Michael neiberg who is inaugural chair of world studies and professional history of Department National security and more strategy at the army war college. Mike and i were actually colleagues. Might this goes back a ways, about 2006 or so. In the history of department at the university of southern mississippi. Weve state untouched over the years and seen each other quite a bit as we have both moved on to other things. We have always had a set of shared interests. Mike, it is great to be here with you today and have a conversation on a subject that is extremelys timeless. Responding to crisis. Obviously, what needs to be said for our audience, and they have seen on the audience they can of a current crisis, the coronavirus crisis, economic downturn that is going to be a serious issue for leaders, for everyday people, for a while to come. It seems a good time to talk about two major 20th century crises at the end of two world wars and how leaders responded and to raise the issue about wh
Mexicos biggest city introduces a new plastic bag. Washington has announced a new wave of economic sanctions on iran in retaliation for its missile attack on bases in iraq housing u. S. Troops sanctions targets irans manufacturing and Mining Industries as well as 8 senior officials kimberly hellcat reports from the white house already americans are under attack whether were tensions between the United States and iran still escalating on friday the u. S. Secretary of state and treasury secretary and oust more sections against iran in retaliation for its attack on iraq the military bases used by u. S. Troops the president has been very clear we will continue to apply economic sanctions until iran stops its terrorist activities and commit that it will never have Nuclear Weapons the sanctions target or raw and steel iron trade construction mining and textile industries theyre also saying sins against 8 Senior Iranian officials the tropic ministration says are responsible for spreading viol
Wales are out of the Rugby World Cup, after losing to south africa in the semifinal. We got ourselves back in that game tonight, a really close contest, so congratulations, they deserved to win tonight. An early renaissance painting by an italian master is to be auctioned today, just weeks after it was was discovered in an elderly french womans kitchen. And in half an hour click will mark the 50th aniversay of the internet by speaking to vint cerf, who co invented it. Us media are reporting the military has conducted an operation against the leader of the so called Islamic State group. The white house says President Trump will make a statement later today. There are unconfirmed reports he will announce the groups leader Abu Bakr Al Baghdadi was killed during a us led raid yesterday. The is leader has been described as the worlds most wanted man. In 2011 the us officially designated him a terrorist and offered a reward of ten Million Dollars for information leading to his capture or dea
Celebrating his birthday say they havent ruled out suing the company. They also tell us how they cope with losing owen i talked to him every day, in my thoughts and out loud. And i have a big lock of his hair which i kiss every morning. And i also have a necklace, its got some of his hair in there, keep close to me. You can see my full interivew with owens mum, dad and sister in a few minutes time. And every five minutes, somewhere in the world, a person dies from a snake bite. Its mainly in some of the poorest places on earth like sub saharan africa. Translation i was told my leg would have to be amputated or i would die. I cannot work. Ijust sit here at home. And were going to show you just how toxic snake venom can be by taking some of my blood and mixing it with the poisin from a snake bite. Thats in about half an hour. The results should be interesting. Hello. Welcome to the programme. Were live until 11 this morning. Have you ever been bitten by a snake . Maybe when you were on h
Have stuck around because they know its a new day. We have some amazing current priorities and staffing, some hiring plans and what is on their desk. And what we can expect in the year in two years to come. Let me get right to introductions. To my right is mary beth murphy, commissioner of Small Business and selfemployed division of paris based in washington d. C. To my left come immediate left is don fort chief criminal Investigation Division ira sent to my far left is nina olson tax tier National Taxpayer advocate. Their bios or on line and if you want to review them they are amazing. They have done tremendous work on behalf of the taxpayers of this country and its going to be really great evening. Let me start by having each of them talk a little bit about the state of the irs and their divisions and then we are going to go into some q a and certainly opened up to the audience for any questions that you might have. Marybeth, can you kick us off . I want to thank the ada for inviting