Tell China is expanding its sweeping efforts to contain a viral disease by extending the Lunar New Year holiday to keep the public at home and avoid spreading infection as the death toll rises to 81 the virus outbreak is having an impact on global tourism a piece Charles duodecimal reports with tens of millions of Chinese ordered to stay put and many others opting to avoid travel as the new corona virus spreads tourism around the globe and particularly in Asia is taking a heavy hit during one of the biggest travel seasons the lunar new year China has now extended the weeklong holiday by an extra 3 days to Fairbridge and to help prevent the epidemic from spreading further while in Thailand a favorite tropical destination for the New Year travel officials estimate the potential lost revenue to be about $1600000000.00 Other China neighbors are feeling the impact too I m Charles with us there s been an outpouring of support from around the globe for the family of retired n.b.a. Great Kobe
Jim Birch health director general of the World Health Organization is in China to meet with government officials in health experts trying to contain the spread of a deadly country of iris that has killed 81 people the spread of the illness is being watched around the world Reuters Jason now bando has more airports around the world are ramping up screening measures of Chinese passengers though its effectiveness has been questioned by health officials some foreign governments are working to evacuate their citizens from all Han France said its evacuees will spend 14 days in quarantine to stop the possible spread of the virus also on Sunday Chinese officials confirm that the ability of the new virus to spread is getting stronger and that infections could continue to rise no deaths have been reported outside of China from the virus so far that s Reuters Jason Obando reporting sports fans around the world are struggling to find words to describe how they feel about the sudden death of retir
This is v.o.a. News I m Jim Berto president trumps lawyers have started their impeachment trial defense arguing Democrats are trying to overturn the 2016 election a peace agreement got a report from the White House what the Senate in for a rare Saturday session a White House counsel pads simple only argued the president did nothing wrong in dealings with Ukraine and Democrats know it they re here to perpetrate the most massive interference in an election in American history civil Loney and other lawyers repeatedly accused Democrats of holding back effects during Vera 3 days of opening statements promising senators will now get the truth in longer sessions next week but Norty leader Chuck Schumer says great let s have more information say the Trump presentation underlie Democrat demands for witnesses and documents we thank the president s counsel for one thing they made our case even stronger Saager Magni at the White House Democratic lawmakers are reacting to us President Donald Trump
2 hours from now u.s. President Donald Trump s Boyer s began their opening arguments in the Senate impeachment trial last night Democratic Party House managers wound up their 3 days of arguments again hitting hard at the theme that if Mr Trump stays in office he will feel free to abuse his power that his chief executive he ll be convinced he can basically do whatever he wants without penalty lead house manager Adam Schiff says he expects the defense team to use well worn talking points to insist that the president never engage in a quid pro quo with Ukraine holding back u.s. Military aid as leverage in an effort to get political dirt on a potential election rival former Vice President Joe Biden the president said there was no quid pro quo the president said there was no quid pro quo I guess that s the end of the story this is a well known principle of criminal law that if the defendant says he didn t do it he couldn t have done it. We have a report from the a.p. As to McGuire lead hou
Absolutely. This is v.o.a. News I m David for President Donald Trump is spending the holiday weekend at his Mar-A Lago resort in Florida as a p.s. Solder Magon your reports from the White House the president is also filling out his legal team before arguments begin in his Senate impeachment trial next week they say the president s legal team figures the trial will last no more than 2 weeks which would be far shorter than Andrew Johnson struggling 868 and a Bill Clinton say $999.00 but there are still a question about whether the Senate will allow more witnesses which could extend the trial it takes a super majority to convict $67.00 senators both Johnson and Clinton were acquitted and President Trump figures he s next was nothing a person familiar says the president s boosting his legal team before opening arguments next week adding former Harvard Law Professor Alan Dershowitz and x. Independent counsel Ken Starr among others solder Magni at the White House Secretary of State Mike Pom