Podcast the russia file. Let me just remind everybody throughout the conversation we were ready gotten quite a few of them, you can submit questions by email at wilson center. Org buyer twitter and facebook pages and please include your name and affiliation just as if you are attending an event at the center which i hope we can do again soon and be more likely to call on you if youre not an anonymous aspect. I am joined today by the ark under doctor fiona who is the center of the United States of europe and the Foreign Policy program at the Brookings Institution and as everyone knows wears recently a Deputy Assistant to the president and senior director for European National Security Council that was 2017 to 19 in 2006 2009 she served as the National Officer at the National Intelligence council and is coauthor of the very well received in the kremlin 2015 update of previously published books, i also want to note, i want to know this is a very useful with everybody thinking about russia
I want to invite you to give a listen to our ken and podcasts and art art news podcast, the russian file. Let me just remind everybody that throughout the conversation and we forgot quite a few of them, you can submit questions by email, via twitter and facebook pages and please do include your name and affiliation just as if youre attending a live event of the Wilson Center which hope we can do against it. Id be more likely to call on you for not an anonymous blurt out. Im join today i dr. Fiona hill was a senior fellow and center for the next its a joke in the Foreign Policy program of the Brookings Institution and, of course, is that one will knows served as Deputy Assistant to the president and senior director for european and Russian Affairs on National Security council. That was 201719. From 2006nine she also served as National Intelligence officer for russia and eurasia at the National Intelligence council and is coauthor of of the very well received and widely read book mr. Put
A National Lockdown for Peoples Mental Health for the economy for the United Kingdom generally we need to unlock and we need to let people get on with their lives the survey conducted by the British Medical Association also shows nearly a 5th of those polled are not at all confident about their ability to cope if there is a 2nd wave a 3rd said they were just not very confident and this is the 6th the they conducted by the b. M. A. June the pandemic and does give a clear indication that feelings within the n. H. S. Experts say there needs to be more government help put in place in order to support health care workers. Not to. Also eat with the fact that we also eat half the beach treat some of the illnesses that maybe have been pushed to the ground but they do need the full. Element of Mental Health coming along you know people only you. Family members you know Financial Issues and once you know we might be focusing a lot on the immediate death and the immediate health. Coronavirus the
We still cant hear you. I wonder if we should try having you sign in again or have you call in rather than just a video link and we could hear you by dialing in. I will let my staff interact with you directly and in the meantime we will begin with some questions. My apologies, Mister Morrison, we will get this worked out. Let me look for any of our witnesses that can be heard. The current pandemic began in china. If possible the next pandemic may begin somewhere else. If the pandemic were to begin or begin spreading in africa what level of confidence do you have in our ability to identify that it is taking place, what transparency would we find, given there was not much transparency out of china in some critical early days and weeks, how would you assess the threat of a pandemic coming from the african continent . Can i start . Sure. Im confident that should such a pandemic start in africa we would have tremendous cooperation. I look back on the situation with ebola in west africa wher
Intelligence Committee Heard from former ambassadors and diplomatic officials. House committee on intelligence, first remote hearing. Before we proceed to where were topic today, the impact of the covid19 pandemic in Subsaharan Africa, i want to address some housekeeping matters. Todays session will be conducted on an unclassified basis. Urged tonts are inrain from presenting compliance with House Resolution 965 and resolutions for remote proceedings. Like many of you, i would have preferred to hold this in person in washington, d. C. , but because of the threat of covid19 we remain serious and widespread and are proceeding remotely to ensure the safety of our witnesses, members, staff, and the public. I was hoping that todays hearing would be bipartisan. Unfortunately, our republican colleagues have decided not to dissipate. I hope they will not to participate. I hope they will join us in the future and im committed to continuing our work notwithstanding the pandemic, and both sides o