Armenia and azerbaijan agreed to work to end their conflict. In just under an hour the 2 candidates for Vice President of the United States will face off in their only debate of the campaign ahead of the november 3rd president ial election clear plastic barriers will separate mike pence and. Have both tested negative for corona virus pictures here from Salt Lake City ahead of this 90 minute debate in the state of utah this is the hole in the university of utah where it will all happen. Rob reynolds as our correspondent there today so much anticipation for this one is that they were not usual for a Vice President ial debate these are not usual times. Absolutely kemal i mean the the Vice President ial debates every 4 years are usually pretty forgettable although those of us who are of a certain age will never forget lloyd benson is classic putdown of dan quayle in 1988 senator youre no jack kennedy but this time the stakes are even higher the focus will we squarely i think on covert 19 a
And subcommittee on Global Competitiveness will come to order. I know this seems a little strac strange with an empty room except for three witnesses live in front of me and many of our colleagues are going to be joining us virtually. But i want to welcome all of you nonetheless to this important hearing. This subcommittee continues to do its work in exploring the unfair trade practices of foreign governments, especially china and russia. The topic of censorship in china is a common one because it is growing effect on business in the United States as well as culture. Last fall, for example, the National Basketball association had the Market Access blocked in china because an individual american citizen using a media platform not allowed in china expressed a political opinion. Now the topics have become more manufactu important. The timely information about the spread of covid19 due to chinese censorship has contributed to the havoc wreaked on our economy and health and indeed the pande
A divide but now since today do you see this socalled progovernment and see Government Division and theres a lot of concern that this could lead of course to fly ins and that could lead also to a more strict approach started government even though calling maybe for martial law a reason for russia to step in so do so scenario its not all on the table right now and protesters also back on the streets of thailands capital calling for political reform thousands have taken part in the largest the latest protests to demand reform to the political system and the monarchy student led groups have been demonstrating for the past month when haye is at one of those protests in bangkok. This is the largest rally that weve seen so far thousands of antigovernment protesters coming here to the heart of the capital city bangkok to continue their campaign to try to force the government out they Want Parliament dissolve they want to new election they want the military drafted constitution to be rewritten
Mismanagement of the pandemic has plunged us into the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression and were experiencing a moral reckoning with racism and systemic injustice that has brought a new coalition of conscience to the streets of our country demanding change america is crying out for leadership well mike hanna is in washington d. C. He says biden the selection of harris as his running mate sends a strong message to americans. Well there was a great deal of acrimony between them during the campaign for the president ial candidate from the Democratic Party come of the heroes was exceedingly critical of joe biden on a number of levels however when she dropped out of that race she immediately threw her support behind joe biden and its very clear that joe biden has chosen her for one very good reason and that is he is demonstrating to the public that he is not going to put a lucky in the deputy position he wants somebody who will criticize him he wants somebody who will be forc
Belief that each of the 330000000 lives in this country has meaning and worth while alan fischer has been following all the night speeches from outside the white house for us he has more on Michelle Obamas address. For someone who famously does not like politics and even mentioned that during his speech this is perhaps one of the most searing indictments of the Trump Presidency that weve heard she talked about how there not been just a failure of policy but a failure of character and she said that doesnt just make me upset its infuriating and then the point that she was making is that donald trump. Had not met the moment and was not fit to be president and therefore that is why in her opinion the country should vote for joe biden but clearly what the democrats are hoping is that she can reach out to some republicans and weve heard from plenty over the last 2 hours who are changing their vote from 2016 when they back door trump to support joe biden this time around and perhaps even inde