Received by a president ial ticket in american history. Its task, of course, will be daunting. The darkest days of the covid19 pandemic are unfortunately ahead of us. More than 100,000 americans have been diagnosed with covid a day in more than 1000 americans are dying. Soon, thankfully we will have an administration actually acknowledges the healthcare crisis and an administration that takes its job seriously that will listen to the council scientists and doctors and work to improve the lives of all americans regardless of who they voted for. Already the Incoming Administration is preparing to hit the ground running and yesterday the president elect announced his covid19 task force in a group of the nations Top Public Health experts and scientists who advised the Incoming Administration on policy. Todays Senate Democrats will receive a briefing from one of president elect bidens scientific advisors former surgeon general. They expect will be the first of many conversations about how t
A few days ago brazil the worst a country in the region has over 5000000 people infected with the coronavirus 157000 people there have died. Across the world theres been Something Like 42000000 people infected 10000000 of those are in latin america so its got around about a quarter of all the cases in the world and the number of deaths approaching the 400000 marks a grim picture right across the region very few bright spots to be had anywhere the numbers only seem to be going up every everywhere you look a year or so ago the world bank predicted that the whole region economies in the region would grow by 1. 8 percent theyve now revised that talking about a 7. 2 percent drop across the region and were already seeing the consequences of businesses closing tens of thousands of people losing their jobs and many many people moving having to move out onto the streets. U. S. President donald trump has cast an early ballot near his private resort in florida he went to a polling station in West
Six russian Intelligence Officers are charged in paszek attacks. Our u. S. In past tech attacks. Our u. S. Elections at risk . Fake reviews are spiking. How the ecommerce giant is running damage control ahead of an unprecedented holiday season. Stocks falling amid no stimulus plan on l. Senate Majority Leader Mitch Mcconnell saying he would bring a vote to the floor tomorrow or wednesday. Democratic new york senator Chuck Schumer says the republican plan is unacceptable with key parts of the economy slowing down and no end to the pandemic insight, what is investor appetite. All of that against the backdrop of these stimulus issues. Not so good. Abigail so good, and not a great day for wall street either in anticipation of difficulties here. After the close, futures right now. It will be interesting to see right now if there is any reaction. The s p 500 index in the premarket, up about half a percent. Big tech getting hit even more. Investors wanting out of those names such as apple, am
Now, president bush. About 30 seconds we will be going on the air. In about 30 seconds we will be going on the air. Good evening, welcome to the first of three debates among the major candidates for president of the United States, sponsored by the commission on president ial debates. The candidates are independent candidate ross perot, governor bill clinton, the democratic nominee, and president george bush, republican nominee. I am jim lehrer and i will be the moderator for this 98 minute event, taking place before an audience here in the Athletic Complex on the campus of Washington University in st. Louis, missouri. Three journalists will be asking questions tonight. They are john mack she of the boston globe, and compton, and sandra van ocher. A format agreed to by representatives of the clinton and bush campaigns. That agreement contains no restrictions on the content or subject matter of the questions. Each candidate will have up to two minutes for a closing statement. The order o
This agreement and if that happens then we will begin the steps towards normalization. If you have some of the u. S. Ambassador after President Trump suggested that egypt might blow up ethiopias grand really. The projects been a source of tension since construction began in 2011 if the o. P. s sudan and egypt a failed to reach an agreement after nearly a decade of negotiations hammad vaal has more i want to just congratulate words of pride after brokering going to agree ment to between sudan and israel to normalize ties but president Donald Trumps next remarks suggested a new conflict in the media africa region its a very dangerous situation because egypt is not going to be able to live that way and theyll end up blowing up to them and i said and they said loud and clear dont blow up that dam and they have to do something because they could have stopped it they should or started long before we started i said how do you let it get built and then you say. Trump preceded those words with