Welcome thanks for joining us here on r. T. And. First for you this hour lets get the latest global coronavirus numbers the total tally of infections that has now surpassed 4200000 294000 lives have been lost more than 1500000 people have recovered. Frances taking its 1st tentative steps back to normality today its 8 week lockdown is being eased back although some restrictions remain in place for instance masks a mandatory on public transport while some see the overall move as being positive for this fear that it could lead to a 2nd spike of infections so the dubin ski has more. From today thats monday many shops will be able to reopen schools will start to reopen public transport will be running more efficiently than it has over the last 8 weeks people hoping to get the taste of freedom for the last 8 weeks every time theyve left the house that had to happen a personal permission slip an act to say exactly why theyre leaving the house for a select narrow set of reasons that has now be
Good afternoon thanks for joining us here on r. T. International. Lets start by bringing you right up to date on the latest global coronavirus figures the total number of infections is now above 4100000 294000 lives have been lost but more than 1400000 people have recovered. France is taking its 1st tentative steps back to normality today its a lockdown is being eased back although some restrictions will remain in place for instance masks are mandatory and public transport while some see the overall move has been positive others fear that it could lead to a 2nd spike in infections auntie correspondent in paris charlotte devinsky has the story. From today thats monday many shops will be able to reopen schools will start to reopen public transport will be running more efficiently than it has over the last 8 weeks people hoping to get the taste of freedom for the last 8 weeks every time theyve left the house that had to happen a personal permission slip an act to say exactly why theyre le
Few clues. They are asking the public for help. The woman that was injured is expected to recover. Live in dorchester tonight, nicole estaphan, Wcvb Newscenter 5. Ben all right, nicole, thank you. Taking a live look at the boston skyline. A beautiful night out there. A few showers, but they did not last long, joe joe . No they did not last long, joe. Joe very comfortable, very quiet night. We are looking at the radar, pretty much winding down. We did have a few of the showers earlier, dark, ominous clouds. Did not amount to much. What is really the problem, we need go showers. We are looking at hydraulic additions around high drought diane we have not had a lot of rainfall coming down in boston, but Something Else has trees. Arborists blame the drought for weakening trees roots and branches. Newscenter 5s David Bienick tonight on what you can do to avoid trouble in your backyard. David crews sawed up and hauled away whats left of this huge oak tree that came down in wellesley with a cr
And Convention Center, and also at mandalay bay so they are using all three Convention Centers and they still want to grow. karen castro you may recall. The Las Vegas Convention and sitors authority purchased the riviera in febuary. The strip property will be imploded to make room for more convention space. The plan is to build a parking lot and exhibition hall. Were told ces has already expressed interest in using that space to expand the 2017 show. karen castro while preparations for ces 2016 appear to be going smoothly. There is road work along Convention Center drive. Coming up at 5, well let you know what the county is prepared to do ahead of the Biggest Convention of the year. Reporting live, karen castro, 8 news now. paul joncich the same storm system that created tornadoes in the south and midwest has brought snow and ice to parts of the east. Heavy rain also brought record breaking flooding in missouri and illinois. Webb joins us live from goldens bridge, new york with the lat
89 inches. Atlantic city. 84. Wilmington. 79. Vineland, new jersey. 61 inches of rain. We had snow, sleet, this is a mix of snow sleet then straight snow but an inch in lehighton, mount pocono got. 8, candencyst at. 8. Martines creek. 3. And allentown a trace. The we had few ice pull nets philadelphia poconos hardest hit thanks to the ice. Carbon county a tree was down due on is jim thorpe, toby hand i fire. And two trees were down, thanks to the icing. Some spots in the poconos ended up with a quarter of an inch of ice. Certainly enough to bring down tree branches and enlarger trees, and power lines. What to expect moving forward . Weve got another wet threat for your wednesday, system could bring in some rain. We will tell you areas most likely to pick up showers and we will take a peak at that all important new years eve forecast, ill tell you this, it is trending colder heading in to january. More coming up. Jessica. We will see you in a bit, thank you. This weather system spawned