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Away News I'm David for Republicans have been straining to contain the fallout over former Trump administration national security adviser John Bolton's upcoming book even as President Trump's impeachment trial continues in the Senate A.P.'s Saager may Ghani has more Bolton writes he personally heard President traumatized withholding aid to Ukraine for investigations of Joe Biden Democrats like Adam Schiff say Bolton should be subpoenaed to testify the president's impeachment trial to further proof wrongdoing you can erase all doubt the president's calling the book nasty and untrue wild also saying it has classified national security material the White House has told Bolton's lawyer that information cannot be published g.o.p. Leaders have told senators Cawley Bolton could set off a long legal fight and delay the president's expected acquittal deputy White House counsel Padfield and also warned that this institution will be effectively paralyzed for months on end Saager Magni Washington the World Health Organization has decided to reconvene an emergency meeting Thursday to determine whether the corona virus outbreak constitutes a public health emergency of international concern we get more from Lisa shrine executive director of health emergencies program Michael Ryan says the decision to reconvene the Emergency Committee is based on the evidence of an increasing number of cases and also upon the human to human transmission that has occurred outside of China Ryan says these developments in the evolution of the outbreak are spurring China and other countries into action says that Chinese response to the new coronavirus has been extraordinary it praises the transparency and willingness of the government to share vital information and provide assistance to foreign countries grappling with the disease research line for v.o.a. News Geneva this is v.o.a. News u.s. President Donald Trump signed. Into law the Us Mexico Canada trade agreement Wednesday as v.o.a. Steve Herman reports it replaces the 1990 s. Vintage vintage North American Free Trade Agreement although support from opposition Democrats was vital for passage of the u.s. M.c.a. Trade pact they were not at the ceremony Trump administration officials say a few were invited but declined to attend amid the fierce partisan divide in Washington where Trump is on trial in the Senate after being impeached in the house something the president alluded to in his remarks at Wednesday's ceremony we do have some incredible people that work so hard and senators and maybe I'm being just nice to them because I want to vote does that make sense. I don't want to leave anybody out much of the u.s. M.c.a. Is an update to the quarter century old NAFTA with new laws related to intellectual property protection the Internet currencies investment and state owned enterprises Steve Herman v.o.a. News at the White House internal documents have revealed that the United Nations was the victim of a sophisticated computer hack this past summer a piece Jackie Quinn has details dozens of servers for the u.n. In Tunisia and Vienna were infiltrated last summer and it's not known the extent of data obtained or who was responsible among the servers compromised the u.n. Human Rights Office which collects sensitive data the u.n. Put out a statement that no confidential information was compromised although the attack was serious I'm Jacki Quinn the u.s. Central bank is leaving its key interest rate unchanged at an historically low level we get more from a piece bed Thomas citing a strong labor market and economic activity rising at a moderate pace the Fed says it's keeping short term rates in a range of one and a half to one and 3 quarters percent and historically low level at the same time the Fed says it will continue to monitor the global. Kaname for any threats to economic growth that's a that's a Ben Thomas of a.p. And Super Bowl Sunday will be another big moment for advertisers it Donahue of a.p. Tells us why with about 100000000 people watching on Fox marketing c.e.o. Mark de Massimo says there are some new Super Bowl ad trends the 2 star ad Brian Cranston and Tracy Ross Ellis for example here is my I will lose here. I am thirsty you're bringing together the people you just have to watch like the Bryan Cranston I mean I watch him in anything Microsoft ad spotlights the 49 ers Katie sours who will become the 1st woman to coach in a Super Bowl I'm not trying to be the best you know I'm going to be the best we who convince people for a living will look for these moments when their spirit is up when we have their attention other and that's a Donahue And I'm David Bird v.o.a. News. Good morning Africa welcome to daybreak Africa from the Voice of America James Butty Washington today's Thursday January 30th and here are some of the stories we're covering what would be the likely economic impact on the Africa of the. Virus for example a country like Nigeria is heavily dependent on the price of oil Anything that reduces transportation and travel in China that reduces the demand for oil for business activity is going to push that price down and directly impact the Nigerian economy will also look at alert level to the west Africa region. The un has again appeal for die looking Kinney's ongoing political crisis on unexplained gas shutters has hit in Liberia and Zimbabwe. Is in South Africa. I do sometimes the government denies that there is a crisis in Zimbabwe and Botswana. Has suffered a setback in this debate still overturned last October's general election result those stories and more are coming up on Daybreak Africa. Is growing virus if an epidemic has already spread well beyond its borders and while the epidemic is primarily a health and humanitarian crisis its impact also extends to China's economy which is connected as never before to emerging markets in the developing world including Africa the us Adam Phillips spoke with economist Joseph fall of the New York University where he teaches courses on emerging markets and Asian economies were cut. Is that trade with China means you know demand for their goods is likely to be down remember China is