Venue is a person off occasion to reach to the venue as a place of worship. Is the church of the for the dr its. A very warm welcome to the program from all of us here at r t h q in moscow thanks for joining us this hour now we start in the west of england where several people are injured after a large explosion outside of bristol and the blast occurred a few hours ago at a waste Water Treatment facility according to police a chemical tank caught fire but the cause is unknown at this point the fire service has described it as a Major Incident saying we can confirm there are multiple casualties on site helicopters are flying over the area and there are several ambulances and fire engines at the scene. In todays other news less than 10. 00 for a coded immunity thats the price for Russia Sputnik the vaccine internationally as it was presented to the Un General Assembly on wednesday moscow wants the job to be available to the whole world and has already agreed on deliveries to Foreign Coun
Wave, we have begun to see a gradual decline. The number of people in intensive care units due to covid19 went from 4900 to 4300 today. From this data we see the peak of the second wave of the epidemic is over with. Last time i spoke, we were worried figures would be even worse than this. We avoided those. Firstly because our efforts, yours efforts have paid off. The spirit you displayed was effective. Furthermore, we learned to better cope with and treat patients to avoid some of the serious forms that could have struck down our fellow citizens and weighed more heavily on our ic units. I would like to pay tribute to devotion of the hospital and Health Care Providers who cope with this in spite of the fatigue. I pay tribute to the associations, volunteers, professionals, who also provided assistance. All of us together have been able to save lives. We have been successful in slowing circulation of this virus, but we mustnt lose sight of our other health concern. First, we must continue
At 202 7488003. You can join the conversation by texting us at that same number, also going to twitter cspanwj or facebook. Com cspan. The acting defense secretary outlined the president s decision yesterday. [video clip] by january 15, 2021, our forces, their size and afghanistan will be 2500. Iraq will alsoin be 2500 by that date. With ouronsistent established plans and strategic objectives. Supported by the American People. It does not equate to a change in u. S. Policy or objectives. Moreover, this decision by the president is based on continuous engagement with his National Security cabinet over the month past. Including ongoing discussions with me and my colleagues across the u. S. Government. I have also spoken with our military commanders and we all will execute this repositioning in the way that protects our fighting men and women, partners in the Intelligence Community, diplomatic corps, and our superb allies that are critical to iraqiding afghan and Civil Society. Secretarya
Now. Hes tlets begin with the election. What do you think is the state of the Republican Party after november 3rd . Its surprising. Its an election where you had the rare event of an incumbent president getting voted out. Down battllot, they did so well. There was a lot of expectation that after this election if the polls were right and it was going to be a blowout for democrats, that there would be a lot of grappling within the party about what it stabnds for and what the future is. I havent seen that at all. Republicans feel like what the outcome particularly down ballot is justification of everything that the president has been doing and that trumpism has worked. You had a situation where democrats were expected to take another 10 to 12, 15 seats and have lost close to 10 in the house. Democrats are very demoralized about not getting the senate. Everybody that waswas hoping fo conversation among the party about what we stand for, i think thats put on. For the time being, despite the
Consecutive day. They say the country is still far from ending its lockdown. U. S. Secretary of state mike pompeo is in israel for a three day visit. It comes as the countrys Prime Minister in bahrains foreign minister held talks, the first since normalizing relations earlier this year. The talks supported by the Trump Administration has angered palestinians. A visit to an israeli settlement, the first ever by a u. S. Sectary of state. Reporter stepping off a plane in israel in what is his last International Tour as u. S. Secretary of state, mike pompeo reasserting changes to many of the longstanding policies under Donald Trumps fouryear term, including the recognition of jerusalem as israels capital. It is great to be back in jerusalem. Reporter standing alongside the Prime Minister of israel and the foreign minister of bahrain, he held a series of accords between israel and a number of nations. This agreement tells malign actors like iran that their influence in the region is waning.