and a lot of views that we think are counter to where most voters are,<u+201d> said jennifer palmieri, clinton<u+2019>s communications director. <u+201c>it won<u+2019>t end tomorrow. there<u+2019>s a lot that will live on from this debate.<u+201d>
anne gearan in raleigh, n.c., jenna johnson in melbourne, fla., and jose delreal in washington contributed to this report. | as clinton builds on a strong debate, trump lobs attacks and complaints | noauthor | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | https://t4.rbxcdn.com/c5695e5f087535e2066dc473e03b1819 | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | nocountry | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | null | null | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | null | null | null | na | na | na | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | ti_cnn_train.parquet | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | 0.0 | na | na | na | na | na | na | nothread | na | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.0 | 71.0 | 8.0 | 9045.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3.0 | 0.0 | 593.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 195.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 48.0 | 26.0 | 26.0 | 11.0 | 27.0 | 20.0 | 21.0 | 15.0 | 35.0 | 47.0 | 68.0 | 596.0 | 195.0 | 48.0 | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na |
na | true | ti_cnn | real | na | na | na | na | na | na | train | na | na | house republicans and president obama joined forces for the final push for votes to keep the white house<u+2019>s trade agenda alive, unveiling the latest version of fast-track authority overnight tuesday and setting up a possible friday vote on the measure.
gop leaders hoped to allay democratic concerns about a minor medicare provision in the sweeping legislation, but the issue remained unsettled after two closed-door party caucuses wednesday morning.
union officials, in a pair of strongly worded letters, accused their regular ally <u+2014> obama <u+2014> of having <u+201c>marginalized<u+201d> labor views and asked democrats to vote against a program designed to help laid-off workers in a manner that would kill the entire trade legislation.
complicating the issues even further is the parliamentary morass house speaker john a. boehner (r-ohio) has charted for the next few days, giving opponents multiple avenues for defeating obama.
if boehner and obama<u+2019>s advisers are not confident in the outcome, the vote could be pushed into next week, but leading republicans, particularly rep. paul ryan (wis.), have been pushing to hold the vote before allowing lawmakers to leave for the weekend <u+2014> and another round of hometown opponents pushing house members to vote no.
rep. gerald e. connolly (d-va.), who is supporting the trade proposals and accompanied obama to europe last weekend, said the administration has a <u+00ad><u+201c>quiet confidence<u+201d> that it can win<u+00a0>the<u+00a0>vote with a strange-
bedfellows coalition consisting of roughly 195 republicans and
25 to 30 democrats. <u+201c>they know it<u+2019>s going to be close, but they see a path to passage,<u+201d> connolly said after the trip, which included two long discussions with obama and a marathon dinner with his chief of staff, denis mcdonough.
the senate, on a large bipartisan vote, approved trade promotion authority last month. it would give the obama administration a more certain process for finalizing a large 12-nation deal to expedite commerce across the pacific ocean. at a meeting of the white house export council on wednesday, u.s. trade representative michael froman said the other 11 nations would not put their best, final offers on the table until the fast-track issue is resolved in congress.
<u+201c>they<u+2019>re only willing to do that if they feel like we<u+2019>ve got the political support here to move that forward,<u+201d> froman said.
the tpa bill includes new funding for a program designed to help u.s. workers who lose jobs because of international competition, known as trade adjustment assistance, which has broad democratic support but faces some gop opposition from republicans who consider it a form of welfare.
opponents kicked off their final push to defeat obama<u+2019>s top remaining legislative priority by latching onto a relatively small cut in medicare that was meant to offset increased funding for worker training.
<u+201c>we are going to vote against anything that will cut medicare,<u+201d> rep. rosa l. delauro (d-conn.) said at a rally outside the capitol.
the democrat-on-democrat tension has risen to levels not seen in the obama era. rep. brad sherman (d-calif.) accused obama of living <u+201c>in a cloister<u+201d> where only <u+201c>captains of industry<u+201d> get to air their views to him.
in the five-page missive sent monday, afl-cio president richard trumka accused obama of mischaracterizing labor<u+2019>s stance on the emerging trans-pacific partnership (tpp). <u+201c>you have repeatedly isolated and marginalized labor and unions as the only opponents of fast track and tpp,<u+201d> trumka wrote, according to a<u+00a0>copy obtained by the washington post. <u+201c>i am sure you are aware, however, that the critics of the current tpp encompass a broad, deep, and intellectually impressive swath of public opinion.<u+201d>
republicans plan to hold several votes on the legislative package <u+2014> including separate votes for the trade authority and for the worker assistance. if both of those passed, they would be reattached and then sent to the white house for obama<u+2019>s signature.
the expectation is that all the democrats would vote for the taa legislation, along with a few dozen republicans from districts where manufacturing jobs have been hurt by global trade, then a huge bloc of republicans <u+2014> along with a couple of dozen democrats <u+2014> would support tpa.
but labor officials are urging democrats to sabotage the piece of the legislative jigsaw puzzle that requires huge democratic support: taa<u+2019>s worker-retraining funds, even though it is for a cause they ideologically support. if they take down that vote, they would torpedo obama<u+2019>s entire trade agenda.
boehner and ryan, chairman of the ways and means committee, do not want to alter the delicately balanced tpa-taa package because that would require sending it back to the senate for another vote and potentially several more weeks of debate there. they worked to avert this issue by advancing a separate piece of legislation that would replace the roughly $900 million cut in medicare, slated for 2024, with some stricter enforcement of tax laws. he told reporters wednesday that he would allow that legislation to be voted on first so that democrats could vote for taa without fear of retribution from their allies for supporting even a modest cut in the popular entitlement program.
<u+201c>that solves the problem,<u+201d> boehner said. <u+201c>now, if people are looking for an excuse to vote no, i guess they can always find an excuse to vote no.<u+201d>
however, in the closed-door huddle of democrats, pelosi characterized that plan as <u+201c>unacceptable<u+201d> because it left the language of the medicare cut in the legislation and said that, no matter if it were never going to be enacted into law, democrats could not support such a plan, according to a handful of lawmakers in the room.
at the moment, democratic <u+00ad>opponents expressed confidence that they would have the numbers to defeat the vote for taa.
<u+201c>i<u+2019>ve been whipping on this, and my sense is that we have mostly no votes,<u+201d> said rep. jan schakowsky (d-ill.). <u+201c>i haven<u+2019>t personally come across anybody who said they were going to vote for it.<u+201d> | white house, republicans work together in final push on trade bill | noauthor | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | https://t4.rbxcdn.com/c5695e5f087535e2066dc473e03b1819 | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | nocountry | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | null | null | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | null | null | null | na | na | na | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | ti_cnn_train.parquet | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | 0.0 | na | na | na | na | na | na | nothread | na | 0.0 | 0.0 | 15.0 | 66.0 | 8.0 | 5996.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 7.0 | 0.0 | 367.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 97.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 49.0 | 12.0 | 15.0 | 6.0 | 12.0 | 8.0 | 13.0 | 8.0 | 29.0 | 25.0 | 40.0 | 374.0 | 98.0 | 50.0 | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na |
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authorities say the two brothers, identified as said and cherif kouachi, may be hiding out in the for<u+00ea>t de retz, a vast woodland described as "larger than paris," sky news reported.
terror in paris: full coverage of the charlie hebdo shooting
the pair robbed a gas station at gunpoint thursday near the small town of villers-cotter<u+00ea>ts, about 40 miles northeast of paris, a day after they opened fire inside the offices of satirical magazine charlie hebdo, killing 12 people and wounding 11 others, four seriously, police said.
two men fitting the description of the terror suspects stole gas and food from a gas station thursday morning near the sleepy village, in the northern aisne region, according to multiple reports. the assailants fled in a renault clio, which had weapons on its backseat and its license plates covered, according to witnesses. the robbery suspects were described as masked, with kalashnikovs and what appeared to be a rocket launcher, according to the afp.
french authorities said the brothers, both in their early 30s, are the prime suspects in a deadly islamist terror attack wednesday morning at charlie hebdo's paris headquarters. the assailants forced their way into the magazine's main offices, killing 12, including the magazine's editor, before fleeing in a getaway car in broad daylight.
earlier thursday, mourad hamyd, 18, surrendered at a police station in a small town in the eastern region after learning his name was linked to the attacks in the news and social media, said paris prosecutor's spokeswoman agnes thibault-lecuivre. she did not specify his relationship to the kouachi brothers.
a heavy police presence, including helicopters, could be seen thursday in crepy-en-valois, 10 miles from the gas station that was robbed. swat teams were reportedly searching homes and woods in the area, questioning every resident. after nightfall, the search focus shifted to the for<u+00ea>t de retz, one of france's largest forests.
cherif kouachi was already known to french intelligence services, due to his history of funneling jihadi fighters to iraq and a terrorism conviction from 2008. a police bulletin said the brothers should be considered armed and dangerous.
france's prime minister said thursday that authorities had made "several arrests" while hunting for the men. an overnight search in the city of reims proved fruitless.
manuel valls made the remarks in an interview with rtl radio as france prepared to observe a national day of mourning in memory of those killed at the headquarters of charlie hebdo, a publication that had been threatened before for its caricatures of the prophet muhammed. valls told the station that preventing another attack is "our main concern."
france raised its terror alert system to the maximum level after the daylight attack and bolstered security with more than 800 extra soldiers to guard media offices, places of worship, transport and other sensitive areas. a nationwide minute of silence was planned for noon.
intelligence officials told fox news there has been no credible claim of responsibility for the attack, but investigators strongly suspect there is a connection to a foreign terrorist organization. less than an hour after the shooting, a series of tweets were sent out in which three al qaeda figures -- past and present -- were featured prominently, according to an intelligence source. the tweets included images of ayman al zawahiri, the leader of al qaeda in pakistan, anwar al-awlaki, former al qaeda commander in yemen and the first american targeted for death by the cia, and american samir khan, who was behind aqap<u+2019>s propaganda journal inspire magazine and who was also killed alongside al-awlaki in a u.s. drone strike in 2011.
one witness to wednesday's attack said the gunmen were so methodical he at first mistook them for an elite anti-terrorism squad. then they fired on a police officer.
the masked, black-clad men with assault rifles stormed the offices near paris' bastille monument in the wednesday attack at noon on the publication, which had long drawn condemnation and threats -- it was firebombed in 2011 -- for its depictions of islam, although it also satirized other religions and political figures.
the staff was in an editorial meeting and the gunmen headed straight for the paper's editor, stephane charbonnier, widely known by his pen name charb, killing him and his police bodyguard first, said christophe crepin, a police union spokesman.
shouting "allahu akbar!" as they fired, the men spoke in fluent, unaccented french as they called out the names of specific employees.
eight journalists, two police officers, a maintenance worker and a visitor were killed, said prosecutor francois molins. he said 11 people were wounded, four of them seriously.
two gunmen strolled out to a black car waiting below, one of them calmly shooting a wounded police officer in the head as he writhed on the ground, according to video and a man who watched in fear from his home across the street.
"they knew exactly what they had to do and exactly where to shoot. while one kept watch and checked that the traffic was good for them, the other one delivered the final coup de grace," said the witness, who refused to allow his name to be used because he feared for his safety.
"hey! we avenged the prophet muhammad! we killed charlie hebdo," one of the men shouted in french, according to video shot from a nearby building.
one police official, speaking on condition of anonymity because the investigation was ongoing, said the suspects were linked to a yemeni terrorist network. cedric le bechec, a witness who encountered the escaping gunmen, quoted the attackers as saying: "you can tell the media that it's al qaeda in yemen."
related: giuliani on how to combat islamic extremism
after fleeing, the attackers collided with a vehicle, then hijacked another car before slipping away into the streets of paris, molins said.
the other dead were identified as cartoonists georges wolinski and berbard verlhac, better known as tignous, and jean cabut, known as "cabu." also killed was bernard maris, an economist who was a contributor to the newspaper and was heard regularly on french radio.
one cartoon, released in this week's issue and titled "still no attacks in france," had a caricature of a jihadi fighter saying "just wait -- we have until the end of january to present our new year's wishes." charb was the artist.
le bechec, the witness who encountered the gunmen in another part of paris, described on his facebook page seeing two men "get out of a bullet-ridden car with a rocket-launcher in hand, eject an old guy from his car and calmly say hi to the public, saying `you can tell the media that it's al qaeda in yemen."'
police reportedly found molotov cocktails and a jihadist flag in the car abandoned by the gunmen.
in a somber address to the nation wednesday night, french president francois hollande pledged to hunt down the killers, and pleaded with his compatriots to come together in a time of insecurity and suspicion.
"let us unite, and we will win," he said. "vive la france!"
related: muslim places of worship in france targeted with blank grenades, bullets
thousands of people later jammed republique square near the site of the shooting to honor the victims, waving pens and papers reading "je suis charlie" -- "i am charlie." similar rallies were held in london's trafalgar square as well as madrid, barcelona, berlin and brussels.
both al qaeda and the islamic state group have repeatedly threatened to attack france, which is conducting airstrikes against extremists in iraq and fighting islamic militants in africa. charb was specifically threatened in a 2013 edition of the al qaeda magazine inspire, which also included an article titled "france the imbecile invader."
cherif kouachi, now 32, was sentenced to 18 months in prison after being convicted of terrorism charges in 2008 for helping funnel fighters to iraq's insurgency. he said he was outraged at the torture of iraqi inmates at the u.s. prison at abu ghraib near baghdad and "really believed in the idea" of fighting the u.s.-led coalition in iraq.
a tweet from an al qaeda representative who communicated wednesday with the associated press said the group was not claiming responsibility for the attack, but called it "inspiring."
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na | true | ti_cnn | real | na | na | na | na | na | na | train | na | na | donald trump gets trumped in upset loss to ted cruz, while bernie sanders declares moral victory in fighting hillary clinton to the closest democratic caucus result in iowa history.
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that was the warning shot fired off by iowa voters, both republican and democrat, in monday<u+2019>s caucuses <u+2013> the kickoff to the 2016 presidential nomination process.
on the republican side, texas sen. ted cruz won an upset victory over donald trump, with a state-of-the-art turnout operation that overcame the less-organized billionaire<u+2019>s strength as a showman and lead in the polls. but together, their combined vote count <u+2013> 52 percent <u+2013> represented a win for outsiders who reject the status quo in washington.
in the democratic race, former secretary of state hillary clinton barely eked out a victory over vermont sen. bernie sanders, a self-described democratic socialist. and as the prohibitive favorite among party regulars at the start of the campaign, mrs. clinton was deeply wounded by her inability to fend off senator sanders, allowing the populist outsider to declare a <u+201c>moral victory.<u+201d>
<u+201c>given the conventional wisdom going in, and if turnout was as high as it now seems, @hillaryclinton may have done well to escape with a tie,<u+201d> tweeted david axelrod, former political adviser to president obama.
the way democratic caucuses are run here, raw vote totals aren<u+2019>t reported, just the number of county convention delegates won. the state democratic party declared clinton the winner early tuesday morning by 4/10ths of a percent, the closest iowa democratic caucus outcome in history.
the results of both caucuses showed a restive population, angry about stagnant middle-class wages, fearful over national security, and frustrated by washington<u+2019>s inability to break through gridlock.
that anger and frustration have been captured most pungently by mr. trump, a true outsider running in his first political campaign and relying on his considerable skill as a reality tv star to attract media and voter attention. but trump went long on showmanship, staging big flashy rallies around the country, and short on the technology, data, and <u+201c>boots on the ground<u+201d> needed to get voters to turn out in sufficient numbers to win.
suddenly, the man who campaigned on being a <u+201c>winner,<u+201d> based on polls and crowds, is now a loser. cruz won 27.7 percent to trump<u+2019>s 24.3 percent <u+2013> not a blowout by any means, but a loss is a loss.
iowa state sen. brad zaun, who endorsed trump, said the billionaire<u+2019>s fame made it difficult for him to campaign as a conventional candidate. cruz, for example, visited all of iowa<u+2019>s 99 counties, appearing in coffee shops and community centers.
<u+201c>trump visited the four corners of iowa, but it wasn<u+2019>t realistic to do all 99 counties, because there weren<u+2019>t enough venues large enough to accommodate his crowds,<u+201d> said mr. zaun, in an interview outside trump<u+2019>s post-caucus event.
in his speech to supporters monday night, trump won praise for his gracious remarks as he congratulated cruz. but now the real estate magnate heads into the next contest, the new hampshire primary on feb. 9, needing a comeback victory to get his winning narrative back on track.
trump leads in new hampshire with an average of 33 percent of the vote, well ahead of the rest of the pack. but post-iowa, it<u+2019>s not clear how likely republican primary voters will react to the bursting of the trump bubble. before iowa, some analysts predicted a profound impact.
<u+201c>if cruz wins iowa, for new hampshire it will be like taking a deck of cards and throwing them in the air,<u+201d> said new hampshire pollster dick bennett, head of american research group, last week. <u+201c>trump<u+2019>s whole campaign is predicated on being a winner.<u+201d>
another winner monday in iowa was sen. marco rubio (r) of florida, who beat expectations with a solid third-place showing of 23 percent <u+2013> well ahead of his pre-caucus average in the polls of 17 percent.<u+00a0> the rest of the large gop field scored in single digits.
but the playing field in new hampshire will be considerably different. cruz<u+2019>s extensive outreach to evangelicals played well with iowa republicans, but in new hampshire, the religiously minded are a much smaller audience.
it may make sense for cruz to skip new hampshire and focus on south carolina and the southern states of super tuesday (march 1), some analysts suggest. but cruz, seeking to show that his iowa success isn<u+2019>t just proof that he<u+2019>s a good niche candidate, like the last two winners of the iowa caucuses, may opt to play hard in the granite state. his pitch isn<u+2019>t just to the faithful; it<u+2019>s also as a rock-solid conservative known for his aversion to compromise.
if cruz does fight hard in new hampshire, he will face not only trump<u+2019>s big early lead, but also stiff competition from candidates who mostly gave iowa a pass and have focused hard on a gop electorate in new hampshire that is more establishment-friendly. ohio gov. john kasich, new jersey gov. chris christie, and former florida gov. jeb bush are all lying in wait.
so is rubio, who has played in both <u+201c>lanes,<u+201d> courting both tea-party-oriented evangelicals and more mainstream republicans. rubio<u+2019>s stronger-than-expected showing in iowa should give him momentum heading into new hampshire, with hopes that voters there give him a second (or first) look.
the dynamic on the democratic side is completely different. the race is now a pure head-to-head matchup between clinton and sanders, following former maryland gov. martin o<u+2019>malley<u+2019>s decision to drop out after a poor showing monday night.
the clinton-sanders smackdown represents a stark choice for democratic voters. clinton is the ultimate establishment figure: former first lady, former us senator, and former secretary of state. both clinton and sanders have spent decades in politics, but sanders<u+2019>s record comes with a big difference. he<u+2019>s never been a member of the democratic party, marching to his own drummer as a champion of the lower and middle classes, fighting income inequality, wall street, and big money in campaigns.
the conventional wisdom has long been that sanders<u+2019>s high point in the campaign would be iowa and new hampshire, two states with large white liberal populations, and that clinton would nail down the democratic nomination through her deep ties to minority communities. her <u+201c>firewall<u+201d> would be in the south.
but after sanders<u+2019>s near-coup in iowa, sanders<u+2019>s campaign manager, jeff weaver, sees a new dynamic.
<u+201c>as happens always in the democratic primary process, early success has an influence on later states,<u+201d> mr. weaver said in an interview. <u+201c>i think people are going to look at this tremendous victory tonight and see that credibility and viability of senator sanders as a presidential candidate. you<u+2019>re going to see people in later states moving toward him.<u+201d>
as for clinton<u+2019>s early lead in <u+201c>superdelegates,<u+201d> the democratic officials who make up an important part of the overall delegate count, weaver also predicts that many of the superdelegates now supporting clinton will give sanders another look.
<u+201c>a lot of people jumped on the senator clinton bandwagon before this race had even started to develop,<u+201d> he says.
analysts still believe sanders faces an uphill battle in his effort to deny clinton the nomination, as obama did eight years ago. but it<u+2019>s now clear that clinton, the early prohibitive favorite, will not waltz to her party<u+2019>s nomination.
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na | true | ti_cnn | real | na | na | na | na | na | na | train | na | na | the calamity brought upon the republican party by donald trump was laid bare thursday by its two most recent presidential nominees, who delivered unprecedented denunciations of the candidate that set the stage for a raucous evening debate.
mitt romney awoke from his political hibernation to deliver a sweeping, point-by-point indictment of trump <u+2014> of his policy proposals, his business dealings, his erratic judgments, his moral character, and his insults to women, latinos and the disabled. the former gop nominee, who sought and accepted trump<u+2019>s <u+00ad>endorse<u+00ad>ment in 2012, implored republicans to now reject the billionaire he labeled <u+201c>a phony<u+201d> and <u+201c>a fraud.<u+201d>
trump<u+2019>s three rivals took up similar attacks later thursday night at a fox news channel debate in detroit in which the ferocious sparring and name-calling revolved almost entirely around the front-runner.
what started with trump asserting that he was well endowed in a rejoinder to rubio<u+2019>s campaign-trail joke about his manhood devolved into an ugly affair, with the candidates yelling over each other, at times unintelligibly, as they sought to discredit one another.
taken as a whole, the day only served to harden the divisions tearing the gop apart and raise dire doubts about whether its factions could unite in the general election.
it began at sunrise in palm beach, fla., where trump phoned into network television shows to mock romney as a failed politician. then, in salt lake city, romney gave his speech asserting that trump was a danger to the nation and to democracy itself; in washington, sen. john mccain (ariz.) shared in the dismay; in trenton, n.j., gov. chris christie called a news conference to insist he was not a prisoner of trump<u+2019>s; and in portland, maine, trump rallied fans by demeaning romney with crude language.
the events culminated at nightfall in detroit, where sens. marco rubio of florida and ted cruz of texas and ohio gov. john kasich faced trump and tried desperately to score points against him.
the very first question was aimed at trump, and for the next two hours the moderators and candidates quizzed, scrutinized and mocked the front-runner. he was on the defensive through much of the event, struggling to explain many of his policy ideas as well as defend his hiring of foreign workers and the manufacturing of trump-branded clothing overseas.