the largest importer in the world of almost every major commodity be that cement copper her or just a range of goods produced and exported around the world what about the effect of all this on the developing world you see these days left America and especially Africa where this interview is being broadcast So an enormous amount of the output of emerging markets around the world today is the exports particularly of raw materials metals other commodities food that goes to China and so anytime we expect a slowdown in Chinese growth that's going to directly affect the quantities of exports and the prices from those countries a lot of these countries are also destinations for Chinese investment particularly under the one belt one road those are wall run investments and I don't expect them to be impacted but the timing of those investments may get put off and future you're going to see fewer Chinese traveling abroad fewer international business people traveling to China over the next couple of months and that means lots of projects that might have gotten started later in the year will be delayed potentially 6 months or even a year what's an example of an actual impact the. Store in Africa a direct impact will be on the prices of the goods are selling so for example a country like Nigeria is heavily dependent on the price of oil Anything that reduces transportation and travel in China that reduces the demand for oil for business activity is going to push that price down and directly impact the night here an economy in the other direction there are many Chinese companies looking to invest across Africa and while that investment going to continue in the long run you could imagine that there's going to be a pause for the next 6 months on many of those projects as fewer people travel internationally and as Chinese companies and Chinese government officials take a wait and see approach that was New York University economics professor just a follow spoke with viewers Adam Phillips in New York the virus appears to be spreading rapidly and governments around the world. Sounded the alarm was stuff we got is home to thousands of Chinese nationals and officers there are standing guard after is suspect the case was reported in Ivory Coast and I got. Reports from the west Africa is no stranger to deadly epidemics during the 2014 to 2016 Ebola outbreak more than 11000 people lost their lives but by some measures the disease has made the region stronger when reports about the coronavirus began surfacing some government officials were quick to respond Dr Guy is the director of the National Service for education and health information with Senegal's Ministry of Health for i.q. Yeah I mean if you need me I know it's a chemical He says Any time an epidemic outbreak occurs that has the potential to spread to Senegal the government forms a national committee comprised of the ministries of health livestock environment and others working together the ministers have created a toll free emergency number that residents can dial in the event of suspected infection They've broadcast announcements via t.v. And radio to inform people what to do if they exhibit symptoms and they've installed thermal cameras at the shipping port an airport that can detect if a traveler has a temperature as of one state no cases of Corona virus in West Africa had been confirmed however one suspected case in every coast was under investigation given West Africa's ties to China the region is at a disadvantage according to Dr Michel you know a program manager for emergency response for the World Health Organization in Africa. Yes said countries can best protect the residents by closely monitoring their ports of entry many West African share of concern to car resident my age up was getting her hair braided in the cities in Gore neighborhood on Wednesday she said though the situation is nothing like what she experienced during the a bull outbreak she still worried. No not the laugh I mean action no. Obviously average of she says some Senegalese have family in China who are coasting on social media that they can no longer leave their homes if they return to Senegal without knowing whether they have the virus they could transmit it everyone is concerned such a cookout a couple here next door who is named after the famed Senegalese soccer champion said he too was worried when c.c. And I see him rather even if it's in China he says people are always travelling left and right so that concerns them too as the number of those infected rises each day so does the concern the disease will reach the shores of West Africa and a hammer short for viewing news to car the special representative of the un secretary general for West Africa and this whole hill Mohammed event chambres says the United Nations is trying to meet team peace and stability in the region while respect and national constitutional provisions this comes some reports say Guineans economy is crumbling after months of massive protest against President called these alleged attempt to change the Constitution and seek another term on Wednesday Guinea and religious leaders appealed to the National Front for the defense of the Constitution on the f. And d.c. The alliance of opposition groups behind the protest to suspend the demonstration the religious group also as the guinea and government to suspend the Feb 16th parliamentary election and for both sides to that look charm boss says there is need for dialogue among all Guineans. Human position has been clear from the beginning we urge all stakeholders the political parties civil society of course over to the government to make every effort to create a conducive ever adamant atmosphere for dialogue dialogue to address issues that divide in Kenya and which now is resulting in a street confrontation that we have been witnessing on the part of a National Front for the defense of a cause situation and security forces from whence the religious leader Guinea presented a statement to the f n d c as well as the government of Guinea calling on the Advent d.c. To suspend street demonstrations and president talk Condi of the government to suspend the process towards the election what