Can help you make the most of today. Mutual of america financialgr p, Retirement Services and investments. Adtional support has been provided by and by thE Corporation for public broadcasting, a private E Corporation funded by american people. And pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Sreenivasan good evening, and thanks for joining us. This is our cond month bringing youhe news from remote locations. New york remains under strict social distancing ree lations, and ty is still the epicenter of the coronavirus pandemic in the United States a the search faccine, for medications to treat covid19 patients, and methods to trace contacts and test millions more pedeople, are ay. But, the world is facing an enormous crisis. Lets get started with todays top news. Announcing plans to loosenan restrictions on the use of public spaces and to reopen businesses this weekend, as the number of confirmed cases of covid19 in the u. S. Grew to mo than 705,000, with more than 37,000 deaths. Teeans
Back in the u. S. , a potential deal is causing Stark Division between the white house and congress. We have a regime that has never quite kept their word about anything. I dont understand why we are signing an agreement with a group of people who in my opinion have no intention of keeping their word. It is surprising to me that there are some republican senators who are seeking to establish a back channel with hardliners in iran to undermine an agreement between iran and the broader International Community. Cory russias foreign minister has left the talks. He says he will return only with a realistic understanding of a deal. The index of pending home sales has hit its highest level since june 2013. It posted a 3. 1 gain last month indicating a pickup in the Housing Market ahead of the spring selling season. Gains in employment and rising rents are convincing more americans to buy homes. A pair of deals in the Health Care Business United Health has agreed to buy a pharmacy benefits com
Thanks for joining me. We begin this morning with dire warnings over the pending release of a so called torture report at military bases around the world ratcheting up security as a precaution. There are several reports that u. S. Embassies are going on alert. Tomorrow Senate Democrats are due to unveil their findings on enhanced interrogation techni e techniquin techniquings. Its expected to reveal controversial details of how detainees were questioned including water boarding, sleep depravation and slapping. Heres the issue. Is the overarching question, did techniques gain valuable intelligence . Republicans have full support from the report. Many in the Intelligence Community worry it will anger allies and rally terrorists. Our Global Affairs correspondent joins us by phone now. Whats going on . Caller hi don. Listen, this is a very tense time now in the world. Thats a why with the campaign against isis with all violence and extremism going on, particularly in terms of against ameri
Idf, but officials inside sere wra say israeli warplanes hit targets near damascus today. In a moment well talk about what about what we know about that and what will happen in terms of relations between israel and syria. Question number three, will the u. S. Face fallout from its botched military raid in yemen . Two hostages including one american were killed. It is a question of whether it is the time for the United States government to reconsider its policy and should the u. S. Negotiate for american lives of people being held hostage . Question number four, will we learn more about rolling ston stones account of an alleged gang rape at uva . The magazine quietly issued an updated apology for the article. They changed their wording. Which many say was blaming the victim. Meanwhile this week, a Senate Subcommittee will hold a hearing on Law Enforcements response to Sexual Assaults on College Campuses across this country. And finally, question number five, who will take home the bigge
In berkeley, demonstrators looting multiple businesses, a peaceful protester trying to stop a leader was hit in the face with a hammer. A guy with a crowbar comes in, starts stealing stuff. Reporter this as a grand jury decided not to indict the officer in eric garners choke hold death. This is the message, we dont want any violence, but keep on keeping on. Reporter just the night before, demonstrators threw things at will is in full riot gear. Some demonstrators say on social media, police were firing rubber bullets. Police have yet to comment. In new york city over the weekend, a few hundred people crashed with police, staging dieins at Grand Central station at a flagship store, in heralds square, the National Outcry even hitting the field. Washington redskins defensive lineman chris baker making the hands up dont shoot gesture after a play and several nba players wearing i cant breathe tee shirts. The new york city mayor says Rudy Guiliani fundamentally misunderstands the reality. Y