Francisco and went on to be elected statewide is California Attorney general and won her senate seat in 2016. She announced her candidacy for president back in january 2019 in oakland, california. She withdrew from the race in december of last year. Joining us from los angeles is seema mehta, l. A. Times political reporter, and in philadelphia, covering politics for politico, holly otterbein. And i want to begin with you, holly otterbein. It seems the Biting Campaign and did it search where it began. Can you tell us what led to her selection . Holly sure. When the primary was going on, in the debate between joe biden and Bernie Sanders. Biden broke the news that he was going to choose a woman as his Vice President ial nominee. That kind of kicked everything off, and then, a little while later, in april, he announced his Vice President ial search committee, which included four people, including former senator chris dodd, who has been a longtime friend and ally to biden. He took an impor
Than within plus. Im florence we invite kind state myanmars newest battleground with civilians are increasingly being caught in the middle of fighting between the Myanmar Military and the our economy on an ethnic. Turkeys Defense Ministry says 2 of its soldiers have been killed in syrias edler province in an attack by Government Forces Turkish Forces retaliated by striking Syrian Military targets 59 turkish soldiers have been killed in it live since uncorrupt began its military Campaign Last month also hes president has voted to continue the offensive on low. Or shaky none of our martyrs none of our veterans and none of their blood none of their drops of blood will be in vain we are going to continue our struggle as we aimed and hopefully with the help of god were going to build a strong turkish republic. And russia is accusing turkey of breaking an agreement to create a Demilitarized Zone in Northern Syria and helping board it calls terrorist groups in the province where turkey hasnt
A fast flowing river. And billionaire businessman Mike Bloomberg drops out of the democratic president ial race and gives his backing to joe biden. Is schoolin pick organizers insist the cancellation of joys so kill games isnt being considered the torch relay through japan also set to start this month despite the coronaVirus Outbreak. A very warm welcome to news our top story italy is closing all schools universities and cinemas until march the 15th as it battles to contain its corona Virus Outbreak the death toll there is jumped to 107 now this is the largest number of confirmed deaths outside of china Public Events have also been cancelled across parts of europe asia and the middle east also the International Monetary fund has issued a warning that the outbreak is likely to slow Global Economic growth this year there is john hull begins our coverage. Contagion is spreading quickly across europe and the world and that means anxiety as much as the covered 900. 00 virus itself staff at
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And beyonce receives nine nominations for americas top music awards, the grammys, many for a track about the killing of george floyd. Hello, and welcome. This weekend, france will start relaxing its second lockdown, with non essential shops re opening from saturday. Then, from mid december travel restrictions will be lifted in time for christmas. The french president , emmanuel macron, said the country had passed the peak of the second wave. Paul hawkins has more. France has been under lockdown since the start of november. Non essentialshops, bars, and restaurants are shut, social gatherings banned. Here, you can only home for work, shopping, exercise or medical help. However, from this weekend. Translation all shops will be allowed to open in Home Services will be allowed to resume, within the framework of a Strict Health protocol. According to these rules they can remain open until 9pm at the latest. The relaxing of restrictions is because on monday france reported 4,452 daily infect