People, low income people and the, than the support of the brennan we will talk about the road ahead for both candidates. But first, a look at the struggle to contain the coronavirus in the u. S. And around the world. Can the Trump Administration calm fears and anxiety following a series of missteps and conflicting messages . And are we prepared for widespread cases of the highly contagious virus. Anybody that needs a test gets a test kit, they are there, they are there and the tests are beautiful. Anybody that needs a test gets a test. Brennan Washington State is dealing with more than 100 cases of coronavirus, the most in the country. We will ask governor jay inslee if he is getting enough help from the federal government. Connecticut senator chris murphy will also be here as well as Surgeon General jerome adams and former fda commissioner scott gotly plus at some European Countries see a dramatic case spike in the case of the coronavirus cases this weekend we will have a report from
Of the conflict between israel and palestine by the hamas group. Lets start with what the United States is doing. It is a key partner of israel. Immediately after the attacks by palestinian militants, the us assured israel of its unwavering support. Secretary of state Anthony Blinken is on the road all the time these days. He was in israel, in jordan, bahrain, qatar, in the united arab emirates, in saudi arabia, in egypt, then again in israel, again in jordan. According to the results of the last visit to telyaviv, blinken said that. Agreed to develop a plan to deliver humanitarian aid to the gas sector and to define zones where civilians can be safe, this is what many arab leaders have demanded. And now President Biden is going to the middle east, this is a sign of how serious things are. Such trips are planned for months. Biden goes to israel and then to jordan, the United States sends a second Aircraft Carrier to the eastern mediterranean, that is, closer to israel. 2000 american. M
For hosting us this morning. We look forward to seeing you here in washington in july. Thank you. Thank you veryy much. Next a discussion of u. S. Aid to ukraine and global security. Foreign diplomats from ukraine and norway. They also weigh in on possible outcomes of the nato summit being held this summer in washington d. C. This is from the Atlantic Council. Good morning to you all. Good afternoon in europe and hello too you wherever you are attending in the world. President of the Atlantic Council. I am pleased to serve as moderators for fire side chat the importance of supporting a crate had the summit. Welcome back from your break. From our break in the headquarters. The Ukrainian Ambassador like policy pajamas. A big policy change. In all important people who are on our panels may be all people on our panels a cup for the Atlantic Council. That is a great innovation. And thank you for that suggestion. Governments of norway and ukraine will not walk away from the session emptyhand
Set by the Republican National committee. But, for the second time in his 2024 campaign, republican frontrunner donald trump Wont Take Part in the debate. The 77 year old has suggested sharing a stage with low polling rivals could only hurt his commanding lead. It comes as he faces mounting legal challenges, and indictments, and just four months before the Iowa Caucuses begin that formally launch the gops nomination process. Mr trump is holding his own even tonight in detroit to speak to car workers and blue collar employees. We will bring you more on that a little later. We stick with the debate for now. Earlier, i spoke with cbs news senior white house and Political Correspondent ed okeefe. Ed okeefe, thanks Forjoining Us for the second debate. What can we expect for tonight . I think you are going to see these are seven that are on stage tonight, some call them thejv stage tonight, some call them the jv team, some call them the Vice President ial tryouts, what they are really trying
Franklin foer, the author of the book called the last politician inside Joe Bidens White house and struggle for americas future. it is about the first two years of the biden presidency. Tell us what prompted you to write this book. Guest its is going to sound uninspiring but my publisher asked me to write the book and have never done an insider, political account like this. Im a staff writer at the atlantic so i do political journalism it is my thing but i never invested all the time to understand presidency over an extended period of time from the inside. She presented the idea to me, her argument was the biden people are coming in, the middle of a pandemic, with the prospect of an economic collapse, and they are inheriting the government that has been in disrepair. It would be fascinating to see what happens when will the people come in to try to conquer the problems and whether there was succeed or not. I was not to somebody who thought much of a joe biden. I kind of thought he was