Administration is saying it wants to send checks to americans giving them cash to spend during the coronavirus crisis. And u. A. For the euro 2020 football championship which had been due to take place across the continent. Restrictions around the world are becoming more severe as countries step up their efforts to halt the spread of the coronavirus iran has issued one of the most dire warnings yet saying millions could die if they keep ignoring advice and moving around the country malaysia has imposed some of the toughest restrictions seen in asia outside of china closing its borders and comping down on movement on the same day it recorded its 1st death there as well france has ended nationwide lockdown thousands of police are on the streets to find people if they cant prove that buying food or going to work and the euro 2020 football tournament which was due to be held in 12 different cities across europe has been put back by a year fulbright and begins our coverage with a look at th
So, this sounds really loud to me. Does it sound okay to people . Yeah . Hello everybody. Im maya mcginnis. I run the committee for responsible budget. Im pleased you joined us for our forum. Many of you probably know this, but the committee for responsible federal budget is a Bipartisan Organization focused on fiscal responsibility. And if you look at the world right now where the debt is at near record levels, never been this high relative to the economy since world war ii and the deficit is the largest its ever been when the economy is this strong its a really important issue to focus on right now. Im smiling so i dont cry. I was thinking i look really happy. Its a troubling time for fiscal policy. Theres no question about that. Let me just tell you quickly about two projects that we are doing before i kick off our really great panels and speakers for this afternoon. The first project were doing right now is something we do every year on Election Year called u. S. Budget watch. And
A controversial citizenship law in india. Thousands of people turned out to welcome the return of come on rooms Opposition Leader. And we take a look at 2 very personal films about how politics of an impact in far flung parts of the world. Welcome to the program the United States and south korea have indefinitely postponed joint military drills as a result of the corona Virus Outbreak Health Officials in south korea have also released new numbers of cases there pushing the total number of people infected to almost 1600 well in the middle east saudi arabia has announced its temporary holding visas for both the pilgrimage i am for people coming in from affected countries iraq has closed schools universities and banned public gatherings as well as flights from several countries qatar has over the evacuation of the. Tare and kuwaiti citizens from iran to the spread of infections there meanwhile in the u. S. President trump has appointed Vice President mike pence to lead the response agains
With a taliban leader more attacks on the afghan army prompted a u. S. Air strike against the. Low will mark them to the program our top story this hour Turkeys Parliament has descended into chaos amid rising tensions over the countrys military policy in syria a fight broke out involving dozens of politicians off to one opposition member accuse the president of disrespecting turkish soldiers whove died in syria. On was also labeled irresponsible for sending troops into the conflict without air cover turkey has sent thousands of soldiers into syria to try to halt a government offensive in province or the brawl in the parliament followed the deaths of 2 turkish soldiers during an attack in Turkish Forces also suffered heavy losses last week when 34 soldiers were killed in as strikes 59 have now died in Northern Syria one is due to meet his russian counterpart in moscow on thursday to discuss a cease fire. Or. None of our martyrs none of our veterans and none of their blood none of their
Process. They spoke at an event hosted by the committee for a responsible federal budget. So, this sounds really loud to me. Does it sound okay to people . Yeah . Hello everybody. Im maya mcginnis. I run the committee for responsible budget. Im pleased you joined us for our forum. Many of you probably know this, but the committee for responsible federal budget is a Bipartisan Organization focused on fiscal responsibility. And if you look at the world right now where the debt is at near record levels, never been this high relative to the economy since world war ii and the deficit is the largest its ever been when the economy is this strong its a really important issue to focus on right now. Im smiling so i dont cry. I was thinking i look really happy. Its a troubling time for fiscal policy. Theres no question about that. Let me just tell you quickly about two projects that we are doing before i kick off our really great panels and speakers for this afternoon. The first project were doin