Stage. His father and brother right there with him. How hes following in his mothers footsteps right now. Upon the ground and good morning e. America. We are covering several breaking stories right now. Lets go to the courtroom in pretoria, south africa. There it is, no final verdicts yet in the Oscar Pistorius case, but as you pointed out, robin, he has already been cleared of murder. Manslaughter still on the table. More on that in a moment but on this september 11th, a day to reflect. There is ground zero right now, a memorial, and there is the freedom tower, rebuilt and ready to open just next month, the moment of silence this morning at 8 46 a. M. Eastern. We will bring that to you live. We also remember those lost at shanksville, pennsylvania, and, of course, the pentagon. The president will stand on the white house lawn this morning as the tributes begin for all of the victims. America has been at war from the moment those planes hit 13 years ago and last night a new chapter. Pr
The World Health Organization has raised the global threat level from coronavirus to very high the highest possible level of alert. Theyre planning to send a mission to iran next week. Officials there say 3a people have died, but Health Sources have told the bbc the actual figure is more than 200. In south korea, where 16 people have died, there have been 1000 new cases in the past 48 hours, bringing the total number of infections to 2,300. Rich preston has this update. The number of countries reporting new incidents of covid 19 continues to rise. New zealand, lithuania, and belarus are among the latest to confirm their first cases. The World Health Organization has upgraded the global risk of the virus. It calls for all countries to educate their populations, to expand surveillance, to find, isolate, and care for every case, to trace every contact, and to take an all of government and all of society approach. Iran is now the biggest cause for concern, with more than 200 people reporte
Hello and welcome to bbc news. The World Health Organization has raised the global threat level from coronavirus to very high, the highest possible level of alert. Theyre planning to send a mission to iran next week. Officials there say 3a people have died, but Health Sources have told the bbc the actual figure is more than 200. South korea has seen a sharp rise in the number of people contracting coronavirus. Nearly 3,000 people have now been infected. 17 people have died. Rich preston has this update. The number of countries reporting new incidents of covid 19 continues to rise. New zealand, lithuania and iceland are amongst the latest to confirm their first cases. The World Health Organization has upgraded the global risk of the virus to its highest possible level. It calls for all countries to educate their populations, to expand surveillance, to find, isolate and care for every case, to trace every contact and to take an all of government and all of society approach. At least 210
But tonight, well take you inside the store that sold that winning ticket. And, 911 disconnect. When First Responders cant find the emergency. One womans tragic loss. What you can do to get help fast. Good evening. Thanks for joining us. Im tom llamas. We begin tonight with breaking news. The center of the country on alert. A tornado watch in four states, an anxious night ahead. A number of twisters firing up over the past 24 hours. This one blowing through the town of wray. Five people injured, this home destroyed. Hail bouncing off the ground in this parking lot in denver. The Severe Weather threat moving east tonight. The forecast in a moment. But first, we begin with rob marciano. Reporter tonight, blackened skies as Severe Weather sweeps across the plains. Seven reported tornadoes ripping through eastern colorado. The big black wall. Coming this way. And you said, things dont look good. Lets put the cars in the shed just to keep them out of the hail. Reporter david rippes shed and
Hes fire. Hes fired. Lets bring in athena jones. Why is the president choosing to go after professional sports stars in this manner and not letting go but instead kind of going full heartedly . Reporter its hard to know whats in the president s head. We know he seems to enjoy picking fights with all manner of people whether its fellow republicans or in this case professional athletes. Here is what the nfl commissioner is saying in response to those harsh remarks from the president last night. This is the statement. He said the nfl and our players are at our best when we rep create a sense of unity in our country and culture. Theres no better example than the amazing response from our clubs and players to the terrible natural disasters we have experienced. He said divisive comments demonstrate an unfortunate lack of respect for the nfl, game and players. He doesnt name the president in his response but its clear thats what hes talking about. The president s remarks sparked an immediate