Particular. We didnt try to take on the whole envoy question for because the conflict ones had special characteristics. But tom, youre putting your finger on a problem. Because if you looked at the number of special envoys, and its almost the same from one administration to another, youre talking about 25 or more special envoys, and if theyre all supposed to report to the secretary of state, you realize, in addition to all the regular structures, you really have an unworkable structure. [ inaudible ] yeah. So its not bad to put these under some of them under a structured bureau, and therefore have an undersecretary who is handling more of that. And i think we have to be very careful about the proliferation in to areas that, again, sometimes become more symbolic. And i think deserves more attention. On the conflict with other policies, this is very important. We tried to deal with it a little bit, Richard Haass experience working on cyprus in relationship to our relationship with turkey
Particular. We didnt try to take on the whole envoy question for because the conflict ones had special characteristics. But tom, youre putting your finger on a problem. Because if you looked at the number of special envoys, and its almost the same from one administration to another, youre talking about 25 or more special envoys, and if theyre all supposed to report to the secretary of state, you realize, in addition to all the regular structures, you really have an unworkable structure. [ inaudible ] yeah. So its not bad to put these under some of them under a structured bureau, and therefore have an undersecretary who is handling more of that. And i think we have to be very careful about the proliferation in to areas that, again, sometimes become more symbolic. And i think deserves more attention. On the conflict with other policies, this is very important. We tried to deal with it a little bit, Richard Haass experience working on cyprus in relationship to our relationship with turkey
Mark welcome to countdown. Caroline also coming up an exclusive interview with she says she would do whatever it takes to meet the countrys fiscal targets. Stay with us for that exclusive interview coming up later today. Mark contrasting data from china and japan today. China showing signs of recovery in the factory floor. In japan, Business Sentiment is stalling. Lets start with good news. What is the story behind the china rebound . Good morning. We are talking about chinas growth. It is steady as she goes. Manufacturing data coming out as 50. 1 for march which is above the 49. 9 from a month earlier. Showing signs of the Business Expectations seem to be strong. Numbers above 50 signal there is expansion. Economists were expending expecting a second month of contractions. Factories seem to have gotten safe with stimulus working. Things picking up slightly after the Interest Rate cuts and the demand coming out from the United States. We have this seasonal rebound that we usually see a
Hotel. Our team is in place. Well bring you the latest on the forecast. First up is the today shows al roker and the search and rescue operations with former coast guard commandant thad allen. Al, the storm has packed quite a punch. Thats right, andrea, the strongest landfall in louisiana, last time was 1856, as you mentioned. Its the second storm, the third hurricane, to make landfall in 2020. In fact two other years has had three continental u. S. Hurricane landfalls, back in 1886 and 1916. This one made landfall 1 00 a. M. Central daylight time in cameron, louisiana, a category 4 storm with 150mileperhour winds. Weve got tornado watches right now stretching from louisiana all the way into mississippi and up into arkansas. And in fact, little rock, for the first time, is under a Tropical Storm warning. Shreveport had its first hurricane warning. Right now laura is a category 1 storm, 50 miles east southeast of shreveport, moving north at 15, weakening as it moves inland as a category
Good morning to you guys. Sungmin kim, errol luis. Thank you for being here. Errol, if i can begin with you. The president knows what the numbers are, every person who interviews him says it, kristen well kerr did a great job giving him the data. Does he think all the information is false and he is the only one telling americans the truth . The president s view of reality is the case numbers are only going up because we test so much and test more than anywhere else in the world. Those things are not true, but that is what he believes or thats what he repeats over and over again. He says it on the stump, in the 60 minutes interview he walked out of, he said it last night during the debate. He seems to think if he repeats it enough and has enough of an echo chamber that hell convince a lot of people to believe it. As i said before, hes running not just against joe biden but against reality. I think most people understand that these numbers are real. Their local Public Health authorities