And remembering the victims of hiroshima japan mark 75 years since the worlds 1st atomic bombing that killed 140000 people. Welcome to the program a dire humanitarian situation is coming into focus in lebanon 2 days after a large explosion tore through its capital there are concerns about Food Security after the destruction of beiruts port which is the main route for supplies coming in now the country imports up to 80 percent of its food the economy minister has warned that lebanon is not financially capable of dealing with the impact of the explosion and will lead International Help several countries are already dispatching emergency aid from suited fuel to mobile hospitals and medical personnel zealot hotter is in beirut with more on the ongoing rescue and recovery missions. Dozens remain missing Search Operations are continuing we are outside beirut court the site of the massive explosions that the steroid much of the lebanese capital the people behind me these are family members de
Remembering victims of hiroshima japan marks 75 years since the worlds 1st atomic bomb killed 140000 people. And under the shadow of the Pandemic Police in argentina are tightening a rise in crime. Welcome to the program a dying humanitarian situation is coming into focus in lebanon 2 days after a large explosion tore through its capital there are concerns about Food Security after the destruction of beirut support which is the main route for supplies coming in the country imports up to 80 percent of its food and the economy minister has warned that lebanon is not financially capable of dealing with the impact of the explosion and will need International Help several countries are already dispatching about agency 8 including food and fuel to mobile hospitals a medical personnel senator is in beirut with more the ongoing rescue and recovery missions. Dozens remain missing Search Operations are continuing we are outside beirut court the site of the massive explosions that the steroid muc
In the middle. Powerless. Nearly 2 Million People on the east coast still in the dark you have no idea when youre going to have power. This morning, frustration is mounting, with no end in sight shock and anger. Overnight, chilling, new images emerge of that deadly explosion in beirut, leaving hundreds of thousands homeless the search for survivors and answers entering day three just ahead, why Officials Say the tragedy could have been avoided. Spiked the university of connecticut becomes the first Major College to cancel its football season. The board of trustees and our studentathletes and coaches were all on the same page. Championships for other fall sports called off for hundreds of schools this morning, the president of the ncaa is with us for an exclusive, live interview. All that, plus the return of rokerthon. Al shattered records doing weather for 34 hours straight. And from all 50 states in a single week. This morning, hes back at it, aiming for another milestone involving so
Crisis, we will also touch upon the European Union, european commissions, broader Economic Policy agenda as we hopefully recover from the crisis, it has been evolving fiscal institutions, its management of the european macro economy. It should be an interesting conversation, obviously of particular importance given the worldwide economic crisis we are suddenly found ourselves in. Let me introduce my guests today, director general for economic and Financial Affairs in the european commission, prior to his current job, he was director general for structural reform support a topic we will touch on a little bit as well i imagine, prior to that he was Deputy Director general for economic and Financial Affairs. He also worked extensively on the socalled fund which we will talk about as well. Anyway, with that introduction out of the way, i want to start out with talking about the way in which the crisis has unfolded over the past few months in your especially what actions have been taken to
Institute, i am delighted to host a conversation today was the director general for economic and Financial Affairs at the european commission, he has been there since they were 2020. Our conversation today will be about the economy of the European Union and the European Union with a response to the covid19 crisis. We will also touch upon the European Union and commissions broader Economic Policy agenda as we hopefully recover from the crisis, its evolving fiscal institutions and its management of the european macroeconomy. So it should be an interesting conversation and obviously particular important given the worldwide economic crisis we have found ourselves in. Let me introduce i guess today, he is the director general for economic of Financial Affairs in the european commission, prior to his current job he was director general for structural reform support and will touch a little bit on while i imagine. And prior to that he was Deputy Director general for economic and Financial Affa