Their welcome to weekend round up from international in moscow by name calling bright 1st then top officials from around the world are converging on munich this saturday for day 2 of the annual security conference its the biggest event of its kind and among the talking points is the wests a losing its role on the world stage the situation in syria and iran tensions our europe correspondent peter all of a look at what to expect. Its day 2 of this years Munich Security Conference and theres plenty for World Leaders to be discussing here at the bavarian capital what this is the overarching theme of this years conference described as the declaiming role of western nations on the world stage and the shaking up of International Relations in defense but choice for a theme theyd catch some by surprise but when you listen to the participants at the conference its clear that it struck a chord with those here in munich. In the era of American Global police and it is over think of syria africa afg
Coronavirus have been confirmed in new york, rhode island, florida. Officials in Washington State have also reported that six americans have died from coronavirus. The first fatalities from the coronavirus in the u. S. Needis critical moment, we an administration that acts with persistent and unrelenting transparency, decisiveness, and liens on the expertise of our scientists and doctors. This administration unfortunately has spent years hollowing out the domestic and Global Health security teams in the executive branch. It has proposed cutting funding from the Infectious Disease Rapid Response fund, the emerging Infectious Disease account, and Public Health preparedness and response programs. Undoubtedly, the Trump Administration would have been better prepared to respond to the coronavirus if the president had prioritized these programs rather than urged them to be cut. The administrations early response efforts have not instilled much confidence either. Testing kits were not promptl
Morning at 9 here. Watching thanks for making our senior political news this hour 1st to germany where top officials from around the world converging on munich this saturday for day 2 of the annual security conference is the biggest event of its kind and among the talking points is the west losing its role in the world stage the situation in syria and tensions with iran our europe correspondent peter all of a look at what to expect. Its day 2 of this years Munich Security Conference this plenty for World Leaders to be discussing here at the very capital. This is the overarching theme of this years conference described as the declaiming role of western nations on the world stage and the shaking up of International Relations and defense choice for a theme the catch so by surprise but when you listen. To the participants at the conference its clear that it struck a chord with those here in munich. In the era of American Global police and it is over think of syria africa afghanistan not be
Is on the west and waning role of the world stage. Hi there and welcome to weekend world update from international in moscow welcome to the program 1st one of the biggest defense digital contracts in American History has been put on ice Online Retail giant amazon is taking on the pentagon in court after washington gave the 10000000000. 00 deal to buy microsoft the lawsuit argues that donald trump was biased in his decision against amazon supremo jeff bezos its called the joint enterprise defense Infrastructure Project for short and its a Cloud Computing storage contract at the end of last year but its all stressed the importance of the military project but as caleb maupin reports hes now hindering the deal that was awarded to microsoft. Remember when jeff bezos called out his tech rivals for not stepping up to the plate when the country needs protecting my view is this big tech is going to turn their backs on the department of defense this country is in trouble this is how were going t
Mr. Schumer mr. President . The presiding officer the democratic leader. Mr. Schumer mr. President , are we in a quorum . No. The presiding officer we are not. Mr. Schumer mr. President , last night in california, an american was diagnosed with the first reported case of coronavirus unrelated to any travel to an infected area, a sign that coronavirus is here on our shores and we must act swiftly and strongly to contain its spread. Despite months of public warnings about the dangers of this disease, the president was caught completely flat footed by the coro that virus and rather than the resources to respond to the crisis, President Trump is intent on blaming everyone and everything instead of solving the problem. Instead of stepping up to the plate, hes belittling the urgency of this problem and telling people oh, its not very much. The experts say the opposite. As for blame, the president s the president is blaming the press for stoking concern about the virus. The president is blami