do you make of that we encourage good man hope you know the leaders publicly this traditional religious leaders to play a role in appeasing the situation and calling for calm restraint on all sides and calling for dialogue and would like to see them. Take more of a center stage perhaps create a platform to bring all game has to hold as to be able to come around and talk about the issues that divide them I'm sure that they will find that and then the more things that unite them as good people then he devised and we have some consensus also 'd relating to increasing at the extensions in Guinea the opposition accuse the government of initiates in this effort made by a little girl if you talk to the opposition to tell you that the people who have died so far during these protest the people who. Not members of President Afrikan this ethnic group and when I heard that from other sources that is something that we have been here for some time and naturally of course and that's why my sis in this issue was raised at the highest levels and with all the sense to call that at any 2nd to where different ethnic groups have lived together how more nationally and that's not very reason why the un is to quell a war that's again that's not slipped into conflict in a separate You mission the parliamentary elections that are supposed to take place in February 1 of the concerns the opposition has been raising with us is that the national registry necessary for this election has been corrupted the un courage in the d.c. Elections to take place on the free and fair Adam is fear can they really take place in February I'm not in a position to comment on that because they you and have not been invited to support in extra process so we do not have any experts working in Guinea as I told you the organization National Organization of Francophonie or yes which has and mission that we support the effort. Address that you can make a consensus that the opposition and others may have so that at the end of the day you will have an electoral is for instance that the population and all political actors will have confidence and at the center of all this dispute the protests and everything is the argument made by the opposition that President Alpha condé is trying to change the Constitution to remain in power have you common round discussing this do your meetings with both the opposition and the president in opposition as you know and what we can do and what we do is to ask for respect for the Constitution of this country thank you very much so we are always happy to speak with you thank you Mr Rajan surprise there. Mohammed bin Thomas is the special representative of the u.n. Secretary general for West Africa in this the hell he was speaking with us from Dakar Senegal You're listening to daybreak Africa on the Voice of America James but in Washington today is Thursday January 30. 17 minutes past the hour for nearly a week now Liberians have been experiencing an unexplained shortage of gasoline in the country resulting in long queues filling stations across the country some retailers have also triple the price of the commodity which has created inconveniences for the citizens as Moses will report from Monrovia the Liberian government says it is make an effort to resolve the crisis. Going on right. Now with various. Filling Station look at the less than a mile from President George we are in the over 50. Interest Sacco's. I doing business. It. Has been exactly from one to another since morning and he is not closer to getting an. Earlier 5 o'clock this morning I want a better trio and I want to. See if I can. Like Kevin just well you know I'm not a taxi driver is also frustrated by the fight that he's on it with do business because of gas shortage. This. Family and that because they're difficult to go out of so well so it's really really brave to be. In the low was one of the lucky few to get gas yes. Guy. They are very happy to be a walking looking for counted or what at 1st the Liberia picture Larry Fine company deny the Shah to claim India was sufficient in a country the f.b.i. Also threatened to go at the vendors who it said were creating at a future shock to age Commerce Minister Wilson topic told local media that the situation has become an embarrassment for the government to state is this is a very serious matter we realize it is our problem as of the week of June Well 24 we have a 4400000 gallons of pm and that is all going to give us about 26 days of supply and I was adequate but when we got to realize the actual going to take in the tanks at the various stories positive it was difficult the less than that he said the ship continued about $2700.00 metric tons of gasoline enough or 8 days of supply was expect the us today Wednesday to minister type in the current shutters is expected to last about a week but any progress between now and the weekend or less a Monday or Tuesday should be able to play a good it depends on the number of ships now becoming what I 3 speak this ministry with the support of the president is taking still working with the r.c. To bring additional quantities mean $100.00 subjects a drivers at sped to 4 days or even a week with been able to provide for your family is due to the gas shortage commuters will also continue to be stranded due to the absence of promotions he closed. The news Monrovia. Zimbabwe's opposition leader announcing to me is in South Africa a diplomatic offensive to pressure President Posada to intervene Zimbabwe's ongoing political crisis and avarice a further economic decline Chamisa the leader of the Movement for Democratic Change the m.d.c. Has made several appeals to run the posta to facilitate dialogue between him and President Gore has challenged Magog lost legitimacy and accused of stealing the 2018 elections tell me to tell us the lessons Lua viewers imbibe with service that he wants Pretoria to intervene because the political temperature in Zimbabwe is rising. Then the missing would come here for the next year that can create a platform for the resolution of the issues involved with we create an opportunity and the solidarity of all the bubbling in the 4 and also friends and partners on the