Virus. A councillor that tested positive discusses his experience. And your text and tweets. Washington journal is next. Us coronavirus cases have jumped. Returns at noon as they return to push a response package totalling over 1 million. Good morning, welcome to washington journal, this friday morning. March 20th. Well open up the phone lines, hearing from you, and your experience, response to the federal effort on the coronavirus. Of you in the central time zone, the line is welcome to your input if you are a medical professional tell us your name and where you twitter, ing from on facebook posts. There is a reporter from the mike baker, mes, stationed in the northwest. Part ofg the northwest the us, mike baker tweeting on the numbers, more than he said on the 132. More than 4,000 new cases in the us. Youll see his number at the there 12,336. When we started the programme 9 4509,450. 9,450. Checking the map. 245,484. 10,000, th toll over with 86,000 confirmed recoveries. 14,250. Us i
Out why its repeatedly named the most happiest country in the world. But first a look at todays eye opener. Your world in 90 seconds. Gone. Everything is gone. These people are losing their homes. I got to get out of here, because if you dont, youre going to die. Deadly wildfires engulf california. People evacuated not knowing if they would have anything to come home to. It has been an awful day. People say this feels more like a war zone than their cozy little neighborhood. A student at Texas Tech University in custody accused of shooting and killing a Campus Police officer. If bob corker has any honor, any decency he should resign immediately. The nasty feud between the president and senator bob corker. Im glad that senator corker has brought voice to this. The massive change in the Las Vegas Shooting time line. The Security Guard was shot first, a full six minutes before security cameras saw the first shots into the crowd. And the star wars trailer debuted last night during the broa
Mo rocca is in denmark. We begin with a look at todays eye opener, your world in 90 seconds. Gone. Everything is gone. These people are losing their homes. Ive got to get out of here, because if you dont, youre going to die. Deadly wildfires engulf california. People evacuated, not knowing if they would have anything to come home to. It has been an awful day. People say this is more like a war zone than their cozy little neighborhood. A student at Texas Tech University in custody accused of shooting and killing a Campus Police officer. If bob corker has nihon or, any decency, he should resign immediately. The nasty feud between the president and senator bob corker triggering tensions between the white house and republican leaders. Im glad senator corker has brought voice to this. The massive change in the Las Vegas Shooting timeline. The Security Guard was shot a full first six minutes before the shots were fired into the crowd. The trailer for the last jedi debutsed last night. Hirry
Good morning. Morgan radford live from new york. Eight days after typhoon haiyan made landfall in the philippines the death toll is rising. More than 4,000 people are confirmed dead. 1,000 others are missing. Survivors are scrambling for food and water. Supplies are being flown in from around the world. Rescue teams are working around the clock to reach areas that have been cutoff by the storm. Distribution centres in places like cebu are overwhelmed with demand. Thats where we find al jazeeras steph. Is relief reaching those cut off by the storm yes, we can talk about a massive relief operation in cebu. A lot of the aircraft came in from over the world bringing relief goods that are desperately needed. The second question, of course, is are the relief goods going there. Some packages that have been brought up are behind me. They hadnt left the airfield all day. Theyll actually be brought to these areas will they go to the people who need it, the people who lost their homes, lost every
It has been 36 hours and still no word what happened to a modern jumbo jet, an International Fleet is searching for the missing malaysian flight. Tonight the airline revealed the plane was inspected and did not have any problems. Vietnam is searching by air for the jet. Military personal found oil slicks, but its unclear if theres a connection. The United States navy will be helping with the search. The u. S. Pic ni is in the south china sea. Meanwhile families are waiting for any news of their missing loved ones. One of the three americans was philip wood from texas. An online profile said the 50yearold worked for ibm in malaysia. His ex wife posted this picture on facebook. A Company Based in austin texas announced 20 employees were on the flight. 12 from malaysia, eight from china. This update a few miles ago. The issue of the oil slick there was an oil slick, no debris. Vietnamese aircraft are on the site to verify what is it on the surface of the waters. Finally on the issue of th