And we are pleased to have with us senator tammy duckworth. Needs nouckworth introduction. She is an iraq war veteran, former assistant secretary at the department of Veterans Affairs and now u. S. Senator for the state of illinois. Illinois. And i think for those of us working and National Security, certainly for those of us who are women and National Security. We think about people are breaking down barriers, et cetera duckworth is at the top of the list. One of the first handful of women in the army to fly combat missions during Operation Iraqi freedom. First u. S. Energy given birth while in office. And particularly in todays event the first member of congress he was born in thailand in the first asianamerican he was elected to congress and the state of illinois. So in addition to the work shes done on defense and Veterans Affairs, et cetera duckworths spent a lot of time thinking about the military challenges we face in the pacific. She has really been an advocate for the alliance
Wildfires ravaging the west hurricanes pounding the east election that is distracting all of us everywhere pandemic pelting the Middle America and all of that stuff is just here theres a whole world of woe out there things we should be paying attention to lets talk about it with john siddle leidys geo political strategist truly trilogy advisers john is a diplomacy consultant to the apartment of state glad to have you back john china is always looming large. And our relationship is fraught while every nation is staggering to recover from the cove ahead chinese g. D. P. Is actually growing and thats conspicuous that they attribute that to their early aggressive response to cove it is the usa disadvantaged accordingly. Holland 1st of all its good to be back with you and your audience im so glad were starting with this very important question because this is in many ways about what the future of the global order will look like and a lot of this is predicated on how china and frankly the Ch
Afternoon, those 30s and 40s will gradually leave us and well be back up into the 70s and 80s for daytime highs, ample sunshine, a noticeably calmer afternoon and overall a nice one to venture out. Rob. All right, thank you for the update john we appreciate it well check back in with you a little later for now were checking in on the traffic. Which is looking good by the way so heres youre live. Look at the bay bridge toll plaza, pretty easy going into San Francisco with no big problems leaving the maze across the upper deck right on through downtown, San Francisco. If you take the limits are oakland just getting word of a crash right after high street see may see a pocket of slow traffic there, but it moves well continuing to downtown here were off to 92, this is your trip across the san mateo bridge a little busy as usual. That is the norm, so you dont have to worry about crashes or stalls right now so get on out there no problems into foster city and we have one more for you this ti
A decision on Cardinal Pells last ditch effort to drop his conviction in a child sex abuse case. It is without question the worlds Biggest Health crisis corona virus has now officially been labeled a pandemic as the disease continues to spread around the globe and all nations are working to limit the further spread that includes the United States which has imposed a travel ban to most of europe for a month President Donald Trump in fact blaming the e. U. For some of that situation but he downplayed warnings of a potential recession in india there has been addressed a step taken the suspension of almost all visas to the countrys 62. 00 confirmed cases in india it will also quarantine all arrivals from 7 virus hit countries so lets have a look at the global picture youre familiar with this im sure from Johns Hopkins university the best snapshot we have at any one given time of 126000 just over 126000 confirmed cases with over 4600 deaths but always make sure of that green number if you c
This is one of the most dangerous jobs in the world Ship Breaking and bundle dish workers here, this colossal structures of parts so that the materials can be reused are result that exposes them to spontaneous explosions. Falling chunks of steel and toxic materials on the to say, im not as best as i say. The thing gave me gloves and still a huge number of ships are dismantled in yards like these ones theyre out of use. Most vessels that are scrapped originally belonged to companies in europe, east asia and south east asia, and 80 percent of their scrap ends up on these 3 beaches and bangladesh, india, and pockets on and many cases illegally. A long chain of pretty actors makes this possible. But how does this chain work . Whats in it for the shipping companies . And is there a way out a you may not notice it in your day to day life, but ships are everywhere. Know really about 90 percent of our goods are transported over the waves and the volume is only set to increase. It doesnt matter