Republican senator inpatient as well. I cant see how we can go home failed. People we they will all have to go home at the end of the week and tell people they failed. Lisa and there is pressure from President Trump that if you dont do it, he will go at it unilaterally. You have to think that he is adding to pressure to passing this through for republicans. Also today, what am looking at, to the clock a. M. , u. S. Durable goods and factory orders. Gauge was the strongest since september 2018. Aftermarket today, disney reports earnings, expected to have a lost. But everyone looking at disney plus, what kind of traction they are getting their earnings. Did you get disney plus just to watch hamilton . Jonathan of course i did not. [laughter] lisa i am shocked. Jonathan full anyone else try to buy tiktok . Tom im glad you asked. Lets put it this way. Disney has 14 billion in cash. Billion inas 140 cash. You do the math. Jonathan i think microsoft has the money to get it done. Did you see
Bolivia. The coronavirus pandemic leads to people dying in their cars from covid19. The overwhelmed hospitals are turning people away. Im brent goff. To our viewers watching on pbs and around the world, welcome. We are following breaking news from the lebanese capital tonight, beirut. At least 30 people are dead after massive explosions. The initial blast was followed by a second explosion that shattered windows even 10 kilometeters away. People have been takenen to the hospital with injuries. Many a a trapped i in their hom. The blast is beining investigat. Fireworks were being stored in a warehouse at the port. Lebanons Prime Minister has asked for help from m the international commumunity. For more now, we want to o go to the think tank with the heinrich will foundation, heading their office in beirut. Good to have you on the program. What can you tell us about the situation right now . It is nightfall there, thehe rescue opeperation is underway. Whwhat more can yoyou tell us . Y ye
Quite an amazing brief im going to talk about ground rules and turn it over o peter so many of you know peter quite well. He is the john hay professor of International Studies here at brown hes a professor also of International Public affairs, and Political Science. He joined the institute . In 2001 and previously he had worked at reid college, had been in Academy Scholar at the Harvard University Research Fellow at brookings, and also Ssrc Macarthur Foundation fellow of International Peace in security he got his ma and ph. D. In government in cornell and b. A. In Political Science at swathmother. Peter is just one of the truly unique and wonderful combinations of serious scholars, innovative, gifted teachers and really just a wonderful colleague. I was very fortunate to gets to know peter in 2013 and associate director of the qat son institute and translated brown and we were partners in crime for a couple of years trying to reimagine the Watson Institute which i think, has done extre
Was founded on. Was founded on it was founded on a deep and profound belief from people that brought a great these areo people all arguable and debatable points today, but in many ways benefited from that tradition. So, i want to talk about citizenship, which is an interesting concept because in the islamic tradition, citizenship, the actual word in is thefor citizenship place you were born. Historically, it is conferred upon people based on birth. You can be naturalized, but it is a birthright if you are born in a place, historically you are a citizen of that place. One of the interesting verses in the koran the koran swears by the city of mecca and it says the prophet was a lawful citizen of the country and had a birthright of being born into that city, he had a right to be there, and he had a right to think freely. And he was being wronged and oppressed. Is a birthright, but it is also related to the idea of suffrage and enfranchisement. The idea we can participate in our government
As the sun begins to set, more cold and ice problems. Hi, steve. Will stay cold for the next day or so. We will have the warmup, and then a huge, huge cooldown. Take a look outside the belfort furniture weather center. Nationals at reagan airport. Dulles at 22. The windchill factor what it feels like out there only eight at dulles. It feels like six at gaithersburg. It feels like three degrees in hagerstown. Our skies have cleared out. That has allowed our temperatures to tumble really fast. Thanks to a fresh coating of inw out there five inches damascus that is going to really help our temperatures plummet. If you have activities this evening, temperatures will only be 15 to 20 degrees. To single waking up digits. Early tomorrow morning monday night into tuesday, we could see some of the coldest temperatures are you ready for this . In 20 years. Details in just a few minutes. Steve, very much. As you said, this cold we are experiencing is dangerous cold. Especially those without heat