Epicenter of the pandemic, with more reported cases and deaths than the rest of the world combined apart from china. Phil im phil gayle welcome to the program. U. S. President donald trump has just declared a National Emergency in the united takes over the spread of coronavirus. The move opens up billions of dollars in disaster fundings and gives special powers to health authorities. Pres. Trump to unleash the full power of the federal government in this effort today, i am officially declaring a National Emergency. Two very big words. The action i am taking will open up access to up to 50 billion of very importantly very important and a large amount for states and territories and localities in our shared fight against this disease. Phil lets get more from dw correspondent Stefan Simons in washington. Any big surprises in the president s announcement . Stefan no, not really. We would expect he would declare a National Emergency and he tries to clean up the confusion he left with the add
Situation was much like puppies in a box. Eventually, using forceps, we were successful in extracting the heads of jim jordan and devin nunes, and, as we speak, we are sending in a team of specialists to try to locate Lindsey Graham hes way up there. laughter announcer its the late show with Stephen Colbert tonight, kicking off new zealand week with Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern. Plus stephen welcomes adam driver and musical guest the 1975, featuring jon batiste and stay human. And now, live on tape from the ed sullivan theater in new york city, its Stephen Colbert cheers and applause stephen howdy from downtown hello, friends cheers and applause fantastic hello thank you so much piano riff welcome to the late show. Im your host Stephen Colbert. cheers and applause trumps impeachment is really heating up, its gearing up, its ramping up. The gears are all hot from all the ramping theyre doing. There are live hearings tomorrow, wednesday, and thursday. The fate of our nation hangs in the
And im George Howell from cnn World Headquarters in atlanta. Newsroom starts right now. And we begin with the attacks that have shaken two u. S. Communities during the holiday season. In texas, a man opened fire killing two people during a Church Service before he was shot by armed parishioners. We will have the details in just a moment. Also in monsey, new york, the suspect accused of stabbing five people during a hanukkah celebration inside a rabbis home, this happened saturday, that suspect is being held on 5 million bail. Grafton thomas has pleaded not guilty to attempted murder and first degree burglary. His Attorney Says he has a long history of Mental Illness and no history of antisemitism. We must warn you the video youre about to see may be disturbing. These are photos from inside the rabbis home right after the attack, and you can see blood on the floor and chairs overturned. And Surveillance Video from a neighbors home appears to show the attacker running toward his car afte
The england cricketer ben stokes wins Sports Personality of the year. And well be taking an in depth look at the papers with our reviewers, the political commentator and former head of communications for the conservative party giles kenningham, and the Political Writer and academic maya goodfellow. Good evening. Welcome to bbc news. Labours leader, jeremy corbyn, and the shadow chancellor, john mcdonnell, have apologised for the partys defeat in the general election which saw them lose 59 seats. Mr corbyn said he was sorry they came up short. Speaking to the bbcs andrew marr, mr mcdonnell said it was unfortunate the party hadnt been able to articulate its message more effectively. He also blamed the medias portrayal ofjeremy corbyn, insisting that hed been demonised for four years solid. Our Political Correspondent nick eardley reports. Thejeremy corbyn era is coming to an end. But what will that mean for labour . How much does the party need to change after its disastrous election . T
In new zealand where eight people they were there outside, too. Are missing, feared dead. And new evidence says Climate Change is causing greenlands ice sheet to melt seven times faster the us has blacklisted four than twenty years ago. Of myanmars top military leaders, for alleged human rights abuses against Rohingya Muslims and other ethnic minorities. The sanctions come just hours before myanmars de facto leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, is due live from our studios in singapore and london, to defend her nation against charges this is bbc world news. Of genocide, at the united its newsday. Nations highest court. Nick beake reports from the hague, where the genocide hearing has been taking place. Good morning. Its 9am in singapore, there used to think Aung San Suu Kyi 1am in london, and 8pm in washington, dc where democrats was the epitome ofjustice, not in the us house of representatives have set out articles of impeachment thats formal charges against president trump. Anymore. Today they