African continent within that region of the country to find a common permission and an ongoing problem that are able to move forward that is what we are looking for any plans to meet President from a poster or former president I will make you our not the woman meeting but I can tell you that we will be meeting those who make themselves being our to help the Zimbabwean police and then to come from Bob So we need as a bubble to come together but be helped by our neighbors be held by those who help us to move the country forward to deal with all we can be as we were doing reading the Bible then even Barbara said I believe the study group mending task and we can't exactly go with a price that we kind of cross. With one Muslim Malawi Zambia media in South Africa without any trouble being listed but proved in. The central thing that these new need for is no intervention in. The discussions going on and the. So-called pointed Well again the 1.4 That is not from our. Affiliate. We overtook him. It was a command to. Do between people all the same and if you lose someone that's when those people are in agreement there's no problem we need a group because we have disagreed and one of us to agree there has to be some kind of let us relieve him of the subsidy if you need a couple of women gonna puke everything we like together I have 2 men. And the situation where there are a list of companies that will do that you are going to have to have somebody help in the whole thing that. Only intervene if the crisis and alleging that they have no crisis. Will leave you on another planet or 'd some others above that. Now Zimbabwe opposition leader Nelson Chamisa he was speaking from Johannesburg South Africa reporter lessons Vio Zimbabwe service reacting to love ization leader Nelson Chamisa us regional initiative ruling Zanu p.f. Politics secretary foreign minister Paul Monk wanna says there is no crisis in Zimbabwe now calls for regional intervention. Told him point blank that the problem in place right now we can cope all at ease. With all the political parties . Any political live in the country who would not. Have a written. But some political analysts are arguing that it appears. To a bed knowing we have. Given. The form and a pull at. Them and only need to come in. Believe it is a lot of. Analysts But what is wrong with regional intervention seeing that the economy can political crisis in Zimbabwe seems to be with you not. Likely that. We have the economy which we are developing is a kind it is not. A reason why we've given. Countries to resolve. Here within that period when we had all the economic and political. Paul McGuire is the secretary for a ministration thought Zimbabwe's real insanity of party who is speaking from Harare with reporter pleasant view is them Bob was service bus one of his opposition coalition has suffered a blow in his bid to have a last October's general election results overturned on Wednesday the southern African nations court of appeal dismissed the opposition's election talent which all but and their victory hopes can do see do bear reports from harbor on a bus wanna go position quietly seen them going to for Democratic Change you do see went to quite in December seeking to overturn last year's general election results by the country's high court dismissed the 1st challenge on a technicality do you see it won 15 seats in the 57 member national assembly but i.q. To the process was fraught with unique in that it is their only boards on that Democratic party b d p took 38 seats in less than a sim Weitzman a party's state the remaining 4 after the High Court last opposition sort the intervention of the Supreme Court I don't know the court of appeals for bench dismissed that justice can be speaking on behalf of a 5 month Pena said the Court of Appeal the highest in them and had no jurisdiction to hear the petitions this did or indirectly didn't say the issue has been laid to rest once a petition is brought it is dealt with it is dismissed. That has been determined I tell a new petition is court perhaps there may be an opportunity time may still exist to bring a new petition but for the time that the petition has been dismissed the dispute in relation to the validity of the of the election is over you see a spokesperson more I deem wise than if used to comment on the controlling use it is piped to an enemy is the judgment fest the ruling b d p spokesperson banks can see they stop us into accepting the Corvette and not to try now the country to move forward and present my c.c. This week told the media doesn't. Strikes him in there I know of the government despite their looked at our challenges we have always been added to the rule of law and so it by every citizen they know that if you have a challenge you have a dispute you go to cause a lawyer resettled So when matters are before the courts live goes on President my c.c. Will not prevail might easier after Wednesday's ruling which not block the Southern African Development Community as I did in today to visit at a port on the Botswana election pending the outcome of the Quite a process for viewing a this is going to see to bear in Hebron the ports imam. Briefly before we leave you a summary of Africa news the corona virus appears to be spreading rapidly and governments around the world are sounding the alarm West Africa is home to thousands of Chinese nationals and officials there are standing guard after I suspect the case was reporter in Ivory Coast the special representative of the u.n. Secretary general for West Africa and this a hell Mohammed eventime bus said the United Nations is trying to make peace and stability in the region while respecting national constitutional provisions and Zimbabwe's opposition leader Nelson Chamisa is South Africa on a diplomatic offensive to pressure the president. To intervene in Zimbabwe's ongoing political crisis and I've wrote a further economic decline to me said the leader of the Movement for Democratic Change has made several appeals to run up a subtle facilitate dialogue between him and President my God That is it for this Thursday January 30th edition of daybreak Africa on behalf of the daybreak Africa crew