Spain. From the strained relationship with russia, to the bitter divide between israel and the palestinians s, u. S. Secretary of state john kerry has a lot on his agenda. He met today with foreign minister Sergey Lavrov, raising concerns about the prospects of u. S. Sanctions. We have a number of issues to talk about. Im appreciative of Prime Minister Sergey Lavrov, travelling here on short notice, changing his schedule. I look forward to our conversations. We have more on the meeting. U. S. Secretary of state john kerry, and russias foreign minister Sergey Lavrov met in rome on sunday. At a time when u. S. And russian relations reached a low, particularly after last thursday, the u. S. Senate passed a ukraine freedom account bill in which it proposed to impose new sanctions across mosul, and relieved 300 million in hardware to help fight back in the Southern Region of the crimea. The russians didnt appreciate, obviously, that bill, and put out strong words on the Russian Foreign mini
From the strained relationship with russia to the bitter divide between israel and palestinian, u. S. Secretary of state john kerry has a lot on his agenda, he met with Sergey Lavrov, who is raising seriousness about the prospects of u. N. Sanctions. Im appreciative of foreign minister Sergey Lavrov changing his schedule and travelling on short notice to be here. I look forward to our conversations. We have more from rome. U. S. Secretary of state john kerry are and russias foreign minister Sergey Lavrov met here in roman sunday, a time when u. S. And russian relations reached a low, particularly after last thurks the u. S. Senate thursday, the u. S. Senate passed a ukraine freedom account bill, proposing to impose sanctions against moscow, and relieves 300 million in hardware to help fight back the parties in the southern regions of crimea. The russians didnt appreciate the bill, and put out strong words calling it an overtly confrontational message, saying they are antirussian, and r
Russia, both agreed that the alliance would never put permanent bases in former soviet countries. The dilemma comes as e. U. Leaders gather in the latvian capital to discuss the Eastern Ukraine crisis and russias aggression. N. A. T. O. Carried out exercises in the baltics, reassuring the region that they will not face a fate like crime. Reporter its a drill, but the intention is real enough. The pilots have 15 minutes from the alarm sounding to take to the skies. They were scrambled for real 150 times last year to shadow russian aircraft over the baltics. The current lead nation in this n. A. T. O. Mission is norway, backed up in lithuania by the italians. This, they say, is all about reassuring the tiny Baltic States that they wont let the russians do to them what they did to ukraine. We show them our presence presence by being up there and show them that we are near and that we are on alert. We are airborne within 15 minutes, and theres basically a show of force, and show them that
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A million confirmed cases. Meanwhile, more than 30,000 americans who were infected with the virus have recovered. We have Fox Team Coverage on Coronavirus Crisis from all angles. But we begin with david spunt who is live at the white house. Coronavirus task force began meeting about an hour ago in the situation room, here at the white house, to discuss the latest developments. Earlier today, President Trump signed a disaster declaration for the state of wyoming, related to the coronavirus. That now means that all 50 states for the first time in u. S. History are under such a disaster declaration. The New York Times is reporting tonight, jon, the president knew about the impacts of covid19 sooner than previously thought. Trade advisor Peter Navarro wrote a january 28th memo that circulated around the west wing. He laid out the seriousness of the virus and its impact on the United States, but the president just a few days ago when asked said he didnt know about the memo. Well the New Yor