Plus, a remarkable story about finding family five brothers and sisters finally back together. Its the good news story that will have you smiling all day. Early today starts right now glad to have you with us im frances rivera. And im valerie castro. The country reaches yet another grim coronavirus milestone as state officials scramble to contain the pandemic the virus is spreading at alarming rates the United States has now surpassed more than 11 million infections. At least 15 states have ordered increased restrictions with michigan and washington joining that list. Indoor dining suspended and nonessential businesses shut down. The pandemic leaves a family devastated in san antonio. 4yearold Raiden Gonzalez lost both his mother and father who died just 100 days apart after contracting covid19 the community there rallying around raiden who turns 5 this week. And ballots werent the only things circulating on election day. According to a report by the associated press, poll workers in s
Cnbcs karen cho is here to report on the largest trade deal for china and excludes the United States. The meeting happening now could reveal whether the Tokyo Olympic games could take place or be postponed again. Im frances rivera. Im valerie castro. A team of four astronauts safely lifted off and are on their way to the International Space station as we speak. This mission marks the new era where spacex will happen nasa. Tom costello joins us from the kennedy spa Kennedy Space center tom, good morning. Reporter good morning. A phenomenal experience yet again as we watch the Spacex Falcon 9 rocket topped with the space ship that the crew has dubbed resilience. Lifting off the pad at 7 27 eastern time a perfect, perfect evening launch here into the night sky coming up the entire east coast of the United States accelerating before finally dropping off its various stages well on its way now to intersecting with the International Space station hoping to meet up with the space station about
Senates lack of progress on a coronavirus stimulus bill pushes Global Stock Markets into the red. I consider myself one of the lucky ones the old and i coronavirus patient is the story of her long road to recovery. At. The end thank you very much for joining Us Singapore Airlines and its regional and no cost on a grounding 96 percent of the fleet the Aviation Industry is reeling from collapsing passenger numbers and border closures due to the coronavirus been demick the United Arab Emirates home to the International Hub dubai is suspending all passenger flights including transit travelers meanwhile japans Prime Minister shinzo abbay has not conceded a postponement of the tokyo games must be considered thats after weeks of insisting the major sporting event could go ahead in july as planned lets take a look at the global snapshot from the u. S. Base John Hopkins University nearly 340000 infections since the outbreak began just under a 3rd of those almost 99000 have recovered more than 1
Newsroom. Lets get to glenn hurricane schwartz with the latest on the path. The official advisory has come out not more than a couple of minutes ago. It is still a Tropical Storm, but its close to hurricane strength. It is obviously looking better organized and is likely to become a hurricane. The track, a little farther east than yesterday, but its also more likely to stall out in the ocean, not too far off the jersey shore, monday through wednesday, which could cause some additional problems next week. The local impacts, a little bit eastward track, less rain north and west, but the rain and wind also looks like it might linger at the shore through labor day, itself. Hes the latest. You can see everything spinning around. It looks more like a real Tropical Storm. Just want to give you an idea of the size of this thing. And if youre driving from philadelphia down to North Carolina, thats a pretty long drive. Thats a very large area, that is being covered by this. Now, lets take a look
Yachi, met with Chinese State counselor yang jiechi. Japanese officials want to hold the summit without any conditions. But their chinese counterpart said japan should first recognize there is an issue of sovereignty over islands in the east china sea. Japan controls the Senkaku Islands. China and taiwan claim them. The japanese government maintains the islands are an inherent part of japans territory. It says there is no issue of sovereignty to be resolved. China also said it wants abe to state clearly that he wont make any more visits to yasukuni shrine. The shrine in tokyo honors japans war dead. Those remembered include leaders convicted of war crimes after world war ii. Prime minister abe will fly on sunday to join other World Leaders at the apec meeting in beijing. Japanese Officials Say they have been engaged in quiet negotiations with their chinese counterparts on how to improve bilateral ties. They released the document that lays out their fourpoint agreement. It says that bot