Hours and 5 and a half 1000 deaths this says warnings are standard about rise in cases across europe france reported 18000 new cases in the past 24 hours or u. K. Infections surged to 17 and a half 1000 in germany countries still seen as exemplary for controlling the spread of coronaviruses in a shop jump in case. These pictures just in from minneapolis saw a protest over the killing of george ford and more to the point the lease on bail of dirt show and the officer who is charged with his murder pictures just moving out now but we did see a protest. There we go ground level pictures against. That police officer. The u. S. Is tighten sanctions on irans Financial Sector measures against 18 banks weve already that were already under american sanctions are now been ramped up and effectively cut off from the International Financial system in jordan as well from washington d. C. This is hurting the iranian people certainly we have seen that criticism coming not just from e. U. Nations but a
The hour and these are the headlines on aljazeera white house adviser stephen millers become the latest Trump Administration official to test positive for covert 19 is the man seen as the architect of trumps anti immigration policies but a dozen white house officials have now tested positive including of course the president and top pentagon officials are in quarantine after the u. S. Coast guards 2nd in command tested positive as well mike hanna has more from washington. Steven miller whos a very close advisor of the president has now tested positive for the coronavirus has been in close proximity of the president for a long period of time he was also in close proximity to some of the other assistance to the president to have tested positive in recent days and certainly that list is growing and growing indeed a large number of members of the president s staff now have tested positive a number of journalists who work there and as well as a number of military aides it is said who are al
This is the small belong iranian rockets that hit this neighborhood a couple of hours ago almost 2 hours ago this totally a residential area right in the city center the rocket fell here it exploded fully and you see the buildings that are damaged the roofs have partially collapsed and the parked cars have been damaged and we hear that there are one civilian who got killed during this rockets hit and 5 civilians have been over wounded and they are telling us that just a couple of blocks away almost an hour an hour after the rockets hit here the 2nd rocket hits the other streets and there are also 2 other wounded people over there. The true picture of president Donald Trumps condition remains unclear after conflicting reports from the white house and the hospital ways being treated for covert 19 in a video on twitter trump said he was feeling good but said the real test was in the next few days. And the intersection of state has decided to cut short his asia tour following the president
Host that does it for todays washington journal. The American Enterprise institute is hosting epa administrator andrew weaver. That conversation is beginning now. Administrator we were, he will have some opening remarks and then i will have questions. You can ask questions to pitch as you can see on our event page and or youtube page, and questions on twitter at hashtags airandwater. First, his opening remarks. Admin. Wheeler i want to thank aei for inviting me to be here today. Month, i provided reflections on the past 50 years of the amber mental Protection Agency and laid out a plan for its future at the nixon library. Today i would like to explain based on what we have accomplished over the past 40 years, how we are going to get to this future. It is incontrovertible that today, the environment is in better shape under President Trump than we found it. Air pollution in this country has fallen 7 . Manyyear, the apa delisted superfund sites. And we will ddelist another 27 this year.
Remarks and then i will ask questions. You can submit questions as well. But first your opening remarks. Welcome. Thank you for the introduction but i want to welcome aei for inviting me to be here today earlier this month i have reflections on the last 50 years of the epa and laid out our plan for its future at the Nixon Library. Today i would like to explain based on what we have accomplished over the past four years how we will get to this future. It is incontrovertible today the environment is in better shape under President Trump and we found it. Since 2017 air pollution in this country has fallen 7 percent. Last year superfund sites the most in a single year since 2001 and b will list another 27 this year the epa is trying to finance more than 40 billion of clean Water Infrastructure supporting 7100 projects and 27000 jobs during President Trumps first term and they have recovered more criminal and civil appointees them the Obama Biden Administration did and their first term. The