Tell you what a delight to welcome you tonight on this very special occasion. I want to express appreciation to our friends at the george w. Bush president Ial Library and cspan taping the lecture and were happy to have the director of the bush library. I wanted to direct your attention also to the major event that we have on december 7th, when Peter Baker of the New York times is going to be the guest of cph who will discuss his book obama, the call of history and also glad to tell you that Dday Trip of june 2018 is fully subscribed, but we are taking the names for 2018, and we have established a Scholarship Fund for this program so no student should not take this journey, because of financial aid. So if you would like to take a contribution to the fund, wed be thrilled. It is a personal pleasure to introduce this speaker, and it is hard to believe it has been since 2012 since he joined us, and the faculty of the george h. W. Bush school of government at texas a m, and it is almost as
a michael welcome to the program while many countries are shutting down their economies as they face troubling increases in covert 900 cases slovakia is trying something different on saturday it started a nationwide effort aimed at testing its entire adult population the authorities have warned the only alternative would be a total lockdown this approach could reveal much about how the virus spreads and how many hidden cases there may be but it also comes with its own set of challenges . long queues outside this coronavirus testing station and. it just one of thousands that opened on saturday to screen slovakians entire population of over 5000000 testing is voluntary but any. not participating has to self isolate for 10 days. but it was very interesting i am here because i believe we will find out who has the virus it will go away and eventually we will live a normal life again but in the past 3 weeks slovakia has seen thousands of new infections each day mass screening is ho
peter really dull joins me now for more on all of this peter 1st question is why are they barnstorming these particular states well because of these states like michigan pennsylvania florida are a while not so much florida but definitely michigan and pennsylvania are states that trump won by racial thin margin back in 2016 and without these states going to it s hard to see how he really comes back and wins this election you know there are also states where bitin continues to hold the lead in the race has been fairly stable and by favor for the past weeks and months all those even in states like georgia north carolina where starting to see you know traditionally very conservative republican states where the demographics really have shifted it become younger. voters of color that are really not very big fans of trump so we re starting to see there a shift and by favor. that settled by elite is narrowing in some case states like florida north carolina still very tight so you kno
a michael ok welcome to the program while many countries are shutting down their economies as they face troubling increases in 1000 cases slovakia is trying something different on saturday it started a nationwide effort aiming to test its entire adult population if the words have worn the only alternative would be a total lockdown this approach could reveal much about how the virus spreads and how many hidden cases there may be but it comes with its own set of challenges. long queues outside this coronavirus testing station and. he just one of thousands that opened on saturday to screen slovakians entire population of over 5000000. testing is voluntary but anyone not participating has to self isolate for 10 days. but it was very interesting i am here because i believe we will find out who has the virus it will go away and eventually we will live a normal life again but in the past 3 weeks slovakia has seen thousands of new infections each day mass screening is hope to control
the juice of chemical weapons under any circumstances is completely unacceptable and the breach of international. missiles. on the finger points to know that behind act of terror against this for a little space for. to say the ball is in your corner no. chemical agent is not freely available it was used on the russian territory against russian cities and they really want to know for a leader never of with every bit of history with them. also coming up the shooting death that shocked slovakia 2 years ago a journalist investigating corruption in the mafia was gunned down along with his fiance today a verdict for the tycoon accused of ordering the killings not guilty. of a source comedy i m disappointed. i was beginning to believe that justice can start winning in slovakia. but at this point we re at rock bottom. and to our viewers on p.b.s. in the united states and all around the world welcome we begin the day with the nato chemical weapons and the poisoning of a russian. dissi