International mediators prepared to meet in geneva. Facing off in the u. S. Vice president ial debate tema harris and mike pence clashed over the handling of the coronavirus pandemic and americas role in the world. As a Donald Trumps unilateral approach to Foreign Policy coupled with his isolation if. He pulled us out and has made america less safe we stood strong with her a large but weve been demanding. We begin with a disturbing trend developing right across europe just before winter hits coronavirus cases and in some places its worse than its ever been austria has just recorded its highest number of daily cases ever more than 1200 that is higher than mobs when the initial wave of info. Actions was at its peak its the same story in slovakia with over a 1000 cases a record figure for just one day United Kingdom is having to consider implementing even more covert 19 restrictions as the 2nd wave accelerates cases theyre rising by about 14000 every day the situation in ukraine is lookin
Pandemic and americas role in the world. Because of Donald Trumps unilateral approach to Foreign Policy coupled with his isolation. He pulled out and has made america less safe we stood strong with our allies but weve been demanding. Also ahead living in an open prison Human Rights Watch calls for an end to the mass detention of working a refugee in me and mom. And im joining. The french open semifinals after a fall set win. In paris. To begin this news with a disturbing trend developing right across europe just before winter hits coronavirus casey. Are surging and in some places it is worse than it has ever been austria has just recorded its highest number of daily cases ever more than 1200 thats higher than the month of march when the initial wave of infections was at a peak its the same story in slovakia with over 1000. 00 cases a record figure there for one day the United Kingdom is having to consider implementing even more cope with 19 restrictions as the 2nd wave there continues
Armenia and azerbaijan agreed to work to end their conflict. In just under an hour the 2 candidates for Vice President of the United States will face off in their only debate of the campaign ahead of the november 3rd president ial election clear plastic barriers will separate mike pence and. Have both tested negative for corona virus pictures here from Salt Lake City ahead of this 90 minute debate in the state of utah this is the hole in the university of utah where it will all happen. Rob reynolds as our correspondent there today so much anticipation for this one is that they were not usual for a Vice President ial debate these are not usual times. Absolutely kemal i mean the the Vice President ial debates every 4 years are usually pretty forgettable although those of us who are of a certain age will never forget lloyd benson is classic putdown of dan quayle in 1988 senator youre no jack kennedy but this time the stakes are even higher the focus will we squarely i think on covert 19 a
A round innovation there was a time when our country believed in science and invested in research and development so that we were in the innovation leader on the globe joe biden will use that money to invest in education so for example for folks who want to go to your Community College it will be free if you come from a family that makes less than 125000. 00 youll go to a Public University for free and across the board will make sure that if you have Student Loan Debt its cut by 10000. 00 thats how joe biden thinks about the economy which is about investing in the people of our country as opposed to passing a tax bill which had the benefit of letting american corporations go offshore to do their business. Thank you senator harris Vice President since your administration has been predicting a rapid and robust recovery but the latest economic report suggests thats not happening should americans be braced for an economic comeback that is going to take not months but a year or more you hav
Our goal for this hearing is to enable this committee to have a thoughtful and deliberate consideration of your qualifications for the positions that youve respectfully been nominated to fill. The witnesses have provided written responses which you all will have. As youll see, mr. Miller graduated from George Washington university. He was commissioned as an infantry officer, he has a masters in National Security studies and a graduate of the Naval College of staff. Began his military career as a infantry man in the army and served in the district of col n Columbia National guard. He served with the fifth special forces group. He participated in combat operations in afghanistan and iraq. Upon retiring from the army in 2014, he worked as a defense contractor before serving as the special assistant to the president and senior director of counterterrorism at the National Security council. He currently serves as the Deputy Assistant secretary of defense for special operations and for combat