The Senate Environment and public works Works Committee held a hearing on how infrastructure legislation can help the economy recover from the coronavirus pandemic. Senators and panelists discuss the best way to fund road and bridge projects. Good morning. I called his hearing to order. Before i discussed todays hearing i want to say a few words about what is happening in communities across the country today. This is a time of great pain and unrest for our nation. Americans are truly outraged by recent killings. Anyone who watched the video the murder of george floyd has to be horrified and heartbroken. The resulting peaceful protests about police abuse against any american citizen are important and necessary. They listen to the voices of africanamericans about police brutality. Some of the peaceful protests were hijacked by filing criminal, distraction, looting and arson stop. Those who commit these crimes dishonor the memory of george floyd and dishonor the cause and the Peaceful Pro
Decision. And why football fans are rejoicing in costa rica as the country gets closer to its goal of defeating the corona virus outbreak. Chinas unveiled plans to rebuild an economy badly hit by coronavirus and clamp down on the protest movement in Hong Kong Premier League has shown that laid out the program for the next year in the opening address to the annual National Peoples congress a few hours ago it in the set of growth target for the economy is the 1st time thats happened in decades hes also told more than 3000. 00 delegates that new laws will be introduced to ensure National Security in hong kong were going to speak to adrian brown in hong kong in a moment 1st lets go to katrina you in the Chinese Capital katrinas presently Given Premier League i should say giving a confident message that china has covert 99 to control but he has been more cautious when it comes to the economy. Thats right cautious being the operative term and we had a hefty speech 23 pages got here but actua
That we made 13 year old has taken on the job of fill in teacher in gaza during the pandemic. China is planning to push through National Security laws on hong kong following months of mass protests against the Central Government this comes as chinas biggest political political gathering of the it kicks off in beijing at the draft legislation would almost certainly be rubber stamped by the National Peoples congress it Spokesman Says the new law serves a fundamental interests of both china and hong kong activists fear it could be used to limit the Political Freedoms in hong kong. Jungle could be a chanson tree hong kong is an inseparable part of the peoples republic of china the m. P. C. Is the highest organ of state power in light of new circumstances and need the n. P. C. Is exercising the power in trying to in the constitution to establish and improve at the state level a Legal Framework and enforcement mechanism for safeguarding National Security in hong kong and uphold and improve t
And the drive to attract tourists back to one of the worlds most visited cities but there are of course safety concerns. So then china is planning to push through National Security laws on hong kong following months of mass protests against the Central Government the draw floor is expected to be a rubber stamp to chinas biggest political gathering in beijing activists fear it could be used to limit its Political Freedoms as katrina you know reports 2. On the eve of Chinas National Peoples Congress the announcement of the National Security law which criminalizes secession foreign interference and a subversion of state power in hong kong. Could be shins entry hong kong as an inseparable part of the. Peoples republic of china the m. P. C. Is the highest organ of state power in light of new circumstances and need the n. P. C. Is exercising the power in trying to in the constitution to establish and improve at the state level a Legal Framework and enforcement mechanism for safeguarding Nati
Colleague sandra hello from me to i am sandra teen of the o. Here in kabul in uganda the africa well on todays show were going to visit river thats the stains live but it is also a source of conflict because water is a cause and a bundle of those souls will also take on the cause. Of just one country company. And sustainable. In the democratic republic of congo one eco friendly chuckle. And a project in gone out to the streets of old for the environment. Must to the mara river it starts in kenya and flows into left victoria. It is 400 kilometers long and it is an important resource that the 2 countries have to ship but they are at odds over how to manage it fairly unsustainable it is the kind of conflict the to see elsewhere in africa too we went to tanzania to meet people who are walking on is over the issues. Of. The mar river in the northwest in tanzania is the lifeline for local villages. They have to travel almost 3 kilometers to collect fresh water the people here only use a smal