The trends are in the direction globally in zero emission vehicles. Reporter the governor would like the phase out the sale of new gas powered cars by 2035, to reduce the states emissions. Hes driving this change forward with the help of californias air Resources Board. We know we have an obligation to keep on working to clean up the air and to make it as clean as it can be. He said it is for other states to follow. Already the state has 34 electric vehicle manufacturers. The difference is with a zero emission vehicle, you have lower maintenance costs, lower operating costs. If you want to protect impoverished communities, then pull away from the gas pumps. Reporter the California New Car Dealers Association released this statement. Bypassing the elected legislature and directing the California Air Resources Board to adopt rules to prohibit the sale of nonzero emission vehicles to enact the significant transportation policy change is deeply troubling and deprives californians of a dire
General assembly gets underway in new york tension between the u. S. And iran is set to dominate. Mali it marks 60 years of independence a day after a former defense minister was appointed interim president by the military job plus. When we receive lets say a dollar only 0. 25 maximum is what were able to use it by inflation aid agencies helping flood victims in sudan say their work is being hampered by an economic crisis. The anger on the colombian in the colombian capital as a march against Police Brutality turns violent. The World Health Organization has warned that the coronavirus pandemic is accel raising globally but fewer people who get. Dying a 2nd look at the global picture focusing on the 5 countries that have seen the most deaths from the virus the u. K. Is 5th in the world more than 41000 people have died but its curve is going the wrong way the u. K. s Health Minister says that hospital admissions are doubling every 8 days across the atlantic nearly 200000 americans have d
A move that downing street admits would break international on. A very warm welcome to the weekly this hour where well bring you the days top stories along with the news that shape the week just on. We start with fellow roofs were crowds are gathering for yet another weekend of on rest across the country theyre calling for the resignation of president Alexander Lukashenko more than a month after the contested election which the opposition claims was rigged more than 250 people have reportedly been arrested in minsk in the past few hours our correspondent ryan gosling earlier reported on the build up to sundays march. Well there is there is a lot of tension there is apprehension from from the Early Morning to 2 oclock protesters were supposed to gather here in downtown downtown this is where their march was supposed to start but police beat them to the punch you can see all the all the side streets blocked by Security Service agents by by police even the military i believe they beat the
Has had with lawmakers this week. This is what he said in the last hour. We cant do too much here. We can do too little. We can do too little and sputter. The end result is, its not just a Macro Economic impact on the economy and our ability to compete internationally. Its peoples lives. Real live people are hurting. We can fix it. We got the first jobs report out under President Biden. Its a better report than december. Overall though, we have a long way to go. 49,000 jobs were added last month. The Unemployment Rate fell to 6. 3 in january. We will take a closer look in moments. I want to start with the action in the capitol. We have monica alba at white house, jo ling kent with the jobs report and leigh ann caldwell. President biden will deliver economic information later this hour. What can you tell us about the president s economic focus today . Its the first event, the fact that the white house is having these coronavirus briefings now three times a week from Health Experts and o
This virus has killed over 180000 americans lately its not unusual for more than a 1000 a day and now as School Bells Ring should they lets ask dr Tanya Dempsey a Board Certified internist founder of the ame center for personalized medicine and a mother of 3 docs since we had you on just 3 weeks ago some School Systems have opened and some which did have already closed again somewhere and even trying theyre opting for Distance Learning which nobody really likes do we know enough about this Novel Coronavirus to be sending young kids and aging school team. Back to school. But i think the answer has to be no i understand that the issues that were concerned about as far as childrens learning Children Social Development in there are lots of issues here that schools have to consider but the problem is we are still learning about this virus its only been a number of months right and we are learning every day about how this virus acts now we have reports now of the possibility of reinfection h