<u+201c>you<u+2019>re making your clothes overseas, and you<u+2019>re hiring your workers overseas,<u+201d> rubio said at one point, referring to the widespread use of foreign workers on visas at trump<u+2019>s mar-a-lago property in palm beach.
trump acknowledged that he brings in foreign workers to do jobs on work visas at his club and, defending himself, said it is difficult to get american employees to work in service for the five-month period he called <u+201c>the season.<u+201d>
<u+201c>we will bring them in and bring them out,<u+201d> he said to boos.
trump reversed himself on a key part of his immigration platform, calling for an increase in visas for highly skilled foreigners. <u+201c>i<u+2019>m changing,<u+201d> he said. <u+201c>we need highly skilled people in this country.<u+201d>
trump added, <u+201c>with immigration <u+2014> as with anything else <u+2014> there always has to be some tug and pull and deal. .<u+2009>.<u+2009>. you have to be able to have some flexibility, some negotiation.<u+201d>
the evening<u+2019>s fireworks came when the candidates, exhausted after three months of breakneck campaigning, leveled caustic attacks at one another.
<u+201c>this little guy has lied so much about my record,<u+201d> trump said of rubio, whom he repeatedly called <u+201c>little marco.<u+201d>
one of the lowest points of the night came near the start, when trump responded to a joke that rubio had told days earlier about trump having small hands. <u+201c>you know what they say about men with small hands,<u+201d> rubio said, pausing to let the audience laugh. <u+201c>you can<u+2019>t trust <u+2019>em.<u+201d>
<u+201c>he hit my hands,<u+201d> trump said, showing his palms. <u+201c>nobody has ever hit my hands. look at those hands. are these small hands? and .<u+2009>.<u+2009>. if they<u+2019>re small, something else must be small. i guarantee you there<u+2019>s no problem.<u+201d>
at times, the debate was so focused on the personal that kasich thundered, <u+201c>let<u+2019>s stop fighting!<u+201d>
cruz, too, sought to claim the moral high ground.
<u+201c>i don<u+2019>t think the people of america are interested in a bunch of bickering schoolchildren,<u+201d> he said. <u+201c>they are interested in solutions, not slogans. it<u+2019>s easy to say <u+2018>make things better, make things great.<u+2019> you can even print it and put it on a baseball cap. but the question is, do you understand the principles that made america great in the first place?<u+201d>
[the gop<u+2019>s implosion over donald trump<u+2019>s candidacy has arrived]
rubio and cruz pounced on trump regarding fraud cases filed against him and a real estate training company known as <u+201c>trump university.<u+201d> rubio said the university was <u+201c>a scam.<u+201d>
<u+201c>they asked him for their money back, and you refused to give them their money back,<u+201d> rubio said, calling trump a <u+201c>con artist.<u+201d>
trump said the process needs to play out in court: <u+201c>it<u+2019>s called pending litigation.<u+201d>
<u+201c>the real con artist is senator marco rubio,<u+201d> trump shot back, bringing up rubio<u+2019>s attendance record in the senate. <u+201c>he doesn<u+2019>t go to vote. he<u+2019>s absent. the people of florida can<u+2019>t stand him. he couldn<u+2019>t get elected as dogcatcher.<u+201d>
cruz asserted that the gop cannot afford a nominee <u+201c>facing a fraud trial.<u+201d>
<u+201c>let me just ask the voters at home,<u+201d> cruz said, <u+201c>is this the debate you want playing out in the general election?<u+201d>
the 11th republican debate also marked a return engagement for trump in his off-and-on feud with fox news anchor megyn kelly, one of the co-moderators. she asked him about the possibility that he might change his immigration policies once he gets into office, citing an off-the-record meeting with the new york times that was reported by buzzfeed.
rubio and cruz tag-teamed trump, insisting that he give the newspaper permission to release the interview. <u+201c>he has a very simple solution,<u+201d> cruz said. <u+201c>simply release the tape.<u+201d>
cruz seized on the episode and others to prosecute his case that trump has no ideological core and is flexible on a range of issues important to the conservative base.
despite the harsh rhetoric, cruz, kasich and rubio all said in response to a question that they would support trump if he was the nominee, and trump said he would do the same if one of his rivals won.
the hottest topic in michigan <u+2014> the tainted water scandal in flint <u+2014> was brought up in only one question, and it came more than halfway through the debate. only rubio was given the chance to respond, and when he did so he expressed outrage while also complaining that democrats have politicized the issue <u+201c>as if somehow republicans woke up one morning and decided, <u+2018>oh, it<u+2019>s a good idea to poison some kids with lead.<u+2019> it<u+2019>s absurd, it<u+2019>s outrageous.<u+201d>
[here<u+2019>s who supports donald trump <u+2014> and why]
romney set the tone for the debate with his morning address at the university of utah, where he methodically litigated the case against a trump presidency.
<u+201c>donald trump is a phony, a fraud,<u+201d> romney said. <u+201c>he<u+2019>s playing members of the american public for suckers.<u+201d>
romney, himself a onetime business titan worth hundreds of millions of dollars, sought to rub away at trump<u+2019>s golden sheen.
<u+201c>his bankruptcies have crushed small businesses and the men and women who work for them,<u+201d> romney said. <u+201c>whatever happened to trump airlines? how about trump university? and then there<u+2019>s trump magazine and trump vodka and trump steaks and trump mortgage. a business genius he is not.<u+201d>
romney said the president helps define the values and principles of the united states for the world and sets an example for young americans. he asked his audience of roughly 700 students and other guests to ponder trump<u+2019>s <u+201c>personal qualities<u+201d>: <u+201c>the bullying, the greed, the showing off, the misogyny, the absurd third-grade theatrics.<u+201d>
trump fired back with a verbal tirade a couple of hours later at his maine rally. he bemoaned romney<u+2019>s <u+201c>nasty<u+201d> critique and dismissed him as a <u+201c>choke artist<u+201d> who, in trump<u+2019>s assessment, botched an easy chance to turn president obama out of office.
trump recalled his endorsement on romney in february of 2012, describing the candidate as yearning for trump<u+2019>s stamp of approval.
<u+201c>he was begging for my endorsement,<u+201d> trump said. <u+201c>i could<u+2019>ve said, <u+2018>mitt, drop to your knees,<u+2019> and he would<u+2019>ve dropped to his knees. he was begging. true. true. he was begging me.<u+201d>
on the debate stage, trump dismissed romney in similar terms: <u+201c>he failed miserably, and it was an embarrassment to the entire republican party.<u+201d>
[the fix: romney did trump a big favor by attacking him]
the clash comes at a crucial point in this unpredictable gop primary season. trump has won 10 of the first primaries and caucuses, including dominating this week<u+2019>s super tuesday contests, and has a significant lead in the race for republican convention delegates.
but in a divided field, trump still has fewer than half the delegates awarded so far. that leaves his opponents with a viable, if risky and destructive, strategy. the only way to stop trump from winning the nomination may be to stop anyone from winning it <u+2014> dividing up the delegates so that no one has a majority.
then, the theory goes, the party would head into a chaotic convention <u+2014> the first true <u+201c>floor fight<u+201d> for any party in decades <u+2014> and hope that a candidate other than trump emerges.
this is just the scenario romney encouraged when he recommended that floridians cast ballots for rubio, ohioans cast ballots for kasich, and everywhere else, voters back the candidate best positioned to deny trump a victory in that state.
it was unclear whether romney<u+2019>s speech would move any voters away from trump. it could have the effect of intensifying support for the rebellious outsider.
but within the republican <u+00ad>establishment, romney<u+2019>s speech drew immediate and enthusiastic praise. within minutes, mccain issued a statement effectively joining forces with romney.
<u+201c>i want republican voters to pay close attention to what our party<u+2019>s most respected and knowledgeable leaders and national security experts are saying about mr. trump, and to think long and hard about who they want to be our next commander-in-chief and leader of the free world,<u+201d> mccain said.
but not every member of the establishment was speaking out against trump. christie has been trump<u+2019>s most visible endorser of late, standing stone-faced behind trump at his victory event tuesday night in palm beach. it has sparked mocking memes on social media and laughs on late-night television.
christie addressed that at his news conference in trenton on thursday.
<u+201c>i want everyone to know for those who were concerned: i wasn<u+2019>t being held hostage, i wasn<u+2019>t upset. i wasn<u+2019>t angry. i wasn<u+2019>t despondent,<u+201d> said christie, who ended his candidacy last month after a disappointing finish in new hampshire.
o<u+2019>keefe reported from salt lake city. jose a. delreal in portland, maine, steve friess in detroit and david a. fahrenthold in washington contributed to this report. | rivals pile on trump in republican candidates<u+2019> debate | noauthor | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | https://t4.rbxcdn.com/c5695e5f087535e2066dc473e03b1819 | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | nocountry | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | null | null | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | null | null | null | na | na | na | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | ti_cnn_train.parquet | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | 0.0 | na | na | na | na | na | na | nothread | na | 0.0 | 0.0 | 5.0 | 53.0 | 8.0 | 10981.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 5.0 | 0.0 | 745.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 232.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 80.0 | 35.0 | 24.0 | 20.0 | 30.0 | 16.0 | 30.0 | 22.0 | 36.0 | 65.0 | 63.0 | 750.0 | 232.0 | 80.0 | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na |
na | true | ti_cnn | real | na | na | na | na | na | na | train | na | na | exclusive:<u+00a0>highly classified hillary clinton emails that the intelligence community and state department recently deemed too damaging to national security to release contain <u+201c>operational intelligence<u+201d> <u+2013> and their presence on the unsecure, personal email system jeopardized <u+201c>sources, methods and lives,<u+201d> a u.s. government official who has reviewed the documents told fox news.
the official, who was not authorized to speak on the record and was limited in discussing the contents because of their highly classified nature, was referring to the 22 <u+201c>top secret<u+201d> emails that the state department announced friday it could not release in any form, even with entire sections redacted.
the announcement fueled criticism of clinton<u+2019>s handling of highly sensitive information while secretary of state, even as the clinton campaign continued to downplay the matter as the product of an interagency dispute over classification. but the u.s. government official<u+2019>s description provides confirmation that the emails contained closely held government secrets. <u+201c>operational intelligence<u+201d> can be real-time information about intelligence collection, sources and the movement of assets.
the official emphasized that the <u+201c>top secret<u+201d> documents were sent over an extended period of time -- from shortly after the server's 2009 installation until early 2013 when clinton stepped down as secretary of state.
separately, rep. mike pompeo, r-kan., who sits on the house intelligence committee, said the former secretary of state, senator, and yale-trained lawyer had to know what she was dealing with.
"there is no way that someone, a senior government official who has been handling classified information for a good chunk of their adult life, could not have known that this information ought to be classified, whether it was marked or not,<u+201d> he said. "anyone with the capacity to read and an understanding of american national security, an 8th grade reading level or above, would understand that the release of this information or the potential breach of a non-secure system presented risk to american national security."
pompeo also suggested the military and intelligence communities have had to change operations, because the clinton server could have been compromised by a third party.
<u+201c>anytime our national security team determines that there's a potential breach, that is information that might potentially have fallen into the hands of the iranians, or the russians, or the chinese, or just hackers, that they begin to operate in a manner that assumes that information has in fact gotten out,<u+201d> pompeo said.
on abc's <u+201c>this week<u+201d> on sunday, one day before the iowa caucuses, clinton claimed ignorance on the sensitivity of the materials and stressed that they weren<u+2019>t marked.
"there is no classified marked information on those emails sent or received by me," she said, adding that <u+201c>republicans are going to continue to use it [to] beat up on me.<u+201d>
clinton was pressed in the same abc interview on her signed 2009 non-disclosure agreement which acknowledged that markings are irrelevant, undercutting her central explanation. the agreement states "classified information is marked or unmarked <u+2026> including oral communications."
clinton pointed to her aides, saying: "when you receive information, of course, there has to be some markings, some indication that someone down the chain had thought that this was classified and that was not the case.<u+201d>
but according to national security legal experts, security clearance holders are required to speak up when classified information is not in secure channels.
"everybody who has a security clearance has an individual obligation to protect the information,"<u+00a0>said national security attorney edward macmahon jr., who represented former cia officer jeffrey sterling in the high-profile leak investigation regarding a new york times reporter. "just because somebody sends it to you <u+2026> you can't just turn a blind eye and pretend it never happened and pretend it's unclassified information."
these rules, known as the code of federal regulations, apply to u.s. government employees with security clearances and state there is an obligation to report any possible breach by both the sender and the receiver of the information. the rules state: "any person who has knowledge that classified information has been or may have been lost, possibly compromised or disclosed to an unauthorized person shall immediately report the circumstances to an official designated for this purpose."
the clinton campaign is now calling for the 22 <u+201c>top secret<u+201d> emails to be released, but this is not entirely the state department's call since the intelligence came from other agencies, which have final say on classification and handling.
"the state department has no authority to release those emails and i do think that secretary clinton most assuredly knows that,"<u+00a0>pompeo said.
meanwhile, the release of other emails has revealed more about the high-level exchange of classified information on personal accounts. among the latest batch of emails released by the state department is an exchange between clinton and then-sen. john kerry, now secretary of state.<u+00a0>sections are fully redacted, citing classified information <u+2013> and both kerry and clinton were using unsecured, personal accounts.
further, a 2009 email released to judicial watch after a federal lawsuit -- and first reported by fox news -- suggests the state department 's senior manager patrick kennedy was trying to make it easier for clinton to check her personal email at work, writing to clinton aide cheryl mills a "stand-alone separate network pc is ... [one] great idea."
"the emails show that the top administrator at the state department, patrick kennedy, who is still there overseeing the response to all the inquiries about hillary clinton, was in on hillary clinton's separate email network and system from the get-go,"<u+00a0> judicial watch president tom fitton said.
kennedy is expected to testify this month before the republican-led benghazi select committee.
catherine herridge is an award-winning chief intelligence correspondent for fox news channel (fnc) based in washington, d.c. she covers intelligence, the justice department and the department of homeland security. herridge joined fnc in 1996 as a london-based correspondent.
pamela k. browne is senior executive producer at the fox news channel (fnc) and is director of long-form series and specials. her journalism has been recognized with several awards. browne first joined fox in 1997 to launch the news magazine <u+201c>fox files<u+201d> and later, <u+201c>war stories.<u+201d> | official: withheld clinton emails contain 'operational' intel, put lives at risk | noauthor | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | https://t4.rbxcdn.com/c5695e5f087535e2066dc473e03b1819 | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | nocountry | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | null | null | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | null | null | null | na | na | na | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | ti_cnn_train.parquet | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | 0.0 | na | na | na | na | na | na | nothread | na | 0.0 | 0.0 | 17.0 | 80.0 | 8.0 | 6607.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 10.0 | 0.0 | 472.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 108.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 44.0 | 7.0 | 20.0 | 4.0 | 12.0 | 5.0 | 6.0 | 4.0 | 38.0 | 21.0 | 39.0 | 482.0 | 109.0 | 45.0 | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na |
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na | true | ti_cnn | real | na | na | na | na | na | na | train | na | na | there was a time when being a governor was considered excellent experience for the presidency. particularly if you were in office while you ran for the nation<u+2019>s top job. a governor had experience running an executive branch of government and dealing with the recalcitrant, egotistical idiots who populate state legislatures. having spent chunks of their careers in a state far away from washington, d.c. allowed governors to claim to be outsiders who could shake up the nation<u+2019>s capital when they got there. even george w. bush got away with claiming outsider status when he ran in 2000, and his family has deeper roots in washington than the trees in rock creek park. (that argument has worked less well this year for his brother jeb!, the former florida governor whose heart doesn<u+2019>t seem to be in the argument the few times he has tried to make it. but then, i don<u+2019>t think jeb!, in his current incarnation as the most unenthusiastic campaigner for elective office since paul warren ran for president of winwood high, could sell heating oil in new hampshire in winter.)
this cycle<u+2019>s republican primary currently has three sitting governors running for their party<u+2019>s nomination, following the departure from the race of scott walker. how are they doing? as of now, the tri-headed juggernaut of john kasich, bobby jindal and chris christie have collectively captured around six percent of the support of the primary voters and will only sniff the oval office if they buy a ticket to the next president<u+2019>s inauguration. by all rights, they should be back in their state capitals soon. but how soon? let<u+2019>s look at the status of their campaigns and make some predictions!
john kasich <u+2013> hey, he<u+2019>s still pretty popular! a quinnipiac poll in october found the ohio governor<u+2019>s approval rating at 62 percent, despite the fact that all his time stumping through early-voting states like new hampshire and iowa has left him with precious little time at home. or maybe his approval ratings are that high because he<u+2019>s been spending so much of his time away from ohio. if he<u+2019>s anything like the snarling, hectoring grouch at home that he was onstage during the last two debates, voters might genuinely prefer he stay away. besides, like party-happy teenagers whose parents are out of town, last week they came close to laying in a huge supply of weed while dad was away. party in youngstown!
kasich will probably stay in the race at least until he finishes no higher than sixth in the south carolina primary on february 27, by which point the hopelessness of staying in just to be the lone voice of reason in this insane field should have sunk in. though i think he should stay in the race through the convention next summer, at which time he can go back home sporting a 100 percent approval rating from his constituents, making him more popular in ohio than lebron james or warm weather. heck, voters might even change the state constitution so he can run for a third consecutive term.
chris christie <u+2013> the presidential aspirations of new jersey<u+2019>s biggest flameout since the hindenburg are not sitting well with his constituents. a poll released this week found that nearly two-thirds of new jersey voters think christie should give up on the presidency and come home to work on his state<u+2019>s problems (the largest of which being that it is new jersey). the same poll found his job disapproval rating at 59 percent, which i thought was surprisingly low. the poll also found that while only eight percent of his state<u+2019>s republicans back him for president, 53 percent think he should stay in the race. so new jersey republicans are either confused about what they want from the governor or they think the state runs better when he<u+2019>s nowhere near it. the irony is that the national press has lately started pumping christie<u+2019>s chances for a comeback, even as his national polling numbers fell so low that he was relegated to the undercard debate this past tuesday. i predict that his ego will not allow him to drop out of the race before the florida primary on march 15, simply because he will convince himself that his performance during sandy in 2012 will convince voters there that he truly understands the needs of a state that is always in danger of getting wiped out by a hurricane. but after that expensive loss, even new jersey<u+2019>s republicans won<u+2019>t be able to justify sending his campaign money to keep him the hell away from them. bobby jindal <u+2013> forget about meteoric rises. louisiana<u+2019>s governor is in a meteoric plummet. a recent poll from the university of new orleans found that 55 percent of his constituents strongly disapprove of the job he<u+2019>s doing. add the 15 percent who checked the box without the modifier, and jindal has a disapproval rating of an astonishing 70 percent. he might even be less popular in louisiana than exercise. it<u+2019>s hard to imagine a harder fall for a louisiana governor who isn<u+2019>t under indictment. jindal was once touted as the next big thing for national republican politics. just a couple of years ago he seemed like a straight shooter, giving speeches telling republicans that they needed to stop being the <u+201c>stupid party.<u+201d> then his ambitions got the better of him. now he<u+2019>s dragging his one percent national polling average through iowa and spending his debate time trying to out-nasty every alligator in the bayou. i<u+2019>d laud him for punching up, except there is no one lower to punch down on. my prediction? with his term as governor ending in 2016, jindal will find a way to stay in the race until roger ailes offers him a paid contributor gig for fox news. which means he might still be running after the general election is over next november. | gop governors are on the fast track to nowhere: jindal, christie & kasich aren<u+2019>t long for this world | noauthor | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | https://t4.rbxcdn.com/c5695e5f087535e2066dc473e03b1819 | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | nocountry | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | null | null | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | null | null | null | na | na | na | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | ti_cnn_train.parquet | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | 0.0 | na | na | na | na | na | na | nothread | na | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 100.0 | 8.0 | 5672.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 0.0 | 402.0 | 3.0 | 0.0 | 148.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 38.0 | 13.0 | 15.0 | 8.0 | 17.0 | 7.0 | 15.0 | 4.0 | 19.0 | 27.0 | 31.0 | 407.0 | 151.0 | 38.0 | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na |
na | true | ti_cnn | real | na | na | na | na | na | na | train | na | na | will the real donald trump please stand up?
lately, it's been a political guessing game of which donald trump is going to show up.
in the past 24 hours alone, the whiplash between what rival-turned-uneven-surrogate ben carson called the "two different donald trumps" was on bold display.
from a serious foreign policy address in the morning, he returned just hours later to his regular slapstick mockery of his rivals. but as trump moves even closer to securing his party's white house nomination, the unpredictable dichotomy is one that's sure to worry gop leaders, anxious over which trump will show up when it matters most in november.
on wednesday evening, it was pure, unfiltered trump who took the stage in indiana. hoosier legend, former indiana university basketball coach bobby knight (whose own temper is controversial in itself), introduced him, endorsing the real estate mogul as "the most prepared man in history to step in as president of the united states."
"there has never been a more honest politician than donald trump," said knight, who was fired from iu in 2000 after "uncivil, defiant and unacceptable" behavior that included allegedly choking a player.
