Long been tense. For nearly 30 years, the t p l. F was dominant in ethiopia, politics, but abi curbed the partys influence after coming to power in 2018. Its leaders say they have been unfairly targeted. A constitutional dispute raised tensions to boiling point. The t p l. F defied obvious decision to postpone national polls. Juta the coronavirus pandemic. In september they went ahead with elections and to grow, which they control. Not only the stability of ethiopia is at stake in this conflict. The country with its population of 110000000 is pivotal to the stability of the horn of africa as a whole. Earlier, dana hughes from the Un High Commission for refugees in nairobi told d. W. That her aid workers are having trouble getting supplies into the conflict zone. Right now, its very difficult for anything to go in. Anything to go out. Were very much dont go shooting with all aspects, all parties, local authorities to try to have zones where we can actually get and get humanitarian acces
Victims of one of the worst atrocities in its history, 130 people were killed when islam is militants. Phones on a killing spree in paris, meet one of the survivors. Im phil gale. Welcome to the program. U. S. President donald trump is due to speak at the white house in a couple of hours to give an update on efforts to rollout take coronavirus vaccine. These would be his 1st Public Comments since last week when he repeated his refusal to acknowledge and losing the u. S. Election. Mr. Trumps efforts to cast doubt on the vote count have suffered a setback after a court in the state of michigan refused a request to delay certifying the results of the president s Team Continues to contest the outcome of the election. Donald trump, in a bad mood, his only official appearance this week honoring the dead at Arlington Cemetery outside washington d. C. No public comment, but his years long tweet storm continued ballot counting abuse. People will not accept a rigged election. We will win, and hi
Please knew your microphone. Mute your microphone. [indiscernible] we have previously provided guidance as to how this would [indiscernible] [indiscernible] cspan. Org [indiscernible] [indiscernible] thank you. I want to welcome mr. Menendez and his wife. I appreciate you taking on this post. Tonk you for taking the time talk to me last week and take the best thank you for taking the time this morning. This is the first hearing the committee has held since march the 10th. Since then, millions of americans have filed for unemployment. Nearly one point 5 million have contracted covid19 and nearly 90,000 have perished from the disease. Is work in the u. S. Senate that much more critical and we respond as we respond to this pandemic and return to the economy. Second the highestranking office and the department of energy and the department has been playing a role in helping the nation fight coronavirus. The department of energy is a scientific powerhouse. Its National Laboratories are some
Morning. Patchy fog near the coast. Barely to inland at noon. Everybody else around 60 to 76 degrees. Look at that, 79 to 83. The heat gone. 59 at the coast. 57 at 7 00 this evening at the coast. And low 07s, refreshing evening on the way. Hope you enjoy. Here is sue. Taking a look at your thursday morning commute. We have slow traffic out of the Central Valley. Road work in the westbound direction of 580. You make your way out of tracy. Otherwise were look going. There is reports of several different accidents in the fremont area. They reported southbound past 238. Sensors are green. Im not seeing a lot of slowing through the area. As many as five separate accidents. Well check with the chp on that one and a quick look at your drive times if youre heading out. Over 30 minutes. Dublin tracy into dublin, i should say. West 4 is gooking great. No issues once youre in towards the golden gate into San Francisco. Just a terrible moment for a family in San Francisco. A young boy fell out of
Department. This is just over two hours. The committee will come to order. We are having a full hearing today on the nominations for several positions. Three very important nominations , department of transportation. We welcome the nominees and their families and thank them for their willingness to serve. First, we will consider the nomination of rear admiral and phillips ann phillips. Welcome. We are currently facing unprecedented challenges about reports of Sexual Assault the marine academy, investments into our port to ease congestion, and the need for strong leadership at the helm of the Maritime Administration. We are admiral phillips has significant experience in the u. S. Navy in many challenging situations, including operation desert shield, desert storm, in her capacity as director of the Surface Warfare for the chief of Naval Operations. After 31 years of naval service, she serves as a special assistant to the Virginia Governor with a focus on coastal adaptation and protectio