Rico and the Virgin Islands endive issued emergency declarations for both of those areas, puerto rico and the Virgin Islands. This week, the storm passed just east of florida. Got a little lucky. Working with the governor, working with everybody, but did not it did not hit directly. It is currently off the coast of south carolina, heading northward to north carolina. Its expected to make landfall sometime this evening as a category one hurricane very serious, a lot of water, a lot of water coming from that storm. Ive already issued emergency declarations for florida, north carolina, south carolina, and femas personal, they are great, they are doing a great job, they are already on the ground in all areas, every single area we have mentioned is covered. Over the next several days, there is expected to be heavy wind and rain in the coastal areas of north carolina, delaware, new jersey we are working with each of those states, in particular as it relates to fema, the military, law enforce
Influence, so last thursday we held a conversation with former australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull that look at chinese influence in australia. Part of the report examined japan and australia and chinese influence works there. Todays conversation is to look at how russian influence works in the United Kingdom. As part of a broader work we also look at germany. The reason Malcolm Turnbull was so important is because we used his framing of influence activities. We looked at covert, coercive and corrupting influence factors. Many reports have examined the supply of influence activities, but very few look at the demandside, how democracies use and accept these influence activities. So our report focused much more on the demand come have democratic governments and ci activities. This report was made possible by the state Department Global Engagement Center to the Information Access fund, and administered by the were grateful of course for the support but these are the authors and not
Senator tim scott and Baltimore Police commissioner Michael Harrison talk about Police Reform. This event hosted by the american bar association. Begin thehonor to forum on justice and policing of southtor tim scott carolina. Thank you very much. Its a privilege to have you join us for this program at the annual meeting. Sen. Scott thank you and thank you for your leadership. Thank for making the investment to make a difference. Sir. Ank you, what do you see is the role of congress and Community Relations and bridging the gap of trust, particularly with communities of color across our nation . Sen. Scott i think Congress Plays a role in that, even a significant role, but the most important is the one on the local level, the mayors and county chairwoman, those folks have the most direct path towards Police Reform, not those of us in congress. I have shared this many times. I have been stopped by officers years. S in the last 20 seven times in one year as an elected official and all of m
Space the Uns Highest Court rules against 4 arab countries and fears of a major flare up between armenia and azerbaijan as fighting intensifies over a disputed region. Back into the Program China is feeling the pressure on 2 fronts from the u. S. And from the United Kingdom just hours ago President Donald Trump signed an executive order to hold beijing accountable for a new National Security lowered imposed on the territory as part of the new legislation the president s canceled all special trade and economic privileges that whole kong enjoys with the United States and banks that deal with some the chinese officials also face sanctions. The hong kong or tanami act which i signed this afternoon passed unanimously through congress this law gives my administration powerful new tools to hold responsible the individuals and the entities involved in extinguishing hong kongs freedom weve all watch what happened not a good situation their freedoms been taken away their rights have been taken a
What they say about a potential vp pick. Ready to play. The changes coming to wheel of fortune and jeopardy to get them back on the air during the pandemic. And zooming into the future. A rare look inside Buckingham Palace as the queens daughter tries to teach mom how to use a Video Conferencing app. Good wednesday morning, everyone. We begin with the new government report warning that 21 states are now in the socalled red zone when it comes to the coronavirus. That means doctors are recommending more restrictions in those states to stop this virus. A fema memo obtained shows deaths from the virus rose by 30 in the last week. With the u. S. Death toll about to surpass 150,000, President Trump falsely claimed last night much of the country is free of the virus. He also once again defended the drug hydroxychloroquine. Meanwhile as parents across the country try to prepare for school this fall, a Major Teachers Union warns teachers may go on strike if they dont feel safe. Abcs Megan Tevri