Jerusalem demonstrators keep up the pressure on israels Prime Minister to quit over his handling of the outbreak and corruption charges. We begin with a spike in the number of new corona virus infections in spain outbreaks of prompted the u. K. Government to make a last minute decision to reimpose the 2 weeks of quarantine for people who travel there and across the atlantic the u. S. Is experiencing record death tolls more on that in a moment but 1st some of the ago as a story from europe. A Welcome Break on a beach in catalonia after an unprecedented lockdown would be difficult for most people to resist but amid these relaxed scenes and uncomfortable question is being asked is this the start of a 2nd wave of the pandemic on saturday almost 1500 new cases were recorded in the region most of them in and around the city of barcelona many of the new cases are young people showing mild or no symptoms at all it prompted a swift shutdown of night clubs throughout the region as well as a curf
A rally fields and on the streets of hong kong. And australian firefighters are saying they are in uncharted territory as they struggle to contain bush fires raging across 2 states. Welcome to the program our top story that been more violent clashes in the iraqi capital and in the south of the country this despite iraqs top shia cleric urging the military and the police to avoid using Excessive Force against the protesters Security Forces fired tear gas and through stun grenades into crowds of antigovernment demonstrators in baghdad and then in basra a Security Forces fired live rounds at demonstrators staging a sit in the Iraqi Commission for human rights says at least 23 protesters have been killed in the on rest since sunday mama john germ has more from the iraqi capital. In baghdad thousands of Demonstrators Demonstrators of all ages men women children across the social divide they came out to Tahrir Square in the area surrounding to hear your square but they were expressing a real
Interview. That is coming up. To our stop story, billionaire Mike Bloomberg is officially jumping into the race. To Charlie Gasparino, who has been on top of the story. That is a lot of money. Now you have mike on a good friend of my friend greg valentino. I have to watch. I cant wait for that. But in any event. This is a huge story on a number of levels. Mike bloomberg is one of the richest men in america. I think fifth richest, could be wrong. 58 billion. Selfmade man. David wow. New york city mayor. He has upended the race at least for journalists. Now the real question Going Forward, does he upend the race, the real race . I think there are two storylines you will see coming out. One is the bigger one. Does he have impact here . Does he have impact beyond beating the hell out of donald trump, right . A lot of these ads will be saying why trump is unfit for office david he has to get the nomination first. Do they work . Do they work where they get him enough votes where he sneaks in
Public citizen talks about conflict of interest among Family Members of politicians. Later, National Journals joins us to discuss the politics of impeachment. Against President Trump. Host President Trump yesterday appeared to widen his appeal to Foreign Governments to investigate his main political rival. This time it was china. The morning and welcome to cspans washington journal for friday, october the fourth, 2019. We will start the program asking about the appropriateness of seeking foreign intervention or assistance. What is appropriate . Republicans, your line is 2027488001. Democrats, 2027488000. For independents, all others, that is 2027488002. If you are watching or listening outside the u. S. , that line, 2027488003. You can also use that line if you want to text us, 2027488003. Make sure you include your name and where you are texting from and on twitter we are cspanwj. Facebook, your thoughts, facebook. Com cspan. We will get to the president s comments, the story about ch
Radical influence of a moderate founding father, recently published by the university of harvard press. Brooke barbier is a public historian who holds a ph. D. American history from boston college. In addition to king hancock, she is the author of boston and the American Revolution a town versus an empire, published by the unit excuse me, the History Press in 2017, which focuses on prerevolutionary boston and its during the American Revolution. In addition to her scholarship, she is also the founder of yield tavern tours, a popular guided outing along bostons renowned freedom, and that was founded in 2013. But before i hand over to dr. Barber, however, the usual housekeeping items are in order for our friends tuning in with us on zoom this evening following tonights authors talk there will be a question and answer session. So please feel free to submit your questions at any point. The presentation by using the q a that can be found at the bottom of your screen. And we will do our best