You this morning, also to kind of see all the pieces come together. And its truly a privilege to introduce our first speaker whos a fellow wisconsinite like myself. So our first speaker this morning will be Jonathan Pliska author of the Award Winning White House Historical Association Publication a garden for the president history of the white house grounds. Jonathan will be signing copies of this book later in the day during the reception in the gift shop. So youll have an opportunity to meet with him and talk about how great haze presentation was. No pressure. So please join me in welcoming Jonathan Pliska. So, yes, hello. I am in fact Jonathan Pliska. And i am absolutely honored to be speaking at this wonderful garden symposium. Id like to thank the White House Historical association, oaks spring and all the other sponsors for having me here today and hosting the events. As well as that splendid reception last evening at the u. S. Botanical garden and thank you all for attending. An
And the world and that means anxiety as much as the covered 900. 00 virus itself staff at the worlds most Famous Museum the louvre in paris shut it down for 3 days this week demanding better protection against the virus tourists went to news to there isnt a place in the world that its not going to get to you and you cant just shut down the world and you can though shut down parts of it battling europes most prolific outbreak so far italy will close all schools and universities until mid march in an effort to stem the tide of infections and a rising death toll japan did the same last week and france has also ordered the closure of some schools affecting an estimated 35000 pupils. As dramatic for some italys decision to hold all sporting fixtures in empty stadiums spain has done so to life across the globe is changing fast the World Health Organization continues to stress the importance of containment in places with few infections in the hope of delaying the spread of the disease and to
Vice president s convincing super tuesday victories. Banned from crossing a bridge from turkey into grace refugees are risking their lives for a chance at a new life and europe. And thousands of Asylum Seekers are kicked out of the u. S. And told to wait for their Court Hearings in makeshift camps across the Mexican Border instead. A state of emergency has been declared in california after the u. S. State recorded its 1st death from the coronavirus are now 53 confirmed cases in california a 71 year old man who had recently returned from a wine cruise died wednesday a california man is the 1st u. S. Patient to die outside the state of washington where 10 people have died the grand princess cruise ship the man was aboard this now skipping its trip to mexico and its been ordered to return to San Francisco she joins us live from washington d. C. She had this is theres been a lot of talk of cruise ships during the last few weeks about this corona virus so what do we know. Right this is anot
Race to the white house winds of up to super tuesday. And a group of artists branching out into the world of nature to leave an important message. Welcome to the program italy has announced it will be closing all schools universities until mid march as it battles to contain the spread of the coronavirus officials have decided to still allow sporting events to continue but they will be held without spectators the number of dead across italy now sits at 107. 00 its the largest death toll outside china and in the United States the number killed has risen to 11 several are connected to an elderly care home in seattle new cases of also been reported around the 2 most populous cities new york and los angeles well in the past few hours the u. S. House of representatives approved an 8300000000 dollar bill that will fund the fight against the virus its expected to pass in the senate and be signed by President Trump later in the week. Begins our coverage. Contagion is spreading quickly across eu
Nice recovery later on. We are expecting most areas around 54 to 59 degrees. Here is a live camera. It looks beautiful. You can see the nice glassy conditions on the water. And indicator the winds, for the most part are called. Not much of a wind out there this morning. The old system is moving out of town. With the clearing skies, the pictures are allowed to drop off overnight. As a result, you can see the 7 00 number 29 degrees in santa rosa and napa. Lots of 30s across a good portion of the bay area there is a chill in the air. Patchy frost. Well talk more about the forecast in a few minutes. Lets check in with allie, standing by with a look at the roadways. The folks who were headed out to work wherever they were going, left already. The roadways are clear extract a couple of problems at eastbound 80, there is not much of a commute. This is a crash involving a big rake, just west of the reporter. We do not see the usual slowdowns on was not 205 or 580 two livermore valley. Everythi