Bidens nomination as Donald Trumps challenger in november marked down and lines form in south africa as alcohol and tobacco go back on sale the government is easing coronavirus restrictions after a 5 month lockdown. Im assuming someones got a thank you for joining us german chancellor Angela Merkel is urging the government and valorous to avoid violence and start a National Dialogue with the opposition this as the standoff over disputed elections between belarusians president aleksander look i shant go and the growing public swell against him and its 10th day today but despite signs from the that he might be prepared to hold new elections under certain conditions many people want change now. Demonstrators demand liberty for the Political Prisoners and arrested protesters after 9 days of unprecedented protests calling on president Alexander Lukashenko to resign. And workers across the country joined a nationwide strike called by the opposition. Go away chanted factory workers at the pre
To its senses that hasnt been the policy in nearly 40 years. His comments followed a similar one by Vladimir Putin about his own countrys. Niles standish starts us offs this evening from the hill. Let me ask you first off to reaction to Donald Trumps tweet. This is work a reversal of u. S. Policy, whats your gauge of how they reacted i think there was a reaction all around and i think the ron for that is the language that surrounds is so carefully phrased. A lex con for that issue and donald trump comes out on twitter makes this statement that no one knows exactly what it means and that just sort of puts the cat among the pitch jens as they say looks like perhaps is an extending an olive branch perhaps. What are your thoughts on that . Do you think theres a legitimate wanting to work alongside the u. S. . Its very difficult to tell. Because Vladimir Putin is not, shall we say, synonymous for wanting to work alongside the u. S. And so the suggestion or the assumption is that theres some
Im annie yu thank you for waking up with us. Im tom fitzgerald, happy mothers day to you. Thank you. And to your wife. If she was awake i would say that to you. Im pretty sure she is sleeping in. Mike is with us this morning with caityln roth. Everybody has been talking about the rain and the rain and the rain and the rain. What are we at twelve days here. Twelve days in a row, youre right. Ive been counting. And yesterday the clouds. Im not sure what its called. It was coming and going. Today will be more consistent. Good news more mom. Later this afternoon just absolutely gorgeous, good news, mothers day sunshine i can guarantee today bad news i can not guarantee for the rest of the week. Well talk more about that as we get into the 55 your current number in washington. 54 gaithersburg and 54 frederick as well and mannasas 52 and 56 quantico and 54 leonardtown. Lets go to the radar were tracking shower activity this morning in d. C. We had the bulk of our rain go through two hours ag