This is three and a half hours. Good morning, the committee will come to order. And without objection, the chair is authorized to declare a recess of the committee at any time. With that, ill now recognize myself to give an opening statement. Two days ago, the entire world came together to Mark International holocaust Remembrance Day. In addition, 75 years ago this week, in january of 1945, the auschwitz berknau concentration camp was liberated from the nazis. It was one of the most infamous sites of the nazi genocide. More than a Million People were murdered there. The purpose of todays hearing is to commemorate these grave anniversaries to remember those we lost, and to honor those who are still with us. But it is not enough to simply recognize these dates. We must also contemplate what led to these atrocities. We must remember the holocaust in order to help combat bigotry, hate, and violence of all kinds today. I am so pleased to have our distinguished panel here today, i have asked
Right now are becoming infected with the coronavirus and surging into hospitals all around the country in disturbingly high record numbers and this is startling. Get this. In just the past five days, the first five days of december, more than 1 million americans have now tested positive for the coronavirus, five days, more than 1 million people. At the same time, an unprecedented amount of Covid Patients are currently in hospitals all around the country. Today marks the fourth state day with more than 100,000 americans hospitalized with the coronavirus. Covidlinked deaths are also on the rise. Today the United States surpassed 281,000 confirmed coronavirus deaths. Lets go out to california right now where millions of people are facing some of the toughest lockdown restrictions since the spring. Starting tomorrow, new restrictions go into effect. New coronavirus cases and hospitalizations are exploding, putting an already stressed Healthcare System in even greater dire straights. Lets g
Coming up we will have more as World Leaders gather in jerusalem coming up we will have more as World Leaders gather injerusalem to mark a 75th anniversary of the liberation of auschwitz. Hello, good morning and welcome to bbc newsroom live. Im annita mcveigh. A second city in china has now been placed in lockdown as authorities tried to contain the spread of coronavirus. A respiratory virus that has now infected at least 600 people and killed 25. It is known to have spread to south korea, japan, thailand and the United States. In an attempt to stop the deadly virus spreading further during the busy Chinese Lunar new year holiday week the ii during the busy Chinese Lunar new year holiday week the 11 Million People in wuhan have been told not to leave the city. And now residents of wang going with a been instructed not to leave. All the pictures on social media show that roads in parts of wuhan have now been closed. They have been sealed off. You can see officials they Wearing Masks. It
With a c 130 hercules aircraft. This happened over the Snowy Mountains region. And it just has really rattled this region. The now south wales royal fire commissioner able to locate the wreckage and crash site but have not recovered any of the crew members. The Fire Fighting fraternity as we keep saying is a tightknit family. Its a fairly small family. And the crew on board were wellknown. Their hearts are with all of us that are suffering. What is the loss of three remarkable, wellrespected crew. The air tanker that crashed is an american colson, a four propeller hercules that had the capability of dropping 4,000 gallons of fire retardant in a single past. The company in oregon released in statement says colson aviation will be sending a team to the state assist in emergency operations. Our thoughts and prayers are with the families of the three crew members on board. Meanwhile, the Main International airport australia capital city was closed because of severe conditions. Residents ne
If hes acquitted theres this real danger hell walk around saying ive been exonerated and hell welcome to our viewers in the United States and all around the world. This is new day. It is thursday, january 23rd, 6 00 here in new york. House managers will continue making their case against President Trump today. They are trying to convince at least four republicans that the trial should include witnesses and documents. Minority leader Chuck Schumer was sounding optimistic insisting after last nights session that democrats are, quote, making gains every day. Do republicans agree . The presentation from house managers is earning praise even from republicans. We have a picture to show you late last night. Thats lindsey graham, one of the president s fiercest defenders telling adam schiff he had done a good job. Really well spoken, he said. How would senator graham know . He wasnt in his chair for many of the arguments. In fact, many were not at their desk at the times despite the rules that