Namazie in london ill have the top stories from europe including. People are dying every every minute every day. The 1st woman to run a hospital in neutral syria tells us why she has little hope the situation in libya will improve. And in sports steph curry has made his long awaited return to the n. B. A. He scored 23 points for the Golden State Warriors in his 1st game in 4 months. We begin this news hour with the latest on the coronavirus all break which is forcing people around the world to drastically change the way they live travel restrictions are being tightened millions of students are off school and the Global Economy is feeling the pinch all those developments in a moment but 1st lets take a look at the global picture a covered 19 as the virus is official. Known as being tracked by Johns Hopkins university in the us has come up with this dashboard was using figures from various sources including the World Health Organization the centers for Disease Control in the u. S. And eu
Be open to calling congress back to washington. The love, the respect and also the saying lets see if we can get something done and republicans and democrats want to do it. There are two proposed bills to expand background checks. The house passed them earlier this year. Another would expand red flag laws which allow for guns to be taken away from people who are at risk. Law is in effect in california and several other indicates. A large turn out is expected tonight for two town halls with members of congress. East bay representative is speaking at shore lot Wood Middle School in danville at 6 30 tonight. Another town hall will be at 7 00 at the College Theater in redwood. They support stricter access to guns as does guns. They were the recent focus. Worked very hard in the midterms to change the Congress Post parkland. We won 17 seats where an nra endorsed member of congress had held the seat. Off that we passed background checks and now its time for the senate to act. Last nights Mas
So i certainly hope they would be but i have no confidence as i sit here right now that they will. Senator nelson when, mr. Secretary, when you look at a map like this, a map of syria that i assume you handed out, somebody did thats a mess. And maybe it is the only solution is the solution of a political exit for assad so that we can go after these extremist elements. By the way, i had to leave the committee to do an interview on cnn, and the whole focus that they wanted to jump on was your statement earlier in the hearing that we had only trained up 60. But i pointed out to them what you said was the vetting is very difficult and in fact we are vetting some several thousands additional and the vet is a lot more tore tuesdayous because you certainly dont want to have a guy trained up and then you ends up aiming his gun back at us. In iraq, do you think that this new Prime Minister has the capability of getting out of his shiite mold and does he have the capability of bringing all the s
In six deaths worldwide are caused by pollution. Thats three times more than those caused by aids, tuberculosis and malaria combined. In a report published in the medicaljournal the lancet, researchers say prolonged exposure to high levels of air pollution can lead to Heart Disease, stroke and lung cancer. Theyre calling on governments, particularly in the developing world to take action. As andrew plant reports, the vast majority of deaths are in countries such as india and china, that are going through rapid industrialisation. Particles in the air, built up and breathed in, and pollution in the water they can end up inside our bodies. Exposure to man made chemicals a factor in 9 Million Deaths in 2015, says a study, contributing to killer conditions like Heart Disease, strokes, and lung cancer. In this global study, pollution was linked to one in every six deaths worldwide. And air pollution from our vehicles factories was the biggest killer, linked to more than 6 millionjust around
Hudible conversations] hello. I am so happy to be here with Courtney Martin and you can be here with us. One of the cofounders of the project is very sad he cannot be here, he is sick today. Courtney cent and email yesterday we were not looking at the calendar to say what is happening this weekend chief meld yesterdays and said it should redo this . Should be have a book launche to talk about the new better off in the week that it is momentous and the unsettling landscape . And i said absolutely because of what happened andd how unsettled puerto rico it is important we sit together in a room and talk about what matters to us. So i will not do the big introduction you can read her credentials and i love the presence that she brings to our media space on her blog that is eliminating for everybody reading it. Per rigour as a journalist and a thought leader and also a human being. Somehow i want to introduce courtney is i love her. Y. [laughter] she is a journalist, but she is a new journa