Minutes. Good morning. Im the director for the center of United States in europe. At the bookings institution. I am delighted today to be chairing this important discussion on election 2020 and its implications for u. S. Foreign policy. Obviously over the weekend there have been some rapid developments. There is now a president elect joe biden, after a pretty tumultuous few days, i think, for everyone, an election that was pretty close for many days but now we have a clear winner. So we have a terrific panel this morning to discuss not so much the election but looking forward to next year to see what the implications are for u. S. Foreign policy, for international order, and to talk to parse maybe some of the nuances of last week and what they may mean, particularly that trumpism is alive and well even though the president did not receive a second term and that the senate could still be in the hands of the republicans. Adelman fromic Johns Hopkins school of advanced international study
The Brookings Institution hosted this event, which looked at more out in the state department, the impact of a Republicancontrolled Senate, the u. S. Record abroad and future relations with europe, china, and iran. This runs an hour and 10 minutes. Good morning. Im the director for the center of United States in europe. At the bookings institution. I am delighted today to be chairing this important discussion on election 2020 and its implications for u. S. Foreign policy. Obviously over the weekend there have been some rapid developments. There is now a president elect joe biden, after a pretty tumultuous few days, i think, for everyone, an election that was pretty close for many days but now we have a clear winner. So we have a terrific panel this morning to discuss not so much the election but looking forward to next year to see what the implications are for u. S. Foreign policy, for international order, and to talk to parse maybe some of the nuances of last week and what they may me
Almost hyperbolic right why then are we leading our newscast today with the suggestion of of this potential scenario well because 2 World Leaders are coming out and saying that this is what they think could happen and these are leaders who know the region the Asian Pacific both men are all strong and both have held the position of Prime Minister of australia 1st theres the former Prime Minister who happens to also be a china scholar his name is kevin rudd you see him there he has just penned an editorial in the Foreign Affairs journal where he says that the risk of an Armed Conflict between the United States and china in the next 3 months is especially high. Then as you might expect australias current Prime Minister there he is Scott Morrison he was asked to comment on his predecessor statement and surprisingly he basically agreed morrison said that the hot war between the United States and china was quote previously inconceivable and not considered even possible or likely. But not any
With the suggestion of this potential scenario because 2 World Leaders are coming out and saying that it is what they think could happen and these are leaders who know the region the Asian Pacific both men are all straight and both have held the position of Prime Minister let me take you through it 1st its the former Prime Minister and china scholar there is thats kevin rudd who has just penned an editorial in Foreign Affairs journal where he says the risk of Armed Conflict between the United States and china in the next 3 months was especially high then as you might expect australias current Prime Minister Scott Morrison was asked to comment on his predecessors statement and surprisingly he basically agreed. Morrison said that the hot war between the u. S. And china was quote previously inconceivable not considered even possible or likely but not anymore to australian Prime Ministers one former one present sounding an alarm they seem to want the whole world to hear should we heed the
Satellite radar showcasing the system passing through. You could see a little bit of activity down through the Central Coast and a couple of showers up through sacramento as well and up through ukiah. Now we have a chance of possibly seeing a couple of isolated showers but not really significant rain. So were going do call this showers. But look at the snow up through the sierra. They are expecting a couple of inches of snow for the Higher Elevation and the temperature trend is in the 50s and the wind advisory kicks in about 10 00 a. M. So the areas highlighted of yellow. Ill go over that and who is expecting to see the gustiest winds in 15 minutes. Were saying the word showers. Just bring on the rain. Were ready for it in march. Thanks, vianey. We begin with a chaotic night in San Francisco bay view neighborhood. A raging fire whipped through a warehouse, flames shooting into the sky causing problems for people on 280. A live look at the aftermath this morning. The fire was contained