For the eighth consecutive season. Welcome to bbc news, im james reynolds. Our top stories President Trump has been claiming that the recent upsurge in cases of coronavirus are in part due to more testing. That may well have some logic to it, but it shouldnt detract from the figures. The us now has more than 2. 5 million cases. The new spike has brought with it a return to restrictions in some of the states that had reopened, and it has also affected the election campaign. Campaign events planned by Vice President mike pence in arizona and florida have been cancelled. Tanya dendrinos reports. Another day, another record. More than 9,500 new coronavirus cases in 2a hours in florida, 600 more than the record set on friday. Republican states like florida and texas had been keen to push ahead with a reopening of their economies early. But, with a surge in cases, some of those decisions have been reversed. Last drinks were called in florida, a bitter pill to swallow for those who feel they
Hello and welcome to bbc news. The United States has surpassed 2. 5 million coronavirus cases it comes as the surge in daily records continues. Restriction are being reintroduced in some states. Business owners say its another devastating blow. Tanya dendrinos has this report. Another day, another record. More than 9500 new coronavirus cases in 2a hours in florida, 600 more than the record that on friday. Republican states like florida and texas had been keen to push ahead with a reopening of their economies early, but with a surge in cases, some of those decisions have been reversed. Last drinks we re have been reversed. Last drinks were called in florida. A bitter pill to swallow for those who feel they did all the right things. We did everything. 0ur right things. We did everything. Our staff wore masks, we had sanitising stations, we did weekly tests, we limited occupancy, did everything that was asked. It isa everything that was asked. It is a tough conversation to have with every
Hello and welcome to bbc news. President donald trump has been claiming recently that more cases of coronavirus are in part a result of more testing. That may well have some logic to it but it shouldnt detract from the figures. The us now has more than 2. 5 million cases. And that surge has brought about a return to restrictions in some of the first states to reopen. Florida has passed 10,000 infections while arizona matched its earlier record of 3,500 new cases. Its also affected the election campaign. Events planned in both those states by the Vice President mike pence have been cancelled. Tanya dendrinos has this report. Another day, another record. More than 9,500 new coronavirus cases in 2a hours in florida, 600 more than the record set on friday. Republican states like florida and texas had been keen to push ahead with a reopening of their economies early. But with a surge in cases, some of those decisions have been reversed. Last drinks were called in florida, a bitter pill to s
Island for several more hours. The Prime Minister there in the bahamas saying so far the storm has killed at least five people. We have our teams stationed this morning from the bahamas all the way up to the carolinas where according to that new guidance, the hurricane could be heading. Lets start, lets start with that new guidance, my friend in today show colleague, al roker standing by. Al, what are you seeing . Whats the new guidance telling us about where this storm is moving . Its interesting, craig. Here we go. This just in at 11 00 from the National Hurricane center. It is now a category two storm. Make no mistake, lets not Pay Attention to the categories, okay, because question still get a lot of damage out of this. Its 105 miles east of fort pierce, florida. Right now winds are at 110 Miles Per Hour northwest at 2 Miles Per Hour. Lets not lets not go to the next graphic just yet because i want to point this out, craig. We are looking at even though its weakening, its starting
Action and then crickets. Surprise, the Trump Administration will send 1,000 migrants a month to counties in florida, counties repped by democrats. We begin with breaking news. The u. S. Is expected to announce soon that its lifting steel and aluminum tariffs on canada and mexico. This is according to an official familiar with these plans. Julia is joining us from new york. Tell us what you have learned here and what this means for the u. S. , julia . Well, what were hearing now is that we could see the white house remove the tariffs that have been applied on countries like canada and mexico, almost a year ago if you remember citing National Security concerns. Were talking about 25 tariffs on steel, 10 tariffs on incoming aluminum. A huge bone of contention between the three nations between canada, mexico and the United States. In exchange for removing those tariffs, of course, the United States wants to retain the powers to hit them with tariffs, again, if any of these nations are imp