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KCBS All News
"national power" Discussed on KCBS All News
"7 40 and FM one O 6 9 K CBS. This past week, Vladimir Putin unleashed another air assault on Ukrainian families and their power grid in his campaign to turn winter into a weapon of mass destruction. 44 million Ukrainian men, women and children endure hours or days without light, heat or water. We met some of them on central street in a town called borodianka, northwest of Kyiv. As you'll see, in the blackest days in Europe since World War II, we found families facing terror with candles against the darkness. The power was out. The night we met Vera Shevchenko. The great grandmother is the only soul left in her central street apartment block. Back in March, when borodianka was bombed, the widow moved out, but she told us on the 20th of May I said that's it. I'm going home. They tried to talk me into staying, but I said no. I'm going home. They were her daughter and son in law, who took her in after the invasion. My son in law said let her go, she'll get cold and she'll come back. But out of principle, I decided no, I won't go back, and so I didn't. I stayed here. Her principle is defiance. Undimmed in the fragile light, unbroken by the 25° night. The sign on her door reads danger, and the view from this apartment in her building reveals why. This is central street. In borodianka. Central was on Russia's invasion route. In March, Putin's air force destroyed 144 buildings in borodianka. Ukraine drove Russia out, but central is crowded with gaunt memorials to more than 100 murdered civilians. Survivors include 65 year old widow, Tatiana so logo, who we found, shoveling the ashes of her life. I don't even have a spoon or a bowl, she said everything everything was here. I've been left with nothing. On her balcony, she told us her son enlisted in the army the first day of the invasion. Yeah she's now moved into a public shelter, powered by a generator. But her neighbor. Sir he bondarenko showed us how millions of Ukrainians endure Putin's war on light and heat. For now, he told us we have firewood. We survive any way we can. Bondarenko's new wood stove is vented through a hole he knocked in the wall. A car battery powers a string of lights, and well water fills in for the dried up tap. We noticed a thermometer inside was chilled to 40°, but he told us where Ukrainian. If the temperature outside is above freezing, we open the windows so the heat can get in. A sense of humor, and ingenuity, sustain Ukraine through the worst aerial bombardment of Europeans since World War II. There have been 14 massive assaults on the national power grid in the last 18 weeks. Every power plant has been hit. Half the electricity is out. There have been a few days without blackouts, but for the most part, power is rationed, roughly four hours on four off, nationwide. In October, drones zeroed in on the headquarters of the national power company who
Bloomberg Radio New York
"national power" Discussed on Bloomberg Radio New York
"Planning to a trip to China to speak face to face with president Xi Jinping. Bloomberg has learned president Macron wants to discuss energy trade and Russia's war against Ukraine. No date has been scheduled yet, but it's likely to happen at the end of April. The visit could come as the European Union is seeking to recalibrate its trading position toward both China and the United States. Global news 24 hours a day on air and on Bloomberg quicktake powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in over 120 countries. I'm more crompton this is Bloomberg. Mark, thank you. New Hampshire has been the first in the nation primary state since 1920, famous for vetting presidential candidates winnowing the field early in the process. But President Biden wants to change that as we've told you after rolling out plans to adjust the calendar to favor South Carolina, which helped him win the nomination, but this is not the first time New Hampshire's first place has been challenged and joining us now to talk about this among other issues is the governor of New Hampshire, Chris sununu, governor, welcome back. You have a state law, of course, that mandates New Hampshire vote before the rest. Are we going to be meeting on Christmas in two years? No, no, look, we're going to have the first in the nation primary. The Democrats have to figure out what the heck they're doing. And I think they realize they've created a big mess of the whole situation. They did not think it through, not a surprise. But we're going to hold our first in the nation primary one way or the other. And it isn't so much when we hold it. They're just trying to move theirs to South Carolina, which is baffling because they have very little voter turnout in South Carolina. And even when you have incumbents, it's actually rare that they'll even hold the primary. Like in 2020, they didn't even have a primary for president Trump. They just said, well, the incumbents the winner because it's all kind of picked by these elites down there. So it's a very bizarre process and the fact that the Democrats are going to let one of their candidates pick with a first in the nation primary goes. I think they realizing it was a huge mistake. We'll see where it ends up, but we're going first, regardless of what Joe Biden thinks or wants. The first thing that you're probably going to be in New Hampshire. Sounds like we could be opening our presence on Elm Street in two years, but you've accused the DNC of trying to manipulate the system here governor. We know the RNC is sticking with the old calendar. Is it possible that we're in a world in which the Republican and democratic primaries happen on separate days? It could be. I think again, I think the Democrats have made a huge mistake and they're realizing what an error that would be and what a missed opportunity that would be for them. I think what you're going to likely see happen is if they don't change anything. Look, Democrats are going to challenge Joe Biden. I mean, there's no question about that. I think I just don't believe and I think a lot of folks don't believe that the left wing progressive part of the party is going to let Joe Biden just sit in there for another 6 years and hope for the best. No, they're not going to do that. So you're going to have candidates coming to New Hampshire as Democrats getting all that free media, all that time, likely winning this state without Joe Biden on the ballot, giving them ahead of momentum and steam to potentially surge right past him in future states. So I think it'll all work out in the end. I really do believe that whether it's the Democrats making a big mistake this year and having to come back to reality next time or actually them getting coming to having their come to Jesus moment and saying, well, wait a minute, we've made a huge mistake here. Let's get everyone on board because the opportunity in New Hampshire is just too good. Have you had governor any recent interactions with the DNC about this issue? They asked me for a letter confirming that I would change the law in the state of New Hampshire. And I wrote a letter back that politely laughed in their face to be honest. It was just ridiculous. And the Democrat party here joined me in that the Democrat leadership in our congressional delegation. We don't agree on many politics, but we are all in lockstep about what needs to happen. And what the repercussions of them trying to pull this away are. So I was firm but polite as my mother would say. Okay, and all of this, obviously, is setting up for the presidential race of 2024. And there's a recent Suffolk county USA Today poll that showed that President Biden, even though you do not think or potentially you think he's going to be challenged by members of his own party, but right now it shows that he would win against former president Trump, who at the moment is the only Republican in the race. But governor desantis was to come into the race. This would be a harder challenge or according to this poll for Biden. How crowded do you expect your side in terms of presidential candidates to get? I think a lot of folks will get in the race, 8, 9, ten. The real trick is the discipline of getting out. It isn't keeping people from getting in. I don't care who gets in. But if you're only pulling it four or 5, 6, 7% or whatever it is, as we get closer to the first of the nation primer, you got to have the discipline to say this ain't working. And get out of that race. That didn't really happen last time. I think a lot of folks have realized we don't want a nominee, any nominee, well under 50% of the Republican Party support. And so trying to ensure that that happens over the long run through the entire primary process is important, but that means want to get in Tesla water is great, but I have the discipline to get out. And I'm kind of the referee here in New Hampshire. And I have no problem being very public about, I think those that I likely think should stay in or get out or where it all plays out. Because you got to have those leverage points to make sure that it is a realistic field and not just everybody who wants to sell a book or something ridiculous like that. We've seen that movie before as well. This is why so many campaigns are crushed once they get through New Hampshire, but governor, are you going to be on that stage yourself? Well, I'll be here in New Hampshire, whether I'm on the stage or not. I don't know. We'll see how it all plays out. Some folks are talking about me talking about it. And I'm humbled and honored that folks who would consider that, but I think right now my focus is on making sure folks realize how good our model here is in New Hampshire, how it could translate on a national level. And most importantly, where I think the Republicans are missing the boat, is really talking to you that next generation of voters, those independent younger voters that we want to build our team. We don't have folks really engaging with them. And so I'm not just thinking about the next election for my party. I'm thinking about two, three, 5 elections down the road and making sure that we have that robust next generation. And giving them something hopeful to jump into on the Republican side. Well, I know you didn't run for Senate. You caused a bit of an uproar. We talked about that here on Bloomberg when you chose not to run for Senate in New Hampshire. You said you'd be a lion in a cage, I believe, was the quote down here in Washington. That states seats
The Ben Shapiro Show
"national power" Discussed on The Ben Shapiro Show
"Well, Davos continues, an almost endless series of foolish statements by people who really should know better, but have decided that the most important thing for them is to centralize power of policymaking, power of government, power of money, to themselves. And so the only way that the elitists at Davos at the World Economic Forum can actually justify the kind of power grabs that they want to, that they want to make here. The power grab that suggests that they get to restructure the entire world economy, or they get to restructure energy markets. They get to regulate how you live your life. The only way they can justify that is with absolute crisis mongering. And so half of Davos is about trying to explain to the rest of the world that we are on the precipice of the global end. That essentially they are like jor el at the beginning of Superman the movie, explaining that krypton is about to be eaten by the red sun over here. And so we really need to do something about that. You need to give me ultimate power. There are really more generals odd, right? They're trying to take total power in order to achieve a goal, because after all the crisis is afoot. And that is really ugly stuff. It also happens to be incredibly stupid stuff. So to take an example, Vanessa Kerry is John Kerry's daughter. A John Kerry is the American climate envoy to the rest of the world. So his daughter is also at the World Economic Forum. Nepotism man, it's a drug. In any case, she shows up at the World Economic Forum, and she proceeds to explain that right now, one quarter of global deaths are from preventable environmental causes. Now, no, I mean, no, let's hear her out. When you think about what most people's main assets are, it's their ability to work. And if you're sick, you can't work, you can't participate in markets, GDPs don't grow. And so we have a real opportunity to address this. A quarter of the world's deaths currently are from preventable environmental causes. So we're just, if we don't tackle this issue in this nexus, we are really setting ourselves up for a much harder pathway. A quarter of the world's deaths are from preventable environmental causes. I'm pretty sure that virtually all deaths are from health issues in the west. They're generally from health issues of old age and I'm not sure exactly what she's trying to say. Or maybe she's trying to say that a quarter of the world's preventable deaths are from preventable environmental clauses. I'm pretty sure that vast majority of people who are dying in the west in an old age home at the age of 87 are not dying from a preventable environmental cause. Okay, but even if we correct her statement, we say what she really means is that a quarter of preventable deaths are from preventable environmental causes, that's not really even true because here is the thing. She's assuming that preventable environmental cause
Progressive Talk 1350 AM
"national power" Discussed on Progressive Talk 1350 AM
