CBS EYE ON THE WORLD WITH JOHN BATCHELOR

FIRST HOUR

9-915         
#SpaceX: Musk discomfits the underperforming.  Brett Arends, Barron’s. @BrettArends    @MKTWArends  @Marketwatch
https://www.economist.com/business/2022/04/14/elon-musk-wants-to-buy-twitter-for-over-40bn?utm_content=article-link-2&etear=nl_today_2&utm_campaign=r.the-economist-today&utm_medium=email.internal-newsletter.np&utm_source=salesforce-marketing-cloud&utm_term=4/14/2022&utm_id=1134136
 

915-930         
#Cuba: Human trafficking medical personnel; & What is to be done? Mary Anastasia O’Grady, @MaryAnastasiaOG  Wall Street Journal editorial board and “The Americas” columnist.  
https://www.wsj.com/articles/cuba-human-trafficking-trial-brazil-doctors-forced-labor-paho-un-who-lawsuit-immunity-11649614812
 
 
930-945         
#NYC: Subway security is the major obstacle to recovery. Harry Siegel, @harrysiegel  @NYDailyNews and The Daily Beast.   Kathryn Wylde  @KathrynWylde, CEO, Partnership for New York City @Partnership4NYC Fund 
..https://www.wsj.com/articles/new-york-city-subway-ridership-mta-transit-police-shooting-brooklyn-36-street-station-attack-gas-police-violent-crime-eric-adams-janno-lieber-jason-wilcox-11649860837
https://pfnyc.org/research/poll-reveals-employees-will-resist-return-to-office-until-city-and-subways-are-safe/
 

945-1000         
#NY: The troubled Lieutenant Governor Brian Benjamin resigns under indictment; & What is to be done?  Harry Siegel, @harrysiegel  @NYDailyNews and The Daily Beast.  Clifford Michel  @Cliff_Michel  @TheCityNY covering New York City news.
https://www.thecity.nyc/2021/1/4/22214373/brian-benjamin-comptroller-contributions
 

SECOND HOUR
 
10-1015         
#Europe:  Big-Tentism seniors vs the young voters.  Stanley Pignal. @spignal. Charlemagne columnist and Brussels bureau chief for  @TheEconomist.
https://www.economist.com/europe/2022/04/16/thank-the-elderly-for-keeping-europes-extremists-out-of-power
 

1015-1030         
#Europe: Taming the outliers. Stanley Pignal. @spignal. Charlemagne columnist and Brussels bureau chief for  @TheEconomist.
https://www.economist.com/europe/2022/04/09/europe-is-learning-to-cope-with-viktor-orban?frsc=dg%7Ce
 

1030-1045         
#PRC: #ScslaReport "Is the supply chain broken again?” Chris Riegel, @Scala CEO,  @STRATACACHE, #TheScalaReport
https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/apple-assembler-pegatron-halts-iphone-production-china-combats-covid-outbreak
 
1045-1100         
#Canada: Flirting with authoritarianism. Conrad Black, @ConradMBlack  @nationalpost  Baron Black of Crossharbour, KSG; British former newspaper publisher; prolific author
https://nationalpost.com/opinion/conrad-black-government-has-no-business-in-the-bank-accounts-of-the-nation
https://www.msn.com/en-ca/news/world/conrad-black-government-has-no-business-in-the-bank-accounts-of-the-nation/ar-AAW1GfF

THIRD HOUR
 

1100-1115         
#Israel: What about the IRGC and the JCPOA?  Rep. Ann Wagner (R-MO) @AnnLWagner
Representative Ann Wagner is a member of Congress from Missouri’s Second District.  Malcolm Hoenlein @Conf_of_pres @mhoenlein1
https://franklin.house.gov/media/press-releases/franklin-leads-letter-keep-irans-islamic-revolutionary-guard-corps-foreign-0
 

1115-1130          
#Israel: The wave of attacks in Israel at the holidays. Ilan Berman @ilanberman, Senior VP of the American Foreign Policy Council in Washington, D.C..  Malcolm Hoenlein @Conf_of_pres @mhoenlein1
https://ilanberman.com/26131/israel-considers-its-iran-options
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2022/apr/12/russia-is-not-the-only-nation-threatening-its-neig/
https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/attack-east-syria-injures-us-led-coalition-members-83930550
https://www.wsj.com/articles/israels-war-between-the-wars-with-iran-expands-across-middle-east-11649595603
 
 
1130-1145         
#Iran: #Russia: How can Iran help Russia? Mark Dubowitz,   @mdubowitz. @FDD,  chief executive of Foundation for Defense of Democracies, a Washington, D.C.-based nonpartisan policy institute.  Malcolm Hoenlein @Conf_of_pres @mhoenlein1
https://www.wsj.com/articles/iran-evading-sanctions-russia-putin-moscow-tehran-banking-system-ukraine-invasion-terrorism-human-rights-nuclear-deal-jcpoa-11649171567
Mark is an expert on Iran’s nuclear program and global threat network, and is widely recognized as one of the key influencers in shaping policies to counter the threats from the regime in Iran. He also contributes to FDD’s China Program drawing on his academic background in China studies and his private-sector work in the Indo-Pacific.
 
1145-1200         
#Israel:  Vanilla Wine   Ze'ev Orenstein. @ZeevOrenstein , Dir.of Intl Affairs at @CityofDavid @City_of_DavidFoundation. Malcolm Hoenlein @Conf_of_pres @mhoenlein1
Ze’ev Orenstein is Director of International Affairs for the City of David Foundation, where he’s responsible for strengthening the awareness of and support for the City of David, site of ancient, Biblical Jerusalem, among those shaping public opinion. Ze’ev works closely with members of the international media, foreign dignitaries, politicians, academics, NGO’s, think tanks, Hollywood producers & celebrities, and film production companies.         

FOURTH HOUR
 

12-1215         
#Inflation: Is Bullard's aggressive the same as Powell's aggressive? Veronique de Rugy, @veroderugy,  @GeorgeMasonU, @Mercatus Center, Senior Research Fellow, Mercatus Center, George Mason University & NRO Online.
https://www.cnbc.com/2022/04/07/feds-bullard-says-interest-rate-policy-is-behind-the-curve-but-all-is-not-lost.html  
 
 
1215-1230          
#Ukraine: Italy finds energy in Africa. Lorenzo Fiori, Ansaldo Foundation, director and head of Fondazione Leonardo Civiltà delle Macchine
https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/italy-signs-deal-with-algeria-increase-gas-imports-2022-04-11/
 
 
1230-1245         
#SpaceX: Plan B to Cape Canaveral. Bob Zimmerman BehindtheBlack.com
https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/spacex-goes-full-speed-ahead-on-construction-of-starship-launchpad-in-florida/
 
 
1245-100 AM          
#Mars: Volcano country.  Bob Zimmerman BehindtheBlack.com
https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/frozen-lava-in-mars-volcano-country/