Good morning. Im the director for the center of United States in europe. At the bookings institution. I am delighted today to be chairing this important discussion on election 2020 and its implications for u. S. Over the weekend there has been some rapid developments. After a tumultuous few days, i think for everyone, the election was close for many days. So we have a terrific panel this morning to discuss not so much the election but looking forward to next year to see what the implications are for u. S. Foreign policy, for international order, and to talk to parse maybe some of the nuances of last week and what they may mean, particularly that trumpism is alive and well even though the president did not receive a second term and that the senate could still be in the hands of the republicans. Adelman fromic Johns Hopkins school of advanced international study, evan osnos, a staff writer at the new yorker and a nonresident fellow at brookings, tamara wittes, senior fellow at the center
Other parts of the breaking point, naples, just one of the hot spots reporting a shortage of doctors and hospital beds, amid a surge of new coronavirus infections. And with germany also reporting hospitals approaching their limits. We look at one critical resource that can not be boosted from one day to the next. The number of Trained Personnel viewers joining us on p. B. S. In the United States and to all of you around the world. Welcome. But we begin tonight in ethiopia, where there are reports of dozens of people being killed in what Amnesty International is calling a massacre. Its the 1st time widespread civilian casualties have been reported in the weeklong conflict in the countrys region. The United Nations says some 11000 refugees have fled from ethiopia into sudan. At least half of them are children aid agencies or more of a humanitarian crisis in the making. This is a country sliding into civil war. These ethiopians have come here not to enjoy themselves, but to give blood for
Of catching the virus is going down. The likelihood of a no walk down christmas is not. Im for golf in berlin. This is the day if you cool the corona situation in germany is still very serious and the numbers are wearing me high and we havent reached the plateau yet. We expect gross domestic products to shrink by 5 point one percent in 2020. Hindsight it, when we dont trust our hospitals to be in for around this year, we have more people in intensive care than in april. And the numbers have doubled in each of the past. 2 weeks, regrettably economy problem also coming up is the u. S. President planning to order all american troops to leave afghanistan by years end, socalled, Islamic State and the taliban. They appear ready to fill any void with violence. Everyone was screaming, but suddenly it was quiet and we heard someone saying a prayer behind the door that was the suicide bomber right before he blew himself up. Its only thanks to god that we got out alive. And to our viewers on p. B
Naples reporting a shortage of doctors and hospital beds amid a surge of infections. Germany reporting hospitals approaching limits. We look at one resource that cannot be boosted from one day to the next, the number of trained personnel. I am brent goff dozens of people are being killed. Amnesty international is calling it a massacre, the first time widespread civilian casualties have been reported in the weeklong conflict. United nations says 11,000 refugees have fled from ethiopia into sudan. Half of them are children. Aid agencies warn of a humanitarian crisis in the making. This is a country sliding into civil war. These ethiopians have come here to give blood for their soldiers fighting. The main aim of the Blood Donation program is to express our affection, respect for our army. The conflict is not to resist, not with the people, rather with the group who have attacked our army in a shameful way. Correspondent the cflict erupted ght day ago, the government launching the operatio
Minutes. Good morning. Im the director for the center of United States in europe. At the bookings institution. I am delighted today to be chairing this important discussion on election 2020 and its implications for u. S. Foreign policy. Obviously over the weekend there have been some rapid developments. There is now a president elect joe biden, after a pretty tumultuous few days, i think, for everyone, an election that was pretty close for many days but now we have a clear winner. So we have a terrific panel this morning to discuss not so much the election but looking forward to next year to see what the implications are for u. S. Foreign policy, for international order, and to talk to parse maybe some of the nuances of last week and what they may mean, particularly that trumpism is alive and well even though the president did not receive a second term and that the senate could still be in the hands of the republicans. Adelman fromic Johns Hopkins school of advanced international study