"Diana was there at one point, right? That's been good since then. What does he do? All he takes them to conference championship game after conference championship game. And then takes him to a Super Bowl. And if it's not for Jacoby Jones, showing his natural ass that day, they might have won the Super Bowl that day. Things don't go there well, things go kind of south with Colin Kaepernick, leaves there. He's gonna go home. He's gonna go back to Ann Arbor. He's gonna go back and put on his bullshit backward glasses. He's gonna go back to the classic uniforms. The khakis with the polo tuck that he's out there throwing passes. He's sleeping on the floor. That recruits house to get a kicker. Still weird. Still weird. He drinks milk with his steak. I've had dairy milk in a decade. He drinks milk with a steak. And all he does is turn Michigan back into a national power, never going off, never getting upset, never being above himself, never calling out other people. Never calling out his players. He just stays cool. He stays calm and he stays collected and rightfully so he wasn't beaten right people and they wanted him fired. What did he do? He gave some of his salary to people who couldn't get a paycheck. And he said, just stick with me, we'll be fine. And today and just like last year, ladies and gentlemen, he's handed Ohio State that asked whooping of their life back to back years, 42 points one year, 45 points to next year. Mister Jim Harbaugh leading his team to the conference championship game again into the college football playoff again this week, sir. Thank you, thank you, thank you. You are the vanilla brother of the week week week. Week. We all say this hopefully have a better show in the constable playoff this year. See
National Day Calendar
"national power" Discussed on National Day Calendar
"This episode is brought to you by carvana, carvana is in the business of driving you happy, and with the widest selection of used cars under $20,000, you're a bound to find a car that'll put a smile on your face. They even offer customizable financing so you can plan your down and monthly payments. To shop thousands of affordable vehicles, 100% online, download the app or visit carvana dot com. Availability may vary by market. Welcome to August 28th, 2022 in the national day calendar. Today we celebrate cheesy shows and scene red. If you're a fan of zordon and Rita repulsa, then you already know what we're celebrating today. Although this kids show is pieced together with old footage from a Japanese TV show, mighty morphin Power Rangers was a huge hit in 1993. 5 teenagers transformed into, well, Power Rangers, who then merged into a giant robot that fought monsters. Yeah, it sounds crazy. But if you grew up in the 90s, this was the show to watch, and your neighborhood was probably full of every color of ranger on Halloween. On national power ranger day celebrate with a walk down memory lane and watch some old episodes. The special effects are cheesy, but lessons on teamwork are priceless. The folks enjoy wine all year long, the end of summer begins the seasonal celebration of the varietals known as reds. Merlot Cabernet and Pinot Noir all pair well with the richer foods, we all love to indulge in during cooler weather. And the good news is that reds are actually healthier for you than whites. The rule of thumb is that drier wines are better for you than sweeter ones, and young wines, which tend to be darker are healthier than the older, lighter ones. Moderation in all things is the key to a healthy life, but on national red wine day, have fun indulging in the drink, that's the very symbol of celebration. I don't mean to out myself, but I think red is the only one to drink. My wife would have totally agreed with it. So I guess I know who I'm calling. Yeah, called on. 50% of the population don't like you anymore. But 50% love her. I'm okay with that. Especially if Don McLean is in that mix. I'm Anna de beer. I'm Marlo Anderson. Thanks for joining us as we celebrate every day. See you tomorrow.
WTOP
"national power" Discussed on WTOP
"Three 53. Now to the war in Ukraine, a huge nuclear power plant in Ukraine may be under imminent threat of a meltdown as fighting continues near the complex. Authorities began distributing iodine tablets to residents near the evaporation nuclear power plant today in case of a radiation leak. It comes a day after the plant was knocked off line because of fire damage to a transmission line, double DT open national security correspondent JJ green joins us live with more JJ. Yes, Sean, the zephyrus, nuclear power plant, Ukraine's and Europe's largest nuclear plant was again reconnected to the national power grid today because it was actually offline twice in the last two days after being never disconnected in its entire history. And this has triggered concerns about the safe operation of the plant and the possible consequences for Ukrainians if they're further interruptions to power. The problem is the damage that can be done to the plant's reactors, which need to be constantly connected to a cooling system. That system is run by electricity or emergency, diesel generators, repeatedly disconnecting and reconnecting them could lead to a meltdown. Eventually. And because of these concerns, as you said, Ukraine is distributing in on pills, but not only they are doing that neighboring Moldova has imported more than a million pills, just in case they're needed. Reporting live, JJ green, WTO news. Sorry, JJ. In the meantime, we've been hearing that a long war is coming. What are you hearing about this today? There are three key elements, Mike. One, several intelligence agencies from Britain, the U.S., France, Germany, and other places have all noted that Russia's war efforts have slowed tremendously because they've lost more than 80,000 troops. Ukraine says half of them were killed. So Russia needs time to find and train more troops so they're scouring the country, looking for them. Two, they don't have the weapons. Many tens of thousands of Russian weapons have been destroyed. And number three, Ukraine says, while it's stopped, while it stopped Russia's advances, it's not been able to launch any significant counteroffensives in recent weeks to take back territory. So I hate saying this, but all signs seem to all signs seem to support and point to a slow war of destruction in Ukraine. All right, JJ, thanks. WTO national security correspondent JJ green
WTOP
"national power" Discussed on WTOP
"Messages from January 5th and January 6th. As COVID surges, the CDC recommends masking indoors. Former president Trump's first wife dies and gets mad. Get everything. This is the CBS world news roundup late edition. I'm Jennifer Kuiper in Chicago. CBS News has learned lawmakers have been told by the inspector general for the Department of Homeland Security that the Secret Service deleted January 6th text messages after oversight officials requested them. CBS has Scott mcfarlane has the latest on the witness who the January 6th House select committee says, received a call from former president Trump. And then most recent allegation that Trump himself called the witness CBS News is confirmed reports that witness is a White House employee who doesn't typically get calls from Donald Trump. The house panel has alerted the Justice Department. The latest COVID surge in the U.S. is being driven by the highly transmissible BA 5 variant accounting for 65% of cases. COVID hospitalizations in California's Los Angeles County have local health officials considering a new indoor mask mandate. It is so infectious. You know, it's on par with the most infectious viruses we as humans have ever seen. CBS News, medical contributor, doctor David agus says the variant is able to spread with just a small number of particles. Before you needed, say a thousand particles, now it's a hundred particles. Nationwide. The CDC predicts the number of new COVID hospitalizations will likely increase over the next month. The CDC says older Americans, those 70 and above are fearing the worst. The hospital admissions rate for that group is nearing last summer's peak. That CBS is Donna bakish reporting. A memorial service is held ahead of tomorrow's reopening of the top supermarket in Buffalo, New York. We remember the life and the legacy of celestine Cheney. Ten black people were killed in May in what authorities say was a racially motivated shooting. Iran's nuclear ambitions dominated a joint news conference between President Biden and his Israeli counterpart today in Jerusalem, CBS and Stephen Fortnite. In a joint declaration with Israel, the U.S. promised to use all elements of its national power to prevent Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon. President Biden said he believes diplomacy is the best way to do that. But Israeli prime minister yair lapid openly disagreed. The only way to stop them is to put a credible military threat on the table. The president said the U.S. is waiting on a response from Tehran. When they will come, I'm not certain, but we are not going to wait forever. Stephen portnoy, CBS News, Washington. On Wall Street, the Dow closed down 143 points. Now this. This hour's newscast is presented by rocket mortgage. Need to know what it takes for a home loan to fix your budget and your family, rocket
Mark Levin
Allen West: Energy Security Is Important for National Security
"You look at Texas and the fact that if we were our own nation we'd be the third largest energy producer producing nation in the world So why would you put the stranglehold on our oil and natural gas industry when we were energy independent And you could use that to go against Vladimir Putin to undermine his ability to put a military out there undermine his economy And that's one of the elements of your national power Energy security is so important for your national security and your economic security So when the Biden administration comes in and one of the things he does on constitutionally by executive order to implement the ideological agenda Green New Deal that should not It happened And that's why you need to have strong gubernatorial leadership that pushes back and says we're not going to shut down our industry because you want to have an ideological agenda But without a doubt we have continued to try to appease and compromise and you talked earlier in your previous segment about how doing the Obama administration they sent blankets MREs and that's not what the Ukrainians wanted If there are people that are going to stand up and fight and all we had to do is get behind them and give them the necessary weapon systems the anti tank weapon systems maybe some of our older M1 series Abrams tanks and trying them on that so that they could put up a staunch defense because we see exactly what they're doing right now
America First with Sebastian Gorka Podcast
Congressman Lee Zeldin Comments on the Unsurprising Lack of Diversity in the Taliban Government
"Have a mind numbing. Here is short clip from our chief. Diplomat this beta male tony blinken. Who surprised that. The taliban aren't all pride. Flags and equity cut seven play cards yesterday. The taliban named a new interim government. We're sesing the announcement but despite professing that a new government would be inclusive the announcement his names consists exclusively of individuals were members of the taliban close associates. And no win your metro intelligence professional you or any of your colleagues surprise that they weren't representatives of the lgbt community any women in the taliban regime and isn't it strange that tony blinken forgot to mention that. Four of the cabinet members are taliban terrorists. That obama released congressman well. There's a lot. There unpack in the reality. Is that this taliban terrorist group would throw a member of the lgbtq community off of a rooftop to their desks before they're going to be appointed to a cabinet and the other thing too. That really requires some serious self reflection by the secretary and others in this administration is that when the taliban and others who are america's adversaries would you would play that clip that you just played at the end of it. They would then start laughing their asses off like they can't believe that this is where the focus is at our are Important approach to foreign policy and we saw this for four years during the trump administration is that we should be understanding or are enemies. Do not respect. We only respect strength And that we have to be strong and consistent Exercising willing to exercise all of our instruments of national power military's included. But that is the last possible option. We have it on the table because we don't wanna use
The Dictionary
"national power" Discussed on The Dictionary
"You have to be out in public to read your comics. It is national bowtie day. I don't have any bow ties. But maybe i should get a bow tie national cherry turnovers day. That sounds tasty. It is national power rangers day so when the power rangers first came out it was the mighty morphin power rangers and i saw the word morphin in the title and i had a program on my computer where i could more pictures. This was way back in the day. And i was like. Oh that sounds interesting. that's cool. I like morphine photos and then i watched the first episode and i said no. I am too old for this. Sorry knocking to watch that. So i never got into power rangers national thoughtful day. Go be thoughtful pony express day race your mouse around the icons day this. Why why did these things even exist. So move your mouse cursor around the icons on your computer radio commercial day. Hey let's do a radio commercial. The go buy some stuff because we need the money. It is rainbow bridge remembrance day. I think that's for pat. Pets it is red wine day. All the red wines have them today. Speak kind words. Saturday please do this all the times. If you if you think you're going to say something that's not kind on today maybe a rethink what you're saying. Say it in a kinder way please and thank you That is all the holidays for today. I am glad that you're here. Thank you for listening and watching watching. You're not watching this. I don't think so the let's see. We have been watching speaking of watching. We've been watching the show. The states we went back to the beginning. And i had only seen a handful of episodes back in the day. And oh my god that show. It is so silly and ridiculous and poignant and funny and sometimes not really serious but deals with serious stuff and i suggest everybody everybody who is above a certain age. Go watch that show. Thank you very much for listening. And until next time this is spencer dispensing information goodbye..
