Mr. Obrien thank you for having me, and thank you to the Atlantic Council for hosting again. Always great to be back with such a Distinct Group of policymakers and academics and public intellectuals. It is nice to be here with you, and especially with you, a former colleague. Look, what we have seen with china over many years now, something i have been writing about for well over a decade, is an increasing assertiveness and aggressiveness in the world. Some of it is very malign. You talk about the South China Sea. China has made the decision with a ninedash lie to annex a vast swath of the western Pacific Ocean and claim as chinese territorial waters, almost like it was talking like lake tahoe being there, internal waterways or something. It is ridiculous. It has been rejected by all major countries, seafaring countries. And now china is engaged in military exercises in these waters that they consider domestic, which no stretch of the imagination or domestic. The United States reserves
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Defense form and on the podcast. We appreciate it. A lot to cover today. So much is going on here in washington dc and across the country. That for our listeners many people know you you are the loan congresswoman from the state of wyoming. The daughter of Vice President. But you going in and out of washington dates back further than when her father became Vice President of course he was chief of staff during the Ford Administration then like you served in congress. Coming in and out of washington for a lifetime with Public Office or a Family Member and then going back . I feel incredibly blessed way to grow up into have the opportunity to see both worlds but certainly some of my earliest memories have to do with my mom and dad in their publichave serviceo when my das chief of staff for president forward back in the early seventies my sister and i were toyoung it would take us down to the white house on saturday mornings to have breakfast with him and as you can imagine his schedule wa
Has tested positive for close at 19 the news follows criticism of his decision to host a tennis tournament during the pandemic. And american troops will be leaving germany what does that mean for the future of nato we have an exclusive interview with the secretary general against children but. Thats a heat wave hit siberia people are enjoying the sunshine but the higher temperatures in the Arctic Circle are also causing forest fires and other disasters. And im christine want to welcome to the program we will get to those stories in a moment but 1st some breaking news coming in a powerful earthquake has struck southern mexico the trauma had an initial magnitude off 7. 4. And was centered on the Pacific Coast in the state of. There are no reports of injuries so far or damage but the quake was felt far to the north in the capital mexico city where hundreds of people fled into the streets of course well have more on the story as we get it now lets turn to a major setback for germanys fight
A loss that in an exclusive interview with secretarygeneral installed the. Worlds number one tennis player Novak Djokovic has tested positive for coke 19 news follows criticism of the players decision to host a tennis tournament during the pandemic. Hello im christine want to welcome to the program in a major setback for germanys fight against covered 19. Have ordered new lock downs in an area in the west of the country the decision was made off to a surgeon coronavirus cases at a meat packing plant in the state of north rhinewestphalia well as hes in and around the town of redivided broke in the old districts are now hoping the measures in effect will prevent the virus from spreading. And just a short while ago authorities extended the lock down to the district off veyron door which borders get israel hundreds of thousands of people are affected by the restrictions the new outbreak is the biggest since germany began easing its lockdown last month. The districts are good to slow and fo