Very good friday evening. Chris cuomo is off tonightment im jim sciutto. President trump will be addressing a large group of people from all over the country gathered closely together, and most of them not taking the simple step of wearing a mask. He is at Mount Rushmore in south dakota at an event the governor there proudly declared would not observe social distancing, as recommended. Before leaving today, the president played golf at his club in virginia, not wearing a mask, even though he did say this week he liked the way he looked in them. And before that, he once again tweeted out his false notion blaming the countrys record spike in coronavirus cases simply on more testing. Which is odd because members of the European Union where they do plenty of testing have gotten their outbreaks very much under control, as have countries around the world. But you look at the graph there, look at that green line, how sharply it is rising. Its clear this country has not. Tonight the president
This deadly virus. Incredibly, were back here months later with a new investigation and sorry to say, in many ways, things are much worse for much of the country and all of us are at risk because of that. How did this possibly happen . Well, one possible reason, white house lies and white house denials. As in june, when Vice President mike pence declared, quote, we slowed the spread, we flattened the curve, we saved lives, unquote. And in april, when President Trumps top adviser and soninlaw, Jared Kushner, said the Trump Administration had, quote, rose to the challenge and this is a Great Success story, unquote. Well, the truth, according to official records, the United States has ended up with the biggest number of cases in the world. Revelers, shoulder to shoulder. Celebrating a new year that would bring a new virus. A new normal. Emptying these streets. In early january, this is when the Trump Administration really gets the first word out of china and it goes to the head of the cdc
This is bbc news. The headlines at 11am. If five british people including a child have tested positive for the coronavirus at a ski resort in france meanwhile, as the number of victims has increased in china, theres been growing anger at the handling of the crisis. Six senior conservatives write to tory mps to raise concerns about the governments decision to allow huawei to help build the uks 56 network. This is not about money any longer. Yes, of course you want to have a system that works and not to pay too much, but the truth is, security, the protection of the uk, is the absolute number one priority for any government. Officials working on borisjohnsons pledge to recruit an extra 20,000 Police Officers say that theyll actually need to take on more than 50,000, as many are set to leave. The met Office Issues Severe Weather warnings for the weekend as storm ciara approaches from the atlantic. Preparations are under way for the england scotland and ireland wales matches in the six nat
Is being reviewed, after the bbc obtained a recording of him telling carers about his plans to kill a year before. One of britains best known television presenters, Phillip Schofield, has revealed hes gay. An official report says the public are not telling police about some crimes because so many offenders are never brought to justice. Shamima begum who travelled to syria to join the so called Islamic State has lost the first stage of a legal challenge against the decision to strip her of her british citizenship. Doctors are urging the government to investigate why some contraceptives and hrt drugs are in such short supply in the uk. Good morning. Welcome to bbc newsroom live. Another 41 people including one from the uk have tested positive for the coronavirus on a cruise ship off the coast of japan. The diamond princess is being held in quarantine in the port of yokohama till at least february the 19th. The checks began after an 80 year old hong kong man who had been on the ship last
Parties level pegging. Now on bbc news, its time for dateline london. Hello, and welcome to dateline london. Im carrie gracie. This week, coronavirus or credibility shock. Which is more dangerous to china . S communist leaders . And was president trumps perfect week the starting gun to a perfect year . My guests today american journalist and author jef mcallister, David Aaronovitch of the london times, Maria Margaronis of us news weekly the nation irish broadcaster brian 0connell. Its been another grim week in the battle against coronavirus, ever more infections, deaths, lockdowns and economic damage. But for chinas political leaders possibly the worst headline of the week was the loss of one wuhan doctor. In late december li wenliang had tried to warn about the virus but police accused him of disturbing social order. As usual, the political system censored bad news. Mr lis death now draws attention to an uncomfortable question. Should china have acted sooner . Maria, start us off. I t