Chinas economy on track as well as internationally as a country tries to navigate a rather tense geopolitical environment. Ive been speaking to and economy of cornell university. He told me how the belt and Road Initiative had achieved mixed results for china. ,. , china. The belt and Road Initiative china. The belt and Road Initiative was china. The belt and Road Initiative was chinas china. The belt and Road Initiative was chinas attempt to use its economic muscle in order to gain both geopolitical and economic inroads and at the same time broaden its economic breach by providing opportunities for other countries and their transport and other infrastructure nets that try to link china with other countries. Some of these have not paid off very well, evenin have not paid off very well, even in times of economic terms or geopolitical terms. China is getting pushback from countries that feel they have incurred debts to china that will be very difficult to pay off. I think this is an atte
Good morning, everyone. Welcome to cnn this morning it is sunday, may 12th. Happy mothers day to all the mothers out there to you as well . The bonus moms, all the mother figures out there. Im amara walker here with Danny Freeman and of course, meteorologist Allison Chinchar. Here is what were working on for you this morning a dire situation in gaza is growing worse. The un says its humanitarian aid agencies could run out of food by tomorrow. Thousands of people are forced to evacuate russia as a threat of a potential major israeli assault looms law march just hours crews will use small explosives to break apart a massive trunk of the baltimore bridge that collapsed on a cargo ship six weeks ago and it is that time of year we are looking at another threat of severe thunderstorm forms, not just today, but also monday. Well take a look at the timeline and exactly what impacts there will be coming up. And former President Trumps former fixer, Michael Cohen is set to take the stand and the
Hearing for state Department Nominees Including ambassador at large for Global Health security and diplomacy as well as u. S. Ambassadors. This is about an hour 20 minutes the Senate Foreign Relations Committee will come to order. Our hearing today is to hear from five of the President Bidens nominees in dealing with career positions and ambassadorships. Its wonderful to have you all here. We thank you all for being here. Thank you do senator ricketts for being here to lead the republican side of this hearing. Its not always easy to find members that have or willing to adjust their schedules in order to accommodate these hearings, and i think senator ricketts for always being available to this committee to carry out our important work. I want to add some opening comments and senator ricketts wont opening comments but first i want to recognize senator reed and allowed to make an introduction and thank him for being here in the committee. We sometimes have a friendly rivalry between Arme
[inaudible conversations] the Senate Foreign Relations Committee will come to order. Our hearing today is to hear from five of the President Bidens nominees in dealing with career positions and ambassadorships. Its wonderful to have you all here. We thank you all for being here. Thank you do senator ricketts for being here to lead the republican side of this hearing. Its not always easy to find members that have or willing to adjust their schedules in order to accommodate these hearings, and i think senator ricketts for always being available to this committee to carry out our important work. I want to add some opening comments and senator ricketts wont opening comments but first i want to recognize senator reed and allowed to make an introduction and thank him for being here in the committee. We sometimes have a friendly rivalry between Armed Services and Foreign Relations but sense of National Defense authorization bill will be up soon and im going to need his help, he goes first. [l
Hill as this historic election unfolds. Watch on cspan, cspan now, or online at cspan. Org. Cspan, your unfiltered view of government. A look at u. S. Investments abroad and oversight of the International Development corporation with its ceo, scot nathan. He talks about the dfcs focus on Food Security, and strengthening supply chains. This runs an hour and a half. This hearing of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee will come to order. Let me start by making something crystalclear to the international community. To the u. S. Foreignpolicy community. Two our nations allies and adversaries. As this Committee Moves forward, we will continue our work on behalf of the american people, as we have done for more than two centuries. The world faces challenges as well as opportunities. This committee of Senate Foreign relations, its members and staff, play a Critical Role in meeting the challenges america faces in National Security. As i accept the chairmanship with great humility, thanks to t