producer Nicole back from reporters to decline to Ricky strike as well as Post editor something or Molly Barty Washington wishing you a very good day. This is. For. Africa the Great Lakes region has a turbulent history marked by conflict at the expense of. Human rights in the Great Lakes region on the next straight Africa. Right here. Africa. For our coming Raul America's finest export our culture and music of today are coming to leave it to the Pioneers Trailways this musical tradition. The border crossings on Feb 6th d.v.r. Us greatest musicians like Jerry Lee Lewis Buddy Holly and Elvis Presley only on The Voice of America. Hello there today is Thursday January 30th this is v.o.a. As international edition I'm Lori London in Washington coming up the president's impeachment trial turns into a major debate over a form top trump aides possibly will testimony I think we're in for a very interesting end of this week at the beginning of next week. World Health Organization is reviewing the international saga civility of the coronavirus Also ahead singer Billy Eilish fresh off big wins at the Grammy Awards now has a whole nother big event to look to it's all on today's international edition. Wednesday marked the next phase of the Senate impeachment trial of President Donald Trump which is the question answer period senators have a total of 16 hours over 2 days to probe impeachment managers in the house as well as the White House defense team senators I'm not allowed to talk during those questions so they're submitting them in writing to the chief justice of the Supreme Court Justice John Roberts who reads them out wild whilst stating who is asking as lawmakers continue to argue for and against having witnesses to testify v.o.a. Congressional Correspondent Catherine Jepson files this report from the Capitol. Outside the u.s. Capitol. Protesters calling for more information part of the majority of the American public who say they want to see new evidence and testimony in the Senate impeachment trial starting with former national security advisor John Bolton a call supported by some Republican senators Senator Mitt Romney Republican John Bolton Francis may be able to tell us precisely when the decision was made not to provide the aid on immediate basis to Ukraine and what the president's reasoning was at that point I mean these are questions that we've seen no evidence on at this stage and I'd like to get that answer but it's still unclear if there will be anough Republican support for calling witnesses when that vote likely occurs this Friday Republican Senator Susan Collins I have no idea why and how the crowd circling. A decision Democrats say decides the ultimate fairness of the trial Democratic Senator Tim Kaine before there's a vote on conviction or acquittal there's going to be a vote on whether this is a trial or a sham the question phase of the impeachment trial turn into a debate over allowing witnesses Chief Justice John Roberts reading a senator's question is there any way for the Senate to render a fully informed verdict in this case without hearing the testimony of coltan Mulvaney and the other key eyewitnesses or without seeing the relevant documentary evidence Democratic Congressman and House impeachment manager Adam Shift with the short answer the question is no there's no way to have a fair trial without witnesses but each side also got an opportunity to refine their argument against the impeachment of Trump and in support of it. Alan Dershowitz Trump defense attorney president does something which he believes will help him get elected in the public interest that cannot be the kind of quid pro quo that results in an impeachment House impeachment manager Congressman Adam Schiff if you look at the pattern in this president's conduct and his words what you see is a president who identifies the state as being himself senators will have 8 more hours for questions Thursday followed by the all important decision on witnesses by the end of the week Catherine Jepson the away news. Well joining us now to talk further about this is Dr Robert ites officer of governmental affairs at George Mason University What's your take on what we've missed or what we've witnessed I should say so far well everything changed as a result of the Times story involving some materials in the Bolton memoirs according to the story the bold memoirs say that the president directly told Mr Bolton that there was that the support for Ukraine was being held up until the Ukraine did something to investigate the Biden and that is really roiled things in the Senate because it puts the Republicans in a very difficult position you know they want to get this thing over quickly and if there were no Bolton then you know right now they'd be talking about having a vote and you know the matter would be probably dismissed but the fact is that it's very hard to pretend that the ball materials don't exist and it's very hard to argue that they're not credible because Bolton is known as being very conservative as a hawk and so he no indication that he is on the other quote side close quote from President Trump and so the blind Republicans are in is they can they can blow it off and say oh we don't want to hear it and then when the memoirs are published having people say wait a minute you could have heard all this and it wouldn't have made any difference in your judgment or they can they can say Ok let's have Bolden testify and then thereby delay the proceedings and possibly leading to a change in mind by many of the Republicans that by golly a quid pro quo was discovered so the Republicans are in a real bind on this in my view well the White House now also gets blocking the manuscript of the ball book from coming out can they do that they're simply looking for are there any classified materials everybody is working with classified materials has that obligation I have that obligation but can they keep it. From the Senate realistically No And the reason is of the Republicans are demanding to see it how can a Republican president say ixnay And does that really help the president if he does say no so ultimately where do you think we're headed here with all of this