A president ial election next year. There have been mass protests across the country since the impeachment of a popular former president. My team to scatter Central America is reeling after being battered by a hurricane. For the 2nd time in less than 2 weeks. Some 40000 people in nicaragua have been evacuated into shelters. Iow, it made landfall in the northeast of the country with winds of more than 260 kilometers per hour. Iota comes to shortly after the region was hit by hurricane. This is d. W. News from berlin and follow us on twitter and instagram at news, or visit our website dot com for a long, long war. The corona virus is spreading like never before in the, u. S. And here in europe hospitalizations in france and america. Patients with coke at 19 are at a record high despite promising vaccines. The short term future looks grim and deadly unless radical steps are taken. Now. Today, austria begin a nationwide lockdown for almost 3 weeks. Practically, everyone will do just 2 thin
Pompeo andonesian foreign minister held talks on thursday. They discussed the sittion in the south cna sea wch china claims most of. Indonea has designated an exclusive Economic Zone off the nah tuna islands and has a territorial dispute with beijing in the area. Our law abiding nations reject the unlawful claims made by the Chinese Government party in the South China Sea. Its a cause worth pursuing in multilateral settings and the Trump Administration very much supports this. She said stability and peace should be maintained in the South China Sea and added International Law, especially United Nations convention on the law of the sea must be respected and implemented. Pompeo expressed willingness to cooperate in new ways to ensure Maritime Security and protect some of the worlds busiest trade routes. I encourage u. S. Businesses to invest more in indonesia including for procts in the Outer Islands in indonesia such as nah tuna island. Pompeo says the u. S. Welcomes indonesias Decisive
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Secretary of state, mike pompeo. He has spent much time with us this morning. The secretary and tremendous background. And at west point. Any was editors of the harvard law review. And lawyer, successful businessman. He was a captain of the army, and congress, head of the cia. And now secretary of state. Anyone of these accomplishments would be a major accomplishment for anyone of us. But he has them all. So with that i want to, welcome you again and handed the program over to our great editor bob who is now going to interview the secretary. Have a great day. Thank you jimmy and stephen thank you mr. Secretary for joining us of an adjustment to the newsprint just recently mr. Secretary, you said that u. S. May be on tiktok and other chinese apps print is this going to be a decision on that this summer. Foresaw thank you for having me. Thank you for that very generous introduction. Many, about tiktok. And we gotta go back to protect American National security. In this information the in
Like as possible. To those of you joining us the first time putting a work in welcome and an invitation to explore the wide range of programs we have available here. Now is the perfect time to turn off your cell phones or anything else thatt might make noise during the program. Take you for doing that. We are thrilled tonight to welcome a claimed historian mary beth norton. Author of five books and coeditor of several others and her textbook, a people and nation, survey of u. S. History has been published in ten additions and is sold more than 500,000 copies. Norton is a Pulitzer Prize finalist and was a 2018 president of the american historical association. She is the mary [inaudible] Professor Emeritus at cornell university. Her new book, 1774, is available for purchase and signing following the program. So now, please join me in welcoming marybeth norton. [applause] it is nice to be here. I want to make sure that the quicker is the clicker on . It doesnt seem to be. Oh, there is spi