Has left washington until at least may 4th the constitution provides a mechanism for the president to fill positions in such circumstances the recess appointment its called the senates practice of gaveling into socalled pro forma sessions where no one is even there has prevented me from using the Constitutional Authority that were giving that were given under the recess provisions the senate should either fulfill its duty and vote on my nominees or chit formally adjourn so that i can make recess appointments we have a tremendous number of people that have to come into government and now more so than ever before because of the virus and the problem. We have to do it and we have to do whatever we have to do theyve made it very very difficult to run government i dont think any administration has done anywhere near what weve done in 3 and a half years but every block every week they put up roadblocks whether its russia russia or russia or whether its impeachment or hoax or whatever it may
A state of emergency but will people stick to social distancing rules. In the wilds of Oil Producers agree on the biggest cut in production ever but not everyone is ready to turn the tap off. And on peter cymru this. Minister wants his countrys doping been removed while 6 members of barcelonas board removed themselves resign in protest the president calls the bottom thats coming up later this news hour. All the while it is now nearing 100000 deaths from coronavirus the United States has the highest number of infections and in new york now mass burials are taking place as morgues run out of space christensen reports. Part island is new york citys potters field where those with no family or means to arrange a funeral are laid to rest they used to bury 25 people a week here in the age of the coronavirus its about that number every day counting the dead is now part of the daily routine for the gov 911 was supposed to be the darkest day in new york for a generation we lose 2753 lives on 911
Say we sometimes have disagreements over tactics but no one supports irans expansionist revolutionary Foreign Policy they want iran to pull back to its own borders and to stop arming hezbollah to stop arming the huth these to stop supplying funding and weapons to their proxies in iraq and syria those are the kind of things that we need our position now there is no acceptable level of lethal assistance to a proxy and that has to end so the United States position has not softened meanwhile iran has announced it is violating the Nuclear Enrichment levels that it agreed to and that multinational agreement from which the u. S. Has pulled out so that standoff intensifies and the potential for conflict only increases. Well the gulf is one of the worlds most important and busiest shipping lanes to give you a sense of just how many ships are transiting through the waterways there this is a look now at marine traffic dot com those red dots youre looking at there just the tankers operating in the
Including the outgoing Prime Ministers reason may have stood by him have said that they regard him as very effective very high quality diplomats. And the whole thing has created what you can only describe as a complete flat crisis between between the u. S. And the u. K. In this supposed special relationship and the question now arises will his replacement be be what in the same sort of thing the year that the u. S. Always does a political appointment or will it be someone who comes from the Diplomatic Service that decision will end up being taken by it is seen Boris Johnson if hes to win the conservative leadership contest and become the new Prime Minister and in the t. V. Debate that happened last night over this over all this Boris Johnson flatly refused to support barack and defend him against the attacks by donald trump obviously there it would have seen that happen. Must have come to a conclusion that if but if Boris Johnson is going to be the next Prime Minister then theres no po
That they are always open for dialogue but when it comes to dialogue with the u. S. Its a different story they have said that they will be willing to talk to the americans as long as they dont impose any sanctions and lift the current ones that are in place they are very very upset about the oil and banking sanctions that have been placed on iran over the past few months they say they cant really hold talks under these conditions so until the United States government takes out these sanctions the reins wont talk to them and really they dont feel like they should be bully into negotiations even the highest authority in iran the Supreme Leader has said they are not really in the irans best interest when it comes to the americans that the americans have proven over and over again that they cant be trusted even if we do have conversations with them they really do what they want at the end of the day so there really isnt much appetite for any negotiations with the United States but they are