"they say he isn't presidential. i don't know what the hell that means," knight thundered to loud applause.
trump's speech that followed was largely of the mold that many gop leaders worry is decidedly unpresidential. the mocking of ohio gov. kasich's eating habits was a staple. he again berated ted cruz, boasting that he has won evangelical voters this cycle while cruz holds up the bible, puts it down, "and then he lies."
and even though he had some kind words about the fourth estate after his tuesday night landslide, trump was back to calling the press corps following him "the world's most dishonest people" on wednesday evening in indiana. the crowd, as usual, ate it up and joined along in the jeers.
just a week earlier, there seemed to be a shift in trump land. ever since the gop presidential front-runner hired political strategist paul manafort to helm his maligned delegate operation, the longtime republican hand has tried to telegraph the message that the controversial reality tv star would eventually "evolve" and tone down his temper and tenor on the campaign trail.
that promise seemed to have been fulfilled after trump's landslide win in new york last week. in a more subdued victory speech at trump tower, he was cordial to his bitter rival cruz, even referring to him as "senator" instead of the "lyin' ted" moniker he's bestowed on him.
but a week later, that collegiality was gone after trump himself pushed back on the idea that any change was forthcoming. campaigning in rhode island and pennsylvania ahead of his sweep of five states tuesday, trump was back to insults and his usual freewheeling, unpredictable style. that's where he premiered his critique of his struggling rival kasich's eating style on the campaign trail.
"he has the news conference all the time when he's eating. i've never seen a human being eat in such a disgusting fashion," trump thundered.
after his big wins on tuesday <u+2014> which possibly put him on an irreversible path toward winning the gop nomination <u+2014> trump was back to a more unplugged style.
turning an eye toward the general election and likely rival hillary clinton, he went hard after the democrat for "playing the woman's card." it was a new line of attacks that likely worry many party strategists as they seek to woo the important female voting bloc in november, among whom trump has high unfavorables in general election polling.
"if hillary clinton were a man, i don't think she would get 5 percent of the vote," he jabbed at the end of his remarks. calling in to news shows the next morning, he continued that line of criticism.
later wednesday afternoon, however, a more presidential sounding and looking donald trump showed up. giving a major foreign policy speech in washington, he was far more straight-laced, reading prepared remarks from a teleprompter.
here's how npr's domenico montanaro described it:
just hours later though, he was back to his usual routine <u+2014> for the most part. there was one subtle instance of restraint during his indiana rally wednesday night. he still took glee in mocking cruz's decision to tap carly fiorina as his vice presidential pick even though the texas senator is mathematically unable to get enough delegates on the first convention ballot.
but he refrained from any overt attacks on fiorina herself, a departure from last fall, when he derided her appearance.
overall, trump perhaps summed up his philosophy best during his trump tower victory speech tuesday night: "if you have a football team, and you're winning, and then you get to the super bowl, you don't change your quarterback, right?"
trump may take a knee more often on the campaign trail and give voters flashes of that more subdued version of himself. but wednesday alone demonstrated he's going to continue to blitz in his own way, like it or not, for the foreseeable future. | will the real donald trump please stand up? | noauthor | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | https://t4.rbxcdn.com/c5695e5f087535e2066dc473e03b1819 | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | nocountry | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | null | null | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | null | null | null | na | na | na | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | ti_cnn_train.parquet | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | 0.0 | na | na | na | na | na | na | nothread | na | 0.0 | 0.0 | 7.0 | 43.0 | 8.0 | 5051.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 322.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 113.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 25.0 | 11.0 | 16.0 | 7.0 | 10.0 | 12.0 | 13.0 | 7.0 | 28.0 | 24.0 | 45.0 | 323.0 | 114.0 | 25.0 | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na |
na | true | ti_cnn | real | na | na | na | na | na | na | train | na | na | republican presidential candidate donald trump appeared to have made inroads with evangelical voters after meeting with hundreds of conservative christian leaders tuesday, but not all christians are in his corner.
religion news service came out with a list of seven conservative christian leaders who are not supporting trump.
topping their list is russell moore, president of the southern baptist convention's ethics & religious liberty commission. moore referred to trump's campaign as "reality television moral sewage."
the report also named denny burk, a professor of biblical studies at boyce college. burk blogged in march, "i am not joking or being hyperbolic when i say that he is a mussolini-in-waiting. he must never be allowed near the oval office. ever."
in a february blog, pastor and author max lucado wrote that trump would not make it through the "decency interview" he requires for those who date his daughters.
"can we not expect a tone that would set a good example for our children?" he wrote. "we stand against bullying in schools. shouldn't we do the same in presidential politics?"
rns also listed thabiti anyabwile, pastor of anacostia river church; conservative blogger erick erickson; robbie george, mccormick professor of jurisprudence at princeton university; and alan noble, editor of the website christ and pop culture. | seven christian leaders who are not supporting donald trump | noauthor | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | https://t4.rbxcdn.com/c5695e5f087535e2066dc473e03b1819 | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | nocountry | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | null | null | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | null | null | null | na | na | na | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | ti_cnn_train.parquet | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | 0.0 | na | na | na | na | na | na | nothread | na | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 59.0 | 8.0 | 1355.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3.0 | 0.0 | 100.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 15.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 12.0 | 2.0 | 5.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 4.0 | 1.0 | 6.0 | 14.0 | 2.0 | 20.0 | 103.0 | 15.0 | 12.0 | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na |
na | true | ti_cnn | real | na | na | na | na | na | na | train | na | na | the generation of african americans pushing criminal-
justice issues and institutional racism to the forefront of the presidential election had little effect at the ballot box during this primary season, according to an analysis of exit polling across 25<u+00a0>states.
african americans account for a larger share of democratic primary voters this year than they did in 2008, but that is because of older black voters, not higher <u+00ad>participation by younger black people.
across two dozen states where exit polls were conducted in 2008 and this year, black voters older than 45 grew from 12<u+00a0>percent of the electorate on average in 2008 to 16<u+00a0>percent this year. in those same states, black voters younger than 45 made up 11<u+00a0>percent of voters in 2008 vs. 10<u+00a0>percent this year.
president obama, in his commencement address last weekend at howard university, praised young black activists for bringing new energy to the ongoing movement for racial justice and equality, but he said: <u+201c>you have to have a strategy. not just awareness, but action. not just hashtags, but votes.<u+201d>
<u+201c>it<u+2019>s thanks in large part to the activism of young people like many of you, from <u+2018>black twitter<u+2019> to black lives matter, that america<u+2019>s eyes have been opened <u+2014> white, black, democrat, republican <u+2014> to the real problems, for example, in our criminal-justice system,<u+201d> obama said. <u+201c>but to bring about structural change, lasting change, awareness is not enough. it requires changes in law, changes in custom.<u+201d>
he added: <u+201c>passion is vital, but you<u+2019>ve got to have a strategy. and your plan better include voting, not just some of the time, but all the time.<u+201d>
obama<u+2019>s comments echoed continuing concerns that some young black activists involved in the current wave of political action do not share the belief in the critical importance of the right to vote <u+2014> one of the most important achievements of the civil rights movement of the 1950s and <u+2019>60s.
democratic candidates and strategists have stressed the importance this year of all young voters, who heavily favored obama in both of his election contests <u+2014> and sen. bernie sanders of vermont in this year<u+2019>s democratic primaries. but younger americans are the least likely to turn out in elections: the share of eligible voters ages 18 to 29 who cast ballots fell from a record high of 48<u+00a0>percent in 2008 to 41<u+00a0>percent in the 2012 presidential election, according to the u.s. elections project.
fredrick harris, a political science professor and director of the institute for research in african american studies at columbia university, said the success of the black lives matter movement should not be measured only by voter turnout or candidate preference. it has succeeded at doing what no other black leaders have done, especially those who have lined up to endorse either sanders or democratic front-runner hillary clinton.
the young activists have <u+201c>placed criminal-justice reform on the political agenda. both sanders and clinton have been falling over each other talking about the need for reform and the persistence of institutionalized racism,<u+201d> harris said. <u+201c>that did not happen in 2008 and would not have happened in 2016 without blm. a movement does not have to necessarily influence electoral outcomes in order to be successful. look for criminal-justice reform in the party<u+2019>s platform at this summer<u+2019>s convention, which will prioritize the issue if a democrat wins [the white house]. there were no serious criminal-justice-reform platform in 2008 or 2012. in essence, the movement has been influential in the democratic selection process without even officially endorsing a candidate.<u+201d>
interviews with some activists inspired by the black lives matter movement revealed a nuanced view of electoral politics. none advocated a total boycott of elections, and some have been actively involved in various local contests across the country.
at the same time, many were not enthusiastic about the value of voting, particularly in this year<u+2019>s presidential election cycle. some activists have staged protests at campaign events and received ample media coverage in the process. the sharpest criticism was aimed at clinton, but most did not endorse sanders, either.
these activists argued that neither candidate had adequately addressed the issues affecting black communities.
<u+201c>voting is definitely one way, and i wouldn<u+2019>t insult my ancestors by telling people they shouldn<u+2019>t vote, but there are other ways of reimagining and restructuring the world, and that lies in organizing our communities,<u+201d> said ashley williams, a 23-year-old activist who attends the university of north carolina at charlotte.
williams crashed a fundraiser for clinton in charlotte in february, where she stood up and asked the candidate whether she would <u+201c>apologize to black people for mass incarceration.<u+201d> williams also said, <u+201c>i<u+2019>m not a <u+00ad>super-predator, hillary clinton<u+201d> <u+2014> a reference to clinton<u+2019>s use years ago of a racially charged term meant to describe young offenders who are beyond rehabilitation. williams was escorted from the event, but the next day, clinton told a washington post columnist, <u+201c>looking back, i shouldn<u+2019>t have used those words, and i wouldn<u+2019>t use them today.<u+201d>
williams, who said she joined other protesters in disrupting a trump rally in raleigh in december, said she did not endorse sanders, because <u+201c>i<u+2019>m not sure he should be the nominee, either.<u+201d>
lindsey burgess, 22, a student at spelman college in atlanta who is supporting sanders, is concerned that many young african americans are already disenchanted with politics because of their view that two terms of an obama presidency have done little to dismantle institutional racism. the rhetoric of the black lives matter movement, she said, risks turning off these would-be voters even more.
<u+201c>it<u+2019>s very much ideology-driven, and it is anti-establishment,<u+201d> burgess said of the movement. <u+201c>they want to eradicate this whole political system, the two-party system. but that<u+2019>s not feasible right now. i do think that type of language has permeated the [presidential] campaign and stopped a lot of people from getting involved.<u+201d>
exit polls show african americans overwhelmingly supported clinton over sanders in this year<u+2019>s primaries and were crucial to fueling her large delegate lead. clinton won an average of 79<u+00a0>percent support among black democratic voters, compared with 21<u+00a0>percent for sanders. clinton won black voters under age 45 by 33<u+00a0>points across 12 states where exit polls broke down electoral choice by age <u+2014> and won older voters by a larger 79<u+00a0>points.
joyce ladner, who was a member of one of the leading organizations of the civil rights era, the student nonviolent coordinating committee, said the cynicism toward voting on the part of some young activists is dangerous because <u+201c>so much is at stake, if not for them, for the masses of black people.<u+201d>
<u+201c>what to substitute for not voting? they need to put forth an alternative political, social or economic structure that delivers some relief to black people,<u+201d> ladner said. <u+201c>this is where the critical issue of accountability comes in. to whom are blm folks accountable when they remove the vote from black people?<u+201d>
and, she argued, <u+201c>if voting isn<u+2019>t important, why are white legislators gerrymandering districts and using other tactics to prevent blacks from voting?<u+201d>
activists in the black lives matter movement don<u+2019>t always sit on the sidelines. in chicago, several groups rallied voters to unseat cook county state<u+2019>s attorney anita alvarez, who they said helped cover up the shooting death in 2014 of laquan mcdonald, the black teenager who was walking away from police officers when one of them shot him 16 times.
authorities did not charge the officer until a year later, prompting allegations of a coverup. activists launched a campaign dubbed #byeanita, and alvarez, who was seeking a third term, was soundly defeated in the march 15 primary.
activists in cleveland similarly organized and turned out voters to oust cuyahoga county prosecutor timothy j. mcginty, who was criticized for his handling of the shooting death in 2014 of tamir rice, the 12-year-old who was playing with a toy gun when a police officer shot him to death.
jessica pierce, national chair of the black youth project 100, said that alvarez was directly targeted because she <u+201c>will use her position of power to support violence against black people.<u+201d>
the organization did not choose sides in the democratic primary and has no plans to endorse in the general election, although they will encourage young black people to vote. more important, pierce said, is educating and organizing black communities to hold elected officials accountable between elections. she said she doesn<u+2019>t take issue with obama<u+2019>s challenge to young activists.
<u+201c>for black youth project 100, a core purpose of leading election work is not just the votes that we will turn out in this election but what those votes represent,<u+201d> pierce said. <u+201c>the votes represent power <u+2014> concrete power of black youth across the country. this is power that then builds into our direct action organizing campaigns and policy work that we have been leading locally and will continue to lead after election day.<u+201d> | despite black lives matter, young black americans aren<u+2019>t voting in higher numbers | noauthor | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | https://t4.rbxcdn.com/c5695e5f087535e2066dc473e03b1819 | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | nocountry | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | null | null | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | null | null | null | na | na | na | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | ti_cnn_train.parquet | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | 0.0 | na | na | na | na | na | na | nothread | na | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.0 | 81.0 | 8.0 | 9188.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 7.0 | 0.0 | 644.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 149.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 71.0 | 18.0 | 20.0 | 5.0 | 18.0 | 14.0 | 19.0 | 11.0 | 45.0 | 25.0 | 62.0 | 651.0 | 150.0 | 72.0 | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na |
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- david brody<u+00a0>was live on facebook before the debate
- jennifer wishon will give live debate analysis between 9-11 pm et
- follow jenna browder on twitter all night.
new york -- it's a presidential debate that can be summed up in one familiar word <u+2013> huge!
social media is swarming with talk of the debate. clinton supporters are calling for meticulous fact-checking of trump's comments during the debate, while trump supporters hound hillary for her perceived untrustworthiness.<u+00a0>despite abundant<u+00a0>disagreement<u+00a0>over who will <u+00a0>win the white house, everyone agrees this debate is unlike any other.
get the latest analysis and coverage
from your trusted cbn news political team.
the first of three presidential debates began with a question on the economy and jobs. both candidates answered the question with their ideas to boost the economy.
donald trump says his tax plan may benefit the wealthy but it is also "a great thing for the middle class" because companies would invest more in building their businesses.
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he says companies want to create jobs but they often move their money overseas because "taxes are so onerous."
secretary clinton directed voters to her website for her economic plan. she brought up the site when trump was hammering her on taxes and regulations. "he said he's 'going into cut taxes big league. you're going to raise taxes big league. end of story.'"
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clinton retorted that she "kind of assumed there would be a lot of these charges and claims."
mrs. clinton accused mr. trump of not paying some of the people who have worked for him through the years. she said she is relieved her father, a small business man, never had to work for him. she said trump "stiffed" thousands of small business owners and workers through the years.
trump said tens of thousands of people have worked for him and liked it. he defended his businesses saying they have been successful. he said he'd only not pay someone if their work was unsatisfactory.
trump stated at one point that clinton didn't have the stamina to be president. she suggested he was referring to her gender and reminded viewers of some of his past comments about women.
she also accused trump of being easily provoked. he defended himself saying, "i have much better judgment than she does. i have much better temperament."
both candidates accused each other of starting rumors claiming<u+00a0>president barack obama wasn't born in the united states.
they came to somewhat of an agreement on the subject of not making people on watch-lists and no-fly lists eligible for guns.
the gun debate also centered around on-going violence between police and minorities.
trump said america needs law and order especially in inner cities. he told viewers that blacks and hispanics are "living in hell because it's so dangerous."
both agreed something needed to be
the debate could be one of the most watched and even be among some of the highest rated programs ever.
the 2015 super bowl clocks in at no. 1 with 115 million viewers. the 1983 series finale of "mash" brought in 106 million.
one poll estimates monday's event could rival those numbers, topping a hundred million. regardless of the count, it will be "must see tv."
"win. that's all i want to do is win," trump said.
but for this "outsider," winning won't be the result of traditional textbook strategy. instead, he's expected to stick with what got him here: instinct and boldness.
trump, however, will need to pass the plausibility test -- that is, whether voters see him as a president.
many are evangelicals still trying to decide whether they will pull the lever for trump or possibly sit this election out. but evangelical leader david barton calls that the wrong approach.
"we have a very selfish view of what we do with voting, and i say that in the sense of that most christians think that voting is a right. it's not. it's a duty," barton said.
and trump's been rallying the troops in the days leading up to this debate.
it's appropriate that this first, attention-grabbing debate will be in the new york area. both candidates feel right at home in this familiar territory.
trump tower is located in manhattan, clinton's headquarters are 20 minutes away in brooklyn, and the debate site at hofstra university in hempstead is only about an hour drive.
as he has proven, trump enjoys mixing it up and getting feisty at debates. but he doesn't typically throw the first punch. instead, he waits until he's attacked and analysts say he's one of the best counter punchers out there. so how will clinton get ready to rumble?
"you have to be prepared for, like, wacky stuff that comes at you," she told late night host jimmy kimmel. "i am drawing on my experience from elementary school."
while clinton's opponent may be taking a less traditional approach to preparing for the debates, she is going by the book.
the democratic nominee cut back campaigning last week. sources say she's going through briefing books, rehearsing and studying clips of trump from the republican primary debates, taking notes of his style and what gets under his skin.
"i run across people, partisans and non-partisans alike; they'll say, 'why are y'all working so hard? i mean your girl's going to be the next president.' which my comment is 'oh, contraire,'" strider said.
"we have a very tough race ahead of us and we have two candidates and we have two candidates' families that know how to win at the rodeo and it's going to be a tough race for both sides and they're going to go at it," strider warned.
clinton has participated in more debates than any presidential candidate in recent history. but it's hard to say how much that experience will help with an unconventional outsider like trump.
clinton is preparing to face some uncomfortable subjects -- from her email scandal to bill clinton's infidelity.
a campaign insider says her team hopes to come up with a memorable one-liner that will knock trump off his game and stick in voters' minds.
regarding clinton, one of the big dangers to watch for is how she will react to trump's attacks. she's been known to get agitated pretty quickly so keeping a calm, cool demeanor will be vitally important in this debate for the ages. | first presidential debate of 2016 over but who won? | noauthor | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | https://t4.rbxcdn.com/c5695e5f087535e2066dc473e03b1819 | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | nocountry | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | null | null | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | null | null | null | na | na | na | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | ti_cnn_train.parquet | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | 0.0 | na | na | na | na | na | na | nothread | na | 0.0 | 0.0 | 7.0 | 51.0 | 8.0 | 6349.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 3.0 | 0.0 | 431.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 135.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 51.0 | 14.0 | 17.0 | 6.0 | 16.0 | 11.0 | 10.0 | 8.0 | 32.0 | 24.0 | 46.0 | 434.0 | 135.0 | 51.0 | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na |
na | true | ti_cnn | real | na | na | na | na | na | na | train | na | na | for much of the year, washington has been upstaged by the drama of far-flung primary elections, but as west virginia becomes the latest state to vote for presidential nominees on tuesday, the nation<u+2019>s gaze has swung back to the capital.
such is the intrigue surrounding a crunch meeting between donald trump and house speaker paul ryan, slated for capitol hill this thursday, that the absence of the usual electioneering on the trail this week has barely been missed.
neither the two democrats nor the sole republican in the race have visited west virginia since last thursday, even though trump still needs delegates to secure the nomination and hillary clinton and bernie sanders are still, in theory, fighting to be the democratic candidate.
instead, attention has shifted to whether trump can win over skeptics before an expected showdown with clinton in november<u+2019>s general election. ryan<u+2019>s concern about party unity, and the meeting with trump to discuss it, has even led to speculation that an independent candidate could yet emerge to offer an alternative for disaffected republicans.
but such a hypothetical may be unrealistic, or an exercise in wishful thinking at this late stage in the primary <u+2013> akin to the hopes of sanders supporters, who cling to the belief that a victory in west virginia will reinvigorate his campaign despite clinton<u+2019>s 300-delegate lead, and huge advantage in superdelegates.
for some leading lights in the #nevertrump movement, it is never too late to hope. william kristol, a prominent conservative commentator who is seeking to encourage plausible alternative candidates to come forward, remains hopeful that one might.
last thursday, he met with former republican nominee mitt romney at a hotel in washington to discuss options. romney has said he is not interested in running again, but his involvement underlines the seriousness of the effort.
kristol told the guardian this week that he still believes there is a 50/50 chance someone of sufficient caliber could yet emerge to run against trump and clinton this cycle. he said that he and like-minded republicans <u+201c>should know in a month whether [there is] a serious national candidate<u+201d>.
aside from finding a plausible candidate, the biggest obstacle is making sure that voters are able to select them. ballot access is far a from trivial issue for an independent or third-party candidate seeking to appear alongside trump and clinton in november.
one important hurdle has already in passed by, uncleared, in texas, where potential candidates had to find 80,000 signatures by this monday <u+2013> a mountain made even higher by rules stating the signatories had to be those of voters who had not already taken part on the state<u+2019>s primary in march
in north carolina, another delegate-rich state where any serious candidate would want to be included in november, there is a similar deadline next month requiring 90,000 signatures.
kristol believes such rules could be challenged in court if they appear to be obstructing the democratic will. <u+201c>once there<u+2019>s a candidate, a legal challenge to texas and north carolina as unconstitutionally early deadlines (as in the successful cases in the 1980s) has a decent chance of winning,<u+201d> he said.
but what tends to attract less attention is that a third-party candidate need not necessarily have to have a viable shot at winning the national election outright to play a crucial role in determining who gets to the white house.
under the constitution, if no presidential candidate emerges from the election with a clear majority of 270 electoral college votes, then congress gets to decide.
