Just mind blowing that this far into it, right now on average, one in five of every new coronavirus case, every new coronavirus case reported daily, is a case from the United States, when we are only 4 of the worlds population. On the daily chart of american new cases reported each day, we had dropped down a little bit, but now we are very clearly climbing back up. We had recently hovered around 20, maybe 25,000 new cases each day. Twice in the last few days, though, we have topped 30,000 new cases in a day. Epidemiologist Michael Osterholm says we should stop thinking of this thing in terms of a first wave and second wave. If were just going to keep burning through 20,000, 25,000, 30,000 new infections every day, this is less like some succession of distinct waves and he says its more like just a forest fire. Just something that is large and raging and, by the way, were not really trying to put it out anymore. More than 20 u. S. States now have rising case numbers each day. In washing
The potential impact that furloughs would have on air travel, starting in april. Transportation secretary ray lahood said travelers could face new delays of 90 minutes at major airports in chicago, new york and san francisco. More than 100 air control towers at smaller airports could be closed, lahood said. Airlines likely would cancel flights. And congress, he said, would hear of the fallout. Its not only the impact on the passengers, its the impact that it has on airports, control towers, people who work there, airports. And their phones are going to start ringing. Why does this have to happen . Nobody likes a delay. Nobody likes waiting in line. None of us do. If we cant get our hamburger within five minutes, if we cant get on the plane within 30, 40, 50 minutes after going through, you know what happens. They start calling their member of congress. Suarez more now on these latest warnings, the republican response and the timing of these possible cuts. Lisa rein is following this fo
On guns, after newtown wraps up tonight with a report from chicago on the Public Health crisis in the city in the wake of rising gun violence. The people who come in after having been shot are some of the highest risk folks. These are people who have been shot, who may have been shot before, and really without some intervention, without some life changing moment, the trajectorys either going to be jail or death. Woodruff mark shields and david brooks analyze the weeks news. Suarez and, as a magistrate grants Oscar Pistorius bail, we talk to Charlayne Hunter gault about how his arrest has focused attention on the unusually high rate of violence against women in south africa. Domestic violence is shot through the entire society from the highest of the highed in socioeconomic terms to the lowest of the low. Woodruff thats all ahead on tonights newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by support also comes from Carnegie Corporation of new york, a foundation created to
The latest warnings came over the potential impact that furloughs would have on air travel, starting in april. Transportation secretary ray lahood said travelers could face new delays of 90 minutes at major airports in chicago, new york and san francisco. More than 100 air control towers at smaller airports could be closed, lahood said. Airlines likely would cancel flights. And congress, he said, would hear of the fallout. Its not only the impact on the passengers, its the impact that it has on airports, control towers, people who work there, airports. And their phones are going to start ringing. Why does this have to happen . Nobody likes a delay. Nobody likes waiting in line. None of us do. If we cant get our hamburger within five minutes, if we cant get on the plane within 30, 40, 50 minutes after going through, you know what happens. They start calling their member of congress. Suarez more now on these latest warnings, the republican response and the timing of these possible cuts.
Captioning sponsored by Macneil Lehrer productions woodruff the United States top transportation official warned today that automatic Government Spending cuts would severely disrupt the nations air travel system. Good evening, im judy woodruff. Suarez and im ray suarez. On the newshour tonight, Washington Post reporter lisa rain walks us through the reality and the hype surrounding the timing and impact of sequestration, as the countdown for a deal enters its final wee woodruff then, Margaret Warner looks at todays summit between president obama and japanese Prime Minister abe, where japans tensions with china were very much in the forefront. Suarez our week long focus on guns, after newtown wraps up tonight with a report from chicago on the Public Health crisis in the city in the wake of rising gun violence. The people who come in after having been shot are some of the highest risk folks. These are people who have been shot, who may have been shot before, and really without some inter