The subcommittee meeting will come to order. I want to thank everybody for coming. Ive got a fairly short statement that i will read and then i will turn to senator coons. Were obviously convening under different circumstances than our previous meeting. Were following the guidance of the cdc and the office of attending physician, so were spaced further apart. Our staff is reduced, but were grateful for all of them. The general public is watching online rather than filling up the room. So our hearing today will look a little different. I think we can all agree that the capitol feels a little different, the halls of congress feel a little different. Small businesses if theyre allowed to open at all are operating under very different circumstances. American homes have become classrooms and offices for millions of american families. And at least for a while American Life as we know it has changed. Nonetheless access or inaccess to Broadband Internet services especially in rural areas has b
A. Global infections for the coronavirus stand out more than 2700000. 00 the total death toll and nearly 200000 World Leaders met virtually with the World Health Organization to launch what they called a landmark collaboration to fight the pandemic will the u. S. Did not participate but french president manuel mccrone and german chancellor Angela Merkel were among the group and they pledged to accelerate their work on these tests drugs and even vaccines while you as you and secretary general antonio terrorists cited the importance of these global efforts. World needs of the development of production and equip the believe we have safe and effective climate 19 vaccine that appeal to x. And theyd not 6 not a vaccine arctic most for one country or one digit or one of the worlds but the vaccine and treatment at that affordable safe effectively easy administers and universally available for everyone everywhere. Meanwhile Brazils Health minister confirmed 407 new deaths the countrys highest d
Are highly mariyam vessel and who denied for many years that Human Rights Violations had taken place and whose government locked up many thousands of Political Prisoners have seen no shame for the torture that was perpetrated and the lives that were ruined during his time in office. Highly miami welcome to conflict so thank you so much thank you for having me ethiopia has a new Prime Minister now of the who took over after you resigned last year hes now received the Nobel Peace Prize basically for undoing many of the evils of your government and doing what you couldnt do within 100 days. Dont you feel something of a failure when you look at what hes done. I know that because. I have done my share to bring this change to happen. Premise that abby has not come from blue moon it has come from the past in which i was there is a thing here but hes begun to correcting the massive human rights abuses which were a prominent feature of your time no trace but is it is my party which started the
Launching a strategic natural gas pipeline to the power of siberia. From moscow watching r. T. International im daniel. From thanks for joining us on the program. We start in the u. K. Where dozens of people convicted of terrorist offenses who were released early on license will have their cases reviewed thats according to Prime Minister Boris Johnson this comes after it was revealed that the suspect in fridays London Bridge attack had himself been released. Early or in the same he was allowed out there was no in this has nothing to do with there was nothing to do with how many legally sames legally there. Or friday 20 year old whos won a car and killed 2 people and injured 3 others before being shot dead by police in 2012 he was jailed for plotting to bomb the London Stock Exchange according to some reports he also wanted to target the home of Boris Johnson who was serving as london at the time the attack was released a year ago and took part in a divided congress Ocean Programme with
Protesters blocked roads in hong kong and battled police to say the city is on the brink of total breakdown. And high winds found the bush fires raging along australias east coast which are now threatening sydneys suburbs. In spore Roger Federer is back on track of the a. T. P. Finals in london a win over senior evolving his hopes of reaching the last for. A living as full of president anwar as has landed in mexico where hes been given asylum 2 days after stepping down touching down in mexico city he was greeted by the countrys foreign minister and he thanked along with mexicos president for saving his life rod has resigned on sunday at the minute she is request following weeks of widespread protests over his disputed reelection bolivias new interim leader is expected to be sworn in in the next few hours more on it says he will remain in politics despite being forced out in what he describes as a coup it will be live when were out of the view i want to tell you that im very frank full