About the transition to a biden presidency. This is live coverage on cspan2. Political aspects that are still unfolding but were facing a lot of challenges that require that the kind of continuity that a country is known for, one government can hand over to another government, the landscape in the tools that are necessary to do with these issues especially in the middle of the pandemic and our hearts go out to all those who are affected around the world by the pandemic and we hope the 2021 would be a brighter year. Thank you for joining us and i will turn it over to toni. [inaudible] as we wait for toni i will just say that all the presenters that i have described have deep reservoir of experience on the legislative side of the aisle. Theres toni right there. Welcome. Shes actually at reading right and were delighted to have you join us. So over to. Thank you. Thank you, stewart. I really appreciate its an honor and privilege to be here. Meridian has been very much a part of my persona
A 2nd day of record high corona virus infections more than a 1000 new cases were confirmed on sunday many in seoul the government has warned that may have to increase restrictions to the highest level. Hundreds of students in nigeria are feared missing after gunmen stormed a school and kidnapped a number of children about 800 students attend a school in Katsina State many flooded during the attack police say 200 have returned safely because. You know a child is a child regardless of his parent children were kidnapped and we didnt sleep throughout the night since 10 pm and were just hearing gunshots some of my relatives children were also taken i have been at the school since dawn and when im sincerely speaking we here in Katsina State are in a terrifying condition we dont see the value of the government in fact i have a younger brother and a child taken along by the kidnappers i am from down jack Katsina State and i have been in this school since dawn and yet there is no update. Ive fo
Knows me well, not only do i do National Security and Foreign Policy, but having served and worked on the hill, and i have a very much, in my d. N. A. , the essence of bipartisanship. For me, looking at this biden transition and where were going with that transition, its very much anchored in the clarity of what i call roles and responsibilities. And those roles and responsibilities are on behalf of all of us. As americans. And were all standing together, because as you said so well, were faced with challenges here in america. But theyre global challenges. So americas leadership will be executed with the degree of humility and transparency and we look forward to engaging with our colleagues on capitol hill, with the American People, and with our friends in the global landscape. Leagues on capitol hill, with the American People, and with our friends in the global landscape. So with that may i turn over and ask our colleagues, i would like to get into this transition period we in the Nat
But those hopes may be shortlived. Democrats proposed a new plan but republicans worn a wide gap remains. Mitch mcconnell says the plan contains poison pills. And australias plan to have women hold at least 40 of leadership roles in asx 200 companies. Aberdeen has already signed up. Shery heres a look at how markets are trading. We are seeing u. S. Futures coming online, down. 2 . This, after u. S. Stocks ended the session higher wednesday. Also the last trading day of the quarter for u. S. Stocks. Haidi mentioned talks and hopes for a stimulus package in the u. S. The house has delayed the vote on that bill, trying to get more time to reach an agreement with the white house and treasury secretary. The s p 500s on nine sectors out of 11 higher. Health care and financials led the gains. Showingitive ecodata, u. S. Companies added more than 700,000 jobs in september. The dollar weakness, a third consecutive session of losses. Not to mention before the quarter, just posted its biggest qua
Aspen Institute Security forum. We are privileged to have with us the current Us Ambassador to the United Nations, kelly craft. This is the first time the aspen security form has been able to host the u. S. Ambassador to that u. N. So we are particularly grateful to you for making the time. Kelly craft hails from the great state of kentucky and served as our permanent representative to the United Nations since september of 2019. Before then she was the u. S. Ambassador to canada for two years and during that time, very complex time, she worked on the revisiting of the nafta treaty now known as the u. S. Mexico canada agreement. To interview the ambassador we , have a columnist at Bloomberg Opinion covering National Security and foreign policy. Ambassador craft, we look forward to hearing your views on the Trump Administrations engagement with the United Nations and other international institutions, the critical upcoming vote, possibly extending the iran arms embargo and all your great