Hello welcome Visitor International live from moscow this november 4th and it is november 4th so weve got to talk about the election and how the fate of the u. S. Presidency rests in the hands of hof a dozen states still counting votes right now at the moment results in the balance and could still go all the way our president. Is ahead of donald trump in the race the white house but still doesnt have enough to be handed the keys and socked one of the states were talking about is in michigan and theres just news coming in from the campaign munch of the campaign has filed a lawsuit in that state to hold counting of the ballots until quote meaningful access granted will get a more not a bit later on but for the moment lets go to the bullpen who is in vogue i mean again so much information coming in nothing really concrete yet still both teams trying to go for it team biden says victory is almost that trump wants a recount or as we just heard in michigan a whole taking the count whats happ
Warship going to discuss it all right its time to move i. Q. Sparks are flying on capitol hill today as u. S. Attorney general bill barr is testifying before the House Judiciary Committee bar is being questioned on his handling of various legal issues including the federal response to the nationwide protests and his intervention in the bob muller russia probe. That is covering the hearing and parent things are kind of getting heated yeah manilla heated is kind of an understatement at this point when it comes to this hearing because its still going on and it was called by democrats on the House Judiciary Committee initially to answer questions about the Justice Department sending federal officers to the city specifically that unfolded into democrats asking questions from roger stone Michael Flynn systemic racism george floyd president Donald Trumps twitter even coronavirus now you started with democratic chairman jerry nadler Opening Statement that was a scathing review of time as attor
A change all right its time to boost your i knew. This years Independence Day celebration is expected to look a little different as the country deals with a surge of coronavirus cases that have led local officials to discourage public gatherings arties Rachel Blevins has the latest from the Nations Capital Independence Day is typically a day of celebration here in the Nations Capital but even as president promised the fireworks will go on in washington the mayor of d. C. Is calling for residents to stay home we continue to urge you to stay at home or near your home for this years celebration we want to emphasize that the virus is still in our community and poses a threat to washingtonians similar for across and. Being taken in states across the country with local governments canceling parades and festivals closing parks and encouraging residents to wear masks and social distance here at the National Mall in d. C. Massive crowds are expected but it wont just be to celebrate the holiday
Greetings and sell you. Welcome back everyone to another start of another weeks worth of hawk watching here on our t. V. You know there is so much out there to cover so today lets kick things off with a story about coverage a little too much coverage if you will im talking of course about the news that last week both republicans and democrats in the u. S. Senate joined together to pass the usa freedom reauthorization act of 2020. Not surprisingly the usa freedom reauthorization act as nothing to do with freedom and everything to do with codifying indorsing in the ultimate legalising once again the National Security and surveillance state that we all call this curry. Version of the United States of america you see after expiring back in march the freedom act reauthorization restores government powers that lets Law Enforcement collect tangible things tens of all things related to National Security investigations without a warrant requiring only approval from a secret court the pies a cou
Prepping to set sail again right the total time to boost their new i. Q. So as u. S. China relations deteriorate decades old tensions in the South China Sea are ramping up between both countries well a number of nations have conflicting territorial claims in the region in the United States seems eager to strike that fire to the detriment of china our case alex one hell of it has that story. There from the United States armed forces are patrolling the South China Sea were conducting a lot of surveillance flights we have conducted a number of the Taiwan Strait transits we are continue to watch closely what the chinese are doing and the u. S. Is keeping an eye on china in its own neighborhood using intimidating military hardware such as b. One b. Supersonic bombers in the sky and warships in the water. The trumpet ministration also plans on deploying long range cruise missiles in the Asia Pacific Region china has called americas maneuvering and illegal trespass and has put the u. S. On no