Rival a dinner of donors held a separate ceremony to inaugurate himself. Bottom to the program the spread and fear of coronaviruses starting to have a major Global Economic impact on top of the growing human cost u. S. Stocks have plunged in the opening minutes in new york even forcing a temporary halt in trading as you can see and a short time ago brazils stock market suspended trading after a 10 percent drop all of this after a drop of around 30 percent in oil prices well kristen slim is our correspondent monitoring events for us in new york and of course the markets across asia and Europe Europe took a huge hit in that domino effect seems to have hit the u. S. What seems to have happened the dow jones today. Yes fears of the spreading coronavirus and plummeting oil prices sent stocks down sharply just after the opening bell at one point the dow jones plummeted more than 7 percent and that triggered an automatic shutdown of the stock markets for 15 minutes weve heard from the preside
Boiling over in Turkeys Parliament over its offensive in syria politicians are angry after another 2 turkish soldiers die in the. Bombing from crossing a bridge from turkey to greece refugees are risking their lives for a chance at a new life and your. Welcome to the program italy has announced it will be closing all schools and universities until mid march as it battles to contain the spread of the coronavirus officials have decided to still allow sporting events to continue but they will be held without spectators the number of dead across italy now sits at 107. 00 thats the largest death toll outside of china in the United States the number killed has risen to 11 several are connected to an elderly care home in seattle new cases have also been reported around the 2 most populous cities thats new york and los angeles in the past few hours the u. S. House of representatives approved an 8300000000 dollar bill that will fund the fight against the virus is expected to pass in the senate
And the world and that means anxiety as much as the covered 900. 00 virus itself staff at the worlds most Famous Museum the louvre in paris shut it down for 3 days this week demanding better protection against the virus tourists went to news to there isnt a place in the world that its not going to get to you and you cant just shut down the world and you can though shut down parts of it battling europes most prolific outbreak so far italy will close all schools and universities until mid march in an effort to stem the tide of infections and a rising death toll japan did the same last week and france has also ordered the closure of some schools affecting an estimated 35000 pupils. As dramatic for some italys decision to hold all sporting fixtures in empty stadiums spain has done so to life across the globe is changing fast the World Health Organization continues to stress the importance of containment in places with few infections in the hope of delaying the spread of the disease and to
Work to make it right the. Billionaire Mike Bloomberg ends his race for the white joins joe biden after the former Vice President s convincing super tuesday victories. On the group of artists branching out into the world of nature to leave an important message. Welcome to the program a state of emergency has been declared in california after the u. S. State recalled that its 1st death from the corona virus and the number of infections there have increased there are now 50 cases in california the death of an elderly person on wednesday was the 1st outside of Washington State where 10 people have now died. Weve had a number of incidences throughout the state of california no longer north now in Southern California we have cordingley with this new. I. C. U. Patient passed away entered into this next phase that is required me under the circumstances to advance a proclamation. Of a state of emergency in the state of california and she had her townsend joins us live now from washington d. C.
Vice president s convincing super tuesday victories. Banned from crossing a bridge from turkey into grace refugees are risking their lives for a chance at a new life and europe. And thousands of Asylum Seekers are kicked out of the u. S. And told to wait for their Court Hearings in makeshift camps across the Mexican Border instead. A state of emergency has been declared in california after the u. S. State recorded its 1st death from the coronavirus are now 53 confirmed cases in california a 71 year old man who had recently returned from a wine cruise died wednesday a california man is the 1st u. S. Patient to die outside the state of washington where 10 people have died the grand princess cruise ship the man was aboard this now skipping its trip to mexico and its been ordered to return to San Francisco she joins us live from washington d. C. She had this is theres been a lot of talk of cruise ships during the last few weeks about this corona virus so what do we know. Right this is anot