it's like prop 13 in california, the panama canal treaties. other issues you were covering, i was involved with that come to the fore that help produced his election in 1980. that's why i wrote it. you know, doug brinkley, terrific historian and who edited "the reagan diaries" said that the realm of reagan scholarship is just beginning to open up. and i think every tomb i start to sit down to think about ronald reagan i think about a new aspect of his life, his career and his times that has been either underreported or hasn't been covered at all. >> so, let's get to put you in friendly territory behind these lines and talk about the elephant, pun intended, in the room, which is donald trump. so, when i -- >> no, no. >> you don't want to do it. you don't want to do it. >> no, no, no. i mean no is the answer to his question. >> oh, i see. you've seen into the crystal ball. but here's the question. people say, well, gosh, how would you compare -- >> i wouldn't. >> -- reagan to trump? and then they say, what has come of republican -- >> let me tur

the panama canal is considered one of the seven wonders of the world. my grandmother, i remember she was so furious carter was going to give away the canals to the republic of panama. i didn't realize how important it was to her. she grew up with the canal. this is a great example of american exceptionalism. we succeeded where the french failed. it's very important psychically to my grandmother and millions of americans like her, the idea that carter is going to turn over control of it to the panama is just infuriating. and this is also at a time where america is waning in its influence. we lost vietnam. we're losing to the soviets. america's day is over. plus we have all our problems at home here. so it just comes at a terrible time. reagan, of course, is campaigning against first gerald ford and then jimmy carter giving away the canal treaties. reagan is out there starting in north carolina in '76. he's pounding the lectern and saying we built it. we paid for it. it's ours. we're going to keep it. his audience goes crazy over this. so he keeps it up a

i have this face in my memory that i saw her in the jungle of panama. we were together for three days there. then, i asked nadja, are you nadja? she replied, yes. >> woodruff: and, it's friday. david brooks and jonathan capehart analyze president biden's first full week in office. all that and more, on tonight's pbs newshour. >> major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: ♪ ♪ ♪ moving our economy for 160 years. bnsf, the engine that connects us. >> fidelity wealth management. >> consumer cellular. >> johnson & johnson. >> the john s. and james l. knight foundation. fostering informed and engaged communities. more at kf.org. >> and with the ongoing support of these institutions: and friends of the newshour. >> this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> woodruff: the drive to get more coronavirus vaccines into more arms is gaining more momentum tonight. findings on two new candidates could accelerate the effort. white house correspond

judge tracked the money to the tax havens of switzerland panama and guernsey and initiated more than$20000.00 banking investigations. method then followed the money across the atlantic to the united states where he worked closely with the f.b.i. to unravel the pizza connection. no monsieur loches that the minus one. genetic was to the people with him i don't you're saying you know that with your visa single me out of leader but kate and i wasn't witness what am i and other i left back at you. in 1983 a leading figure in koza nostra. was arrested in brazil. the totally unexpected occurred when he broke the mafia code of a method. lee a victim. like a question fair holds the 2 door you know as you know to stephanie you don't serve a purpose of all 3 haviland. different should not do cause honest car or good. tomaso bouchet a statement speeded up file cone and the f.b.i. has financial investigations a wave of arrests led to the 2 biggest trials ever to implicate the mafia the maxi trial in palermo and that of the pizza connection in sicily $450.00 suspects were indicted after the 2 year

destination is united states lab and this young request they have made is to be allowed entry into panama that is not possible because there is a presidential order to close the borders as a precautionary measure but in addition panama has all of its borders closed. gailen has closed its long border with brazil barbados has announced a lockdown while canada has closed air traffic from the caribbean and mexico until april in mexico the president went before the cameras to say he's for covering from the virus and to announce the purchase of maxine's. i still have covert but the doctors told me to time have passed the critical phase i'm now presenting myself to you so that there are no rumors or misunderstandings i am well although i still have to rest he was speaking of mexico became the country in the world with the 3rd highest number of coronavirus deaths while the 155000 behind need the us to brazil a situation made worse by oxygen shortages in the capital despite that foreign tourists taking advantage of mexico's more relaxed travel restrictions continue to flock to the beaches the coro

