buildings collapse, then a tsunami brings even more devastation. we ll have the latest. and signs of the times from banners and billboards to old school lawn signs, these displays of democracy have been seen as a predictor for an area s election results. how true is that? we begin with a look at today s eye opener, your world in 90 seconds. millions more will vote by tuesday. and i believe when you use your power to vote, we ll change the course of this country and the course of history. there are just three days left before election day. there will be no heating in the winter. no air conditioning in the summer and no electricity whatever the hell you want it. right now you have it made. you re so lucky. you are so lucky i m your president. we are better than this. and we deserve better than this. the candidates race across the country fighting over votes in the battleground states. it s really a choice between the trump boom and a biden depression. we are
these layers of activity of connectivity, of tension. in ninth cirque you will court conference is available on line at c-span.org. we will leave it here as the air force association is marking the service branch s 71st anniversary today with its annual air, space and cyber conference. live coverage here on c-span 3. happy birthday to my fellow air men. i m big dree general chris short. welcome to the panel on overcoming the pilot shortage. the nation is not producing the number of highly trained pilots needed for commercial and military needs. u.s. commercial airline hiring speed exceeded 4,000 pilots in 2018 as is expected to increase for the foreseeable future. the boeing company in july of this year released their 20-year outlook that stated the requirement for commercial pilots will double to 635,117 in north america. there will be an additional requirement for over 97,000 business pilots over the same period. in the next ten years 42% of the major carriers in the un
purpose. we gather here as airmen deeply committed to the defense of our country with thank you for your continued service to us all and of course, mary spencer, thank you for your leadership of afa. it s been quite a year since the last day of the conference and for that i want to publicly thank my wingman. our chief of staff, dave goldstein and his wife dawn, thank you for your good advice. your sense of purpose and your wonderful sense of humor and to our chief master sergeant in the air force and his wife tania. this guy just keeps fixing things. you are a role model for us all, chief, but i am not going to volunteer to be tased. doing something for a purpose, sometimes it s hard to see the sweep of history when we are just trying to get today s work done which is why it s important to come together from time to time like this, to take stock of where we are so we can reaffirm where we need to go. a hundred years ago in the early morning of september 26th, 1918 in the or
a senior officialfrom the world health organization has warned countries around the globe to prepare immediately for the further spread of the coronavirus. there s particular concern about the number of cases in iran. the deputy health minister there, who s been at the forefront of efforts to control the spread of infection, has now tested positive for the virus. our correspondent rana rahimpour from bbc persian has the latest. here in tehran the authorities spray disinfectant outside the home of a man who has died from the coronavirus. officially, 16 people have died and 95 are infected, but many believe the real figures to be far higher. on monday, iran s deputy health minister, here on the left, publicly denied a cover up, while he himself looked unwell. 2a hours later, he took to twitter to reveal he had been diagnosed with the virus. translation: i would like to inform you that i also have got corona. i had fever from yesterday. my primary test results came up positive l
parts of the river severn reach record levels as severe flood warnings remain in place in shropshire. and in place in shropshire. on tuesday, where else cou be and on tuesday, where else could we be but only home to the world s first ever pancake race? the foreign office has changed its travel advice for britons travelling to italy, after the coronavirus death toll there rose to ii. the government now says it advises against all but essential travel to ten towns in northern italy, which are currently in isolation. meanwhile the impact of the coronavirus here and around the world is intensifying. in the canary islands hundreds of tourists have been told they can t leave their hotel after an italian doctor staying there tested positive. here in the uk, two schools have closed after pupils went to affected parts of italy during half term. the vast majority of cases still remain in china, but there are significant clusters elsewhere. there are more than 77,000 cases on the chines