We lead the program with news that u. S. President donald trump and 1st lady maloney a trump have tested positive for cope at 19 the president announced the diagnosis on twitter hours after tweeting he in the 1st lady were waiting for test results following news that one of his top aides hope pics had contracted the virus in a tweet sent around 1 am friday morning trump said they will begin the quote quarantine and Recovery Process immediately adding we will get through this together following reports questions were raised as to whether other Administration Officials had been exposed to the virus Devon Omalley the press secretary for Vice President mike pence issued a statement saying as has been routine for months Vice President pence is tested for coping 1000 every day this morning Vice President pence and the 2nd lady tested negative for cope at 19. Vice president remains in good health and wishes the troops well we recover so with the latest news well lets take another look at the
A precautionary measure after testing positive for corona virus speculation runs wild about the implications of his infection for the 2020 president ial race. And emanuel mccrum unveils plans to convert islam is separatism with a new law defending secular values critics lament as a desperate bid to mask his failings during the pandemic. A very warm welcome to the program from all of us here at r t h q in moscow lets get started with a live news update. And we begin with the deadly standoff between armenia and azerbaijan our correspondent who is in the conflict zone says 3 more explosions have been heard there today earlier during a nighttime bombing raid several residential buildings in the regions capital were hit hospital that was treating soldiers was also damaged and there are unconfirmed reports of casualties are reports from the scene. Today we witnessed one of the worst bombings of the planet the city which is the capital of nagornokarabakh the disputed region here right behind
Following news that one of his top aides hope pics had contracted the virus in a tweet sent around 1 am friday morning trump said they will begin the quote quarantine and Recovery Process immediately adding we will get through this together following reports questions were raised as to whether other Administration Officials had been exposed to the virus Devon Omalley the press secretary for Vice President mike pence issued a statement saying as has been routine for months Vice President pence is tested for coping 1000 every day this morning Vice President pence and the 2nd lady tested negative for cope at 19 Vice President pence remains in good health and wishes the troops well in recovery. So with the latest news well lets take another look at the trends and spread of virus globally with our correspondents. Start where are we right or so brian cowen 1000 has now in fact that almost 35000000 people killing over 1000000 out in the u. S. More than 7500000 current firm gait cases while de
Kevin landrigan is joining us from concord New Hampshire and over the last 20 to 25 years, the Granite State has become a real Battle Ground state. Why . Whats changed . Yeah, thats interesting. And its quite a contrast, right . Ronald reagan when he ran for reelection in 84, he declared it the most republican state in the country and he certainly could have made that case other than the far west like utah. And nevada, perhaps, but New Hampshire has become much more a swing state. I think primarily because of the migration here. Were unusual in that now, fewer people in New Hampshire actually were born here. More than 60 of its residents are not natives. Many of them come from massachusetts. They kind of came to escape higher taxes and more regulations and, but particularly on social issues, theyre very progressive, and thats what weve really seen over the years in New Hampshire is not only migration that is obviously make the center, more left, right leaning, but many of the residents
Audience to the firstever podcast taping and mark the Second Season of the premier of the podcast of the Second Season of the realignment by the hudson media fellows. We are proud of the realignment of hudson with the podcast launched last year and i recommend especially for those of you that have been following it that you take a look at the efforts from last year. Mike pompeo, josh holly, mike gallagher, mike duran and others its an Excellent Program partly because of the two people who put it together to bring out topics and move the argument along so we couldnt be prouder of the work theyve done and i want to thank them for that and we are happy to launch this years program. Michael is a professor at the lyndon b. Johnson school of Public Affairs at the university of texas. Saving democracy for the managerial elite. The book that you could purchase at the back thats just published today so we are here at the launch. Congratulations on that. Theres a direct line between the class fo