National Day Calendar
"national power" Discussed on National Day Calendar
"Welcome to August 28th, 2021 on the national day calendar. Today we celebrate cheesy shows and seeing red. When was the last time you fell in love with coffee? Is your morning routine just a little too routine? At David's roasting their fanatical about the beans because no matter how you brew it, coffee won't rock your world if it's not freshly roasted. Visit David's roasting dot com to try their award winning blends, roasted to order and ship to your door, because everyone deserves to fall in love with coffee this fresh. David's roasting dot com. Boutique coffee without all the hype. If you're a fan of zordon and Rita repulsa, then you know exactly what we're celebrating today. Although this kids show is pieced together with old footage from the Japanese TV show, mighty morphin Power Rangers was a huge hit in 1993. 5 teenagers transformed into. Well, Power Rangers, who then merged into a giant robot that fought monsters. Yeah, it sounds crazy, but if you grew up in the 90s, this was the show to watch. And your neighborhood was probably full of every color of ranger on Halloween. A national power ranger day celebrate with a walk down memory lane and watch some old episodes. The special effects are cheesy, but the lessons on teamwork are priceless. Though folks enjoy wine all year long, the end of summer begins the seasonal celebration of the varietals known as reds. Merlot, Cabernet, and Pinot Noir, all pair well with the richer foods we all love to indulge in during cooler weather, and the good news is that reds are actually healthier for you than whites. The rule of thumb is that drier wines are better for you than sweeter ones. And young wines, which tend to be darker, are healthier than the older, lighter ones. Moderation in all things is the key to a healthy life, but on national red wine day have fun indulging in the drink, that's the very symbol of celebration. Did you know that the Power Rangers show gets better the more wine you drink? I've heard that. Is that true, John? I believe that is absolutely true. Okay. You guys believe everything I say. Hey tomorrow, it's national lemon juice day. I think the Power Rangers would be better with a glass of lemon juice. Probably. That's kind of tart. I'm Anna de beer. I'm Marlo Anderson. Thanks for joining us as we celebrate every day. See you tomorrow. And I guess I'm the tart.
The Paul Finebaum Show
"national power" Discussed on The Paul Finebaum Show
"That is that is a great story. Hey thank you very much for the call. You'd be well. Nick is up next. Hey nick thanks good afternoon. Hey paul how are we are doing great so let me give you my my reasoning. Why now alabama's gonna indeed get richer because now dabo sweeney will be alabama's net coach. When nick sabin retires. And let me tell you why okay In in i l. has changed the game. Clemson will get left behind. They just don't have the money that means they're recruiting. We'll go down. Expansions made them even more irrelevent. Dabo swinney still got an ego. And then last week alabama will be backed up the brinks truck for dabo sweeney and and it will happen and that's probably all because of this expansion it in i l. It's been the lynch pin that will make this happen. I mean this When when you say that they don't have the money What specifically you mean by that. Yes so you know what. I see the money what i mean by. That is total revenues from sports endowment. Okay population base of south carolina. I mean all the macro elements that go into you know quote unquote money runs. Interest doesn't have it in in alabama. It's gonna get exceptionally richard from this In in in now. I never thought dabbagh was gonna go to obama before just thought you know but now all that's changed in it's inevitable. Well i've i've always taught a couple of things about the transition From from sabin. And you win. It happens and what i mean by that is if nick saban leaves early earlier than expected his influence will be felt and you know would he recommend davos we now if he stays long and it's not as swift a transition that i think it becomes a much more of a of an open question if you watch the abo- in alabama it is like looking at the stock market. I mean there were three years ago. It looked like he would be automatic and then he acted like he didn't want the job and he turns people off and now i think it's a little more up in the air but there's until until you until we know the date. It's really hard to guess. But i agree with part of what you said about clemson. No i i don't think clemson is a sure bet to remain a national power For as long as they think they're going to be one no one hundred percent you don't wanna to follow the man but when you've got two titles liked davos and you're from alabama you can follow the man. I agree with you on that but thanks for calling the that. That is a parlor game. That has been going on for a couple of years. And i think it will continue to go on. But there are a lot of elements involved in picking the coach and the timing of it is usually the most critical. I've watched it a couple of times. Even in alabama and i'm not sure sabin was a little easier to guess because you know his name came up even Of the coach being let go but prior to that it can be it can be challenging because it the state of the program is always the key and does anyone know what the state of the program is going to be with. Nick sabin leaves. If he had left this year it would be one thing if he leaves three years or five years or seven years. Anyway we're up against a break. We'll talk about the state of georgia program coming up in a minute. It received a jarring news bulletin yesterday. One of its top coaches moving away for the time being. We'll get into that and look ahead to the clemson.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
"national power" Discussed on The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
"But you are going to. There is going to be the. Nfl this next conference. That is the sec. And then everyone else that exists just to sort of lose to these people. Don't think it's a zero sum game though damn like like if oklahoma goes in the sec and they go seven five oklahoma's no longer oklahoma. Someone fills in the void of one. You know seven and five. You have oklahoma and texas being with the ability to recruit the way they've banning texas did that twelve. I mean yeah. Texas has been texas has been underwhelming for a long time and mack brown is living off of what he did for texas. What was that vince. Vince young in texas. That's but that's the first time they won the national championship in what like fifty years taxes. Ten win season in the last eleven years. And they're thinking that just by getting all of that money and getting into the sec that they will elevate themselves by being in that conference and competing. Mike leach couldn't do anything there. It's early right. Mike leach and lane kiffin went to programs that are bottomfeeders when he got. Lsu georgia alabama got the best programs in the country and now you're adding texas and oklahoma. It's crazy. I don't know i just think that like it's hard to judge. What is going to happen when you when you're saying there's going to be. Nfl the sec and then every other conference. I think there's going to be another shoe drops with all this. I think that the big ten is now probably going to try to add more teams and consolidate their power a little bit. But the good teams. Just are in the sec. Dan point you could replace texas and oklahoma. I just disagree with the premise. That texas joining the sec makes sec harder to win. I think this is what. I'm arguing jessica. What i'm arguing is that by. Let's just say texas and oklahoma and go to the sec and doesn't make the sec any better. Let's say texas and oklahoma become mississippi state and mississippi. It still crippled the big twelve the relevance of those programs the fan base is the national interest in a sport that has mostly regional teams. Those are natural programs and now the big twelve doesn't have one of those they simply. There is not a good reason to watch big twelve football. The moment those two national programs just like clemson does that for the just like clemson does it for the acc. Texas and oklahoma did that for the big twelve just by existing as a national power or the illusion of national power. I still think that there will be something that either the big big twelve add more teams to it and i thought this is why it kind of sucks a fan though because you're right like the Part of the reason that big twelve football has been fun to watch has been a lot of those rivalry games with taxes and oklahoma. That are now gone. They're not gonna be able to schedule those and that's why there has been this. This has happened with like west virginia. Joining the Whatever big twelve. And the pit rivalry going away like. This happens all the time. And it's it's hard as a fan to like really get attached to some of these rivalries because they might just disappear in five years. This whole thing happened with basketball in the big east. Blew up a few years ago and it like that was a great conference right. Like biddies. Basketball was awesome but yeah. I don't think that it's like a bad move. If you're texas and oklahoma 'cause you're right like the national spotlight of being able to play against If you're texas you you'll probably be playing like alabama texas. Am ole miss mississippi. State lsu like those are all games. I would watch. There's no denying against you're going to watch the big twelve other than gamblers. What are the games that are going to be watched twelve and regional rivalries. It's always been for me the most fun stylistic conference like if you just if you just wanna watch touchdowns on a saturday you watch big football and i would presume that the programs that remain will carry that on but it ultimately will feel inconsequential as. I don't know memphis playing. Ucf does because it doesn't have national title implications..
