Life well planned. The freeman foundation. By judy and Peter Blum Kovler foundation; pursuing solutions for americas neglected needs. And by contributions to this pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Welcome to outside source. President trump pick for the Supreme Court makes her pitch before the senate. Amy Coney Barrett said it is up to politicians not the courts to make the value judgments that govern peoples lives. I believe americans of all backgrounds deserve an independent Supreme Court that interprets our constitution and laws as they are written. I believe i can serve my country by playing that role but democrats say that the hearing should not have gone ahead with members of the Committee Testing positive for covid19. A new approach for combatin coronavirus. A Warning System allowing for local lockdowns in each region in england. The states continue to rise in belarus. They have been told they can use lethal force against protesters. And we look at why an offer from t
States we all share the benefits we all share the burden this package also reflects a very pragmatic and realistic approach we know that we have to build trust among Member States and citizens confidence that we can manage this as a union 70 deca has more now from the boss in greece. I dont think its clear whether anything thats been decided now is going to alleviate the situation for these people theyre talking about a joint tosk helping the greeks here at a Reception Center i dont think at the moment it seems to indicate that theyre going to expedia 8 already lets say the situation for these people it sounds that theyre going to tighten border controls and that theyre going to also expedite those who do not have asylum to return to their countries of origin if you if you look at it here and really you know were talking about policy affecting people i dont think its actually going to change anything these people remain in a situation which is many people would tell you inhumane in the
In lebanon where the same political elite accused of pushing the country to near bankruptcy have been in power for decades i realise that the agreement on the basis i accepted this National Mission during this difficult time of lebanons history no longer exists as well as that the government line up with the specific ations that i put. A devious mission was supported by france which has been leading International Efforts to resolve lebanons multiple crises by bringing change to the leadership president in mind where mccall said during his 2nd visit after the port blast that lebanese politicians agreed to form a cabinet by mid september see an already. Fragile skepticism when this class and was very much a final ultimatum so i would be surprised if the french choose to give that same strategy another shot the Armor Movement and hezbollah backed by iran have been blamed for standing in the way of a deal by insisting on naming shia muslim representation in government a 1000000 hezbollah a
U. S. President again cast doubt on whether hell accept the results of the november poll we want to make sure the election is honest but im not sure that it can be i dont i dont know that it can be with this whole situation unsolicited ballots. His press secretary says trump will accept the results but with conditions the president will exact except the results of a free and fair election. How exactly the white house defines free and fair or is not clear casting grave uncertainty over the integrity of the vote trump is particularly concerned with mail in balloting which states are offering so voters dont have to travel to the polls during the coronavirus pandemic Top Republican and democrat leaders in congress on thursday tried to reassure voters on twitter Mitch Mcconnell the republican leader in the senate wrote there will be an orderly transition just as there has been every 4 years since 792 democrat House Speaker nancy pelosi went further criticizing trumps failure to commit to a
A Firm Conviction that the world has room for us all as long as. Relations between countries and peoples are governed by the bendin ment of conflict peace making and building and International Cooperation in order to achieve development. Security and prosperity for both current and future generations so i thank you mr president. I have been listening to egyptian president a bill for a c. C. Speaking there addressing United Nations General Assembly spoke about libya in a return to the political process in that country of course egypt has been playing a role in libya the conflict there is really morphed into a proxy war that is drawn in regional Powers International powers as well spoke about the nile dam disputes of course that is a key issue in the region right now that is causing a great deal of tension and and then also he spoke about multilateralism and stability of the International System steven slush and to is a fellow at the Century Foundation joins us via skype from new york so