Lawsuit over the death of a crew member. Kris van cleave has the story. Reporter the wrongful death lawsuit was filed on behalf of 27yearold pgioka a House Keeping employee from indonesia. They claim he contracted covid19 on Royal Caribbean symphony of the seas after they left the ship. Its clear the entire cruise industry dramatically mishandled the entirety of this outbreak not only as it relates to passengers but crew members. Reporter he represents the mans family. If they had taken the steps that every Single Person around the world has taken, i dont think he would be dead today. Had they implemented proper social distancing, quarantines, given proper masks to everybody, i think that he would still be alive today. Reporter the roughly 53 billion cruise instrind has been in dry dock since midmarch. After a number of highly publicized coronavirus outbreaks, polls show more than one in five americans say it will be a year or longer before theyd set foot on a cruise ship. But carnival
Younger people, it is a huge issue. Announcer share your experiences dealing with the coronavirus pandemic and ask. Xperts your questions join our live conversation every morning on washington journal which starts at 7 00 and week nights at 8 00 p. M. Eastern for washington journal primetime. Georgia Governor Brian Kemp held a briefing yesterday in update on give an the states efforts to handle the coronavirus pandemic. He took questions on the states hospital Equipment Shortage and enforcement of the stay at home order. Good afternoon, everyone. I apologize were running a few minutes late. Being you so much for with us today. As usual, i have the Public Health commissioner, dr. Kathleen toomey, adjunct georgia tom carden, Emergency Management and Homeland Security director homer brison, all the people operating under the direction standing leaders behind me are truly remarkable. Including them. Theyve been working, as you imagine, long hours, with very little sleep. All those t to tha
They will be doing what they say theyre going to be doing they will be killing terrorists they will be killing some very bad people that will keep that fight going weve. Had tremendous success in afghanistan and the killing of terrorists but its time after d all these years to go and to bring our people back home Gabriel Alexander is in washington explains that president trumps plans for withdrawing troops from afghanistan. Trump did confirm what we believed all along that that he in the near future will be lowering the amount of u. S. Troops in afghanistan to about 8 to 8500 he gave 2 different numbers and spoke so we think its between 88008500 in that range right now the u. S. Has about 12000 troops in afghanistan and then he went on to say that while he hopes that this moves forward successfully and he expects that it will he said that if in his words bad things happen we will go back to afghanistan if we need to this was really the president kind of the sense i got from him is that
A result of the strikes 33 soldiers have been mahsud. Helicopters and ambulances received streaming across the border earlier in the day to evacuate the wounded. Returning to hatay as crowds gathered outside the hospital turkey says its responding by attacking every known Syrian Government target. Or says using it me sarin and also at the same time to alter their forces from the border are strongly hitting the a Defense Systems and many in the nation the pulse of the Regime Forces that situation was he she must be back the Turkish Forces will change everything because from now on the you will see not only the opposition on the ground but also the many more and the fire power of the Turkish Armed forces including to aid force it did that get the developments and have turned back in our favor. Hours earlier president richard had hailed the battlefield successes. Turkey has thousands of troops in it lib supporting rebel forces at war with syrian troops backed by russia turkish airstrikes
]man ing macho while we wait for the president , a source familiar with Homeland Security secretary says the secretary is resigning his post. The acting secretary felt he had accomplished all he could given the political realities of today, specifically the unlikelihood of any legislative deal on immigration will happen in an election year. The number of undocumented immigrants apprehended or turned away from the border coming down for the fourth consecutive month. A 65 drop from may. The lack of crisis is this waiting members of congress to act. Daughterss two young and a wife with whom he wants to spend more time. The announcement has been planned for weeks, sources close to him say, and has nothing to do with the ukraine scandal in which trump and other cabinet officials are enmeshed. A source told cnn white house officials tried to talk him out of resigning. While for the president to arrive, he spoke to reporters before leaving for louisiana. Here are his comments. When yowill you