Their good but al this is al jazeera live from also coming up. The news of bidens win brought supporters out to celebration cities across the u. S. And outside the white house. But donald trump and his supporters are defiant the president is showing no signs of conceding she prepares to challenge ballots counts in several states. That havent stopped leaders from around the world applauding joe biden including many who have rocky relations with trump. Joe biden has declared victory in the u. S. Elections in the last hour. He and his running mate come on horace addressed the nation from his home state of delaware he spoke of uniting a country that has seen divisions the pandemic and racial unrest often domination headlines the people of this nation have spoken. Theyve delivered us a clear victory a convincing victory a victory for we the people weve won with the most votes ever cast of president ial ticket in the history of the nation 74 americans. In the. Well i must admit a surprised m
The Brookings Institution hosted a conversation with the bureau chief of the National Guard, topics included the guards role during the birx pandemic and protests following the death of george floyd. The chief of the National Guard bureau which means a member of the joint chiefs of staff and officer for overseeing the army and air force National Guard combined the total strength of half 1 million airmen and soldiers under his supervision and command and he is the distinguished airmen and fighter pilot, texan, formerly of activeduty air force in the 1990s and did a number of students in various positions, sometimes in more of a guard capacity, sometimes full time and for the last eight years have been at the leadership of the National Park bureau in washington, now as its top officer, we are privileged to have him today as he prepares for imminent in the rotc entry, the graduation from the rotc program was 1981. He has been serving his country long and very well despite his youthful app
A former on former nessun chief carlos ghosn he skipped bail in japan ahead of his trial provocations of financial misconducts and in sport world tennis number one boss who makes a losing start to the new year party suffering a shock defeat in her opening match of the brisbane international. That sober Iranian Revolutionary guard commander is warning that wednesdays missile attack on a base hosting u. S. Troops in iraq is only the start of a revenge operation that will continue across the region as he has his artist says irans strikes werent meant to kill soldiers but to damage the American Military machine iran is still smiths and u. S. Calls to negotiate following the assassination of Iranian Military commander custance all the money u. S. President donald trump appeared to be backing away from further military confrontation with iran on wednesday but he also honest fresh sanctions for teheran until it changes its behavior. Trump though is also facing opposition at home with a vote s
Good afternoon everybody. Everybody who was looking at us fruitfully and in line in the security line to going to get in, and everybody who will be watching us sometime soon on a cable network. I am jane harman, president and ceo of the boston center. Today we are prepping a very complicated issue that is, you might be doubling of policymakers, in washington and all over the world. At least three parts of that problem are, the u. S. , china, and the five g supply chain. The Wilson Center has just produced, leaving my prop. This is the prop. A spectacular policy brief by Melissa Griffith who is in the front right here. You will see her ill obit. Which is entitled, there is more to worry about than what way. I say you get the gist of this. She will explain in detail but run, dont walk. During this to get this and read it. Meanwhile, what captures the attention around 5g is the china based weight has led the way in developing the superfast networks which will power some carving car Virtua
China. Xi jinping ahead of talks with President Trump before the g20. Bayer shares jump as the German Chemicals group bolsters its legal team to address a multibillion dollar litigation challenge around its roundup we weed killer. And h m reports sales of its summer collection are off to a strong start with the firms shares on course for their best day in three months. Good morning a bit of italian data this morning. Italy june Consumer Confidence numbers are just out theyve fallen to 109. 6 verses a consensus of 111. 3 this is the lowest italian Consumer Confidence number since july 2017. Overall Business Confidence has also fallen to 99. 3 versus 102 in may Manufacturing Confidence has also fallen to 100. 8, slightly below consensus of 101 also lower than in may that will paint a picture of slowing confidence in italy. That is the picture for euro, returning flattish around 1. 1370 there hasnt been Much Movement in the euro. The story has been one of dollar weakness rather than Euro