Captioning funded by cbs good morning from studio 57 newsroom in new york. Good to be with you. Im annemarie green. New cases of the coronavirus continue to emerge across the u. S. For the first time, a person in new jersey has tested positive. And the first Death Outside of Washington State has been confirmed in california. Officials say the patient was a 71yearold with underlying medical conditions. He was a passenger on a cruise ship that returned from mexico before it headed off on another excursion to hawaii. Now that ship is currently being held off the coast of san francisco, over concerns other people on board may be sick. In los angeles, a medical screener at l. A. X. Contracted the virus. Officials say it is unclear how he became ill. And this morning, facebook confirmed that an employee in seattle has also become infected. The company immediately notified its staff and closed that office until next monday. There are now at least 160 cases in 17 states in the u. S. The death
Severe flooding in the italian tourist city. Live from our studios in singapore and london, this is bbc world news. Its newsday. Good morning. Its 8am in singapore, midnight in london and 7pm in washington where President Trump has again denounced the impeachment inquiry into him as the first public hearings got under. It started with testimony from the acting Us Ambassador to ukraine. Bill taylor said it was clear to him the white house was making both military aid and a visit to washington by the ukrainian president conditional on ukraine launching an investigation into mr trumps democratic rival joe biden and his son. Our north america editor jon sopel has been watching. History in the house. This is like the super bowl for politics, the day the impeachment hearings go public. And coast to coast, all the Us Tv Networks are gearing up for the unfolding drama that could be the decisive moment of the trump presidency. And early this morning, in the white house residence, the light is o
Ebola, the World Health Organization approves the first vaccine. And venice underwater the highest tide in 50 years causes severe flooding in the italian tourist city. Voiceover live from our studios in singapore and london, this is bbc world news. Its newsday. Good morning. Its 9am in singapore, iam in london and 8pm in washington, where President Trump has again denounced the impeachment inquiry into him as the first public hearings got under way. It started with testimony from the acting Us Ambassador to ukraine. Bill taylor said it was clear to him the white house was making both military aid and a visit to washington by the ukrainian president conditional on ukraine launching an investigation into mr trumps democratic rival joe biden and his son. Our north america editor jon sopel has the latest. History in the house. This is like the super bowl for politics, the day the impeachment hearings go public. And coast to coast, all the Us Tv Networks are gearing up for the unfolding dra
A new president several people have been killed and Dozens Injured in blasts near polling stations. And zimbabwes former president Robert Mugabe is to be buried in his rule hometown today follows weeks of brand link between the government and his family over his final resting place. Im Rebecca Ritters welcome to the Program Fresh rallies has been taking place in hong kong to mark 5 years since the start of the socalled Umbrella Movement which saw mass protests in the territory prodemocracy demonstrators have been protesting for months after a controversial extradition bill which was tabled back in march this year its since been shelved but protests protesters have a wide range of demands that echoed those of 5 years ago they include direct democracy from hong kong and. Tommy from china. Lets go live now to hong kong where our correspondent charlottesville some pill is standing by thanks for joining me how a protest is commemorating today. Book clashes rebecca what widely predicted toda
we start this hour with some breaking news and a police spokesperson in indonesia says that at least 127 people have been killed after a riot at a football match in east java. this story is developing as we speak, but the reuters news agency is reporting that the deaths happened as people stampeded. our reporter, shelley phelps, hasjoined me with the latest details. what can you tell us? this incident what can you tell us? this incident took what can you tell us? this incident took place - what can you tell us? this incident took place on - what can you tell us? ti 3 incident took place on saturday night. two teams were playing a match, arema fc versus persebaya surabaya. the trouble is thought to have started when the home team lost and thousands of people rush towards the pitch. now, there is footage on social media showing quite dramatic scenes of people rushing towards the middle of the stadium. police can also be seen firing tear gas at supporters who were running