There now very real talk of the games being postponed due the global effects to contain him due to the global efforts to contain the corona virus but now greenpeace he has greenpeace is reporting that like a zombie in the 3rd act of a 2 bit horror movie fukushima may put a dent in this years Olympic Games i kid you not the Nuclear Disaster of 2011 has clawed out of the ground once again you see despite japanese Prime Minister declaring that the pooka she was situation was under control back in 2013 greenpeace is reporting that 7 years later there still remains a Nuclear Emergency at the Nuclear Plant and surrounding areas how bad is it well according to greenpeace as recently as december of last year they had detected some spots with radiation levels as high as 1. 7 micro server per hour when measured on the metal on the meter above the surface and that tepco the company who operated the torrijos Nuclear Facility is still facing the enormous challenges of how to safely manage over 1000
Well let me tell you a little bedtime story called how to manipulate a primary election lets start with Voter Suppression kids in one of the biggest states with one of the biggest delegate prizes preelection day polls were showing that Bernie Sanders aided by hispanics burst into the lead in texas. So what do you do if you are the democratic establishment and the hispanics are messing with you. According to the guardian they closed hundreds of polling sites making it very hard for minorities to vote and statistically speaking hispanics are hard workers who have to you know show up to work meaning they dont have 3 hours to stand in line 7 at a polling place counting out because the guy behind them burks into the back of their head and when they finally get to the front of the line they dont have another 30 minutes to convince the poll worker that a provisional ballot is not the same as a regular ballot and it wasnt just in texas heres real video from a los angeles polling place this pas
And youre watching aljazeera is special coverage of the u. S. Super tuesday president ial primaries this is the biggest night of the campaign in the race to the white house and to find out who will run against donald trump in november 14 states and one territory have been voting on super tuesday the results have been coming in throughout the evening and Richelle Carey has been keeping track of all of them bring us up to speed with the latest lets give you the lay of the land of the states that are projected 1st to go to Vice President joe biden lets do that 1st ok so massachusetts yes that is the home state of senator Elizabeth Warren that is projected to go to joe biden as his minnesota home state of any color sure she of course dropped out of the race about 48 hours ago for her support behind joe biden its safe to assume that probably did make a difference he also did incredibly well in oklahoma arkansas tennessee alabama North Carolina and virginia so those are all the states that g
Gaining stoxx 600 are 0. 7 . Trying to still digest moves from the fed at super tuesday. We are getting data out of the euro area. It is coming in instead of the 52. 8 we were expecting. The eurodollar is unchanged. Lifts foring similar the s p future. Lets get straight to first word news in new york city. We begin with an update on the coronavirus. More than 50,000 people have recovered from the virus more been released from the hospital. The number of infections has risen. Now, to the spring meetings of the International Monetary fund. Will use a virtual format instead of holding the conference in washington dc. The two organizations have said they are fully committed to maintaining the coram. Japan is saying it could be possible to delay the summer olympics to later in the year amid concerns the coronavirus could cause the games to be canceled. Late may is seen as the latest a decision could be made. Is pressingapan ahead. Experts from opec and its allies recommended deeper cuts to
The capital city of north korea is reinventing itself but only a few people can enjoy the benefits. And insidious rewards system coerces people into loyalty towards the regime and. Those who dont make it into the fund metropolis live in poverty. In pyongyang starts february 28th on w. Could the spreading coronavirus force the e. U. To loosen its budget rules with case numbers growing in italy germany and spain more Member States are considering taking on more debt to drive the battle against the disease. Also on the show buyers says its chairman is stepping down early as the Company Continues to wrangle with tens of thousands of lawsuits over the we kill a round up. And cash strapped cuba began selling used cars if only the average cuban could afford them. This is your Business Report im stephen beards in berlin its good to have you with us tourists numbers are down and concerns are rising across europe the spread of the coronavirus is already hitting economies across the continent man