Good morning. Were going to order. Over two years ago, we kicked off the 2018 farmville, and the whole process was by holding that hearing at Kansas City University. If humans later, we held a hearing in this room. We are from the United States department of agriculture officials. We heard about a Critical Role in Agriculture Researchers play throughout our countrys history. We also heard about the Research Priorities for a 2018 farmville. The knees are certainly great. Every day our producers are counter extreme weather just to name a few things. There are challenges with right to do so with minimal federal resources in an aging infrastructure. The United States produces the safest most affordable food in the world. Ever and in crafting the agriculture and provement act of 2019, Ranking Member deborah safford and myself and i along with members of this committee recognize that we have to continue to build on the strong history of Agriculture Research in the United States. An enactment
Welcome back. Im so glad welcome everyone to our first panel for this conference. And what we are going to do with first panel is lay out the broader themes at the moment where we are at an influction point in the global order and how china is going about achieving those goals and what we think the likelihood that china will achieve those goals what would the success be. We could not have a better group to kick us off with the first panel. Let me introduce them briefly. I wont go through the full bio. Those will be in the virtual program. I will give a quick introduction, chairman of the middle east institute at the National University of singapore. We have next to me paul, Research Associate at t african center, distinguished fellow and china studies at the the National Bureau at the Asian Network and joining us from beijing Michael Shuman as well as writer for the atlantic magazine. I should just say at the outset here that we will take audience questions for tur panel today and audi
Who need it most. If. Charter communications supports cspan as a Public Service along with these other television providers. Giving you a front row seat to democracy. And we continue the conversation from the Atlanta Council on chinese global influence. Coming up, academics discuss chinas diplomatic efforts across africa, latin america and in asia. This is an welcome back, everyone. So im so glad to welcome everyone to our first panel for this k and what we are going to with this first panel is really kind of lay out some of the broader themes and dynamics around chinas growing attention and strategicl south at this moment where were clearly at an Inflection Point in the global order, look a bit at what are chinas goals how chinas going about achieving those goals and what we think isg the likelihood that china will achieve those goal, what will its success be. Anding we could not have a better group to kick us off here with g this first panel. So let me introduce them very briefly. I
The ousted president Ali Abdullah Saleh. A long cell robin youre watching all just their life my headquarters here in doha coming up in the next thirty minutes the u. S. Supreme court allows Donald Trumps travel ban on six mostly muslim nations to come into force despite ongoing legal challenges in lower courts also the british Prime Minister to resign is expected to brief her cabinet on what next for brecks it as our plans for an agreement with the e. U. Are blocked plus one of the Worlds Largest diamonds goes under the hammer with some of the proceeds going to a good cause. Welcome to the program millions of yemenis in the middle easts poorest country ravaged by civil war are facing Political Uncertainty a day after the president was killed by hooty rebels while there are calls for revenge from supporters the u. N. And the u. S. Are urging political toll. To end the war in the capital sanaa overnight airstrikes by the Saudi Led Coalition targeted the Republican Palace for the First T
Search for the missing after a landslide that kills 30 people. Plus. Im catherine wambuasoi in central kenya, where this football field has been turned into a Rehabilitation Center because of an alcohol problem that has gotten out of hand at least nine people have been killed in an air strike on a hospital run by Doctors Without Borders. It happened in the afghan city of kunduz, where Government Forces backed by n. A. T. O. Have been fighting to retake the city from the taliban. Nato says the u. S. May be responsible for the bombing. Doctors without borders says it had provided its hospital coordinates to afghan and u. S. Forces well in advance. Victoria gatenby reports. Reporter this is what is left of the Doctors Without Borders Trauma Center in kunduz. Staff say the hospital was hit several times during a sustained bombing attack. The air strikes started at 2 oclock in the morning, local time, when most of the hospitals patients, more than 100 patients, would have been asleep. U. S.