In mourning like everyone else. He was so beautiful and alive and then all of a sudden he is gone. Reporter he was a legend who inspired legends like stevie wonder. As far as, um, him saying that i influenced him, i feel honored. But he influenced me, too,. Reporter there have been countless celebrity tributes to the grammy and oscar winner from Purple Lights on the set of the late show with Stephen Colbert to the cast of the color purple on broadway who had a full house belting out purple rain. [ music ] he. Reporter these cast of hamilton closed thursday nights shows dancing to lets go crazy. Truly electrifying investigators say they cannot confirm that prince was on any medication at the time of his death. The medical examiner completed the autopsy on prince today. But it could take weeks before we get the findings. Still so many unanswered questions. Yes. Before starting his day today in london, president obama says he listened to princes music. It so happens our ambassador has a t
Morning. Four metro Fire Departments are considering a merger plan. Elias lam looking at the map, you can see the boundaries shared by waukee, clive, urbandale, and west des moines. And now the departments are looking at ways to step up response times. Its an idea thats been floated around for a couple of years now, but has gained traction after this summer when all four started using westcom dispatch. Any department can go to a working fire, but Department Leaders are looking to make that possible for any fire. The plan could be a shortterm fix, because more stations are also part of the equation. Clives facing the same issue in the same area. And at the end of the day, it just doesnt make sense for clive to build a fire station and urbandale to build one two miles apart. Elias theres currently no time line for when the changes would be implemented. West des moines currently has the largest staff, while waukee is the smallest of the four looking at the proposal. Elias new this morning
Negotiations or fight for german chancellor Angela Merkel said that russia is not taking the necessary steps to ease the standoff over ukraine. She said germany would continue to urge dialogue to resolve the complex and upper limit support ukraines right to decide its own future the sony as new Prime Minister on the boycott meanwhile set in holland and imposing economic sanctions on russia with her European Union countries but might be needed to send a strong message to moscow. Hours earlier the European Union in brussels announced plans to set up a special support group to help ukraine stabilize the precarious economy and political situation. European union chief jose manual barroso said the group whose work would be extended to georgia and moldova will draw on the expertise of various eu Member States and work with International Financial institutions. The activist who ive been holed up inside of the Ukrainian Security Service Building in the eastern city of gods have said they are u
The uk Health Secretary, matt hancock, has said a sharp rise in the number of new coronavirus cases recorded in the last 2a hours is concerning and urged young people in particular to be mindful of social distancing. The latest daily figures showed nearly 3000 new infections as our health editor, hugh pym reports. Bolton today, coming to terms with a sharp increase in coronavirus cases. Almost all amongst those aged under 50, with the infection rate now the highest in england. Joint action by the council and the government has resulted in new restrictions. Local people have been told only to use public transport for essentialjourneys and not to mix with other households, indoors or outdoors. Some are frustrated at another change in the rules. People make plans. We cantjust keep stopping our lives and going backwards. Its just confusing. I think its everyone, i dont think itsjust young people in general, ijust think its everyone. You cant put, you know, an age on it, really, i dont thin
New coronavirus cases on sunday, a new Civil Servants in global daily record. England are being urged by the government to return a rare and dangerous heat wave to work in their offices. Is hitting california. In a letter seen by the bbc, temperatures could hit 49 the government wants 80 degrees celcius in some areas. Of Civil Servants to be and, the bolshoi ballet at their workplace at least is back treading the boards once a week by the end of the month. After shutting down unions have described the governments attitude during the pandemic. As outdated. Our political correspondent, chris mason, has more. Usually vibrant, bustling, dynamic, and yet for much of the last six months many of our city centres have looked like this. Its time for that to change, says the government. The head of the civil service, sir mark sedwill, says the Prime Minister believes. This is whitehall, home to loads of government departments. Its actually relatively busy here today but still pretty quiet on wee