<u+201c>if no candidate receives a majority of electoral votes, the house of representatives elects the president from the three presidential candidates who received the most electoral votes,<u+201d> according to the 12th amendment.
<u+201c>each state delegation has one vote. the senate would elect the vice-president from the two vice-presidential candidates with the most electoral votes,<u+201d> it continues. <u+201c>each senator would cast one vote for vice president. if the house of representatives fails to elect a president by inauguration day, the vice-president elect serves as acting president until the deadlock is resolved in the house.<u+201d>
another scenario, perhaps even more extreme, could see a major new candidate emerge who associated themselves with an existing third party campaign to circumvent the ballot rules.
some on the left have speculated, for example, that should sanders feel sufficiently betrayed by the democratic party process, he could join with the green party, which has been fighting to obtain ballot access for months for its likely nominee jill stein. though sanders insists this will never happen in his case <u+2013> he has pledged to support the democratic nominee if it is not him, and the greens seem happy with stein <u+2013> could this hypothetical model work on the right instead?
again, this looks unlikely, not least because the strongest equivalent force, the libertarian party is far removed ideologically from establishment republicans like ryan and romney. the libertarians have said they expect to be on the ballot in all 50 states in november.
but the biggest reason that some of the right have not given up on the idea of finding an alternative to trump is the growing realisation of just how much his policies differ from those of republicans in washington.
if anything, ryan<u+2019>s warning last week to trump understates the ideological gulf between them. on issues from free trade to social security, the two most powerful figures in the party occupy polar opposite positions.
<u+201c>i am not ready to support speaker ryan<u+2019>s agenda,<u+201d> trump said in defiance of ryan<u+2019>s criticism last week. <u+201c>perhaps in the future we can work together and come to an agreement about what is best for the american people. they have been treated so badly for so long that it is about time for politicians to put them first!<u+201d>
recent trump comments on the possibility of renegotiating us national debt <u+2013> a cataclysmic default scenario as far as many in the financial markets are concerned <u+2013> only widen the divide and make it easier for other candidates, including clinton, to seek funding from traditional donors in corporate america and on wall street.
ryan<u+2019>s offer on monday to stand aside as chairman of the party convention in cleveland, should trump request it, may further increase the speaker<u+2019>s tactical flexibility if, by some miracle, there was still to be a contested nomination within the party.
more realistically however, ryan<u+2019>s reluctance to immediately throw his support behind trump is likely to have less to do with the 2016 presidential race and more to do with his concerns for the 2016 congressional elections and, perhaps, even the 2020 presidential race.
with a divisive figure at the top of the party ticket in november, many republicans fear they could lose control of the senate and even the house. by playing hard to get, ryan makes it easier for those in tightly-contested districts to distance themselves from trump. but he also holds out the prospect of the party regrouping around a less divisive figure next time if it loses the white house to clinton.
it may lack the immediacy of the primary election cliffhanger, but this is the more likely longer-run drama beginning to play out in washington.
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na | true | ti_cnn | real | na | na | na | na | na | na | train | na | na | ted cruz raised nearly $20 million in the past three months, according to an internal memo obtained by nbc news - a significant haul for the texas senator heading into the final month before the iowa caucus.
"we're showing we have the strength going into the iowa caucus," a campaign aide told nbc news tonight, adding: "if people want to get behind a candidate who can go the distance, we're showing we've got that."
it's cruz's biggest fundraising total yet, surpassing the $12.2 million he brought in last quarter. and it brings the texas senator's total figure for the year to $45 million.
in the previous three months, ben carson - then the rising candidate in polling - brought in a similar $20 million. and marco rubio brought in just $6 million.
cruz is the first candidate to report his or her fundraising totals for this quarter, which technically ends on thursday.
at the beginning of october, cruz's campaign had the most cash on hand -- $13.8 million - but it has yet to publicly release what its coffers now hold.
the formidable fundraising by cruz <u+2014> who often highlights on the trail that his campaign is built to last <u+2014> is also matched by hefty fundraising by several super pacs backing his candidacy. through september, the super pacs had raised $38 million <u+2014> and to date, the organizations have spent little of that money.
for cruz, the extra cash gives the candidate expanded funds to potentially buy advertising in the upcoming early states. but through the summer and fall, the campaign resisted spending on traditional television and radio advertising, putting in less than $1 million total so far. it has yet to lay out its advertising plan instead saying it will buy television air time on a week to week basis. | cruz raises $20 million in fourth quarter | noauthor | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | https://t4.rbxcdn.com/c5695e5f087535e2066dc473e03b1819 | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | nocountry | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | null | null | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | null | null | null | na | na | na | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | ti_cnn_train.parquet | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | 0.0 | na | na | na | na | na | na | nothread | na | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.0 | 41.0 | 8.0 | 1742.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 5.0 | 0.0 | 136.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 34.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 9.0 | 2.0 | 5.0 | 0.0 | 2.0 | 3.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 3.0 | 2.0 | 9.0 | 141.0 | 34.0 | 9.0 | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na |
na | true | ti_cnn | real | na | na | na | na | na | na | train | na | na | donald trump visits capitol hill thursday. he will find some fellow republicans who are struggling with the morality of supporting him.
how snl's 'the bubble' sketch about polarization is all too true
donald trump is making the rounds on capitol hill<u+00a0>thursday, searching for unity with republican leaders, including reluctant house speaker paul ryan. but for some gop lawmakers, backing the brash billionaire <u+2013> or rather, not backing him <u+2013> is more than a matter of agreeing on tax cuts or trade, immigration or national security.
<u+201c>i will not support mr. trump,<u+201d> rep. carlos curbelo (r) of florida has told the cbs affiliate in miami. <u+201c>that is not a political decision; that is a moral decision.<u+201d>
it<u+2019>s hard to know how many of his colleagues share this view. congressman curbelo, who caucuses with the pragmatic wing of the conference, says <u+201c>a lot<u+201d> of republicans have such concerns, some expressing it publicly and others privately.<u+00a0>on tuesday, washington post columnist michael gerson, former speechwriter to president george w. bush, articulated the moral dimension in a commentary:
<u+201c>those who support trump, no matter how reluctantly, have crossed a moral boundary. they are standing with a leader who encourages prejudice and despises the weak.<u+00a0>they are aiding the transformation of a party formed by lincoln's blazing vision of equality into a party of white resentment. those who find this one of the normal, everyday compromises of politics have truly lost their way.<u+201d>
those are stiff words, and interviews with several republican lawmakers in advance of trump<u+2019>s visit found that some did not agree with them. some say hillary clinton is also an immoral choice, and for that reason, they<u+2019>re reluctantly backing trump. others feel uncomfortable making a moral judgment at all, or don<u+2019>t see this as a moral choice.
but <u+201c>personal and policy morality are always involved in the selection of our leaders,<u+201d> says the<u+00a0>rev. james weiss, a<u+00a0>professor of ethics at boston college.<u+00a0>personal morality affects public behavior, and public policy always has a moral dimension <u+2013> whether lawmakers are dealing with abortion, criminal justice, welfare, medical care, or even trade and taxes, he adds.
<u+201c>the question is never whether morality plays a role, it<u+2019>s to what extent it does,<u+201d> reverend weiss says.
voters <u+2013> and politicians <u+2013> will differ on that judgment.
rep. tim huelskamp (r) of kansas also has moral issues with trump.<u+00a0>the kansan, a member of the hard-right freedom caucus, questions trump<u+2019>s positions on <u+201c>life, family, and marriage,<u+201d> and so do a lot of other republicans, he says. as a parent, he also worries about trump<u+2019>s language.
<u+201c>i can<u+2019>t get comfortable with a candidate if i<u+2019>m worried about what he<u+2019>ll say [on tv] in front of my 9-year-old that<u+2019>s vulgar and crass.<u+201d>
he says he<u+2019>s still sticking with sen. ted cruz, even though the texas republican dropped out of the race last week after trump took must-win indiana.
in a last-ditch effort to rescue his campaign in the hoosier state, mr. cruz lashed into trump, calling him a <u+201c>serial philanderer,<u+201d> among other things. trump has been open, even bragging, about his sexual exploits. he told reporters back in december that his <u+201c> indiscretions<u+201d> would be fair game<u+00a0>for reporters, even as he<u+2019>s made much of bill clinton<u+2019>s womanizing.
but other republicans see things differently. rep. trent franks of arizona, one of the most conservative members in the house, says he understands curbelo<u+2019>s perspective. curbelo says he views both trump and mrs. clinton as dishonest, and will vote for neither. he points out that there are typically 10 candidates for president on a florida ballot.
but congressman franks argues that the choice is <u+201c>binary.<u+201d> and when the antiabortion lawmaker compares trump with clinton on moral principles, on respect for fellow human beings, on protecting the constitution, and protecting the republic <u+201c>to keep it intact for future generations<u+201d> <u+2013> on all those fronts <u+201c>there is no contest. clinton will bring destruction to us in all of those areas, whereas mr. trump might.<u+201d>
franks was one of trump<u+2019>s most vociferous opponents in the primary. as a conservative, he says, he <u+201c>cannot trust him to do the right thing.<u+201d> but he knows, he said wednesday, <u+201c>that i can deeply trust hillary clinton to do the wrong thing every time.<u+201d> and so if it comes down to a vote between trump and clinton, he will choose trump and urge others to do the same.
on the senate side, another deep skeptic of trump, moderate republican susan collins of maine, says she wouldn<u+2019>t sit in judgment of the presumed nominee. she has repeatedly called on him to stop insulting people, to make amends with the muslim community and others whom he has alienated. <u+201c>but i<u+2019>m not going to judge him as a human being.<u+201d> indeed, she has not foreclosed the possibility of eventually supporting him.
sen. orrin hatch (r) of utah, ducking into an elevator, explained that <u+201c>i<u+2019>m a great believer in redemption, and people being able to change their lives, and hopefully, he<u+2019>ll fit that category.<u+201d>
but that<u+2019>s a na<u+00ef>ve approach when it comes to selecting a political leader, reverend weiss suggests. <u+201c>we don<u+2019>t vote for people hoping they<u+2019>ll change any more than we should marry them thinking they should change.<u+201d>
much more on target, weiss says, is the view of sen. james lankford (r) of oklahoma, who says that politicians reflect the values of the country.
before senator lankford came to congress, he was the director of student ministry at the baptist convention of oklahoma and of the falls creek youth camp, the largest youth camp in the country.
<u+201c>the moral dimension is obviously extremely important to me personally,<u+201d> he said in a brief interview on wednesday. but he said that people mistakenly <u+201c>want to denote, and say that political leaders carry all the moral baggage and all the moral weight of the country.<u+201d> it<u+2019>s the opposite, he says. leaders such as clinton and trump <u+201c>are a barometer for where we are as a country and what we value.<u+201d>
washington can<u+2019>t fix wayward values in the nation, he says, the nation fixes washington.
for some democrats, trump is just a reflection of republican values in recent years.
<u+201c>some republicans <u+2013> including members of their leadership <u+2013> have said they cannot support the vile rhetoric and radical proposals of the republican front-runner,<u+201d><u+00a0>said house minority leader nancy pelosi (d) of california in a press conference wednesday.<u+00a0><u+201c>but year after year, republicans have enthusiastically turned their intolerance and their discrimination into legislation ... whether it<u+2019>s insulting president obama, women, immigrants, muslims, lgbt americans, there<u+2019>s not a dime<u+2019>s worth of difference between what donald trump says and what the house republicans have been saying all along.<u+201d>
like other republicans, lankford does a side-by-side with clinton. if it comes to that choice, he says, he will side with trump.
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na | true | ti_cnn | real | na | na | na | na | na | na | train | na | na | more than half of these enrollees are new to the program, said burwell, speaking at an event commemorating the close of the second open enrollment period for subsidized private health insurance plans under the affordable care act's exchange marketplaces. the enrollment total surpasses the department of health and human services' projections, but is lower than what the congressional budget office expected.
"nearly 11.7 million americans signed up or were re-enrolled through the marketplace as of feb. 22," burwell said. "we are finally moving the needle on reducing the number of uninsured."
"we're confident that we will prevail in the court case argued before the supreme court last week. the law is clear," burwell said monday. "the text and structure of the affordable care act demonstrate that individuals in every state are eligible for tax credits. those who support this lawsuit believe that the law should be dismantled or repealed, and they are content to roll back the progress that we have achieved."
among the estimated 7.7 million enrollees from the federal health insurance exchanges, 87 percent received tax credits worth $263 a month on average, burwell said. more than half the enrollees paid $100 or less a month, including their subsidies. "these numbers show just how important the tax credits are to millions of americans and to the insurance markets in those states and throughout the marketplace," she said.
federal officials and most state-run exchanges have allowed individuals with applications in process to complete them for about a week following the deadline. in addition, the federally managed exchanges serving more than 30 states, and the majority of the exchanges operated by 13 states and the district of columbia, re-opened enrollment for people who learn when they file their income taxes that they owe a fine under the affordable care act's individual mandate that most u.s. residents have health coverage.
the numbers burwell announced monday are 300,000 higher than those reported by the white house last month. although additional tax season sign-ups are likely to boost the tally, enrollment is expected to decline over the course of the year as consumers obtain health coverage through another source, like a job, or as they give up their policies and become uninsured.
"while we know that the numbers will change as the year continues, we are pleased with the results today," burwell said.
the number of sign-ups burwell announced monday doesn't reflect how many of those enrollees have begun paying for their insurance policies, which is necessary to secure coverage. during the 2014 enrollment campaign, the number of enrollees surpassed 8 million, but fell below 7 million within six months.
during the year, people can use the exchanges to buy insurance if they experience a life change, such as having a baby or getting married. open enrollment for 2016 coverage begins nov. 1, 2015, and runs through jan. 31, 2016.
the health insurance exchange figures announced monday don't include new sign-ups for medicaid or the children's health insurance program. nearly 11 million people have joined those programs since obamacare enrollment began in october 2013, largely driven by the law's broadening of medicaid eligibility. to date, 28 states and the district of columbia have opted into the medicaid expansion. | obamacare enrollments hit nearly 12 million, top health official says | noauthor | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | https://t4.rbxcdn.com/c5695e5f087535e2066dc473e03b1819 | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | nocountry | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | null | null | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | null | null | null | na | na | na | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | ti_cnn_train.parquet | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | 0.0 | na | na | na | na | na | na | nothread | na | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 69.0 | 8.0 | 3371.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 6.0 | 0.0 | 187.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 71.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 22.0 | 3.0 | 9.0 | 2.0 | 4.0 | 10.0 | 6.0 | 2.0 | 14.0 | 8.0 | 25.0 | 193.0 | 72.0 | 23.0 | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na |
na | true | ti_cnn | real | na | na | na | na | na | na | train | na | na | 'brinkmanship,' a staple in the cold-war lexicon, is back in vogue on capitol hill. it's now used to describe not just a political game of chicken, but also as a synonym for overall governmental conflict-induced dysfunction.
senate republican leader mitch mcconnell (r) of kentucky speaks to reporters on budget negotiations to avert a government shutdown on dec. 9, 2014. with mcconnell are sens. roy blount (r) of missouri (l.) and john thune (r) of south dakota (r.). the final deal funded all but the department of homeland security, whose funding runs out on feb. 27, with the prospect of another shutdown looming.
brinkmanship. the now-standard term for any high-stakes game of political chicken, particularly over spending matters.
<u+201c>brinkmanship<u+201d> once was used in the national security realm during the cold war, to describe moving to the very edge of war in order to force a conciliatory move. democrat adlai stevenson, who ran for president in 1952 and 1956, blasted republican secretary of state john foster dulles for <u+201c>boasting of his brinkmanship <u+2013> the art of bringing us to the edge of the abyss.<u+201d> as university of california-berkeley linguist geoffrey nunberg has observed, it has endured far longer than <u+201c>mutual assured destruction<u+201d> and other words from that era.
<u+201c>the crises of the cold war kept taking the world to the brink of the same terrifying catastrophe,<u+201d> nunberg said in a new york times language column. <u+201c>now there seem to be lots of littler brinks and local abysses.<u+201d>
at the moment, it<u+2019>s being used to connote the dispute between congressional republicans and the white house over a spending bill for the homeland security department that republicans are trying to use to halt president obama<u+2019>s efforts to protect millions of undocumented immigrants from deportation. the department<u+2019>s funding is set to run out next friday, but senate democrats have refused to allow the house-passed version of the bill to come up, raising the prospect of a partial government shutdown.
<u+201c>the situation is frustrating some senior gop lawmakers,<u+201d> politico reported, <u+201c>because it<u+2019>s consuming valuable legislative time and because the new gop-controlled congress was hoping to put brinkmanship and deadline-driven crises behind it.<u+201d>
the squabble has grown so divisive <u+2013> with the courts as well as congress involved, and house republicans attacking senate republicans -- that liberal washington post blogger greg sargent concluded last week that <u+201c>the brinksmanship could only get crazier from here on out.<u+201d>
it may seem like it was an eternity now, but when obama embarked on his second term just over two years ago, he spoke hopefully of fiscal-related dealings that would include <u+201c>a little bit less drama, a little bit less brinkmanship, [and] not scare the heck out of folks quite so much.<u+201d> that, of course, turned out to be wishful thinking, given the government shutdown that occurred eight months later.
perhaps as a result, <u+201c>brinkmanship<u+201d> also is becoming something of a synonym for overall governmental conflict-induced dysfunction. rep. janice hahn (d) of california used it in that context this week when she announced that she would run for the los angeles county board of supervisors in 2016: <u+201c>with so much brinkmanship in washington, i am confident that i can get more done for our region back here at home, serving in local government.<u+201d>
by the way, the word used is both <u+201c>brinkmanship<u+201d> and <u+201c>brinksmanship.<u+201d> the version without the <u+201c>s<u+201d> is far more common, but both are considered acceptable.
chuck mccutcheon and david mark write their "speaking politics" blog exclusively for decoder voices. | how congress is giving new life (and scope) to 'brinkmanship' | noauthor | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | https://t4.rbxcdn.com/c5695e5f087535e2066dc473e03b1819 | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | nocountry | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | null | null | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | null | null | null | na | na | na | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | ti_cnn_train.parquet | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | 0.0 | na | na | na | na | na | na | nothread | na | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.0 | 61.0 | 8.0 | 3619.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 6.0 | 0.0 | 240.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 53.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 34.0 | 10.0 | 9.0 | 5.0 | 10.0 | 4.0 | 7.0 | 5.0 | 15.0 | 18.0 | 18.0 | 246.0 | 53.0 | 34.0 | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na |
na | true | ti_cnn | real | na | na | na | na | na | na | train | na | na | obama secures enough support for iran deal in congress
maryland sen. barbara mikulski announced wednesday that she will support the iran nuclear agreement, giving the white house the final vote needed to protect the accord from a republican-led effort to defeat the measure.
with her endorsement, mikulski became the crucial 34th vote needed to sustain president obama's expected veto should congress pass a measure to block the agreement.
