We dont know whos going to be bearing that responsibility for donald trump. Yep. If youre just joining us this morning 11 00 a. M. On the east coast. Youre watching squawk alley on cnbc. These are live pictures of washington, d. C. , as president elect donald trump makes his way to the white house for the first time. Always a remarkable optical chapter, something that truly sets our country apart, the degree to which our transfers of power are peaceful. We do not expect to see trump before this meeting. Were told hes made his way in through the residence entrance, so well have to wait perhaps for some photoops that happen in the oval following this meeting, which we do not know how long that will be. Jon fortt, kayla with us here, on a day were watching the optics of politics. The very real quotes in the markets where the divergence between the trump trade materials, growth, is colliding with a serious downdraft in tech. Amazon just the latest example. Amazon is an example of one of th
Has banned all social gatherings and told all nonessential workers to stay home. That covers more than 8 Million People. Thats a live look, outside of our studios on sixth avenue on a friday afternoon, that place would normally be packed, not now. The number of cases around the world has now topped a quarter million, italy just reporting 6e day. Staggering. The biggest oneday total so far. Meanwhile, on the hill, the senate trying to figure this out, voting on a massive stimulus bill that could include checks for up to 1200 for many americans. Reporting a sour from coasttocoast begins on capitol hill with chad pergram there, chad, good afternoon. Good afternoon, bill, theyre trying to get this bill, phase s legislative response is so they have an agreement tonight. Possibly start that procedural machinations off tomorrow, again, the bill is not written, they were looking at about 50 billion in some capacities for the airlines, democrats have balked at being a straight bailout. They are
Corruption Perception Index for Solomon Islands Public Sector Remains Same
Mr. Paulsen says Solomon Islands has one of the highly corrupt public sectors in the region and the government is not doing enough to tackle it.
Source: The Economic Times Monday, 01 February 2021 09:12 AM
Solomon Islands remains at 42 out of a 100 on the 2020 Corruption Perception Index (CPI) published by Berlin based, Transparency International.
Recently the 2020 CPI was launched by Transparency Solomon Islands (TSI) placing Solomon Islands at 42 out of a 100.
CPI is a measurement of perception. There is a difference between perceived levels of public sector corruption which the CPI measures. The CPI does not measure actual levels of all forms of corruption.
he was the man that deserves more credit than he received for organizing the atomic bomb project. but everybody in the historical literature talks about august 1939. that would have been nothing had there not been earnest lawrence to get things rolling. his operation at oak ridge was the operation that separated the u 235 from the 38. if there was not a lawrence, there would have been no atomic bomb on the schedule. and he is the sourcer s apprentice of the story. he is the man that built the great idea that he was sort of the pure scientist. he wanted to push forward the fran tears of mileage. that same machine will be modified and used to instead separate the uranium for the bomb that is dropped on hiroshima, hence, the unintended consequences. lawrence is in the context of oppenheimer and teller. oppenheimer steals the show. the man who at berkeley whether he was teaching here took sand script so that he could read the hindu classics in the original. a man who is very much
u.s. service members who were killed in that korean war. they will hold these bilateral meetings like you just saw there taking place at the white house with the president. he will also attend a state dinner. jessica yellin was there in that room, as they spoke. i d like to see with a she thinks. jessica, if you re with us and you can hear me, let me know what you think the highlight was there of this appearance between the two presidents. well, the president i asked the president a question about both iran and about the economy and he refused, randi, to say how high up in the iranian government knowledge of this alleged iranian terror plot may have gone. there are a lot of questions about whether the supreme leader and the nation s president had knowledge. but the president did say that no matter how high up it went, the entire iranian government needs to be held accountable and that they have a very solid case and that they are gathering support for allied nations to ti