knows -- most notably in favor of the panama canal treaty. he took a stance in favor of those treaties which was that tremendous odds against the view held by most in georgia. the second period really runs from january of 1981 to january of 1987. as the democrats are no longer the majority in the first few years of the absurd. ronald reagan is the president and a that point on i think there were two telling parts of this that are very important in terms of his career. the first one is senator nunn's import work you did on nuclear arms control. although it's not an issue that is normally concerned within the jurisdiction of the senate armed services committee senators nunn brought the understanding and linked it to defense policy and national security issues. he was able to talk about how it fits with american nuclear doctrine and he also made it part of the united states nuclear strategy. it is also period in which there's a great deal of bipartisanship. senator nunn reached out to colleagues across the aisle, republicans such as collins of m

to break panama free from colombia.er international law or even ordinary codes of ethics, it was highly problematic.Ñ79myñ but roosevelt convened a cabinet session to basically convince everybody in the cabinet that he had done the right thing. and after he gave this long explanation as to why it needed to be done, his attorney general stood up and said, mr. president, really? you should not let such a great accomplishment as this be tainted by any width of legality. roosevelt didn't laugh. the other members of the cabinet did. but i will -- i have to give roosevelt credit for this. roosevelt was one of the first presidents to be the target of other people's humor in a particular form. editorial cartoons. and editorial cartoonists had a field day with roosevelt. he had features that were easily caricatured. he had the glasses, the mustache. he was sort of full of himself and saying bully and delighted. and there were various cartoonists who could skewer roosevelt. and roosevelt would respond by writing a letter to the c

he said i don't know what the right answer is on the panama canal. i trust your judgment and i know you are going to do what's right. well, you get all this pressure, oldest mail and all these phone calls, you also get a lot of threats, not physical but vote against you, vote you out of office and you start to say i've got to respond to that and you scratch your head and say who's representing ms. staples? she doesn't know the answer and doesn't pretend to but she relies on me not because i'm smarter but because i was able to agree, to get elected and hear from experts so i felt in my role was to listen to the experts and find answers, advocate those answers and explain it to my constituents, not that they would all is an educational aspect in politics and frank, i think the committee are not playing the role they once did because committees can be educational vehicles for the senators . they can, look at the jury system in america. you get folks together and they come from many different economic spheres, different businesses and so forth. different

in 1989 a few weeks after the fall of the berlin wall the united states invaded panama and brought downts dictator manual noriega an ally of the cia and of the drug traffickers. in the war on drugs america freed itself of its cold war logic. in colombia the rumor of a military intervention by washington made the headlines pablo escobar didn't want to end up in an american jail if they wanted his head they would have to collect it from a mountain of corpses. as long as the government refused to a now the extradition treaty not a single street corner would be safe. after a series of blind attacks escobar had 4 presidential candidates killed the favorite for election luis carlos was assassinated during a public debate. he was replaced by his campaign manager says i got the area who luckily escaped an attempt on his life asked our guest the most in thing the end lug of the sufi escaped the grahams more chose to less complete for him plough their life where supposedly their colombiana love for you she left as a must. a lot more that they are going to the latest. book or so for the quantum yo

hay tres paÍses en latinoamÉrica que saldrÁn mejor parados de la recesiÓn van de mi perÚ, panamÁ y boliviaÁs de esta ley que busca contribuir a la salud del planeta. >> es muy Útil, pero no entiendo por quÉ no se deben usar. >> en este negocio de venta de alimentos utilizaron por Última vez productos de plÁstico. fue el adiÓs para dar paso a una forma de contribuir a mejorar el medio ambiente. >> los invitamos a que traigan sus botes para la carne, para la salsa. >> asÍ evitamos el uso de bolsas de plÁstico, que es lo que mucho daÑo le estÁ haciendo. >> no quiere recibir una multa que irÍa de cinco hasta $8500, que es lo establecido por las autoridades de mÉxico para quienes comercialicen, distribuyan o entreguen plÁsticos de un solo uso. >> es una buena idea porque te ayuda muchÍsimo no seguir contaminando el paÍs >> obedecen a la entrada en vigor de la ley de residuos sÓlidos para combatir los productos plÁsticos desechables con la que se busca disminuir mÁs de 6000 t de basura plÁstica que se generan al aÑo. por complicado que suene, lo que quieren las autoridades es que la ciudadanÍa a

