Said a court in south africa 2 black men appear in court charged with killing a white foam worker. We begin with a clash between police and antigovernment protesters in thailand water cannon was used to break through a barricade set up by protesters in the center of bangkok i will show you live pictures now of the scene as you can see thousands of antigovernment protesters have been on the streets defying a government ban on gatherings for a 2nd night in a row and those protesters have been calling for the Prime Ministers resignation and calling for reforms to the monarchy but spread minister preludes is refusing to stand down scott heiler reports from bangkok. There was that major confrontation at. A barrier that the protesters makeshift ferry the protesters had used even using Police Barricades and thats resell the water cannon use there was another a secondary barrier built by the protesters just here again these water cannon but there were barely any protesters on the other side so
But also a very special welcome to our cspan audience who will be following this event on cspan2 today, and were delighted to have you here, if only virtually, and delighted to have everyone who was been ablo participate in this discussion. This i think is going to be one of the most interesting and significant events that weve done here at hudson, particularly given the fact that we are less than a week away from the election when so many of these issues that were going to be talking about today, the question of what america is going to do, where americas going to go from here, those issues are going to be decided very, very soon. And so what happens in our discussion here i think will help us to understand as a guide to what takes place, regardless of who it is who will be sitting in the oval office come january january 21. I want to say a few words about our distinguished guest. Robert obrien was born in los angeles and graduated from the university of california berkeley with a law
A court in south africa 2 black men appear in court charged with killing a white farm worker. Begin in thailand where police an antigovernment protesters have fought in the center of the capital was a can was used to break through a barricade set up by demonstrators in bangkok for a 3rd day in a row thousands of people defied a government ban on gatherings calling for the Prime Ministers resignation and reforms to the monarchy scott hide the reports. Face to face in bangkok antigovernment protestors and thai police got into a violent confrontation 3 months in the making. The mostly Peaceful Demonstrations started in july but for the 2nd day thousands ignored the risk of arrest under emergency decree issued the day before. As promised in an announcement just after the violence began taia thors began using everything at their disposal to stop the protests including water cannon with burning agent laced with water the protesters are demanding a new constitution reform of the monarchy and
Churches burned shops looted violence mars protests in chile calling for more equal society. And fears that repeated attacks in afghanistan could do the real talks to end the war. The number of confirmed coronavirus cases around the world has surpassed 40000000. 00 countries across europe are now imposing more restrictions to tackle the new wave of infections many have seen a Record Number of cases including poland which is turning its National Stadium into a hospital to cope with the influx of patients it confirms with an 18000 cases over the weekend bringing its tally to 175000 its of the. Prime minister is warning there is no time to waste in order to avoid a food locked own mayors will be allowed to close all public squares in the evening to stop gatherings but gyms and swimming pools can stay open for no and around 6000000 people in the u. K. Are expected to face tougher restrictions in the coming days with nearly 17000 new confirmed cases in the past 24 hours alone the worst hit
8 up. A bit of a conundrum, it weaker than anticipated growth number when weve got Industrial Production and retail sales beating what was going on. Graphically, there you go. Retail sales, 3. 3 to the upside and that is what has been going on in aggregate. A mixed bag, a miss on the headline gdp but certainly a beat for Industrial Production and retail sales. Yeah, the topline picture is that China Remains the only major economy that is recovering at a pace like this but nonetheless, yeartodate, growth around 0. 7 . Year, beginning of the officials had hoped to get around 6 growth for 2020. Nonetheless, the fact retail sales came in well above the estimates will for economists who say we should see a broader economic recovery in china fueled by infrastructure. Straight cap to the pandemic, there would be focus on whether or not the consumer would step up and the numbers suggest that is happening. Ubss headore from of asia economics and achieve china economist. Always great to get your