Criticism over the security law which critics say dismantles hong kongs special freedoms House Speaker nancy pelosi has condemned the arrests of protesters in hong kong as a real tragedy its so sad but in the congress in the house and in the senate in a very unified way we have all worked together it has been a from a a joy to be bonding with my colleagues on both sides we are both sides of capitol on this very important issue and the republicans have been there every step of the way i hope the president will be. She have a chance he has more from capitol hill. Unanimous consent for the for this bill in both the house and the senate it says that within 90 days of the enactment an act of the bill the treasury the state department has to come up with names of individuals who are deemed to be to be eroding the basic law of hong kong was agreed upon in 1970 during the handover and Financial Institutions the do significant business with those individuals and bend the administration has a ye
In daily cases since says being reopening parts of its economy with the return of its Large Population informal people who work out and about on the streets they work hand to mouth they can stay home they have been allowed to return to work and in the last couple of weeks we have seen quite a big increase here the same is true. Here too even argentina who that was probably the most successful country in containing the virus together with a wire seen an increase in the last days and weeks so very problematic pictures some officials here are calling for a return to a strict strict measures in countries like where we are in colombia the government the National Government here though is saying thats not possible because of how weak the economy is overall how big is the need for people to go out and work which means you will probably continue to see these numbers going up u. S. Prison donald trump has been hosting an annual salute to americas event the white house to mark independent state
A few moments. With the latest global news headlines. On this weeks show coronavirus half of what youve heard is probably wrong and in this half hour 2 experts will inoculate you against a misinformation epidemic but 1st as the world becomes a smaller place how do we look to the rest of the world holland cook in washington this is the big picture on our t. V. America. We got lots of reaction to last weeks show Rush Limbaugh even squat about it if you missed it click u s a optics where youll find all our shows on demand at youtube dot com slash the big picture on. T. This week a quick follow up with the benefit of a globe trotting perspective we always try to tap into whenever he is home here in washington john said leads his principal a Trilogy Advisors here in washington specializing in Government Affairs Political Communications and geo Political Risk management his clients include the u. S. State Department John is a popular speaker and you can search you tube for his ted talk ameri
Welcome. I have written fiction about president ial politics and the media and i wish i knew these four giant when i was doing research for the novel. We could not have a better panel for the topic today. What do you feel is the role in this era of journalism and specific to the times. The la times, are using a Division Within your staff . I think there are several components to that. August, 19 episode. One of which was with the word, racism. Whether that was a fair label for the president or whether as i think an older generation of editors that went to question intent. Given the president s we were never sure if it was racism or sexism or gender issues. And so, that was one part of it. The second i think is the question of how. Weve been dealing with the economic model for journalism that has basically going away. To your point about the president which i call that this information is in chief. There was always a compact between people and government and journalists. They try to tel
Pearlstine, van gordons van gos daughter. Welcome my name is doug brent, i have written fiction about the media and i wish i knew these four giants when i was doing my research because we cannot have a better panel for the topic today. I think most of you are familiar but i would like to begin with each of you giving a brief introduction of yourself starting with you dan. Dan abrams, abc news chief Legal Correspondent and for this purpose i cal have media heightm which covers medium politics and my latest book is on theater roosevelt and the big trial. I am rick single, my book is called information and how we lost the global battle against this information and what to do about it. That is the smallest part by the way. I was the editor of Time Magazine for many years and went into the Obama Administration where was undersecretary of state for Public Affairs and this book is about combating this information from the state department. My name is Van Gordon Sauter i used to work in newspa