Although theyre just going to 8 oclock here in moscow youre watching r. T. International the u. S. And the taliban have signed a peace deal which is expected to finally bring washingtons longest war twin end and while the negotiations have been a long time in the making they still dont exceed the 18 years of conflict in the country. The United States and the taleban have endured decades of hostility and mistrust. Previous talks falter. This separate only became real for the United States when the taleban signaled interest in pursuing peace and ending their relationship with. Another foreign terrorist groups. They also recognize that military victory was impossible. Under the peace deal the talibans pledge to prevent terrorists from operating in the areas it controls and theyve also promised to enter into talks with the Afghan Government in march as for washington it is promising to review sanctions on the taliban and will begin withdrawing their troops in stages if it all goes well in
Pressure is growing on governments and Central Banks to fight back to avoid an even steeper slump g 7 finance ministers are set to hold a Conference Call today to agree on a plan to combat the damage of coronavirus has done to the World Economy is a quick rundown of the latest development on tuesday all straight became the 1st company to cut Interest Rates to combat the economic effects of the break down from the point 75 percent to the new 0. 5 percent and this is a record low after a week of severe losses yesterday the dow jones index made its biggest jump since 2009 surging 5 point one percent germanys dax also recovered. In trading on tuesday and in switzerland one of the biggest cause shows in the world was supposed to open this week but thanks to the coronavirus the Geneva International motor show was cancelled as the swiss government has banned all events with. More than 1000 participants so how bad is the situation joined by one man who was supposed to be the Geneva Motor Show
This hearing was called to order. Pleased to see a hearing on stem thats an auspicious way to the discussion on one of the hottest nights of the summer all the people that crowded onto the National Mall they were not there for protest or to celebrate a National Holiday were to watch a firework show instead now they went drenched in sweat to watch the story of the apollo 11 mission projected on the Washington Monument ra monument commemorating the moment 50 years ago when Neil Armstrong and buzz aldrin took the giant leap for mankind. Was everyone in dc knows if there are people on the mall and its not a protest then Something Big is goingnd on. Landing the first humans on the moon and returning them safely to earth marks one of the ethical moments in the history of mankind. Looking over our landscape today its very different of 1969. And to succeed going back again but putting robotic rovers on celestial observatories that can liddy one literally peering into the beginning of the unive
I want to mention a couple of upcoming events. On december 4th we have a news maker with Sheldon White house and on december 9th a headliners coffee and conversation with lonnie bunch. And i would like to present miss abrams with down of the most highly coveted items in washington d. C. A National Press club coffee mug. And finally, before your race, one of the things you were known for was writing romance novels. Is there another novel in the works . Oh im glad you asked. I technically still have to write the third novel in the trilogy that i stopped writing when i became democratic leader. Im going to get that one done, because i dont want to hear from my mom or sister again about this. Im working on a new legal thriller, and that should be coming out sometime in the near future. But its going to be under stacey abrams, because the other name is kind of known. Thank you for being with us. Thank you for having me. And we are adjourned. good morning, everyone. The committee will come t
Good morning, everyone. The committee will come to order. Were here today to consider the nomination of Dan Brouillette to be the secretary of energy. He currently is serving as the deputy secretary of energy, and i am certainly one who believes that you have done an excellent job as second in command to secretary perry. So we welcome you back to the committee. Its good to have discussion with you last week. I want to thank you really want to thank you for all youve done at the department, for your willingness to serve to this point, and for your willingness to step up in this new and higher capacity. Weve got our colleagues here this morning to introduce the deputy secretary, both texas and louisiana are well represented. Mr. Deputy secretary, you should feel very welcome by having these gentlemen next to you. So we will start with senator cassidy up here at the dais followed by senators cruz and kennedy to introduce the deputy secretary this morning. So senator cassidy, if you would