Two friends and fellow activist, jane and amber. The last time that we were together was protesting washington d. C. So its just perfect we are here with our favorite washington d. C. Politics and prose store. Im counting the days we are able to do that again. They need is greater than ever and hope all of you will read this book and then join us when we protest again. Joining us in california where it is so dark outside on the smoke that looks like its the middle of the night. Its very disorienting and the compelling need for protest is just so apparent. Im almost at the loss of words about how extreme the situation is. So jane fonda needs no introduction. We all know her illustrious legendary awardwinning acting career, currently with the netflix it which i i really recommend. Diabetes. As blizzard decades long work of being an activist and an ally for critically important social and Environmental Justice issues. Everybody knows jane the actor inching activist. I want to introduce a
Moves closer to breaking International Law with its brecks a deal farmers along the now river in sudan face the impact of destroyed homes and livelihoods from heavy flooding. Hello the number of people who died from corona virus in the u. S. Has now reached 200000 and on the day that grim milestone was reached President Trump again at the blame on china in an address to the u. N. General assembly he slammed the country for unleashing this plague on the world and response china calls for unity in the fight against covert 19 years our diplomatic editor james. Like all the other World Leaders speaking at the u. N. President speech was prerecorded his words were as controversial as apple. We have waged a fierce battle against the invisible enemy the china virus which has claimed countless lives in 188 countries in the United States we launched the most aggressive mobilization since the 2nd world war Fact Checkers in a country that suffered more than most from cope with 19 unlikely to quest
Something to hold on to some positives and what hasnt been a whole lot of positives in the forecast lately, 50s and 60s for our current temperatures with concord at 62 oakland, 64 right now temperatures remaining cool obviously weve got some cloud cover thats going to keep it cool through the morning. Later on today, not that hot no 90s today, just upper 80s that are warmest a lot of 70s on the map. Im talking a very hot weekend just around the corner. Robin. Thank you john were checking back in on 6 ad the traffic is slowly improving but do expect some residual delays heading south this morning. All because of an earlier crash. It was southbound 6. 80 after stone valley. Emergency crews shut down the right lane. They issued a Traffic Alert. Its still a little sluggish often on out of walnut creek in fact ill switch over to a live look this is the camera well its a little frozen, but you can get the picture right. Its still a little slow going south as traffic is recovering from the cr
Joining us is mitch kaplan the owner of books and books bookstores in the miami area. We last spoke with mr. Kaplan mh when the pandemic started. That was the day books and book shut down. Thats right. At that point we became a virtual bookshop. The only business we were doing was online and doing our events virtually as well. Give us an update five months later. It has been a roller coaster to be honest. We have had ups and downs we were able through the ppp loans to bring our staff back but unfortunately the stores were so shut down because of the pandemic here in florida. But toward the end we could open around the beginning of june or so i think it was july now that i think about it we began to open. We opened all but one. One we have closed permanently on miami beach. But we are looking forward to finding another space there as well. Whats it like to have customers back in the store . For us and has been fairly smooth. The customers have all been very respectful of wearing masks.
And by contributions to this pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. This is bbc world news america. Reporting from new york, im laura. Britains Prime Minister is moved to intensive care. 10 days aer testing positive for coronavirus. Now there are questions about who i leading britain through the crisis. The coronavire has killed m than 10,000 people in america, as officials warn this could be the saddest, hardest week yet in the outbreak. Plus, pregnancy in the age of coronavirus. The medical advice when youre about to give birth. Laura for those of you watchg on pbs and around the globe, welcome to world news america. Families in the u. S. Are in mourning tonight as the coronavirus has killed more than 10,300 people. Only italy and spain have higher deathas tolls. He president warns of a rough week ahead, new yorks governor says the curve maybe flattening here but doctors and nurses scrambling to cope with the huge influx of patients. Heres our north american editor. D we n res