they have in pass and the latest revelation of that has been the broad cheese gate apart from the panama scandal in 2016. >> ok. before we move on -- before we move on -- before we move on from the foreign funding scandal, the rb people turned on to scandal, i just want to bring up, do you trust the election commission to bring about a timely response? >> thank you so much for having me. the election commission is taking in inorder nantly long to decide this matter. the first initial case was found by a p.t.i. founding member in 2014. this has taken six long years. and p.t.i. has used every delatory captain it can. there are very, very full simple questions that we ask. where is this money coming from? who is funding p.t.i. it could be pakistan or foreigners. >> if they are -- what is the content of money and are those being deglected by and where is this money going? is this money going for a party reasons or particular spence and why are there so many shell companys that the company form to -- to -- to channel these donations in into? why is there such a complicated range of this -- an

alejandro llegÓ de panamÁ al aeropuerto internacional de miami.lo pidiÓ apenas me brajÉ del aviÓn. me lo pidiÓ de nuevo migraciÓn. vilma: magaly sÁnchez llegÓ con su prueba en mano. magaly: la fecha que se hizo, que la recogen. 72 horas antes del vuelo. vilma: muchos que tenÍan intenciÓn de viajar a estados unidos se quecdaron varados en aeropuertos internacionales en medio del caos. por no tener el examen del covid 19 o por no tomarlo en el tiempo exiguido. como estos en repÚblica domicinana. >> deberÍan aceptar esto. tiene 5 dÍas. ahora hay que cambiar el vuelo. nos lleva gasto. vilma: presentÓ una prueba que no es acuptada en estados unidos. >> tengo que buscar para hacerme. porque cuando uno sale tiene su plan. tenÍa mi plan de irme desde aquÍ. ahora tengo que buscar no sÉ dÓnde dormir. vilma: la cuarentena de 7 dÍas no es obligatoria para los que lleguen del exterior. los centros de control de enfermedades cdc la recomiendan. >> no estoy de acuerdo en la cuarentena que pongan. porque la gente no puede estar 14 dÍas en un hotel. >> una cuarent

destination is united states lab and this young request they have made is to be allowed entry into panama that is not possible because there is a presidential order to close the borders as a precautionary measure but in addition panama has all of its borders closed ghana has closed its long border with brazil barbados has announced a lockdown while canada has closed air traffic from the caribbean and mexico until april in mexico the president went before the cameras to say he's recovering from the virus and to announce the purchase of maxine's bolivia daigle i still have covert but the dr stone me to tie have passed the critical phase i'm now presenting myself to you so that there are no rumors or misunderstandings i am well although i still have to rest he was speaking of mexico became the country in the world with the 3rd highest number of coronavirus deaths more than 155000 behind only the u.s. and brazil a situation made worse by oxygen shortages in the capital despite that foreign tourists taking advantage of mexico's more relaxed travel restrictions continue to flock to the beaches

the urgent decision to ban arrivals from argentina, brazil, bolivia, chile, french guiana, ecuador, panamay and pennsylvania from tomorrow until january -- from tomrow, january 15. travel from portugal is also rericted because of the country'ties to brazil. the variant has ties to south africa. it is not known how effective the new range of the vaccines will be. bril has been at the center of the pandemic before. in june, it was averaging 1000 deaths a day from covid-19. a joint u.s. and later india as countries with the world's largest death tolls. then the spread of the virus east end death toll began to drop, but since november, brazil's daily casehave been on the rise. yesterday, the country registered 61,000 new covid cases, taking the total to 8.2 million. zale also registered more than 1200 deaths in covid yesterday, taking its total to more than 205,000. earlier, our correspondent gave us the latest from sao paulo. reporter: the situation on the ground in brazil is very convoluted. the news about the new variant is just the latest in a range of very bad news we have been getting he

