Down in the dumps. Im michael good to have you with us lawmakers in the u. S. Congress are preparing to block president Donald Trumps order to withdraw u. S. Troops from germany its a rare instance of the democratic and republican parties working together to pass legislation the final version of the annual defense bill which still needs to be voted on voices support for the continued presence of u. S. Forces in germany and it would require an Impact Assessment before any troops are removed in july the pentagon announced it would withdraw about a 3rd of the 36000 u. S. Troops based here. So how likely is it that u. S. Troops will not be withdrawn from germany washington correspondent stephan siemens has. Actually it is very likely that there wont be any withdrawal at least not on the reigns of this administration of the triumvirate ministration as you pointed out. Budget Defense Budget package which is 4500. 00 pages that is a double whopper theyre. Saying that they 1st Want Congress se
Company Purdue Pharma appears before congress to answer for its role of the buick crisis. We begin in the u. S. Where covered 19 cases have now passed 50000000 with no slowdown in size the rollout of the 1st Pfizer Vaccine across the atlantic and the u. K. Offers hope but relief in the states is still a long way off on tuesday president elect joe biden and his plan to bring an end to the pandemic mike hanna has a story. President tran convened what was billed as a proxy summit just days before the f. D. A. Is q. To decide on whether to grant an emergency use authorization for the 1st of 2 vaccines and it appears the president is intent on claiming credit for the unprecedented keeps up the fact seems development were just days away from authorization from the f. D. A. And were pushing on the heart that which point we will immediately begin mass distribution before operation warp speed the typical time frame for development that approval has you know. Could be infinity and we were very v
18 Warner Brothers films big films for not no no extra charge and thats a huge huge deal but if you look at the broader picture and look at cinema this is devastating for the cinemas who are hoping were counting actually on wonder woman in the United States which was supposed to come out of christmas as a way of maybe bouncing back recovering a bit of the losses that they made through this year for some months of being shot. This new model that Warner Brothers presenting basically undercuts their business entirely because you know why would people pay 15000. 00 to go to the movies if they can you know sit home on their couch and walk the exact same movie at the exact same time so its really interesting to see what impact this this has on the whole industry and whether or not this is a temporary measure as Warner Brothers is still saying its going to be there for just doing this for the krona time period or if this is a marks a sea change in. In the whole industry and if this is the way
I bet its better to welcome to do. That you could join us got all of us infections continue to rise across the world with many countries reporting 2nd even 3rd waves of the virus south korea for instance and in india the capital delhi but in the country where it all began china its a whole other story on thursday local media reported less than 20 new cases so whats china doing right and then lessons here for other countries well discuss that with an expert in a bit but 1st heres paul on life in china in the shadow of a global pandemic. In china signs of the coronavirus pandemic are hardly noticeable Authorities Say there are only a couple 100 active cases and next to no new delhi case since. We have no evidence right now that the situation in china is anything other than extremely low levels all over the virus with a very aggressive response to any upsurge of. The moment some individuals test positive the authorities react by doing mass testing in the area thats why recently in the par
Closely this impact was bad and good so that we can week an informed decision about your choices how welcome to equal india that one way of tackling the problem of overconsumption and the subsequent winston generally is for people to work with the environment where they live the people in our next story live in a remote region of india with extreme climatic conditions its not easy to make a living and transporting the regular supply of food and other essential uses a lot of energy in their bid to help the end by small sustainably growing wild petit a potential before providing them with a new source of nutrition and. Conditions are cool up here in the mountain desert of long haul speedy in the indian state of him. Winter is approaching that you realize 4000 meters above sea level and temperatures can drop really below freezing in winter. Conditions here can be harsh and Climate Change is making things much harder 2 years ago heavy snow fell in september by being out of. Part of the har