Is now more popular than ever. And a president ial election in west africa mobbed by extremist violence. People are headed to the polls today, but a growing insurgency means many voters wont be able to cost their math and held welcome of the worlds wealthiest countries, wrapping up their online g 20 summit hosted by saudi arabia. The virtual gathering has been dominated by efforts to end the coronavirus pandemic. And the global recession. A draft declaration shows the biggest economies will pledge to pay for distribution of big 19. 00, vaccines and testing. So that poor countries left out Climate Change and the environment have emerged as a novel. As the summer draws to a close, u. S. President , donald trump defended his environmental record and justified his decision to pull out of the International Paris climate agreement. I withdrew the United States from the unfair and one sided, Paris Climate Accord, a very unfair act for the United States. The paris accord was not designed to sa
You know what love is on thanksgiving . I love you so much and im so thankful for you that im not going to see you. This year if you love someone, it is smarter and better to stay away. Well be alone physically, but we are spiritually together celebrating in a way that is even deeper. The story is, my mom is going to come up and two of my girls is the current plan. But the plans change. But thats my plan. Sandra and that grabbed a lot of headlines. Laura ingle is tracking it for us. How long for the governor to change his tune about those plans . We crunched the numbers, looked at time codes. It was exactly 1 hour 33 minutes for him to Reverse Course and change his plans. As others plans go forward others move forward. He is letting folks know things are getting so bad in new york he is putting some restrictions in place for some areas where those cases are spiking, limiting the hours of restaurants and exactly how many people can gather for their thanksgiving day meal safely in new yo
Welcome to the program. Leaders of the worlds 20 wealthiest nations have pledged to quote, spare no effort in ensuring that all countries have access to covert 19 vaccines. Comments came at the end of a virtual g. 20 meeting hosted by saudi arabia. The summit was dominated by the pen demick, amid concerns for countries will be left behind as wealthier nations reserve, nearly all of the expected supply of the most promising vaccine candidates. G. 20 leaders also reiterated a commitment to extend debt relief for developing countries until at least 2021 as many governments risk default due to the economic shock caused by the virus. Lets get more now from alexander phenomenon our Brussels Bureau chief. Shes been following the summit for us on xander. Welcome. When g. 20 leaders pledge affordable and equitable access to covert vaccines. What exactly does that mean . Well, in theory, a death means that everyone should have access to achieve that. Seeing whether you live in berlin, in brussel
Ukraines underfunded Health Care System stretched to breaking point by the pandemic. With that firsthand account from a doctor whos kind of covert 19 and is back at work fighting to give others the best possible government says protesters who set fire to the countrys Congress Building are guilty of terrorist acts. The demonstrators are furious about cuts to education and health care in the latest batch. I mean the business leader, all eyes were on mine strike up his side, paid for the bush visit on trash day. Im good. How the office, welcome to the program 3 prominent hong kong activists have been detained after pleading guilty to that involvement in last years proto ocracy program. Protests joshua warm ivan, lamb and agnes chao are all expecting jail terms for inciting and organizing an authorised assembly. The charges are related so a protest outside of Police Headquarters in june of last year on punts prodemocracy movement has faulted since beijing imposed a sweeping National Securi
That said, we end the year with a bang by hosting todays guest who will discuss his significant and timely book, making the modern american fiscal state law, politics and the rise of progressive taxation, 18771929. Published by Cambridge University press. We will resume this talk on january 15 when we host rebecca edwards, professor of history. Her talk is titled, sex on the frontier fertility in americas antebellum empire. Rebecca edwards is a very eminent historian who would you would expect to get quite a draw from, but a presentation of that title, i think this is something that cannot be missed. Professor mehrotra is the associate dean for research, professor of law. A fellow at Indiana University. He received his j. D. At Georgetown University law center and his ph. D. At the university of chicago. He has served as the codirector of the Indiana University center of law, society and culture. Before arriving at Indiana University, he was a doctoral fellow at the American War Founda