history seminar in fact to so liz and christina i d say welcome back great to have you back to the washing history seminar. i m christian osterman. i direct the wilson center s history and public policy program and i have the pleasure to co-chair the seminar series with eric arneson of the national. enter and george washington university today eric will introduce our speakers and moderate the discussion. the washing history seminar is a collaborative effort of two organizations the national history center of the american historical association and the wilson centers history and public policy program. for well more than a decade. the seminar has served as a non-partisan forum to discuss important new historical findings insights and publications something that s central to the mission of both of our organizations. behind the scenes fair two individuals who helped produce this event rachel wheatley for the national history center and pete biersticker for the wilson center our t
not the last aid package for ukraine has been overwhelmingly approved by the u.s. congress. a rare and notable achievement given the deep political divisions between democrat and republican lawmakers. on thursday, the $40 billion aid package for both military and humanitarian assistance passed the senate, but not without opposition. 11 republicans voted against the bill in defiance of republican mitch mcconnell. anyone concerned about the cost of supporting a ukrainian victory should consider the much larger cost should ukraine lose. president biden is now heading to south korea and is expected to sign the bill into law once he arrives. but wait there s more. just as the senate approved that $40 billion, the biden administration announced another security package worth $100 million and the flood of money to ukraine comes at a critical moment. ukraine s top military commander claims his troops have broken the russian siege s at kharkiv and miykolaiv and says ukrainia for
live from atlanta, this is cnn newsroom with kim brunhuber. u.s. president joe biden is expected to land in south korea next hour to begin his very first asia trip as president. he ll spen most of the weekend in the country holding talks with the new south korean president before heading to japan, where he ll be meeting with japan s prime minister as well as indian and australian leaders. officials say the trip to asia comes later in his presidency than he might have liked, but biden plans to, in his words, quote, affirm the importance of our indo-pacific alliances. cnn s kivevin liptak is live fr seoul. it s taken a while for him to make his first trip in his presidency. he is certainly coming over later than his recent predecessor, and probably a little later than he would have liked to. president biden has tried to make asia a center of his foreign policy, just like president obama did. just like president trump did. but he has been stymied somewhat by these other
Businesses in the dark as a result. Alison lets get to steve rudin with where the storms are right now. Steve the good news is the heaviest of the activity is moving across the bay and along with it the terrific lightning display. At one point this evening during 30 minutes, we had over 4000 lightning strikes. Heading in closer, the capital beltway, things have settled down nicely. Therate rain moving off to north and east, things drying up nicely fairfax and reston in the clear in the next 15, 20 minutes. Moving through the overnight, may hear some thunder through the Early Morning hours. A few clouds at 7 a. M. , but dry conditions on the way tomorrow along with slightly cooler temperatures on the seven day outlook. All of the details, plus looking ahead to the weekend. Things are going to get a lot better in terms of temperatures. Jonathan also following breaking news from southeas has forced 50 people from their home. Annalysa gayle is there right now. Annalysa this is all that is
Manus welcome to countdown. 6 00 in the morning here in london. Manus super tuesday. Anna the picture around the asian stock trading session. The chinese data we have weighing on a number of asset classes. It is talk about what is going on in japan. Japan selling 10 year bonds at a negative yield for the first time. Manus this is joining the club. You have the 10 year yields being negative. The Central Banks have gone into negative territory. We are showing the bid to cover them. Level in the demand this auction. The yield going into the negative territory. Volatility is at the highest and the yield curve in japan is the flattest on record. In thes a dramatic shift perception of risk and what to do in the bond market. Anna a lot of talk about whether we will see fiscal stimulus. D. O. T. Boj easing. Let us talk about some of the other risk assets on our radar. We are talking about mental prices. Getting those numbers from glencore. Talking about the copper price. Down around, shy of ha