Confirmed friday. Osaka has signaled its entering a local state of emergency due to the strain on the medical system. Authorities there are calling on people to avoid all nonessential outings until december 15th. Translator the number of people in serious condition will not decrease unless the number of infections falls. We need to practice selfrestraint in the shortterm to save lives. The governor of neighboring kyoto prefecture is urging people to refrain from traveling to osaka as much as possible. The death toll continues to rise in japan. Over the past three days, more than 30 people a day have died. In the week up to thursday, a total of 196 people died. Translator basically, the difference between the virus that spread in july and the virus that is spreading now is not large. I think december and january are really crucial times. Japan recorded over 1,800 infections on friday, bringing the overall tally to more than 158,500. Over 2,300 people have died. Prime minister suga i sho
Imagine. It is wonderful to have you all here with us this evening at the museum and also to all of you at home who are watching via cspan. We have this evening a wonderful presentation by john browne and then followed by a discussion with professor daniel of rice university. Without further ado i will hand it over to john browne. Help me welcome mr. Browne to houston. [applause] ladies and gentlemen, i want to thank the Houston Museum of Natural Science for inviting me. As someone who served on the boards of several museums and galleries i have a deep appreciation for the role that institutions like this play in the local community and indeed in society more generally. As a window on the path and an explainer of the present and as a guide to the future they are indispensable resources which go above and beyond what you can read in books. Houston is fortunate to have this place and it is a great pleasure to be here. As a natural scientist and subsequently an engineer ive always sought
Welcome to power lunch. Scott walker the dow off the lows of the day when it was down nearly 300 points on the trump comments we just mentioned the s p 500 coming back a bit. The nasdaq the big loser down more than a percent. Check out the small caps in the transports, goth groups rebounding yesterday, but sinking deeper into correction territory. More on those moves a little later. As scott mentioned, stocks in the red as President Trump told reporters no deal is coming with tauschh china. Reporter the comment by President Trump calling into question whether talks with china would even happen next month is what moved the market because it raised expectations those new tariffs september 1st could go into place. Listen were doing very well with china. Were talking to china were not ready to make a deal, but well see what happens we have an open dialogue well see whether or not we keep our meeting in september if we do, thats fine. If we dont, thats fine but its time that somebody does w
Id appreciate it. Im going to take the role now, vice chair. Present. Commissioner palmer. Here. Commissioner thomas hicks. Here. So we have a quorum of the commission. Good afternoon, i thank you for joining us today as the u. S. Election Assistance Commission convenes an Election Security forum for the security challenge Election Administrators face ahead of the 2020 president ial election. This vital conversation will provide us with a better understanding of ways the commission can help jurisdictions address a variety of Security Issues, including those that stem from aging Voting Technology. When Congress Passed the help america vote act of 2002, it established the eac as the only federal entity solely focused on Election Officials and voters they serve. Part of our charge is to be the nations clearinghouse on Election Administration. It is this responsibility that brings us here today and guides our Election Security efforts. Eac prides itself addressing significant issues and th
Largest hospital began. Combat has raged for days in and around the complex, which is crowded with patients and displaced people. President Volodymyr Zelensky has told the leaders of European Union Member States that its crucial to send more ammunition to ukraine. Speaking by video link to the summit in brussels, he said the amount of Artillery Shells available to ukrainian soldiers was humiliating for the whole of europe. Welcome to the programme. Apple. The us is accusing it of monopolising the Smartphone Market and crushing competition. Apple denies the claims. It says it will vigorously fight the lawsuit. Apple accused of using its power to limit competitors, as well as the options available to consumers. Heres the us Attorney General Merrick Garland making the announcement. But as our complaint alleges, apple has maintained Monopoly Power in the Smartphone Market not simply by staying ahead of the competition on merits. But by violating federal antitrust law. Consumers should not