Ahead we will be covering all aspects of this health crisis. We want to begin in the first hour with the Financial Impact it is having on you, your family, your loved ones. If you are recently unemployed as a result of the coronavirus, 202 7488000. For all others, 202 7488001. You can join us on social media, we will read your tweets at cspanwj. We are also taking her text messages, tell us your first name and where you are texting from. 202 7488003. A lot to talk about in the next hour. The Johns Hopkins sobering numbers across the years across the world now, 670,000 confirmed cases, approaching 31,000 deaths around the world. Here in the u. S. , close to 125,000 confirmed cases of the coronavirus in the United States. We want to get your phone calls. Again, if you are recently unemployed, tell us your situation. That number is 202 7488000. The headline from cnbc, the u. S. Economy has come to a. Ndstill host yesterday on fox news, this conversation with Vice President pence on when t
All over you watching r. T. International this saturday morning. In moscow now top story this hour a lawsuit has been filed in the u. S. Against military contracts who allegedly paid protection money to the taliban in afghanistan. As more data. Ever since 911 the u. S. Government has been working to criminalize prosecute and sanction those who Fund Terrorism however theres a recent lawsuit that seems to hit pretty close to home now a new lawsuit alleges that some u. S. Companies operating in afghanistan contracting with the u. S. Military have been paying out large amounts of protection cash to the taliban now the lawsuit is filed on behalf of those who have lost relatives in afghanistan other family members and u. S. Soldiers and other u. S. Personnel killed in afghanistan alleging that these corporations paid out cash that contributed to their relatives deaths this is how the lawyer representing those family members explained the legal action. The antiterrorism complaint alleges that
Very day here in moscow youre watching r. T. International. Has released a 4th batch of documents from the organization for the prohibition of chemical weapons that cast further doubt on its report on allegations of a chemical attack in the syrian city of duma last year they revealed at b o p c w chose to ignore evidence that contradicts its conclusion that the attack came from the air what against it has more on the story the toxicologist pharmacologist and the bio analytical chemist walk into the u. P. C. W u b c w shows them a video of an alleged chemical attack and ask them what sort of symptoms they see could they tell what gas it was the specialists all look at the video and agree on one and the rest is classified or was classified. It was agreed among all present that the key takeaway message from the meeting was that the symptoms observed were inconsistent with exposure to chlorine and no other obvious candidate chemical causing the symptoms could be identified another day anot
International now we killings has released a 4th batch of documents from the organization for the prohibition of chemical weapons that casts further doubt in its report on allegations of a chemical attack in the syrian city of duma last year they reveal chose to ignore evidence that contradicts its conclusion that the attack came from the air with more on the story his motive gassed the. Toxicologist pharmacologist and bio analytical chemist walked into the u. P. C. W u b c w shows them a video of an alleged chemical attack and asked them what sort of symptoms they see could they tell what gas it was the specialist look at the video and agree on one answer and the rest is classified or was classified. It was agreed among all present that the key takeaway message from the meeting was that the symptoms observed were inconsistent with exposure to chlorine and no other obvious candidate chemical causing the symptoms could be identified another day another leak another embarrassment and ano
Good morning, ladies and j gentlemen. Im john allenen, president of brookings. On behalf of the institution and our partners, i want to welcome you all to this important event today. I want to welcome those coming in over the webcast, and, of course, we always welcome the media. This morning, youll be hearing from a distinguished group of leaders and volunteers on the matter of National Service. Let me make a few brief comments to begin with. In such divided and turbulent times, we must look for ways to bridge society. To bridge the divides and to restore a sense of community. In recent years, much has been done, sadly, to burn rather than to build the bridges in our civic nation. Leading to a growing culture of fear and distrust, incivility and a reflex to retreat into the safety of tribalism. Our trust in institutions and our trust in each other has taken a beating and has, in fact, declined, and that decline makes it harder for us to solve some of the key problems we face as a count