The embassy of the Islamic Republic of afghanistan in washington. My colleague and director will be moderating the conversation but its my great pleasure and honor to ask the ambassador to provide welcoming remarks. Your excellency. Thank you. Good morning, good afternoon or good evening depending on where you are right now in joining us for the session. It is my pleasure to welcome you to the second event of the embassy of afghanistan. We are glad to be hosting the event on lebanons agreement and partnership with the Atlantic Council a wonderful partner of the embassy in washington. I want to offer a warm thank you to the Atlantic Council further help in organizing this important discussion and all the great work they are continuously doing. Furthermore i would like to express my gratitude for taking the time to share their knowledge and insight with us today. Ambassador i thank you and not just for joining us today that for all the great work that youve done in afghanistan over the y
Rely on holiday trade. Christmas temple mean thats how people get the now no mortgage no get beautyful holiday and now they should now again the food and Drug Administration is set to review a new vaccine this week its a process that in the past would have taken months but in what amounts to a life or death situation hell the chills are hoping it will take a matter of hours based on the data that i know i expect the f. D. A. To make a positive decision but of course its their decision and as you probably know they are totally separated and fired from the operation they will make their own judgement based on the data and i hope that the decision will be positive but even when they are approved it will take months before the vaccines are widely available to the general public be thinking in the february march timeframe that youre going to see more general vaccination and by the 2nd quarter of next year will still have enough vaccine for every american that wants it as Health Officials co
Before i go onto the next part of my report. For the commissioner if you have a question put your name in the chat. I dont see any. I dont see names. Chief. Thank you Vice President taylor. As to other major events there were two shooting incidents that caused injuries to victims over the past week. One was 500 block of alamany in the ingall side district. Our victim was inside a residence. Heard gunshots and realized she had been shot. That one we are still looking for leads and again anybody that has any information please call the tip line at 415 5754444. The second one, 1115 at 4 17 a. M. We dont have the exact location where this shooting happened. Our victim was selftransported to the hospital. It was a gunshot wound by the time the officers arrived the victim was undergoing surgery and was unable to provide any information leading to the shooting. We do have some spot shotter activation around the town of the shooting so we are investigating whether that activation or those shot
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The freeman foundation. By judy and Peter Blum Kovler foundation; pursuing solutions for americas neglected needs. And by contributions to this pbs station from viewers like you thank you. Welcome to outside source. T the u. S transition has begun at the nextde pre is introducing his appointees in foreign affairs. It i a team that reflects americas back, ready to lead the world, notetat from it. We have to proceed in equal measures with hnfility and ence. Humility, because we cant solve all the worlds problems alone. Ros and the state of pennsylvania has formally certified joe biden as winner of the election. European countries are managing plans for covid19 for christmas. Ministers in the u. K. Have allowed families to cross borders to celebrat together. In france, president macron announced easing of the lockdown is weekend so shocked show so at shops and restaurants n reopen for the festive period. Welcome to those of you watching on pbs i america, and everyone else watching on bbc