Guest i think it isnt all that different from the way weve seen him view the presidency of the last three and a half years. He is making it very partisan. He came out a few hours ago talking about the democratic mayor isnt doing enough, and how important the National Guard is. I think hes making it a partisan issue where in the past a president would reach out and be compassionate and bring people together instead of divide them. So i think that is something we have seen in both the pandemic and the recent protests. Host how did your book, about, what is the genesis of it . Guest id written a book called the residence and a couple other books about the white house, and ive always been fascinated by what happens behind the scenes on Inauguration Day. To me that is such a dramatic day when one new family moves in and another moves out. The public is looking at the front of the capitol. As you know, the swearingin ceremony that we all watch, but really behind the scenes theres controlled
America. President trump versus twitter, social media giant factchecking the president s tweets but President Trump is fighting back accusing twitter of election interference and stifling free speech, House Republicans are suing Speaker Nancy Pelosi, looking to end proxy voting and forcing members to appear in person. One giant leap for spacex today, elon musk looks to make mystery launching astronauts from florida to the International Space station later today and the nhl taking a shot skipping regular season going directly to playoffs. Martha stewart will join me at 8 30 a. M. Eastern, mornings with maria is live right now. Global markets are higher, take a look at indices, cac quarante is up 87 and dax index in germany higher by 208 points. In europe green across the board as investors look toward stimulus package in the euro zone, reported kristin lagard the u. S. Economy will shrink due to pandemic. Markets were mixed, tensions rise in hong kong, as you can see the hang seng down
Hopes infections have now reached their highest level. We are living in the peak of this epidemic. I believe in one weeks time, maximum ten days, we will see a drop, a significant drop of positive cases. Spain is to introduce even tighter limits on who can leave their homes, as it announces a new Record Number of deaths in the past 2a hours. And the worlds oldest man is celebrating his 112th birthday, but therell be no party due to self isolation. Now on bbc news, Victoria Derbyshire has the latest information and Health Advice on coronavirus including what the symptoms are and how to self isolate. Hello and welcome to this special programme. Im Victoria Derbyshire. Over the next half an hour, we are going to try and tell you as much as we can about coronavirus to help you that you can share the information with others. For the latest on the spread of the disease, you can always head to our website for information on how its affecting people in your community and your country. The main
A warm welcome youre watching r. T. International with me. Doctors from around the world have condemned the British Governments handling of the judean a song case they claim the wiki leaks founder is being subjected to psychological torture in prison more than 100. 00 doctors have signed a joint letter urging the u. K. Authorities to take action they also called on the Australian Government to intervene to protect its citizens is the 4th doctors letter since the songs made his 1st Court Appearance and documented a history of denial of access to health care and prolonged psychological torture it requested that the songs be transferred from beaumont prison to University Teaching hospital for medical assessment and treatment faced with evidence of untreated go into which it would also raise the question as to songs fitness to participate in u. S. Extradition proceedings. Next 3 cousins faces a herring on his possible extradition to the us where hes been charged with hacking and espionage
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