Information officer at the pentagon on cybersecurity. The Senate Foreign Relations Committee earlier this week had a confirmation hearing. Tennessee senator bob corker chaired the hearing. Its an hour and a half. Foreign Relations Committee will come to order. Senate Foreign Relations committee is meeting this morning for a confirmation hearing on nominations, including state Department Counselor Thomas Shannon, to be undersecretary of state for Political Affairs. If confirmed by the senate, he would replace Wendy Sherman who helped to lead the u. S. Negotiations for iran. And as i said to him when he came into our office and im sure, ben, you said the same thing, all of us are gratified when people who commit their life in this way end up ascending to these positions. You oversee africa, east area and the pacific, europe. The nearest, south and central asia, the western hemisphere and International Organizations just to note to staff, we could see the world. It would be easier. Thank
Tanked the stock in disney is up almost 20 now over the past three months. We begin this hour though with those deadly attacks. This time in mali in north africa. A hostage situation in a luxury hotel in malis can tpital is n over but more than two dozen are dead. The death count in the paris attack has risen. Michelle carusocabrera is live in paris with the details on both of these developing stories. Michelle . Reporter and, tyler, belgian authorities confirm one of the dead is a belgian diplomat among the numbers you mentioned just now. This all comes after gunmen took over 170 people hostage in the early hours this morning. At this point no groups have taken credit or confirmed credit for that attack. Here in france the french are wondering to what degree what happened in mali is related to president Francois Hollande very aggressive policy in north africa when it comes to combatting jihadists. There have been french troops in the country since 2015. Mali is a former colony of fran
Could redefine our understanding of the human evolutionary tree. Im sarah harmon. Welcome to the program. An influx of migrants is testing europes infrastructure. Hungarys makeshift refugee structures are filling and refilling far faster than they can deal with. Greece, macedonia, and italy continue to struggle, and the crisis is taking on a new urgency as summer slowly turns to fall. Reporter finally, they have made it out of hungary and arrived in this austrian border town before the countrys National Railroad suspended service on thursday citing overcapacity. These lucky few are looking forward to fresh opportunities. I want to go to germany. Its a strong country with a strong economy. I can have a job there. Reporter some finally receive needed aid and have access to amenities at this red cross shelter set up at a popular concert venue. The people who come here are very tired from the strain of their travels. They are hungry and thirsty. We are trying to offer them all the necessar
A cohost and producer is here and bringing your feedback and plenty to talk about and covering it all in africa. The International Community is jazzed about the summit taking place in washington d. C. And great hash tags trending and this is africa emerging and cell phone my screen and another is africa summit but however with everything lisa there is push back and president obama is not meeting the leaders and some countries were not invited. They are talking about the summit in the United States, their own continent not good idea and leaders in india not meeting. President obama is hosting the summit to discuss the pressing security, health and Development Issues facing the second largest continent in earth and turmoil in nigeria and Central African public and south sudan has a lot to talk about, the International Monetary funds projects 6. 1 Economic Growth in the region this year. Now the summit is not without controversy. As we mentioned African Leaders wont give one on one meetin
I think also, i have a word for you because it isnt one, there has to be twoway communication. Start with addressing the gap between the perception and reality. The position is far from reality about africa. 45 african countries [indiscrenible] i challenge you to sue the Chinese Government in the Chinese Government world . You American Business people ask for good laws, transparency, lack of corruption. Can we politely ask you for the same . Can you please do business, you are welcome, make as much money as you can but can you please pay your taxes because it is a major problem. It is causing huge problem in africa. Finally, this is causing us problem with different lawyers and Financial Advisors you can throw rings but dont do that. Also for respect of the longcare in africa, if you want longcare, you have to do clean business or it will come bite you on the back side. One thing i want to say about the American Government and i am surprised that the uk is pushing for transparency of o