Equipment leads to a bidding. And Award Winning american soul singer bill withers has died at the age of 81. 00. Millions across china have stood in silence to honor the more than 3000 people have died from coronavirus much of the country came to a stop an hour ago. Sounded to mark the socalled martyrs day china claims to have now curb the spread of the virus but some restrictions have been tightened again to prevent a 2nd wave of infections have been 82000 confirmed cases in china but most have already recovered well katrina you joins us live now from beijing katrinas a very poignant reminder that everyone in china but the pandemic still presents a real and deadly danger. Thats right for 3 minutes across the country people paused as sirens wailed and the sound of sirens of course resembles the sound of crying it was a very poignant and somber moment here in china people who have cars and boats were encouraged to join in and flags were flown at half mast and people wherever they were t
Winning american soul singer bill withers has died at the age of 81. 00. Millions across china have stood in silence to honor the more than 3000 people who died from corona virus much of the country came to a stop 2 hours ago. From beijing to woo han and hundreds of other towns and cities sirens sounded to mark the socalled martyrs day china claims to have now curb the spread of the virus but some restrictions have been tightened again to prevent a 2nd wave of infection 82000 confirmed cases in china but most have already recovered well katrina you joins us live now from beijing katrina so a very poignant reminder there to everyone in the country the pandemic still presents a real and deadly danger. Thats right at 10 am here local time for 3 minutes the entire country stood still flags were flown at half mast people stopped with i was standing with their heads bowed traffic was stopped and sirens around all the country was wailing and people who had boats or cars were also encouraged t
If youre wondering what that is, so are we. And just now, ceo and president bill johnson explained what that is. He says that the jumper is a piece of wire that basically jumps the conductor over the insulator. We know that it was broken. We also know according to johnson that this is a 43yearold tower that had been inspected four times. Now as you said, this transmission line was not deenergized, and johnson explained why not. Transmission lines in the area remained energized during the wind event consistent with our established protocols and procedures. In other words, they did not meet the conditions that we forecast for transmission level outages. We didnt see the wind speeds in the forecast that we typically would see for transmission outage. And so we relied on the protocol, and we still at this point do not know exactly what happened. The utility turned off power in the area at 9 48 last night, nearly half an hour after the fire started. Pg e is working closely with cal fire to
Nations leaders step down in the holy city of karbala 18 protesters are killed. Plus a briton was briggs it was a logjam begins to break Opposition Leader Jeremy Corbin says hell back an early election now that the u. K. s the furniture from the European Union has been delayed. And 2 big wildfires are raging across california and the northern wine Country Homes that wineries are turned to ashes close to los angeles thousands are forced to flee. On mylar thank you so much for your Company Everyone turkey is threatening to resume its assaults on the kurds in Northern Syria on course as Kurdish Forces have not pulled back from the region which is one of the conditions set by turkey. He and russia when they agreed to a 6 day ceasefire that ends later today meanwhile more salient details are emerging about the raid in which the Islamic State leader Abu Bakar Al Baghdadi died a Senior Advisor to the kurdish Led Syrian Democratic forces says the s. D. F. Was pivotal in efforts to track down b
Antigovernment protesters in iraq to find an army curfew fowling to stay on the streets until the nations leaders step down in the holy city of karbala 18 protesters are killed. But at 1st you dont succeed try again british Prime Minister Boris Johnson pledges to renew his push for an election on december 12th despite parliament to feeding his plans for an early ballot. And 2 big wildfires consume california and the northern wine Country Homes and wineries are turned to ashes in the Los Angeles Area thousands are forced to flee. The boy. Thank you so much for your company everyone. Turkey is threatening to resume its assault on the kurds in Northern Syria ancora says Kurdish Forces have not pulled back from the region which is one of the conditions set by turkey and russia and the agree to a 6 day ceasefire that and later today on meanwhile more salient details are emerging about the raid in which the Islamic State leader Abu Bakar Al Baghdadi died a Senior Adviser to the kurdish alleg