We have more than i think 760 registered for this meeting and we will do our best to get to as many questions as we can during the period but now a little bit about this event. The independent Task Force Program began in 1995 analyzing issues of critical importance to us Foreign Policy in a nonpartisan way. Once launched task forces are independent of cfr and are solely responsible for the content of their worth. And the task forceprograms 25th year cfr is launching its 78 Task Force Report and id like to welcome you to this discussion of the report and its called improving pandemic preparedness , lessons from covid19. A brief introduction of our panelists, we have cynthia burwell, cochair and president of American University and also former us secretary of health and Human Services under president obama. Welcome to you. Also joining us is frances townsend, also cochair, assistant to president bush in Homeland Security and counterterrorism and is vice chairman on general counsel of vic
There will not be anymore zone one or zone to in the country. It will be italy. Italy is a protected zone. All Movement Across the country is to be avoided unless three specific circumstances. Reason of wk, reason of necessity, or health reasons. Amy we will spend the hour on the response to the coronavirus around the world. We will speak with thomas boyd and Thomas Bollyky alfredo morabia. We will go to italy to speak with a student in quarantine and ask about life in the red zone and we will talk to the Marshall Project reporter Keri Blakinger about fighting the virus in prisons where key supplies like alcoholbased sanitizers are banned. We will go to Washington State and talk to an undocumented immigrant organizer about domains to protect thousands in Detention Centers around the United States. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. Coronavirus cases continue to surge worldwide. The death toll has topped
Italy is on nationwide lockdown. There will not be anymore zone one or zone to in the country. It will be italy. Italy is a protected zone. All Movement Across the country is to be avoided unless three specific circumstances. Reason of wk, reason of necessity, or health reasons. Amy we will spend the hour on the response to the coronavirus around the world. We will speak with thomas boyd and Thomas Bollyky alfredo morabia. We will go to italy to speak with a student in quarantine and ask about life in the red zone and we will talk to the Marshall Project reporter Keri Blakinger about fighting the virus in prisons where key supplies like alcoholbased sanitizers are banned. We will go to Washington State and talk to an undocumented immigrant organizer about domains to protect thousands in Detention Centers around the United States. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. Coronavirus cases continue to surge worl
staff who broke covid rules but the british prime minister isn t among them. after days of violent unrest in sri lanka, a veteran politician is sworn in as the new prime minister. the first ever image of the monster black hole at the centre of our galaxy. life from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news. it s newsday. live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news. hello and welcome to the programme. the kremlin has accused western countries of using the un human rights council to demonise russia after the body voted to investigate alleged war crimes in ukraine. the inquiry will examine accusations that moscow s forces carried out atrocities north of kyiv at the start of the war. in shocking images caught on cctv, the bbc has found clear evidence of war crimes alleged against russian soldiers near ukraine s capital two unarmed civilians are shot in cold blood. our eastern europe correspondent sarah rainsford sent this report. it contains flashing images and some