Host last question quickly, alexis. About transition planning, can you describe what the Economic Team is doing collectively, how far you are in thinking about transition planning, coordination, information gathering . Mr. Furman i can tell you for the council of economic advisors that weve had a long standing tradition of we hire our staff mostly one year at a time and they work from summer to summer. So i am right now hiring the staff that will work for me for six months and work for the next president , whoever he or she is for the First Six Months of their term. Certainly in my experience in this administration, president bush as a whole had an extremely effective transition and one that we would like to emulate, and i know the council of economic advisors, its always worked well, and it wont be an exception this time. Is there one person for the Economic Team thats coordinated who is the designated mr. Furman i dont have anything for you on that process. You cant say . Mr. Furman
Clothing, and also those who may be off work now because of the disaster. So we dont have a budget. Were not moving along to ensure that fema that has seen a lot of disasters over the last two years has the necessary funding to to to to do their job. That is a broken moral compass. It also reflects the constitution because we are old and owed an equal treatment under the law and due process under the fifth amendment. Theres no due process, when i hear that one area is under water and were not able to get help. Let me also say that as i watch a broken moral system, i also look at the predicament that we will be in with the zika virus. My colleague, mr. Jeffries, mentioned the open yoid crisis and the the Opioid Crisis and the water crisis in flint and around the nation and the hard work done by members in michigan and mr. Kildee. They need a budget to be able to fund the crisis, or to help repair the crisis, restoretive dollars that a budget does to give a road map to the appropriators.
Vago what are some of Global Trends we saw . The stabilization of european picture. Year after the 2008 crisis, reducing spending about 2 a year. Is the end ofture the commodities cycle. This affects all away from the middle east and latin america. Tc decelerations middle east and about 10 a year. In themes down to 1 last year. The third major area is the study increases we seeing in asia and russia. Doubledigit until 2016. Vago last year you said that russia was going to be an unsustainable spending spree. Russia has had to cut back on social services, but has stayed on track on defense spending. How has that changed in the last year . Picture of the trajectory it was going great last year the russian economy click declined at 3 , while defense spending was evident doubledigit rate. That is not a single picture, and in 2016 average spending of 10 a year increase. They are basically the. I think from now on it will be a question of trying to maintain that level of spending rather than
Skill levels and this morning 6th degree black belt greg teach some tai chi. Shaolin kung fu chinese ; pinyin sholnglngfu , also called shaolinwushu fs; sholnwsh , is among the oldest institutionalized styles of chinese martial arts. Known in chinese as shaolinquan chinese ; pinyin sholnqun or shaolinwugong chinese f; pinyin was developed in the buddhist Shaolin Temple in henan province, china. During the 1500 years of its development, Shaolin Kung Fu, with its rich content, became one of the largest schools of kung fu. The name shaolin is also used as a brand for the so called external styles of kung fu. Many styles in southern and northern china use the name shaolin. Like the usual system of chinese martial arts, shaolin combat methods are taught via forms w; tol. Some forms, like small hongquan, have just one section, and some, like big hongquan, more smaller parts, which every part can be considered a form itself. Some forms technically closely coupled together and are considered o
Palestinian has been killed preventing a knife attack. And in sport. Rugby and the twickenham stadium. New zealand preparing to go head to head with south africa. There are signs of significant diplomatic shifts over the war in syria. Russia says its ready to provide air support for the free syrian army. Russia also says it wants syria to prepare for elections for its parliament and wt. Within the past few minutes, the foreign minister lavrov says he and the secretary of state, john kerry discussed launching a political protest between syrias government and the opposition. Joining suss the coeditor joining us is the coered tore from a middle eastern magazine and head of the special envoy to syria. Thank you for talking to us at al jazeera. This seems to be a process that started at the vienna talks a couple of days soing. Thats right. The americans, saudis and turks held a meeting at the end of the last few days and great to reconvene because of an expanded fashion, including jordan, q