Of pockets of violence in lagos and make you remember where last nights attack happened. There has been some theres been some cases of austin and tides and properties both government and private and we also hear about 30 government buses have been burnt down in a bus station in a blue to mete in lagos one of the leading Television Private television stations in nigeria is off air and one of our sources is telling us that dutch station has been burned down by protesters its actually owned by a senior or influential politician in nigeria at least 12 women have been killed in a stampede in afghanistan theyve gathered with thousands of other people in a stadium in jalalabad to apply for visas to pakistan the pakistani consulate started issuing visas again last week after a 7 month pours due to the pandemic. 25 Afghan Security forces personnel have been killed and another 5 wounded at attacks by the taliban it happened in the Northern Province of talk call the taliban has intensified attack
Measures being put in place. Exit polls in poland predict a tight race between the 2 men battling it out to be president. And libya hits out at the u. A. E. Accusing it of being behind a blockade of its Oil Facilities. So theres been another record daily rise in the number of coronavirus cases around the world 230000 people have been infected more than a quarter of those are in the United States and the state of florida is being particularly badly hit it lifted restrictions in may and has just reopened disney well but it is also shots of the new National Record 4 cases in a single day as reports. A new tragic record the largest number of coronavirus cases diagnosed in a single day in a single state of florida more than 15000 confirmed cases and the death toll is rising this is a state that was one of the 1st to reopen its economy and its republican governor was defiant at 1st a lot of people in your profession who wax poetically for weeks and weeks about out florida was going to be jus
The committee on Foreign Affairs will come to order. The chair is authorized to declare a recess at any point and all members will have five days to submit statements, materials and questions for the record subject to the length, limitations in the rules. To insert something in the record please have your staff email the previously mentioned address or contact of the full committee staff. I see that we have a quorum and before i go forward i understand the speaker of the house, miss pelosi, will be stopping by this hearing and i ask unanimous consent she participate in any point she arrives during the hearing. So ordered. There she is. Madame speaker, would you like to make some remarks . Thank you very much, mr. Chairman. I thank you and mr. Mccaul, mr. Eliot engel for having this hearing today. It is with Great Sadness that i come here because we had such optimism and such hope. The u. S. Congress has always spoken in a bipartisan house and senate, democrats and republicans, with one
Journal, live at 7 00 eastern thursday morning. Be sure to join the discussion with your phone calls, facebook comments, text messages, and tweets. Announcer the House Foreign Affairs Committee Held a hearing on the implications of chinas new National Security law in hong kong, which has led to arrests and clashes between police and protesters. The new law coincides with the 23rd anniversary of the handover of hong kong between the United Kingdom and china. This is almost 3. 5 hours. Forum. E have a and before i go forward i understand the speaker of the house, ms. Pelosi, will be stopping by, and i ask unanimous consent that she participate at any point she arrives. And there she is. Madam speaker, would you like to make some remarks . Thank you very much, mr. Chairman. I thank you and mr. Mccaul, mr. Eliot engel for having this hearing today. It is with Great Sadness that i come here because we had such optimism and such hope. The u. S. Congress has always spoken in a bipartisan hous
I see that we have a quorum. Before i go forward, i understand the speaker of the house, ms. Pelosi will be stopping by. I must consent that she participate at any point she rise during the hearing. There she is. Madam speaker, would you like to make some remarks . Speaker pelosi thank you very mr. Chairman. For having this hearing today. It is with Great Sadness that i come here because we had such optimism and such hope. The u. S. Congress has always spoken and the bipartisan house and Senate Democrats and republicans with one voice and defense of those being oppressed by beijing in support of freedom, justice and real autonomy for the people of hong kong. We continue to urge president to hold chinese officials abuses,ble for including taking steps under the hong kong human rights and democracy act. We must consider all tools available, including economic penalties. Here today i am very honored to join the general secretary Hong Kong Confederation of trade union. Carl peterson, law o