Hello and welcome to world news today. Storm barry may no longer be a hurricane, but emergency teams are warning that heavy rain and strong winds will continue to batter americas gulf coast for some time to come. The storm made landfall in the last few hours, about 15 miles west of new orleans, with winds of around 70 miles an hour. These are pictures from along the gulf coast as the storm was approaching. The state of louisiana has declared a state of emergency with tens of thousands of people without power. In new orleans, the mayor Latoya Cantrell has urged residents to stay vigilent. We are not out of the conditions that will cause heavy rainfall for the city of new orleans, although barry has slowed, it has also intensified, pushing the timing of expected impacts further into today, tonight and sunday. Sophie long is in canal street in new orleans. We know that it has slowed down, but it is still packing a punch, isnt it . Yes, and people in morgan city are filling that punch at t
Usmca that might come as a result of these negotiations that can improve the outcome of American Workers im happy to consider. Its important to remember that usmca is better than nafta by nearly every standard, including labor and environment. So i hope discussions between House Democrats and ambassador lighthizer is an exercise in getting to the yes that i feel Speaker Pelosi wants to get to. One particular area where everyone can agree is that enforcement across the board is a key compromise that must be hammered out. Factors outside of farmers hands such as an oversupply of grain in the global market, an unusually wet spring across the midwest, and natural disasters like flooding have all contributed to increased uncertainty and less profitability for farmers and leading to anxiety among those same farmers. Passing the usmc will help alleviate some of that uncertainty and anxiety for the years ahead by providing stable export market for american corn, soybeans, pork and dairy to nam
This hearing of the Senate Agriculture committee. Its about an hour and 45 minutes. Morning. I call this meeting of the Senate Committee on agriculture under order. We are happy to have you back here again before the committee to discuss the need for certainty in our Global Agriculture markets. International trade policies and their impacts on the United States agriculture economy has been a topic of great interest over the last few years and more particularly the last few months. In fact, this is the second time in the last year that we are hearing about the efforts being made at the office of the United States trade representative and the department of agriculture, efforts that i hope will eventually result in longterm reliable markets for the United States agriculture. A great deal has happened in the nine months since you all appeared before this committee. Perhaps the most significant to our members was the successful package and enactment of the 2018 farm bill with the help of ev
Live direct from our studios in moscow this is our team international. With us. Has arrived in japan for the g. 20 summit these are the latest pictures from osaka where the russian president aircraft touched down about half an hour ago or to sleep trying to reports in the buildup to the event. Let me just give you a feeling of. Just before the main events of the summit the roads are almost deserted and it is very quiet. While there is something that explains it easily this area is filled with some very important people who say they want to get together to sort busy out whats troubling the world now. I am very happy to be here for the g. 20 where the challenges are great but let me be honest with you for several previous g 20 gatherings in a row journalist were really hungry for formal round Table Discussions for how the president and the Prime Ministers were reading out their vision for Global Development what mattered most back then and what matters most right now are so cold by last
A broadcasting live direct from our studio. Thomas. Has arrived in japan for the g. 20 summit the russian president touched down in. A couple hours. Let me just give you a feeling. For the main events of the roads are all. Very. Well there something that explains it easily this area is filled with. People who say they want to get together. Whats troubling the world nowadays is im very happy to be here for the g. 20 where the challenges are great but let me be honest with you for several previous g 20 gatherings in a row journalists were really hungry for formal round Table Discussions for how the president and the Prime Ministers were reading out their vision for Global Development what mattered most back then and what matters most right now are so cold by last when to the leaders sit right next to each other and deal with what piled up between their 2 countries by the way the japanese Prime Minister shinzo abi will be welcoming some of his guests because medieval summarized house. So