Debts are about 700,000. The Trump Administration dabs up its attack on chinese tech. Mike pompeo wants to cut ties well beyond just a campaign against tiktok. Alert on start with an the bloomberg. South korea announcing its surplus widening to 6. 88 billion. This is a recovery from the 2 billion level we saw in the previous month and recovery after logging a deficit in april. When it comes to the trade surplus, widening to 5. 867 billion. We have seen south korean exports slump, slowing in july. We are seeing an economic recovery in china and demand for semiconductors. Lets turn to Sophie Kamaruddin in hong kong for a check of the markets. What should we be watching out for in south korea today . Sophie we have more data coming out. Tourism revenue falling for a fifth consecutive month so the focus will be on the consumer sector. Of o have the likes reporting earnings. Consumer sentiment has rebounded for a third month in south korea and online spending will continue to be key as the
Harry truman, and the Manhattan Project. Joining him are fdr president ial library and Museum Director paul sparrow and historian edward lengel. Edward i am edward lengel. I am senior director of programs in new orleans. Im joined today by two gentlemen. The first is paul sparrow, who is director of the Franklin D Roosevelt president ial museum and library in hyde park, new york, following a career as a documentary filmmaker and a Senior Executive at the museum. Paul has been directing the roosevelt Library Museum since 2015. He will be talking obviously about fdr and the Manhattan Project. Our second guest is Clifton Truman daniel who is the eldest grandson of president harry truman. He is also a truman scholar. He has spent quite a bit of time studying the life and career of his grandfather. And he currently serves as honorary chairman of the board of trustees at the harry truman president ial library and museum in independence, missouri. Today, we will give a great opportunity for q
President harry truman like to refer to his wife as the boss. Family was their number one priority. Destroyed many of her letters and spend a good part of her white house years home in missouri. Truman served as true first lady on her own terms. Cspans continuing series first ladies, influence and image. Tonight, story the 33rd president of the United States, this truman. Here to tell us more about her, we are pleased to welcome back to our set the white house historian, his latest book called the imperial season. And the history professor and author of a biography of harry truman called the coming of the cold war. Thank you for being here. Where we left off last week was the death of Franklin Roosevelt. April 12th 1945. The call comes into harry truman. Where is he . He gets the message that he is needed. He is having a drink with his cronies as he often was known to do. A lot of politics was accomplished by relaxing and having somewhat more cordial atmosphere. He received a phone cal
Selling. The folios of its modern day heroes an. Inspirational people to take on the challenges of the world with their unique idea. Is the person who would face off for narrow minds to look at those 2 problems and make them one solution to a new season of sounders valley. This week called double. This week old stories belgium facing up to its colonialist past south africa can herbal remedies help against the coronavirus. First to iraq the country was hit hard early in the hope in 1000 pandemic. And is now in the throes of a 2nd wave of infections 10000 to reign in who had the disease have died so far. Tehrans metros not toria 3 crowded for safety at the pen demick face masks are mandatory here as well as physical distancing among travelers. In a city with lots of regulations already covered 19 has added even more to the mix. All over the capital every day life is returning to business as usual after a 4 month iranians seem to have lost any fear of the virus things are almost as normal
A slave trader into the river the belgian king leopold the 2nd was smeared with paint authorities are boarding up monuments or moving them to other places. Many who joined the demonstrations want to build them to finally take responsibility for whats happened and its colonies like the democratic republic of congo belgian rulers that were responsible for the brutal killings of millions of people and thats his family is from congo her mother lived through the harsh rule and thats why and is taking to the streets to call for a removal of art and statues that glorify colonial times. Finally im betsy feels a little less than those. 4 years the obvious story and has tried to challenge the way belgium deals with its colonial past now shes among thousands calling for the removal of all monuments of the countrys longest serving monarch the man who had. A brutal colonial regime in what is now the democratic republic of congo being called the 2nd. We all know that those teachers have a symbolic p