Acting deputy Homeland Security secretary Ken Cuccinelli and the head of the National Counterterrorism center. The fbi director said at the hearing that the fbi has not seen widespread voter fraud. Wisconsin senator ron johnson chaired this two hour, 40 minute hearing. Good morning. This hearing will come to order. I want to first welcome and thank our witnesses, christopher wray, the director of the federal bureau of investigation, christopher miller, the director of the National Counterterrorism center, and kenneth cuccinelli, the senior official performing the duties of the deputy secretary. This is our annual threat hearing. When i take a look at all of the threats that this committee has considered and all of the threats facing this nation, i think its pretty interesting, you know, how many hearings weve held on so many of these things. Before i proceed, i guess i would ask for unanimous consent to have my written Opening Statement be entered in the recor record. If you consider t
Plunged with elections just 4 months away corona in the usa trumps downfall. But. Thats our topic today on to the point of a very warm welcome and here are the guests who will answer that question its a pleasure to welcome down hamilton hes a professor for Political Science at Johns Hopkins University School of advanced International Studies hes also currently a robert fellow in berlin and he says pandemic recession systemic racism all made worse by President Trump it is a combustible brew and its a pleasure to welcome assu. Condit chickie is chief europe of course a correspondent for. Politico and his view the pandemic is trumps waterloo the main question now is not if he will lose but rather by how much. And were very glad to have. Nelson on the program she is Program Director at k. C. R. W. A Radio Station based here in berlin partners with American Public radio and she says Donald Trumps performance regarding cofield 1000 may not matter because recessions lead to reelection losers.
Front covering over japan. The region has borne the brunt of the damage. People in the affected areas are trying to recover what they can between downpours. One resident says all the furniture and appliances on the ground floor of his house were damaged by flooding. Translator i want the rain to stop. I hope it stops as soon as possible. Volunteers are working with residents to clear out mud. Only people within the prefecture are allowed to help as a precaution against the coronavirus. People at evacuation shelters are also trying to maintain social distancing. More than 6,000 houses have been flooded or damaged across 19 prefectures. Officials are still trying to get a full picture of the destruction. People across the krunt are donating food, bottled water and other necessities to h help tho in hardhit areaeas. Prime minister abe shinzo say police, firefighters and selfdefense force personnel have rescued more than 2,300 people. Translator i want officicia to do all they can to save
The 10 year yield is seeing a flattening name put on. Crude oil, down 8. 7 . Dive intoa deeper what is going on. Mentiont to commodities. It is across the commodity complex. Copper futures are down. Grim Economic Outlook from the fed yesterday, plus a possible resurgence of the virus here in the u. S. You are seeing one commodity higher, that is gold. Up 8 10 of 1 . The dollar is also stronger here. A weaker dollar is a proxy for risk appetite. But the dollar is indeed gaining 8 10 of 1 . Investors are looking more for safety, less interested in risk assets. There is a lot of conviction in equity markets in particular. At the open, we saw volumes basically double over the past 20 days or so. We are still looking at volume over 24 above the 20day average. A lot of conviction in the selling we are seeing. We are seeing the cyclical rotation we all have been so excited about in recent weeks totally reverse quite dramatically. Industrials, financials, materials are the biggest laggards. Tr
A transport revolution jaring the coronavirus lockdown. But 1st women in afghanistan fear that a return of the taliban could threaten their hard won freedoms. 18 years after the islamist taliban were driven from power in afghanistan women in the country still face discrimination and hardship theres an lack of schools particularly for girls in 2018 as much as 90 percent of women had only attended Primary School many iran able to read or write. After the taliban were ousted during a u. S. Led military intervention in late 2001 women hoped their lives would change for the better but the western military alliance is gradually pulled out of afghanistan and many now fia return of the terro guys ation according to a survey by a us Research Consultancy gallup almost time. Half of all afghan women would leave the country if they could have a summer determined to fight for their rights at home. Working out as guys who yardies wife beating stress attacks occur on an almost daily basis in kabul wh