3rd time he runs for president you always have to keep in mind clear and its going to be interesting because so far i have the feeling the only message the democrats are really having is we are not Donald Donald trump they make this whole election into a referendum against donald trump so it will be crucial for biden to find a way to really mess out his political ideas i think its going to be not enough to convince the swing voters the republicans who dont want to want to vote for trump are going to convince them to vote for democrats this in this years elections if you doesnt really show a political plan and biden and the democrats surely hoping the 3rd time is the charm but this is a Virtual Convention is unlike any in the democrats history fitting for this unprecedented moment in time but do you think a lack of an audience will help or hinder biden in this case. That is a very good point i mean i covered the last conventions that its really like a huge party its a mix between a fami
Defiance president a local shanteau a criminal case against Opposition Leaders german chancellor im going to magical denounces the vote is not a free no fashion. Also coming up democratic race makes history the 1st woman of color on a major u. S. Ticket. I sent your nomination for Vice President of the United States of america. Along with joe biden she now has to convince americans of so they can feel like a country ravaged by the pandemic and divided over the politics of president trump. Plus germany because its highest number of new infections in months as coronavirus cases across europe spike so fresh restrictions on public life on the life. Im phil gayle welcome to the program russian Opposition Leader alexina valleys unconscious in hospital and on a ventilator following a suspected poisoning he was on a flight from siberia to moscow where he lost consciousness the plane landed in scout he was carried off and take it to hospital for treatment the doctor there said he is in a seriou
The Obama Administration. He spoke at the annual Aspen Institute security forum. Welcome back to the aspen security forum. Going to have a session with my friend tony blanken called foreignpolicy choices for 2021. Introduce both of our panelists. Tony doesnt need an introductionto most people for watching. We became friends and worked together long ago. President clinton at the National Security council had a very distinguished career in public service. As many of you know he was staff director for the Us Senate Foreign Relations Committee and the Obama Administration and those eight years he was assistant to president obama and Principal Deputy National Security adviser. It was National Security advisor to Vice President biden and deputy secretary of state for president obama and Vice President biden. Is now senior Foreign Policy advisor to Vice President biden in the Biden Campaign and its great to have tony blanken with us and hes going to be interviewed by jerry side, executive edi
And he was assistant to president obama and Deputy National security adviser to Vice President biden and deputy secretary of state for president obama. And now senior Foreign Policy adviser to the biden and great to have tony blimpingen. And jerry is executive editor of the wall street jourm and writes a column which i read and all of us should read. Jerry has had an extraordinary career and for the journal. He covered the white house at the end of the Reagan Administration and Bush Administration and interviewed every american president and part of a team at the wall street journal that won the pull iter prize and book coming out on august 25, we should have seen it coming about the conservative moment and will be coming out. And sure to have jerry tony here. Welcome to both of you. Lets start with the scenario. Joe biden walked out of the white house in january of 2017 as Vice President. Lets say perhaps he walks back into the white house of january 2021 as president. How will the wo
Now on bbc news. Its hardtalk. Welcome to hardtalk, im stephen sackur. The roll out of covid 19 vaccines has boosted hopes the virus can be tamed, but it will have to be a worldwide effort if its to be effective, and right now the signs are not so good. While tens of millions have already been vaccinated in the rich west, the worlds poor are facing a very long wait the phrase Vaccine Apartheid has already been coined. My guest is the chief scientist at the world health organization, dr Soumya Swaminathan. Is Vaccine Inequity undermining the fight against covid . Dr Soumya Swaminathan in geneva, welcome to hardtalk. Hello, stephen. Thank you for having me. Its a pleasure to have you on the show. Lets start with an overview. Is there any reason to believe that we are getting on top of this Global Pandemic . Well, one year ago, the Director General of the who announced that this covid 19 was a Public Health emergency of international concern. That was on 30 january, 2020. And he said that