corruption and latest revelation of that has been the bart broadsheet case apart from the panama scandal that came up in 2016 ok saw. the following and i have done a 5 on family before we move on from the foreign funding scandal the issue at hand the reason that people tend not to protest i just want to bring and the snail to trust the election commission to bring about a just at a timely response thank you so much for having me the election commission has taken importantly long to decide this matter the 1st initial case was wide by a p.t.i. founding member in 2004 deep so it has taken 6 long years and b.t.r. has used every democratic tech ticket can every delaying technique it can't do not submit the documents did a very very few simple question of the us one there is this money coming from who is it that funding. it would be focused on that could be foreigners and if these baucus dani's i mean what do the punting of money and political industries big hypno by the founder of g.p. and secondly there's this money going is this money going just for a particular part party reasons or that g

caribbean coast in particular could see some sharp showers some wetter weather that just coming into panama and also into costa rica further east it's looking good for the east and warm sunshine coming through push down with a top temperature of 26. the 2nd episode of the series exposed the rise of the major drug cartels and their reign of terror in the sentence mexican government little told the traffickers we have to produce the body as they know it is good. american public enemy number one is drug abuse and the launch of the international war on drugs drug trafficking politics and our. drug lords on al-jazeera. they're watching al-jazeera mind of our top stories this hour the number of coronavirus deaths hers the past 400001 the eve of president elect joe biden's in the ration he's attended the memorial and says he's number one priority is containing the pandemic. outgoing u.s. president donald trump has delivered his farewell speech celebrating achievements at home on a board he took credit for vaccine development and once again blame china leashing a virus that damaged the economy. and

old restaurant owner hard jeet singh from san jose, died of covid last friday, visiting family and panama one month shy of his daughter, turning one. it's a shocking news. he was the life of a party and just. the way that i think everything happened to him. it's just very hard for any of us to accept right now. icus remain crowded rule out of vaccines has been slow. small businesses are closing their doors. children are distance learning nearly a year later, since we were sheltered in place, we still don't know much about covid-19 other than. we know that it has changed our lives forever. early signs of hope on tuesday, santa clara county's public health officer says hospitalizations are trending down yet three times higher than the summer that county studying a new variant and trying to secure more vaccines. santa clara county is public health officer also says this month alone, the county has averaged 100 deaths per week and she expects more deaths in the coming weeks. frank azenith smith fly forced tonight as it thank you. in san francisco today, a church held a bell ringing ceremony t

crowd into was honduras or if you like nicaragua and these 2 countries along with costa rica and panama could be pretty wet this weekend. for generations nomadic herders of rugged mongolia's clients be greasing the extreme weather is killing their stock forcing some to abandon tradition and move to the sea while an east investigates on al-jazeera. al-jazeera where every. talk about her come out about top stories here at this hour u.s. president donald trump's personal twitter account has been permanently banned it follows the storming of the capitol building by his supporters on wednesday social media platform site of the risk of further violence particularly around you know gratian of joe biden in 2 weeks' time. is also facing the possibility of an unprecedented 2nd impeachment a group of democrats has dropped a formal charges of misconduct to be presented next week using him inciting insurrection. a north korean leader kim jong un says the united states is his country's biggest enemy and has threatened to expand his nuclear arsenal speaking at a ruling party congress kim said the u.s.

temperature in kingston down to near average again and the coastal areas nicaragua costa rica and panama will be still pretty cloudy and sometimes dump disappointing really. from. the welcome to down from every one of us. even those working quietly behind the scenes. so you can relax enjoy the perfect break a new journey. and when you leave with a smile we know our days work is done qataris welcome to our home. welcome back i provided our top stories here on al-jazeera the process to formally begin an impeachment trial against former us president donald trump is underway the u.s. out of representatives presented its article of impeachment to the senate and again from 2nd trial in federal. the us senate has confirmed janet yellen as treasury secretary 1st woman to hold the position the folk was 84 to 15 to confirm yellen she's also the 1st person to hold the top 3 economy jobs in the u.s. government. yes pharmaceutical company says its covert 19 vaccine appears to work against new coronavirus variants the early findings showed success against the variant 1st detected in the u.k. but the v

