Borisjohnson will set out plans to accelerate £5 billion worth of Infrastructure Projects in britain, to try to soften the Economic Impact of the pandemic. An independent report finds major failings by inexperienced probation staff led to the release of a serial rapist in the uk. And treating coronavirus in afghanistan. Health care workers complain about a lack of essential supplies and hospital beds. This. Hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world, and stay with us for the latest news and analysis from here and across the globe. The uks first full local lockdown has been announced in leicester, with stricter measures imposed in the city because of a steep rise in the number of coronavirus cases. More than 300,000 people and some also living in the surrounding area, will be affected. The Health Secretary, matt hancock, said leicester had accounted for 10 of all covid 19 cases across england in the past week. The extra measures include the closure of schools fo
Jackie we have gerri willis on floor of the new york stock exchange, jeff flock in chicago. What happened today . Dow only needed 36 points to do that. It beat that level. Were at a new high. As you were saying that is the 21st record close of the year. S p only needed a little more than half a point to finish record territory. It achieved that, and more. Here we are, fueled mostly by apple shares. Finally, we got the nasdaq through 9,000. Very big finish for the nasdaq. Tech very critical part of stocks move. Well talk about amazon for just a second here. The company saying they added five Million People as prime members over the Holiday Season. They said it was a record Holiday Season for them. They did very well indeed. And, just adding a lot of people who can add to their bottom line. Some of the people actually signed up for a trial membership on prime. Others actually paying that 119 a year. So amazon, with a very good day. Meanwhile, apple also pushing the nasdaq to new highs, f
Western hostage, a british aid worker captured in syria. A ruling that allows texas to begin restrictions on abortion clinics, shuttering almost all of them in the state. The World Health Organization announced that the global death toll from ebola now stands at 3431, all deaths in west africa. The focus in the United States is on one man in a dallas hospital. His family have been quarantined in their own apartment to ensure the virus doesnt spread start. As the president has said, we are not facing just a health crisis, we are facing a National Security priority. Its one he has instructed his team is as important as any threat we are facing. We spoke with thomas duncaned step daughter. We are live outside the hospital where duncan is being treated. Just recently, we moved to the amounts. This is where duncan spent the weekend with his girlfriend. Weve identified two other homes in this community where other family members who have been exexposed to duncan have remained. They are not i
Busy week for data. Dreamworks up in premarket. Considering a buyout of the movie studio. Insight on whats going on. Reports apple could be facing fines of more than 1 billion euros over deal to allegedly minimize its tax bill in europe. Facebooks new ad system. Gopros new cameras as well. Futures lower, negative tone set overnight as the unrest in hong kong sent the hang seng down 1. 9 . Stocks off a volatile week, the dow posted triple digit moves every day. The worst week for the market since the week ending august 1st. Andrew and jim talking whether were at a stage where we know if the dip gets bought or not. Right, weve got this weird binary approach to the market. For instance, say youre in a vacuum, youve got Consumer Spending this morning, plus. 5, i thought terrific number. Consumer income, plus three, terrific number. In a vacuum, we should be going higher. What are we doing going higher friday . Other than nike, what went right . Were in the grips of were going to be making
Assigned to that issue, that seems like a big concern. I would wonder how many times you have to bundle them before something happens . My recommendation as a partnership. I was a citizen and worked at that d. A. s office and was concerned about car break ins. On one side, they say there should be more arrests and the other side says there should be more prosecutions. When we sit and the room and say we dont the same offender is getting out, that is probably where there is a solution. There are other folks that i know that d. A. Said being responsible to Community Concerns is a priority. There are some system things we have to work on but it starts with people like you insisting on it. I would recommend a process that is collaborative in nature. Thank you for your report. What is your sense in terms of the quality of life on broadway . What is your sense as to how much of the problem can be attributable to the party bosses and how much is attributable to other issues . The party bosses