Their catch on to peoples tastes and in other news a rare trial in the democratic republic of congo the president s chief of staff is accused of corruption. We begin with another grim milestone in the global coronavirus pandemic the death toll from covert 19 in the United States has now surpassed 80000 the u. S. Is by far the worst country in the world but President Donald Trump says america is now and try to defeat the virus alan fischer reports. Well 2 white house staff testing positive for corona virus with senior members of his task force self isolating the president put on a bill is displayed in the rose garden of the white house we have met the moment and we have prevailed americans do whatever it takes to find solutions pioneer breakthroughs and harness the energies we need to achieve a total victory we will defeat this horrible enemy we will revive our economy and we will transition into great this. Thats a phrase youre going to hear a lot because thats whats going to happen as
Look, any way you take it, employment in april was a disaster. We are looking at an Unemployment Rate that is likely approaching 20 . We get those numbers, the unemployment numbers for the whole country, next friday. However, got to tell you the backtowork movement is really gathering steam. States across the nation are modifying their stayathome rules. Businesses are reopening. Oklahoma reopens some businesses tomorrow. California will allow some elective surgery. This, however, is receiving mixed messages. President trump says georgia is reopening too soon. He says he strongly disagrees with georgias decision. However, he will still leave it up to the states. Heres a positive. The Field Hospital built specially for virus patients in houston, texas, may be dismantled, not needed, underused. Lets get to the markets. First im dealing with oil. Look at this. Moving back up again in price. 16. 71 is the production price right now, but production is being scaled back very very sharply. Sup
Sheltering in place. Addressing the impacts of cove in 19. Its also part of the future of democracy series with Additional Support from the initiative. And a collaborative local center and donor. We hope others will support their examples. I am thrilled to be talking about two experts on a lot of things including the effects of covid19 and the effect it is having. Here in u. S. And around the world. He has written for that magazine since the late 1970s. He takes the human approach to some of the most pressing issues. The authors of the recent beth bestseller. James, thank you so much for being here. He is the director of policy. They had have a impressive career. It has taken her to the International Institute for strategic studies in london. I remember her from in the bay area. In the National Security council. Thank you so much for your time. Its a great pleasure. Thanks to being here. Thank you for joining us. We do want to answer your questions as part of this conversation. You can
Thank you very much for coming. This report, strategy in indopacific. Thanks to the contributors, it has happened. I appreciate your support in the participation today. We with like to thank japan foundation, center for Global Partnership for their support of this. The opinions in the report belong to the authors. Today after i introduce the report and contributors will talk. Now introduction. This is picture i took. The rise of china and its attitude force the United States to address challenge. Vicepresident mike pence spoke at Hudson Institute, very important, and said government approach using political, economic and military tools as well as propaganda to advance its influence and benefit its interest in the United States. Given the United States need to win the competition, cooperation with likeminded countries is key because historically number of Political Partners has been a factor in the geopolitical struggle. For example, in world war i, the winning side comprised 32 countri
Contributors of this report will talk on u. S. Approach to Counter China based on this report. So now introductions. This is picture i took. The rise of china and its attitude towards the world, challenged by chinas ambition. Vice president mike pence spoke at Hudson Institute, and this is very important, and said beijing government approach using Political Economic and military tools as propaganda to advance its interest and benefit its interest in the United States. So given that the United States need to win the competition, cooperation will arise in likeminded countries is key because historically number of Political Partners has been a deciding factor in the geopolitical struggle. For example, the wild, wild west the winning side comprise but the losing side was composed of just four. During the u. S. Soviet cold war, 54 versus 26 eric so these facts indicate that the number of supporters correlate to the likelihood of winning the competition. Therefore, maintaining improving coll