Several investigations into corruption close to the u. S. President s in a circle today and seeing an indictment charging love parness igor froman in october last year he announced charges against 2 men linked to Donald Trumps personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani they were accused of trying to buy influence of u. S. Policy in ukraine and a case that added fuel to the calls for trumps impeachment they saw political influence not only to advance their own financial interests but to advance the political interests of at least one foreign official. These cases and an investigation into giuliani have concern to the trumpet ministration on friday night attorney general william announced berman was leaving his position saying that the president intends to nominate jay clayton the current chairman of the securities and Exchange Commission a lawyer with no experience as a prosecutor statement ending by thanking Jeffrey Berman describing him as stepping down after 2 and a half years of service the only
Geopolitical tensions not to mention the small matter of a looming election join me Steve Clemons in conversation with leading voices on the bottom line your weekly take on u. S. Politics and society on aljazeera. Hello im sam is a than this is counting the cost on aljazeera your weekly look at the world of business and economics this week economies opening up this by the pandemic as that head towards world war 2 levels could we see all stare at all stimulus and when is the right time to pay down debt as economies tank and job losses increase the nasdaq hits a record high the stock market is divorced from reality or are we seeing a tech divide between the profitable and loss making and the pandemic has been particularly devastating for Indigenous People across latin america we look at how they are fighting back. The fall brutal impact of the coronavirus pandemic was laid bare when britain became the 1st g 20 nation to release Economic Data in the 1st 4 months of the lockdown the econom
They should look after the refugees ensuring that coronavirus pandemic a groups warn of donations drawing up as wealthy nations make cutbacks so how do we ensure protection to some of the worlds most Vulnerable People this is its odd story. Hello and welcome to the program on im wrong on the coronavirus pandemic is having a devastating impact on refugees around the world preventative measures like social distancing and frequent hand washing are often difficult to implement in crowded camps and the aid agencies helping the refugees a struggling as well humanitarian organizations are warning of huge budget shortfalls wealthier nations in Europe North America and the middle east slashing donations and keeping that money at home to tackle the economic fallout of the pandemic one of the Worlds Largest charities laid off nearly 1500. 00 staff and pulled out of 18 countries last month a recent survey estimated that global government aid will drop by 25000000000 dollars by next year lets take
I after me ok youre watching the screen protests about Police Brutality race inequality and platys to do better for the people of color in canada the anti racism protests in 1000 states a spot in National Conversation about race in canada he was delivering bailey hes a former canadian limpy and talking about racism canadian style. Now in canada this is a little different and you know i guess the Word Association that we always talk about in janet is that its racism with a smile where you know. We definitely the biggest melting pot worland and we are encouraged you know to to participate and were invited certainly into it into the into the boardroom or into applying for jobs and so forth but we know for sure that in many cases this is already been made and so this is just protocol for the moon we are going to be unpacking of racism in canada this show is not long enough what were going to start if you have a foot if you have takes can share them with us for cheap or jumping into the cha
But the virus is still spreading flies it is still deadly and most people are just too susceptible. We call on all countries all people to exercise extreme big deal and. The w. H. O. Is also drawing attention to the Coronavirus Crisis in brazil the number of infections there is believed to have passed 1000000 more than 1200 people died on thursday or latin america editor they see a new and says despite this the government is pushing to reopen the economy. But the government doesnt seem to be planning anything new on the contrary president ed balls the novel has been urging the country to open up to open up its business is and to open up its entertainment including football which as you probably know is very very important in a country like brazil and so last night for example the 1st game was made the 1st state championship was played in Rio De Janeiro right next to a an emergency tent hospital where the rotavirus patients are being attended and where these 2 people died we understand