Nation is preoccupied with covid and the economic recovery and Foreign Policy tends to be an inside the beltway issue and not to figure prominently in the choices, the results of that will have a decisive impact on how america acts in the world and how the world evaluates the consequences of those actions but i think that its clear we are in a crossroads. Donald trump has played the role of disruptors in this postcold war predecessor and grazing authoritarians and rejectin rejg alliances and multilateral diplomacy and embarking on what could only be described as a wholesale withdraw from so many enterprises. The paris climate, jc poa, the iran nuclear agreement, unesco and who. Its not that the disruption is by admonition always bad. Theres nothing to replace it. Its bad if its followed by policies that dont serve the national interest. And its bad if its done tethered to political interests. Biden on the other hand offers a different approach, or we would suspect. I would turn to the
Its about 50 minutes. Welcome to rnegie connects, a virtual series of conversations and on issues of critical iortance. Tays conversation on how the world sees america is especially timely. We are on the cusp of one of the most consequenti elections in American History and even though the nation is preoccupied with covid and economic recovery and Foreign Policy tends to be an inside the beltway issue, its likely not to figure prominently in Voter Preferences and choices in this electction the resultof , that election will have a decisive impact on how america acts in the world and how the world evaluates the consequences of those actions. I ththink its clear that we are at a crossroads. Donald trump has played the role of disruptor, fundamentally altering the policies ofis for postwar, postcold war predecsors, embracing auoritarians, rejecting alliances and multilateral diplplomacy and embarking on wht caonly be described as a wholesale withdrawal or to or a threat to withdraw from so
Takes another town held by the world before after. Strained a relationship the Syrian Government seizes the assets of president Bashar Al Assads cousin and billionaire businessman. And sport professional rugby players in new zealand are back on the training failed we report on the countrys efforts to secure its National Sports financial future. So that me United States is facing a growing backlash everetts threat to permanently halt funding to the w. H. O. And that is after president told trump said the organizations missteps have come out and extract costs. And i think theyve done a. Very sad job in the last period of time. And again the United States pays them 450000000. 00 a year china pays them 38000000. 00 a year and theyre a puppet of china. China centric to put it nicely but theyre a puppet of china well russia has become the latest global power to condemn threats its Deputy Foreign minister has been quoted as saying that it is against breaking the w. H. O. For another members p
Victims of the countrys worst mass shooting us police seek a motive behind the violence at least 900. 00 at after the 12 hour rampage in new rule communities across nova scotia. Im here to fight i must and welcome we begin with a germany back in business but still at risk on monday stores and shops in germany reopened after what has been a 5 week coronavirus and use shutdown it is a 1st step in what will be a gradual return to economic normality and it comes in a wealth still dominated by the new normal coronavirus the german chancellor called for discipline and the fight against the pandemic. Its shopping but its not as we knew it at this store in cologne customers are required to keep a safe distance from one another but will that happen when more people head out. Chasin america the night its the easing of germanys Strict Lockdown just days ago but she says shes worried people may think the pandemic is no longer a problem. India so we must proceed slowly step by step and with caution
Thousands of people in San Francisco. A major power outage reported just after 8 00 is ongoing now. And likely wont be fixed for about another hour and a half. 22,000 customers specifically across San Francisco are without power right now. A number of neighborhoods affected. Uni says that Subway Service is delayed in both directions. You see sss put out an alert to its students and staff. This is neighborhoods infected include mission bay, dogpatch, the Mission District itself. The lower tides and now we valley. At this point pg e says it doesnt know the cause of the outage. Says it is assessing the situation. The estimated time that power will be restored as 10 30 this morning. About 2. 5 hours without power. Will mention here that are tom baker is heading to the scene. One of the most important things to remember and a power outage. Good thing its daylight. Traffic signals. If you ever come to a signal that is out, treated like a fourway stop. Its interesting because when you look at