Of the outbreak and italy reports 368 deaths in 24 hours the highest number of course of our state alison there in a single day so. Thank you for joining us the u. S. Federal reserve has announced emergency measures aimed at containing the economic fallout of the coronavirus pandemic its cutting the benchmark Interest Rate to near 0 the same rate in place during the 2008 financial crisis the virus is also causing major disruptions in the biggest cities the songes has not followed new york in ordering the closure of restaurants bars and nightclubs alan fisher has more from washington. From the president of the United States was comforting americans relax with doing great it all will pass. From the man heading the drive against the virus a starkly different message the worst is yes good for us it is how we respond to that challenge the number of confirmed cases in the u. S. Is no more than 3000. 00 states are shutting down bars and restaurants curfews are starting to be introduced the fa
The highest number of course of ice fatalities there in a single day so far. The 2 biggest cities in the United States are taking drastic steps to try to contain the corona Virus Outbreak new york and los angeles are shutting down bars cafes restaurants and nightclubs theyre taking action as the Federal Reserve introduces emergency measures to stem the economic fallout alan fischer reports from washington. From the president of the United States words aimed at comforting americans relax with doing great it will pass moments later from the man heading the drive against the virus a starkly different message the worst is yes very good for us it is how we respond to that challenge the number of confirmed cases in the u. S. Is no more than 3000. 00 states are shutting down bars and restaurants curfews are starting to be introduced the face of america is changing but airports as the. Ended unity and travel ban kicks in where the. Staff carrying out Health Screenings have been overwhelmed the
The 2020 election. Republicans, we want to know what you think about russians trying to interfere in the election. Your number will be 202 7488001. Democrats, we especially want to hear from you on this topic. Your number will be 202 7488000. Independents, your voice counts two, so your voice will be 202 7488002. Keep in mind, you can always text us your opinion. That number will be 202 7488003. And we are always reading on social media. , and oner at cspanwj facebook at facebook. Com cspan. Once again, this story was broken yesterday by the Washington Post. We will read a little bit from what the post story says about this this morning. U. S. Officials have told senator Bernie Sanders that russia is attempting to help his president ial campaign as part of an effort to interfere with the democratic contest, according to people familiar with the matter. President trump and lawmakers on capitol hill have also been did thin informed about the russian assistance to the senator, said people
Europe including time to talk britain and the European Union finally begin discussing how they will trade together october exige. Coronavirus continues to disrupt global sport says asian football bosses hold an emergency meeting at some of the opening theresa promoter g. P. C. Isnt been called for in concert and tyler. Thank you very much for joining us turkeys decision to stop holding back thousands of refugees is causing new tension at the borders of europe the European Unions migration commissioner has warned no one can blackmail or intimidate the block and the german chancellor says using refugees in this way is unacceptable but. It comes as easy images. When released by turkey showing greek coast guard officers firing into the water near a migrant boat in the i j and see thousands of refugees have been attempting to cross into europe after turkey said it would open its borders for refugees and migrants and speak to their is john whos in the last post on the greek island of les pau
Up next, a discussion on Election Security. This panel looks at preventing Voting Machines from being hacked. And talks about some of the benefits of paper ballots. Georgetown Laws Institute for Technology Law and policy hosted this series. Hi. Welcome. So im matt blaze. Im a professor here at georgetown in both the law school and Computer Science department. I want to welcome you to our afterlunch panel. Thank you for sticking around. On Digital Technologies and voting. We have, on our panel, who i will introduce very briefly, four very distinguished experts at various parts of the digital elections landscape. And and the technology and the risks of some of the Underlying Technology that is inherent there. And well be talking about this subject for from a very wide range of different perspectives. But all with a very technological bias. So im going to very briefly introduce these people. And im going to apologize now for being extremely incomplete in my introductions because they woul