Repayments i dont think that is as much an issue as we thought weve sort of gone away from our debt and deficit fetish in a stride because its been saying its more political scare campaign than anything of you know grounded in an economic theory. Does debt matter i mean i guess it does for argentina still under its i. M. F. Program what is the state of argentinas economy right now. Well i was i was listening you know to the to the other answers and thinking well if you print money for long enough then you push it into so many electoral cycles then it becomes a structural problem so youre talking about you know that a Monetary Policy no matter what stage you are within a government so i mean of course that matters to argentina and the key question right now is whether the next administration whoever it may be you know will be able to repay dead or needs to restructure the payments schedule with the i. M. F. You know its unrealistic for argentina to face its that payments in 20202021 so
Spanning as far east as madagascar and a large number is believed to be due to slash and burn practices by farmers has been compounded by shorter rainy seasons why its orange dinahs Data Scientists and drought specialists who focuses on african agricultural trends he says the lack of rain in the past 3 years is having a huge impact the real issue is that the impact of these brush fires is getting worse if you look at a lot of parts of sani abacha parts of the african continent particularly the west african said hello this used to be a regular occurrence during the dry season and when the rains would come around. There would allow for grasslands to grow again but unfortunately we are seeing a very significant increase in variability of rainfall its making the rainy seasons very volatile and less predictable. Still ahead this half hour israel sends tanks and troops to its borders with lebanon and syria after carrying out acts strikes in both countries. And the u. S. Congress you to call
Then floods a powerful storm smashes records. And why forecasters fear for whats in store. Nightly news begins right now. Announcer from nbc news World Headquarters in new york this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. Good evening. No backing down today by gop president ial contender donald trump whose unfiltered and blunt talk has again ignited controversy. The latest came over the weekend when trump said vietnam war veteran and former p. O. W. Senator john mccain is not a war hero. And while the comments like those trump made about illegal immigration recently have sparked outrage it is worth noting that he leads the latest republican president ial poll though deeper examination suggests the mccain comments may be hurting him. We begin with nbcs katy tur. Reporter donald trump being donald trump today, refusing to apologize for saying john mccain is not a war hero. Telling matt lauer this morning well im not a fan of john mccain. Hes done a terrible job for the vets. I go around ma
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Records. And why forecasters fear for whats in store. Nightly news begins right now. Announcer from nbc news World Headquarters in new york this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. Good evening. No backing down today by gop president ial contender donald trump whose unfiltered and blunt talk has again ignited controversy. The latest came over the weekend when trump said vietnam war veteran and former p. O. W. Senator john mccain is not a war hero. And while the comments like those trump made about illegal immigration recently have sparked outrage, it is worth noting that he leads the latest republican president ial poll. Though deeper examination suggests the mccain comments may be hurting him. We begin with nbcs katy tur. Reporter donald trump being donald trump today refusing to apologize for saying john mccain is not a war hero. Telling matt lauer this morning well, im not a fan of john mccain. Hes done a terrible job for the vets. I go around matt on the circuit, and im seeing so