The Sean Salisbury Show
"national power" Discussed on The Sean Salisbury Show
"Us from eight to nine like he typically does on fridays. Plenty to get to in the nfl in terms of the news yesterday. We'll start some of that discussion in the next segment but the biggest news of the week for me so far in the most interesting news of the week in the fight that might be waiting for us at some point with some things is of course what we talked about lie yesterday. The the news that texas and oklahoma are attempting. Have it doesn't even sound like they're attempting. It sounds like the wheels are in motion for them. To head of the sec. A move that. I think is brilliant for both schools at this point. I don't care about the. Oh will you go there. And you're not gonna be able to succeed in in a fourteen playoff. It wouldn't make sense for oklahoma and texas to leave the big twelve because it would be basically keeping them out of the playoff every single year because guess what if they were added the west against alabama and all that stuff like that would be an absolute killer to an extent for them to succeed consistently. They're gonna go to the conference in oklahoma's legit now. Look that's that's where we're at oklahoma's legit national power texas a national power in terms of name. They're not a national power in terms of what's on the field. Maybe that's going to change that. Finally while the way we are your home for texas football here the city of houston. That is sports. Talk seventy but the big twelve is on notice. The deal is up in a few years and the big twelve head. A look at the news gets out. They've had an emergency meeting to talk about at the big twelve statement. That was out about it yesterday. Says there's a recognition that institutions may act in their own self interest..
The Brookings Cafeteria
"national power" Discussed on The Brookings Cafeteria
"Things just to underscore the intellectual limits of viewing the relationship as solely friend or foe black or white. The real world doesn't fit itself as neatly into those categories. I think the real world has lots of shades of gray so whether we like each other or not whether review each other as rivals or not whether we have ideological view of the other or not. The simple reality is that we both confront shared challenges. And as long as we're both stuck on the same planet together. I think is the world's two most capable powers we're going to have to figure out ways to deal with these problems and if we don't i think that people in both countries fearing suffer as a consequence i liked it enumeration of focal points for cooperation. I haven't really. that's from others before. So that's good to know. the boob. Also discusses what china's rise signifies great power relations. There's an intriguing insight from brooklyn scholar. Bruce john's that captured the issue in a way that i hadn't seen it before now. China's rise marks the first time since the creation of a global system that an illiberal power as the reach capacity and ambition to reshape the rules of international order. What exactly does that mean. And what should policymakers due to manage. Us china competition with that understanding in mind. This question bell. This is a significant point. Bruce jones makes his chapter so at verse goes on to sort of explain. It effectively means the traffic and claim a seat at the table given its economic and technological strength in washington will need to learn how to navigate this reality that a system that has not democratic has more agency and international affairs. Now there's another dynamic unfolding as well with the us and china's economic and military. String as well as its leadership in new technologies or the growing gap between the us and china and the rest of the great powers and overall national power. The us in china are separating from the rest of the pack. And the intensifying. Us china competition forms the backdrop against which the other powers now maneuver us. Policymakers will have to be careful. Not to put russia closer to china. As russia expert analysts sent notes in her chapter and other powers left to play a careful balancing act. One seeks engagement with beijing. Where possible and one aimed at limiting or competing with china on the other all while maintaining positive relations with the us. Bill.
GSMC Sports Podcast
"national power" Discussed on GSMC Sports Podcast
"Thank you guys for tuning in to the gmc sports podcast. I'm your host. Noah dunlap and so far on the show today we've talked nba playoff second round. What we've seen what we know what we expect moving forward. We've talked college football playoff expansion. Is it going to happen and if it does happen. Is that good or bad for the game. We've looked at major league. Baseball's latest controversy being foreign substances and sticky substances debt pitchers may or may not be using on the mound. And now. I want to close out the show today with a little bit of college baseball as promised at the end of the segment. I'm going to give y'all a prediction for all eight super regionals. That get started later today. But before i get to that i want to break down. A little bit of the coaching carousel. That's already underway in regards to college baseball. let's go and start with pulmonary out at lsu for those of you who don't really pay attention to college baseball all that much. I know it's sport that goes under the radar for a lot of people. Pulmonary is the head coach at lsu has been there for. I think it's fifteen years but he's been coaching for thirty years or more. He announced his retirement. Prior to this year's nc double a. tournament which opened up the lsu job and the reason that's important is that lsu in regards to college. Baseball is one of the best jobs in america so with that job openings arising the kind of became who does lsu look to go after and there are a lot of names that are out there. Mike sullivan's name popped up for those of you. Who don't know. He is the head coach of florida. Right now. I don't like that being a name that actually gets done. The reason for that is mike. O'sullivan has built something at He's won a title at florida. I don't know why you would jump ship to go from gainesville to baton rouge to me. That's too much of a lateral move. And i can't see that happening Another name that popped up as pat. Casey pat casey longtime coach at oregon state. One up leave. it's three titles. While he was dp vers up in corvallis. The problem is he retired a couple of years ago and he is now facing scrutiny for one of the recruits that he recruited to corvallis while he was still the head coach. The guy's name is luke. Heimlich touchy story won't get too much in depth in regards to that because no one quite knows what happened there. But let's suffice it to say that luke. Heimlich got accused of some stuff when he was back in high school up. Leave it was that is completely unacceptable very illegal. And let's leave it at that. The issue is pat. Casey to me is being blamed for this and it isn't his fault and the reason i say that is what happened with luke time luke and let's go and tell you luke. Heimlich is a guy who did not get drafted the year that he graduated from oregon state despite the fact that he was the best pitcher in america due to the fact that major league baseball organizations of franchises decided data want deep baggage that he was bringing the reason. I say this is not pat. Casey's fault is because what happened with luke. Heimlich and the individual in question. Because i'm not going gonna go in depth into what happened with heimlich and that whole situation but it got sealed as do all records when you turn eighteen luke. Heimlich was underage. When this happened if this happened so that record was sealed it only came out because a reporter up there in oregon actually brought it out. No one really knows why we're talking about a kid here. Were talking about a report that got sealed. Y this is coming out. no one knows. That's an entirely different story. That's an entirely different situation but pat. Casey ended up basically with a black eye over that entire situation. Even though it's entirely plausible that he knew nothing about it because luke. Heimlich record was sealed at that point. And you knew nothing about it. So i think that's unfair to pet casey. The problem is with when you have. Lsu who is already having all different types of title nine situations as is. I don't know that you can bring Casey in with even the slightest bit of questionable activity on his behalf there. So that's the only reason pat. Casey doesn't get this job kindle. Rogers over at d. one baseball actually hinted at this and said. Lsu was interested in pat. Casey the question is whether the lsu board of regents would actually approve this higher. And quite frankly i have my doubts which then brings us to who's lsu going to hire. It isn't pat casey. If it isn't mike o'sullivan there's gotta be a name. There are a few assistance out there that they could go after And then one other name is ole coach. Mike be anco. Might be anco has had success. At ole miss. It isn't quite de success. That i know a lotta people down in oxford. Would've wanted eve only bend omaha once in your twenty years that you've been a coach at ole miss all of you. That have listened to me before. Y'all know i'm an ole miss student. Yawn a huge amish guy. So i love mike bianco like the success. Not what you want. But he did basically build the program. The problem is his son. Plays for lsu and he played for lsu in college so the connection is there it would be interesting to see whether or not he would be willing to take that job if lsu. Come calling another name. That i don't think is a farfetched. Option is tony patillo over at tennessee. He is built tennessee into a national power..
600 WREC
"national power" Discussed on 600 WREC
"It's hard for the military to police. Well, you know, there's there's there's this. That's what wars are the idea that we're going to be. You know the idea that Russia is going to declare war and we're gonna have tank battles on the East German plane. It's so stupid that only the pen I mean right now where it war with China. Cameron and China is fighting that war, which is what you do. If you want a war, you said, you preferred Wars nation to nation. China regards itself in an adversarial position from us, and it's using every aspect of its natural national power. It happens. Have the largest surface fleet on Earth. They've over taken. The U. S navy and that respect, But they also use things like intellectual property theft on they use. They certainly weaponized. However, this virus originated. They certainly weaponized it to their advantage. You know if nations go to war, one difference is that you have to use all elements of national power. And we haven't Cameron Final word. You can have the final word. You're gonna give me the final word. I'll take it. I think that we should We should deal with China in a way that does not come to blow. They think I believe that having them build our stuff for us isn't necessarily good for their economy. Because yeah, the pollutants from it. They have to deal with all the ways Oh, yeah. I like the idea of them getting the waist. Yeah, you should fly over there. Take a bath in the Yangtze. They couldn't care less about the pollutants. Big, great to talk to you. Camera. Glad you enjoyed the first three weeks of the new regime. I can tell you something at the end of it if we don't get serious about China, China As I said, at the top of the hour, it's China's world and we just pay for it. How stupid is that? We are we are, basically we we still treat China. China still gets foreign aid from America. That's how nuts this is. We treat China is a developing nation. Was Instead it's balled up half our universities. It's running ports across the planet, and we still treated as a developing nation worthy of foreign aid from the United States State Department. Thank you Vehicle, Cameron. Marc Stein in for Rush, We got more straight ahead. You're listening to the EI Be network hate Sean Hannity. Join me this afternoon. A two on news radio one of 55 W. E. R C.