louse is a risk thorny problem my instinct and this is nothing more than an instinct is that ultimately the Bold will testify now they may end up with a parrot deal that is Bolton is testifies and then Hunter Biden testifies. But I don't think that's you know it be embarrassing for I think for the Bidens But ultimately I don't think it has much of effect on the outcome it's not as if anything Hunter or Joe Biden did excuses the president's conduct so I think we're in for a very interesting end of this week in the beginning of next week all right well Robert died he is a professor of governmental affairs at George Mason University we appreciate your perspective. Full Senate is expected to vote on whether call witnesses to testify in the impeachment trial this Friday and if they vote yes it would mean that next week Trump will deliver his State of the Union speech while being tried for his removal from office 2 American presidents have done this in the past Bill Clinton and Richard Nixon Patsy would a coup Swara you a White House correspondent looks at how past presidents navigated the situation and what Trump can learn from them the president of the United States. May become the 3rd president in American history to deliver his State of the Union speech under the threat of removal from office following Bill Clinton in 1909 let us lift our eyes as one nation and from the mountaintop of this American Century look ahead to the next one asking God's blessing on our endeavors and on our beloved country and Richard Nixon in 1974 facing impeachment from the Watergate scandal Nixon was part of his speech to defend himself I believe the time has come to bring that investigation and the other investigations of this matter to me. One year of Watergate because no I welcomed and took a different approach but it was a very optimistic upbeat speech about how good conditions in the United States were how powerful the American economy was and how many jobs have been created and what economic recovery had been done but completely ignored the impeachment issue the February 5th speech is particularly important to trump ahead of the November election the economy is roaring along unemployment has been extremely low in fact the unemployment rate for African-Americans and Hispanics has hit record lows and those are the kind of achievements that I think a president would want to talk about no matter what else is it's quite got a Congress including impeachment now Clinton was a. Quit it while Nixon resigned before he was impeached analysts expect approach to be a mix of his predecessors we will probably extol the achievements of his administration particularly on the economy but he will also probably mention impeachment and probably attack quite strongly the Democrats for their policy on that if his rallies are any indication whatever happens in his impeachment trial will likely continue to project optimism this still favor we're going to win back the House we are going to hold the Senate and we are going to keep the White House that's in the same room. Well health officials will are expressing great concern then a dangerous new virus is starting to spread between people outside of China and troubling development as China and the world works to contain the corona virus outbreak for a 2nd day the number of infections grew dramatically to almost 6000 scientists say there are many questions to be answered about the new virus including just how easily it spreads and how severe it is Joining us to talk more about this is Mark Caplan professor of bioethics at nor New York University Lang on Medical Center and founding director of the division of math and medical ethics thanks for being with us so can you 1st explain just exactly what this virus is a corona virus is in the family of cold viruses so there are 4 strains that are circulating around that's what gives us a cold we know that cold get into our lawn and they get into our bronchitis when one of these viruses mutate changes its genetic information which they do periodically just randomly stores or in this case whatever we're going to call with the corona virus from China that is much more nasty The reason it's nasty it goes wading into the lawn in causes no. Oh yes the cold kind of stay in the upper part of the Longs or in what we call the bronchitis a little tubes that lead down from our bows to our lungs there are uncomfortable but they're not lethal how did it happen best bet somehow there was contagion from in a move carrying these mutated viruses into people I'm suspicious but it took place in one of these markets where they have a live animals that they kill there's blood around it and that sort of thing how is it that it's spreading so fast is it just highly highly contagious Yeah think of a cold virus you know you sneeze you put droplets in the air you touch a door and you 'd 'd basically have a virus that likes to transmit in wet environments or by globules in the air that seems to be what the root is for this virus there does seem to be human to human transmission and I'm going to say it's acting like a cold virus or old friend the flu would you say it's reached epidemic proportions I'd say it has absolutely in China they've got you know thousands of people infected they've got hundreds of people dying so for them definitely an epidemic is a worldwide epidemic not quite yet not that many cases there are some obviously in many countries around the world but I think the signal is there that within a matter of days the w.h.o. Is a clear and an epidemic why why do you say that because it's spreading pretty quickly within China and the number of countries outside of China that are showing cases multiple cases strain us and so on that's a signal that you probably get an epidemic so the category sound a little scary but an epidemic just basically means a lot of transmission around the world highly infective and something that can cause death although we don't really know if it is old peoples and babies just in anyone but the signal is rapid transmission human to human looks pretty infectious in something that's nasty you know when you hear the news reports about this thing and it's