A hit squad to canada the Saudi Crown Prince faces a lawsuit in washington d. C. And donald trump signs an executive order banning americans from doing business with the chinese odor to talk and we chant. Welcome to the program its an election victory thats expected to cement the power of the rajapaksa brothers in strength for their governing party has recorded an overwhelming victory with nearly 60 percent of the votes the sri lankan peoples front is led by god to buy and Mahinda Rajapaksa who served as president and Prime Minister along with that allies it has secured a 2 thirds majority giving the president the power to make sweeping changes to the constitution. Parliament is expected to convene for another 2 weeks nelson and desist from the strong can come for the colombo. Were waiting to hear sort of details of how the rajapaksa want to take this forward north that the 20th of august is when the new parliament has been convened by a gasket signed by the president they will come to
A back seat will the president ial candidates ever hit the road and so their brand of politics to americans before the votes follow the us elections on a. Busy road is here to report on the people often think hard but who must be hurt how many other channels can you say will take their time and put extensive thought into reporting from underreported areas of course we cover major global offense about our passing laws making sure that youre hearing the stories from people in places like palestine. And so many other things going to be making efforts we care. Where theyre welcome to the stream home edition im josh rushing sitting in today for femi ok now if youre watching this live on the you tube see that box over there thats of live you tube chat jump in there share your comments your questions with us because we have a producer waiting to get those to me so i can get on to our experts on the panel today and in fact weve already got people in there look this is a cheat im in 42 this say
Theyre welcome to the stream home edition im josh rushing sitting in today for femi ok now if youre watching this live on the you tube see that box over there thats of live you tube chat jump in there share your comments your questions with us because we have a producer waiting to get those to me so i can get on to our experts on the panel today and in fact weve already got people in there look this is a woman 42 this says prison is just another layer of Voter Suppression no surprise minorities are targeted and heres Michael Riley that says its a big no you kind of give up your right to vote when you go to jail in my opinion there are so many people in jail that could sway the vote and people in jail with Different Things from those out of jail now this is become a bit of a celebrity issue and that check out this video that omar epps posted on twitter. If youre like me you know americas criminal Justice System is broken whether its affected you personally or not its something we need t
Attorneys have the n. R. A. In their sides triggering lawsuits designed to dissolve the gun rights group. As the people of lebanon grieve for the victims of tuesdays blast the french president emanuel macron has been touring neighborhoods devastated by the chemical explosion as despair turns to anger people have been calling for change president adding his voice to calls for reform. The death toll from tuesdays explosion has risen to 149 and its expected to rise about 5000 people are injured many of them being treated in hospitals that are completely overwhelmed dozens are still missing more than 300000 people have been displaced from their homes shopkeepers and residents is still clearing up the rubble that litters the streets up to 8 kilometers away from where the blast took place or has called for a transparent to National Inquiry into beiruts massive ports explosion the french president met with lebanese political leaders after surveying damage from tuesdays blast he was also mobbe
Not blocking out visibilities so your drive to work if you are this morning is nice and smooth 50s 60s for your current temperatures concord in pittsburgh and our low 60s. Berkeley, San Francisco at 54 degrees right now later today, not all that bad either we still have some 80s for inland areas, san jose 84. But comfortable in oakland and San Francisco in the 60s and the 70s back to you. So were seen an increase a steady increase and not only total number of positive cases, but total number of hospitalized patients in total number of patients in our icu news. Yeah, that is our top story this morning governor newsome set to tighten up today, some of the States Coronavirus restrictions in some or possibly all of californias counties. Yeah weve seen an increase in the hospitalizations in the last 24 hours kron 4 Sarah Stinson. Is in santa clara with the details there. Yeah thats right daria james were heading into a Holiday Weekend as our coronavirus cases are spiking not a good situatio