This is boom bust the one business show you cant afford to miss for in washington coming up u. S. President general trying to sign an executive order to crack down on other chinese apps marking a new turn of the tech war between the u. S. And china straight ahead we take a deep dive into the move and what it means for geo political relations plus as so much of our lives have moved online because of the copen 1000 pandemic could we see the term internet celebrity taken to a new level well well find out we have a packed show today so lets dive right in and we lead the program with the latest on the back and forth between the u. S. Government and chinese social media apps u. S. President donald trump signed a pair of executive orders thursday that would impose new limits on tick tock and we checked the orders will ban people in the u. S. Or subject to the laws of the United States from transacting with the china based owners of these apps taking effect 45. 00 days from the signing now the
We had an i. T. Company here very times were tough before tuesdays explosion now she says she cant see any future here. I am and who. Knows. Its a good thing. That i come. From 25 years. I work here. This is the 1st time. I see Something Like that. The government has given investigators just 4 days to come up with a report into the cause of the catastrophe but now they say this small a fire ignited 2700. 00 tons of Ammonium Nitrate being stored in a warehouse next door. When the Ammonium Nitrate ignited the shock wave instantly crossed the city leaving beirut looking like a place that after just 5 seconds has suffered from years of conflict. Frustration and anger boiled over on thursday night and there were some small protests near lebanons parliament. But most people here have been focused on cleaning up the now. The government says. Reconstruction costs will run to at least 15000000000. 00. This is a country that was already on its knees because of a deep economic crisis and a curren
Of the sea. Because im front of me is the port where those 2700 tons of Ammonium Nitrate exploded last tuesday to every Apartment Building shattered or destroyed in that building in the 12 its right on the lawns all the way along the waterfront and inland a 3 kilometer radius from the port cleanup operation still ongoing of course its going to be years long but most of that cleaning up being done by volunteers and theyve been out in force again this morning the government the local government now estimates 70000 homes have either been damaged or destroyed as a consequence of that explosion and we already know about 250 and maybe as many as 300000 people have been left homeless most of them taken in by relatives elsewhere in the country all being put up in hotels or other peoples friendly helpful neighbors homes russias president Vladimir Putin says the country has become the 1st in the world to approve the use of a Coronavirus Vaccine it follows less than 2 months of human trials the p
Been a what i know is that the people of lebanon have electricity shut down every day and its not working the provision of imports and exports has collapsed because of the Financial System so there are its is for the short term that we need as we know the answer is to fight corruption reform the energy and electricity systems the customs we need transparency for imports and exports we need reforms for all the sick does and insist on these changes quickly what lebanese authorities have detained 16 people as part of their investigation into the blast according to state media 18 port and Customs Officials involved in Maintenance Work at the ports have reportedly been questioned the death toll has risen to 149 but that is expected to rise dozens of people are still missing and hospitals are overwhelmed our correspondent burnet smith is in beirut with more. All we saw all day were armies all mainly young people out with groups and pickaxes and shovels trying to clean up the trying to clean
And watch for of the authors in the near future on book tv on cspan2. Good evening everyone. The study of George Washington at mount vernon, and the washington leverage we have an annual event that were finally getting around to this year. We are going to have our annual lecture fostered by the foundation here. Were thrilled to have this opportunity to bring together some of this most important scholarships on the mother of George Washington. Mary ball washington. This popular event was set up some time ago. And understand the world, the times and the experiences the Martha Washington and other women of the 18th century. One of those of course Mary Ball Washington. They state womens History Month from the month of march. And because of the closure here we are tonight. One important thing i think everyone in the audience pretty much knows right nobody can say too many times, mount vernon, we have open to her to audiences to visitors i should say if you come to mount vernon and have an o