Hello, this is bbc news. The headlines act like you have the virus. Thats the advice in a new campaign in the uk urging people to abide by lockdown rules. A boeing 737, believed to be carrying more than 50 people, has gone missing after take off in indonesia. Donald trump is banned permanently from twitter because of concerns his tweets could incite more violence. Democrats reveal the draft of a new impeachment resolution against donald trump the president elect accuses him of inciting an insurrection and endangering the security of the us. And snow in spain leaves hundreds of drivers trapped in their cars, as roads are blocked and madrid airport remains closed. Now on bbc news, hardtalk with professor neil ferguson. Welcome to hardtalk. Im stephen sackur. Covid 19 is a Global Pandemic but its impacts have varied markedly. While countries like vietnam and south korea have effectively controlled the virus, others have been much less successful. Britain is back in nationwide lockdown as
Working in hardhit places like new york and louisiana but officials remain cautious. While none of this is good news, the flattening, possible flattening of the curve is better than the increases that we have seen. We are starting to see real signs that the mitigation measures that we put into place weeks ago are starting to bear real results and we are hopeful that we are beginning to see the flattening of the curve. Stick with the mitigation measures. Sandra Fox Team Coverage, we begin with David Lee Miller, he is live for us in new york city this morning. Good morning. Its still too early to tell for certain, but the trend line for the virus could be flattening in the new york area. For the second day in a row, less than 600 people died from the virus across the state. The number of hospital admissions is slowing with fewer people needing to be put in icu. Governor andrew cuomo warns there is unsustainable pressure on the Hospital System. The governor warned now is not the time to b
The 15 daily increase in cases over the last three days, it is down to 3. 4 . On march 25th, spains increase was 20 a day. Now is just over 4 . Both countries clearly are bending the curve. The United States is now seeing its daily increase drop as well, below 10 now. And on that note, new york, the hardest hit state in the country is getting some good news. Heres the governor. Total number of hospitalizations are down, the icu admissions are down and the daily intimations are down, those are all good signs. And again would suggest a possible flattening of the curve. Important to note that californias numbers have also been flat for several days. Of the state is now even lending out ventilators. On the flip side, michigan and louisiana still seeing their numbers rise but so far, the models predicting devastating numbers of cases and deaths appear to have overestimated. Tucker Trace Gallagher thank you so much for that. So the Prime Minister of Great Britain Boris Johnson has had the co
On march 20th, italy was seeing the 15 daily increase in cases over the last three days, it is down to 3. 4 . On march 25th, spains increase was 20 a day. Now is just over 4 . Both countries clearly are bending the curve. The United States is now seeing its daily increase drop as well, below 10 now. And on that note, new york, the hardest hit state in the country is getting some good news. Heres the governor. Total number of hospitalizations are down, the icu admissions are down and the daily intimations are down, those are all good signs. And again would suggest a possible flattening of the curve. Important to note that californias numbers have also been flat for several days. Of the state is now even lending out ventilators. On the flip side, michigan and louisiana still seeing their numbers rise but so far, the models predicting devastating numbers of cases and deaths appear to have overestimated. Tucker think you so much for that. So the Prime Minister of Great Britain Boris Johnso
And searching. Googles new attempt to find out what ails you more informative and less terrifying. Nightly news begins now. Announcer from nbc news World Headquarters in new york, this is nbc nightly news. Reporting tonight, thomas roberts. Good evening. We begin with deadly fire and flooding on opposite sides of the country. In West Virginia, historic flooding has killed at least 24 people. Tonight search and rescue missions are active to get the stranded to safety as thousands remain cut off from power and supplies. In california the severe dry terrain and wind gusts have contributed to the erskine fire and is claiming at least two lives. We have reports on both stories and Morgan Radford starts us off in West Virginia. Morgan . Reporter thomas, good evening. This used to be a dairy queen. You could still see unopened ice cream cones here besides sinks that have been completely uprooted. Were standing in the heart of one of the hardest hit areas. So far 24 people have been pronounced