Government on Health Matters he says that in fact it could be as many as a 100000 new infections each day in reality because he says you have to count the people who are asymptomatic and people who are not getting tested now he says that the situation is extremely urgent that the next few weeks and france will be very very tense indeed Libyas National Oil Corporation says its reopened its last oil field that had been closed that means nearly all of libyas ports and facilities can potentially resume production soon most of the countrys oil exports were halted back in january by worldly for have to us forces based in east. A humanitarian cease fire has come into effect between azerbaijan and armenia to try to stop the conflict but as your previous attempts to stop the conflict both have already accused the other of violating the agreement the president of azerbaijan has warned that a military solution is still on the table a large crowds of protesters are currently marching towards the G
Coney barrett and later a look at the how the Affordable Care act is an issue this Election Year with the good morning. Its the washington journal for friday, october 16. Both president and joe biden held separate town halls. A variety of topics were the stuff discussed. Show you short bits from both of those town halls. In our first hour, we will ask you to comment. Us a callt to give and you support President Trump and mike pence, 202 7488001 is the number to call. If you support joe biden, 202 7488000. Maybe watch the town halls, you are undecided at this point, give us a call at 202 7488002. If you want to text us this morning, you can do that. You can post on our twitter feed. Our Facebook Pages available as well. Usa today offering a breakdown of some of the topics at the town halls you saw last night. Here are some of the breakdowns from that. When it comes to President Trump with Savannah Guthrie, they became heated at one point. The president called the moderator so cute and c
Get started let me center best wishes for a speedy recovery to President Trump, the first lady, as well as all the officials who work closely with the president. One month out from november 3 americans across the country have already started voting in the most important president ial election in a generation. President elect joe biden for reelected President Donald Trump will face a double digit unemployment situation and a global pandemic, a reckoning on racial inequality and a divided nation. The one institution that could help address these problems is the federal government. The federal government needs to be effective if it will deliver for the American People. That is why preparation and planning today is critical for effectiveness on january 20. Regardless of your wins a smooth transition this year is not enough in this year we need the best transition ever in american history. Should Vice President biden win the challenges are truly daunting. In normal times a new president fac
Domestic threats, they share their thoughts on the evolution of the position. Coronavirus and the next administrations priorities. Such an honor to be here and of course with this very, very impressive panel, im really honored to lead this conversation today. These gentlemen do not need an introduction but for good measure ill just run through the very, very top lines of their bios. General james jones is executive chairman emeritus, who served under barack obama as the nations 22nd National Security adviser in january 2009, previously he served as supreme allied Commander Europe and as the 32nd commandant of the marine corps. Nuclear technology company, he served as the 13th National Security adviser under president Ronald Reagan and is a retired marine corps officer. Its great to have you here too. And of course ambassador john bolton chairs the foundation for American Security and freedom, serving most recently as the 27th National Security adviser under President Donald Trump and a
There was a group of protesters who tried to cross the concrete barricades there are several levels of concrete barrier through a free i believe so they crossed the 1st barricades at which point the Security Forces deployed tear gas to push them back in the protesters subsequently weave through were were not hearing at this point of any. Any any lifo violence that is actually claimed the lives of the protesters so far only fear of gas well those who have been used to repel protesters who have tried to penetrate the fortified green zone. Protesters in belo rules say time is up for president Alexander Lukashenko to resign police have fired tear gas and arrested dozens of people in the western town of the leader Opposition Leader said lana to an os chaos says look i must step down by midnight will face a crippling general strike in chile a polling stations are open for a referendum on whether to change the constitution mass protests that sounded last year led to the vote demonstrators say