This is bbc news, im clive myrie. Well be bringing you todays downing street News Conference shortly, with the latest on the battle against coronavirus, but first our top stories. The number of people who have died a leading government scientific adviser says the outbreak in britain may be the worst in the region. The uk is likely to be certainly one of the worst, if not the worst affected country in europe. The british Prime Minister, borisjohnson, leaves hospital to continue his recovery a week after he was admitted, following his testing positive for coronavirus. I have today left hospital after a week in which the nhs has saved my life. No question. No question. Spains daily death toll from the coronavirus rises by 619,
having fallen for three days in a row. The us overtakes italy to have the highest death toll from coronavirus in the world more than 20,000 people have now died. In his easter message, pope francis has delivered a prayer for those affected by the pandemic that has k
Black, white, brown, rich, poor and middle class. America is divided into identity and more divided than ever in the countrys modern history. How did we get so polarized . Here is my take. The leap for john boltons forthcoming book are the reserveulation in treserv revelation in the impeachment process. Compare them to chart of public support for removing trump from office. It looks like the ekg of someone after a fatal heart attack, a flat line. Nothing changes. The story of this impeachment is the story of american politics today. It affects every aspect political life. Would it be great if someone would digest all these studies, si synthesize them and make a book that made sense of it all. Klein begins to explain polarization is nothing new. America has been divided for a long time. But, back then each body contains a variety of political views which meant these defensive had to be navigated and negotiated. Liberal democrats had to attempt for their seal because political powers in
Running away. Then, one of the officers shoot him in the back. The city medical examiner ruling the death a homicide. The officer has been fired and the citys police chief has stepped down. President trump calling it a terrible situation. The president also set to sign an executive order on Police Reform tomorrow. Take a look. We are going to have some solutions, i think some Good Solutions and some of it as you know is about good people. We need good people in our Police Departments and we have mostly great people. Overall, we want to law and order and we want it done fairly, justly. We want it done safely. Dana the deadly shooting reigniting the debate on defunding the police. But democrats are disagreeing on the issue. Nobody is going to defund the police. The fact of the matter is the police have a role to play. You cant really reform a department that is rotten to the root. The current infrastructure that exists as policing in our city should not exist anymore. Dana juan williams,
An extremely prosperous family thats made tens of millions of dollars, related to, and derivative of, their time in and around Public Service and the American People now know that clearly from that release. Fred, this is not a fight over taxes thats going to go away any time soon. Chris, appreciate that. Much more in the newsroom right now. Hello, again, thank you so much for joining us. Im fredricka whitfield. Wisconsins governor activates the National Guard after a night of fires and looting. All of this following the Fatal Shooting of an armed man by police. I never thought i would see my own city in a state of unrest to potential riot. Were standing here speaking with you, just heard gun shots just two, three blocks away, feel maybe the large riots are over. Ryan, what more are hearing about the direction of this investigation . Reporter fred, first of all, this is a tough conversation, people are worried about the National Guard showing up because they think they can make it worse
Welcome to the journal editorial report. Im paul gigot. Steve moore will be here in a little bit to breakdown the republican nominees policy. First, we take a look at the democratic nominees economic plan. On thursday in michigan, Hillary Clinton unveiled her proposals attacking trump along the way and suggesting that his ideas would trigger a recession. When it comes to arguing jobs, i would argue its not even close. Even conservative experts say trumps agenda will pull our economy back into a recession. By contrast, the same analyst found that with our plans, the economy would create more than 10 million new jobs. Joining the panel this week, wall street journal columnist and Deputy Editor dan henninger, James Friedman, member of the Editorial Board, joe rego and columnist mary ana stays yeah ogrady. The most important thing was what i didnt hear, which is that she did not talk about growth or productivity, which is really what is missing in this economy. She talked about jobs. Thats