Island celebrate 100 days without a case of coronavirus. The trial of 20 saudi nationals accused of killing journalist Jamal Khashoggi has begun and techie his fiance had giving her testimony shes been vocal over the past 18 months about bringing his killers to justice. At the saudi consulate in istanbul to widespread condemnation including from the un special rapporteur who spent months and in the case to this day his remains have never been found but has more this is the. Second 2000. The journalist who wrote for the Washington Post newspaper had gone to the saudi consulate in istanbul to get documents he needed for his wedding his to his fiance had egypt ching is waited for him outside turkish prosecutors say he was murdered his body dismembered and the remains never found 20 sandys indicted for murder to be tried in their absence in a court in Istanbul Police say Security Camera video and photographs show the saudi suspects arriving in istanbul on the day who shows he was killed ot
Other universities we have been following. Amy hollyfield live at uc berkeley this morning. Good morning, amy. Good morning. The words are will be open and offering instruction and janet napalatano did leave online instruction and she is envisioning a mix. The question will be how much will be in person versus how much will be done remotely. According to the mercury news, uc system has lost 1. 2 billion because of this pandemic. A lot of money and you can see thats why they are looking to fall in their plans. The California State University system already announced all classes will be remote. This is a big departure from what that system is planning. It soundslike not only uc system but across the country are considering a mix at this point. Now, ucs president janet napatano says they will have to meet standards to help prevent the spread of coronavirus and they will have to get in place and get approved before they are allowed to reopen and she is saying that those decisions would be
Speak to consumers, expected to spend a whopping 7. 4 billion today according to a dopey analytics. Jackie deangelis joins us from a mall and edison, new jersey. What is it look like right now . Well, its starting to heat up. Behind me, macys was open from 5 00 p. M. Last night in the mall is just opening inside in the concourse now so you can see h and m is still closed the people are lining up outside. Down here we have an Urban Outfitters with people getting ready to go in as well and as you said the projection is for over 7 billion this year hoping to set new records last year black friday spending was about 6. 2 billion. The average consumer that comes out today is expected to spend about 400, but the question is, is at the same kind of black friday we are used to to maybe five years ago or 10 years ago . People would line up and storm the stores for deals. You can get a lot of deals online in the deals in the stores, the discounts have been active pretty much all this week. From
For approving a human rights law hand renewed the call for change. One of maltas wealthiest people is charged in the murder of a journalist his ties to top government officials are prompted calls for the Prime Minister to step down. Our top story the Iraqi Parliament is set to meet on sunday and the Prime Minister abdul marquees resignation is expected to top the agenda hes formally submitted his resignation to m. P. s but thats done little to calm protest is who are demanding a complete overhaul of the entire political system demonstrators once again 4 with the police in baghdad medical Officials Say 3 protesters were shot dead simona fulton is in fact at. The day Prime Minister abdullah of the mahdi submitted his resignation crowds in Tahrir Square showed no intention. Of packing up and going home banners were still held high doctors remained on standby to treat the wounded and new street art sprung to life depicting the aspirations of the protest movement for many the Prime Minister
Elevations as the warmer air aloft begins to settle in. Well ishave 40s for a already seeing 40s and 50s in the now that that system has kicked out. Friday sunshine and warmer temperatures, everything staying to the north for now. 60s and 70s, mid80s on some of these temps. Thank you for that. For those heading out this morning, there are some problems to tell you about. Well start with the far east bay, the tracy commute, westbound 580 at northland road, a minor collision with vehicles moving to the roadside. Hopefully this will clout before things get worse. Northbound 680 at stone valley, the left lane partially blocked after a collision there. So we dont see too much of a backup but hopefully it will clear up soon. A pretty active start morning commute on friday at 4 00 in the morning. The drive into the city looks good. Back to the desk. Tropical storm imelda now downgraded to a tropical depression and blamed for at least two deaths in texas and caused tremendous flooding in parts