Never knows. So this is a special Public Program on hurricanes irma and jose and the Massive International response thats already under way. Weve all seen the pictures of the tremendous damage thats been done on antigua and barb a barbuda, st. Martin, the british and u. S. Virgin islands, cuba, florida and elsewhere and we shouldnt forget hurricane harvey. Disasters like these hurricanes always present an opportunity to refocus our efforts to see where we are doing well and where efforts need to be il proved. Emergency response systems have been tested like never before in the u. S. And in the countries of the caribbean. We have organized the program today to bring greater attention to the impact of the hurricanes and to the critical local and international response. This is the latest in a series of panels presentations and publications weve been doing on the caribbean. Two months ago, we published a report discussing the most important aspects of u. S. Relations with the caribbean. W
I n the director great. Welcome everyone. Im the director for the Americas Program. Its great to have you all here today. We need make requirement of csfs an emergency announcement. Im the emergency officer. Follow me. We dont expect any problems but given were having a problem on hurricanes one never knows. Weve all seen the pictures of the tremendous dama agage that been done on barbuda, the u. S. And British Virgin ielteneds and we shouldnt forget hurricane harvey. They give us an opportunity to refocus our efforts to see where were doing well and where efforts need be improved. Theyve been tested like never before in the u. S. And parts of the caribbean. We organize to bring greater attention to both the impact of the hurricane sdwhz critical local and international response. This is the latest in the series of panels weve been doing on the caribbean. Two months ago we published a report with the most important aspects of the caribbean. With mexico and canada, the caribbean represe
Great. Welcome everyone. Im the director for the Americas Program. Its great to have you all here today. We need make requirement of csfs an emergency announcement. Im the emergency officer. Follow me. We dont expect any problems but given were having a problem on hurricanes one never knows. Weve all seen the pictures of the tremendous dama agage that been done on barbuda, the u. S. And British Virgin ielteneds and we shouldnt forget hurricane harvey. They give us an opportunity to refocus our efforts to see where were doing well and where efforts need be improved. Theyve been tested like never before in the u. S. And parts of the caribbean. We organize to bring greater attention to both the impact of the hurricane sdwhz critical local and international response. This is the latest in the series of panels weve been doing on the caribbean. Two months ago we published a report with the most important aspects of the caribbean. With mexico and canada, the caribbean represents our third bor
Repeal and replace the Affordable Care act. Then well look at the military crackdown against Muslim Rohingyas in burma. Because myanmar has refused access to human rights investigators, the Current Situation cannot sorry, cannot yet be fully assessed, but the situation remains or seems the textbook example of ethnic cleansing. Amy and we go to havana, cuba, where the officials have slammed trumps attack on cuba during his address to the u. N. General assembly, saying trumps comments are disrespectful, unacceptable, and meddling. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. In mexico, a massive 7. 1magnitude quake struck 100 miles southeast of mexico city tuesday, collapsing dozens of buildings around the capital city, trapping school children, workers, and residents beneath the rubble. The government said this morning at least people are dead, but 217 that number is expected to rise as rescuers with sniffer dogs w
This is bloomberg surveillance. Final trading day of this week. Next week is a shortened trading we cure him london because of the main bank holiday. May bank holiday. Also on track for the Third Straight monthly advance, which is the best run since may 2016. Investors buoyed by the first round of the french president ial election on sunday. The next one is next sunday. Strolling up against the dollar. The best run since december. Highest since september last year. The best run for a month, also gaining for a second month. Gdp data at half past. That stopped sterling in its tracks as gdp comes in line with estimates, relative to the prior quarters. Today gdpr could see the economy expand at 1 annualized. Historically, the First Quarter has been week. Will the rest of the year make up for it . Will there be a shutdown, to name one issue . Trumps tax plan renegotiating. Geopolitical risks. Crude today is up, below 50 after a rally in the first half of april. Oil is set to end the month b