An emergency meeting in the white house, president obama in the situation room. The number of cases growing in the u. S. At least 20 thousand reported as Airlines Offer refunds to worried travelers. An abc news exclusive. I have lost my mind. The young doctor caught on camera violently confronting an uber driver speaking out for the first time, now suspended from the hospital facing threats online. What she really wants people to know about that night. Shes joining us live only on gma. And good morning, america. Busy wednesday morning. Robin on assign many. Great to have lara back. Michael is here. Amy, everybody is here. Trump. No. Hes pulled out of tomorrows megyn kelly. The feud to a brandnew level and his Campaign Manager will moment. A lot to talk about. First to the breaking news in oregon. The weeks long standoff between government protesters and Law Enforcement turning deadly. The leader and several members of the group now under arrest. Abcs Neal Karlinsky has the reporter goo
Most difficult times that weve experienced in American Public health. Keeping the Health Care System from being overstretched i think is really going to be important. An updated model projects look at that, 224,000 u. S. Deaths from coronavirus by november. Another 90,000 people. As it stands, 38 states are battling increases in new cases. 27 states as a result are now push, pausing or rolling back the reopenings, and this virus shows no signs of slowing down, in fact, the opposite. Our teams are across the country monitoring this pandemic. Well begin in miami beach with cnns rosa flores. The Positivity Rate and the percentage of people who test positive for the infection, in that county, those numbers are startling. Reporter they are. Thats 31 , jim, and its not getting any better and mayors here in Miamidade County are very frustrated. There was a roundtable yesterday by mayors and the governor here in miamidade and these mayors were asking for more resources and Contact Tracing. The
Number is related to economy and for several years unemployment rates, if and people like mayor de blasio unemployment goes down, the has taken for granted there has number can go down. Been a down trend in Violent Crime for so long and now that it is spiking back up, he just this is outnumbered, assumes it is going back to welcome to it. Im kennedy. Where it was. Joining me is gillian, attorney but that sort of lack of leadership and lack of insight can lead to longterm and fox news contributor, emily consequences that will empty out compagno and leslie marshall. The city and rob it of its tax joining us today, former base. What you are left with, people arkansas governor and fox news who cant move, like places like contributor, Mike Huckabee is venezuela and detroit, they cant move. They are hurting and they are here. We have a lot to talk about this the ones who are most harmed by hour. First up, lets go to chad live this sort of world view that is on capitol hill with the story. Go
Of sulawesi has killed dozens and left thousands homeless. The uk economy shrank by 2. 6 in november as the second lockdown hit economic output after many businesses were forced to close. And celebrities, including the footballer Marcus Rashford, join campaigners demanding the government review its policy on Free School Meals. Hello and welcome if youre watching in the uk or around the world. Researchers say the latest variant to emerge, the one in brazil, could be contributing to soaring covid infections there. Its thought the new variant is more infectious that the original one that started the pandemic. Brazil has struggled to contain the virus, and has the second highest number of deaths after the United States. In a grim reminder ofjust how deadly this virus is the global deaths recorded has almost reached 2 million. In response to the new variant a travel ban on arrivals from south america into the uk has come into force this morning because of concerns about the covid variant di
Welcome to bbc news. On his second day in office, President Biden has declared the economic crisis in the United States is deepening. He says he will take action to help families struggling to afford food because of lost income due to the pandemic. Mr biden wants to go much further hes calling on congress to authorise a 1. 9 trillion relief package. He says the time to act boldly is now. Our north america correspondent peter bowes reports. A nations economy buckling under coronavirus, shuttered businesses and still rising unemployment. On his second day in office, the new president laid out his hand to confront the stark reality of covid 19s impact on peoples lives. Joe biden is promising swift action to help americans who have been left without jobs and to help americans who have been left withoutjobs and some who are struggling to put food on the table. fix, are struggling to put food on the table are struggling to put food on the table. A lot of americans are hurting the table. A l