Correspondent days into this. Week. They couldnt take us to the frontline and in fact they didnt go either not only because its too dangerous but because the Commanding Officer particular platoon didnt want us filming that. 247 news live from moscow this is your R T International my names you know me hello and welcome to the program some new information has come to light in the hunter biden email scandal potentially implicating his father democratic president ial hopeful joe biden is across the story. Tony who claims to be the former Business Partner of hunter biden the son of u. S. President ial candidate and former Vice President joe biden has come forward confirming some of the contents of the recently leaked emails the fact that fools blew a true and accurate than any form of domestic or foreign disinflation any suggestion to the country is full and offensive i am the recipient of the email published but the New York Post which showed a copy to one to biden will come that email is
Hospital, some getting intensive care, some getting intubated, some getting ventilated, and some dying. So depending on where you are in that spectrum, you have a different attitude for this particular thing. But anyone who gets infected or is at risk of getting affected, to a greater degree, is part of the dynamic of the dynamic process of the outbreak. Susan that is dr. Anthony fauci describing the various outcomes so far of covid19. Dr. Siddhartha mukherjee, you won the Pulitzer Prize for a book on cancer. How is covid19 shaping up as a biological foe . Prof. Mukherjee as dr. Fauci described it, it is a protean protean foe. In the long span of Human History we have just basically encountered this novel coronavirus. And we are still learning things about it which are really fascinating, somewhat counterintuitive, things we have not thought about before. Im an oncologist but really my training is an viral immunology. So the features of virology are very familiar to me. I would echo dr
In the meantime, lets go to tina davis on oil. The markets are rebounding. Down a little bit right now. Why . Tina it is keep your hands inside the car days. It has been a roller coaster. Sunday night it has the Biggest Movement we have ever seen in brent since 1988. Today we saw the price plunge more than 7 . That was because of news from reuters that the saudi aramco facilities may be back online and maybe have as much is 70 back online in a matter of a couple days, which is a much more optimistic outlook than we have seen reported elsewhere. All eyes are pointed on the oil minister due to speak round 1 15 new york time. The market is waiting for clarity on how long these repairs will take. David i love keep your hands inside the car. Lets do that, but speculate nonetheless. Could this backfire on whoever is behind this . Could this go from we are more at risk than we thought to we are more resilient than we thought . Saudis are adamant about sit about being seen as a steady supplier
Brookings institution on the legislative and political significance of the 115th congress so far. Host in front of the white house by the president yesterday republican lawmakers gather on the south lawn to celebrate passage of their tax reform legislation. It is the first of major changes to the u. S. Tax code since Ronald Reagan in 1986. All but a dozen republicans in the house voted against the proposal. Democrats in the house voted against the proposal. We will take the last part of their argument this morning. Are you concerned about rising debt . Over 20 trillion. If youre very concerned, 202 7488000. Somewhat concerned 202 7488001. All 202 ned at 7488002. Join us on twitter and facebook. Good morning. We will get to those phone calls in just a minute. First from the committee for responsible federal budget. This is what they say about the tax legislation. The final conference agreement will cost 1. 46 trillion leading between 95 and 98 of gdp by 27 compared to 91 under current l
Crossed. Washington journal continues. Host at our table we are joined y James Thurber who is professor of government at American University and also ounder and former director of their center for congressional and president ial studies and from brookings institution. Thank you both for being here. Rate this current session of congress. We are coming to the close, the year of the irst 115th congress. How would you rate them . Has it been a success . Rate to the good to compared it other congresses. Lets take the first year of the administration. In the first actually two years, few ills passed within a weeks a stimulus bill passed. Dodd doddfrank, the Affordable Care act pass the. This one will problems. A tax bill. There are a lot of things in the tax bill that are important but bill. X it failed in repealing the Affordable Care act. They have approved 12 district judges. That is good. The f course that is Supreme Court justice but they have not done very well. Oversight ad some heari