This is bbc news, im rachel schofield. The headlines at 8pm. Us troops kill irans top military commander in an air strike, general Qassim Suleimani was tehrans strategic mastermind. Iran said the air strike was the uss biggest mistake in the region and promised to avenge the generals death. President trump said Qassim Suleimani was planning attacks to kill hundreds of americans. We dont seek war with iran, but at the same time, we are not going to stand by and watch this escalate and put american lives at risk without responding in a way that disrupts, defends, deters, and creates an opportunity to de escalate the situation. Jess phillips becomes the third labour mp to enter the race to become the partys next leader
saying it has to change to win back voters. I think that the labour party, just like i did, have the same values that i have, and wants to see change and wants to convince people that things can get better. Relief for around a thousand people as Australian Naval ships rescu
people wednesday . I think a lot of people are asking that question, especially when there is a strong economic argument for asking people to wear face masks as well as the primary reason of protecting people and preventing the spread of coronavirus. Economically, if you encourage people to feel safer going out, that will encourage them to go back to shops and restaurants and therefore starts the Consumer Spending that is needed to get the economy going again. Your reporter in the segment before this said shops need time to prepare signage perhaps. Do they . They are already filled with two metre signs which have now been registered one metre . That is the government line, it does not necessarily stand up to scrutiny. It is odd to announce it tonight but habits delay of more
thana week tonight but habits delay of more than a week before it is implemented. I expect enforcement, there are a lot of question marks as to how it will enforced. It has to be police, not shop staff. Again, how
Lifetime in terms of what their duty is and what theyre being compromised by. What happens next, well watch. But they have a lot to explain, the republicans if they ignore whats the obvious. Well, we shall see. This is our breaking news here. House democrats wrapping up the final day of their case against President Trump, arguing that he abused the power of his office. He obstructed congress and their investigation. This is cnn tonight. Im don lemon. Thank you so much for joining us. Impeachment managers laying out an extensive case that the president of the United States obstructed congress, flagrantly defying subpoenas and warning that if a president can obstruct an investigation by congress, the power to impeach, the remedy provided by the constitution, will be gone. Lead impeachment manager adam schiff delivering what you could call a prebuttle of the president s defense. I leave you to your own judgments about the president. I only hate what hes done to this country. I grieve for
A new round of stimulus checks. Well have a lot more on that. Our nbc News Reporters are here following all of the developments. Shannon pettypiece at the white house, catie beck in virginia and Shaquille Brewster in wisconsin. Shannon im going to begin with you and talk about the new cdc guidelines for us and how to get back to business. What is this new path forward. Reporter well, ayman, these guidelines are less comprehensive than ones that the cdc had proposed but much more detailed than anything weve gotten from the federal government yet about the steps that businesses can take to reopen. So these guidelines lay out specific steps for certain industries, restaurants and bars, childcare facilities, those sorts areas and the steps that they can take from extra disinfecting, cleaning more regularly, social distancing. A lot of these things are common that people have already been doing. But businesses were really out on their own to figure this out and some companies were putting t