Influence in the country. Stephen thank you for being here today. Id like to start by saying i am from Mccarty Associates and will be presiding over todays meeting. Id like to in stephen thank you for being here today. Id like to start by saying i am from Mccarty Associates and will be presiding over todays meeting. Id like to introduce our panel. You got their full or partial bios in your packets, but Cynthia Arnson from the wilson center, the ambassador who has been in more countries than i can count including venezuela and colombia. And almost the first diplomat in history to be expelled twice from the same country, but didnt quite make it. I tried. And francisco rodriguez, who has a long career in economics. Id like to just start by asking a general question and ask each of you in the same order i presented you, your view on things. Venezuela, the situation has deteriorated dramatically and even longer. Where do you see the situation today . When might there be a transition, and wh
On Foreign Relations hosted the hourlong event, which covered regional security. Venezuelas oil reserves, u. S. Policy options, and irans influence in the country. Stephen thank you for being here today. Id like to start by saying i am from Mccarty Associates and will be presiding over todays meeting. Id like to introduce our panel. You got their full or partial bios in your packets, but Cynthia Arnson from the wilson center, the ambassador who has been in more countries than i can count including venezuela and colombia. We also have the former ambassador who has a long history in diplomacy. And almost the first diplomat in history to be expelled twice from the same country, but didnt quite make it. I tried. And francisco rodriguez, who has a long career in economics. Id like to just start by asking a general question and ask each of you in the same order i presented you, your view on things. Venezuela, the situation has deteriorated dramatically and even longer. Where do you see the s
The u. S. Gets pumping again. According on kong is deciding whether police can Enter University campuses after fierce battles with student protesters overnight demonstrators are blocking streets in the city center for a 3rd day authorities have warned hong kong is on the verge of a total breakdown of the rule of law but anger at the use of force by police is fueling young rest and the city is braced for more chaos to apologize us now from from hong kong did what were should we start you want to talk about this this Court Situation 1st for get us up to speed on whats happening where you are. If its all right with you all to start with where i am right now and thats hong kongs financial district to the left is the Stock Exchange im surrounded by luxury shopping malls big bags important to offices that. Get the wheels turning in hong kongs financial this does this and its come to standstill as you can see here is the protesters have simply ripped up bricks from the sidewalks scattered the
Parts of australia as bush fires rage out of control. A court in hong kong is deciding whether police can Enter University campuses after fierce battles with student protesters overnight demonstrators are blocking streets in the city center for a 3rd day the government says all schools will be closed on thursday due to safety concerns authorities have warned hong kong is on the verge of a total breakdown of the rule of law but anger at the use of force by police is fueling the unrest and the city is braced for more chaos to go pollen is there. This is hong kongs Financial Center to my left is the Hong Kong Stock Exchange im surrounded by luxury shopping malls multinational headquarters and big banks but as you can see this major intersection has been brought to a standstill by the protesters what theyve done is theyve ripped up bricks from the sidewalks and placed them along the roads on this relating to a major highway bringing the center of hong kong to a standstill now this is one o
The u. S. Starts pumping again. Becoming breaking news this hour a new wave of israeli air strikes in gaza has killed 7 people air raid sirens are also sounding in southern israel 17 palestinians have now been killed since tuesday when israel killed a Senior Commander of the armed Group Islamic jihad fighters in gaza have or sponsored by fire and around 220. 00 rockets towards israel egypt and other International Officials are working to mediate a ceasefire between israel hamas and Islamic Jihad harry posset joins us live from the israel gaza border so harry what have you been seeing there at the border and where do things stand with tamping this town. Well as for what were seeing and hearing indeed just in the last couple of minutes just before we came to where there were several loud crunching explosions coming from gaza which is a few kilometers behind me so the israeli airstrikes do continue and as you say there have been a further 7 deaths inside gaza as another strike you can hea