Days to reach 100,000 cases and the third 100,000 just four days. Governments arere wrappining up measures in response. Uk Prime Minister johnson announced a strict lockdown. People will only be allowed to leavee h home foror essenential shoppingng or exexercise. Police have the power to fine anyone who disobeys. In france the Prime Minister said lockdown measures scheduled to end march 31st could be extended for several more weeks. French people who to out currently need a form that explains why. Those who fail to comply face a fine of 150. The government says that beginning tuesday people will only be allowed to exercise once a day within a kilometer of their home. He added that open air market, should be closed. Translator i cant be ignorant of the Current Situation when i see what happens in italy. I think following the governments advice is the best thing for everyone. Egypt has closed tourist spots. Translator stores and souvenir shops are closed. Im sure that people are affected
Now, the president s arrival in hanoi marks a major Turning Point in diplomatic relations between the two former adversaries. Well have much more ahead on the significance of this visit and how it came about. But first, we want to see if we can catch the president as he actually deplanes Air Force One here. Hes in asia and vietnam specifically to promote his relations and diplomatic relations in those countries, in the context of the tensions with china. Hes going to go to a welcome ceremony and make some remarks later on. Were going to be following this in vietnam with a live reporter coming up later. All right. Now to morocco, where a nation is in shock and grief after being ravaged by its deadliest earthquake in decades. More than 2,000 people have died since the disaster struck friday night. And many of the victims are already being laid to rest. There are also fears that the death toll will continue to rise as Emergency Crews Dig through the rubble of collapsed buildings, but many
Professor, looking back 50 years to 1967 was it possible for the u. S. To win the war in vietnam . Simple answer, no. I would definitely say no. It wupt a war for the United States to win or lose. Take us to the end of 1967 and politically that president ial elections are happening in 1968. Whats on the horizon . Lbj was there a fair amount of difficulty. The democrats had lost not control over congress but lbj had lost 47 democratic seats in the house and two in the senate. The war was damaging lbjs pop la la la populari popularity. I think what you see is a kindovkind of breakup that lbj depended on to one of the biggest landslides in american president ial history. You could see it was a thing of the past and that the coalition was fracturing into any number of pieces. Here on American History tv all weekend long we are focusing on the war in vietnam. For the next hour and a half we are going to focus on the state of t of the war in 1967. Our guests are professor leann hang win. Als
Are not just American Values they are universal values , written into the declaration of human rights. Mark three human rights activists were reportedly prevented from attending the president s speech. Pakistan will conduct dna tests on the man killed in a u. S. Drone strike to determine if he is actually a taliban chief. Washington, kabul, and senior taliban commanders have confirmed his death. Beginning in 2017, beijing will institute chinas toughest fuel quality standards which the government says could cut 50 tons and the city by 20 . Global news 24 hours a day , powered by our 2400 journalists in more than 150 news bureaus around the world. Im mark crumpton. Bloomberg west is next. Emily im emily chang and this is bloomberg west. Coming up, hpe getting an after our boost, in news they are spinning out a business to merge with another company. What it means for the company and meg whitman. Plus toyota gets into car , sharing its the latest car maker to invest in a ride hailing app.
University. I am pleased to welcome you all this afternoon as well as the audience at cspan. It is an important issue. I am very glad that you are here. This is a timely session, would i say, living with the consequences of agent orange dioxin 50 years later. An update on the situation in laos and vietnam from the war legacies project. For over two decades. Here at the Elliot School, we have collaborated with research institutes, universities, Government Agencies and Civil Society organizations to address emerging problems in international affairs. These include things like Climate Change and Human Security and also the consequences of war and conflict preven chun. I would like to for our work in Southeast Asia particularly acknowledge the role that the foundation has played in supporting this particularly with respect to Southeast Asia issues. The meeting today is timely. It is just a week before president obama travels to laos to take part in the summit of leaders of the association