The governor, andrew cuomo, says the state has 53,000 beds but expects to need 140,000 as the pandemic peaks there. But he also says theres evidence suggesting that social distancing is, is helping slow the spread of the virus in new york. The World Health Organization says theres still time for the country to, quote, turn it around and avoid becoming the next global coronavirus epicenter. While we wait for the White House Briefing to begin, we dont know if the president will show up, i anticipate that he will, lets go to our National Correspondent erica hill joining us from new york. Erica, that state is an epicenter in the United States right now. But other states are now seeing a very rapid rise in the number of cases. Reporter yeah, wolf, thats absolutely right. The World Health Organization a short time ago warned of a significant shortage of critical supplies. Thats what were hearing from Governor Andrew Cuomo in new york, saying the single greatest need in this state is still ve
Torn back the curtain on the idea that so many of the folks in charge know what they are doing. The italian Prime Minister admits his country is taking a calculated risk by using a number of lockdown measures from next week. Spain records 87 deaths in the past 2a hours. The first time it has been under 100 since lockdown began. People are still being urged to stay away from tourist destinations and follow the lockdown rules for each pa rt follow the lockdown rules for each part of the uk. And injust follow the lockdown rules for each part of the uk. And in just over half an hour will be bringing you todays uk government briefing where we will hear from the business secretary. Welcome to bbc news. Well be bringing you the latest Coronavirus Briefing from downing street at 11. 30. Todays main developments the uk government is pushing for the phased re opening of Primary Schools, but today one of its most senior ministers said he coudnt guarantee safety for teachers returning to work. Mic
Good evening on this saturday night and we begin with that drone strike on terror targets in yemen. Of course the country believed to be home to al qaedas most dangerous wing. Tonight an official there confirming the drone striking a vehicle carrying suspected militants, the attack coming days after this video right here surfaced showing a massive al qaeda meeting. Its leaders openly threatening the united states. The question now, was this americas response to that video. Abcs chief Global Affairs correspondent Martha Raddatz reporting in on what we know so far. Reporter the hellfire missile from the u. S. Drone was launched from above yemens southern desert at a moving target. A pickup truck said to be carrying al qaeda militants who had been under surveillance for some time. The militants say officials had been training at a remote camp nearby and the Drone Operators were watching as the pickup pulled away. A yemeni official says the intelligence on the militants and the truck was v
It seems a woman on death row in the state of georgia is about out of options. She was sentenced to death for convincing her lover to murder her husband. The u. S. Supreme court denied a last ditch stay of execution. Martin savage has been following the story and joins us live from atlanta. Just spring us up to speed with where things stand right now. Is she out of options . Does she have any more chances of reprieve on the state level . Just help us on where things stand . Yeah, they got thereon a number of different legal hurdles and also gone for the georgia parole board. There are very few options left. I wont say none. As long as shes alive her lawyers are going to hope theres some last ditch effort. First of all, they had to go through the parole and pardons board of georgia. There was a hearing held in the state. It lasted for a number of hours. There was system given, even by her own children. They said dont give her death, give her life in prison. That did not happen. That set
It has been two weeks since a suspected chemical attack killed dozens of people. After days of being held up an ber National Monitoring group is able to investigate. They stay Fact Finding Team collected samples on saturday. They included chlorine and sarin which they believe the Syrian Government cruiused to bomb the town. Activists approved footage. Others showing dead children and wounded civilians. The dead foaming at the mouth. Syria and its powerful ally russia denieded there was a chemical attack at all. We are following all of this from moscow. Russia is trying to convince the world when there was no kem chel attack. It is a an odd dance. They have to shift the samples back to europe and distri wut them to lob aboratories. What they will not do is describe blame to anybody. What it will only do is say what if any chemical weapons were used in these attacks. This area is under the control of the Russian Military employees that have been able to escort journalists. This is an ind