Meanwhile the infection rate continues to climb here in the u. K. Tougher restrictions are rolled out the Prime Minister warns that normal is still months away and remembering the past but looking to the future molly marks 60 years of independence from france. For the 1st time in history wildly does have been meeting virtually for the annual u. N. General Assembly Last of course because of the coronavirus and on tuesday the fight against covert 1000 dominated the speeches most called for a united fight and for the u. N. To repurpose itself in response to a while changed by the pandemic but its also exposed more tension between washington and beijing on the same day the u. S. Death toll from the virus passed 200000 donald trump once again pointed the finger of blame at china our diplomatic editor james bass as more like all the other World Leaders speaking at the u. S. President trump speech was prerecorded once his words though were as controversial as ever. We have waged a fierce batt
I want members to know that i plan to continue this committees long tradition of collegiality and substantive substantive debate, even as we conduct our business from afar. I will continue to work with the Ranking Member mr. Smith and his staff to ensure that the rights of all members are respected in this new virtual format. Before i turn to todays important topic, i want to remind members of a few procedures to help you navigate this new platform. First, consistent with regulations the committee will keep microphones muted to limit background noise. Members are responsible for unmuting themselves when they seek recognition or when recognized for their fiveminute statement. Second, members and witnesses must have their cameras on at all times. If you need to step away from the proceedings, please leave your camera on rather than logging out. Finally, we have several members who are waving on to the subcommittee for todays hearing. Given the large number i will recognize members in an
Of course we all know we are preparing to vote in a huge election collecting all sorts of folks and not just the president of the United States by congress and state legislators. Fascinating new book written by our guest today takes a look at the unelected , unaccountable elite and it is amazing and along to talk about it. Senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute also leader of legal policy you have read his book all over National Media and by the way he was a jd and mba from yale where he was a fellow in law and economics mba from unc chapel hill. So glad to have you with us. Thank you for joining us at the john locke society. So is an honor i said it before as a National Think tank so much policy happens on the state level and the John Locke Foundation gives the Gold Standard to help to shape North Carolina in such a positive direction and then to be in the midst of a pandemic. Thanks for having me spin thank you for those comments i appreciate that. Your book writes about federal po
London mayor sadiq khan is set to recommend more restrictions. Bruised. Leaked documents related to troop 2 trillion in transactions, showing banks profiting from powerful and dangerous actors, even after the u. S. Introduced penalties. Low inlls to a 25 year hong kong. Plus, pet review. The eu starts an evaluation of a pandemic bond buying program. Policymakers are expected to discuss how long they should continue as well as whether or not they should widen the rules for older programs. Just an hour away now for than the start of from the start of cash equity trading in europe. Lets look at where markets are pointing us futures are pointing us. A drop in asian stocks. Ftse futures off one full percent. Concern of course about further or another renewed lockdown driving that market down further than the others. You see dax futures up 0. 8 . Look at u. S. Futures, not down as much right now. Looking at a drop in u. S. Across the s p, the dow, and the nasdaq, about 0. 5 right now. Anna f
To find out more about how the animals are doing quadriga swallows their tracks in the forest. Ok but there is a group where the most bears are carnivores but the spectacle bears considered an omnivore is in many my community it only what am i being we can see signs of them eating all these bromeliads. There was a bear here a week ago as most. But the bears numbers are low even the National Park and conservation area. Poaching together with rapid bevan growth and increasing forestation have been forcing the spectacle bear to look for new habitats often in the grassy highland. A growing issue now is bear attacks on cattle up here the livestock provide a major source of income for the local human population. Ricardo gonzales is a cattle head responsible for about 50 cal and he large scale bear attack could cost him his livelihood. Theyve already killed a number of my animals. I lose 2 or 3 every year so we tried to hundreds of bears before daniel talked to us with but he kept on telling