"no deal is perfect, especially one negotiated with the iranian regime. i have concluded that this [agreement] is the best option available to block iran from having a nuclear bomb. for these reasons, i will vote in favor of this deal. however, congress must also reaffirm our commitment to the safety and security of israel."
congress is set to vote on a resolution of disapproval when it returns from the summer recess later this month.
mikulski's support comes a day after two other democratic holdouts, sens. chris coons of delaware and bob casey of pennsylvania, announced they were backing the measure.
only two senate democrats have announced they will not support the deal: new york's chuck schumer and new jersey's bob menendez.
no senate republicans have expressed support for the iran deal. | obama secures enough support for iran deal in congress | noauthor | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | https://t4.rbxcdn.com/c5695e5f087535e2066dc473e03b1819 | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | nocountry | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | null | null | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | null | null | null | na | na | na | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | ti_cnn_train.parquet | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | 0.0 | na | na | na | na | na | na | nothread | na | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 54.0 | 8.0 | 1248.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 71.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 24.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 8.0 | 3.0 | 6.0 | 2.0 | 1.0 | 5.0 | 3.0 | 4.0 | 13.0 | 5.0 | 14.0 | 73.0 | 24.0 | 8.0 | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na |
na | true | ti_cnn | real | na | na | na | na | na | na | train | na | na | one of the goals of president obama<u+2019>s state of the union last night was to emphasize liberal issues, such as gun control, that could ease hillary clinton<u+2019>s path to the white house.
but first she<u+2019>s got to win the democratic nomination, and for the first time in this contest, the mainstream media are considering the possibility that this isn<u+2019>t a slam dunk.
the media<u+2019>s conventional wisdom has long been that hillary might stumble in an early state or two, but she was still a virtual lock to be the nominee. but suddenly the punditry, fueled by recent polls, is starting to shift, with news organizations now at least considering the possibility that this is a real race.
the bernie phenomenon, overshadowed by the trump phenomenon, hasn<u+2019>t really gotten its full due in the media. and bernie agrees, having recently ripped the corporate media for giving his campaign a tiny fraction of the attention that the donald gets.
he has a point. although sanders has been on the cover of time, the press has largely underplayed the fact that he<u+2019>s drawing huge crowds, raised $73 million last year and is exciting the liberal grass roots. and the reason is simple: virtually no one in the punditry universe believes that sanders can win the nomination.
but now come a spate of eye-catching polls. a new monmouth survey has sanders leading clinton by 14 points in new hampshire, on the heels of a fox poll giving him a 13-point lead.
well, the prognosticators have long expected that sanders, from neighboring vermont, would probably take new hampshire. but now comes a quinnipiac poll showing sanders with a 5-point edge in iowa.
now it<u+2019>s true that clinton has a much bigger advantage as the contest moves to bigger states, where sanders would not get many minority votes and her union backing would definitely help. but if the heavily favored hillary clinton goes 0 for 2 in the first two contests, would that create a media explosion and seriously wound her candidacy?
the washington post<u+2019>s chris cillizza says that <u+201c>would be a total nightmare for clinton. period. it<u+2019>s also a lot more likely to go from fantasy to reality than most people <u+2014> including most establishment democrats <u+2014> understand.<u+201d>
that<u+2019>s why hillary has stopped treated bernie as a nuisance and has sharpened her attacks. in an iowa appearance, she said there is a <u+201c>big difference on guns<u+201d> between her and sanders: <u+201c>if you say stand up to special interests, then stand up to the gun lobby.<u+201d>
and it<u+2019>s hard to believe that clinton<u+2019>s proposal yesterday to slap a 4 percent income tax surcharge on those earning more than $5 million a year wasn<u+2019>t influenced by sanders<u+2019> soak-the-rich campaign.
sanders, who has avoided attacking clinton personally, has been pushing back, accusing her of running a <u+201c>panicky<u+201d> campaign.
most journalists concluded that sanders wasn<u+2019>t serious after the first democratic debate, when he took a key issue off the table by saying he was <u+201c>sick<u+201d> of hearing about her damn emails. the media have pretty much treated him like larry david ever since.
clinton is still the overwhelming favorite. but for the first time in many months, the press is questioning whether she might be derailed<u+2014>and someone else drawn into the race. i<u+2019>m sure it was just a coincidence that joe biden just said that bernie, not hillary, has long been fighting against income inequality.
howard kurtz is a fox news analyst and the host of "mediabuzz" (sundays 11 a.m. and 5 p.m. et). he is the author of five books and is based in washington. follow him at @howardkurtz. click here for more information on howard kurtz. | the press, feeling the bern, suddenly weighs whether sanders could derail hillary | noauthor | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | https://t4.rbxcdn.com/c5695e5f087535e2066dc473e03b1819 | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | nocountry | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | null | null | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | null | null | null | na | na | na | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | ti_cnn_train.parquet | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | 0.0 | na | na | na | na | na | na | nothread | na | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 81.0 | 8.0 | 3584.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 4.0 | 0.0 | 249.0 | 4.0 | 0.0 | 77.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 18.0 | 12.0 | 10.0 | 4.0 | 10.0 | 9.0 | 7.0 | 10.0 | 16.0 | 23.0 | 27.0 | 253.0 | 81.0 | 18.0 | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na |
na | true | ti_cnn | real | na | na | na | na | na | na | train | na | na | three days after teams of islamic state terrorists brazenly carried out raids across paris that left 129 people dead, president obama labeled the slaughter a "setback" in responding to questions about his policies.
"there will be setbacks and there will be successes. the terrible events in paris were obviously a terrible and sickening setback," obama said monday.
the president spoke at a contentious and lengthy press conference on the sidelines of the g20 summit in turkey, as he faces tough criticism from capitol hill -- for saying the morning before the attack that isis had been "contained" in iraq and syria, and for sustaining a military strategy that critics deem insufficient.
but obama on monday stuck by the u.s. strategy for fighting the terror group while defending his earlier remarks.
the president said the ultimate goal is to "degrade and ultimately destroy this barbaric terrorist organization." but he insisted that the reason he said they're contained, hours before terror teams launched deadly raids across paris, is because "they control less territory than they did last year."
obama stressed that going after isis in iraq and syria will help reduce the threat from foreign fighters, while acknowledging it "will not be enough to defeat isil in syria and iraq alone."
obama also defended the current strategy -- which involves airstrikes and a limited number of military advisers on the ground.
"there will be an intensification of the strategy that we've put forward," he said. "but the strategy that we are putting forward is the strategy that ultimately is going to work."
he said, "it will take time." and he insisted that the u.s. has not "underestimated" the isis threat.
"isil leaders will have no safe haven anywhere," obama vowed.
he spoke as lawmakers in washington stepped up their criticism of obama's approach.
"this is war. this is massive savagery on the part of isis," rep. peter king, r-n.y., told fox news on monday.<u+00a0>"we have to show much more of an intensity."
sen. john mccain, r-ariz., told msnbc "frankly i'm not overwhelmed with 20 airstrikes by the french," while sen. lindsey graham, r-s.c., said "if we just drop a few bombs on these guys and that's it, they'll be stronger than ever."
world leaders vowed earlier monday in turkey to boost intelligence-sharing, cut off terrorist funding and strengthen border security in europe, as they sought to show resolve and unity following the deadly terror attacks in paris.
"we agreed that the challenge can't just be tackled with military mean, but only a multitude of measures," german chancellor angela merkel said.
british prime minister david cameron also announced plans to host a donor conference early next year to raise "significant new funding" to tackle the flood of refugees spilling out of syria.
the leaders of the group of 20 rich and developing nations were wrapping up their two-day summit in turkey against the backdrop of heavy french bombardment of the islamic state's stronghold in syria. the u.s. was expanding its intelligence sharing with the french and helping them identify targets, according to american officials.
numerous meetings about next steps in syria and the islamic state campaign were being held on the sidelines of the summit in the turkish seaside resort of antalya.
meanwhile, republicans' 2012 presidential nominee, mitt romney, published an op-ed in the washington post saying "now is the time, not merely to contain the islamic state, but to eradicate it once and for all."
"we must wage the war to defeat the enemy, not merely to harass it. for over a year, the president has clung to the hope that an air campaign is sufficient. it demonstrably is not," he said, saying the administration must be willing to devote "whatever resources are required to win - even boots on the ground."
the associated press contributed to this report. | obama: paris terror rampage a <u+2018>setback<u+2019> | noauthor | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | https://t4.rbxcdn.com/c5695e5f087535e2066dc473e03b1819 | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | nocountry | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | null | null | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | null | null | null | na | na | na | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | ti_cnn_train.parquet | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | 0.0 | na | na | na | na | na | na | nothread | na | 0.0 | 0.0 | 7.0 | 39.0 | 8.0 | 3892.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 288.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 80.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 36.0 | 20.0 | 5.0 | 11.0 | 20.0 | 5.0 | 12.0 | 5.0 | 13.0 | 32.0 | 17.0 | 289.0 | 80.0 | 36.0 | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na |
na | true | ti_cnn | real | na | na | na | na | na | na | train | na | na | an obama 2008 veteran, who<u+2019>s been on a campaign that was in a position similar to clinton<u+2019>s and that had to reconcile with clinton, offers his thoughts.
in late may of 2008, there was a bit of a misunderstanding that briefly blew the tent off the circus that was the democratic primary. the context was an interview where hillary clinton responded to criticism from unnamed obama advisers (hi, guys) who accused her of dragging on a contest that had become virtually unwinnable: <u+201c>my husband did not wrap up the nomination in 1992 until he won the california primary somewhere in the middle of june, right? and we all remember bobby kennedy was assassinated in june in california.<u+201d>
now, it<u+2019>s clear with the benefit of eight years<u+2019> hindsight that hillary was merely pointing out that plenty of other primaries had lasted until june. i find it hard to believe that <u+201c>hillary cites rfk assassination in explaining why she<u+2019>s still in race<u+201d> was the headline that the clinton brain trust was hoping for that day. i don<u+2019>t think it was on the message calendar.
try telling that to 2008 me. i was outraged. my colleagues were outraged. in fact, we reveled in our outrage, which is what both campaigns did best back then (for laughs, we still send around timeless youtube classics such as <u+201c>your slumlord rezko,<u+201d> <u+201c>change you can xerox,<u+201d> <u+201c>talking like she<u+2019>s annie oakley,<u+201d> and my favorite, <u+201c>he just said cocaine!<u+201d>)
at that moment, however, a cooler head (barack obama<u+2019>s) prevailed. our statement referred to clinton<u+2019>s comments as <u+201c>unfortunate,<u+201d> she apologized, and we all moved on. why? because both campaigns understood that it was time to stop ripping each other apart and turn to the greater, shared goal of denying republicans a third term in the white house.
eight years later, we<u+2019>re approaching the endgame of another democratic primary. for bernie sanders to overtake hillary clinton<u+2019>s lead in pledged delegates<u+2014>which, at 239, is more than double obama<u+2019>s 112-delegate lead in 2008<u+2014>he would have to win each of the remaining contests by about 18 points, a margin he has only reached in vermont and new hampshire. if he doesn<u+2019>t, his only other option is to convince a few hundred superdelegates to back the candidate who has won fewer votes and fewer delegates.
bernie faces long odds, but no good reason to drop out. and why should he? why not keep running through the final primaries in june, just like hillary did in 2008? along the way, sanders will probably win a few more states<u+2014>especially in may<u+2014>and continue to build a following that should hearten everyone who wants to see a bigger, bolder progressive movement.
but it<u+2019>s also in the interest of the progressive moment for both candidates and their campaigns to begin healing the rifts that have deepened over the course of the primary. neither sanders nor clinton seemed very compelling when they were screaming at each other for two hours at the debate in brooklyn. and no one benefits from another three months of ridiculous lawsuits, overwrought fundraising emails, and surrogates sniping at each other on cable. already, this friendly fire has taken a toll<u+2014>in the latest nbc/wsj poll, bernie is viewed unfavorably by 20 percent of clinton supporters, and hillary is viewed unfavorably by 40 percent of sanders supporters.
i don<u+2019>t want to exaggerate the challenge. i still think this primary is less nasty and divisive than 2008, and exponentially less so than the cannibalism we may see in cleveland. it<u+2019>s also true that the percentage of sanders and clinton voters who say they won<u+2019>t vote for the other candidate is fairly low. but a year in which donald trump or ted cruz could become president of the united states is not a year we can afford to have any pissed-off primary voters stay home in november.
i<u+2019>ve been on a campaign that was in a position similar to hillary clinton<u+2019>s, and i<u+2019>ve been on a campaign that had to reconcile with hillary clinton. so, for what it<u+2019>s worth (and i realize the answer may be a resounding <u+201c>not much, go to hell<u+201d>), here<u+2019>s my advice to both sides:
you<u+2019>re on the verge of winning. do so gracefully. the burden of bringing the party together falls more heavily on its future leader. hillary<u+2019>s line in her new york primary night speech, <u+201c>i believe that there is much more that unites us than divides us,<u+201d> was a good start. i<u+2019>d go further, though.
it<u+2019>s not enough to just thank sen. sanders and his supporters. show that you hear them; that you<u+2019>ve learned from them; that they<u+2019>ve made you a better candidate, and will make you a better president. recognize what bernie has achieved by speaking passionately about issues of economic inequality, and the gross amount of political money that gives a louder voice to richer people. celebrate the fact that he<u+2019>s inspired so many people to pay attention to politics for the first time<u+2014>especially young people, who you should work even harder to reach. consider offering sanders a prime-time speaking slot at the convention, and choosing an unapologetic progressive as vice president.
finally, don<u+2019>t attack. and if sanders surrogates or supporters attack, turn the other cheek. be the bigger campaign. don<u+2019>t allow yourselves to get baited. don<u+2019>t drop snarky background quotes with reporters. don<u+2019>t allow every perceived slight and controversy to get to you (like i did in 2008). don<u+2019>t engage with the bernie bros (like i did last weekend). persuade the persuadables, turn your fire on the republicans, and focus on hillary<u+2019>s vision for the future. you<u+2019>re almost there.
i know, i know<u+2014>i<u+2019>m supporting hillary clinton. but there was also a time when i couldn<u+2019>t imagine myself liking or voting for her. maybe you don<u+2019>t believe that she<u+2019>s different from the caricature we<u+2019>ve all helped perpetuate. but she is running a campaign with a policy platform that<u+2019>s more progressive than her husband<u+2019>s administration, her 2008 campaign, and<u+2014>in a few cases<u+2014>barack obama<u+2019>s administration.
i don<u+2019>t think bernie should stop pointing out where he and hillary disagree, or pull back on his criticism of the way money influences politics, but i do think he should start repeating a line that he<u+2019>s already said once before: <u+201c>on her worst day, hillary clinton is a hundred times better than any of the republicans.<u+201d>
it<u+2019>s important for bernie<u+2019>s supporters to know that he believes this undeniable truth. it<u+2019>s important for them to hear sanders say that while he<u+2019>ll keep fighting for a more progressive democratic party, the democratic party has been a vehicle for tremendous progress in this country<u+2014>especially over the last eight years. denying or minimizing the achievements of the obama presidency only deepens the cynicism of those who worry that change isn<u+2019>t possible. | hey, berniacs: i learned to love hillary and so can you | noauthor | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | https://t4.rbxcdn.com/c5695e5f087535e2066dc473e03b1819 | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | nocountry | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | null | null | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | null | null | null | na | na | na | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | ti_cnn_train.parquet | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | 0.0 | na | na | na | na | na | na | nothread | na | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3.0 | 55.0 | 8.0 | 6696.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 3.0 | 0.0 | 450.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 125.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 43.0 | 18.0 | 22.0 | 9.0 | 12.0 | 17.0 | 13.0 | 9.0 | 34.0 | 29.0 | 52.0 | 453.0 | 126.0 | 43.0 | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na |
na | true | ti_cnn | real | na | na | na | na | na | na | train | na | na | washington (cnn) governing is much tougher than it looks, even for a master of the senate like mitch mcconnell.
claiming the majority he had long craved in the mid-term elections, the wily gop leader promised to turn the polarized, gridlocked senate back into a chamber in which both sides get a say and pass meaningful legislation.
mcconnell's vow was not just altruistic. with a tough slate of senate races looming in 2016 and republicans desperate to take back the white house, he has a strong incentive to show the gop can govern.
but two months into the republican majority, the new senate looks an awful lot like the old senate.
the chamber can't even come together to pass a bill tackling the scourge of sex trafficking -- which has wide bipartisan support -- because it has become derailed in a partisan fight over abortion. the result is that president barack obama's nominee for attorney general, loretta lynch, is being held up. if things were not bad enough, lynch's confirmation process has degenerated into an ugly row over race.
"if we cannot approve a bill to deal with human trafficking, then what will we be able to deal with?" maine republican sen. susan collins said this week. "we have to get past the tendency to score partisan political points that has affected too many bills on both sides of the aisle."
the new senate is not yet breaking its bad productivity streak.
the only high profile legislation sent to obama's desk was a bill authorizing the keystone xl pipeline, which the president swiftly vetoed.
the republican establishment in the house and senate has spent much of its time having to quell a bid by grassroots conservatives to defund the department of homeland security as a way to punish what they see as obama's "executive amnesty" in reshaping immigration laws.
the gop-led senate and house are also at odds over exactly what to include in the biggest piece of looming business the party majorities will face -- a budget bill.
this is all welcome news for obama, who was dealt a humiliating defeat in november's mid-terms but is not facing much pressure from congress at all. he's using the political vacuum as a respite from the misery lame-duck presidents usually expect in their twilight years.
the raging republican civil war, meanwhile, is making mcconnell's task in managing his restive conference almost as difficult as the one john boehner has slogged through in recent years.
and boehner, unlike mcconnell, does not have to deal with at least three republicans -- ted cruz, marco rubio and lindsey graham -- who are flirting with running for president, and who may have personal, rather than party motivations at stake.
"the election changed majority control -- it didn't change the sharp differences between the two parties," said steven smith, a specialist in congress at washington university, st. louis. "it didn't change mcconnell's relationship with his own colleagues."
still, mcconnell's defenders say that he has managed to make at least peripheral changes to senate life. he has allowed more amendments to legislation than was typically allowed under the former democratic majority rule of harry reid, letting lawmakers feel their voices are heard.
in the dhs battle, mcconnell honored his vow not to allow a government shutdown, though that promise will be tested in government funding and debt ceiling fights later this year.
and even in the best of times, nothing moves in the senate at anything other than glacial pace. so mcconnell's quest to restore "regular order" might be the political equivalent of turning around an oil tanker.
prospects look reasonable that by using a budget device known as "reconciliation," which can bypass the senate filibuster, the gop will be able to move some legislation through congress and evade democratic obstruction.
but many republicans believe that democrats, by suddenly objecting to the abortion provision after it sailed through committee, are simply looking for a way to jam up the senate in the belief republicans will get the blame for the futility. their current strategy is, in effect, a 2016 strategy.
with the chamber's filibuster rules, which require a 60 vote majority on most significant legislation, the current republican high water mark of 54 seats is not sufficient to dictate terms to the opposition party.
already, with an apparent eye on 2016, senior democrats are making the case that republicans simply can't get things done.
"republicans have came in saying they would know how to govern, and what a mess they've made of it," said veteran democratic sen chuck schumer of new york. "they didn't have a good time or good luck on the pipeline bill, where they got bollocksed up on climate change. they've held us for four weeks on funding homeland security. and now even a simple trafficking bill they can't get done."
he added: "hello, our republican friends, you're in the majority. they still think they're in the minority and they're putting their own poison pills in their own bill."
the shenanigans have some veteran observers of the senate already beginning to downgrade expectations for the next few years.
"what's clear is that the quick cement is rapidly drying on how the new senate is going to operate," said ron bonjean, a former top republican strategist in the senate and the house.
bonjean predicted a return to the grueling "trench warfare" which has made the senate one of the most trying places to be in washington.
"democrats don't want to move anything. they are finding reasons not to join republicans in moving legislation because that will help the majority succeed politically," said bonjean.
the row over the trafficking bill is a bad omen for those who want to see a return to comity in the senate. an attempt at a compromise failed on thursday so the controversy will rumble on at least until next week.
and the clash has become much more than a dispute over an obscure bill. it's a test case of how the senate will be run for the next two years, being waved by two veteran experts of gridlock and procedure, mcconnell and reid who have seen their relationship deteriorate badly in recent years.
mcconnell is refusing to bring up lynch's nomination, which has the support of a number of republicans as well as democrats, until the trafficking bill passes.
but in the end, some conservatives believe, the democrats will have little option to climb down, because the white house badly wants lynch to get confirmed to succeed eric holder.
but by then, it may be too late to stop ill feelings over the nomination from poisoning whatever goodwill is left in the senate, setting a bad precedent for the rest of the year.
for example, sen. john mccain on thursday furiously condemned another senate veteran, dick durbin, a democrat from illinois, after he accused republicans of treating lynch, who is african american, like civil rights icon rosa parks by moving her "to the back of the bus."
mcconnell doesn't just have problems with democrats though. he increasingly is struggling to keep his own caucus in line, especially among lawmakers who have ridden the tea party wave and are challenging the republican establishment in the senate.
in one eye-opening example, republican freshman sen. tom cotton bypassed senate leadership by getting together a letter signed by 46 other gop senators to warn iran directly that congress could torpedo a nuclear deal between world powers, including washington, and the islamic republic.
grass roots conservatives are also furious that boehner and mcconnell combined to derail a bid by conservatives to withhold funding for the dhs in protest at obama's unilateral effort to save millions of undocumented immigrants from deportation.
"they organized a surrender. it was the surrender brigade," said ken cuccinelli, president of the senate conservatives fund, a political action committee devoted to sending candidates supported by the grassroots to the senate. mcconnell "misled kentucky voters. he said he was going to stand up to obama's liberal agenda. he said he was going to use the power of the purse. he said he was going to repeal obamacare root and branch."
cuccinelli, the former attorney general of virginia, predicted that the action of the senate republican establishment would not be accepted by republican activists and could fuel primary campaigns against sitting senators up for re-election, including mccain, ohio sen. rob portman, and north carolina sen. richard burr.
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na | true | ti_cnn | real | na | na | na | na | na | na | train | na | na | jeb bush previewed the ideas at the heart of his likely presidential campaign, delivering a sweeping address here friday about the economy, foreign affairs and energy exploration, and challenging the country to question <u+201c>every aspect of how government works.<u+201d>
in his first major speech since stepping into the 2016 presidential sweepstakes in december, the republican former florida governor spoke confidently and in significant detail about the broad range of issues beginning to shape the campaign for the white house. bush signaled he would offer the country the <u+201c>adult conversations<u+201d> he said are lacking in washington and would focus on people who have been left out of the economic revival.
<u+201c>sixty percent of americans believe that we<u+2019>re still in a recession,<u+201d> bush said. <u+201c>they<u+2019>re not dumb. it<u+2019>s because they are in a recession. they<u+2019>re frustrated, and they see a small portion of the population on the economy<u+2019>s up escalator. portfolios are strong, but paychecks are weak. millions of americans want to move forward in their lives <u+2014> they want to rise <u+2014> but they<u+2019>re losing hope.<u+201d>
bush was sharply critical of washington <u+2014> not only of president obama but also of the republican-controlled congress <u+2014> saying there were too many <u+201c>academic and political hacks<u+201d> with <u+201c>hard-core ideology<u+201d> who are running the country without making progress.
<u+201c>they<u+2019>re basically maytag repairmen,<u+201d> he said. <u+201c>nothing gets done.<u+201d> bush added, <u+201c>it is time to challenge every aspect of how government works <u+2014> how it taxes, how it regulates, how it spends <u+2014> to open up economic opportunity for all.<u+201d>
bush delivered friday<u+2019>s keynote address to the national automobile dealers association<u+2019>s annual convention in san francisco, one of his final paid speaking appearances before he turns his attention fully to the 2016 campaign.
bush <u+2014> who has been on an ambitious, national tour to raise money for right to rise pac, his leadership political action committee <u+2014> was careful to say he was only <u+201c>seriously considering the possibility of running.<u+201d> he told the crowd of 4,000 auto dealers and industry executives, <u+201c>your checkbook, by the way, is very safe here.<u+201d>
but bush used the opportunity to signal the kind of campaign he intends to run. his message contrasted starkly with the rhetoric expected from some other hopefuls who are gathering in iowa this weekend for a political festival hosted by rep. steve king (r-iowa), an anti-immigration reform firebrand.
bush drew loud and sustained applause when he called for immigration reform that would provide a path to legalized status for undocumented immigrants living in the united states.
