Fierce cross border clashes are continuing with israel striking southern lebanon, and hezbollah firing dozens of rockets into northern israel. On tuesday the israeli military said they d killed a senior hezbollah commander in a strike on beirut. These pictures show the extent of the destruction from that strike. Our senior international correspondent, orla guerin, sent this report from tyre, where thousands of people have fled their homes. A community in mourning. The village of saksakiyeh in southern lebanon today. Ii were killed here yesterday by israel s massive bombardment. The dead included four women, an infant and a seven year old girl called joury. Herfather, mohammad halal, says she was an innocent child and a martyr. He pledges his support for the hezbollah leader, sheikh hassan nasrallah. Even if they kill us, he says, we are at your service. Also being mourned today, dina darwiche and her son, jad. Killed in their own home by an israeli missile. Here she was at work with
Institute for International Public affairs. Welcome to the special talk on a angernomics with my friend and coauthor. We are joined here today by mark, the director of the institute road center for International Economics and financing also the mark rhodes professor of International Economics and professor of Political Science and International Public affairs. Mark and i are going to chat for 20 to 25 minutes or so then we would love to take questions from the wall i you all in the. We have a lot of question we will put the trash order and go right to the questions. For those of you joining us on zoom it would be great if you could write your questions in the qanda box and for those of you joining on youtube, write your questions in the Comment Section and those will get to us. Please start writing them now especially if youve already had the pleasure and privilege of reading the angernomics. Lets get started. I loved this book. Its really provocative and fascinating. You mention in th
Near tokyo. The declaration covers tokyo, osaka and five other prefectures. It will be in place for a month. Once again, the declaration covers tokyo, kanagawa, saitama, osaka, chiba and hyogo prefectures. We see the Prime Minister, abe shinzo coming in, approaching the podium at the moment. He is about to make his explanation for what it means for the tens of millions of People Living in those parts of the country. Lets listen in to the News Conference with simultaneous interpretation. Translator we hold a press conference of the Prime Minister abe shinzo and this is the venue that we are holding this press conference. We have taken up good distance and you can take off your masks when you ask questions. First, we will have a statement from the Prime Minister and then we will open up the podium for questions from you. Firsrst at the outset, througho japan, doctors, nurses, assistant nurses, hospital staff and the people who a are involv in the countermeasures as Public Health faciliti
Where companies, starting with the president of the United States really attacked workers and their unions. And then you tell hopeful stories about different creative and innovative ways that workers have been organizing in unions and other forms. And make policy recommendations. One of the things i have to say, a lot of books like this are criticized because they come up short on the policy recommendations but i hope we get into that because you really made quite a few, i thought, interesting suggestions on what might be done to restore the voice and power of workers in this country. Why dont you start by laying out where you see things right now . What is the status ofworking people in this country and their ability to shape their own lives at work . Sure. I covered it at the New York Times for 18 years. One of my concerns and interviewing people all over our nation is so many people have no idea what unions are and what unions do and how they help bring us the 40 hour work week and
Beaten, worked up. Guest thanks for the kind words, congressman. Great to speak with you. Host when i think about this book, i think about it as having three major parts after you sort of introduced the situation now, you do a really good job of talking about three stories about how workers struggle and built the middle class by organizing and bargaining through a lot of adversity and demanding policy changes. And then you go through a lot of thhard times is what i call the reagan era that we are still in where companies and starting with the president of the United States who attacked workers a lot in their unions and then you telling the hopeful stories about different creative and innovative ways and make some policy recommendations. A lot of books like this are criticized because they come up short on the policy recommendations i hope we get into that because you paid quite a few interesting suggestions on what might be done to restore the voice of power and workers in this country