Hello and welcome to bbc news. Thousands of hospital workers in hong kong plan to begin five days of strikes from monday, demanding the authorities do more to stop the spread of the new coronavirus. They want the border with Mainland China to be closed. Russia is the latest country to announce entry restrictions on chinese citizens. It has halted their visa free travel and also stopped issuing them work visas. James ra nsley reports. Wuhan and its surrounding cities remain on lockdown. Some are let through if they meet certain criteria, and others have to beg to be let out. Translation im very upset because they are treating patients with coronavirus, but my daughter has leukaemia and she also needs to be treated by a doctor. They are eventually let through, but many residents have been denied passage. And now the United States, where there are confirmed cases of the virus, has stepped up its own efforts to contain the outbreak. The president has signed a president ial proclamation tem
Second thoughts. And why democrats are ringing alarm bells as tax reform sfe reform sneaks into an attack on obamacare. This literally flew in out of nowhere in the last 20 minutes. All in starts right now. Good evening from new york. Im chris hayes. There is a lot Jeff Sessions doesnt remember about the Trump Campaign, and its various contacts with russian agents. But the one thing he does remember beyond a doubt was his own attempt to head off anything improper. Today the attorney general returned to testify on capitol hill, this time before the house judiciary committee, where he was once again compelled to correct the record about his own role in the Trump Campaigns interactions with russian officials. With sessions first time testifying under oath since newly unsealed Court Documents revealed that he was informed during the campaign of efforts by george papadopoulos, a Campaign Foreign policy adviser to connect with senior members of the russian government. Both sessions and the p