Unrest returned to the lebanese city of tripoli on thursday after overnight clashes between Security Forces and protesters that left one man dead Security Forces fired tear gas and crowds angry at the lack of compensation for workers during the coronavirus lockdown the protests started in the city on monday and are spreading to beirut and other areas. A court in germany has found a neo nazi guilty of assassinating regional politician. In the town of castle 2 years ago and sentenced him to life in prison newco was a member of Angela Merkels c. D. U. Party and had spoken out in support of refugees. This is the news from by lynn followers on twitter and instagram at news of visit our website w dot com folks. Ask yourself who among your family and friends has taken on more responsibility more work more burden since the coronavirus emerged well the answer for most of us women its estimated that one year of the pandemic has wiped out 10 years of job gains for women in a recession that some a
About the 2020 election. Welcome to Washington Post live. Im david ignatius, a columnist for the Washington Post, and its my pleasure to welcome christopher krebs, the former director of the cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency at dhs, and it is fair to say, one of the heroes and protecting the security of our 2020 election. Welcome. Chris thank a lot. David lets begin with your story. You began preparing for a secure election back in february. And i remember talking with you in august for a column at a time when President Trump was warning about the danger of fraud because of mailin voting. You told me on the record interview back then this election would be slower to tabulate because of all the absentee votes, but it would be safe and secure. In august for a column at a time when President Trump was warning about the danger of fraud because of mailin voting. Took you told me in and on the record interview back then this election would be slower to tabulate because of all
Of widespread fraud in the president ial election. President trump fired the directory. Former cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency director Christopher Krebs talked about the 2020 election. David its fair to say one of the heroes in perfecting the security of our 2020 election. Chris, welcome. Chris thanks a lot. David lets begin with your story. You began preparing for a secure election back in february. And i remember talking with you in august for a column at a time when President Trump was warning about the danger of fraud because of mailin voting. Took you told me in and on the record interview back then this election would be slower to tabulate because of all the absentee votes, but it would be safe and secure. I want to ask you, did you get any pushback from the white house back then . Unhappiness you were contradicting the president in effect . Chris let me frame this in terms of time and history. We have actually been preparing for we had been preparing for a secu
Over the next couple of days and weeks. Am my first calculation of fivestate differential this of 143 was 150 3000 out 153,000 out of 143 million votes. You wonder if we would have a five state recount. Im kidding. That wouldnt occur. Battle was in hawaii. The differential between john f. 1960 between john f. Kennedy and Richard Nixon was all of 115 votes. There was a recount in hawaii, and there was a swing from nixon to kennedy in 1960. You really wonder, is that what we have in store as we stagger to december . On georgia, just to add a bit of color, i was very focused on georgia over the last , becausenth and a half it is an important state. I believe it is a state that has only voted three times for a democratic president. If those times before it does go to a democratic president , two of those were when jimmyn 1990s carter was on the ballot, and in President Trump won the state by a 5 difference. Anwould even be symbolically important point if it is a razor thin majority. We nee
Several 1000 have been detained but the demonstrators are not giving up these are protests on a scale russia has not seen in a long time. One of the demonstrators this 19 year old anastasio for most of her life she has known only president Vladimir Putin and his policies her protest is mixed with the anger about the brutal treatment of the opposition and the suspicion that putin might be enriching himself without measure for many young people in the stars just hometown of the locust nets this is the 1st time they are taking part in a political protest. Was disgrace disgrace and we are the power people chant in the center of no coups nets siberia here answering the call of the arrested Opposition Leader alexei navalny. Among them 19 year old activist and as you stated. You matter the next day at the police with a protest was held in the city park of new york whose needs. She says she protests against restrictions on freedom of speech perspective and the poor standard of living in russia