Newsradio 970 WFLA
"national power" Discussed on Newsradio 970 WFLA
"Gotta love point Stamkos got right in on Forsberg forces it out of his own. Hold on. My stamp goes and now Stamkos beads. Good row Who backhand today. National's gonna get a penalty here. Somebody just absolutely predict. Uh, I think it was a good role. He back in the puck in Yeah. Well, there's no doubt, Chief. You look at the Ellis hit on Volkoff. This one right here. Ellis drew the penalty on Ruta, but he got right in Rudy's face nationalist trying to play and in your face type of game, and this is McCarron costing his team power play time. You know what? He was never there always. That was what, really? He couldn't stay with Montreal because they kept waiting for him to be a physical prayers, presence. He's huge. What He didn't He didn't stay, brother gonna call double minors here. That's the safe, So I guess I guess I spoke too soon. Well, that's the safe play for the referees. Let's see what a crosscheck them right in the back or hit him in the back. Turn that came into Retaliate on McCarron and that It's going to lead to it, even upper You're hitting a defenseless player right there. He's got rid of the park. He doesn't know you're coming. Yeah, well, Scoreboard on our monitor says four on four, So is it possible? McCarron got four minutes. E. I don't know. I don't know, either, too. Would've been wiped out by the turn. Act minor. Yep. So we get a four on four and then the lightning will get a 44 2nd power plant. What I just see Face up will be to the left of sorrows. Cerulean machine, So the national power play used over the predator's air over too. The man advantage. They want to play this way, Chief. Your lightning fine. But make him pay when you get the power point. Yeah. You got four minutes. Malone is going to serve the extra too. Sara Lee wins the draw, but they blow it did for a false start Natural predators.
Bloomberg Radio New York
"national power" Discussed on Bloomberg Radio New York
"Transition of cyber from something that hits to an element of national power. And as such, the Biden administration now is faced with how do we prepare a nation for something that others can use against us? Is an element of warfare. I think what you saw in solar winds clearly shows that the threat is big. What the Russians did there in terms of stealing information? Let's call it espionage showed the scale 18,000 companies that they actually implanted with the first stage. This is a huge capability that they demonstrated here more interviews like this one on Bloomberg television. Streaming live on Bloomberg dot com and on the Bloomberg Mobile Lab. Or check your local cable listings from the financial capital of the World. 24 hours a day at Bloomberg, calm on the Bloomberg business APP and at Bloomberg Quick. Take this. He's Bloomberg Radio. We're in a war time situation in a situation like this. You do whatever it takes. You don't really have to worry about inflation, is still willing to Very disinflation with record shop first doing what they need to do, which is to revive an economy. This is gonna be in excellent year for growth. The public still has money in reserve. Give me enormous spending in this country. The boom is coming. This'd is Bloomberg Surveillance with Tom Keene, Jonathan Ferrell and Lisa Abramowitz. From New York City for our audience worldwide. Good morning. Good morning. This is blue Book surveillance live on Bloomberg TV and radio alongside Tom Keen on Lisa Brown, with some Jonathan Farrow. With equity futures retreating some Kane. There's still only one game in town, the handling of this pandemic above the fold on every paper worldwide and I really would emphasize John Justin opening comments that this is a global issue. In London. It's about London. I get it in the U. S. It's about the U. S. The new administration, Dr Fauci, Look, a Hong Kong where they're doing serious is selective lockdowns across the strait there to cologne. I mean, this is John. It is It is a variable stew, but it is worldwide and it is right now. The struggle is real, and I have to stand United States the coverage of the incoming administration. Tom has bean almost giddy, dare I say, and I read every time approach. It's more coherent. It's more coherent. I understand that. Signaling is much more powerful. But let's just look at the numbers. The goal of this administration is 100 million vaccinations in the next 100 days, Tom in the previous seven days in the previous week. Daily averages 940,000. We tracked the numbers. We're almost there. Now. You could make the argument may be sustaining that level is difficult. There's a lot of work to do to achieve that, but I think others would make the argument. It's not bold enough. You gotta lift that target. We're gonna lift the target. But there's other things as well. Besides, because I thought the president yesterday's extrapolating out to 500,000 is we did. I think it was 78 days ago. Eyes sobering for the nation, John when I would suggest, though, is you've got science back on the burner. That was the most important statement from Dr Fauci that now science is visible. And listened to. That's a big big change. Liberated free Dr Fauci down in Washington, D. C. Lisa Bram. It's through this morning into the weekend. That's where the focus is. Absolutely. Today we've got the Senate potentially voting on Lloyd Austin to become the defense secretary, he would become the first African American person to serve in that role in Janet Yellen may be confirmed. As Treasury secretary. She's got a lot on the docket, including discussing potential tax increases for wealthy Americans and corporations. Yesterday, 12:30 P.m. White House briefing will be delivered by press secretary Jen Psaki, as well as the National Economic Council director Brian D. C. Very interesting to hear how they try to push forward this wartime financing how they try to emphasize the importance of growth over deficit. Idea here of a growing deficit being important to get this economy out of a hole in 2:45 P.m.. Joe Biden is playing to speak on his response to the economic crisis, signed more executive orders and John to your point about the ambition going forward to try to tackle the pandemic. Concerned is Number one. The virus is spreading rapidly and you've got that new variant, which is accelerating that we're dealing with hospitals that are overcrowded, But two you have supply chains that have been disrupted. You've got vaccination schedules, production schedules. That have gotten delayed and this is the real nuts and bolts of it. There are physical obstacles to get into these goals, which were making a lot of policymakers checked themselves. And a lot of economists say We are not out of the woods yet, and this is attention right now undermining a market. Record highs. And that center is much more intense over in Europe right now in Germany in Italy, with the lace with a vaccine rollout started to build up once more across the continent would touch on that a little bit later for the price action this Friday morning. Good morning tea water looks a little something like this on the week firmer on the session. Lower We're down by about 25 of the S and P 500 off by 0.65% In the bond market Treasury set up as follows. Yields come in a couple of aces, points of the long end on 30 years down to one of the four down two basis points down a little more than a basis point on a 10 year just south of 1.1%. That's a story in the U. S. Treasury Market, Tom how many people actually made it through the CB news conference?.
Between The Lines
Muscling up to China and 25 years since Srebrenica
"Tom Switzer, he and welcome to another episode off between the lines now today on the program will be commemorating the twenty fifth anniversary of Europe's worst massacre since the Holocaust in ninety, ninety, five more than eight thousand people died in Shrimp Nitsa. The town was supposed to be a U N protected safe haven in the vicious civil war that tore Yugoslav apart instead the civilians ended up being massacred by Bosnian Serbs. Were lightning fast with their superior weapons. They easily overran the lightly. I'm Bosnian government troops and the token full civilian peacekeepers. The UN's Valley to protect the civilians inspired Washington to launch unilateral action against Serbia and end the civil war. Would things be the same today now? That's later in the program, but first defense. Last week the Morrison. Government launched a defence strategy and force structure review now the move signals a major shift away from the strategy outlined in the last defence white paper. Remember that just four years ago in two thousand sixteen. It plotted out Australia's strategic costs for the next decade. But that White Paper has as we know been rapidly overtaken by Vince covert China or that now the new review has promised two hundred and seventy billion dollars over the next decade to enhance Australia's defence capabilities with renewed focus on areas like Saba and spice capabilities and the possible development of hop sonic weapons will be fitting aircraft with long-range anti-ship missiles, increasing underwater surveillance and boosting fuel ammunitions reserves. Now, underscoring the seriousness of the shift, the Prime Minister even drew comparisons to the nineteen thirties and the lead up to world. War Two that period of the nineteen thirties. Is Been Something I've been revisiting on a very regular basis and when you connect by the economic challenges and the global uncertainty. It can be very haunting, but is the money too much or not enough is going to all the right places, and we'll do enough to safeguard Australia from China's increasing assertiveness and is rapidly growing military capabilities. What's the role of Australia's diplomacy? And all of this will joining me to discuss this at three distinguished guests. By skill is professor of Asia Pacific Security Studies at Macquarie University Holiday Bites. Thank you good to be here Melissa Conley. Tar is a research fellow at the Asia Institute at the University of Melbourne. Hi There Melissa could to speak again Tom. And Pay. The Jennings is executive director of the Australian Strategic Policy Institute. Tom No. Can you talk us through the top of scenarios and potential conflicts that the defense review is preparing us for the scenario that the review is focusing on is one involving a high end conventional conflict, so I've gone to the days of stabilization operations in t more Counterterrorism operations in Afghanistan This document is preparing foresight on onsite conflict. Involving countries that have sophisticated military forces. And, of course, the document doesn't say. I don't think it would be reasonable to expect it to say. That China is the problem. But let me tell you China is the problem that is the now neoplasia competitive that way of thinking about when we think about what's adequate in terms of the topic of military capability we need to have. and to does reflect to change. From past years Tom I recall when I started by defense career, we were thinking much more about the risks presented by Indonesia, and the so called low level in cushions in the northwest. Of course, that's no longer features in anyone's strategic thinking. Really it's about China and the risks that the People's Republic is presenting to all of its neighbors in abroad since in the Indo Pacific region and beyond I cabinet crudely putting it some sites laying the groundwork for fortress Australia US sign. This is preparing us to join a potential use LID. Containment slash war against China for example to protect Taiwan Peter Jennings. I think that is it covers a spectrum of possibilities. One possibility which I think is Epson you were in terms of language of the document is that we might conceivably end up having to face military conflict without being able to rely on the direct combat support of the United States, and that's what leads to discussions around extra stockpiling munitions and fuel insightful. But I think in general terms. Yes, the expectation is that Australia. Through its history has been a country that forms coalitions usually have like minded partners, the share the same types of objectives. And the the plan will design the Defense Force. Really gives us the capacity to do that with Rachel Ellis lecture, example, Japan but also with our traditional ally the United States okay bates skill. You've recently completed a review of China's defense capabilities and its recent military modernization, specifically looking at the implications for Australia Wind you expect the Peo- The People's Liberation Army and its navy. When do you expect them to have the capability to project power as far as Australia annual Pacific knives, well in many respects Tom, they already can I mean they have the long range missile capabilities to do that? Know as a from a standoff position launched from their own from their own homeland against hours. But what I think, the the new strategy is looking at is really the development of capability over the next ten fifteen twenty years, and that's by the Chinese own own acknowledged calendar that they would be able to by that time of mass, a large enough capability, both in terms of its