But when this is the staff and two more launching full scale operations against the activists. Gretchen residences are occupying government buildings in several cities are demanding greater autonomy the government said on monday deadline for them to please. The activists in the City Attorney and skin and elsewhere have ignored thats about one thousand protesters gathered in an amount provincial government buildings. The Associated Press in other News Agencies are reporting on the build up in the neighboring province they say one helicopter and more than ten Armored Vehicles with ukrainian flags are quiet on the outskirts of the city of the zeal. And they say ukrainian soldiers with automatic rifles are inspecting vehicles. White House Press Secretary j carney said ukrainian leaders have a responsibility to maintain law and order the best way to de escalate the situation is for the armed militants to leave the buildings they see us. I also know that we strongly support the governments e
Families of japanese abducted decades ago to north korea are holding onto the hope that theyll see their relatives again. North korean authorities last week agreed to start a new investigation into the fate of the abductees. They reached the agreement with japanese negotiators during three days of talks in stockholm. The families attended a rally near tokyo hoping to build on the momentum. Translator north korea now seems to be serious. But we would like to ask the japanese government to check whether thats true. Japanese government Officials Say agents kidnapped at least 17 japanese nationals in the 1970s and 80s. Iizuka said the north koreas change of heart may be a good chance for them and their relatives. Translator north korea seems willing to compromise compared to before. But the situation is still very difficult. Agents kidnapped yokatas daughter megumi in 1977. Yokata says she expects a tough road ahead but she says shell do all she can to see her daughter again. Japanese offi
But one dire forecast leaked today from a federal agency is drawing particular scrutiny at the highest levels. The white house today pushing back hard on a interagency report from fema that shows in the next month the number of coronavirus deaths could rise to 3,000 per day in the number of infections could rise to 200,000 per day from the current 25,000. In a statement, the white house saying this is not a white house document, nor has it been presented to the Coronavirus Task force or god through interagency vetting. This data is not reflective of any of the modeling done by the task force or the data that the task force has analyzed. Fox news is told that dr. Deborah birx has seen the report in disagrees with the projections. Two important model showed the forecast getting worse. The centers for Disease Control now predicting a total of 100,000 deaths in the next few weeks. The institute for Health Metrics and evaluation now forecasting nearly 135,000 deaths, almost double the previ
Recent developments in north korea most notably the february 12, 2013 nuclear test and the december 12, 2012 missile test highlight the growing threat that north korea poses to the United States, our allies and friends in the region, and the increasing dangers of severe instability on the Korean Peninsula. Given this growing threat i believe that this committee needs to take a close look at current u. S. Policy towards north korea; evaluate its effectiveness; and identify any midcourse corrections or new measures that are required to get our north korea policy right. I understand that as we convene this hearing this morning that up in new york the United Nations Security Council is sitting down, right now, to consider a resolution that imposes additional sanctions on north korea. This new Security Council resolution, based on a u. S. China draft, includes tough new sanctions intended to impede north koreas ability to develop further its Illicit Nuclear and Ballistic Missile programs. T
Good morning. We have one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine senators. I think, senator grassley, we can get going. First off i want to thank senator paul for having a filibuster which kept everybody still in town so we can have a quorom to talk about guns that may not have been his number one reason for doing it, but we take ancillary benefits wherever they come from. Last week we all had the opportunity to talk about legislation before the Committee Regarding gun violence in america. We gave our speeches. And i hope we could make significant progress. Earlier this week i was joined by senator collins, senator durbin, gillibrand, and senator kirk in the introduction revised legislation to combat the straw purchasing and trafficking of firearms. Others have joined us in that bill including senator clow chew char, senator king, and ill plan when we get on it ill offer a substitute we find the provisions with the text of the leahycollins bill. I reach out to the senators, t