Thank you for joining us for our midday newscast. Im in for marcus washington. In fewer than 24 hours a new overnight curfew starts for all 14 counties in the purple covid19 tier. The stayathome or covers nearly 95 of the states population. Here in the bay area, that means escalator, allameda and the counties listed here. What can and you cant do . Same for businesses. Sharon is here for. Reporter workers are trying to get prepared for the weekend and holiday diners main street kitchen and bar the owner is trying to adapt by creating a structure that will allow some in but protect outdoor diners from rain when needed and said this will cost him 30,000 and he had to lay off ten employees since Indoor Dining was shut down due to the purple tier with rising covid numbers. Restaurant owners and residents say they have to be flexible yet again. 10 00 p. M. Through 500 a. M. Curfew starts tomorrow night and goes through december 21st. Bhig thing i would do on thanksgiving we see friends afte
Melissa chan welcome to asia thank you for joining us thailand is facing another weekend of antigovernment protests and demonstrators have been Holding Daily rallies to with tens of thousands of people turning out the activists have 3 demands theyre calling for the Prime Minister to step down for a reform of the constitution and a reform of the monarchy theyve been keeping momentum up with some inventive events such as this a terrible fashion show held earlier in the week meant as a criticism of the elites and especially of the royal familys fast well. Joining us now to what kind of fellow who has been out on the streets over the past few months and a critic of the government since his University Days you know what i remember the protests earlier this summer and then to see people still out now why do you think this movement has gained momentum i think that. You would not have been given moment because of their fellow Economic Situation is thailand to column and kind in manage the econ
A state of emergency in new measures are in place across europe to stop the spread of covert 19. A call for a nationwide strike in belo rose after the president ignores the oppositions demand to step down. Celebrations are underway in chile where of looks like a referendum to change the constitution is set to pass with an overwhelming majority these are live pictures from the capital santiago many say the current guidelines imposed 4 decades ago under a military dictatorship have led to widespread inequalities the government agreed to the referendum following protests that began one year ago. In america added to the scene newman is joining us now from from santiago give us an idea of what the mood is like on the streets because it does seem as though. People are pretty confident that even though the final results are not yet in this is going to go ahead. Youre absolutely right there seems to be very little question about whether its i mean rather its not about whether but by how much t
Approval. Not quite clear yet whether a Constitutional Assembly will be approved that means. To rewrite. But thats still to come meanwhile the waiting for the final official vote to come out theyre coming here in waves by the thousands. And because of those massive protests. Here and continuing is the reason why. Referendum took place in the 1st place it was one of the key demands of millions of. Security forces in iraq and far tear gas of protesters trying to get into baghdads fortified green zone demonstrators have been marking one year since the beginning of a mass protest movement over government corruption and a lack of jobs at least 600 people have been killed since it began. As a Senior Research fellow at Chatham House he says itll be hard for the government to meet protestors to mountains. These are not the 1st lines weve seen protests in iraq in fact many times since 2003 there have been protests but in the past the elite leaders i mean have been able to kind of either through
Europe. How to call for a nationwide strike came by the roots after the president ignores the opposition said line to step down. We begin in chile where with most of the votes counted a referendum to change the constitution is on course to pass with an overwhelming majority since polls closed several hours ago thousands of people have been gathering at a popular square in the capital to celebrate it was the focal point of last is often violent protests against social and economic inequalities the governments agreed to the referendum following those demonstrations. A current constitution was imposed 4 decades ago under the military dictatorship of pinochet early results suggest people want a body of specially elected citizens to draw off the new charter which will then go to a nationwide vote. Chiles president Sebastian Pinera has called on the nation to Work Together if. This referendum is not the end it is the beginning of a path that we must all walk to give the to agree on a new con