Hello. Good evening, everyone. Welcome again to sixth i. I do start to start by asking who is here at sixth i for the first time tonight . Hello. Whether you are a first timer or if repeat offender we have a bunch of programs you might want to check out from a conversation from dan pfeiffer two concert with the incredible songwriter josh ritter to a party where you can come and see all of them did just a few weeks into the new year and the new decade im sure the reality has set in for us all we are now undeniably in 2020 approaching what is the most anticipated and polarized american president ial election of all time. The 2016 elections results were shocking to many of us in this d we didnt know a country, communities or friends as well as we thought we did. The aftermath so people questioning each others values and stark divisions and already divisive twoparty political systems. Tonight we are thrilled to welcome ezra klein back to dc to help us make sense of it all and hear his pers
A skier with the sport so with 145. 00 days until take your host the olympics the japanese kept talking about scale down marathon with just 200. 00 runners in an effort to halt the spread of coronavirus. Welcome to the news greece is stepping up security at its border with turkey where thousands of refugees and migrants are continuing to gather local media is reporting that 10000 people have been prevented from entering over the past 24 hours now the surge in numbers follows turkeys decision to open its borders to europe Greek Police Say more than 500 refugees and migrants also arrived on the greek islands closest to turkey on sunday most of them landing on less boss or we have correspondents across those developments saying both greece and. Turkey in a few moments well hear from John Psaropoulos whos on lens possible 1st and speak to National Attention again then whos in on turkeys side of the border with greece i mean obviously a fast moving story in terms of the way that these migra
Ahead of power sharing talks and iran reports more deaths from the coronavirus and sees a number of infections jump to nearly 1000. 145. The japanese hold the scale that bill with just 200. 00. Or 2 hold of coronavirus. Thank you for joining as we begin this news hour with the developments in syria turkey has shot down 2 syrian fighter jets from the skies over. Want of a military operation in the northwest of the country targeting areas within it which has been a rebel stronghold the escalation in fighting follows the killing of 34. 00 turkish soldiers in government as strikes on thursday the defense minister says the operation is in selfdefense against president Bashar Assads regime Operation Spring shield is the 4th Turkish Military operation in Northern Syria lets get the latest. For us on turkeys border with syria hashem there were contradictory reports earlier on the downing of a drone for us and warplanes being shot down just bring us up to speed with the latest for us what are y
Hit with the coronavirus outbreak. An adventure that wasnt on the princess brochure. Reporter they say they had plenty of food, drink, and television to keep them comfortable as they underwent frequent medical checks. We had 200 medical staff onboard every day and they were in full hazmat outfits doing random checks. Reporter they learned nearly 400 americans onboard would be evacuated back to the u. S. The sabres found themselves aboard a cargo plane closely monitored. Seven people on their flight had tested positive and were kept isolated from the rest. Tomorrow moms for housing will be recognized for drawing they were on an isolated attention to our housing crisis. Section. Reporter the sabers plane the activists will receive the landed in texas early this honor at the oakland city morning. Council a vacant house in west staying upbeat. Our mindset is very positive oakland and refused to leave. And were just going to go through it and will come out the the group was arrested for oth
Coronavirus cases have been detected with no known origin. Sport it is canceling International Football friendlies because of coronavirus the lympics are also in downs but were in senegal where africas best boxers still trying to qualify at the 2020. 2 to the news that the u. S. And Afghan Taliban are due to sign a preliminary deal in the coming hours the could eventually and americas longest running war is the result of 18 months of talks but once its agreed to go the 1st stage will be a 135. 00 day period of whats called a meaningful reduction in violence to include the exchange of 6000. 00 prisoners now that deal is being. Described as a precursor to a Peace Agreement between the warring sides within afghanistan itself its hoped that this will lead to talks between the taliban and the government in kabul as well as the withdrawal of foreign troops now leading up to the signing theres been an initial weeklong reduction in violence and that mostly held although there were still some a