Major drug maker reports encouraging findings for a covid vaccine. We will speak to dr. Saad omer, the director of the Yale Institute for Global Health. Then nine months into the pandemic, we look at how many hospitals are failing to provide adequate ppe to doctors and nurses. We will talk to jean ross, copresident of National Nurses united. We have been calling for this protection for Health Care Workers, not just for many months now, but also, if you recall, since the ebola crisis hit our shores. And sad to say, we are still very lacking. Amy plus, Central America has been devastated by backtoback Climate Changefueled hurricanes over the past two weeks. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the quarantine report. Im amy goodman. The United States recorded nearly 167,000 new coronavirus cases on monday, the third highest daily toll of the pandemic. The official u. S. Death toll, already the highest in the world, is rapidly approaching 250,000 with
Major drug maker reports encouraging findings for a covid vaccine. We will speak to dr. Saad omer, the director of the Yale Institute for Global Health. Then nine months into the pandemic, we look at how many hospitals are failing to provide adequate ppe to doctors and nurses. We will talk to jean ross, copresident of National Nurses united. We have been calling for this protection for Health Care Workers, not just for many months now, but also, if you recall, since the ebola crisis hit our shores. And sad to say, we are still very lacking. Amy plus, Central America has been devastated by backtoback Climate Changefueled hurricanes over the past two weeks. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the quarantine report. Im amy goodman. The United States recorded nearly 167,000 new coronavirus cases on monday, the third highest daily toll of the pandemic. The official u. S. Death toll, already the highest in the world, is rapidly approaching 250,000 with
Alex rondos, the special representative to the horn of africa discussed europes aid to that northeast region including thiopia, sudan and djibouti. It included a talk about the middle east influence in the region. Just a quick word about the Global Europe Program which i chair for the Woodrow Wilson program center. This is design today do Something Different because it looks at the stresses and issues that confront the continent of europe whether thats the arctic and the issues of Climate Change and trade. Whether thats migration or the big relationships with russia, with china and of course, the United States and mr. Its issues that confronted whether its issues that confronted in many issues and challenging ways. Our guests will be able to talk extremely eloquently in this ase around the horn of africa. Alex needs to introduction to any of you. Hes been the European Union special representative for the horn of africa he tells me eight years now. Its based now in nairobi and has been
happened. china is still the enemy. what now? i m harris faulkner and you are in the faulkner focus. secretary blinken says his talk with china s foreign minister and other officials was constructive. earlier after his meeting with the president of the communist nation, blinken said this. united states is committed to doing that. in the interest of china and unities and the world. we covered a broad range of subjects. i appreciate this opportunity to discuss this with you. harris: i pay way more attention to they do than what china says. the white house said it didn t exist and cleared up last week there is in fact a communist chinese spy base in cuba watching the united states. there are remaining tensions over the chinese spy craft that flew across the continental u.s. sending intelligence back to china realtime. china s ramped up aggression toward taiwan. so was it good to meet now? mixed reaction from republicans. despite our differences and despite the ratcheting
When it comes to things like you call the brown menace. That was the biggest reason that he got elected. There is no question that he tapped into something. Look, it is never the case in any political contest that one thing winds up being overwhelming, right . You can get a Critical Mass of something. You can get a tipping point. But its always an equation. That was overwhelming. Im just telling people do the research. Look at the studies. It will show you that is the number one issue right. By why were they afraid . Why were the identity politics in play for them . Economic insecurity, the feeling the process doesnt look out for them. Im glad you pointed that out because the right is always accusing the left of identity politics. Mmhmm. And there is no greater identity politics than what is going on now. Yes. With the Republican Party and with the trump supporters. Go on. Sorry. We havent seen this in a generation. We have not seen this in a generation. We have not seen somebody activ