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Good evening. Im andrew, the director of the Scowcroft Institute of International Affairs at the bush school of government here e at texas a and m. University. I would like to welcome our special event this evening with kim ghattas who is going to speak of the recent book, black wave saudi arabia, iran and the fortyyear rivalry that unleashed collective memory in the middle east. I have to say i spent the weekend reading it. I didnt quite get through but i couldnt put it down it was so interesti...

Globalization put to the test as the corona virus spreads many argue there is an absence of Global Leadership in the fight against the pandemic so is that justified and can countries deal with the threats of corona alone this is inside story. Hello and welcome to the program now its being called a war against an invisible enemy and its now being fought on a global scale the world is in a race to stem the increasing number of corona virus cases as many as 60000 new infections are being reported e...

Outbreak but is this fighting putting more strain on americans already worried about their health and their income will discuss alright its time to use i q. The house of representatives have passed the 2 trillion dollar economic stimulus package to combat the impact of the coronavirus pandemic and a historic vote today but it was not all smooth sailing after one congressman objected to the way the vote was planned argues Rachel Blevins is joining us now live from the newsroom with more details t...

The u. S. Becomes the new battleground in the fight against Coronavirus Health workers struggle to contain the rise in infections and theyre running out of supplies so what needs to be done to prevent the crisis spiraling out of control this is inside story. Hello and welcome to the program. The World Health Organization has warned the epicenter of the coronavirus pandemic could shift to the United States although italy spain and china have higher death tolls the u. S. Now has nearly 165000. 00 ...

We are going to go through a very tough two weeks and then hopefully as the experts are predicting, as i think a lot of us are predicting after having studied it so hard, we will start seeing real light at the end of the tunnel but this will be a very painful, very very painful two weeks. Stuart the president s top medical advisers project a death toll in america of up to 240,000. Everyone is now paying attention. Now weve got to focus what will likely be the worst Economic News coming at us in ...

Good afternoon. Eyeing the dean of the Institute School of Public Health and im delighted to have everyone join us today for this discussion. We have the author of an incredibly important book here, rosemary gibson. Her book is the topic of a dramatic shift in where our madisons come from. China looks at the position as a pharmacy of the world. I think any of us in the Public Health profession have been unaware of the shift. We may notice on time but there are shortages and contamination issues ...

Just. Ignored that. If we keep priority unconditionally to. While neglecting the environment it would virtually mean the death of the paris of cool. Im pleased to report we do see all the indicators moving in the right direction moving down together but weve got a lot more to do to keep that progress going to get to the point where we might be able to ease some of the restrictions to encourage everyone to Work Together and this. Is the problem. Also coming up its spreading and its dangerous im t...

Space. Oil getting a bit of a reprieve. The concern is you have even more oil flow if the opec deal comes to an end. We want to get you todays market moving news from new york as well as washington. We want to start with the latest pmi data. Factories around the world suffering one of their grimmest months on record in march. Fbloombergs Michael Mckee joins me for more. Theres a lot to dig into. Give me some of your takeaways here. Michael mr. Rogers word of the day is contraction. Across the de...

Ields are higher. In eight basis point increase yesterday. You are getting a weakening the dollar by about 1 . It could be seen as some good news if some of the funding pressures are relieved. The hope and optimism is still moving through into the copper market. Those are off 3 . Copper has been searching to the highest now in almost three weeks after minds have been closing to reduce supply and some of the coronavirus headlines have been coming in showing signs of easing in these hot spots. Fli...

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