Lady. One of the interesting things is the first lady, herself, was not in the room. Mr. Romney was there with his wife, ann romney, but the president was there without the first lady. Michelle obama was not in the room. I think that is what made mr. Romneys joke more awkward than it otherwise might have been. Campaigns can be grueling, exhausting. President obama and i each very lucky to have one person whos always in our corner, someone who we can lean on and someone whos a comforting presence without whom we wouldnt be able to go another day. I have my beautiful wife, ann, he has bill clinton. Which is a funny joke, but hes also a little bit mean to the first lady, right . Mr. Romney did go on at the end of his remarks to say very nice things, very nice and serious things about the whole obama family. That sort of softened the blow there a little bit. Michelle obama was also the subject of a selfdeprecatie ii joke from president obama, himself. Tomorrow its back to campaigning. Ive
I have my beautiful wife, ann, he has bill clinton. Which is a funny joke, but hes also a little bit mean to the first lady, right . Mr. Romney did go on at the end of his remarks to say very nice things, very nice and serious things about the whole obama family. That sort of softened the blow there a little bit. Michelle obama was also the subject of a selfdeprecating joke from president obama, himself. Tomorrow its back to campaigning. Ive been to cities and towns across our great country, and i hear the same thing everywhere i go. Honestly, we were hoping to see michelle. That was not president obamas funniest joke of the night, but it turns out that what he said there is actually kind of true. At least the underlying point of it, which is that people apparently really, really like to see Michelle Obama out on the campaign trail. This is mrs. Obama today speaking at a Campaign Rally in racine, wisconsin. There were Something Like 2,500 people, capacity crowd crammed in to see mrs. O
Chinas president having a torrid time 1st donald trump starts a trade war that hong kong explodes and prodemocracy candidates are elected to the city council now the United States has given itself the power to review beijings actions in the chinese territory and sanction chinese officials and have abused human rights there so what will beijings threatened firm countermeasures look like im phil gramm in berlin and this is the day. This act of the Us Government is completely wrong they are attempting to interfere with Hong Kong Affairs through this act and this plot will not work. To do as president. And democracy act thats the remarkable d achievement
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The headlines indias Tourist Attraction stay shut as the country overtakes russia to become the country with the worlds third highest confirmed coronavirus infections. A sharp rise in new cases has taken the total to about 690,000. More than 19,000 people have died so far. In the australian state of victoria, several breaches of Hotel Quarantine have led to a spike in coronavirus cases. In melbourne, over 30 suburbs have been locked down, and 3,000 residents living in Public Housing will not be able to leave their flats for m days. The authorities in the North Western spanish region of galicia have imposed restrictions on about 70,000 people after a fresh outbreak of the coronavirus. It comes a day after catalonia also introduced a local lockdown to curb the spread of covid 19. Now on bbc news, hardtalk. Welcome to hardtalk. I am stephen sackur. The people of hong kong are getting used to a new reality, a Draconian National security law made in china and imposed on the territory with n
A cameraman with dr. Nancy snyderman has contracted ebola. The cameraman will be flown back to the United States for treatment. A liberian official meantime says this man thomas duncan, the first person diagnosed with ebola in the u. S. Answered no on an airport questionnaire asking if he had cared for a patient with the virus. Witnesses say duncan had been helping ebola patients in liber liberia before traveling to the u. S. Health Officials Say theyre reaching out to as many as 100 people who may have had contact with him. That includes family members, people at the apartment where he stayed and the hospital where he was taken to the emergency room. Also United Airlines says its voluntarily contacting passengers who were onboard the same flights as duncan from brussels to washington, washington to dallas. Health officials have repeatedly said there was no chance of duncan spreading the virus during those flights sin since he was not showing symptoms of the disease, but they are con k