and the co thomas has just gotten hiv testing kit from the pharmacy will have the result in about 10 minutes. with one of mine i feel a little turds we have to read the instructions and then of course you're nervous about the result of one of. the illustrated instruction pamphlet is easy to follow it's very important to disinfect your finger before pricking it to draw blood you just need a tiny drop of blood to place in the buff a point for which a stick is provided and on and off and then i need to put 2 drops of the fluid in the space next to it with you can see a pink mark has appeared in the window which means the test is active then you just wait for 10 minutes to move a single line in the test window means the hiv test is negative. but how reliable are these tests. we asked hiv specialist christoph lieber at the old post of victoria clinic in berlin he welcomes hiv testing kits early diagnosis can make all the difference. and what to do we hope that they'll motivate people to go out and get them and test themselves if we can treat hiv infections early then we can prevent people

join me in waccing the ingwelcoming the co-chair of a.r.c. tim thomas. >> thank you for that kind introduction and the good work you're doing back in northern kentucky. we have known each other for a number of years. welcome to all of you to this capstone event that marks a year of collaborative effort between the appalachian regional commission and the national association of counties. i'm glad to be here with the director of an organization that helps to broaden understanding of common issues among its members and in his leadership capacity. this latter part of developing local leadership is an over happen inoverlap in the mission of our organizations. it has been a pleasure to collaborate with you. thank you so much. i also want to thank any congressional staff and thanks to senator shelly moore capito who you will hear from at the conclusion. i also want to thank my colleague, a.r.c. north carolina alternate. we will have some excellent discussions this afternoon on the state of the substance abuse academic in the appalachians region and the steps a

thomas. tim serves as the federal co-chair of a.r.c. he works directly with a.r.c.'s 13 member governor, their alternates and program managers with a network of local development districts. together they help create economic development opportunities and address opioid crisis across appalachi. tim has more than 20 years of experience and the public infrastructure work force, training and regulatory issues. he most recently served with mitch mcconnell's staff from 2015 to 2018 where he partnered with community leaders to support economic and community development initiatives. tim has a bachelor of science degree from marie state university and a law degree from the university of louisville. join me in waccing t iwelcoming co-chair of a.r.c., tim thomas. >> thank you for that kind introduction and the good work you're doing back in northern kentucky. we have known each other for a number of years. welcome to all of you to this capstone event that marks a year of collaborative effort between the appalachian regional commission and the national association of counties. i

hello and welcome to a special edition of alpha the environment magazine co-produced by thomas stephen in the jamia in germany and m.t.v. here in uganda these is a special edition because it is episode 200 and i am excited to be presenting it i am sunday to know in kampala and a big congress missions to the entire team and of course to you too neal to indeed thank you very much sandra and thank you also to our loyal viewers this is a wonderful milestone for us and i'm so glad that would be able and have the opportunity to talk to our audiences here in africa in europe and around the world about the environment and how important it seems to protect it but yes i was coming up on the show today. being able energy gone out with surging. bio gas and bent over public at how we can help families build a better life. on forest management in uganda how the village is happening to do more for the environment. so ghana generates oh. lot of electricity more than it needs in fact but the biggest challenge i was actually getting into the homes and the businesses and it's become a big problem the sup

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documents reveal the intelligence services tried to co-opt british news outlets into spreading propaganda during the cold war. from our studios in moscow. thomas certainly glad to have you with us let's get right down to our top story. the u.s. secretary of state has painted the assassination of iran's top general as part of a bigger campaign of deterrence he says it will also be applied to russia and china comments. mike pompei oh the u.s. secretary of state seems to be highlighting the term deterrence as the new buzz word defining u.s. foreign policy reestablishing deterrence real deterrence military deterrence deterrence is hard to establish an easy to lose now the killing of a top foreign general by the united states in a different country is considered now to be an act of deterrence intended to deter behavior on the part of the country or entity that was attacked there's no terrorist except osama bin laden who has more american blood on his hands than did customs of the money but i want to lay this out in context of what we've been trying to do there's a bigger strategy and strategy to this we have reestablished deterrence but we know it'

benedict's team just today issued a statement saying he didn't actuay co-author the ok, and wants his name removed. father thomas reese is a senior analyst at religion news service and habeen following this issue closely. and he joins me now. welcome back to the news hour. >> good to be with you. >> nawaz: a lot to unpck here. let's take it step by step. setting asi this issof pope benedict's involvement in the book or not, just onhe issue of celibacy, how big a deais it that pope francis is considering changing this rule? >> this is a very big deal. there are places in thworld where you might have a prest visit a village once a year, and we're a youk are lisc community. you can't have mass. you can't have a youk ist without a priest. there is a great ed for more priests in many places in the world. quite frankly, most men don't nt the give up marriage and family as a price of being a priest. so if these communities are go g to beserved, i think we the possibility of ordainingto married men. >> nawaz: this is very clearly ia point of divisionthin the church, though, correct? >> there's a lot of argument. i think

the co anchor and associate editor and msnbc contributor and an msnbc national security analyst, jeremy bash. and news executive, shauna thomaswho i'm happy to announce has been named an msnbc contributor. we're thrilled to have you back to the nbc news family. >> thank you as well. >> the news never stops. i've missed everything and nothing at all. let me start with you on this conversation about iran. the latest reporting. i've been reading emails all day long about what the state of play is. clearly our allies in the middle east are vested in figuring out what happens next. what do you know tonight? >> let me give you a quick update on the diplomatic updates. from a few different sources, there's been a tremendous amount of pressure to escalate with americans as well as the iraqi prime minister calling for the expulsion of american forces from there. we know the saudis have been trying to work their backder contacts and the king himself called the prime minister. all in an effort to try and deescalate the situation. but we know at the did not happen. you-the foreign minister yesterday in teheran meeting with his counterpar