Most of them High School Students from the l. A. Area. The bus was heading to Humboldt State university for a campus visit but the bus collided headon with a fedex delivery truck that crossed the median. More information on the students and the Tour Bus Company but we begin with nbcs Richard Sharp reporting from the scene tonight. Reporter the accident scene here stretches on for quite a distance. The wreckage left behind you can see behind me. A fedex big rig was headed southbound, came over the median, side swiped a small see dan and went head on into the tour bus carrying students. There was a huge explosion right after that. Everything caught on fire according to the chp. Resources here was a wae challe. This is right next to a neighborhood. Lots of people were out here immediately watching what happened. In all will, nine people died of this. Were told the driver of the bus, the driver of the fedex truck and seven students who were from the l. A. Unified School District headed to
And liftoff for Chinas Mission to mars. Its the latest launch in the worlds race to explore the red planet. We start with the World Health Organization which has released the latest coronavirus figures. Heres the director general. More than 15 million cases of covid 19 have now been reported to who. Almost 620,000 deaths. Although countries have been affected, we continue to see intense transmission ina continue to see intense transmission in a relatively small group of countries. Almost 10 million cases, 01 countries. Almost 10 million cases, or two thirds of all cases globally, are from ten countries, and almost half of all cases reported so far are from just three countries. One of those countries is brazil. With more than 2. 2 million confirmed infections, it has the second worst outbreak after the united states. This graph shows the number of new daily cases in brazil, and its just set a new record with 67,000 confirmed cases in the past 2a hours. There were almost 1,300 deaths in
Front of the headquarters of the newspaper, Nanfang Zhoumo, they say freedom of speech has been buried and laid down mums to back up their accusation. The flower is traditionally handed out at funerals in china. Translator its a violation of our rights. I cant stand it. Were at the boiling point. Reporter things have been heating up for several days. Staff at the Nanfang Zhoumo planned to run a new years message calling for freedom of speech. But the journalists say local authorities ordered major edits. Once chinese citizens found out, they wrote message after message to show their opposition to the censorship and support for the journalists. Most of their posts have been deleted. Chinas constitution grant freedom of speech and a press, but communist officials sometimes order the media to stay away from stories that put the party or the government in an unfavorable light. Staff at a newspaper took the rare step of running an editorial, calling journalists and protesters to calm down.
Every way. Australia is on fire. With the second week of record shattering heat, two new colors have been added to australias weather maps to show it temperatures exceeding 122 degrees fahrenheit. Wildfires raged through five of australias six states. Meanwhile, the United States records its hottest year ever. We will go to australia for report. Three men of somali descent are arraigned in new york. President obama continues the controversial practice of rendition, secretly detaining, transporting, and holding prisoners overseas. Part two of our exclusive interview with sami alhajj, the of jazeera journalist imprisoned and tortured at guantanamo for six years. When i was in guantanamo, i asked myself maybe it is a good chance for me to be a journalist in guantanamo to be a witness. [indiscernible] we speak with the al jazeera journalist at al jazeera headquarters in doha, qatar. All of that and more coming up. This is democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy
Degrees fahrenheit. Wildfires raged through five of australias six states. Meanwhile, the United States records its hottest year ever. We will go to australia for report. Three men of somali descent are arraigned in new york. President obama continues the controversial practice of rendition, secretly detaining, transporting, and holding prisoners overseas. Part two of our exclusive interview with sami alhajj, the of jazeera journalist imprisoned and tortured at guantanamo for six years. When i was in guantanamo, i asked myself maybe it is a good chance for me to be a journalist in guantanamo to be a witness. [indiscernible] we speak with the al jazeera journalist at al jazeera headquarters in doha, qatar. All of that and more coming up. This is democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. New figures have confirmed 2012 was the hottest year on record for the continental United States. On tuesday, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration announ