And also, right now thousands are gather in baghdad to mark the First Anniversary of the u. S. Drone strike that killed their top general. Were live in the region with the latest. Great to have you along this hour. The u. S. Remains the center of the Global Pandemic with a staggering 350,000 deaths so far. Take a look at the images. No other country comes even close. According to johns hopkins, nearly 300,000 new cases were confirmed on saturday. That figure might include cases not reported also during the new year holiday. Now, Public Health officials fear another surge is coming because of recent holiday gatherings. And the rollout of vax naxs across the u. S. Remains painfully slow. U. S. Health Officials Say more than 4 million americans have received their first shot. Thats only a fraction of the 13 million doses that have been distributed so far. Now, the Health Crisis here in the u. S. Is especially severe in southern california. The state reported more than 53,000 new cases jus
On social distancing. Hello and welcome to audiences in the uk and around the world. Were covering all the latest coronavirus developments, both here and globally. The uk government has denied reports that it has drawn up plans to allow some schools and businesses to open in mid may. Ministers say itll only happen when the scientific advice indicates it is safe to do so. Elsewhere, a delivery of some protective equipment for Health Care Workers that was due to arrive in the uk today from turkey has been delayed. Theres been an increase of 596 in the number of uk hospital deaths the smallest rise for nearly two weeks. The total now stands at 16,060. Hundreds of people have taken to the streets in a number of american states to demand an early end to the coronavirus lockdown. And a star studded online concert has been broadcast around the world to honour front line workers tackling the coronavirus outbreak. Well have more on all these stories in a moment, but first our Health Corresponde
Of a terror attack right here in the u. S. Was there any truth to what the iraqi Prime Minister has been saying that the u. S. s subways are in threat. Plus the fbi believes it has identified the masked militant. Who is speaking in three isis videos, showing the beheading of westerners. As were watching whats happening now in britain, a major debate happening in parliament, will the uk join the coalitions campaign against ice nis iraq . Thats what the vote would be for. We have all angles covered for you with Christiane Amanpour, live in london. And we begin with cnns Jason Carroll and the confusion over the terror threats. New york citys mayor and Police Commissioner and the governor all stepping forward to insure the people of new york city that the subway system is safe. This, after there was some confusion yesterday, after a controversial statement made by iraqs Prime Minister. At subways in major cities across the country this morning, commuters can expect increased security. Afte
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Nearly 30 Million People are in its path. The hurricane is packing 90mileperhour winds and residents are bracing for heavy winds, torrential rain and in some areas, storm surges of up to 11 feet. The deadly storm is blamed for at least 25 deaths in costa rica, nicaragua, and honduras. Hundreds have been rescued from flood waters and mudslides and weve got reporters on the ground in all areas facing a major threat along the gulf coast right now. Lets go to cnn meteorologist chad meyers in the weather center. It has been a night where this storm now has been over warm water and then the Morning Hours as well. And so where we were yesterday with a Tropical Storm is now turned into a category 2 land falling hurricane, somewhere and biloxi, gulfport, maybe bay st. Louis and if it gets to bay st. Louis, its going to clip plaquemines parish. We have to think about the width of the eye and the width of the wind because were already going to see significantly deteriorating conditions for our Ka