Terry to roll out the new book which rolled up today. Her book titled becoming kim jong un a former cia officers insights into north koreas enigmatic young dictator could not be more timely. The book provides a masterful insight into who kim jongun is, what makes him tick, and what keeps them up at night. The book is already earned wide praise from among the leading thinkers and for the policy practitioners dita with north korea. Were fortunate that jung and sue will spend the next hour with us breaking that when you dont about how north korea operates, who kim jongun is, and what is going on in north korea these days. They bring a wealth of knowledge to this conversation. They both are former intelligence analysts who represent the very best of their previous profession. They each were tremendous colleagues while in government and their tremendous friends to me now. In addition to being deeply informed, kind, and deadly sport, they also a ton of fun. So before i turn it over to jung a
In the bay area and sadly, at least 30 tphaoaepb people died. But, if there is a little bit of good news this is it. It continues to fall. The chronicle reporting that 334 people are in bay area hospitals right now with the coronavirus. That is the lowest number in over a month. We have the changes that will take effect here tomorrow in many parts of the bay area. Greg . Reporter these are not drastic changes but they are changes nonetheless. The shelter in place orders in at least 6 bay area counties will remain in effect the month. State and local authorities are making some changes that begin to kick start the economy and give people more recreational opportunities. Reporter first, what you will not see, restaurants, bars or cafes filled with people. It is still take out only. Some outdoor businesses such as nurseries, car washes and construction are coming back on line as long as they social distance. Construction it means hundreds of projects and tens of thousands of jobs coming b
Blake burman as usual following latest from the administration. Well get Lauren Simonetti on the markets as well. Edward lawrence reporting on Small Business from washington. But blake, we start with you. Reporter hi, there, connell, after initially canceling the 5 00 Coronavirus Task force briefing earlier today as the white house did, they put back on the schedule a News Conference with president of the United States in the rose garden next hour to unveil the new testing guide lines that the white house says will be in place come may and june. The white house says that they will be giving all 50 governors everything they need to test at least 2 of that states population. The guidelines call, for example, the acceleration of the research and development of diagnostic tests, the development of Rapid Response programs, the federal government acting as supplier of last resort for the states, implementation of what they say would be a vast monitoring system. Along with Antibody Tests to h
The u. S. House at 9 00 eastern tomorrow, there will be live on cspan. As we wait for the committee to return we take you back to the beginning of the committee with Opening Statements. The rules committee will come to order. The rules committee will come to order. Its unfortunate that we have to be here today. But the actions that the president theyve needed states have made that the excess erie. President trump withheld congressional approved a to the ukraine a, partner under siege, not to fight corruption, but to extract a personal political favor. President trump refused to meet with the cranes president in the white house until he completed this scheme. All the while, the road russia the very nation holding part of ukraine hostage, the very nation that interfered in our election in 2016, had another meeting in the Oval Office Just last week. These are not my opinions, these are uncontested facts. Weve listened to the hearings, weve read the transcripts. And its clear that this pre
Purchased. All right. Tonights guest speaker is chunging min lee author of the her met king. In this comprehensive study of north korea, he puts kim jong un in her spect i by tracing the rise of the ming dynasty and how the current leaders motivations, goals and choices have been shaped. Drawing on more than three decades of experience in asia affairs, lee a senior fellow at the Carnegie Endowment and the International Institute of strategic studies shows how kims aggressive standoffs with world powers has put him at crossroads. The countrys increasing vulnerability to famine and crisis in the region. Now, please join me in giving dr. Lee a warm welcome. Ms. [applause] thank you very much. Its a real pleasure to be here, and i know that without my friends, i think, i would have had a very different audience. Its a real pleasure to be here at politics and prose. And i think the people who are most responsible for making me write this book, two of them are sitting in the audience. My ver