The origin of the corona virus has been a politically sensitive issue for china and a bone of contention between democrats republicans and President Trump who refers to it as the chinese virus now to u. S. States and germany plan to sue china accusing the country of lying and covering up the virus what it 1st appeared back in the fall of 2019 for more on this will bring in our chief fronsac ferret how significant are these lawsuits and do they have any bearing so many of the short answer to that is probably not missouris attorney general eric schmidt is leading the case and after talking with economists at the university of missouri the state is looking to get upwards of 44000000000. 00 and now you also have mississippis a. Saying that shes getting ready to file suit now missouri is the 1st state to file against china mississippi the 2nd all the seek damages and it could be the 1st of many states doing this now according to the missouri lawsuit it reads quote during the critical weeks
34 days out now until the Iowa Caucuses who will emerge from a crowded group of candidates . A lot of people asking that. Were also of course following the developing news out of baghdad. Hundreds of protesters storming the u. S. Embassy there and they are protesting recent air strike against an iranbacked malitia were following that story. Were also expecting more protests out of hang kong, they are now just two hours away from ringing in the new year, and mass demonstrations are planned as well. Well take you there. Im Ashley Webster in today for stuart, Varney Company about to begin. Ashley and on this last day of 2019 why not start with breaking Economic News for you right now, were getting the latest numbers on home prices. Especially when its positive right to end this decade this year, so were up monthovermonth 1 for the year for the last year were up over 2 and weve been talking all year long about slow down taking places in housing especially with existing home sales which rep
Voters in the rest of the country thing . I be in New Hampshire to find out. Also on the programme. Senior conservative Jacob Rees Mogg says he is profusely sorry after claiming it would have been common sense for the Grenfell Residents to ignore advice to stay inside a burning building. And a case of wine is sent to the astronauts at the International Space station. Sadly they are not allowed to drink it. Hello and welcome im Michelle Fleury in washington and Christian Fraser is in london. Within the last half hour two new transcripts have been released from witnesses who came before the impeachment inquiry. Kurt volker, the special represetnative for ukraine negotiations and Gordon Sondland, the Us Ambassador to the eu are key figures and now everyone is pouring over their words. Ambassador sondland testified that things kept getting more insidious as time went on regarding demands that ukraine investigate the bidens. And it comes as house impeachment investigators are seeking a depo
Continue to make these threats and the countries in the region felt that they had to go it alone i think when everybody takes a look at whats been deployed why its been deployed it will be an it is understood or should be understood that this is merely defensive in nature and its there is simply to send a clear message to anybody that would want to attack our allies that our allies have sufficient capability of their own and with us assistance to fend off a majority of any type of violence that they want to send their way writes mark kimmitt we thank you for speaking to us on aljazeera. 3 main suspects behind the murder of a turkish diplomats in Northern Iraq have been arrested ankara says 27 year old muslim dog killed the regions deputy consul general and 2 other people on wednesday he is believed to be a member of the armed Kurdistan Workers Party or the p. K. K. The group is then they terrorist organization by turkey and the United States but also the name is following the story fro
Time for some sport, lets go to the sport centre, Gavin Is Standing by. The final two spots in the European Champions League quarter finals are up for grabs after arsenal and barcelona secured their places on tuesday. Borussia dortmunds game against psv was finely poised ahead of their second leg last 16 tie. Its 1 0 dortmund there in germany, with about 30 minutes gone. Jadon sancho with the goal. And inter held the advantage over atletico madrid, from their first leg tie. It is currently goalless there in spain. One game in the Premier League to tell you about its the rearranged fixture between bournemouth and luton town. Into the second half of that one and 0 3 luton. Tahith chong and Chiedozie Ogbene and ross barkley with the goals. This fixture was abandoned late last year, after Luton Captain tom lockyer suffered a Cardiac Arrest on the pitch. Luton are out of the relegation places with a win. Keep up to date with all the latest scores on the bbc sport website. Jurgen klopp says