He wants to ignore any allegation against russia and its president Vladimir Putin the Washington Post has reported that several american soldiers are believed to have died because of the Russia Program the White House Press secretary has reiterated that trump was not briefed on the alleged russian bounties there is no consensus within the Intelligence Community on these allegations and. In effect there are dissenting opinions from some in the Intelligence Community with regards to the veracity of whats being reported on the veracity of the underlying allegations continue to be evaluated glen karl is a former Deputy National Intelligence Officer for transnational sorites with the cia he says the information would have been conveyed to the president. He spent my career doing this and i know how things are funneled up the chain of command or what kind of things are in something of this importance would absolutely be briefed to the white house now did a cia officer sit down and speak direc
Million. Tokyo officials are monitoring the situation using seven indicators including the number of new infections in the past week and the rate of positive results in virus tests. The governor says tokyo currently meets the criteria set by the Central Government for lifting the state of emergency, which has been in placece since apriril 7th. Translator we need to reason economic and social activities while preventing the Infectious Disease from spreading. We will achieve this by establishing new norms and daily routines. Officials plan to gradually ease their request for public facilities and businesses to be closed. Step one includes reopening Indoor Sports facilities that will allow professional baseball and basketball leagues to restart, but without spectators in the stands. It will also allow top athletes to resume practicing at National Training centers. Shop owners in a popular district are hoping business will pick up, but admit it may take some time. Translator i hope more cu
Country at ports of entry. If we decide to raise travel alert to level three. For 49 countries and territories based on the immigration control law, we will add these countries and territories to ban entries of people from these areas starting april 3rd. With these additional countries and territories, the total of 73 countries will be subject to our travel ban. Those countries include the United States, canada and most of europe. They also include indonesia and six other Southeast Asian countries as well as china and south korea. Additionally, anyone who enters japan including japanese nationals will be asked to self quarantine for two weeks. The measures follow a surge in the number of confirmed infections of people whove recently been abroad. Earlier in the day the Prime Minister said its currently not necessary to declare a state of emergency over the coronavirus. His comments come as the number of cases in the country continue to rise. Translator at this point, i dont think we are
Of infections outside main land china has surpassed those confirmed within that country. The w. H. O. Says as of monday at least 167,000 people have contntracted the virus worldwid. More than 6,600 have died. As i italys outbreak contininuo grow more European Countries are boosting efforts to isisolate themselves. French president Emmanuel Macron says his country is at war against an invisible enemy, hes ordered people to stay home for the next 15 days, only leaving when necessary. Anyone who violates the lockdown will face punishment. Britisish Prime Minister Boris Johnson told people to avoid nonessential travel. He is pressing people to avoid Public Places including pubs, restaurants and theaters. The European Union is looking into a 30day entry ban for anyone entering the region as member countries move to further tighten border controls. Germany has barred people from five nations, including france and switzerland from crossing g the e border. The ban does not affect daily commute
Care systems are not overwhelmed by too many people getting sick at once. You will find the board of supervisors supportive of this decision if we need to continue it longer. The ban on gatherings of more than 100 people will last through march 31st. In the east bay, the officials are reacting to the pandemic and taking steps to help Small Businesses getting clobbered by the crisis is. We are live in oakland with the story. Reporter yeah, so many businesses are struggling during this, during this crisis. We are here at the square, a normally busy place on the weekends. You can see, theres no one here. It is a ghost town. Several businesses and several spraunts are closed. City officials are trying to help out. Covid19 is impacting everyones lives. Oakland mayor libby scha ff said that the coronavirus is hitting businesses hard and customers have stopped coming. The downtown streets are empty. We are slow, but, you know, we are open, the story is open long time. So, still have customer