Friday. That to reach a deal to break the impasse over the debt ceiling and get the federal government to reopen once again. The government will run out of money this thursday if no new deal is reached. The dow skyrocketed more than 300 points on thursday. The second best day of the year. The nasdaq jumped as well. The markets continued to climb on friday. President obama announced his choice to run the Federal Reserve this week. It was no big surprise, janet yellen. She was born and raised in brooklyn, new york and a professor at harvard. She would be the first democrat to head the fed in 30 years and the first woman to head the fed ever. Yellen must still be approved by the senate. Earning season kicked off this week with two big financials reporting. Jpmorgan posted a loss. Wells fargo came ahead. Both companies were short on revenue. Weve been watching washington dysfunction for weeks now. Even though theres some hope for signs today its been having an effect on the market and the
Previous, topmilitary official, in his cabinet. And rounding what corner . Trump touts the u. S. Is almost in the clear, when it comes to the deadly pandemic. But a new model predicts the countrys death toll would top 410,000, by the end of the year. Welcome, everyone. Lets start with that bombshell story in the atlantic magazine, that has triggered a flood of outrage and denial. President trump, pushing back, hard, on claims that he made insulting comments about u. S. Troops. And that he chose to skip an overseas ceremony, in 2018, honoring americans war dead. Now, on friday, mr. Trump suggested his former chief of staff, john kelly, couldve been behind, at least one, of the reports. Although, trump didnt accuse kelly, outright. But he did say the retired marine general was unfit for the job as trumps top aide. I know john kelly. He was with me. Didnt do a good job. Had no temperament. And ultimately, he was petered out. He got he was exhausted. This man was totally exhausted. He wasn
This is bbc news. Im mike embley with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. Supporters of the jailed russian activist Alexei Navalny have been arrested after he urged people to protest against president putins government the fbi vets all 25,000 National Guard troops on duty in washington for wednesdays inauguration, looking for possible right wing extremists. The covid pandemic leaves some uk hospitals at breaking point. We have a special report from london where staff are stretched to the limit. I wasnt convinced we were going to have a second wave at all, and the huge numbers that havejust, absolutely
all, and the huge numbers that have just, absolutely slammed us, itsjust. I never thought it would be possible. And risking temperatures of up to minus 70 to scale the worlds second highest mountain the nepalese mountaineers tell the bbc about their historic ascent. Hello and welcome. More than 70 protesters have been detained in russia as they demanded the re
And its 1,000 hospital beds will be solely devoted to noncovid19 patients. That is so they can relieve they overwhelm the new york City Hospital so they can focus solely those hospitals on taking care of the patients who are sick with the coronavirus. Not just about the beds, doctors, and the equipment, its also about hope. Its also about boosting the morale of new yorkers. In addition to the 1,000 hospital beds, 1200 medical personnel made up of active duty Service Technicians that have come from all over the east coast to help new york. The comfort is equipped with xray machines, physical therapy center, a pharmacy. The comfort will accept about 50 noncovid19 patients a day beginning tomorrow, we will told. They will screen at their respective hospitals then checked in and screened again at the Convention Center which is now a temporary hospital before being taken by ambulance to the ship. The crew has undergone two covid19 screening processes themselves. We are really, really going
Anderson starts now. Reporter and good evening. The White House Coronavirus task force completed a stark and stunning presentation in the last hour warning what the president called a very painful two weeks ahead. According to the latest projection presented by scientists on the task force today, 100,000 to 240,000 people in this country will die in the weeks and months ahead. 100,000 to 240,000. And that is with current stay at home orders and social distancing efforts. That is certainly not good news, but when you compare it to the alternative, it just might be. On a chart called goals of Community Mitigation also presented by the task force, we saw estimates of what would happen without isolation and mitigation efforts. 1 Million People in this country could die, possibly many more than that. So let me make it clear. According to best estimates embraced by the nations top scientists, if we were not following stay at home orders or social distancing orders, 1 million or more of us wo