continuing to spread and they're evacuating people out of just. Placed in China is this all just precautionary or it sounds scary is it as scary as it sounds or is it just precautionary so that it doesn't become something very bad I think it's precautionary scary as it sounds it's not like people are just keeling over the streets and they've got to get these people out of there you know because it's the equivalent of you know an impending bursting Dmn or some kind of a earthquake that's coming very precautionary trying to move people away from the source of infection which so far really is confined to central China that's why the Chinese quarantine those cities and travel out all precautionary obviously the people inside those cities are at much higher risk that's dangerous but travel restrictions are evacuations these are percussion every So you're expecting the World Health Organization will declare it an epidemic is that a game is that the same as an a global health emergency Yes And I think we'll get both descriptions it's just spread fast enough and it looks like it's got human to human transmission like cold to do and so on I think it's big enough now that they're going to have to declare it as such can people get this just airborne or do they have to be in physical contact with a bull is a disease that we offered that about but you had to be in physical contact and so its transmission was tough but we didn't really I think we overreacted to that when this one is looking like it's airborne droplets in the air somebody sneezes in a room you could pick it up it doesn't appear to be as contagious by the way as measles which is like the super contagious thing you can get that being in a room where someone with the measles was there like 2 days ago I don't think it's that communicable but it does look like it's one of the sneezing coughing into the atmosphere kind of things all right that is Art Caplan professor of bioethics at New York University Langan Medical Center and he's also the founding director of the division of medical ethics thank you for being with us. Here are some of the stories we're following at the l.a. News dot com. U.s. Is warning information sharing is at risk as Britain approves a while way 5 g. Rollout Democratic presidential contenders are making their final push in Iowa the 1st test of the presidential campaign u.s. Issues fresh sanctions now over Ukraine's Crimea the Treasury according to the treasury Web site and several Minnesota men who joined al-Shabaab say they are now remorseful find expanded coverage of these stories and more at v.o.a. News dot com and on our v.o.a. Mobile app this is international edition. The u.s. President Donald Trump has signed into law the Us Mexico Canada trade agreement or u.s. M.c.a. Replacing the North America Free Trade Agreements the always Steve Herman reports although support from opposition Democrats was vital for passage of the u.s. M.c.a. Trade pact they were not at the ceremony Trump administration officials say if you were invited but declined to attend amid the fierce partisan divide in Washington where Trump is on trial in the Senate after being impeached in the house something the president alluded to in his remarks at Wednesday's ceremony we do have some incredible people that work so hard and senators and maybe I'm being just nice to them because I want their vote does that make sense. I don't want to leave anybody out much of the u.s. M.c.a. Is an update to the quarter century old NAFTA with new laws related to intellectual property protection the Internet currencies investment and state owned enterprises Steve Herman v.o.a. News at the White House. According to the nonprofit group world's children an estimated. 21000000 people are acknowledged of human trafficking many of them are undocumented Hispanic women who are hard to track because they're often afraid to seek help authorities or from authorities the u.s. Christina Smith reports on documented Hispanic woman in the United States can often be victims of human trafficking experts say because they live in the shadows to avoid being deported they are easier prey for criminals persona's gets around in some of the cases we see our women who work as maids the employer takes away their passport or hides it they don't let them communicate with their family and most of the victims we see are Hispanics he Albert is either Director of Social Services are safe University of Maryland initiative which supports victims of labor exploitation and human trafficking leper sewn up a ham. That sometimes people if they are undocumented are afraid to reach out to police they are afraid to seek out. According to a report by the e.u. As a permanent home security human trafficking generated $150000000000.00 annually for criminal organizations during 2013 the national helpline received more than $41000.00 telephone calls which comes to men you'll see a lot of victims in the. Construction business for our culture industries while women we encounter mostly and I would consider domestic jobs in or listen. Massage parlors or businesses judge your own Mo deputy secretary of the parliament of Homeland Security Investigations underscores the point that immigrants without documents are more vulnerable that is an area that human trafficking organizations will exploit because of their vulnerability of being exposed to the unfortunate because of their immigration status again that is something they see as a weakness and again prevalent in the great County Maryland which has a high Hispanic population local lawmakers say it is extremely important to talk up . The east to to you know meet people who have been beaten and drugged and forced to have sex or forced to perform labor against their will for months at a time or years a time and and part of that life they need a lot of support from us and the public needs to be calm aware of the signs of it so they can bring it to the attention of our law enforcement our county government authorities also warned about the need to be careful with social media they say many criminal gangs use online tools to promote a non-existing jobs as a way to lure potential victims they say this