donald trump has been welcomed in saudi arabia as he began his first trip abroad since becoming president. he signed deals worth hundreds of billions let s go live now to riyadh and our chief international correspondent lyse doucet. you join us today in the middle of a sandstorm in saudi arabia, you can see the winds are blowing across our rooftop position here here in riyadh. it s coming to the end of donald trump s first day on his first foreign visit, and in his first foreign visit, and in his first comment about the visit to the media here, he described the visit as tremendous. and in almost the same breath, he explained why. jobs, jobs, jobs. $350 billion worth of deals between us companies and saudi arabia, including a record arms deal. this is from our north american correspondent will stop. with the mercury touching 100 fahrenheit, donald trump probably found the blast of desert air refreshing compared to the political hothouse he s left behind in washington. he s hop
North, south, east and west in fact, to all of the borders of sudan. andrew harding, there. the un has described the situation as a humanitarian catastrophe was that hundreds of thousands of people in desperate need of aid. we spoke to the un world food programme s, regional director for east africa michael dunford. he gave me his assessment of events. catastrophe is the perfect description. 15.8 million people already hungry in sudan, one third of the population, before the crisis. that number is skyrocketing. there were over 4 million people internally displaced. that number continues to increase. the security and lack of humanitarian actors, all contributing to what, as you heard, is a catastrophe. the world food programme has recommenced operations today. we initially suspended it
Caseload and in fact we were already supporting over 7 million people across the country this year. we need to meet their needs and then we re going to have to scale up operations to meet the increasing needs because of the conflict that you are seeing. 50 needs because of the conflict that you are seeing- you are seeing. so tell me a little bit about what you are seeing. so tell me a little bit about what those you are seeing. so tell me a little bit about what those immediate l you are seeing. so tell me a little - bit about what those immediate needs are? ., , . are? before the conflict even started we are? before the conflict even started we estimated - are? before the conflict even started we estimated there l are? before the conflict even - started we estimated there were 15.8 million people who were acutely hungry, we were trying to support at least half of them. that number obviously has increased and is increasing quickly. we do not even know yet how many people need
Are going to have to scale up our operations to make the increasing needs because of the conflict that you are seeing. before i start asking you about what precautions are in place for your own workers, tell me about what those immediate needs are? before the conflict even started we estimated there were 15.8 million people who were acutely hungry. we were trenches for at least half. that number obviously has increased, it is increasing quickly and we don t even know yet how many people need humanitarian support. that is just how bad the situation is. beyond sudan itself, we also see regional implications. we can see refugees moving into chat chad and saps it on. we know that the economy of south saddam is usually the bend on the situation on sudan itself. we also are concerned
Announced creation of penn biden center in february of 2017, opened in 2018 and received $15.8 million in anonymous chinese donations that year, including may 2018 for $14.5 million, that just three months after the center opened its doors. congressman james comer taking over the house oversight committee wants to get to the bottom of it. this is millions going to the family of joe biden, almost as if there is a money trail from the biden front door all the way to china. republicans are going to investigate the biden family, we re concerned that this white house is compromised. joe biden said he would be most transparent president in history and we can make the argument he