caribbean coast in particular could see some sharp showers some wetter whether they're just coming into panama and also into costa rica further east it's looking good for the east and warm sunshine coming through town with a top temperature of 26. make a change. change your life for the part of the country challenge the accepted truth you want to create something you push to break it continually mold to turn the status quo and fight injustice all months to. witness personal documentaries not potent deception on al-jazeera. oh. welcome back a quick amount of our top stories here on al-jazeera the number of people have died from covert 19 in the united states as a past 400000 the staggering toll was confirmed on the eve of president elect joe biden's inauguration he's led nationwide memorials in his farewell speech outgoing us president donald trump took credit for vaccination development and once again blamed china for the pandemic. and security has been heightened to unprecedented levels in the u.s. capital ahead of the no gration ceremony for this month's attack on the capital 12 national gua

temperature in kingston down to near average again and the coastal areas nicaragua costa rica and panama will be still pretty cloudy and sometimes dump disappointed really. the. latest news as it breaks the explosion near an a.t.v. transmission site knocked out mobile phone and internet service for miles with details coverage many have told us that they have voted in their voting for peace. they are worried about the security situation in parts of the country from around the world china's leaders are dependent on the success of its vaccines to improve its international image which is something since the beginning like. you. know what you are a reminder of our top stories this hour the process to begin a 2nd of pietschmann trial for donald trump is about to stop us the us also representatives will shortly present the article of impeachment against trump to the senate will then begin the trial in fabric. as governments around the world try to secure supplies of covert 19 vaccines the ability to produce them and how useful they will be is coming into question the e.u. has reacted angrily af

the caribbean beautiful days most the time but of cloud on the coast of nicaragua or costa rica or panama otherwise just a few light showers a light breeze and much sun. criminal drug dealing shifted to places beyond the reach of the line there are many people in afghan government when forced into drug trade guerrilla wars in colombia . and mexico where the cartels have been responsible for a muscle a spiral of violence. the final episode of drug trafficking politics and out of the territories unconsciously. to move. kellermann the top stories on autism are president joe biden has signed 2 executive orders to help families hit hard by the cobra 1000 pandemic biden is looking for bipartisan support in congress to pass a stimulus package worth $1.00 trillion dollars donald trump's 2nd impeachment trial is set to begin next week that's despite calls from republicans to delay it until february the former president is accused of inciting a mob to attack capitol hill earlier this month. britain's prime minister's warning that the current virus varian found in the u.k. is not only more contagiou

caribbean beautiful days versus the time but of cloud on the coast of nicaragua or costa rica or panama otherwise just a few large sheryl's allowed for use of much sun. welcome to down from every one of us. even those working quietly behind the scenes . so you can relax enjoy the perfect break a new journey. and when you leave with a smile we know our days work is down cats are a welcome to our home. movie the. welcome back every cap of our top stories on al-jazeera donald trump the 2nd impeachment trial has been delayed until the week of february 8th it follows an agreement between democratic and republican leaders in the u.s. senate a former president is accused of inciting the seizure of the capitol building by a mob of his supporters only this month meanwhile president joe biden has signed 2 executive orders to help families hit hard by the over 1000 pandemic biden is looking for bipartisan support in congress to pass a stimulus package worth $1.00 trillion dollars. and tens of thousands of people in hong kong have been ordered to stay at home the coronavirus downtown affects a dens

. >> review to panama in 2014? >> i joined the marine corps special operations mission, and in that capacity, i deployed to panama as the head of a multilateral trade mission to train panamanian forces on how to do drug interdiction controls. that was an example of american military force at its best deployed. best in class training and tactics. five years later we are still doing missions to interdict drug smuggling in the united states without exposure of american lives and expenditure of american dollars. >> you are 32 years old. what you think all of these experiences that you have had at this age and your youth brings to the table? in washington? >> i have had experience in the military in business and local government bringing people together. that is what my constituents want to see, bringing people together to get our biggest challenges result. as a millennial, i think i am well positioned to take on the defining challenges of our generation -- climate change. how do we fight climate change and transition t

