A strategic arms ship with. Lusher is a work in all establishing a strategic. As a soviet union hastur in the cold war and the americans understand that there are also lots of jets in syria has being defeated the americans know there is no chance of the Syrian Government being over for her so here americans are looking to target russias allies and friends in the well i dont see a 2nd program here you know you know team in the in again looking at the 3 countries that we mention your keep the venezuelan interest. Theres always this pretense of some kind well drop sanctions if you do x. Y. And z. Once in 3 but if you look at every single example well talk about syria the 2nd half of the program is basically full submit surrender and then we will drop the sanctions here it doesnt work that way. Thats not what diplomacy is all about an obviously it is a pretense to force regime change we all know what happened to libya the north koreans know what happened to libya here so i mean that this i
I always appreciate ok lets go to marcus in london you and i want to tell marcus demon and our audience here i have big news were not to talk about the president ial debates were not to talk about the Supreme Court of the United States were not going about it joe biden is see now actually were going to talk about some real important things going on in the world today on this program i dont want to talk about sanctions mania because this is all too familiar marcus it is a political weapon that is the kin to war it is. It is an assault on the salt of these countries here and as i said in my introduction here you know its never explained why it is in the National Interest why civilian populations in these designated countries are repeatedly and to know if that doesnt have any political real political outcome except for on the ground misery oh hemmer well with the well once cast i would say its and indeed distracted by. 19 the American Government has continued its aggression on the Interna
Or is Something Else to play. We will get into it but as i can see the major indexes down in the nasdaq up 3 . Following reports of the november surprise on a vaccine bio pharmacy ceo pledged to take the over speed when it comes to treatment. Tesla feeling a little dented this morning after getting snubbed by the s p 500 despite four straight quarters of profit the benchmark index says no thank you very much, we will discuss the implications of that. In Washington Congress returns as a stimulus stalemate continues, white house chief of staff mark meadows kelli Maria Bartiromo in the last hour he thinks the deal will get done and soon. We are 56 days away from the election for the battle of the swing state and definitely heating up. President trump touting a rebounding economy as a hits florida and North Carolina today and we will see him leave later this morning. The president is threatening to cut ties with china and issues of stock morning if joe biden wins. And how about this, the h
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Back to planet earth and the astronauts launched by space x. Are set to return home with the 1st u. S. Splash down in 45 years. People around the world are facing the prospect of new coronavirus lock downs and restrictions thats as the number of infections grows rapidly and governments struggle to contain the spread of the virus globally the number of confirmed cases is edging closer to 18000000 many countries once thought to have been in control of the outbreak is seeing a surge in infections in hong kong hospitals are reaching their capacity as it battles a socalled 3rd wave now Health Workers from Mainland China have been sent in to help but as pollen reports now their arrival is also causing concern. Hundreds of beds ready for patients. To the International Airport once used for exhibitions and conventions now converted to a hospital hong kong is facing its 3rd and worst wave of who run a virus. With daily new infections in the triple digits the government says hospitals are reachi