<u+201c>we have a history of allowing people to come in legally to embrace our values and pursue their dreams in a way that creates prosperity for all of us,<u+201d> bush said. <u+201c>no country can do this like america. our national identity is not based on race or some kind of exclusionary belief. historically, the unwritten contract has been, come legally to our country, embrace our values, learn english, work and you can be as american as anyone else.<u+201d>
in an subtle swipe at other gop leaders and potential rivals who rally the conservative base with hot tirades about obama<u+2019>s overreach, bush said the republican party will win back the white house only if it offers an optimistic message. <u+201c>hope and a positive agenda wins out over anger and reaction every day of the week,<u+201d> he said.
bush<u+2019>s called for simplification of the tax code, including lowering rates and <u+201c>eliminating as many loopholes as possible.<u+201d> he also called for more energy exploration. approving construction of the keystone xl pipeline was <u+201c>a no-brainer,<u+201d> he said, as is support for horizontal drilling and hydraulic fracking.
<u+201c>it<u+2019>s not cool here in san francisco to talk about this,<u+201d> he joked. but, <u+201c>it<u+2019>s cool in places like north dakota and west texas and south texas. it<u+2019>s cool because it creates significant economic activity.<u+201d>
in his appearance here, bush did not shy away from his place in a dynastic political family. the bio video that played before he spoke was heavy on references to his father, former president george h.w. bush, and brother, former president george w. bush. jeb bush cited both in his remarks, saying his dad was a model for leadership, especially on foreign policy, and noting that his brother had become a rather fine painter. <u+201c>who would<u+2019>ve thunk it?<u+201d> he said.
bush is not alone among likely 2016 presidential candidates on the paid speaking circuit. democrat hillary rodham clinton has been delivering speeches and making other appearances for pay since stepping down as secretary of state in 2013.
clinton was a keynote speaker at last year<u+2019>s auto dealers convention, in new orleans, where she disclosed that she had not driven a car in nearly 20 years. <u+201c>the last time i actually drove a car myself was 1996,<u+201d> she said. jokingly, she added: <u+201c>i remember it very well. unfortunately, so does the secret service, which is why i haven<u+2019>t driven since then.<u+201d>
bush made an indirect reference to clinton<u+2019>s remark. during the question-and-answer session, when the association<u+2019>s chairman asked bush his favorite kind of car, bush said he just bought a ford fusion. <u+201c>for the record, i do drive,<u+201d> he said, adding that he plans to return to the dealership for a two-hour tutorial on the fusion<u+2019>s technology.
bush was asked about his thursday meeting in utah with mitt romney, the 2012 gop presidential nominee who also is exploring a 2016 run. the two men, each a favorite of the party establishment, are on a collision course, but bush said they mostly avoided talk about the campaign.
<u+201c>we talked about the patriots,<u+201d> bush said. <u+201c>we talked a little bit about politics, not as much as you might imagine. we talked about the future of the country. we talked about the need for a more engaged foreign policy..<u+2009>.<u+2009>.the awkward side of this, about running and such, we put aside.<u+201d>
answering questions on stage, bush opened a window on his personal life. he said he loves sundays <u+2014> <u+201c>it<u+2019>s sunday fun day<u+201d> <u+2014> because he doesn<u+2019>t work. <u+201c>i play golf really fast so i can have breakfast really fast so i can go to mass slower <u+2014> can<u+2019>t ask the priest to accelerate that. i probably would if i could.<u+201d>
he called himself <u+201c>an introvert,<u+201d> saying he would <u+201c>rather read a book than go out and get in a conga line.<u+201d>
<u+201c>introverts actually are grinders,<u+201d> bush said. <u+201c>they identify a problem by and large, and then they overcome it. but i learned that in order to make your case or in order to serve or in order to advance a cause, you have to connect with people, and you can<u+2019>t connect with people if you<u+2019>re back in the corner reading a book.<u+201d> | jeb bush previews 2016 run, promising <u+2018>adult conversations<u+2019> on big issues | noauthor | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | https://t4.rbxcdn.com/c5695e5f087535e2066dc473e03b1819 | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | nocountry | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | null | null | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | null | null | null | na | na | na | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | ti_cnn_train.parquet | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | 0.0 | na | na | na | na | na | na | nothread | na | 0.0 | 0.0 | 4.0 | 73.0 | 8.0 | 6625.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 7.0 | 0.0 | 481.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 137.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 59.0 | 10.0 | 16.0 | 2.0 | 7.0 | 16.0 | 5.0 | 6.0 | 33.0 | 18.0 | 56.0 | 488.0 | 137.0 | 59.0 | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na |
na | true | ti_cnn | real | na | na | na | na | na | na | train | na | na | (cnn) donald trump's reversal on the "birther" controversy is turning attention -- at least for the moment -- from a major shift in the presidential race.
the battle for the white house -- dominated by hillary clinton only weeks ago -- is tightening dramatically, a nerve-wracking turn for democrats that sets up what could be a nail-biter election in 52 days.
a cascade of new polls this week suggest close contests in key states such as virginia -- the home of clinton's running mate -- and michigan, where democrats have won every cycle since 1992.
nationally in cnn's poll of polls , clinton stands at 43% to trump's 41%. in the must-win states of florida and ohio, trump and clinton are deadlocked in this week's cnn/orc poll, as well as several other surveys.
in iowa -- a state president barack obama won twice -- trump leapt to an 8-point lead among likely voters over clinton in a monmouth university poll released thursday (his largest lead yet in a battleground state). and in virginia, clinton and trump were virtually tied at 40% to 37%.
of course, the 2016 campaign has plenty of twists ahead that could once again reshape the race in an instant. the latest came friday when trump ended five years of pushing conspiracy theories about obama's birthplace and finally acknowledged he was born in the united states. and the first presidential debate, which will likely be a pivotal moment for both campaigns, is nine days away.
but the recent polls underscore concerns about the effectiveness of clinton's strategy, which has centered on convincing voters trump is unfit to be commander in chief, as well as her ability to lift vulnerable house and senate democrats in november with the same effectiveness as obama in 2008 and 2012. the democratic nominee is coming off one of the toughest weeks of her campaign, forced to the sidelines for three days to recover from pneumonia.
"what matters is who registers to vote, and who is motivated and mobilized to turn out to vote," she told reporters. "and i'm going to keep doing everything i can to deliver my message about what's at stake in this election."
one of the most striking takeaways from the poll findings this week is that even with all of trump's controversies and polarizing comments, clinton is still struggling to stitch together key parts of the obama coalition. that point was particularly evident in the new nbc/wall street journal/marist state polls this week that showed her with softer support from latinos and young voters than obama.
"this (election) really, in some ways, is coming down to young voters," said della volpe. "she has not yet solidified what arguably should be one of the core constituencies of any democratic campaign."
"when i hear folks saying they're not inspired in this election, i disagree," obama said. "i am inspired because for eight years, i have had the privilege to see what it takes to do this job and here's what i know for sure. ... right now, we have an opportunity to elect one of the most qualified people who has ever endeavored to become president."
clinton and her allies brushed off the week's new numbers as an expected development in what the democratic candidate said was always going to be "a tight race."
joel benenson, clinton's chief strategist, told cnn's erin burnett in an interview thursday that the campaign was still "playing for 270 electoral votes."
"we are still playing more offense in states around the country and keeping the trump campaign on defense, particularly in states that are must-wins for them like virginia and north carolina," benenson said. "they're not making us play defense anywhere."
"what's happened as much as anything else is that the election is taking on the contours of the 2012 election to a very large extent," said democratic pollster geoff garin. "the ups and downs in the race have depended on the degree to which (mitt) romney voters from 2012 considered trump to be acceptable or beyond the fringe. ... right now, what we are seeing in the polls is that more romney voters are willing to go with trump."
garin, an adviser to the pro-clinton super pac priorities usa action, suggested that, in the long run, there could be an advantage to trump's calmer demeanor for his democratic opponent.
"when donald trump is not behaving, he's sort of like a car crash that people can't help but stop and look at," garin said. "if trump is being less outrageous and less titillating, it means that hillary clinton has a better chance to get her own message through and have the election litigated on her own terms."
in a reflective speech thursday, clinton said her few days off the trail helped clarify what the 2016 campaign is about. contrasting her style and tone with her rival's, she once again called trump "a loose cannon" who would put america's gains at risk. charting her course for the next few weeks, she said she would focus on working families and the challenges facing young people. in a nod to her vulnerabilities, she also acknowledged some of the criticisms of her public persona.
"i have been involved in politics one way or another for many years. it is not an easy business. it can get rough and i have built up some defenses," she said. "when it comes to public service, i am better at the service part than the public part."
but she said she was not "the showman" that her opponent is and promised to "deliver for you and your family," which will be one of the cornerstones of her message in the final stretch of the campaign.
the closeness of the polls clearly could mean more difficult races for down-ballot democratic senate and house candidates who are hoping clinton's candidacy, and her well-organized operation, will give them a lift at the polls.
in new hampshire this week, for example, republican sen. kelly ayotte opened an 8-point lead over democratic gov. maggie hassan: 52% to 44% among likely voters in a new nbc/wsj/marist poll after earlier polls had showed a much closer race.
as voters are paying more attention to the race, university of new hampshire survey center director andy smith said clinton's vulnerabilities are coming into sharper focus and that is having a drag on the ticket. so much attention has been focused on trump throughout the campaign, he said, that people paid less attention to how unpopular clinton was.
"the candidate who has coattails is the candidate who is going to be able to pull in voters who might not otherwise have voted -- and that's what obama was able to do in 2008 and 2012, especially among younger voters, african-american voters and minority voters," smith said.
but this year, many of those young voters in new hampshire voted for vermont sen. bernie sanders in the primary, smith noted.
"obama was able to pull them out in 2008, and to a lesser extent in 2012, and they voted for democrats down the ticket, but they're much less likely to vote this time around with clinton at the top of the ticket," he said.
some democrats expect the obama coalition to coalesce as election day draws closer.
"there is clearly a gap for clinton with younger voters that her campaign will pay attention to," said bill burton, a former adviser to obama. "but once younger voters realize that anything but a vote for clinton is a vote for trump, the numbers will settle and the artificially high gary johnson numbers will come back to earth ... the obama coalition is lagging in getting behind clinton, but the debates will help natural gravity set in and bring this race where it will end."
other democrats see a bright side to a closer race at the top of the ticket in the sense that it could propel more voters to get out to the polls. house minority leader nancy pelosi said thursday that if republicans want to believe that this race is tightening, "let them believe that."
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na | true | ti_cnn | real | na | na | na | na | na | na | train | na | na | there was much hubbub in late 2012 when president obama made four recess appointments during a short recess between two pro-forma sessions of the senate in january of that year.
the case later went to the supreme court and the maneuver was ruled to be unconstitutional.
the key in the 2014 supreme court decision regarding the president<u+2019>s appointments to the national labor relations board over the three-day break was that the justices found the executive branch determined what it interpreted as a recess.
but justice stephen breyer wrote in the majority opinion that under the constitution <u+201c>the senate is in session when it says it is.<u+201d>
obama said saturday night that he would submit an appointment to the senate, as part of his constitutional obligation, but <u+201c>in due time.<u+201d>
but now we have a completely different set of parliamentary circumstances. senate majority leader mitch mcconnell, r-ky., has indicated that he thinks that the nomination of a new justice should wait until the election of the next president.
but if the white house does take that to heart -- and knows there would be an unprecedented attempt of filibuster a supreme court nominee until next year -- obama has a rare opportunity to make a recess appointment in the coming days.
this window is open next week and this week only.
in short: both bodies of congress are operating in the perfect parliamentary status in which a recess appointment would be applicable. the last such appointment to the high court came by president eisenhower in 1956 when he appointed william brennan.
article ii, section 2 of the constitution states that <u+201c>the president shall have power to fill up all vacancies that may happen during the recess of the senate.<u+201d>
this could be the window of time in which obama has his chance to maneuver a recess appointment to the high court.
article i, section 5 of the constitution states <u+201c>neither house, during the session of congress, shall, without the consent of the other, adjourn for more than three days, nor to any other place than that in which the two houses shall be sitting.<u+201d>
that means that so long as both the house and senate haven<u+2019>t jointly agreed to <u+201c>adjourn<u+201d> for a stretch longer than three days, then there appears to be no way the president could make a recess appointment.
but the house and senate are not operating under those circumstances right now. both bodies of have adjourned until later this month for the president<u+2019>s day recess.
the senate last met on thursday. when doing so, it approved a
<u+201c>conditional adjournment resolution<u+201d> for the senate not to meet again until monday, feb. 22. the house met on friday and at the close of business adopted the same adjournment resolution to get in sync with the senate. the house is out until tuesday, feb. 23.
so, the house and senate will not be meeting in the coming days. this is an adjournment and is not challengeable in court <u+00a0>the way the nlrb recess appointments were because both bodies have agreed with each other to adjourn.
this is a true recess and an opportunity for the president should he elect to take it -- considering the political realities of the senate and the position of its majority leader to potentially make a recess appointment.
keep in mind that this window will close later this month. then gop-led house and senate can effectively block the president with another recess appointment gambit in the future by agreeing to meet every three days, even if members aren<u+2019>t really here.
but obviously nobody anticipated scalia<u+2019>s death.
thus, the president could in fact take advantage of this rare opportunity because he won<u+2019>t get it again after february 22/23 if mcconnell sticks to his guns.
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na | true | ti_cnn | real | na | na | na | na | na | na | train | na | na | democratic presidential candidate hillary clinton said sunday that the united states is "not winning" the battle against the islamic state and called on congress to update the use-of-force authorization passed after sept. 11, 2001, to give president obama more options to fight the militant group. but she stopped short of calling for a declaration of war.
clinton said she expects to hear obama discuss an "intensification" of efforts to fight terrorism when he delivers a prime-time address from the oval office on sunday night. white house press secretary josh earnest said in a statement that the president will detail "the steps our government is taking to fulfill his highest priority: keeping the american people safe."
clinton seemed to think that message might not go far enough. "i think ...that's what we'll hear from the president, an intensification of the existing strategy," she said, in response to a question from george stephanopoulos on abc's "this week." "and i think there's some additional steps we have to take."
republican presidential candidates who appeared on the sunday talk shows, such as former florida governor jeb bush, ohio gov. john kasich and sen. marco rubio (r-fla.), repeated their attack that the president has no strategy to defeat the group, and called on him to commit to some type of military ground strategy in addition to airstrikes.
"we're<u+00a0>not winning, but it's too soon to say that we are doing everything we need to do," clinton said. "and i've outlined very clearly<u+00a0>we have to fight them in the air, we have to fight them on ground, and we have to fight on the internet. and we have to do everything we can with our friends and partners around the world to protect ourselves."
"i think ...that's what we'll hear from the president, an intensification of the existing strategy, and i think there's some additional steps we have to take."
republican presidential candidate jeb bush, who appeared later in the show, said clinton was playing word games. "they are<u+00a0>at war with us and we should have a strategy not just to restrain but to destroy them," bush said. "we have to get the lawyers off the war-fighters' backs."
bush joined rubio and kasich sunday in saying that the senate was right to reject gun-control legislation offered by democrats in the wake of the san bernardino, calif., shooting.
but clinton, in arguing for additional gun control, linked the san bernardino attacks with shootings within recent weeks that were no related to international terrorism.
"what happened in san bernardino was a terrorist act. nobody is arguing with that. the law enforcement, fbi have come to that conclusion. and let's not forget, though, a week before we had an american assault on planned parenthood and some weeks before that we had an assault at a community college," clinton said.
"so i don't see these two as in any way contradictory," she added. "we have to up our game against terrorists abroad and at home, and we have to take account of the fact that our gun laws and the easy access to those guns by people who shouldn't get them, mentally ill people, fugitives, felons and the congress continuing to refuse to prohibit people on the no-fly list from getting guns, which include a lot of domestic and international terrorists, these are two parts of the same approach that i'm taking to make us safe."
vermont sen. bernie sanders, who also is running for the democratic nomination, agreed with clinton about banning people on no-fly and watch lists from buying guns. the two have sparred over his commitment to gun control because sanders voted a decade ago for a comprehensive gun bill that included amnesty from lawsuits for <u+00a0>gun manufacturers.
sanders, on cbs<u+2019>s <u+201c>face the nation<u+201d> sunday cautioned that gun control was not the solution to stopping terrorism. <u+201c>i don't think anybody believes it's a magic formula,<u+201d> he said, later adding, <u+201c>i don't think it's very hard to understand that terrorists or potential terrorists should not have guns. people who are being barred from flying on airplanes should not have guns.<u+201d>
referring to obama<u+2019>s upcoming address on terrorism, dickerson asked sanders what he would say to the public if he were president. <u+201c>what i would say is that we have got to be as aggressive as we can in destroying isis, but we have to learn the lessons of the past,<u+201d> sanders said. "and that means we cannot do it alone. it must be an international coalition, in which the muslim nations are the troops on the ground."
republican candidates argued that prohibiting people on watch lists from purchasing guns was ineffective because the lists are inaccurate. rubio and bush noted that the late democratic sen. edward kennedy's name appeared on a no-fly list. instead, they say, obama needs to come up with a plan to defeat the islamic state in syria and iraq to reduce the chances of more attacks on u.s. soil.
rubio, during an interview on cnn's "state of the union," said the no-fly list "is not a perfect database" and "shouldn't be used as a tool to impede 700,000 americans or potential americans -- people on that list from having access to be able to fully utilize their second amendment rights."
"the first impulse of hillary clinton and barack obama is to have gun control," bush said. "let's have a strategy to take out isis there so we don't have to deal with them here." isis is an alternative acronym for the islamic state.
clinton again rejected the use of the term "radical islam" arguing "that sounds like we are declaring war against a religion ... i don't want to do that because, number one, it doesn't do justice to the vast numbers of muslims in our own country and around the world who are peaceful people." she said the term also "helps to create this clash of civilizations that is actually a recruiting tool for isis and other radical jihadists who use this as a way of saying we're in a war against the west. you must join us. if you are a muslim, you must join us."
donald trump immediately attacked clinton, saying on twitter that she was "afraid" to use that language.
new jersey gov. chris christie also criticized democrats for avoiding the term. "this is the problem with the president and with secretary clinton, who provide leadership by euphemism. they won't say radical islamic jihadists," christie said on cbs's "face the nation."
"now, when you say radical islamic jihadists, they understand, the rest of the muslim community understands, the folks who are peaceful, and who attend mosques in a peaceful way, work in our country, raise their families, pay their taxes, they know they're not radical islamic jihadists," he said. "that's why we need to use the words, because it differentiates them from the peaceful, law-abiding american muslims who play by the rules and raise their families and don't want to see this kind of conduct going on." | clinton says u.s. is <u+2018>not winning<u+2019> the war against the islamic state | noauthor | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | https://t4.rbxcdn.com/c5695e5f087535e2066dc473e03b1819 | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | nocountry | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | null | null | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | null | null | null | na | na | na | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | ti_cnn_train.parquet | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | 0.0 | na | na | na | na | na | na | nothread | na | 0.0 | 0.0 | 9.0 | 68.0 | 8.0 | 6876.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 7.0 | 0.0 | 488.0 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 118.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 55.0 | 16.0 | 13.0 | 8.0 | 23.0 | 13.0 | 9.0 | 7.0 | 30.0 | 36.0 | 45.0 | 495.0 | 120.0 | 55.0 | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na |
na | true | ti_cnn | real | na | na | na | na | na | na | train | na | na | washington (cnn) angela merkel, the german chancellor desperately working to reach a diplomatic accord ending unrest in eastern ukraine, continued her efforts at the white house monday, urging president barack obama to forestall sending lethal aid to kiev.
her efforts appeared effective; at a midday press conference, obama said he hadn't yet decided whether or not to send arms and equipment to besieged ukrainian troops in the eastern part of the country.
but both leaders hinted there could be disagreements to come on how to best end the unrest that has waged for months and so far claimed 5,000 lives. obama left open the possibility of equipping ukrainians with american weapons if merkel's latest attempt at brokering a diplomatic end to the violence fails.
"there may be some areas where there tactical disagreements," obama said. "there may not be. but the broad principle that we have to stand up for, not just ukraine, but the principle of territorial integrity and sovereignty is one where we are completely unified."
merkel used similar language, saying through a translator the alliance between the united states and europe will continue to stand, will continue to be solid, even though on certain issues we may not always agree."
it was the latest bid in merkel's shuttle diplomacy, which has taken the east germany-born chancellor from kiev to moscow to the white house in just a matter of days. she's headed to belarus for more talks on ukraine on wednesday.
obama and merkel hoped to display a united front against russian president vladimir putin, whose government has backed separatists in eastern ukraine. tough economic sanctions levied both by the united states and europe have severely degraded russia's economy, but until now haven't stopped putin from his territorial campaign.
the united front was intact on monday as obama and merkel underscored their alignment on sanctions and preference toward achieving peace through diplomacy.
"i am absolutely confident that we will do this together," merkel said of the diplomatic efforts. "i myself actually would not be able to live with not having made this attempt."
the show of unity could be weakened if obama decides to follow the advice of a bipartisan group of lawmakers and former administration officials pushing for greater lethal aid to kiev. under pressure from american lawmakers and former administration officials, the white house has said it's reconsidering whether or not to send arms to ukrainian troops.
