Stop it from spreading. A divided Spanish Parliament extends the virus state of emergency for a 4th time. The british Prime Minister gets a grilling from the new Opposition Leader as he defends his handling of the outbreak. Israel announces plans for thousands of illegal settlement homes a new yorker by west bank. And a top kashmiri rebel commander is killed by Indian Forces i think tensions at the border. Begin this evening with fresh accusations from venezuelas president over a plot by the u. S. To oust him thats what he says venezuelas state television has board calls videos of what it says a 2 american mercenaries and as well an authority say they captured the pair during a failed armed incursion on monday the us gov. And has denied involvement with the law has described the operation as a plot coordinated with washington to enter the country via the caribbean coast and remove him from office lets go straight now to todays of all who joins us live from it is this is obviously very
Tensions between the United States and china are on the rise creating concern that it could be the start of a new cold war and may likely eliminate progress on a trade deal so to talk more about this Rachel Blevins joins me now to go to get into the details so rachel what is the current state of this trade deal where time right now in the United States and china were supposed to be finalizing phase 2 of a massive trade deal but instead President Trump is now questioning whether china is following through on the agreements it made with phase one so because of this he says that hes planning to talk to farmers in the coming weeks and to decide whether to terminate that go all together and that could mean war on china now trump was asked about this and asked about whether he thinks that china is following through with their end of the deal take a listen to what he said. Do hopefully theyre going to keep the deal well see they may they may not going to fund. The state Department Also confir
Recession, lots of people lost their jobs. But on the worst month, about 1 million americans. On the worst month of the pandemic so far, 20 million americans. And those numbers dont include the latest layoffs to hit the bay area. Uber says it will cut about 15 of its staff or about 3,700 people, which is just an amazing number. This according to paperwork the company filed with the sec. To that you can add almost 2,000 jobs at San Franciscos airbnb. Very few people are traveling, of course, and thats left the staff with very little to do. Airbnb cutting a quarter of its employees. The stock market not reacting to the numbers. It pushes those people who want to reopen the economy, that much harder, to reopen the economy. Heres the thing we dont know, marcus. Were going to risk lives to reopen the economy. Is it going to bring us back to normal or will it add fuel to the virus, creating another round of this pandemic which will simply make things worse . We seem to be very much between a
And by contributions to this pbs station om viewers like you. Thank you. America. Reporting from new yori am laura trevelyan. President trump changes course on disbanding the Coronavirus Taskev force, saying he knew it was so popular. This comes amid warnings at the outbreak is just beginning in the u. S. And brazil, the out break is the latest threat to neighborhoods agued by poverty and violence. The president s handlingrof the crisiskes an angry reaction. Polluted parts of california and why people there feel they areba rollinck environmental protections. For all of you watching on pbs and around the globe, welcome to world news america. President trump has reversed course and will keep the task force in place indefinitely. Mr. Trump n says tion is battling a crisis worse than 9 11 and pearl harbor. En so, more and more u. S. Meeting the federal guidelines, which say Coronavirus Infections should be declining for at least two weeks. There are more tn 1. 2 million cases in this count
Is not doing enough to comply with the new ordinance required homeless residents to be placed into bank and hotel rooms. There are now more than 60,000 confirmed cases of coronavirus here in california. Unfortunately, 95 more people died yesterday. Bringing the number of deaths statewide 2 2400. The number of people in hospitals, and intensive care units is down slightly from yesterday. And over 809,000 californians have now been tested for the virus. Governor newsom today, announced the expansion of work ins compensation benectors of ion is. Intended so that people go back to work, and contract the virus. They can worry less about staying at home. The worst thing we can do is have a worker that has tested positive but doesnt want to tell anybody. And can spread the disease, because he or she cant afford not to work. More workplaces and businesses will begin reopening across the state on friday, under what is being called stage two of the safety and hygiene protocols. Governor newsom s