Craig melvin take the polar plunge, well tell you why early today starts right now good morning im phillip mena. And im frances rivera. Wee coronavirus which is having a greater impact here at home the virus has arrived in new york city. Officials say a woman in her 30s is quarantined in manhattan. She contracted the illness while traveling in iran. Governor andrew cuomo says she has been in a, quote, controlled situation since arriving in new york meanwhile there has now been a second death reported in Washington State, and the cdc is investigating a nursing home there over concerns of a possible outbreak. Were joined now by nbcs tracie potts in d. C tracie, what can you tell us about the u. S. Response to this . I can tell you the president wants to change it a bit he now wants to screen people when they enter the united states, even if theyve already been screened before they got on the plane. And then drugmakers to try to get them to fast track a vaccine Washington State announced
Iran is being isolated by its neighbors because of growing fears over its coronaVirus Outbreak pakistan afghanistan turkey armenia they have all closed their borders with iran which is have the largest number of fatalities outside of china the deaths all standing at 8 there in china president xi jinping has admitted they were shortcomings in the countrys response describing coronaviruses the largest Public Health emergency since the founding of communist china back in 1949 we look further afield to italy as well where 5000 people have been quarantined in the north been told to stay home 132 people have been infected 3 have died as well while in south korea the president has called for unprecedented powerful measures to control the out break lets begin in south korea this report from robert brought. The worst affected areas in so. East korea the city of daegu and neighboring chango county remain at a virtual standstill to mask clusters of infections account for the majority of cases rep
Rebellion and saudi arabias crown prince is due to arrive in south korea shortly its his 1st trip abroad since a u. N. Official accused him of involvement in Jamal Khashoggi matter. Jarryd has launched a 50000000000. 00 formula for peace between israelis and palestinians the us president s son in law and Senior Adviser opened a conference in bahrain on Palestinian Economic Development part of a wider initiative to end decades of conflict on a simulated still have already rejected the plan and are boycotting the gathering razi in jordan outlines what jad cushman has announced. Business leaders and government officials are in mahna mahna to discuss the us his latest effort to resolve the Israeli Palestinian conflict a 50000000000. 00 economic overhaul for the Palestinian People and the region the us president s son in law has been working on this plan which relies on both private and public funding since 2017 this effort is better refer to as the opportunity of the century if leadership
North korea expert, scholar and author for the sister, dr. Sungyoon lee. His bio is on the website, but i do want highlight that outside of his Academic Work research. Chair dr. Lee has been an Expert Witness for us congressional. Hearings on north korea policy, including the Otto Warmbier versus dprk trial this evening. We have a unique opportunity to hear his insights about country that keeps us awake, continues to present challenging policy problems for the region and beyond and. As if that werent difficult enough to try to the pathology of secretive kim that leads it joining dr. Lee is our very own Emma Whitmyer easy Society Policy institute officer, Program Officer will interview dr. Lee and then conduct a q a with the audience. Emma was previously a fellow with the south Korean Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Now we get the program underway, which is why you are here. I want to first thank dr. Lee for taking time to speak here. We are delighted for this opportunity to host you for w
Today. We will be discussing this later on in the show. David lets head over to emma chandra with the first word news. Were moren there deaths overnight in antigovernment protests. Iranian state television reports that at least nine people were killed nationwide. A dozen had already died in demonstrations that began last week over the governments handling of the economy. The president has defended the right of people to protest. The u. S. Has confirmed that mike pence is delayed trip to the middle east is on for this month. Arab leaders denounced the u. S. For recognizing jerusalem as israels capital. Global news 24 hours a day powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in over 120 countries. Im emma chandra. This is bloomberg. Alix middle east still front and center. We thought we might have put that a little bit aside. Not so much. That for an exclusive discussion on the global risks shaping 2018 including those from the middle east we want to join Bloomberg Radio. Our collea