long range strike, you know striking from their own homeland, but also bill to project. Project Power passed the so-called first and second island change and being a position to more directly threatened through those platforms Australian security. So you know we're talking ten or fifteen year window here and I think given the time it does take to try and respond to develop the the deterrent and defense capabilities for Australia. That's that's you know that's in some ways a short window. for Australia to be mobilizing in reaction Melissa Tali. What's the role of a strong diplomacy and all these well I think it needs to be growl. And one of the concerns when we look at the deteriorating strategic environment is we think all that's a defense problem? And so when the prime minister launches the strategic update with those comparisons with the nineteen thirties. It pushes US toward seeing in purely military terms but we don't just want to say things in that security lands, we want to think about all of the parts about national power projection, so that's diplomacy and development as well as defense I think if if people thought about it I think what we invest in all three strongly, but that's not where it is if you look at federal budget fifty. Fifty nine billion to defense and less than seven billion to diplomacy and development together the lowest point with ahead in our history and I think we missing that opportunity. If we don't take US seriously, the way that diplomacy and development can shape things in the world so I was struck. Today was a defendant looking at the latest poll on what are the major concerns that Australians have at the moment of the top threats in the world and the first five, a role nontraditional that drought, environment, disaster, climate change, pandemics, and downtown, global economy, and those places where you know military spending isn't going to help shape that environment. So we need to have an effect on those. We need to be thinking much more about what we can do in the diplomacy and development to mind Peter Jennings. What would you say in to Melissa's observations? Because they reflect a certain mindset that that perhaps we should be focused more on non state actors rather than say China for instance well, I think all of these you know threats that have to be taken seriously. I'm and simply because we're living in the middle of a pandemic for example, doesn't the climate change is gone away in this no longer going to present a problem to us. I guess what I'd say. Is that the you know the five things Melissa listed? That were in the featured in the low e Poland terms of popular concerns. Are also the things which could. In different ways late to the risks of conflict escalating in the Indo Pacific region generally so You know my my view, please while I would like to see spending on diplomacy increased. While I. Say Development Assistance is being something which is effectively the United soft in of Australian power, and the military is the hot end of Australian power. I think. The message against all of these areas is that we have just been underinvesting for decades underinvesting for decades, so we're we're all. High fiving ourselves at just reaching about two percent of gross national product, being spent on defense, but that is compared to what we spending in cold or years, which was sometimes between three and a half percent in four percent of rustic product. So what we have grown used to Tom I would say is. Free written on the United. States code tiles of security for for decades. We've dramatically under. Invested in the things that we need to do to strengthen Australia's position, not just militarily, but also diplomat. A now. We're rather surprised to hear the news that Gosh the bill is a lot more expensive than we really thought. It was only if you've got that confidence in the US. and. In fact, the whole trump stories, the story of the Americans really big being fed up with the rest of the world, thinking that the US can fund the bill for their security, so we're going to have to do more and I think we're going to have to do it against multiplicity of areas not. Justin sought the defense organization. We'll some scholars such as you want and James Current from the University of Sydney. They say that this document sounds a lot like an acknowledgement that the US might not always be there to help us out. By are we starting to plan for more independent Australian defense posture I think it would be a wise move to keep that option open when you think of the capabilities that the Chinese developing in which do have a direct pose a direct threat to Australia or could do so. In many respects, the I think the types of threats that you might not expect an immediate or even timely response on the part of the United States what I'm thinking here. Cyber capabilities is a huge priority for the Chinese. We already know what they see the sort of capability. They can wield against Australia and that's not the sort of thing you can expect a kind of cavalry to. Lead the charge from from Washington to come to Australia's defence slowly long range strike capability on the part of the Chinese capability. They already have in which are going to continue to develop. which could threaten Australia down the road now? These are capabilities that I think that Australia's going to have to develop their own defenses for. They can certainly do that with United States, but again it's not necessarily the sort of threat that we would expect some sort of traditional ally joint response not to make it well. Some of are in listeners will email me and they'll say that if Uncle Sam struggles to police. It's own CDs. Melissa. How on Earth Can Uncle Sam Police? The Asia Pacific region in the face of a rising China. What's your sense about us staying power in the next decade or two in look? It's difficult One of the things that strategic update looks at is more threats to the global rules order, and unfortunately the you know, the US is part of that. the US is not along with the strategies interest on things like global trading system, and a number of international issues like global health where we would say you need to be supporting. A Global Response that said I don't think the strategic update will be read negatively in. Washington, it's my guess. it very clearly couched in terms that I think the US will lock about Australia contributing more and having more self. that could be seen as a statement that we think that the US might not have outback, but can also be seen as something that the US has been for for a long time. I particularly liked a few elements of the update things like making sure that we have. You know material ammunition You know that aren't going to be disrupted. Buckle supply trying having more capability eight industrial cut suffering capability here antiques fuel reserves, which is not as long sane as an issue for us, so I mean those are things that are worth investing in. Regardless of US resolve because as we've seen from COVID, we know that supply chain can be disrupted very quickly and easily, and it's worth having eligibilities. Cepeda Jennings bite skill and Melissa Conley Toilet and Melissa. The Pacific step up last year. That realigned Australia's development budget to deal with some of the strategic challenges posed by China in the Pacific Do you think it goes far enough? The step up was followed recently by strategies new International Development Policy Partnerships for recovery, and that's made it very clear that strategies focus should be on the Pacific and also southeast. Asia including. Indonesia and team August. I think that has a very clear statement about what we want. In the region of being entrusted trusted development partner and influencing those societies that we think positive for four region. Again you're going to. You're going to say you. Hear this from me all the time, but again the problem is that we not really making much invasive lunch, so partnerships for recovery head no new money it talked about the massive challenges that covered as as creating for for the for the Pacific, and for for our region broadly, and the only funding announcement was that we're going to repurpose the money. We would have spent on sending Australian. Volunteers in scholarship holders. And we're GONNA use that so I I suppose I. Feel a little bit with all the areas, not actually include district update in that as well that what we've seen through the foreign policy, White Paper and International Development Policy through to to the defense. Strategic Updike is. We talk about how. how? What a time! These these frosty leaving a contested difficult awful environment that we've now got to leave in and the Dow L. Easy Times over, and then we say, and we're not gonNA. Give any new money so I mean the defense announcement is essentially just that we're going to continue to you know, extrapolate out the money that was planned to be spent in the twenty twenty six, and we're going to extrapolate that out to twenty thirty terabytes skill. Do we risk getting into a bidding war for influence in the Pacific? I don't know if it's a risk. If it is a risk worth worth taking. I mean obviously the Pacific region is so extremely important Australia's future. Both for for defense reasons for regional engagement for diplomatic reasons, developing reasons and the like. so It's quite possible that we're entering in a more competitive phase with China in this. SITES WRIST BYTES I'm talking about more the budgetary concerns he because in the wake of the Corona Virus Crosses. There'll be serious limits on how we can spend on these things scholley. Yes, there is and party left to be be developed for that, but you know when you're talking about your own backyard. I mean I I. I don't think it's the kind of country that can simply. Pretended it's by itself getting back pay to Jennings to the region, generally in the rise of what. Angus Campbell is of the Defence Force he's talked about the rise of political warfare, the idea of grey zone warfare things like cyber attacks, economic coercion influence operations that fall below the traditional threshold of war. He says we need a whole of government response to it. I, you seeing that whole of government approach happening in Campbell, or is this Manley focus on defense and the spy agency so far Peter Jennings. It probably is focused on the national security agency's Tom. That's not too surprising because you'd expect them to sort of pick up on the risks I. But General Campbell is right. It does need to be all government is. There's a whole lot of things happening there that simply cannot and should not be done by defense organizations. and. I think that realization is slowly dawning. Along as both of the speakers have said that actually ladyship comes with cost of infrastructure is going to play that role, but you know, give you a small example of this we. We have lost the ability to broadcast into the South Pacific and Southeast Asia. In a way that we used to very successfully over over decades to give us the capacity to do that. We're probably talking about you know that. He million a year forty million a year, which sounds a lot of defend. It's nothing if you're in the Defense Department. Let me tell you. But you need to be able to do things like that. To be the truth teller in the region to actually tell the region that there are alternatives to Chinese Communist Party authoritarianism I think that's what's needed with responding to this grey zone on threat. Is Actually to be the truth teller. In this part of the will and getting our system in Cambridge used to that reality to understanding what needs to be done. To starting at different type of conversation with our region. With our own people for that matter that that is a sort of a psychological change which I can see happening, but we're not quite yet. There's a bit of work still to be done to get to that point Melissa. Conley Tyler. Is, just responding on that. I agree entirely with what pitcher saying on on broadcasting. It's a small investment, such a an increasing influence. It should be Brian and I hope that did that's being seen. I think having defense voices. I will help a lot in a banks, seriously I'm but just went. When you ask Tom Balaton host government and what's happening there? There are some really good examples, so for example win. This Pacific step pop started an office of the Pacific was established in that apartment and tried and each job. He's to be that coordinating body, and it's bringing together the. The defense, the development and the diplomacy in a way that he's gone to maximize our influence. and I've noticed this a lot more discussion about that that three. How do you bring defense development diplomacy communities together? I'm involved in initiate the Pacific. Four Day and I think a lot of people not talking about what more we can do for that that joined up coordination to make the most about national instruments by skill. You're an expert on China. The elephant in the room of course is China doing need to be careful not to overestimate China's military strength. What about the weaknesses? Exactly right I mean you have to know your enemy's weakness as well as their