Im David Rubenstein coming from the library of congress, the Jefferson Building and its part of our National Book festival and have a pleasure of interviewing richard hoss who is the president of a foreign relation and ive written a new eczema book called the world a brief introduction by richard hoss, thank you very much for coming today. Great to be with you. For those of you that dont know your background, i want to talk a little bit about the bo book, you are native of new york and went to college in ohio and became a Rhodes Scholar, what did you do to become a Rhodes Scholar and for those of you who are not aware there is only 32 people picked every year in the Rhodes Scholar and youre one of the top 32 students, what did you do to be one of the top 32 students when you graduated. My children would claim it was an administrative error i did nothing to confuse the scholarship, i could also answer i was one of 32 people who peaked young and peaked at the right time, my own guess i h
From their homes in azerbaijan families have fled their homes and hearts are to take refuge in a school Bernard Smith is in melbourne a car but. There was this shelling of targets in step and with large large scale weaponry and thats the 1st time thats happened here since the end of the war in 1994 and there were further targets hit this morning but as really spooked people people are very concerned more women and children are leaving the city and others are taking shelter below ground so there is real concern about the the change of tempo here really as people worry that this conflict might escalate before theres any chance of it deescalating. Spain is limiting who can leave or enter the capital including setting up Police Checkpoints as part of new coronavirus restrictions the Central Government insists the measures are necessary but a regional official say the shutdown will cause uncertainty and unrest sudans traditional Transitional Government has signed a peace deal with the rebel
Get started let me center best wishes for a speedy recovery to President Trump, the first lady, as well as all the officials who work closely with the president. One month out from november 3 americans across the country have already started voting in the most important president ial election in a generation. President elect joe biden for reelected President Donald Trump will face a double digit unemployment situation and a global pandemic, a reckoning on racial inequality and a divided nation. The one institution that could help address these problems is the federal government. The federal government needs to be effective if it will deliver for the American People. That is why preparation and planning today is critical for effectiveness on january 20. Regardless of your wins a smooth transition this year is not enough in this year we need the best transition ever in american history. Should Vice President biden win the challenges are truly daunting. In normal times a new president fac
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Mcconnell says all legislative activity will be rescheduled to later in the month but Committee Work like the confirmation hearing for a Supreme Court nominee Amy Kone Barrett will continue. To other code news and indias surging outbreak has now killed more than 100000 people nearly 10 percent of all cope with 19 related deaths in the world its the 3rd country to record that number after the u. S. And brazil india was hit harder than any other country in september causing the highest daily number for infections. In the world. The use of mosques and Hand Sanitizer has gone down drastically even messages on phones when you call someone about the use of mosques sanitizer and social distancing people are listening to it i need to ignore it even in the hospitals people come here without mosques inside the hospital we remind them to use mosques but they take the mosques off again and again francisco that 1000 outbreak has once again hit record levels with almost 17000 new cases confirmed in