To organize and to criticize their governments and to protest peacefully. And that the rule of law should not include arbitrary detentions of people who exercise those rights. Oakland congresswoman barbara lee was one of seven california lawmakers who joined president obama on the trip. She joins me now. Congresswoman, thank you for being here. Happy to be with you. Well get to cuba in just a moment. I wanted to ask you first about the brussels attacks. They happened while you were in cuba. How did you find out about them and whavls your reaction . Officials the horrific attacks in brussels you know, are an example of kind of the real threats that the world is faced with. I heard about them immediately when i woke up early in the morning. Turned on television and was shocked, quite frankly. Here we were in cuba and the terrible terrorist attack occurred. And it just reminded us all, even while we were trying to make progress, 90 miles way from america, that we face some very real threa
Journalism that informs and inspires. Sue and edgar wachenheim, iii. Corporate funding is provided by mutual of america designing customized individual and Group Retirement products. Thats why we are your retirement company. Additional support has been provided by and by the corporation for public broadcasting, and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. From the tisch wnet studios at Lincoln Center in new york, hari sreenivasan. Sreenivasan good evening, and thanks for joining us. Secretary of state john kerry made a surprise visit to afghanistan today in an attempt to ease escalating political tensions there and prolong a powersharing agreement he brokered two years ago. Secretary kerry met with afghan president ashraf ghani, whose Security Forces control 70 of the countrys territory but are fighting a resurgent taliban which was initially toppled by the u. S. Led invasion in 2001. Kerry also met with ghanis political rival, abdullah abdullah, who is ch
Gases. The manufacturer is not only manufacturing batteries, but also producing a new generation of battery for the home. Lauren summer got a rare look inside the factory and joins us now. Hi, lauren. Hi. How big is this factory. When i went to visit, its just a small peace piece of it, but its 800,000 feet already. When its done, it will be 5. 8 million square feet. Thats 100 football fields. This is one building, one massive building where one wall is 3 4 mile. Scale is what were going for. The whole idea is ramp up production of batteries and cars. Why is it so important for them to have their own production . Batteries have been expensive for the most part. Its a big part of the Sticker Price for one of those cars, 10,000 or more for the battery packs that power them. Theyre betting with a massive factory this is going to double the capacity to make lithium ion batteries in the world. The with their own factory, they can drive down the price 30 or more which will make cars more aft
Sue and edgar wachenheim, iii. Corporate funding is provided by mutual of america designing customized individual and Group Retirement products. Thats why we are your retirement company. Additional support has been provided by and by the corporation for public broadcasting, and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. From the tisch wnet studios at Lincoln Center in new york, hari sreenivasan. Sreenivasan good evening. Thanks for joining us. Doctors without borders is calling for an independent International Investigation of yesterdays u. S. Airstrike of a hospital it ran in the afghan city of kunduz. Today, the humanitarian aid group said three more people have died from the bombing, bringing the death toll to 22. Dozens more were wounded. President obama has offered his deepest condolences to what he called a tragic incident. But the president says hes waiting for a pentagon investigation to be completed. The afghan army, backed by u. S. Troops, has been
Are exactly three weeks to the election so strap yourselves in. Buckle up. We begin with this news breaking overnight. Drug maker Johnson Johnson has paused the Clinical Trial of its Coronavirus Vaccine because of an unexplained illness in one of the studys volunteers. The company didnt immediately say what happened to the person but remember, the vaccine requires just one dose, so federal officials were hoping it would be ready a bit faster than any others. The trial is one of six vaccines being tested in the u. S. And one of four in the final stages. The Johnson Johnson trial is the biggest trial of the vaccine that i know of, 60,000 people. Within that trial, youd expect a few pauses. On one hand, theyre right, this is completely expected and its just a reminder of how ridiculous it is to try to meet a political time line of having a vaccine before november 3rd. November 3rd, of course, is election day, and President Trump has been pressing to unveil a vaccine before then knowing fu