made news Washington. And you are listening to international edition we will be back in a minute. On our voices were talking about the news and you're talking about sharing stories of development and growth across Africa all around the world and in our life topics that info and power and change that it's time for all this is with me Haiti Adams but Patrick. And oil and already on the shaka join us and things book and feeling all voices. For allowing their. Voice of America's new tool to use a program I'm now at the tip of you think it's everything at w.w.w. . To feel ways program line a line any time day or night because your favorite shows are missing any time you want to download. Deal with from yourself Subscribe to be away news. News dot com. International Edition continues well at the Computer History Museum at the heart of Silicon Valley African entrepreneurs' investors and others gathered recently to talk about the future of business on the continent Among the topics discussed the economic power of remittances and how to turn them into investment avenues for startups protecting intellectual property of African firms and how to bring more companies and investors to the continent Michelle Quinn talked to entrepreneurs and investors. At the Computer History Museum in the heart of Silicon Valley people gathered recently at the African Diaspora investment supposed to talk about the future of Africa business in the past many Africans and specially people like me from the DAs bar were not invited to the table to really discuss one on issues that matter for the continent so we said well what if we if we can just bring everyone together so we can have that discussion at the same table remittances money set by people living in the u.s. To family in Africa has long been a key way to support the continent speaker said but Nick Ghosh and others said there are other uses of Diaz SPRO funds how do we scale Tremont census so that can also be invested in other people than our family supporting startups While many investors and businesses want to come to Africa it can be a challenge to navigate which is why African nations have been working on the African continent a free trade area said Joseph mature a Google's 1st Sub-Saharan Africa lead and now Minister McCann in government how do they with the defender Galatians of inventors be able to get into the continent so we are providing their platform that they can now use the gum and that's part of the Continental for trade area they're able to then go to many of their different markets for the roughly 50 African entrepreneurs attending the event this was an opportunity to pitch their businesses a Boubacar Camorra an architectural Guinea is working on a housing start up we're implicating people in the process of actually building their homes you know we want to change the concept of what is architecture which is architecture has a lot to do with your identity name Nick who lease is the chief executive of a sports technology company in South Africa we have a smart very good betting. So until the governments are around the joint poles of the Afghanistan meds. Runs you Conder women in technology which trains female students and young women for technology jobs like coding Yeah I met some really good quite actions especially in terms of funding fund raising and I am proud to be a 2nd generation family business leader for many of the attendees the event was a welcome chance to talk about Africa successes film a k your runs a Nigeria base business accelerator and investment fund for women run businesses I think one of the problems that Africa has had for years is we we tend not to talk about the diverse progress and the developments that are happening on the continent so it's been a pleasure to come here and share with people who live here in the valley about the work that we're doing. And what the connections made at this event can be long lasting as people look for ways to be part of the burgeoning African business sector the shock when viewing news Mountain View California. This is something that's going to. That's a has announced that the Spitzer Space Telescope mission pool and on January 30th 2020 launched in 2003 Spitzer has studied the solar system to the far edges of the known universe and infrared light by observing the cosmos at infrared wavelengths scientists could see things too cold to produce much visible light such as exoplanets brown dwarfs and cold matter in interstellar space among its many accomplishments Spencer studied and identified some of the oldest galaxies in the universe it also analyzed the chemical composition of interstellar dust providing scientists with new insight into the elements the one planets and stars in addition Spitzer investigated and provided information on the chemical makeup of distant planets atmosphere Well it was designed for only a 2 to 5 year mission Spitzer provided valuable data for more than 16 years I'm be always Rick bantling. 18 year old breakthrough pop singer Billy Eilish wept all top 4 categories at last weekend's Grammy Awards including Best song and album of the Year Best New Artist Best Pop Vocal Album will now be performing at Hollywood's biggest awards ceremony as well as appearances being billed as a special performance by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Next Sunday evening Eilish will be performing the title song to the new upcoming James Bond film no time to die which song she wrote with her older brother. To write and record. Song. You've been listening to international edition does it for our show today but you can always. We thank you for listening and thanks to our director Tracy Carter and. A great day. With. With. With. We. Could be. The uppercut I'm James about to close the deal with daybreak I forgot the food when news breaks you a I forgot they bring you the news as it copies listen to daybreak I forgot monthly through Friday at 3 $45.00 and $6.00 I was u.t.c. Didn't take 5 minutes newscast come to you at the top of each hour with. Africa your thoughts the source of information. To feel this is the way news I'm totally free for us.

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