The National Quarter in the virus consul has decided to enforce a nationwide lockdown for 21 days with effect from midnight on the day that 36th of march this is the decisive measure to save lives of South Africans from infection and save the lives of hundreds of thousands of people. So africas president theyre announcing a sweeping measure to tackle the spread of coronavirus i from here kate you are in the stream you can share your questions and comments and join the conversation in a lively to chat especially if youre in south africa. The announcement or monday of a lot down came just hours after the official number of coronavirus cases in south africa reach 402 the country is now trying to stop a mass outbreak that could be disastrous for the nations Strained Health care system covert 19 was 1st confirmed in south africa on march the 5th and the country now has the most confirmed cases of the virus in Subsaharan Africa the nation has one of the highest levels of economic inequality
Component earnings joining us for the hour is stephanie link great to have you here i think thats exactly where we should start we had earnings from walmart and cisco. Cisco is the drag on the dow how would you characterize how it reflects back to the Broader Market last quarter the same thing happened where cisco disappointed and walmart posted a better than expected number. This is what this economy swhat this market is enterprise spend is weak on trade concerns and uncertainty and thats not Getting Better any time soon versus the consumer being very strong those numbers are very impressive 6. 6 stack comp for walmart. It actually kratd. Ecommerce sales 41 . Estimates are going up for walmart and going down for cisco and i dont think theres a lot of visibility at cisco even if you listen to that Conference Call they were disappointing across the board. You got to pick your spots of where you want to be well dive deeper into each of those Companies Reports ahead. Stephanie will be wit
Waless strength and conditioning coach hugh bennett came to japan as a player and he has been backed recently as part of a Welsh Rugby Union delegation promoting rugby. There is a lot of work going on, but for the players, just to feel the welcome, just for one. Weve had some great welcome is already, as soon as some great welcome is already, as soon as we come here some great welcome is already, as soon as we come here off the plane, but throughout the training session, with 15,000 full capacity stadium, was outstanding. Wales have orally proved to be a good hit injapan and they can count this place is a home from home. Now as they begin their quest to win a first world cup, they will hope to earn yet more fans along the way. David pritchard, bbc news will stop that is all the time we have on sportsday, next on bbc news, it is the papers, but from the tea m news, it is the papers, but from the team here, it is good night. Hello, good evening and welcome to our look ahead to what the p
the belief among democrats that a horrible political climate is improving some. plus, a high stakes trip. multiple officials now tell cnn the house speaker nancy pelosi will touch down in taiwan, ignoring dramatic warnings from china. and this week, democrats promised to put a vets bill back on the floor a second time. that after republican rejection prompts angry viral protests. we begin the hour, though, with death and devastation and sadness in kentucky. more heavy rain coming tonight and adding to the already historic and destructive flooding. at least 30 people are dead, including these four children, 2, 4, 6, and 8 years old and swept away when strong flood waters ripped them from their parents. the governor says they will, quote, be finding bodies for we weeks. certainly the deadliest and most devastating of my lifetime. we can now confirm we have lost 30 kentuckians to this flooding and that is going to grow. we know about additional bodies beyond these 30 confirmed
that ballot, when they go into that voter booth. it will say because kansasian value women and children, the constitution of the state of kansas does not require government funding of abortion and does not create or secure a right to abortion. so one could argue that this is clearly skewed from an anti-abortion perspective. this is called the value them both amendment. and even if this was not the number one issue for many state residents, they have just been bombarded by canvassers both for and against this amendment for the last several weeks. how much will the outcome of this vote in kansas tell us about the potency of this issue in the mid terms? it s a key question, victor. democrats are hoping this will be an issue that will galvanize voters. and illustrate republicans have become too extreme. that is their hope. polling suggests the issue has become sort of a boost for otherwise disspirited democrats. they seem to be having success with how they re talking about ab