2 she is in germany killing 9 people. Who knows what to do go i didnt know that qatar has the biggest population in the world im Stephanie Decker on the tars northwest coast walk of that story coming up. To france government is defending its handling of the coronavirus outbreak on the diamond princess cruise ship cruise ship yokohama vessels been in corinth seen since early this month and in that time the number of confirmed cases on board has continued to rise its now at more than 600 and they have been deaths 2 elderly passengers they died after being taken to hospital. Near truth you can think of as weve said before the governments measures to prevent the spread of infection on the cruise ship were appropriate the government has been holding briefings with the embassies of countries in japan and with the Foreign Press we will continue to explain our muses carefully to those in japan and outside through the embassies in china has now changed how it reports cases of the virus and that
Thousands trapped. Evacuations under way. Nearly a third of the country ice iconic koalas feared dad and david stern and yankee great and world series hero don larson a perfect game in the world series. We look back at their historic achievements on the field and in the front office. All that plus the pope, the slack and the apology. Pope francis says hes sorry after hes caught on camera angrily slapping away the hand of a female worshipper at the vatican. Cracking down, what the fda could soon ban to combat the nations teen vaping epidemic. And the new years trend, going alcohol free one month the effects dry january could have on your health. January 2, 2020. This is today with savannah g guthrie and hoda kotb. Live from rockefeller plaza. Hey welcome everybody thank you so much for joining us on this first day thursday of 20 feel good to sigh 2020. It does rools off the tongue early stamplt just back from l. A. And the parade. Yeah well it is good to see you on this first thursday o
To hand the country a 4 year ban on from all sporting events. We begin with new zealand where a volcano has erupted killing at least 5 people many more are still missing a webcam set up to monitor a white island called the moment of the eruption a number of people thought to be a tall group can be seen moving towards the crater up to 50 people including visitors from a cruise ship were on the island when the volcano sent a plume of smoke and ash thousands of metres into the edges. As the latest. Thick smoke and ash rises thousands of meters into the air as the white island volcano also known by its indigenous madi name as for caare erupts 50 kilometers off the coast of new zealand releasing toxic fumes of sulfur and chlorine dozens of tourists were on the island some seen walking on the crates of floor moments before the eruption police said more than 20 people managed to get off the island some in boats others including some of the injured by helicopter volcanic ash is now hampering r
A 4 year ban of from all major sporting events including the tokyo lympics and football world cup in qatar. Paulo we begin in syria where russian and Syrian Government forces are escalating their assault on the last rebel held province and strikes have caused a mass exodus in observers say 18000 people have been displaced by the ongoing bombardment in just 24 hours dozens of civilians have been killed with mostly small villages in the countryside targeted so far this is all happening despite a truce being in place since august it was announced by russia but it has been continually violated in recent weeks but to smith begins our coverage now with this report on a live look there was a market here in the southern italy village when the strikes began. Did you know they were russian jet. Its according to the syrian observatory for human rights. Volunteer white helmet how medics are there within minutes to do what theyve done thousands of times during the civil war trying to save the lives
But heavy rainfall after that point pushing out into the bay area come the evening tonight, so maybe maybe not your best weekend to be heading out and about at least tonight into tomorrow morning. A good one to stay inside get cozy and just enjoy a night in as we work our way into the evening Still Holding on to those heavy areas of rainfall. You can see the abundance of orange red and yellow in this forecast that indicates widespread areas of heavy rain and when you see so much rain at that intensity for a long time. Thats when you do start to see some standing water on roadways. We do have risk of some flash flooding up in the north bay, though some flash flood advisories for some of our north bay counties are in napa and sonoma counties between 04 00pm tonight and 04 00pm tomorrow afternoon is our peak rainfall at times after that we do see showers dying down and even though sunday brings a few isolated scattered showers will be nears intense as what we are looking at this next 24 h