The city club, and im very delighted to be here today with professor michael similar. Michael is the acting dean of the law school, hes the Baker Hostettler professor of law, a leader in the practice and study of International Criminal law and the host of the Public Radio Program talking foreign policy, all of which is wonderful, but were actually here to talk about something else, his new book. It is called customary International Law in times of fundamental change recognizing grotian moments. Wow. Wow. Which sounds like a mouthful of academic jargon, but what its really about is how certain moments in history create the kinds of conditions for new laws to emerge as a force for good on a planetary scale which is certainly relevant today. Michael, great to see you. And, dan, do you want to mention who you are . I did, i did. Okay. Im going to assume that im not the only lawyer in the audience, here in the room or watching on cspan. So can we start with a couple of terms, customary Inte
Between values and morals and the scientific technical questions, very much in economics we have to do with it. Top rate technical questions about what the model is, why is there appropriate how to interpret the statistics, whether all your conditions are satisfied. But then theres also questions about the type of society we want to live in. Theres also questions about intense distributional conflicts as well. Posterity is often times a distributional conflict and its a really hard thing to navigate at times that clarify the decisions. But there is real moral implications. Like more of the problem of the financial crisis as there is a lot of private debt in the runoff from financial institutions, buried a lot of money to invest in the craft of the public authorities had to take those onto their balance sheets. And on the question of how to pay for that, right . Is it really right to, for example, cut schools, health care and pension so we can pay off creditors who oftentimes, you know,
Eddie van halen, one of rock musics greatest guitarists dies of cancer long time friend and fellow rock legend, gene simmonds, pays his own tribute you grab the nearest generation x, or millennium, grab them by the ear and take them away from the ear and take them away from the staff that is being laid and let them hear van hangeland to hear the great staff that he was playing. Halen. President trump says hes putting on hold negotiations over a stimulus package to help the us economy recover from the pandemic. Earlier, he said hes prepared to go ahead next week with the second televised debate against his democratic rivaljoe biden, despite his treatment for covid and ongoing questions about his health. And in the past few hours its been confirmed that another Senior Member of the white house Stephen Miller has tested positiive for coronavirus. In a statement, President Trumps advisor said hes been self isolating and working from home over the last five days and had tested negative ever
And Eddie Van Halen, one of rock musics greatest guitar players, dies of cancer. President trump says hes putting on hold negotiations over a stimulus package to help the us economy recover from the pandemic. Earlier, he said hes prepared to go ahead next week with the second televised debate against his democratic rival, joe biden, despite his treatment for covid and ongoing questions about his health. And in the last hour its been confirmed that one of President Trumps senior advisors Stephen Miller has tested positive for coronavirus. He released a statement saying that he has been self isolating and working from home over the last five days and had tested negative every day until today. More on this in a moment, but first our north america editorjon sopel has this report. Dramatic music plays. When donald trump left the white house last friday, he appeared dejected, fearful. But, wow, his return last night couldnt have been more different. The former reality tv star knows how to ma
Themselves, or a millennium, themselves, or a millennal, grab them by the ear and take them away from the stuff that is being played and let them hear van halen hello. Covid 19 is spreading further among those close to President Trump with white house advisor Stephen Miller and a senior military official the latest infected. Mr miller, who has been self isolating for the past five days, confirmed he had contracted coronavirus on tuesday. Top us general mark milley and other military leaders are also quarantining after an admiral, a senior official in the coast guard tested positive. Other officials are also self isolating. other officials are also self isolating. Our north america correspondent peter bowesjoins me now. We have hot spots in the white house and pentagon . Yes, the halls of the white house are very quiet the moment with many people working at home and quarantining themselves people working at home and quara ntining themselves and people working at home and quarantining th