A live update in other headlines as. North korea fires 2 missiles into the sea off the peninsula is an east coast prompting a strong reaction from seoul. The coronavirus pandemic has hit another grim milestone today with the global death toll now passing 11000 the battle has governments worldwide imposing stricter unprecedented measures to stop the spread of the virus tens of millions of americans have been told to stay at home and the u. S. Government has now closed its borders with mexico and canada for all nonessential travel italy recorded 627 deaths on friday the biggest day to day increase italy and spain are also struggling to stem new infections despite unprecedented lock downs and the the u. K. Has joined them ordering the closure of cafes pubs and gyms in Asia Thailand reported more than 89. 00 new cases the biggest daily jump in the number of infections so far taking its total to 411 and singapore has recorded its 1st 2 deaths from the virus difficult joins us live from hong
Watch after words with Jonathan Karl, sunday at 9 p. M. Eastern on book tv on cspan2. [inaudible conversation [inaudible conversations] good afternoon everyone, welcome to the American Enterprise institute. My name is ryan streeter, the director of domestic policy studies here and its my pleasure to welcome you to this event featuring tim carneys new book and a discussion about its findings and claims and i think youll find both tims remarks and the panel of interest, particularly timely given the moment that we find ourselves in historically right now. So i look forward to the discussion. Tim is going to come up and offer a few words and then he will be followed we will follow that with a Panel Discussion with Charles Murray who is known to probably everybody here, ais own fa chair and Cultural Studies here at aei. And megan mccardle, a Washington Post columnist with a lot to say as well. Tim is a visiting fellow here at aei and hes also the commentary editor at the Washington Examine
A growing pile of garbage under the israeli blockade. The coronavirus pandemic has hit another grim milestone with global deaths passing 11000 the battle has governments worldwide imposing strict unprecedented measures to stop the spread of the disease tens of millions of americans have been told to stay at home and the white house has now closed its borders with both mexico and canada for all nonessential travel italy recorded 627 deaths on friday the biggest day to day increase italy and spain are also struggling to stem new infections despite unprecedented lockdowns now the u. K. Has joined them ordering the closure of cafes pubs and gyms thailand reported over 89 new infections the biggest daily jump in the number of cases so far taking. Total infections to 411 and singapore has recorded its 1st 2 deaths from the virus typical pollen joins us live now from hong kong so did via the numbers in singapore going in precisely the wrong direction thats right peter and they reached another
We are reall i think, sitting on a time bomb. Woodruff all that and mo on tonights pbs newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by the william and flora hewlett foundation. For more than 50g ears, advanceas and supporting institutions to promote a better world. At www. Hewlett. Org. And with the ongoing support of these institutions and individual this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by contributions to your pio stfrom viewers like you. Thank you. Woodruff a new week has dawned in the era of covid19, and the pandemic keeps burning through the u. S. Population. Infections across the nation are at 160,000 and still rising, with some 3,000 deaths. W rk state remains the nations number one hotspot for the virus, and the governor is appealing for outsine help. We bwith this report from nawaz at the eer of the u. S. Coronavirus outbreak. New york undertakes new steps to care for the continuing tide of patients, as state Health O
A movie he describes as upsetting but essential. And significant new restrictions are imposed on tens of millions of People Living in the u. S. States of california and new york. The coronavirus pandemic is that another grim milestone with global deaths attributed to the disease passing 11000. 00 European Countries italy and spain are struggling to stem new infections despite unprecedented lock downs and now the u. K. Has joined them ordering cafes pubs gyms and other businesses to close their doors paul brought in begins our coverage. Across europe coronavirus lockdowns have largely emptied the streets to reduce the chances of person to person infection in paris residents face a 150. 00 fine if caught outside without good reason exercise is permitted even encouraged but new restrictions have been imposed along the river scene and around the eiffel tower you often leave that we are at the start of this crisis as i have reminded the french people in the beginning of this week we put in