How have you been. We call ourselves partners in crime. That we are not going to talk about the crime part of it, just to the partner part. What has been interesting since ive been in the position of library of congress is the fact that people ask me what does the National Archives do. What does the archivist do a and then theres a confusion around the history and the role of each of the institutions, and ive learned a lot about that even in coming up to reclaim the declaration of independence, the bill of rights. We call it the constitution. And that was held by the library of congress and the type of thing. It wasnt until the 1930s the United States got serious about its records. Iwas Franklin Roosevelt was passionate about records and that we actually created and he signed the legislation that created the archives. The charters had been in the custody of the state department independent of library of congress when the archives building was built, a beautiful tabernacle was created f
The most prominent critic of the russian government is in a coma alexei of on his supporters suspect he was poisoned this is not the 1st time such an attack has occurred so a russian critics now at risk more than ever this is inside story. And i welcome to the program. The leading russian opposition politician. Is fighting for his life at a hospital in siberia his family and supporters say he was poisoned now vonnie fell ill during a flight to moscow forcing an Emergency Landing in the city of his stuff suspect boys and was put in his tea at an airport cafe not fun his family wants him moved to germany for treatment but doctors have told his wife his condition is unstable and hes too ill to transfer now bunnys team says the hospital is blocking his move and the pressure from the kremlin and im going to craft with a team of specialists was reporter they sent from germany to collect him will bring guests in a moment 1st this report from aurora challenge. The groans of a man in obvious pa
Them in one of the neighborhoods that has been affected by floods from the nile river and ill be telling you about the impact of the floods on neighborhoods and the government response. British and e. U. Negotiators meet for another round of discussions as the u. K. Threatens to leave the block without a trade deal. And im leah harding with all the days sports Serena Williams books her place in the u. S. Open quarterfinals as she moves closer to a record equalling 24th grand slam singles title. Thanks for joining us many have called it genocide and now 2 soldiers from me and amar may have provided the evidence needed to bring a case to the International Criminal courts there are reports the 2 men are in the hague in what could be a breakthrough in the search for justice over the killing of muslim. Human rights group 45 wright says it has seen tape confessions from 2 soldiers who say they deserted from the me and maher army and in the lengthy videos the men admitted to massacres rapes a
Roping. How detail from 2000000 more soldiers could help bring a genocide case to the International Criminal courts. Im morgan and above all of them in one of the neighborhoods that has been affected by floods from the nile river and ill be telling you about the impact of the floods on neighborhoods and the government response. Top drugmaker as promised to uphold safety as President Donald Trump pushes for a Coronavirus Vaccine before election day. And im really wellings with the strongest news as all are told are false teams get the all clear to continue. Testing positive for forestall from different teams and even the bright star right to do have caught a virus from our same story. Welcome to the news hour new details are emerging about the disappearance of a prominent Opposition Leader who is seen being snatched from the streets in minsk protesters are demanding the release of Maria Cardona whose whereabouts remain a mystery to fellow activists say unknown men tried to force her acr
Were looking at a sharp selloff for the nasdaq, down 271 points right now, the s p and nasdaq snapped a winning streak on friday. The markets are down across the board. Large labor day parties raising concerns about a coronavirus spike. Creating a futuristic Fan Experience at the u. S. Open. Watson using Artificial Intelligence to allow fan interaction, even with empty stands. Mornings with maria is live right now. Global markets this morning are under pressure, take a look at european indices, markets are under pressure as concerns grow over a no deal brexit. The cac is down 63 and the dax is lower by 108. Germany is showing signs of a slow recovery. Exports rising 4. 7 in the month of july, imports were up just over 1 . That was far below prepandemic levels. Checking asian markets this morning, take a look at what happened overnight, green across the board in asia, best performer as you can see japan, nikkei average up three quarters of a percent, same situation with the shanghai com