"it's not based on the idea that ukraine could defeat a russian army that was determined," obama said of his administration's deliberations. "it is rather to see whether or not there are additional things we can do to help ukraine bolster its defenses in the face of separatist aggression."
he failed to give a timeline for his deliberations on lethal aid to ukraine, nor did he cite any specific move by russia that would prompt him to decide either way.
obama has been reluctant to send lethal aid overseas in the multiple world crises he's faced, citing the potential for the arms to wind up in the hands of enemies. in ukraine, administration officials say they're worried that shipments of u.s. weapons could elevate the unrest there into a proxy war with russia. and they're unsure of the ukrainians' ability to effectively use american-supplied arms.
republicans and democrats have pressed the topic both in the united states and overseas. sen. john mccain, the republican chairman of the senate armed services committee, said at a security conference in munich this weekend that ukrainian troops were woefully underprepared for battle.
"the ukrainians are being slaughtered and we're sending them blankets and meals. blankets don't do well against russian tanks," mccain said, echoing the plea ukrainian president petro poroshenko made to congress in september.
others who are closer to obama, including the president's former under secretary of defense michele flournoy and his current nominee to become defense secretary ashton carter, have also said they believe the u.s. should supply kiev with lethal aid.
merkel has staunchly opposed that tack, arguing more military aid could escalate the crisis further.
"the progress that ukraine needs cannot be achieved with more weapons," she said over the weekend. "i have grave doubts about the validity of this point."
merkel has positioned herself as the diplomatic envoy between the west and russia, traveling to moscow last week for closed-door meetings with putin and french president francois hollande. the summit, however, concluded without a clear path toward ending the escalating violence in eastern ukraine.
a weekend telephone call between merkel, putin, hollande and poroshenko ended with the leaders agreeing to meet in belarus on wednesday, though firm details of the session weren't finalized.
the european leaders -- recognizing their country's stronger economic ties to russia -- have been eager to broker a ceasefire diplomatically, a goal that so far has remained elusive.
obama, who released a national security strategy last week with a heavy emphasis on diplomacy, has held similar views, saying the crisis in ukraine won't end militarily.
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na | true | ti_cnn | real | na | na | na | na | na | na | train | na | na | convinced that last year<u+2019>s midterm losses for democrats signaled the effective end of barack obama<u+2019>s presidency and a resounding victory for all things conservative and republican (<u+201c>on fox news, there were smiles all around<u+201c>),<u+00a0>just three weeks into the new year<u+00a0>fox news<u+00a0>is left wondering what happened to the <u+201c>lamest<u+201d> of the lame duck presidents. the one fox news was going to mock for two more years while trying to tarnish his legacy.
rebounding<u+00a0>to approval ratings not seen since 2013, instead of floundering, obama is riding a crest of post-midterm successes, while americans reward him for the country<u+2019>s<u+00a0>rebounding economy. the result: obama<u+2019>s the one quietly<u+00a0>circling the victory track.
<u+201c>you can hardly tell from our nbc/wsj poll that the republican party was the big winner from the midterm elections just two months ago,<u+201d><u+00a0>noted<u+00a0>nbc<u+2019>s chuck todd, mark murray and carrie dann<u+00a0>this week. <u+201c>somehow, obama and the democrats stole the republicans<u+2019> post-election honeymoon.<u+201d>
if that didn<u+2019>t sting badly enough, fox continues to wrestle with the<u+00a0>unfolding crisis<u+00a0>over the network<u+2019>s demonstrably false and stunning claim that<u+00a0>some parts of europe, including in france as well as britain<u+2019>s second largest city, birmingham, have become islamic and are <u+201c>no-go zones<u+201d> for non-muslims, including for british law enforcement.
the misstep became an international<u+00a0>punchline, with observers in europe guffawing at fox news<u+2019> trademark<u+00a0>ignorance. <u+201c>when i heard this, frankly, i choked on my porridge and i thought it must be april fool<u+2019>s day,<u+201d> british prime minister david cameron<u+00a0>told<u+00a0>itv news. <u+201c>this guy is clearly a complete idiot,<u+201d> he said, referring to steve emerson,<u+00a0>who fox had hosted to discuss recent terror attacks in paris.
in a rare move, fox<u+00a0>apologized repeatedly<u+00a0>for its colossal <u+201c>no-go zone<u+201d> blunder. yet the story continues to haunt the network: paris mayor anne hidalgo<u+00a0>announced<u+00a0>on tuesday that the city might<u+00a0>sue<u+00a0>fox news over the bogus claim that portions of paris remain cordoned off from non-muslims. <u+201c>the image of paris has been prejudiced, and the honor of paris has been prejudiced,<u+201d> hidalgo told cnn.
bottom line: it<u+2019>s not even february and fox news is already having a really bad year.
can you imagine the audible gasps in the fox news green room when<u+00a0>dispatches<u+00a0>like this from the<u+00a0>washington post<u+00a0>were read this week:
fox news has been relentlessly pounding obama every day and every hour since the midterm defeats, and has been piling on<u+00a0>all this year. yet obama<u+2019>s approval rating just soared nine points in one month?
and talk about insult to injury for fox. <u+201c>obama<u+2019>s approval ratings at this point in his presidency are similar to those of ronald reagan<u+2019>s as he began his final two years in office,<u+201d> according to the<u+00a0>post.
obama and the gipper in the same sentence!
like the grinch<u+00a0>cupping his hand to his ear<u+00a0>to listen in on whoville on christmas morning, only to be flummoxed that the whos are still celebrating without any gifts, fox news talkers must be looking at these surging polling numbers and thinking, how did obama do that?
simple answer: it<u+2019>s the economy, stupid. <u+201c>more americans are satisfied with the economy than at any point in the past 10 years,<u+201d><u+00a0>according<u+00a0>to nbc. | fox news is self-destructing: islamophobia, obama<u+2019>s reagan moment and roger ailes<u+2019>s new humiliation | noauthor | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | https://t4.rbxcdn.com/c5695e5f087535e2066dc473e03b1819 | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | nocountry | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | null | null | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | null | null | null | na | na | na | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | ti_cnn_train.parquet | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | 0.0 | na | na | na | na | na | na | nothread | na | 0.0 | 0.0 | 6.0 | 99.0 | 8.0 | 3213.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 9.0 | 0.0 | 219.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 56.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 14.0 | 8.0 | 10.0 | 11.0 | 9.0 | 7.0 | 12.0 | 4.0 | 10.0 | 23.0 | 17.0 | 228.0 | 56.0 | 14.0 | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na |
na | true | ti_cnn | real | na | na | na | na | na | na | train | na | na | that<u+2019>s because rome<u+2019>s diplomatic recognition of palestine, while made official on wednesday, has been proceeding quietly behind the scenes for some time. the vatican has referred to the <u+201c>state of palestine<u+201d> unofficially since the un recognized the palestinian state in 2012. <u+201c>we have recognized the state of palestine ever since it was given recognition by the united nations and it is already listed as the state of palestine in our official yearbook,<u+201d> said vatican spokesman federico lombardi.
the treaty itself, which is expected to be signed shortly, <u+201c>deals with essential aspects of the life and activity of the catholic church in palestine,<u+201d> such as the status of catholic church properties and charities.
the larger significance of the vatican<u+2019>s move is the signal it sends to the international community about the recognition of palestinian statehood. not surprisingly, the fact that the vatican appears to be putting its moral authority<u+2014>and pope francis<u+2019> immense personal popularity<u+2014>behind recognition of the palestinian state didn<u+2019>t sit well with backers of israel.
a senior israeli official told the new york times the move would damage the stalled middle east peace process. david harris, head of the american jewish committee, called the move <u+201c>unhelpful,<u+201d> saying, <u+201c>formal vatican recognition of palestine, a state that, in reality, does not yet exist, is a regrettable move, counterproductive to all who seek true peace between israel and the palestinians.<u+201d>
but equally likely to be disgruntled are conservative catholics and evangelicals, many of whom are strong supporters of israel because of what they believe will be its pivotal role in biblical end-times and oppose the recognition of palestinian statehood and the changing of any borders in the region that that would likely entail.
these religious conservatives have already seen pope francis tip the scale in international relations<u+2014>away from their preferred direction<u+2014>when he brokered a deal to restore diplomatic relations between the u.s. and still officially communist cuba. he<u+2019>s also trashed free-market capitalism, decrying the <u+201c>idolatry of money<u+201d> and trickle-down economics. and his soon-to-be released encyclical on the environment is likely to frame tackling climate change in terms of a deep moral responsibility to future generations.
now, conservatives will feel they<u+2019>ve lost the support of the vatican on another issue that has transcended its actual particulars to become a touchstone of conservative identity, potentially furthering the rift that has grown between both fiscal and social religious conservatives and francis, who they hint has no authority to intervene so prominently in non-doctrinal matters. but the reality of the vatican<u+2019>s position on palestine is more complicated. as john allen notes in crux, like francis<u+2019> pronouncements on capitalism and the environment, people assume a break from tradition has occurred only because they weren<u+2019>t paying attention to the papacy before rock star francis. in reality, it is actually a continuation of long-held papal positions. the vatican<u+2019>s support for palestine isn<u+2019>t particularly new. when pope benedict xvi travelled to the middle east in 2009, he pledged support for palestinian statehood. st. john paul ii made similar statements many times, and was sufficiently fond of former plo leader yasser arafat that he had a set of the stations of the cross made out of ivory, presented to him by arafat as a gift, installed in a small chapel off a vatican chamber. it<u+2019>s more accurate to view this particular step in the vatican<u+2019>s relationship with palestine both as a continuation of the holy see<u+2019>s long-standing support for palestinian statehood and as an expression of francis<u+2019> overriding interest in fostering international peace<u+2014>and his unique ability and willingness to put his finger on the scales to do so. when francis toured the holy lands last year, he made a highly symbolic stop at the wall dividing bethlehem from israel and later invited palestinian authority president mahmoud abbas and israeli president shimon peres to a prayer summit at the vatican, where he talked about<u+00a0> the <u+201c>courage to take concrete steps to achieve peace.<u+201d> and it<u+2019>s likely no coincidence that the new treaty with the palestinian state was announced just days before francis is set to canonize two palestinian nuns, marie alphonsine ghattas of jerusalem and mariam bawardy of galilee, who will become the first palestinian arab saints in a vatican ceremony attended by abbas. the canonizations, like the vatican<u+2019>s relationship with palestine, have been underway long before francis. but he will use it highlight both the importance of christians living in palestine and the need for fairness for the palestinian people in a way that only a rock star can. | the religious right<u+2019>s no. 1 enemy: what pope francis<u+2019> recognition of palestine really means | noauthor | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | https://t4.rbxcdn.com/c5695e5f087535e2066dc473e03b1819 | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | nocountry | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | null | null | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | null | null | null | na | na | na | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | ti_cnn_train.parquet | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | 0.0 | na | na | na | na | na | na | nothread | na | 0.0 | 0.0 | 4.0 | 91.0 | 8.0 | 4790.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 10.0 | 0.0 | 376.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 89.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 50.0 | 6.0 | 15.0 | 6.0 | 4.0 | 9.0 | 5.0 | 9.0 | 20.0 | 13.0 | 38.0 | 386.0 | 90.0 | 51.0 | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na |
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na | true | ti_cnn | real | na | na | na | na | na | na | train | na | na | writing at the hill, analyst mark plotkin figures he knows why ted cruz's poll numbers have tanked in indiana: rings.
remember when the republican presidential candidate stumbled over the word "rim" as he was trying to re-create a scene from the movie "hoosiers" (for some reason)? well, that slip-up will "doom him" in basketball-loving indiana, just as so many have been doomed by so many other slips of the tongue before. indianans love basketball very much, apparently, and they will be very mad if you say "ring" to them. ("traditionally, we call that a 'hoop' here in indiana," the indianapolis star's allison carter noted dryly.)
why, look at the polls! the cruz mistake happened april 26; shortly thereafter, his poll numbers started to sink.
hard to argue with that. except that something else happened april 26: donald trump beat the tar out of cruz and ted kasich in five states.
this republican race has been a teacup ride for the ages, whipping back and forth between "trump is doomed" and "trump is inevitable," usually based on whatever good or bad luck trump has had in the most recent voting. his<u+00a0>past six efforts have been exceptional, his best of the campaign, so our teacups are spinning toward "inevitable" once again, and faster than ever.
and that makes some sense: there aren't many contests left, and trump's magic number <u+2014> how many of the remaining delegates he needs <u+2014> continues to sink.
indiana is one of the two biggest states left on the calendar, and it gives out its delegates in a "winner-take-most" fashion <u+2014> win the state and the congressional districts, and you get all the delegates.
yes, trump has won six in a row, and by very wide margins. but just as bernie sanders won seven<u+00a0>of eight before the race shifted back to hillary clinton-friendly territory, indiana ain't the northeast. (in the northeast, no one has any idea what to call a basketball loop.) the midwest is<u+00a0>different terrain, where trump's margins of victory have been more modest <u+2014> when he has won.
let's say, for example, that trump doesn't win indiana's primary tuesday. this is unlikely. fivethirtyeight's forecast shows that trump has an 83 percent chance of winning. there are reports that trump is finally figuring out how to run a ground game <u+2014><u+00a0>that is, how to get his supporters to the polls. but cruz has consistently been stronger and smarter, which is one reason he pulled off a surprise win in iowa. that was a caucus and not a primary, one of several reasons he probably will still lose in indiana. but if he doesn't? back go the teacups.
even if cruz loses and trump wins <u+2014> as is likely <u+2014> the race isn't over. winning indiana's delegates makes trump's job much easier, particularly given his big lead in new jersey <u+2014> the third biggest state left and one that gives all of its delegates to the winner <u+2014> and in california. both of those states will vote june 7, and, between the two of them, will offer trump enough delegates to clinch the nomination.
but let's go back to indiana. one of the reasons polls appear to have shifted against cruz in the state is that the air is coming out of his campaign. gallup's survey data indicates that cruz's favorability rating has tanked among republicans since trump's big victory in new york. the implication? people who were supporting cruz out of a desire to stop trump have lost some of that enthusiasm. this also could explain the dip in indiana.
it also suggests that opinions are relatively fickle, driven by a sense of viability. even if cruz doesn't win tonight, a better-than-expected performance, a close race, could prompt some rethinking. plus, there are still several states between now and june 7 where cruz could do well: nebraska, south dakota, montana. if voters are responding to the variations of<u+00a0>the race, as polls suggest, we could have another variation in the cards, even if trump wins in indiana. maybe. possibly. (there are a bunch of states where trump will do well, too.)
i understand why trump keeps insisting that an indiana win would cap off his nomination. i understand <u+2014> and agree with <u+2014> arguments suggesting that it makes his nomination all but certain. but i'd note that our impulses to declare finality in the wake of particular results often have proven to be short-lived. trump wouldn't actually clinch until the night of june 7 <u+2014> about<u+00a0>a month from now. one month ago, cruz was about to dominate in wisconsin and give the wan "stop trump" effort its only real win. things change.
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na | true | ti_cnn | real | na | na | na | na | na | na | train | na | na | donald trump accepted the republican nomination for president thursday night, delivering a speech that lays out america's struggles with crime, terrorism and immigration and how he plans to address them.
npr's politics team has annotated trump's speech below. portions we commented on are highlighted, followed by analysis, context and fact check in italics.
thank you, thank you. thank you very much.
friends, delegates and fellow americans: i humbly and gratefully accept your nomination for the presidency of the united states.
who would have believed that when we started this journey // because we are a team would have received almost 14 million votes the most in the history of the republican party and that the republican party would get 60 percent more votes than it received eight years ago. who would have believed this. who would have believed this.
the democrats on the other hand received 20 percent fewer votes than they got four years ago. not so good. not so good.
together, we will lead our party back to the white house, and we will lead our country back to safety, prosperity, and peace.
we will be a country of generosity and warmth.
but we will also be a country of law and order.
our convention occurs at a moment of crisis for our nation. the attacks on our police, and the terrorism of our cities, threaten our very way of life. any politician who does not grasp this danger is not fit to lead our country.
americans watching this address tonight have seen the recent images of violence in our streets and the chaos in our communities. many have witnessed this violence personally, some have even been its victims. i have a message for all of you: the crime and violence that today afflicts our nation will soon, and i mean very soon, come to an end.
beginning on january 20th of 2017, safety will be restored.
the most basic duty of government is to defend the lives of its own citizens. any government that fails to do so is a government unworthy to lead. it is finally time for a straightforward assessment of the state of our nation.
i will present the facts plainly and honestly.
we cannot afford to be so politically correct anymore.
so if you want to hear the corporate spin, the carefully-crafted lies, and the media myths the democrats are holding their convention next week. go there.
but here, at our convention, there will be no lies. we will honor the american people with the truth, and nothing else.
these are the facts: decades of progress made in bringing down crime are now being reversed by this administration's rollback of criminal enforcement. homicides last year increased by 17 percent in america's fifty largest cities. that's the largest increase in 25 years.
in our nation's capital, killings have risen by 50 percent. they are up nearly 60% in nearby baltimore.
in the president's hometown of chicago, more than 2,000 people have been the victims of shootings this year alone.
and more than 4,000 have been killed in the chicago area since he took office.
the number of police officers killed in the line of duty has risen by almost 50% compared to this point last year.
nearly 180,000 illegal immigrants with criminal records, ordered deported from our country, are tonight roaming free to threaten peaceful citizens.
the number of new illegal immigrant families who have crossed the border so far this year already exceeds the entire total from 2015.
they are being released by the tens of thousands into our communities with no regard for the impact on public safety or resources.
one such border-crosser was released and made his way to nebraska. there, he ended the life of an innocent young girl named sarah root. she was 21 years-old, and was killed the day after graduating from college with a 4.0 grade point average. number one in her class. her killer was then released a second time, and he is now a fugitive from the law. i've met sarah's beautiful family. but to this administration, their amazing daughter was just one more american life that wasn't worth protecting. no more.
one more child to sacrifice on the order and on the altar of open borders.
what about our economy? again, i will tell you the plain facts that have been edited out of your nightly news and your morning newspaper: nearly 4 in 10 african-american children are living in poverty, while 58% of african-american youth are now not employed.
2 million more latinos are in poverty today than when president obama took his oath of office less than eight years ago.
another 14 million people have left the workforce entirely.
household incomes are down more than $4,000 since the year 2000. that's sixteen years ago.
our trade deficit has reached an all-time high think of this, think of this, our trade deficit is nearly $800 billion, think of that, 800 billion dollars, last year alone. we're going to fix that.
the budget is no better. president obama has almost doubled our national debt to more than $19 trillion, and growing. and yet, what do we have to show for it? our roads and bridges are falling apart, our airports are third world condition, and forty-three million americans are on food stamps.
now let us consider the state of affairs abroad. not only have our citizens endured domestic disaster, but they've lived through one international humiliation after another.one after another. we all remember the images of our sailors being forced to their knees by their iranian captors at gunpoint. this was just prior to the signing of the iran deal, which gave back to iran $150 billion and gave us absolutely nothing <u+2013> it will go down in history as one of the worst deals ever negotiated.
another humiliation came when president obama drew a red line in syria <u+2013> and the whole world knew it meant absolutely nothing. in libya, our consulate <u+2013> the symbol of american prestige around the globe <u+2013> was brought down in flames.
america is far less safe <u+2013> and the world is far less stable <u+2013> than when obama made the decision to put hillary clinton in charge of america's foreign policy.
let's defeat her in november, okay?
i am certain that it was a decision that president obama truly regrets.
her bad instincts and her bad judgment <u+2013> something pointed out by bernie sanders <u+2013> are what caused so many of the disasters unfolding today. let's review the record.
in 2009, pre-hillary, isis was not even on the map. libya was stable. egypt was peaceful. iraq was seeing and really a big big reduction in violence. iran was being choked by sanctions. syria was somewhat under control. after four years of hillary clinton, what do we have? isis has spread across the region, and the entire world. libya is in ruins, and our ambassador and his staff were left helpless to die at the hands of savage killers. egypt was turned over to the radical muslim brotherhood, forcing the military to retake control. iraq is in chaos. iran is on the path to nuclear weapons. syria is engulfed in a civil war and a refugee crisis, now threatens the west. after fifteen years of wars in the middle east, after trillions of dollars spent and thousands of lives lost, the situation is worse than it has ever been before. this is the legacy of hillary clinton: death, destruction, terrorism, and weakness. but hillary clinton's legacy does not have to be america's legacy.
the problems we face now <u+2013> poverty and violence at home, war and destruction abroad <u+2013> will last only as long as we continue relying on the same politicians who created them in the first place.
a change in leadership is required to produce a change in outcomes.
tonight, i will share with you my plan for action for america. the most important difference between our plan and that of our opponents, is that our plan will put america first.
americanism, not globalism, will be our credo. as long as we are led by politicians who will not put america first, then we can be assured that other nations will not treat america with respect. the respect that we deserve.
the american people will come first once again.
my plan will begin with safety at home <u+2013> which means safe neighborhoods, secure borders, and protection from terrorism. there can be no prosperity without law and order.
on the economy, i will outline reforms to add millions of new jobs and trillions in new wealth that can be used to rebuild america.
a number of these reforms that i will outline tonight will be opposed by some of our nation's most powerful special interests. that's because these interests have rigged our political and economic system for their exclusive benefit. believe me. it's for their benefit.
big business, elite media and major donors are lining up behind the campaign of my opponent because they know she will keep our rigged system in place.
they are throwing money at her because they have total control over everything single thing she does. she is their puppet, and they pull the strings.
