Far from home. And trying to keep a dying language alive we need a kenyan tribe that has just a handful of traditional speak it so that im going to go with the sports as leon complete the semifinal lineup in the Champions League they knocked out Manchester City to set up a showdown with favorites fine. But the struggle for the future political direction a better recent may be coming to a head opposition protesters are due to begin a march for freedom in the capital minsk and just a little over an hour they say it will be the biggest ever but right now thousands are already packing into a Central Square in support of president Alexander Lukashenko many of them have been brought in from outside minsk convoys of buses seen entering from other towns and cities. Over the past few hours as they were traveling in a better russian diplomat became the fastest senior Government Official to officially backed the opposition protests ambassador to slovakia. Says hes shocked by the stories of the to
Was checking in around 6 00 a. M. To squawk box but still looking up road map this morning, it starts with a potential trade boost, stocks as you saw pointing to what would be a pretty good open at least if youre long after treasury secretary mnuchin said there is a path to a deal with china. Plus, trade head winds hitting home, fedex saying the ongoing disputes are creating, quote, significant uncertainty for its business outlook. Micron surging this morning, this on strong Quarterly Results. The chipmaker also resuming some sales to huawei and forecasting demand recovery this year. Stocks are looking to rebound this morning, this after treasury secretary Steven Mnuchin expressed optimism about trade talks in a cnbc interview. Here is what he told hadley gamble in bahrain. Im hopeful we see a deal there needs to be the right efforts in place this isnt a deal for having the sake of a deal we were about 90 of the way there. There is a path to complete this but well see where we get. Quo
Can the senate save itself and the country . He spoke at the brooking institute. Let me try to call this full house to order, if i may. Welcome to brookings. My name is bill gallston. Im a senior fellow in governance studies. Thank you so much for coming and welcome also to the people who are watching this event live on cspan. Todays topic is the past, the present and possible future of the u. S. Senate. The occasion of this discussion is the publication of ira shapiros second book on the senate, this one entitled, broken can the senate save itself and the country . Those of oh you who read his first book on the senate will know how passionately he reveres the senate as an institution and will not be surprised to learn how distressed he is by what he describes as its precipitous decline. This topic could not be more timely. We are just days from the expiration of yet another shortterm continuing budget resolution and perhaps even more pertinently, from a promised open Senate Debate on
Mr. Galston let me try to call this full house to order, if i may. Welcome to brookings. My name is bill galston, senior fellow in governance studies. Thanks so much for coming and welcome also to the people who are watching this event live on cspan. Todays topic is the past, the present, and possible future of the u. S. Senate. The occasion of this discussion is the publication of ira shapiros second book on the senate, this is entitled, broken can the senate save itself and the country . Those of you that read his first book on the senate will know how passionately he reveres the senate as an institution and will not be surprised to learn how distressed he is by what he describes as its precipitous decline. This topic could not be more timely. We are just days from the expiration of another short term continuing budget resolution, and perhaps even more pertinently from a promised open Senate Debate on u. S. Immigration policy. Will the promise be kept . And if it is, will todays sena
Let me try to call this full house to order, if i may. Welcome to brookings. My name is bill galston, senior fellow in governance studies. Thanks so much for coming and welcome also to the people who are watching this event live on cspan. Todays topic is the past, the present, and possible future of the u. S. Senate. The occasion of this discussion is the publication of ira shapiros second book on the senate, this is titled kwoek broken, can the senate save itself and the country. Those of you that read his first book on the senate will know how passionately he reveres the senate as an institution and will not be surprised to learn how distressed he is by what he describes as its precipitous decline. This topic could not be more timely. We are just days from the expiration of another short term continuing budget resolution, and perhaps even more pertinently from a promised open Senate Debate on u. S. Immigration policy. Will the promise be kept . And if it is, will todays senate be up