At the surge in grown a virus cases in several countries. The power of a boycott Anti Government she led protests in thailand cribbed affective forcing some companies to pull their commercials from television. Television Security Forces have detained dozens of protesters a massive antigovernment rally in the capital minsk president Alexander Lukashenko house repeatedly issued threats of violence against the demonstrators but instead theyre continuing to defy those warnings and calling for him to step down but its myth has the latest from neighboring lithuania. There is still some number. As for the 10s of thousands of protesters on the streets of ments. The ministry of interior in valorous has warned them that demonstrations are illegal closing off city squares and streets but that hasnt stopped people descending on the capital for a 4th week of protest against the continued leadership of president Alexander Lukashenko he claims he won the august 9th election with 80 percent of the vot
In colombias capital as the country easiest coronavirus restrictions but there are concerns it could cause infections to rise. We begin in south korea where typhoon has made landfall just a few hours ago its now traveling inland words are expected to bring strong winds and heavy rain hi shirley a battered japan forcing more than 1800000 people to leave their homes tens of thousands of buildings have been left without power its the 2nd storm to hit the region in a week rob mcbride joins us live now from pearl hang in south korea rob so just bring us up to date with whats happening 1st in south korea where you are. So i guess has come ashore it came ashore at the city of also in that which is further south there was some debate about whether it would stay out at sea but it has come ashore and is now working its way further north from us but holding it to the east coast of the peninsula as it moves. Up there they came ashore obviously with very strong winds to wrench all rain it was mitig
Is always virus lurking and last week it took installing the markets. Corporations are upping their expectations to earnings. We might get back to fundamentals at some point. Happens hopefully that because that is what it all comes down to, the u. S. Corporate profit outlook. With the virus still lurking, and the idea we are still in the first wave that hit new york first and is now spreading around the country, that has to make it difficult for countries to plan for the future. To the degree they are able to bring up assets for the future, they were brought down. Still lots of uncertainty. It is one of the cases where the proof will be in the pudding. Lets see how many stores look at apple closing their stores. Lets see how the reopening process goes, lets see how the payrolls report coming out thursday goes for the month of june. So much data, so much uncertainty, quite some time before we have a clear picture. Hopefully we do have a reconnection to what you are talking about, move b
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Other Department Officials testified before a House Appropriations subcommittee on the agencys response to the coronavirus pandemic. Secretary wilkie provided an update on the care the v. A. Has provided through the pandemic and talked about some of the challenges moving forward. This is 2. 5 hours. A military briefing for a full year. When my dad was the artillery commander, they asked the second airborne to come visit. He was troubled. So i have touched royalty. Secretary wilkie is here for important testimony. Do i have the mic on . I can officially call the subcommittee on military construction, Veterans Affairs, and related agencies to order. I would like to welcome secretary wilkie, who is our witness this morning, joining us. Since this is our first hearing with some numbers participating remotely, i would like to begin by offering a brief explanation of how it will work, in order to benefit both members and the public. First, this hearing room has been configured to maintain th