strengths in the case of China, they are undertaking enormous reforming organization effort. They're pouring billions of dollars into new capabilities, but there's a lot of things we need to recognize I. Mean One is that the Chinese have not fought a shooting war and more than forty years. They are have no. They have zero experience in high end combat against a serious. Adversary, scenario, so that's not to downplay them, but to understand that they've got enormous obstacles to overcome that day. Themselves acknowledge that they themselves. No, they have to overcome, and that's why we had this window that we've been talking about. A fifteen to twenty years. to try and develop capabilities to get in front of the kinds of things that the Chinese want to bring to bear around. Around, twenty thirty or twenty, thirty, five, twenty, forty, paid-up Melissa to be continued. Thanks so much for being on our in. Thank you, tell my pleasure. Thank you, Tom. That was paid jennings. He's executive director of the Australian strategic pulsing suit by skill professor of Asia Pacific Security Studies at Macquarie University and Melissa Commonly Tyler. She's a research fellow at the Asia Institute at the University of Melbourne. These between the lines with Tom Switzer. Coming next, we're going to replay a version of a segment from between the lines. I 'cause commemorating the massacre of Bosnian Muslims at shredded Nitsa on the eleventh of July nodding ninety. Five twenty five years ago this week. More than eight thousand people were killed by Serb forces. It was the worst massacre. Europe had seen since the Holocaust. Serve softening up Trevor Nature for the army's final push into the town. Town of course was supposed to be a safe haven protected by the United Nations, but the civilians ended up being sitting ducks as I woke Larry. Hollingsworth Remembers I. Myself Feel Devastated and ashamed I was there with them? When we told them that it was a safe haven I watched. Many of these people walk in with the minimal possessions into shreds, knowing that it was a safe haven, and now they're fleeing out because we've let them down, let them down to the extent that within dies. About Twenty three thousand women and children were deported, and about eight thousand Muslim men and boys left behind where executed and buried in mass graves. Now, reports from the time described, frightening scenes stiffen overawed from medicines on frontier. Speaking he. Loading some of the children and women into buses, but there's no indication as to where it was buses, going with seen some horrifying streaming, going on women and children going into the buses being taken away from their family This was going on with a lot of crying a lot of panicking. The slaughter had been planned carefully and executed with precision. All the wall Dutch. Pace is literally stood by, and did nothing indeed even when the Serb assault on Srebrenica was imminent. in-command is still rejected Kohl's racetracks. Positions. Pope John Paul. The second declared ribbon Nitsa a defeat for civilization as media reports begins to reveal the scale of the unfolding tragedy. The UN says nine hundred thousand people are still unaccounted for. About some became clear as government soldiers emerging from the forest in central Bosnia, told of horrific massacres at the hands of the Serbs one young. People executing them on spot, but this didn't come out of the blue. By the time this massacre took place the civil war that tore the former Yugoslavia. Repot was heading into its fourth year. More than a million people have been displaced, and the world became familiar with a new term ethnic cleansing. So? Who is to blame for these well? Let's start with the United. Nations from ninety two to ninety, five shrivel Nitsa was the world's first union declared civilian syphon. It was supposed to to her aggression. It was supposed to aggression and set the scene for political negotiations to end hostilities between the Bosnian Serbs, and Muslims, but the UN soldiers in the SIPHONS. They were bedeviled by problems. If you declare an area safe haven in the name of the United Nations. Nations if you tell the people if they are safe in the name of the United Nations you have got to put the troops on the ground, and it's no good for politicians say yes, we go for safe havens, but we're not gonNA put the troops meanwhile the Europeans vacillated and equivocated failing miserably to cope with across at its own back door. America was also reluctant to get involved as then President George Bush senior explained in Nani Nani to. I? Something because I learned something from Vietnam. I am not going to commit US forces until I know what the mission is to the military. Tell me that it can be completed until I know how they can come out. You have ancient rivalries that have cropped up as as Yugoslavia's dissolved or getting dissolved, and it isn't going to be solved by sending in the eighty second airborne, and although on the campaign trail that Ye Bill Clinton pledged to reverse the appeasement of that bushes of Belgrade as President Clinton allowed the Balkans to bleed for three more years. French President Jacques Chirac was moved to declare quote, the position of the leader of the free world vacant. Trinite Sur changed all that having done nothing the before during the mass killings in Rwanda Clinton was galvanized into action, and crucially he cut the United Nations out of the Decision Chine on August thirty Washington led a night bombing campaign against the Serbs the NATO action began early this morning. The harsh light of fires and explosions coloring the night sky. Some people watched the bombardment from their houses, but after more than ten thousand deaths here in the last three years, most Sarajevans had given up any hope of outside intervention. Last night it came on a scale which could yet change the course of this war by the end of not ninety five sixty thousand nine hundred troops, including twenty thousand Americans were on the ground in Bosnia. Pace was declared. The BOEKEN's wars ended only because the US finally acted. He's President Clinton in November ninety five my fellow Americans in this new era there are still times when America and America alone can and should make the difference for peace. The terrible war in Bosnia is such a case nowhere. Today is the need for American leadership. More stark are more immediate than in. In Bosnia in the years since the Mexica Europe inaction was heavily criticised, and the US was held up for its global leadership in particular for its unilateral humanitarian intervention. This is when the US secretary. Of State. Madeleine Albright said America was the indispensable nation, and that idea would fade into the justification of the Iraq invasion in two thousand and three as a war of liberation, but he's a question with the US intervene. If the shrivel Nitsa massacre happened today from the standpoint of twenty twenty, we might ask if the era of US unilateral humanitarian intervention is well and truly over. Well, that's it for this week. Show remember if you'd like to hear the episode again or download segments since two thousand fourteen. Just go to ABC. Dot Net dot US slash aren and follow the prompts to between the lines, or you can listen via the ABC. Listen APP, or wherever you get your podcast. You can even subscribe, so you never miss an episode. I'm Tom Switzer continue next week.
Odd Lots
Here's Who Really Benefits From The Dominance Of The U.S. Dollar
"So Tracy. I hate to say that brought this whole crisis. There has been sort of one John of article or one genre of discussion. And I've never really been comfortable with. And that is people making really big picture forecasts or statements about sort of the future of the world. I Yeah I mean it feels like a little bit early to be jumping to discussing the second order effects right like there's so much to talk about right now as these things are actually unfolded. Yeah exactly and of course one of the big questions that's out there and that everyone wants you on and I'm GonNa give it to and I've written about it and I've talked about. It is what happens was sort of globalisation. What happens with future of the dollar the US's Preeminent role in the global financial system? We sort of talked about it a little bit with Adam to talk about it with other Other people as well and it's of course incredibly intriguing to discuss we still We just don't know anything. Yeah I think that's true and it definitely falls into one of those sort of big picture. Things that people are talking about at the moment. And it's something that we've sort of discussed on various episodes before right. Dollar dominance has definitely been a theme for the past year or so on our show. You little skeptical when I was like all. I don't think we should have these big picture. Future conversations. You seem a little skeptical of my now. I get it I mean. I don't think anyone really knows at the moment so a lot of it is speculation but also markets are always looking so I kind of get why people are naturally template to be looking at the big picture topics true. Yeah I guess you'd have to do so anyway. We're not going to make a big. We're not trying to make a big forecast here today. But as we talk about globalization as we talk about the dollar I do think it is useful to at least understand how it got to the current system what the current setup is. And what's actually yeah? Basically understand the the current world order and how we got her. Yeah I think that's a great idea and the dollar is so much a heart of the global financial system that we sort of take for granted. But it's definitely worthwhile to step back for a second and things like all. How did we get into a position? Where emerging markets are all like rushing to issue billions of dollars worth of dollar denominated debt? How did we get to a position? Where all of trade finances basically denominated in dollars. Why has that happened right exactly right and you know. There's a lot of misconceptions about all of this. How TRADE WORKS. Who benefits from the strong dollar or who benefits from the dollar permanent role we often hear of. Us ability to issue dollars as a privilege. But it's not. It's not really that a clear. We talked about this a little bit recently on an episode with met climb but the sort of the preference of different actors within the global economy regarding current arrangement is not as as clean as one might one might right and there is an argument that POPs up every once in a while but having the dollar so enmeshed in the financial system can actually be a negative for the US. And we've seen that crop recently with you know people talk about the Fed being the world's central banker does that sort of constrain. What it can do at times like this even before then so yeah definitely worth talking up okay. So today we are going to talk about that and we have a recent get. We actually talked about talk with him. Several weeks ago about Municipal debt when he is the CO author of a recent essay titled the Class Politics of the dollar system for the website. Phenomenal world is Yaacov Fagin. He's the associate director of the future. Capitalism program at the Berggruen Institute. And we're GONNA talk about how we got to this a the state how the dollar got to the state who really benefits from it. Who gets hurt from it and what it really means to preserve it so knockoff. Thank you very much for joining us. I should note that your co author. Dominick make it unfortunately today by glad we have you. What are you? Start by telling us what you The big picture of what your goal was with his essay. The class all its dollar system in sort of this essay was kind of a really long time coming And I really the person the two peop- The three people. I should probably think the most for kind of this happened are dominic who kind of got us to. Right. It's And the James Institute obviously for publishing yet but there's also someone else in the background of this essay. Is Nils Gilman? Who is my boss at the Berggruen Institute in over the years I've worked with him. We've had this very long conversation about we know. Why does the world use the dollar? And why is it a problem and he you know he's not specialist in international finance and this stuff is really technical and I spent like quite a long time kind of in a conversation with him like kind of pouring this stuff out right eventually told me you need to write this essay up right. You need to write an essay that just gives a literature review essentially of this kind of point of view of what the dollar system is politically. And why it's not necessarily you know very clear cut America versus the world story and so eventually this got written up right and that's the kind of story we're trying to tell is. It's very hard to pin down a national interest in the world that's hybrid as Perry Languid. Say Right it's a world in which there is a private system that's yearly inter mediating on an international level an a national in the system in which nations are essentially creating public goods called units of account right and that this international system mediates this hierarchy is of these units of account just as much as national power dynamics do so lucas through useless. Then talk about. The political system are around the dollar. What is that exactly? So argument is that it's actually class. Right is almost a or at least like social stratification as a kind of Meta politics right that the dollar is actually pretty good for a large cross section of people no matter what their position in the global value chain or where they're located and it's pretty bad for another other across sections again without considering international boundaries. That they are. It's pretty bad for a lot of people no matter where they're located or what part of the global value chain there