a cloud on the coast of nicaragua, costa rica, panama. otherwise, like showers, a light breeze. >> global criminal drug dealing shifted to places beyond the reach of law & order. >> many people in the afghan government were involved in the drug trade. >> in columbia. and mexico, where the cartels have been responsible for a merciless spiral of violence. the final episode of drug trafficking, politics and power on al jazeera. >> are top stories on al jazeera. joe biden has signed two executive orders for families hit hard by the covid-19 pandemic. he is looking for bipartisan support in congress to pass a stimulus package with $1.9 trillion. donald trump second impeachment trial is set to begin next week. that is despite calls from republicans to delay it until february. he is accused of inciting a mob to attack capitol hill earlier this month. britain's prime minister is warning the coronavirus variant found in the u.k. is not only more contagious, but could be more deadly. it comes as britain appeared to be making headway. infection rate

that covers the entire continent of south america, plus panama.rs the southern part of africa. and also covers portugal as well as also covers portugal as well as a sprinkling of islands around africa including cape verde, mauritius and seychelles. 27 countries and all and you may say if there is a travel ban what are they doing, and that is because it is not actually a travel ban, it is a flight ban and if you are a british national or irish national or someone with right of residence in the uk then you are allowed to come in, but as from sometime possibly this week, possibly next week, you will be expected to pay around £1500, $2000, for ten nights of self isolation in an unnamed hotel somewhere in the airport area. and for uk residents who presumably have a home in the uk, the reason for this? is this purely to police people and stop them from getting out and stop them from getting out and about when they are supposed to be in quarantine? well, there's all kinds of grades of quarantine. for example, if you touchdown in many asian and australasi

. >> the panama canal treaties. we haven't talked about that. >> that would be '78, of course. >> but it was still bubbling up as an issue in '76 because the ford campaign was in negotiations with panama to transfer control. >> no, you're correct. well, what you have to understand is -- >> didn't reach full fruition, until '78. but it was starting to bubble up. >> yes. so, i think what you have to remember is this was a very difficult time in american life. especially, on the foreign-policy side because america had just lost its first war, ever. we were humiliated. we got kicked out of vietnam. and so, we lost the war in vietnam. and -- >> laos, cambodia. >> laos and cambodia. and the russians seemed to be on the march in the -- in the so-called third world, the nonaligned countries. they had a tremendous presence in africa, for example. and as we later learned, even central america. not russian troops but russian influence. >> sure, nicaragua. >> and so, on top of that, you know, we kind of took a kid-gloves approa

now to recognize our special guest, from malaysia, france, australia panama and colombia were watching and participating also recognizing the members of the economic club of chicago who are watching as well. thank you tour title sponsor from bank of america and our leading sponsors and ceo of siemens usa in a virtual sponsor johnson & johnson. and emily to recognize our corporate partners listed on your screen. we have another event noon on the 27th of january with local hospital leaders to give more information and to give more detail that can fraser chairman and ceo of merck and a good representative of the pharmaceutical industry. i think you'll enjoy that. i have known doctor fauci for quite a while and enjoyed getting to know him over the many years and recently he had the surprise 80th birthday party and i did a little video think i will play that first. >> tony, you may remember when you were about 70 years old i came to see you and i said why don't you get out of this healthcare business and infectious disease you will not make money or get anywhere enjoying the role of private

what we know about this rule, it will be applied across south america and panama and portugal.th brazil as well. it doesn't apply to hauliers travelling from portugal, it also doesn't apply if you are a british or irish citizen, or if you have residency rights in the uk. you will be able to return, although you will be able to return, although you will have to quarantine. at the moment it is a temporary ban. we don't know how long it'll last. in don't know how long it'll last. in practical terms, what does it mean for travel in the coming months? relatively little, immediately. at the moment, you can't travel to brazil. brazil has banned flights from the uk. that was to stop the uk strain of the virus spreading there. heathrow and gatwick have said they don't have any imminent flights from south america either at the moment. but, of course, the majority of us can't travel at the moment either. the question is, will we see this more often? we have already seen travel from southern african countries banned, now we have seen an entire continent band. in the long term, are more of