Lukashenko, and protests and nationwide strikes. Welcome back. We begin with a growing number of calls in a number of muslim majority nations for french products to be boycotted. This comes amidst growing anger at what president Emmanuel Macron said after a schoolteacher was beheaded after showing caricatures of the prophet muhammad. At the ceremony, the president vowed to root out what he called islamist separatism and added this country will not renounce caricatures. In the days that followed, we have seen protests, french products pulled from supermarkets, and perhaps the most vocal of all has been the turkish president , heard on erdogan. President erdogan muslims are subject to a Campaign Similar to the jews in europe before world war ii. That is the turkish president s beginner. Doug herbert to tell us more. Doug the issue is political, needless to say. In erdogans case, there are some who say he is essentially weaponizing Muslim Identity. You have Muslim Identity usurping turkey
No man or machine has gone before launch is its most sophisticated mission yet to find life on mars. With 4 stories today including criminal proceedings in switzerland against the president a deadline for russia to avoid exclusion from. Saudi arabian investors pull. United after months of premier league scrutiny. The coronavirus pandemic is crushing the worlds most powerful economies and any recovery is being threatened by a new surge in cases the u. S. Recorded 1400 fatalities from code 19 on wednesday around one death a minute and is now reporting its worst economic decline on record output collapsed by 9. 5 percent in the 2nd quarter of the year europes largest economy germany saw a decade of growth all but wiped out as g. D. P. Shrank by more than 10 percent in a country thats avoided the worst Health Problems but its in developing nations where people are likely to suffer the most likely. Mexico where the economy has shrunk by a staggering 17. 3 percent in fact theres a warning th
Seating has been spaced so we are six feet apart and we have made it possible for senators and witnesses to participate by Video Conference if they choose to do so, and several have. To maintain social distancing, we have very limited seating and dont have room formulas of the public to attend, however this hearing is available to watch a live online and a recording will be available on the committee health. Www. Senate. Gov. The hearing will be shown from gaveltogavel in its entirety, unedited by anyone from the moment that we start until the very end that we stop. Due to the limited seating, representatives of the press are working as a pool to relay observations to their colleagues and senators and staff present have been reminded about the safety guidelines put in place by the attending physician. We all wore our masks. Im not going to wear mine during the hearing, since we are six feet apart, but senators may do whatever they choose to do. I would like to thank the rules committee
We welcome your comments by text , 202 7488003. Tell us your name and where you are from. Wj. Twitter we are cspan maryland was one of the first states to impose tight restrictions. The latest from the Washington Times, saying they will ease restrictions and prepare to reopen maryland. The governor eased coronavirus restrictions wednesday to allow residents to participate in some outdoor act to videos and resume elective medical procedures. They closed Public Schools for the rest of the academic year. Residents may participate in golfing, fishing, boating, tennis, camping, and other outdoor activities. He added that local governments can exercise flexibility in reopening playgrounds and parks. That is from the Washington Times. An Washington Post published oped, an opinion piece by five republican governors who kept their states open. Five republican governors, our states stayed open during the coronavirus, here is why our approach worked. That is the headline of the piece. The governo
Governor baker good afternoon. Today we are going to talk about our longterm plans for covid19 testing here in massachusetts and new announcements to make testing more accessible for people and talk about significant shipments of personal protective equipment that arrived in massachusetts. First, we will provide our daily update on hospitalizations. As of yesterday, we conducted over 410,000 tests with over 8,500 new tests reported yesterday. 1,865 tests were reported and for all tests that came back yesterday and that is within the range we have been seeing over the past few days. The range we have been seeing over the past few days. As we said before, that positive rate has come down significantly from where we were a month ago where it was hovering in the 20s and 30s. 26 newer hospitalizations for covid19 yesterday but over 3,000 residents in hospitals due to covid19 that need serious medical care. Our hospitals have been able to withstand the this. Massachusetts still remains one o