I am telling you, if we ever clean up plastics in the ocean, it will be because of these two folks and senator lee, and i wi be willing coconspirators. I have been told about this a lot, and im astounded by the problem mankind has created for the oceans. We can be better stewards of gods creation. We are going to have a hearing today about some solutions, and we are going to find a way to create some kind of fund that people can contribute to. I know they are doing it for the world bank, but i like the global fund idea where you come together under American Leadership to solve the problem. To our two colleagues, to live for your leadership. Senator leahy . Thank you, mr. Chairman. With all the jokinthat goes back and forth, it isafe to say that the chairman d i feel very strongly about this. We do want to help. Were inwhitehouse and vietm last year, and we met with the vietnamese officials and scientists to discuss Ocean Plastic pollution and had a great meeting, and we talked about a
Theres a greek devotion to the facemask, new exhibition in japan designed to pay homage to mask wearing culture and sport to european champions by munich face actually did the german side are looking to extend their back or Champions League winning. Streak to 16 matches the race to roll out a corona virus vaccine is exaggerating with more pharmaceutical companies, seeking emergency approval fines and biome tackle, seeking european regulate tree approval to declare their joint covert. 19 shot safe to use. The review is due to be finished by december, the 29th. Well that means it could be rolled out before the end of this month in england, month long stay at home, order is due to expire. Later politicians are set to vote on new tiered restrictions to replace it, but m. P. s in the government, conservative party are divided on whether to support the proposals. Thats as the Economic Impact of the pandemic is hitting the u. K. About 25000. 00 jobs are at risk 2 of its biggest clothing retai
100,000 people by the end of this year. Ethiopia says a u. N. Team is shot at after not stopping at two checkpoints. In the United States, covid19 cases have passed 15 million with no slowdown in sight. Even with the Pfizer Vaccine rollout beginning across the atlantic in the u. K. , the countrys leaders are promising a way out. Starting with president elect joe biden, he says he is going to get a grip on the pandemic once he is sworn in. Has a plan for the first 100 days. This team will help get at the last 100 million covid19 vaccine at least 100 million Covid Vaccine shots into the arms of the American People in the first 100 days. 100 million shots in the first 100 days. The u. S. Has secured enough doses of the pfizer shot for 50 Million People but the drugmakers say the Trump Administration had the opportunity to double that order after Clinical Trials had proved it was effective. The president promised to make sure americans get vaccinated before aid goes to other countries. We
The only regret that we have is you are not able to be with us here in person to enjoy the beauty. My name is doctor travis morris. I have the privilege and honor to be the executive director and also the director for the war center and for everyone, this initiative is part of a program with the University Global resilience and security. Global resilience and security. Part of a larger Strategic Initiative the Environmental Security initiative for the university. We are thrilled all of you are joining us today for the very special presentation and this event to a war adam the 2020 military writer award. I would like to mention a couple administrative details before i introduced him and we present the award. For those of you that are not familiar with the award or those of you that are, we have created a special video that provides some context and background of the award, some previous recipients and we just ask you go to our website, the link has been pushed out via chat and just take
Confirmed friday. Osaka has signaled its entering a local state of emergency due to the strain on the medical system. Authorities there are calling on people to avoid all nonessential outings until december 15th. Translator the number of people in serious condition will not decrease unless the number of infections falls. We need to practice selfrestraint in the shortterm to save lives. The governor of neighboring kyoto prefecture is urging people to refrain from traveling to osaka as much as possible. The death toll continues to rise in japan. Over the past three days, more than 30 people a day have died. In the week up to thursday, a total of 196 people died. Translator basically, the difference between the virus that spread in july and the virus that is spreading now is not large. I think december and january are really crucial times. Japan recorded over 1,800 infections on friday, bringing the overall tally to more than 158,500. Over 2,300 people have died. Prime minister suga i sho