Host thank you so much for being here, debora mackenzie. Much of your work over the years i was delighted to read your book which is the first that youve done in this way. Guest the first that ive written. Host it must have been challenging to create such a factual account of a pandemic while it is ongoing. Can you tell us about that . Guest i understand why people would think why are you writing about this now. I deliberately took a step back. As things unfold im not about this misstep or that by the government. Not that level of. What im doing is saying why a pandemic, why now and this is something i could do because if youve been reading my book you would say this is going to happen, these are the viruses we need to work on and this is what we need to do. Its already obvious those productions were spot on and we havent done what we need to do so this is kind of the moment to repeat that stuff at the time that people can understand it and it would make sense to them and therefore the
Shes the 1st africanamerican running mate in u. S. President ial election history but cover harriss past as californias top cop isnt winning over all of the black line smarter movement. A warm welcome is 8 pm here in the russian capital and youre watching r. T. International with me nicky aaron. Now tensions in the the russian capital of minsk continue to soar and its citizens have already started to gather in the city center Armored Vehicles are reported to have moved in as well it all comes in the wake of sundays disputed president ial election which has plunged the country into chaos our correspondent reports from the scene. This is just the way or the way this was there to be honest its quite difficult to describe to you whats going on in victory square in minsk on the square there are women with families announce you can also see the women dressed in white with flowers in the hands remaining along independence avenue cars and buses which are passing by honking their horns in suppo
A beach in catalonia after an unprecedented lockdown would be difficult for most people to resist but amid these relaxed scenes and uncomfortable question is being asked is this the start of a 2nd wave of the pandemic on saturday almost 1500 new cases were recorded in the region most of them in and around the city of barcelona many of the new cases are young people showing mild or no symptoms at all it prompted a swift shutdown of night clubs throughout the region as well as a curfew on bars and concern among other European Countries of further outbreaks the u. K. s government announced on saturday that a 14 day quarantine period would be introduced for travellers returning from spain and in france there were requests to avoid trouble to the country altogether says he saw the show on concerning the situation in catalonia which is displaying worsened indicators for infection there as you know those who are going to get is are deteriorating we strongly encourage french citizens to avoid
A terrific you lie and trying to understand just how punishment and justice here in the u. S. Is based in these last few new cycles what would we see well weve learned that if authorities thought you passed off a fake 20. 00 bill youd be tortured and put to death and under 9 minutes as punishment or that up a group of heavily armed police break into your home in the middle of the night without warning or identification and you and your boyfriend stand up to them they have every right to shoot you dead on the spot but. If you kill 84. 00 people and burn an entire town to the ground you get off with just a slap on the wrist and a little bit of a fine at least thats the case if youre the pacific gas and Electric Company the 85000000000. 00 natural gas and electric provider behind the devastating 2018 camp fire in california you remember that fire that was the fire that leveled the town of paradise california is considered the most devastating wildfire in the states long history yes after
Regulations members are required to leave their cameras on the entire time they are in an official proceeding, even if they step away from the camera. This is an entirely remote hearing and as such the Committee Ruling will be closed and members who choose to sit with their individual devices in the hearing room must wear headphones to avoid feedback echoes and distortion resulting for more than one person in the room on the Software Platform as has been reported by the committees. They also are excited to adhere to social distancing and safe healthcare guidelines including masks, gloves and wiping down their area both before and after their presence in the hearing room. While a roll call is not necessary to establish a quorum, whatever there is an official proceeding with low participation the clerk will call the roll to help make clear who is here at the start of the proceeding. I will ask the clerk to call on the role. Madame clerk. [roll call] [roll call] [roll call] [roll call] [r