Hello and welcome to nhk newsline. Im Yoshi Ogasawara in tokyo. We start this hour in new york where the United Nations is canceling all inperson General Assembly Committee Meetings scheduled for tuesday. It comes after five people of a mission of a member state tested positive for the coronavirus. Its not immediately clear which member state is involved but the u. N. Said it is conducting contact tracing. The cancelations likely mean the Committee Vote on a japansponsored resolution to abolish Nuclear Weapons will be postponed. Most u. N. Staff that operate out of the new york headquarters have been working remotely since march. But more people have been returning to the office since july. Meanwhile, a top official at the World Health Organization is expressing concern about the latest surge of infections sweeping across europe. We are seeing very, very high positivity rates and an increasing lack of capacity to do any effective form of contact tracing. The two countries with the high
It was the biggest single day drop since september 3rd. The index fell more than 950 points at one point. Worries about the economy rose after the daily tally of new intexass in the u. S. Climbed over the weekend to about 83,000. The techheavy nasdaq fell at well. People in the markets said investors sold on fears that the surge in new cases would derail efforts to get the economy moving again. Investors are turning cautious as lawmakers in congress remain far from a deal on additional stimulus measures. Staying in the u. S. , the Republicancontrolled Senate is set to confirm Amy Coney Barretts appointment to the countrys top court. The 48yearold will bed Third Supreme Court Justice Toews chosen by President Donald Trump. She will succeed Ruth Bager Ginsburg who passed away last month. Her lifetime appointment samcems a 63 majority on the bench. Divisive issues such as abortion, gun control and health care. Trump, trailing in polls, made barretts nomination part of his pitch to voters
Very dry vegetation. Fire could ignite easily. Just wont spread as rapidly. We still need to be vigilant. Heres what we talked about yesterday. The air wasile until 9 00 in the north bay valleys. From sutro tower, a touch of haze in the skies today as we warm from the 30s and 40s this morning, mid 60s at noon. Everybody at 70 at 4 004 004 000 when were trick or treating at 7 00. Im staying on top of brandnew wildfire in Southern California. This is a live loow, sky map 7 from kabc. This is the hillside fire in san bernardino. Its burned at least 200 acres, extreme red flag conditions. Evacuation orders have been issued. Powerful winds are fanning the flame. Our reporter from our sister station is on the ground this morning. These homes at the top of saturn court, they were already burning when we got here around 3 30 this morning. To my right, this home was already burning and the firefighters are working on getting some of the hot spots around the property contained so it doesnt blow
My gosh. Believe it or not. Its freezing cold in the north bay through at least 9 00. And liza minnelli. Shes getting it. Looking at your accuweather good im 12hour planner, a gorgeous halloween coming up next. At 6 00 a. M. , lets start good morning, america. As we join you this thursday with the dangerous fire conditions in southern morning, the washington california. Right now this is a live look, nationals are waking up world series champs for the first time ever. What youre seeing from our sister station, kabc. Sweet victory. You can see those flames, the Washington Nationals are world champions. Theyre spreading across the area. This is the 46th fire in our overnight, washington winning last half hour we told you about their first world series in the other fire that is also franchise history overpowering burning now, the hillside fire the astros. Sending the Nations Capital into a frenzy. In San Bernardino. In is what clayton sandale saw were oneonone with the mvp right here on g
Democrat. And Sexual Misconduct claims this time against cbs charlie rose. Good morning in ing at cbs hecht quarters good to be with you. We begin with a crash of a navy plane. It crashed into the Pacific Ocean today. Ben tracy joins us on the phone today. Good morning. Good morning. Annemarie, a lot of details are coming in about this but the transport plane crashed in the ocean of southeast okinawa. Were told by the Defense Ministry that the plane was taking off. Were told that this is a c 2 transport plane. Thats according to japans Defense Ministry and it was being launched off an aircraft carrier, and if youve ever been on one of those, its a pretty phenomenal thing to see. These c 2s are fairly old. Theyre not military jets. Theyre transport planes. Japans Defense Ministry say eight people have been rescued and that the uss reagan is involved in the search and rescue. We do not know if theyve all been rescued. The military is not notifying any names because they still have to not