Lawsuit over the death of a crew member. Kris van cleave has the story. Reporter the wrongful death lawsuit was filed on behalf of 27yearold pgioka a House Keeping employee from indonesia. They claim he contracted covid19 on Royal Caribbean symphony of the seas after they left the ship. Its clear the entire cruise industry dramatically mishandled the entirety of this outbreak not only as it relates to passengers but crew members. Reporter he represents the mans family. If they had taken the steps that every Single Person around the world has taken, i dont think he would be dead today. Had they implemented proper social distancing, quarantines, given proper masks to everybody, i think that he would still be alive today. Reporter the roughly 53 billion cruise instrind has been in dry dock since midmarch. After a number of highly publicized coronavirus outbreaks, polls show more than one in five americans say it will be a year or longer before theyd set foot on a cruise ship. But carnival
The red arrows flew over central london, and there were flypasts in edinburgh, cardiff and belfast. Music a nightingale sang in Berkeley Square by vera lynn i may be right i may be wrong but im perfectly willing to swear. And, ahead of a special evening of celebration, well speak to the welsh soprano, katherinejenkins, who has performed a medley of wartime favourites to an empty Royal Albert Hall. In other news, theres to be limited easing of lockdown restrictions in wales. At 5 00, well bring todays Coronavirus Briefing from downing street, led today by the environment secretary, George Eustice. Good afternoon and welcome to this bbc news special. Well be bringing you all the latest on coronavirus with the downing street News Conference at 5pm. But first, a two minute silence has been held across the United Kingdom to commemorate the 75th anniversary of ve day. Events are taking place all day, but public gatherings have been cancelled as the country remains in lockdown because of coro
Two people shot in San Francisco tonight. Still an active scene. Well have the latest information from police. The Antioch City Council held a special meeting tonight to decide whether or not to remove the planning commissioner who made controversial comments about letting the coronavirus kill the weak. Santa cruz is cracking down as social distancing guidelines go ignored. I got a ticket for just sittingting down there. Tonight the new beach restrictions about to take effect. Now at 11 00 and streaming on cbsn bay area, we are following two breaking stories tonight. Im Juliette Goodrich in for elizabeth. And im ken bastida. We begin in san jose. Police say an officer fired a gun during some sort of incident earlier tonight. This happened at 7 00 in the area of king road at duffy way. Now, details are scarce at this point, but were told that no one was hurt and two people were taken into custody. We are also following breaking news in San Francisco. Right now police are on the scene of
Special zoom meeting tonight, some member of the public called in, and roughly 90 emails were read. In a unanimous vote, the council stripped ken of his title as planning commissioner. After many years of service to the city in both the private and public sectors, it is disheartening that you are considering removing me from the planning commission. Reporter planning commissioner ken was the first to speak as his city job was on the line. He was followed by nearly two hours of public comments, some in support of him and others who demanded his removal. You have no business ever holding an office elected or appointed in any jurisdiction in the United States of america. I know this m sp t man. This man isd amproud of it. Repter thepecial meeting after outrage erupted over a Facebook Post. Ken says he just offered an opinion which suggested to let the coronavirus kill the elderly, weak and the homeless. Prior to tonights meeting, ken defended his actions in an interview with kpix 5. I put
Across the country with Many Americans warning its too soon to return to business as usual. Im rebecca its good to have you with us north Korean Leader kim jong un has appeared in public for the 1st time in 3 weeks state media broad conservation of came at a dedication ceremony adding that he was greeted with thunder as applause from the crowd can came as reemergence puts an end to speculation that the north Korean Leader was seriously ill or even dead. The video images from north Korean State Television appear to show kim jong un at the opening of a fertilizer plant he is surrounded by functionaries and appears to be healthy. Most of the attendees are wearing face masks the food each which is not independently verified is said to be from friday kim was absent from the public eye for almost 3 weeks his last public appearance was on the 11th of april at a communist party event in the capital pyongyang. There was no sign of kim a few days later on april 15th one of north koreas most impo