Commander haftar stepped up attacks on the capital, striking its vital support. Seaport. A spanisish potato chip brandy getting an unexpected sales boost, thanks to the movie parasite. We will explain in our business update. We begin with the latest on the global coronavirus outbreakk. On wednesday, china confirmed about 1700 new cases, a number that indicates the rate of transmission there has started to slow down. Meanwhile, irans government has confirmed the first two cases of thee coronavirus in the country. In japan, about 500 people who tested negative for the virus were allowed to leave the diamond princess cruise ship. A twoweek ququarantine is e en, despspite failining to contain e major outbreak on boarard. Another 79 cases have been discovered on the ship, bringing the total to 621 people. I spoke with journalist michael penn, who o joined us from toko. I asked him how expertsts reactd the japanese governments handling of ththis crisis. Michael the japanese governmenthandlin
Innovation imperative, shaping the future of agriculture. This is a fitting theme for the secretary to announce, something that weve been working on at usda, called the agriculture innovation agenda. Were excited to share more with you this morning. Im joined by many of you that are working to shape the future of our agriculture economy. Its important we take stock not only of where we are today, but also of where we need to go to meet a growing Global Demand, with rising standards of living at a time when producers are dealing with uncertainties in the farm economy and the conditions needed to farm, including the climate. Our chief economist, dr. Rob johansson, will provide an indepth overview of the state of the farm economy. Theres a lot to take in in 2019, but certainly not a typical year. There were many factors influencing the economy, including extreme weather, trade, importing and exporting countries, to name just a few. Following dr. Jays talk, the secretary will outline some
The truth and erode our ability to fight, creating a set of it that no narrative or use source can be trusted at all. Some of the ttts in this space wont necessarily come as as a surprise to you but we talked about intrusion and u. S. Government networks and medical organizations, hack and leak operations related to compromise or embarrassing situations, Cyber Attacks against our eroding infrastructure, the targeting of u. S. Persons or elected officials by social media and disinformation, suppression of voter turnout by spreading misinformation regarding polling and voting, manipulation of media through the injection of false stories, and news reporting. And then subsequent application of the disinformation to shape of the discourse. Shape Public Discourse. There are a few overarching similarities regarding the manner in which our two principal adversaries, china and russia, execute these objectives. Both countries use a whole of government approach. And use sophisticated and aggressi
Outlooks. We will also hear from the usda chief economist at this forum. It is about 90 minutes. [inaudible conversations] good morning, everybody. If you could please find your seat. I would like to welcome everyone to usda 96 annual outlook forum. Usda oldest annual meeting. I am stephen, deputy secretary of agriculture. It is great to see everyone here this morning. This years theme is that innovation imperative. Shaping the future of agriculture. This is a fitting theme for the secretary to announce something we have been working on at usda called the agriculture innovation agenda. We are excited to share more with you this morning. I am joined in this room by many of you that are working to shape the future of our agriculture economy. It is important that we take stock, not only where we are today, but also where we need to go to meet a growing Global Demand with rising standards of living at a time when producers are dealing with uncertainties in the farm economy and the conditio
Philippines braces for a potentially devastating volcanic eruption but nobody knows if it will come now in weeks or even tens of thousands uncertain of what to do. Im phil gal welcome to the program a major new report shows the worlds oceans continue to heat up last year when the war with the warmest theyve ever been and its still happening an International Team of experts is examined data compiled by Chinese Institute to work out changes in open Ocean Temperatures over decades they say this warming is already having a major impact on marine life and on the severity of storms cyclons and hurricanes. As our planet warms up due to the greenhouse effect the vast majority of trapped. Heat is absorbed by the oceans over 90 percent of it the oceans therefore provide a key buffer that helps keep temperatures on our planet stable but their capacity to absorb heat isnt endless and marine eco systems are suffering organisms like corals that cant flee the higher temperatures simply die back to ba