Is a reporter in new orleans. Good morning. Guest good morning. Thanks for having me. Host what is going on on the ground in new orleans right now . Guest as the governor said in the clip that you played, we are factg a pretty heavy the heavy effects from coronavirus here. Rateve the highest death by far on a per capita basis. Are pretty intense down here. Much fully inetty lockdown. They have shut down the bars and restaurants. Everyone is just trying to figure out how we are going to handle this. Host what is different about new orleans and louisiana . Quickly . Spreading so guest that is a very good question. I dont think anybody has a solid answer to that. There have been a lot of theories about some underlying conditions within our population that make people eventually more susceptible to having extreme illness when they get the virus. Thatinly there is the fact any federal were warnings, we had mardi gras. That is something some experts think might have helped the virus spread m
Ground in new orleans right now . Guest as the governor said in the clip that you played, we are factg a pretty heavy the heavy effects from coronavirus here. Rateve the highest death by far on a per capita basis. Are pretty intense down here. Much fully inetty lockdown. They have shut down the bars and restaurants. Everyone is just trying to figure out how we are going to handle this. Host what is different about new orleans and louisiana . Quickly . Spreading so guest that is a very good question. I dont think anybody has a solid answer to that. There have been a lot of theories about some underlying conditions within our population that make people eventually more susceptible to having extreme illness when they get the virus. Thatinly there is the fact any federal were warnings, we had mardi gras. That is something some experts think might have helped the virus spread more widely. What has been the response from local officials in new orleans and the governor for people who have bee
Is a reporter in new orleans. Good morning. Guest good morning. Thanks for having me. Host what is going on on the ground in new orleans right now . Guest as the governor said in the clip that you played, we are factg a pretty heavy the heavy effects from coronavirus here. Rateve the highest death by far on a per capita basis. Are pretty intense down here. Much fully inetty lockdown. They have shut down the bars and restaurants. Everyone is just trying to figure out how we are going to handle this. Host what is different about new orleans and louisiana . Quickly . Spreading so guest that is a very good question. I dont think anybody has a solid answer to that. There have been a lot of theories about some underlying conditions within our population that make people eventually more susceptible to having extreme illness when they get the virus. Thatinly there is the fact any federal were warnings, we had mardi gras. That is something some experts think might have helped the virus spread m
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Hello and welcome to world news today. There have been running street battles in hong kong, in some of the worst violence in more than three months of Anti Government unrest. Protesters threw petrol bombs, while the police fired round after round of tear gas and rubber bullets. There were multiple arrests, as the authorities try to assert control, in the run up to tuesdays 70th anniversary of communist party rule in china. From hong kong, heresjohn sudworth. They are determined to spoil the party. With just two days to go before china s big anniversary, hong kong is decidely off message. While in beijing, rehearsals are in full swing for a celebration of 70 years of communist rule and a message of unity and strength. In hong kong, there is division. Uncertainty and fear. It is a fault line that cuts across class and generation. This 73 year old man is showing me the protective gear he wears when supporting the protesters. Translation for 70 years, the ruling party has subdued its peopl