Hour after the senate narrowly voted to secure the nomination order with only one republican not supporting the motion. Democrats strongly opposed to the confirmation saying a Supreme Court justice shouldnt be appointed this close to an election let the record show that tonight the Republican Senate majority decided to thwart the will of the people and confirm a lifetime appointment to the Supreme Court in the middle of a president ial election. Opponents of carney bars nomination say it paves the way for conservative rulings on abortion Rights Health care and q. Rights Karni Barrett val but she will remain independent. The oath that i have certainly taken tonight means at its core that i will do my job without any fear or favor and that i will do so independently of both the political branches and of my own preferences. Shell take this 2nd or 3rd its on tuesday at a private ceremony which will allow her to begin the fish who duties on the court. Well joining me now to discuss this in
Travel restrictions feeling a little blow to the tourism industry. Im melissa chan welcome to news asia thank you for joining us exactly one week before possibly the most consequential u. S. Election secretary of state mike pompei own defense secretary mark esper has flown to india to meet with their counterparts its almost as if theyre running against the clock rolling out as much of their age policy in case their boss President Donald Trump loses the election india has signed a military agreement with the u. S. To share sensitive satellite information and the 2 will participate in naval exercises next month those are war games along with australia and japan all members of the quad a partnership of india pacific democracies. Joining us is korea mohan of the German Marshall Fund for more agreement pump ale and esper are in india but this is as much about china isnt it absolutely so this meeting comes in the backdrop of chinese aggression at indias border region which shows no signs of
Melissa chan welcome to news asia thank you for joining us exactly one week before possibly the most consequential u. S. Election secretary of state mike pompei own defense secretary mark esper has flown to india to meet with their counterparts its almost as if theyre running against the clock rolling out as much of their age policy in case their boss President Donald Trump loses the election india has signed a military agreement with the u. S. To share sensitive satellite information and the 2 will participate in naval exercises next month those are war games along with australia and japan all members of the quad a partnership of india pacific democracies. Joining us is korea mohan of the German Marshall Fund for more agreement pump aoe and the esper are in india but this is as much about china isnt it. Absolutely so this meeting comes in the backdrop of chinese aggression at indias border region which shows no signs of abating it also comes in the middle of the coronavirus pandemic t
Going up so you have to do your part to make them go down again there would be a profit businesses and hope that we will be spared but unfortunately we cant prove assault completely although im not sure if it will really help to contain the country america and then people for both the people i assume that there will be new measures theres nothing you can do about it and we have to get the infection under control in this new presuming that the new restrictions are expected on wednesday after chancellor merkel meets with germanys 16 regional leaders. News has seen a copy of Angela Merkels working paper for that conference with the 16 states leaders germany and heres more of what we think is going to propose schools and daycare facilities are to remain open and thats a major difference to the 1st lockdown germans will be told to limit contacts to an absolute minimum outside gatherings. Would be limited to a maximum of 2 households a complete shutdown of the entertainment sector bars resta
About to close in tanzanias president ial and parliamentary elections but Opposition Party see the vote has already been corrupted by manipulation and violence. Thank you so much for your Company Everyone well as we come on the air german chancellor Angela Merkel and the leaders of the 60 regional states are hammering out new measures to curb runaway corona virus infections well newco 1000 cases have hit record highs of nearly 15000 a day well thats in sharp contrast to the low hundreds seen in early august well take a look at this graph right here behind me while admissions to intensive care are also rising hospital hospitalizations flattened over the summer as you can see here and now they are. Why i mean up steadily will dramatically actually watch as an american is set to savor a months long shutdown of all hospitality and leisure venues she also wants to cut the number of people allowed to gather in public and private and theres opposition to these a proposed new restrictions but