Glenn Beck
Trump claims he, not governors, has authority on opening state economies
"Donald trump just tweeted for the purpose of creating conflict and confusion some of the fake news media are saying that it is the governor's decision to open up the state's not that of the president the United States and the federal government let it be fully understood that this is incorrect no no that's not incorrect it is not the president's place out what I think what he's doing here is you notice he's not he's not flexing the muscle of the presidency to close down the country he's leading the governor's very close it down he's he's fighting now for the ability to open it back up because he thinks that governors are going to fight him democratic governors are going to fight him for political reasons I think that is just wrong and you know this is wrong but he hasn't been he hasn't taken that authority to close it down why is he taking that authority to open it back up because he thinks that these governors are going to you know some of these governors little one and in Virginia not willing to open up until the middle of June now maybe that's right but I doubt it yeah I know they are and I know they've closed now the schools in New York all the way toward I think G. June twenty six or something was the end of their school calendar in hand which is not a surprise in New York I mean it's gonna go on for a while there but I think Cuomo said something the effect of looking for closing the schools down that means we're closing everything down the economy's closed down until then so they're looking they are the most extreme part of this different case yeah that's a different that's a different case but you're right it's a big New York is New York yes it's gonna be it's gonna be different you know I I hope hopefully this is just a it seems like he's been holding on to this power for a while in this idea that it's kind of like threat almost ready saying if you don't handle this rationally I'm gonna step in I don't know that he has any power to step in in this situation you know certainly would be challenged and I don't know that it would be constitutional to say you have to be I don't know you overrule the states like that I don't know but he has the power to that he's obviously trying to claim it I don't know if he has I think one of the one of the best parts of the way he's handled this so far is that he's been restrained we were just praising him earlier in the show from for his restraint in trying to grapple sorts of national power hopefully he's not going down that road I don't know how you would do it you can order people to go back to work I don't even without the function of that would work you know you can say I guess you could try to threaten us a good state by saying don't punish people if they do go back to work but I don't know how you I mean I don't think our system would allow for none of this no no none of that would be checks and balances would kick in the president couldn't do that if the governor says Hey we're in a national emergency and the governor has the right their state emergency the governor has a right to declare a state emergency now that could screw with their federal funding you know but I don't think the president would do that unless it was really obvious like he's not gonna screw with the federal funding of New York why would you screw the federal funding of New York unless it was like you know we're keeping it close for the next eighteen months well okay really you're gonna keep the entire state of New York close for the next eighteen months and there are those people that are talking that way I don't think Cuomo is and I don't know any governors that are but I've heard people say you know we should be close for the next eighteen months you know we are talking about rolling blackouts for the next eighteen to twenty four and that might be why he's you know it might be if there's if Dallas all of a sudden starts to have really bad cases to close Dallas down for a little while everybody in this area stay in place you know that that's theirs I don't think there's anything wrong with rolling blackouts as long as we know what the metrics are yeah look there are certain situations that get too bad and you and you you have to do things though I just it's it's going to be interesting to see how long people can take that we keep using this eighteen months I mean you did the corona virus update there's no there's no definitive end of S. right like no not the the idea that we're gonna have a vaccine in twelve to eighteen months doctors are calling it a miracle they've never done it that fast ever they also told us very clearly that we're gonna have an HIV vaccine without all started up we never got one you know it another corona viruses the common cold you have exceeded that I know we don't these are not sure things that will ever get a vaccine I mean probably the better possibility which could provide a shorter term solution of this and is is it realistic that we can hopefully depend on would be a treatment right if one of these things like Haider hydroxy Cork what is obviously been the one talked about the most but there's lots of them there's been some positives about another one that trump is mentioned that I won't one of the anti viral things they had initially designed for HIV wound up being you know having some promising more these clinical studies as well all we need is to find something that will back it off from you know if you're in the hospital with a ten out of ten it can bring it back to an eight out of ten that's really all we need and that sort of thing I think with the with the full power of not only the United States N. you know capitalism and innovation all everybody trying to find the same thing it's really happening around the world as well I'm optimistic we'll get there eventually but it is a you know until we have that people are we can talk all we want about opening up the economy we is that if we look at these numbers like crazy all the numbers are coming out before any government bans were instituted and you saw fifty sixty seventy percent drop offs in traffic to restaurants because people didn't want to die right and until you can convince them they're not going to die it doesn't matter if you quote unquote open up the economy people don't want to go outside right now this is like you know you're not just government since doing this right you're you're gonna it's gonna take a massive and the best ad campaign of probably American history to get us to go back quickly to normal life going to restaurants going in the crowds having parties everything else it'll take a long time some people will do it but I think there's gonna be a lot of people that will stay out of the restaurants for a very very long time unless they they you know cut the you know cut the number of people in there by half or whatever and still then I'm not I don't know I'm not that comfortable I don't know you know I don't know all the people in there and I don't know who's sick and who's who's not say consider it set for a minute until you can come up with a vaccine that we won't be comfortable if you don't come up with a vaccine at least have some sort of way of understanding you've been tested and you don't currently have it or you have the antibodies when that happens then we'll start to normalize again but without those things it's not gonna be normal but we can open the economy back up more than it already is there is a great article on medium and and it was the I don't know six or seven reasons why we should open the economy first one we've already flattened the curve we've now gone from predictions of millions of deaths to hundreds of thousands and now we're predicting about sixty thousand deaths the next one is economic collapse and unemployment is destroying families this one is really really true we'll be lucky if the job losses are not twenty five million and to put that into perspective twenty five million is about the population of the great state of Texas and the great state of Texas is the size of half of the continental US and that's not I mean it's obvious going to be worse than that merry at sixteen it's it's the obviously going to be worse than so and that is that's only the ones that we're counting there are so many problems that come with unemployment the the the fact that you'll have suicides you'll have health problems you won't be able to see doctors as much all of these things that causes massive suicidal tendencies the next one we have not saturated the healthcare system in New York we came close but the rest is pretty good and the reason why we're having problems is because of PP is in and things like that if we can get the mask situation under control if you know we with the federal government ordered five hundred million masks if we can get the mask shortage under control and we can get all of the gallons and everything else that we need for the hospitals if we get the medicine that we need for the hospitals as long as we don't burn our doctors and patients out we we're doing good will be set for the next wave if we're not set for the next wave there is a problem we should be we should be working on that right now a suicide will kill almost as many people as covert aid this year and twenty eighteen there were forty eight thousand recorded suicides for but economic ruin results in a wide range of health problems suicide mental health issues loss of health insurance reluctance to visit doctors in light of the financial hardship increases in a in the substance abuse blah blah blah that is on top of the delay in nod to non covalent care SO forty eight thousand deaths in twenty eighteen how many suicides will it be this year the P. P. limited but now becoming more available and this one is the last point and I this is one I've been ringing the bell on from the beginning of this authority should show clear evidence regarding the benefits of indefinite lockdown we need to see what the parameters are what are you what are you looking for what are you looking at to make these decisions right now we know that the states have been looking at cove it now this this website that was started by a group of progressive activists who were leading a charge against Donald Trump most of the states were using that it's unbelievably flawed the numbers on cove it now are are way way way off children million dead in Texas alone ridiculous kinds of numbers the states were using that website to predict what was going on that stuff is got to stop we need to know what are the parameters what are you looking for in numbers what are the what are the things in the hospitals that you're looking for what what is the number of new infections that says okay we're probably pretty safe I'd like to have a discussion of those things in public I'd like to know what those things are that are open that are keeping us from opening or telling us we should open what are those things and are they saying are they rational and are they scientifically provable this is too big to go off of just somebody's got yeah no it's definitely true and and hopefully were at least a little bit past the top of this right I mean it the deaths dropped yesterday pretty significantly there's part of that is just record brick you know recording in that for whatever reason you know Sundays especially Easter Sunday there's you know people aren't working and don't necessarily read a report every single death if we can get past this week without two thousand over two thousand again because we've been over two thousand a couple times once or twice we get through this week without two thousand it may show that we are past the peak of this which would be really encouraging but really encouraging you know like the trade was great sample which are someone earlier from Detroit about how bad this was I mean Detroit is really in the middle of it New Orleans is in the middle of it there's several cities that are breaking out that I can be is as bad as New York obviously population wise but they are you know on the wrong side of this and it's increasing are getting worse in some cases so hopefully we can at least get past this peak and then week once we get past the like panic of this first moment there's going to be a touch of the period here coming I think to the end of the month where this sort of like organized hopefully rollout of people being able to go back and feeling that they're not going to you know get sick just by going out and doing the basic things they want to do with life hopefully that's