that is why hillary clinton's message is that things will never change. never ever.
my message is that things have to change <u+2013> and they have to change right now.
every day i wake up determined to deliver a better life for the people all across this nation that have been neglected, ignored, and abandoned. i have visited the laid-off factory workers, and the communities crushed by our horrible and unfair trade deals. these are the forgotten men and women of our country. and they are forgotten. but they're not going to be forgotten long.
these are people who work hard but no longer have a voice. i am your voice.
i have embraced crying mothers who have lost their children because our politicians put their personal agendas before the national good. i have no patience for injustice -
how great are our police! and how great is cleveland?
i have no patience for injustice. no tolerance for government incompetence of which there is so much, no sympathy for leaders who fail their citizens. when innocent people suffer, because our political system lacks the will, or the courage, or the basic decency to enforce our laws <u+2013> or still worse, has sold out to some corporate lobbyist for cash <u+2013> i am not able to look the other way. and i won't look the other way.
and when a secretary of state illegally stores her emails on a private server, deletes 33,000 of them so the authorities can't see her crime, puts our country at risk, lies about it in every different form and faces no consequence <u+2013> i know that corruption has reached a level like never ever before in our country.
when the fbi director says that the secretary of state was "extremely careless" and "negligent," in handling our classified secrets, i also know that these terms are minor compared to what she actually did.
they were just used to save her from facing justice for her terrible, terrible crimes.
in fact, her single greatest accomplishment may be committing such egregious crime and getting away with it <u+2013> especially when others who have done far less, have paid so dearly. when that same secretary of state rakes in millions and millions of dollars trading access and favors to special interests and foreign powers i know the time for action has come.
i have joined the political arena so that the powerful can no longer beat up on people who cannot defend themselves.
nobody knows the system better than me.
which is why i alone can fix it.
i have seen firsthand how the system is rigged against our citizens, just like it was rigged against bernie sanders <u+2013> he never had a chance. never had a chance. but his supporters will join our movement, because we will fix his biggest single issue: trade deals that strip our country of its jobs and strip us of our wealth as a country.
millions of democrats will join our movement, because we are going to fix the system so it works fairly and justly for all americans.
in this cause, i am proud to have at my side the next vice president of the united states: governor mike pence of indiana. and a great guy.
we will bring the same economic success to america that mike brought to indiana. which is amazing.
he's a man of character and accomplishment. he's the man for the job.
the first task for our new administration will be to liberate our citizens from the crime and terrorism and lawlessness that threatens our community. america was shocked to its core when our police officers in dallas were so brutally executed. immediately after dallas, we have seen continued threats and violence against our law enforcement officials. law officers have been shot or killed in recent days in georgia, missouri, wisconsin, kansas, michigan and tennessee.
on sunday, more police were gunned down in baton rouge, louisiana. three were killed, and three were very, very badly injured. an attack on law enforcement is an attack on all americans.
i have a message to every last person threatening the peace on our streets and the safety of our police: when i take the oath of office next year, i will restore law and order to our country. believe me. believe me.
i will work with, and appoint, the best and brightest prosecutors and law enforcement officials to get the job properly done.
in this race for the white house, i am the law and order candidate.
the irresponsible rhetoric of our president, who has used the pulpit of the presidency to divide us by race and color, has made america a more dangerous environment that frankly that i have ever seen of anybody in this room has ever watched or seen.
this administration has failed america's inner cities. remember, it has failed america's inner cities. it's failed them on education. it's failed them on jobs. it's failed them on crime. it's failed them in every way and at every single level. when i am president, i will work to ensure that all of our kids are treated equally, and protected equally.
every action i take, i will ask myself: does this make better for young americans in baltimore, in chicago, in detroit, in ferguson who have really, in every way folks, the same right to live out their dreams as any other child in america? any other child.
to make life safe for all of our citizens, we must also address the growing threats from outside the country. we are going to defeat the barbarians of isis and we're going to defeat them fast.
once again, france is the victim of brutal islamic terrorism. men, women and children viciously mowed down. lives ruined. families ripped apart. a nation in mourning. the damage and devastation that can be inflicted by islamic radicals has been proven over and over <u+2013> at the world trade center, at an office party in san bernardino, at the boston marathon, at a military recruiting center in chattanooga, tennessee. and many many other locations.
only weeks ago, in orlando, florida, 49 wonderful americans were savagely murdered by an islamic terrorist. this time, the terrorist targeted lgbtq community. no good, and we're going to stop it.
as your president, i will do everything in my power to protect our lgbtq citizens from the violence and oppression of a hateful foreign ideology. believe me.
and i have to say as a republican it is so nice to hear you cheering for what i just said. thank you.
to protect us from terrorism, we need to focus on three things. we must have the best, absolutely the best gathering of intelligence anywhere in the world. the best. we must abandon the failed policy of nation building and regime change that hillary clinton pushed in iraq, in libya, in egypt and in syria. instead, we must work with all of our allies who share our goal of destroying isis and stamping out islamic terrorism and doing it now, doing it quickly. we're going to win. we're going to win fast.
this includes working with our greatest ally in the region, the state of israel.
recently, i have said nato is obsolete because it did not properly cover terror. and also that many of the member countries were not paying their fair share. as usual, the united states has been picking up the costs. shortly thereafter, it was announced that nato will be setting up a new program in order to combat terrorism. a true step in the right direction.
lastly, and very importantly, we must immediately suspend immigration from any nation that has been compromised by terrorism until such time as proven vetting mechanisms have been put in place. we don't want them in our country.
my opponent has called for a radical 550% increase in syrian, think of this. think of this, this is not believable but this is what's happening. a 550 percent increase in syrian refugees on top of existing massive refugee flows coming into our country already under the leadership of president obama.
she proposes this despite the fact that there's no way to screen these refugees in order to find out who they are or where they come from.
i only want to admit individuals into our country who will support our values and love our people.
anyone who endorses violence, hatred or oppression is not welcome in our country and never ever will be.
decades of record immigration have produced lower wages and higher unemployment for our citizens, especially for african-american and latino workers. we are going to have an immigration system that works, but one that works for the american people.
on monday, we heard from three parents whose children were killed by illegal immigrants: mary ann mendoza, sabine durden, and my friend jamiel shaw. they are just three brave representatives of many thousands who have suffered so greatly. of all my travels in this country, nothing has affected me more, nothing even close i have to tell you, than the time i have spent with the mothers and fathers who have lost their children to violence spilling across our borders which we can solve. we have to solve it.
these families have no special interests to represent them. there are no demonstrators to protect them and certainly none to protest on their behalf. my opponent will never meet with them, or share in their pain. believe me. instead, my opponent wants sanctuary cities.
but where was the sanctuary for kate steinle?
where was the sanctuary for the children of mary ann, and sabine and jamiel? where was sanctuary for all the other, it's so sad to even be talking about it, because we can solve this problem so quickly. where was the sanctuary for all of the americans who have been so brutally murdered, and who have suffered so horribly? these wounded american families have been alone. but they are not alone any longer.
tonight, this candidate and the whole nation stand in their corner to support them, to send them our love, and to pledge in their honor that we will save countless more families from suffering and the same awful fate.
we are going to build a great border wall to stop illegal immigration, to stop the gangs and the violence, and to stop the drugs from pouring into our communities.
i have been honored to receive the endorsement of america's border patrol agents.
and will work directly with them to protect the integrity of our lawful, lawful, lawful immigration system. lawful.
by ending catch-and-release on the border, we will end the cycle of human smuggling and violence. illegal border crossings will go down. we will stop it, it won't be happening very much anymore. believe me.
peace will be restored. by enforcing the rules for millions who overstay their visas, our laws will finally receive the respect that they deserve.
tonight, i want every american whose demands for immigration security have been denied <u+2013> and every politician who has denied them <u+2013> to listen very, very closely to the words i am about to say. on january 20th of 2017, the day i take the oath of office, americans will finally wake up in a country where the laws of the united states are enforced.
we are going to be considerate and compassionate to everyone. but my greatest compassion will be for our own struggling citizens.
[editor's note: trump chanted along with the crowd here.]
my plan is the exact opposite of the radical and dangerous immigration policy of hillary clinton. americans want relief from uncontrolled immigration. which is what we have now. communities want relief. yet hillary clinton is proposing mass amnesty, mass immigration, and mass lawlessness.
her plan will overwhelm your schools and hospitals, further reduce your jobs and wages, and make it harder for recent immigrants to escape the tremendous cycle poverty that they're going through right now and make it almost impossible for them to join the middle class.
i have a different vision for our workers. it begins with a new, fair trade policy that protects our jobs and stands up to countries that cheat. of which there are many.
it's been a signature message of my campaign from day one, and it will be a signature feature of my presidency from the moment i take the oath of office.
i have made billions of dollars in business making deals <u+2013> now i'm going to make our country rich again.
using the greatest business people in the world, which our country has, i am going to turn our bad trade agreements into great trade agreements.
america has lost nearly-one third of its manufacturing jobs since 1997, following the enactment of disastrous trade deals supported by bill and hillary clinton. remember, it was bill clinton who signed nafta, one of the worst economic deals ever made by our country. or frankly, any other country. never ever again.
i am going to bring our jobs back to ohio and pennsylvania, and new york, and michigan, and all of america <u+2013> and i am not going to let companies move to other countries, firing their employees along the way, without consequence. not going to happen anymore.
my opponent, on the other hand, has supported virtually every trade agreement that has been destroying our middle class. she supported nafta, and she supported china's entrance into the world trade organization <u+2013> another one of her husband's colossal mistakes and disasters.
she supported the job-killing trade deal with south korea. she supported the trans-pacific partnership. which will not only destroy our manufacturers, but will make america subject to the rulings of foreign governments. and it's not going to happen.
i pledge to never sign any trade agreement that hurts our workers or that diminishes our freedom or independence. we will never sign bad trade deals. america first again. america first.
instead, i will make individual deals with individual countries. no longer will we enter into these massive transactions, with many countries, that are thousands of pages long <u+2013> and which no one from our country even reads or understands.
we are going to enforce all trade violations, against any country that cheats.
this includes stopping china's outrageous theft of intellectual property, along with their illegal product dumping, and their devastating currency manipulation. they are the greatest that ever came about. they are the greatest currency manipulators ever.
our horrible trade agreements with china and many others will be totally renegotiated. that includes renegotiating nafta to get a much better deal for america <u+2013> and we'll walk away if we don't get that kind of a deal.
our country is going to start building and making things again.
next comes the reform of our tax laws, regulations and energy rules. while hillary clinton plans a massive, and i mean massive, tax increase, i have proposed the largest tax reduction of any candidate who has run for the president this year <u+2013> democrat or republican.
middle-income americans and businesses will experience profound relief, and taxes will be greatly simplified for everyone. i mean everyone.
america is one of the highest-taxed nations in the world.
reducing taxes will cause new companies and new jobs to come roaring back into our country. believe me, it'll happen and it'll happen fast.
then we are going to deal with the issue of regulation, one of the greatest job-killers of them all. excessive regulation is costing our country as much as $2 trillion a year, and we will end it very, very quickly.
we are going to lift the restrictions on the production of american energy.
this will produce more than $20 trillion in job-creating economic activity over the next four decades. my opponent, on the other hand, wants to put the great miners and the great steelworkers of our country out of work and out of business <u+2013> that will never happen with donald j trump as president. our steelworkers and our miners are going back to work again.
with these new economic policies, trillions and trillions of dollars will start flowing into our country. this new wealth will improve the quality of life for all americans <u+2013> we will build the roads, highways, bridges, tunnels, airports, and the railways of tomorrow. this, in turn, will create millions of more jobs. we will rescue kids from failing schools by helping their parents send them to a safe school of their choice.
my opponent would rather protect bureaucrats than serve american children. and that's what she's doing. and that's what's she's done. we will repeal and replace disastrous obamacare.
you will be able to choose your own doctor again.
and we will fix tsa at the airports! which is a total disaster.
we're going to work with all of our students who are drowning in debt to take the pressure off these young people just starting out in their adult lives. tremendous problem.
we will completely rebuild our depleted military, and the countries that we protect, at a massive cost to us, will be asked to pay their fair share.
we will take care of our great veterans like they have never been taken care of before.
my just released 10 point plan has received tremendous veteran support. we will guarantee those who serve this country will be able to visit the doctor or hospital of their choice without waiting five days on a line and dying.
my opponent dismissed the va scandal. one more sign of how out of touch she really is. we are going to ask every department head in government to provide a list of wasteful spending projects that we can eliminate in my first 100 days.
the politicians have talked about this for years, but i'm going to do it.
[editor's note: crowd chants "yes you will"]
we are going to appoint justices of the united states supreme court who will uphold our laws and our constitution.
the replacement of our beloved justice scalia will be a person of similar views and principles and judicial philosophies. very important. this will be one of the most important issues decided by this election. my opponent wants to essentially abolish the 2nd amendment.
i, on the other hand, received the early and strong endorsement of the national rifle association and will protect the right of all americans to keep their families safe.
at this moment, i would like to thank the evangelical and religious community because i'll tell you what. because the support they've given me, and i'm not sure i totally deserve it, has been so amazing. and has had such a big reason for me being here tonight. true. so true.
they have so much to contribute to our politics, yet our laws prevent you from speaking your minds from your own pulpits. an amendment, pushed by lyndon johnson, many years ago, threatens religious institutions with a loss of their tax-exempt status if they openly advocate their political views. their voice has been taken away.
i am going to work very hard to repeal that language and to protect free speech for all americans.
we can accomplish these great things, and so much more <u+2013> all we need to do is start believing in ourselves and in our country again. start believing. it is time to show the whole world that america is back <u+2013> bigger, and better and stronger than ever before.
in this journey, i'm so lucky to have at my side my wife melania and my wonderful children, don, ivanka, eric, tiffany, and barron: you will always be my greatest source of pride and joy. and by the way, melania and ivanka, did they do a job.
my dad, fred trump, was the smartest and hardest working man i ever knew. i wonder sometimes what he'd say if he were here to see this, and to see me, tonight.
it's because of him that i learned, from my youngest age, to respect the dignity of work and the dignity of working people.
he was a guy most comfortable in the company of bricklayers, and carpenters, and electricians and i have a lot of that in me also. i love those people.
then there's my mother, mary. she was strong, but also warm and fair-minded. she was a truly great mother. she was also one of the most honest and charitable people i have ever known, and a great great judge of character. she could pick 'em out from anywhere.
to my sisters mary anne and elizabeth, my brother robert and my late brother fred, i will always give you my love you are most special to me.
i have had a truly great life in business. but now, my sole and exclusive mission is to go to work for our country <u+2013> to go to work for you. it's time to deliver a victory for the american people. we don't win anymore, but we are going to start winning again.
but to do that, we must break free from the petty politics of the past. america is a nation of believers, dreamers, and strivers that is being led by a group of censors, critics, and cynics.
remember: all of the people telling you you can't have the country you want, are the same people telling you that wouldn't stand, i mean they said trump doesn't have a chance of being here tonight. not a chance. the same people. oh we love defeating those people. don't we? don't we? love it. love it. love it.
no longer can we rely on those same people in the media media, and politics, who will say anything to keep a rigged system in place.
instead, we must choose to believe in america. history is watching us now. we don't have much time, but history is watching. it's waiting to see if we will rise to the occasion, and if we will show the whole world that america is still free and independent and strong.
i am asking for your support tonight so i can be your champion in the white house. and i will be your champion.
my opponent asks her supporters to recite a three-word loyalty pledge. it reads: "i'm with her". i choose to recite a different pledge.
my pledge reads: "i'm with you <u+2013> the american people."
i am your voice. so to every parent who dreams for their child, and every child who dreams for their future, i say these words to you tonight: i am with you, and i will fight for you, and i will win for you.
to all americans tonight, in all of our cities and in all of our towns, i make this promise: we will make america strong again. we will make america proud again. we will make america safe again. and we will make america great again.
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the president also said the national oceanic and atmospheric administration (noaa) and the coast guard will map and chart waters of the bering, chukchi and beaufort seas, for which existing maps and charts are nonexistent or outdated.
the moves are nods toward alaskan leaders <u+2014> including republican sens. lisa murkowski and dan sullivan <u+2014> who have been urging the administration to bolster the paltry ability of the coast guard to monitor the largest state<u+2019>s 6,640-mile coastline.
the announcement late monday night was an acknowledgment that the united states has fallen behind other nations, especially russia, which possesses 40 icebreakers and has plans to add at least 11 more.
the white house said that after world war ii, the united states had seven icebreakers in its fleet <u+2014> four under the navy and three under the coast guard. today, the united states has only two fully functional icebreakers, and just one is a heavy-duty icebreaker.
the acquisition of a new icebreaker would happen in 2020 instead of 2022.
the announcements monday night <u+2014> after the president<u+2019>s speech to senior ministers from arctic nations <u+2014> were also an acknowledgment that climate change is prompting a scramble for the rights to develop the arctic<u+2019>s largely untapped reserves of oil, natural gas and minerals. in 2014, the first unescorted commercial vessel to transit the northwest passage delivered to china a cargo of nickel ore mined in the arctic off northern quebec.
even if the united states does not permit large-scale mining or exploration in alaska, the state<u+2019>s shores could be threatened by spills, leaks or other accidents from the activities of other nations.
<u+201c>the growth of human activity in the arctic region will require highly engaged stewardship to maintain the open seas necessary for global commerce and scientific research, allow for search and rescue activities, and provide for regional peace and stability,<u+201d> the white house said in a statement. <u+201c>accordingly, meeting these challenges requires the united states to develop and maintain capacity for year-round access to greater expanses within polar regions.<u+201d>
alaska<u+2019>s leaders said obama<u+2019>s announcement will have to be judged by the amount of funding the president can line up. murkowski said the $4<u+00a0>million in last year<u+2019>s federal budget <u+201c>doesn<u+2019>t even buy you a porthole.<u+201d> the current budget includes $8<u+00a0>million, she said.
<u+201c>do we need icebreakers? yes. did we need them yesterday? yes,<u+201d> murkowski said.
the state of alaska has a long wish list for the obama administration. sullivan, a freshman senator, said he has been pressing the pentagon not to go ahead with a proposal to cut one of two 5,000-member arctic combat brigades.
sullivan also wants federal agencies to speed up permit approvals for a much-discussed pipeline for natural gas, which can be liquefied and shipped to china or japan.
some alaskan lawmakers are seeking broadband access in small villages across the state. and gov. bill walker, a longtime republican who won election as an independent, has told obama that four communities need to escape coastal hardships intensified by climate change.
[obama can rename mount mckinley denali <u+2014> but he can<u+2019>t stop its loss of ice]
on tuesday, obama visited the exit glacier, which has receded 1.25 miles since 1815 <u+2014> 187 feet last year alone. <u+201c>this is as good of a signpost of what we<u+2019>re dealing with it comes to climate change as just about anything,<u+201d> the president said.
standing in front of a gravelly creek bed, he said that when glaciers melt, the water runs to the ocean and raises sea levels, altering the surrounding flora and fauna.
<u+201c>it is spectacular, though,<u+201d> he said. <u+201c>we want to make sure that our grandkids can see this.<u+201d>
he said his hike <u+201c>beats being in the office.<u+201d>
obama<u+2019>s announcement about the icebreakers monday night came after he finished an impassioned appeal to top officials from arctic nations to do more about climate change.
in his speech, he talked about a cycle of warming temperatures, melting permafrost and wildfires as a negative feedback loop, and he tried to infuse the audience with a sense of urgency.
<u+201c>the point is that climate change is no longer some far-off problem. it is happening here. it is happening now,<u+201d> he said.
<u+201c>our understanding of climate change advances each day,<u+201d> he added. <u+201c>the science is stark. it is sharpening. it proves that this once-distant threat is now very much in the present.<u+201d>
obama did not, however, put forward any major new plans on the climate front, whether for alaska or for world leaders. that disappointed murkowski.
<u+201c>what do we do, and how do we do so in a way that would make a difference for the people of alaska?<u+201d> she asked after the speech. <u+201c>what specifics do you have? we didn<u+2019>t hear that. we just heard a call to action.<u+201d>
but it was a rousing call to action. obama took aim at those who doubt that humans are spurring climate change, saying that they are <u+201c>on their own shrinking island.<u+201d>
he also said people overestimate the damage that mitigation measures would do to their economies.
<u+201c>the notion is somehow this will curb our economic growth. and at a time when people are anxious about the economy, that<u+2019>s an argument oftentimes for inaction,<u+201d> he said. <u+201c>the irony, of course .<u+2009>.<u+2009>. is that few things will disrupt our lives as profoundly as climate change. few things can have as negative an impact on our economy as climate change.<u+201d>
he painted the future as grim if nations fail to moderate the climate trends. among the results, he said: <u+201c>submerged countries. abandoned cities. fields no longer growing. .<u+2009>.<u+2009>. desperate refugees seeking the sanctuary of nations not their own.<u+201d>
the president warned, <u+201c>we will condemn our children to a planet beyond their capacity to repair.<u+201d> | obama pledges faster action on new icebreakers to keep up in arctic | noauthor | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | https://t4.rbxcdn.com/c5695e5f087535e2066dc473e03b1819 | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | nocountry | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | null | null | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | null | null | null | na | na | na | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | ti_cnn_train.parquet | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | 0.0 | na | na | na | na | na | na | nothread | na | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.0 | 67.0 | 8.0 | 6028.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 4.0 | 0.0 | 401.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 109.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 45.0 | 10.0 | 25.0 | 4.0 | 14.0 | 9.0 | 9.0 | 8.0 | 25.0 | 20.0 | 42.0 | 405.0 | 109.0 | 45.0 | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na |
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