A rescue Mission Launched by local fisherman. Hello we begin in the United States where texas has halted the phased easing of restrictions following a sharp rise in infections a record one day rising cases was reported across the country on wednesday almost 37000 cases were confirmed thats the highest number since the start of the pandemic cases had been on a downward trajectory since late april but theyve roared back in recent weeks after restrictions were eased the resurgence is concentrated largely in the south and west more than 2300000 americans have been infected and about 122000 have died. So florida is one of the states experiencing a significant increase in cases after easing walked on restrictions more than 100000 infections have been reported but the states governor is defending has reopening strategy and gallagher reports from miami. Some call this a reckless reopening others a much needed reboot of the economy floridas now shouted its own record with over 5000 new code 100
Welcome, secretary. Ms. Albright good morning. Very good to be with you. Absolutely. Chipping in will be others and rasmussen. Maybe if we could kick off a question about the pandemic, it feels like the authoritarians are getting a free pass to implement more of what they would love to impose on the citizens ranging from surveillance to more traditional military tactics and you wrote the world is paying a high price for this. I took that as a reference to china, but feel free to correct me if it was in reference to other countries. We have a situation where many countries believe that china is mishandling has been handling this better than the u. S. What is the outlook . By keepingt clearly china madg information away from people and also arresting those in china that were coming forth with the truth. What is interesting, and this is the real paradox, clearly societies need to have some kind of rules when the virus has taken over and clearly there are rules about social distancing and
Good afternoon. Good evening, good morning. Wherever you are in the world, welcome back to this session on democratic backsliding and u. S. Global leadership. We are honored to have former u. S. Secretary of state Madeleine Albright and the Senior Editor at politico. Welcome. Good morning. Very good to be with you. Absolutely. Pping and will be if we can kickoff with a question about the pandemic. It feels like authoritarians are getting a free pass to implement more of what they would like to impose on their citizens. From surveillance to military tactics. Reference tos a china. Feel free to correct me. Situation where many countries believe china has been handling this pandemic better than the u. S. What is the outlook there . Where do you think that leads china . Clearly, china made a huge mistake from the perspective of the United States and democracy from the beginning by keeping andrmation about the virus arresting those that were coming forward with the truth. Whats interesting
Intelligence Committee Heard from former ambassadors and diplomatic officials. House committee on intelligence, first remote hearing. Before we proceed to where were topic today, the impact of the covid19 pandemic in Subsaharan Africa, i want to address some housekeeping matters. Todays session will be conducted on an unclassified basis. Urged tonts are inrain from presenting compliance with House Resolution 965 and resolutions for remote proceedings. Like many of you, i would have preferred to hold this in person in washington, d. C. , but because of the threat of covid19 we remain serious and widespread and are proceeding remotely to ensure the safety of our witnesses, members, staff, and the public. I was hoping that todays hearing would be bipartisan. Unfortunately, our republican colleagues have decided not to dissipate. I hope they will not to participate. I hope they will join us in the future and im committed to continuing our work notwithstanding the pandemic, and both sides o
Very good to be with you. Absolutely. Pping and will be if we can kickoff with a question about the pandemic. It feels like authoritarians are getting a free pass to implement more of what they would like to impose on their citizens. From surveillance to military tactics. Reference tos a china. Feel free to correct me. Situation where many countries believe china has been handling this pandemic better than the u. S. What is the outlook there . Where do you think that leads china . Clearly, china made a huge mistake from the perspective of the United States and democracy from the beginning by keeping andrmation about the virus arresting those that were coming forward with the truth. Whats interesting is, this is the real paradox, clearly societies need to have some kind of rules when the virus has taken over. There are rules about social distancing and Wearing Masks and things. That means theres a role for government in terms of creating the rules. Making sure they are carried out. The