Community that was present some of the most important Business Leaders in this country that they are making progress in governance, their debt to gdp ratios are under control, they have good fiscal management and want to do business with the United States. So it coul would be a shame that countries as far away as south africa would have to suffer because of our lack of ability to understand geography. This is three small countries in west africa not the whole of africa. Charlie we continue with golf with tim finchem, the commissioner of the pga tour. The United States has literally half of the golfers on the planet, and the majority of the top elite players. In 1960, to give you some frame of reference, in 1960 when Arnold Palmer went to augusta and was on Cbs Television, there were 5 million golfers in the United States. There are now 30 million golfers. And if you look at a trend line from 1960 when golf hit television with Arnold Palmer who is the perfect storm, its a constant its a
Good evening, im gwen ifill. And im judy woodruff. Also ahead this thursday, hbo decides to cut the cord and let consumers pay for streaming content without a cable subscription. Ifill with record numbers of homeless teens enrolled in americas Public Schools, one student defies the odds to become High School Valedictorian and enroll at tone of the most prestigious universities in the country. I still see that picture in my head of me having my own house and you know having my degrees on the wall, having a job to go to from 9 00 to 5 00, having a consistent paycheck, paying my own bills and just being the woman that i always wanted to be. Woodruff plus, fifty years after the Free Speech Movement began in berkeley, california, activists and students try to keep the past alive and relate it to the present. Woodruff those are some of the stories were covering on tonights pbs newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by supported by the john d. And catherine t. Macarthu
Republican tsunami come november. And joe bidens moment of truthful his campaign that get house on winning big. For the latest opinion poll has bad news for the former Vice President and good news for Bernie Sanders. We begin with fears of a global coronavirus. Officials say it is only a matter of time before it spreads to the u. S. The only question is how many will be infected and how many will die . The effects to keep it from spreading from Mainland China have failed. The difficulty is that other countries besides china are now having community spread. Were seeing it in italy, in japan, were seeing in it south korea and iran. When that happens, it becomes ever more difficult to prevent it from coming into your country. None of the krass if san francisco. The citys mayor has declared a state of emergency. The u. S. President seems to be down playing the threat posed. But as jerry diamond reports, what the president is saying behind closed doors is very different from his public stat
Injecting billions of pounds to the british economy dell businesses affected by the spread of the virus. Also on the programme. Disgraced hollywood producer Harvey Weinsteen gets 23 years behind bars for rape and Sexual Assault. His lawyers say hell appeal. Another big night forjoe biden. The former Vice President took four of six states in last nights primaries. But Bernie Sanders says he staying in the race. I amjane obrien in washington, Christian Fraser is in london. We have rung the alarm bell loud and clear. That was the message from the World Health Organization today as it announced the coronavirus outbreak is now, officially, a global pandemic. Both houses are conscious of our role at this time. And basing decisions on the best Public Health advice, we can be confident that we are doing the best we cant respond to this virus. Mr speaker, around the world, the number of infected is rising and as of today, here at home, a56 people have tested positive and eight people are now sa
States of america. We havent seen this anywhere else. New rochelle at this point is probably the largest cluster in the United States of these cases. Todd 108 cases in west chester county. The National Guard there is going to clean public spaces. Even deliver food to homes under quarantine. In Washington State, the governor there expected today to restrict gatherings of more than 250 people in three counties, including king county where at least 19 people connected to a nursing home have died. Take a look, california where tsa Just Announced that three of its officers who work at San Jose International airport have tested positive for covid19. 30 people have died from the virus so far with more than 1,000 cases nationwide. Overnight, planes of quarantined passengers from the grand princess cruise ship landing at military bases in texas, georgia and california where they will live for the next two weeks. Several more planes filled with passengers are expected to arrive later today. Stev