Take a look at this video because it reflects whats just been going on there in the past 048 hours 7 ships have suddenly caught fire in iran the new news agency there is describing it as a series of quote fires and explosions around the country some of which have hit sensitive areas there you can see firefighters you see the rescue officials there looking somewhat perplexed almost confused as they try and put out these blazes that they cant quite explain ok now i mentioned that theres a mystery here and that theres more to this story and well here it is if those fires and explosions were an isolated incident i would not be leading this newscast with this revelation but the fact of the matter is these are not isolated fires theyre not since late june there have been fires and explosions many. Unexplained around Iranian Military nuclear and Industrial Facilities in fact i want to take you through some of these incidents about 3 weeks ago june 26th an explosion occurred just east of tehra
All month on cspan, we are featuring the winners of our studentcam documentary competition. Middleton High School Students created videos answering the question what issue do you most want of 2020 president ial candidates to address . Our second prize High School Goes to Lynn Tarr Donovan and young bentley, 12th graders from Montgomery Blair high school in silver spring, maryland, where cspan is available through comcast. Their winning entry is titled democracy must be learned, Civics Education and Youth Engagement. We founded this organization a week after the parking shooting to give students a voice in the fight for stricter gun control. Is the proven that now time for change. This is Montgomery Blair high school in silver spring, maryland. One of thousands of educational institutions that are fueling youth activism. From the march for lives to the climate strike fridays for future movement, millions of youth have involved themselves in the political process. Youth involvement in po
Their winning entry is titled th democracy must be learned. Found this organization a week after the parkland shooting to give students a voice in the fight against gun control. We have proven that now is the time for change. [cheers] this is not governed blair ghts this is Montgomery Blair high school in maryland. From the march for lives to fridays,te strike millions of youth have involve themselves in the political process. Youth involvement in politics is nothing new. Sometimes its a cause, sometimes its a war in particular, especially if people feel they will be drafted. Time, people same participate because they want to play a role. They want that selfidentity that they are an important contributing member of society. Young people have found their way into politics because they want to play a role, because it says something to them about their involvement and citizenship. It is a way of announcing euro in society. Engagementing, youth has fallen off from historic highs. In the 19
I think the u. S. Government could have really taken that and added to that momentum and gotten some significant changes to the world health organization, could have gotten support for a thorough investigation, independent, external investigation into the actions of the world health organization. And the potential influence of china over its decision making. Unfortunately with the announcement that the u. S. Is going to cut funding, now everybody is focused on that. [no audio] good afternoon. Sorry to be a few minutes late. A lot of ground to cover today. We have a video call with the white house and this is a lot of. Round to cover the realities sunday, is meaningful to me, by telephone. Thank you both for being here so we will get right to the numbers. Have positive test results. 5. 317 New Jerseyans ,317 new tested 75 jerseyans who have tested positive. As a 10 00 p. M. Last night, 1800 of 80 were listed as critical or in intensive care. 46 patients are at one of these locations. Ha
On slowing the spread of the virus. New cases of it on the decline in major hot spots including new york. Dr. Tony fauci saying the death toll in the u. S. Could be 60,000 versus earlier estimates of 240 people dying. Donald trumps Approval Rating hit alltime high for him amid coronavirus pandemic and also showing an overwhelming majority of americans are concerned about a recession. The virtual opec plus meeting which included saudi arabia and russia ending in a tentative agreement to temporarily cut production by about 10 millionbarrels per day. But mexico could derail the plan. Oil declining near the trading session over concerns about the Production Cuts that they wouldnt be deep enough. U. S. Markets are closed today in observance of good friday but yesterday u. S. Stocks rallied, dow, nasdaq, s p all up more than 10 for the week. S p having the best week since 1974. In asia overnight markets were mixed, you can take hang seng and hong kong closed for good friday. European markets