At 202 7488003. You can join the conversation by texting us at that same number, also going to twitter cspanwj or facebook. Com cspan. The acting defense secretary outlined the president s decision yesterday. [video clip] by january 15, 2021, our forces, their size and afghanistan will be 2500. Iraq will alsoin be 2500 by that date. With ouronsistent established plans and strategic objectives. Supported by the American People. It does not equate to a change in u. S. Policy or objectives. Moreover, this decision by the president is based on continuous engagement with his National Security cabinet over the month past. Including ongoing discussions with me and my colleagues across the u. S. Government. I have also spoken with our military commanders and we all will execute this repositioning in the way that protects our fighting men and women, partners in the Intelligence Community, diplomatic corps, and our superb allies that are critical to iraqiding afghan and Civil Society. Secretarya
Tech and bond trades play out. Lets dig a little deeper into the virus story in the u. S. U. S. Infectious disease official Anthony Fauci says it wont be a pandemic a lot longer because of vaccine progress. Joining us now with more is bloomberg Senior Editor drew armstrong. We all want to have the monday where we were very happy about the Pfizer Biontech results. What if the state of play in the u. S. . Drew the state of play in the u. S. Is brutal. We are sitting case records because of uncontrolled spread in huge amounts of the u. S. Hospitalizations are higher than they have been at any point during the pandemic. During thet pandemic. Depend on who you ask, 1500 sorry, 1506 to two deaths in the u. S. Yesterday, a number we havent seen since the early days of the pandemic. Numberout every single or way you look at this that you can is going in the wrong direction right now, and newman the hospitalizations and knowing that hospitalizations after that, it is going to be a grizzly pictu
Up next Lawrence Odonnell talks about his book playing with fire. And the transformation of american politics, which recalls the turmoil of the 1968 president ial election. We recorded this in washington to d. C. In 2017. This 1968 election, was the first when i was alert for. I was in high school, i remember zero of the 1964 election, just the one right before that. And i remember just flashes of 1960, because it was a giant deal for Irish Catholic boys in boston. And one of us was on his way to winning it. And its hard to believe this now, but in those days we lived under a certain kind of, old ghetto culture notion that it could not happen. That they could not elect a catholic president of the United States. But if you know our political history, for the decades proceeding that without smith, and with others there was evidence, that you could not elect a catholic person. And that was transcended and exploded, one night in november in 1960. So the world we were looking at, in 1968 wh
Distancing show. From trevor noahs couch in new york city to your couch somewhere in the world, this is the daily social distancing show. With trevor noah. Trevor lets kick things off with outer space. Its the reason people who arent perverts have telescopes. For years, scientists have been asking if there is life on mars, but it turns out they may have been looking in the wrong place. Astronomers have uncovered possible new signs of life on venus. Its surface is hot enough to melt lead and its cloaked in clouds of toxic gas, but scientists now believe something could be alive on venus or, actually, just above it. Professor sara seager along with a team of International Scientists spotted a molecule called fos feign in the planets atmosphere using giant tell scopes. Finding phosphine leaves us with two equally crazy ideas, one is theres some unknown chemistry and the other is theres some possibility there might be some life producing phosphine on venus. Trevor wow, human beings are ama
But it turns out they may have been looking in the wrong place. Astronomers have uncovered possible new signs of life on venus. Its surface is hot enough to melt lead and its cloaked in clouds of toxic gas, but scientists now believe something could be alive on venus or, actually, just above it. Professor sara seager along with a team of International Scientists spotted a molecule called fos feign in the planets atmosphere using giant tell scopes. Finding phosphine leaves us with two equally crazy ideas, one is theres some unknown chemistry and the other is theres some possibility there might be some life producing phosphine on venus. Trevor wow, human beings are amazing. Just five months ago we found out how to properly wash our hands and now weve found extraterrestrial life. I think its super exciting theres life on venus because thats where the ladies are from. Oooh i cant wait to go to venus, a planet full of only women . Whoa hoa ill roll up there and be, like, ladies can you give