Pbs newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by moving our economy for 160 years. Bnsf, the engine that connects us. Lincoln financial is committed to helping you take charge ofou your future. Supporting social entrepreneurs and their solutions to the worlds most pressing problems skollfoundation. Org. The ford foundation. Working with visionaries on the frontlines of social change worldwide. And with the ongoing support of these institutions and friends of the newshour. This program was made possible by the corporation forp public broadcasting. And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Sreenivasan the u. S. And russia neared an agreement today that aims to reduce hostilities in syria. Word of the progress came after an hourslong meeting in geneva between secretary of state john kerry and his russian counterpart sergei lavrov. Kerry said the deal, if completed, will make the possibility of a lasting truce more likely. But he conced
Pbs newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by moving our economy for 160 years. Bnsf, the engine that connects us. Lincoln financial is committed to helping you take charge ofou your future. Supporting social entrepreneurs and their solutions to the worlds most pressing problems skollfoundation. Org. The ford foundation. Working with visionaries on the frontlines of social change worldwide. And with the ongoing support of these institutions and friends of the newshour. This program was made possible by the corporation forp public broadcasting. And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Sreenivasan the u. S. And russia neared an agreement today that aims to reduce hostilities in syria. Word of the progress came after an hourslong meeting in geneva between secretary of state john kerry and his russian counterpart sergei lavrov. Kerry said the deal, if completed, will make the possibility of a lasting truce more likely. But he conced
Declare add national emergency, many feared authorities wont be able to contain the spread. Residents of guinea became the first victims of the outbreak in february. Then the virus spread to sierra leo leone, liberia and now nigeria. More than 900 people have died in the worst outbreak of ebola in history. Nigerian authorities announced a man who flew in to liberia from legos tied and a nurse that treated him died and Health Care Worker whose are believed to have had direct contact with him are infected. The first patient was quarantined at legos airport but the man was not held in sec collusion. He was taken to a hospital in the city. Medical staff treated him without wearing special protective gear. We have a crisis on our hands. For me, yes, its a national emergency. Government officials are preparing to set up special tents nationwide to quarantine patients. Liberias Vice President is calling for boarder control. He told african and u. S. Leaders there needs to be restrictions on t
Agencies in america that are also engaged directly or indirectly in the administration of our tax code as well. Please join me in thanking senator lee and senator rubio. Thank you. [ applause ] thank you. Next week the United States will begin chairing the Arctic Council, a group that sets policy for the arctic, regarding drilling and other issues. Eight countries are members of the Arctic Council, the u. S. , canada, denmark, finland iceland, norway, russia, and sweden. And this morning at the center for strategic and International Studies the chairman of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources committee, police leesiae ia Lisa Murkowski of alaska, is speaking. Some of the issues also facing the arctic such as Climate Change, pollution and the health of the Indigenous People who live in the arctic the discussion expected to last several hours should get under way shortly. This meeting happening, this International Meeting happening as a number of other International Ministers and lead
Demonstrating technologies in transparent manners. So that means in some sort of public manner, whether its through the work of the National Labs. We have the work of National Labs across the country that are part of the department of energy. Whether its through public, private partnerships and many of which are referenced and surveyed in the study or through academic work, but in order for policymakers to rely on science and Technology Demonstration in policy making, that work is going to have to be done in a transparent manner that the public can have confidence in. I think you will see quite a few of the recommendations in the study have that in mind and we very much look forward in identifying ways that the department of energy can be part of that continued resource and that demonstration. The many will ask why the arctic, why now outside of this leadership imperative when we have such a tremendous abundance of domestic oil and gas in the lower 48, and the simple answer to that que