Hello, im terry martin. Good to have you with us. The United States says its sharply reducing its troop numbers in afghanistan and iraq. By mid january, the deployment will be cut to 2 and a half 1000 soldiers in each country. President made the Campaign Promise to end what he called for ever wars, but the move has triggered opposition, both from leading republicans and nato allies. The sun could be setting on the us presence in afghanistan. American soldiers have been fighting here since 2001, helping stabilize the country after overthrowing taliban rule, but suffering over 2000 deaths over time. Troop numbers have winked. Now, outgoing president , donald trump will further reduce the number of soldiers here and in iraq. In light of these tremendous sacrifices and with great humility and gratitude to those who came before us, i am formally announcing that we will implement president trumps orders to continue our repositioning of forces from those 2 countries by january 15th, 2021. Our
Made him to surrender. Ethiopias defense minister tells us the military offensive on t. V. Will be completed within a week. Plus germany soccers team suffers its worst defeat in almost 90 years. Its 6, no loss to spain in the Nations League has some questioning the future of coach you walking with us. And good to have you with us. The United States says its sharply reducing its troop numbers in afghanistan and iraq. By mid january, the deployment will be cut to 2 and a half 1000 soldiers in each country. President made a Campaign Promise to end what he called for ever wars, but the move has triggered opposition both from a leading republicans and nato allies. The sun could be setting on the us presence in afghanistan. American soldiers have been fighting here since 2001, helping stabilize the country after overthrowing taliban rule, but suffering over 2000 deaths over time. Troop numbers have linked. Now outgoing president , donald trump will further reduce the number of soldiers here
Expectations. Meanwhile, the Unemployment Rate dropped below double digits for the First Time Since the shutdown, plunging to 8. 4 . Joining me now to discuss this and more, former jpmorgan chief economist anthony chan. Anthony, thank you so much for joining us. You know, the headline number might have been in line, but you get underneath and look at some of the details in this. This is a pretty impressive report, and lets start with the Unemployment Rate at 8. 4 . I think wall street was looking for 9. 8 . Charles, this is a great report from that perspective. I get very excited when i see Unemployment Rates go down. That really tells you that thats going to throw a real breath of fresh air for the American People as they see that were making Good Progress on the Unemployment Rate. I was especially excited about the fact that the black Unemployment Rate dropped sharply, and so did the hispanic Unemployment Rate, which is something that we badly need. The only thing that bothered me a
Expectations. Meanwhile, the Unemployment Rate dropped below double digits for the First Time Since the shutdown, plunging to 8. 4 . Joining me now to discuss this and more, former jpmorgan chief economist anthony chan. Anthony, thank you so much for joining us. You know, the headline number might have been in line, but you get underneath and look at some of the details in this. This is a pretty impressive report, and lets start with the Unemployment Rate at 8. 4 . I think wall street was looking for 9. 8 . Charles, this is a great report from that perspective. I get very excited when i see Unemployment Rates go down. That really tells you that thats going to throw a real breath of fresh air for the American People as they see that were making Good Progress on the Unemployment Rate. I was especially excited about the fact that the black Unemployment Rate dropped sharply, and so did the hispanic Unemployment Rate, which is something that we badly need. The only thing that bothered me a
Cspan radio area cspan, your unfiltered view of politics area. This week cdc director doctor Robert Redfield took questions from senators on the us Coronavirus Response and how soon a vaccine might be available to the public. He said a vaccine might not be widely available until next year and that facemasks are an effective way of fighting the disease. Afterwards President Trump contradicted doctor redfield coronavirus treatments on timing for a vaccine. Heres a look at thatsenate appropriations hearing from wednesday. Appropriations subcommittee on labor health and human services, education and related agencies will come to order. Ri want to thank our witnesses for appearing before the subcommittee today. To provide an update on where we are on the areas that they are so involved in on the covid19. As we continue to be challenged by this pandemic in the country we know that 195,000 961 americans have died as part of the pandemic and 6. 6 million have tested positive during the process