It is 7 00am in singapore, midnight in london, and 7 00am in the morning in beijing, where china is digesting the detail of president xi jinpings marathon speech to the communist Party National congress. He spoke for 3. 5 hours. Among the highlights his claim that, under his leadership, chinas gdp had grown by nearly 50 in the last five years. He also said more than 1,500 reform measures had been introduced. That is nearly one for every day he has spent in office. And the president promised to build a Prosperous Society through socialism with chinese characteristics. 0ur china editor Carrie Gracie reports on what mr xi described as the start of a new era. Like no other Party Conference nearly 90 million members, more than 2,000 of them here, and they are all tight lipped on the way in. Speaking mandarin. The first time i came to one of these was 25 years ago, and the striking thing is that the choreography just doesnt change. China has changed it now has more billionaires than the unit
Eight weeks throughout the United States. That news comes the same night new York Governor Andrew Cuomo announced new york citys Public School system, the nations largest, will close this week. Currently 32 states have called for all Public Schools to be closed, on top of that a number of states are shutting down restaurants and bars to combat the spread of the coronavirus. Ohios governor, mike dewine, tweeted in response to his announcement, quote, every day we delay, more people will die. If we do not act and get some distance between people, our Health Care System in ohio will not hold up. Also tonight for you, the Federal Reserve cutting its Interest Rate to zero and launching a 700 billion Quantitative Easing Program in hopes of protecting the economy from the effects of the coronavirus. Were being told the democratic debate in d. C. Has come to an end in time now to turn to Lawrence Odonnell for msnbcs postdebate coverage. This is msnbcs live coverage of the democratic president
Cap Anson is the Cubs' all-time leader in hits.
He is credited with 3,012 during his 22 seasons with the team, 1876-97. Ernie Banks is a distant second, with 2,583 in 19 seasons.
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Mandy Brooks
Earl Webb
Riggs Stephenson
Andre Dawson
Those are the only 5 Cubs outfielders since 1903 who caught a fly ball, then threw out a runner at home to end a game.
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The Cubs' 1-0 victory over the Braves on Friday was their 251st by that smallest possible score since the Modern Era began in 1901.
They won twice by 1-0 in the post season, in Game 4 of the 1906.