Korea for the Winter Olympics. And people streaming the Opening Ceremony of pyongyang twenty eighteen years one hour away early of the cold war but ration for school to rejected the last minute appeals of forty seven russian athletes who were bidding to be allowed to compete. Also as we go to a u. S. Politicians there are still debating into the early hours as they struggle to end a second shutdown and three weeks. Hospitals was on alert for casualties as egypt launches a major operation against armed groups in the Sinai Peninsula. And a memo months ago to journalists a jailed after uncovering what the government didnt bomb the world to see. So a show of togetherness between north and south korea is happening with just an hours ago before the ceremony Opening Ceremony of the Winter Olympics the sister of north koreas leader has become the first member of her family to step foot in south korea since the two countries went to war in nineteen fifty. Is part of the north korean delegations
And eighteen a Winter Olympics opens and an explosion of fireworks with north and south korea sitting side by side next to america and the extraordinary show of unity and he just emits pyongyang twenty eighteen has been declared open but earlier the court of arbitration for sport rejected the last minute appeals of forty seven russian athletes and coaches to a bidding to be allowed to compete. Our other top stories egypt launches a sweeping military operation aiming to crush on the groups ahead of a deadline set by president sisi. Played upon the time. Of the hama signals an end to the u. S. Governments latest shutdown the stage is set for a bigger battle the over immigration and ballooning deficit. Also what the mayor government didnt want the world to see evidence of a massacre and the journalists who revealed it have been jailed. I am. Extraordinarily and unexpected show of unity north and south korea have sat side by side under exploding fireworks as the two thousand and eighteen W
Thank you, ambassador, for being here and thank you as well for being on the panel. I have yet to good to kuwait, the last time i had been there with 1990 during the gulf war. I got to take a second picture next to the two spirit towers, this time whats that . There you go, liberation towers. It was good to be back, but more importantly to see this Coalition Come together not only in the private sector and having 64 nation theres, but also, like you said, ambassador, seeing the iraqis out front, talking about the country, talking about not only Economic Opportunities in iraq, but also about humanitarian situation. One of the things the first day of the conference was great. The press was able to ask questions of not only Prime Minister abadi but also the kuwaitty Prime Minister and the deputy minister and the foreign mince sterp. The iraq i can press asked some of the toughest question. They warned dont go on a stage with mike pregent, hes going to ask tough questions. The iraq i can p
Their. Live from doha also coming up. Later on the time. Of hama signals an end to the u. S. Governments latest shutdown but the stage is set for bigger battles over immigration and the looming deficit. Egypt launches a sweeping military operation aiming to crush groups ahead of a deadline set by the president. And a mere two journalists to jail from covering what the government didnt want the world to see. In the extraordinary and unexpected show of unity north and south korea have sat side by side on the exploding fireworks the twenty eighteen Winter Olympics opened on the peninsula beset by generations of suspicion flag bearers marched through the stadium under the one united korean flag the sister of north koreas leader kim jong uns with south korean president. As they watched the law for a show of light and sound and sitting just in front of them was u. S. Vice president mike pence hoping the games will offer a chance of renewed communication thats going to name has the latest fro
And authority on the subject with the iraqi ambassador, senior researcher. Im sure well have a great discussion with lots of important insight. On top of hudsons Live Streaming that we always do we have the honor of having cspan2 this event so another reading to the viewers out there. Reconstructing iraq and the good news from iraq is the military defeat of the terrible terrorist organization, isis, by the Iraqi Military with international cooperation. The task ahead is daunting. Iraq needs to rebuild and heal the communities. Challenges remain from funding, stabilization efforts in the even larger resources needed for reconstruction the coming years. Responding was one of the goals of the regions iraqi reconstruction conference in kuwait which secured around 30 billion from private actors. Significantly the gulf countries except in quite to the conference which is interesting testimony with its own troubled history with the iraqi nation back in 1990. Congratulations to the kuwaitis fo