Virus which has claimed more than 207,000 american lives now reaches into the most powerful office in the world. Good morning, america. We want to get right to the major breaking news overnight. At 12 54 a. M. President trump announced he and First Lady Melania Trump have tested positive for covid19. The Stunning Development raises significant questions about the president s health, the stability of the country, our standing in the world and the state of the race for the white house just 32 days before the final votes. We will cover it all this morning, and we begin by wishing the president and the first lady a speedy and full recovery. We certainly do, and with that, we want to show you a live look right now at the white house where the president and first lady are in isolation at this moment. And there are so many Big Questions this morning after the president s jampacked schedule this week. We want to know who else in the white house inner circle could potentially be infected and wh
In the history of the census, no president has ever tried to manipulate the census count in this way. And to do the exact opposite of what the president is now trying to do. Committed to counting every person regardless of citizenship or legal status under the rules of congress set in the census act of 1790. The decision to release this memo now appears designed to inflict maximum damage to the accuracy of the ongoing 2020s on this. In just two weeks, the Census Bureau will start visiting the homes of millions of people whove not yet responded to the census. With the fear and confusion and communities across the country and could leave many people to decide not to participate. This will not hurt communities that are already undercounted, underrepresented and underfunded. Addressing the chaos caused by the president to know well drained of eligible resources from the Census Bureau which is already struggling to administer in the middle of an unprecedented pandemic. And it will further d
What the president is now trying to do. Committed to counting every person regardless of citizenship or legal status under the rules of congress set in the census act of 1790. The decision to release this memo now appears designed to inflict maximum damage to the accuracy of the ongoing 2020s on this. In just two weeks, the Census Bureau will start visiting the homes of millions of people whove not yet responded to the census. With the fear and confusion and communities across the country and could leave many people to decide not to participate. This will not hurt communities that are already undercounted, underrepresented and underfunded. Addressing the chaos caused by the president to know well drained of eligible resources from the Census Bureau which is already struggling to administer in the middle of an unprecedented pandemic. And it will further divide the country at the time when we need unity. For more than two years he tried to add a Citizenship Question even though the studi
University is under fire for guidelines it said the staff traveling to new campus in dubai which suggests they should hide their sexuality when they go there i guess. People who work. For many many years this is simply a money making exercise the university has put. Before human rights. Good morning for the 5th of december live from the out International Center here in moscow we hear from. Stick around too for next 25. 00 but it was done in this 1st Russias Foreign Ministry says the expulsion of 2 embassy employees from germanys unfriendly and unjustified claims theres evidence to link to the murder of a Georgian National in the german capital several months ago chancellor Angela Merkel is also accused russia of not sufficiently cooperating with an investigation into the shooting. It is a muslim and we took this measure because we did not see russia supporting us in clarifying this murder and in context of course he also talked about this with allies we consider this move unjustified a
I mean the same here at r t h q what im calling break its 9 pm on thursday here in moscow it is 7 pm in france which has been paralyzed by its biggest strike in years this thursday with workers protesting on mass against the governments plans to overhaul the Pension System transport networks have been brought to a standstill and schools and hospitals badly affected as well demonstrations have been held right across the country are too shy to do bensky has been following the protest in paris. This strike has been planned for many months now and this is against a proposed changes by the french government to the Pension System here in france the idea is that they will amalgamate number of different systems around fuji 2 different systems into a universal system but people say that i will have a massive impact on their pensions because it will mean that their pensions perhaps could be lower in the future or in fact that they might have to work even longer and that has caused huge fury here