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Tactic . I think it will not help the president s legacy. I think that i know from my discussions with foreign leaders, verse 4, that they are hopeful that the United States Democratic Institutions are viewed once again as being strong endure. And, but i think at the end of the day, you know, its all going to come to fruition. In january 20th. The u. S. Supreme court has heard arguments in a case which could strip 20000000. People have medical insurance justices have already signaled that theyre...

Streets of lima. Following the swearing in of a new peruvian president and calls for his region where hundreds have died and thousands are fleeing into the u. S. President elect. Joe biden has called Donald Trumps refusal to concede the president ial election an embarrassment, but biden says nothing will stop the transfer of power in january. Thats despite the trumpet, ministration reporting, refuse italy refusing to assist the president elects transition team. Alan fischer reports from washingt...

Basic commodities such as fuel and and that has resulted in shortages at petrol stations and bakeries its also led to an inflation of more than 200 percent making many families many of them who live below the poverty line struggle to get 3 meals a day in the United Nations World Food Program is warning of catastrophic levels of hunger in parts of the. Mali unless aid groups of. Violence and insecurity in central whole region of west africa has pushed millions into acute hunger the number of inte...

For eyes are by john but it has led outraged armenians to storm their own parliament plus the world welcomes news of a Coronavirus Vaccine that appears to work and so far shows no negative side effects. And the palestinians mourning the waltz of one of their own voice i have ever caught has died from coded 19 he was an architect of the 2 state solution with israel and. Im off to those of you joining us on p. B. S. In the United States and to all of you around the world welcome we begin with secu...

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I would like to welcome the Prime Minister back to his rightful place. The whole house and the whole country is delighted at his recovery, and welcome back to his elected house. I now call up Prime Minister to answer his engagement questions. Pm johnson mr. Speaker, thank you for your kind words. It is good to be back, even though i have been away for longer than i anticipated. I would like to pay tribute today to the 107 nhs and 29 care workers, and all those who have sadly died from coronaviru...

And independents, 2027488002. U can text us if you want at 2027488003. You can tweet us and post on our Facebook Page. It was over the weekend that ed markey out of massachusetts appeared on a Boston Television station highlighting this proposal that he and california senator Kamala Harris, vermont senator Bernie Sanders have laid out for this proposal this payment based on the coronavirus pandemic. Right now, we are in the midst of the greatest economic down turn in our lives. Massachusetts sen...

Eric katz is a sin to correspond with thend publicatin governor executive and recently published a piece take a look at federal employees and how they been impacted by covid19. Morning. Good morning. Paint a picture overall will be our first number of employee employees. So the number of employees with tested positive is over 10,000 and thats been growing pretty rapidly. A lot of these workers are on the front lines so their exposure rates are pretty elevated. Weve seen that kind of climb at a p...

Shutdown our conversation we had earlier on washington journal. Eric katz is a Senior Correspondent and joins us now on the impact on the ongoing shut down. This is a partial shutdown so explain why. There is no funding for government. Have carved out certain exceptions for employees that can continue to work. There is a memo from the Carter Thicke administration as to who can work and who cant. Employee funds that come from other appropriations can continue to work. They are fee funded and they...

Not last of there is no funding for government. But they have carved out certain exemptions and exceptions for employees that continue to work. Law andbased on an old a memo from the Carter Administration lays out who can work and who cant. Funds come from annualother than appropriations. If they are fee funded, they can work. Host whats an example . Example, some operations of customs officers are funded by fees because you pay a fee every time you fly on an airplane. To paying that persons, ce...