Abc7 news anchor liz kreutz is live now to give us the big picture perspective of what this means. Liz . Hi, kristen. Weve been talking a lot about our local businesses and how theyre doing, but these numbers out today give a really big picture look at the overall toll retail is taking right now because of this pandemic. We spoke to the president of mountain hardwear based in richmond to get his take on what all of this means moving forward. Weve all seen it, the crazy online discounts. 80 off ann taylor, 60 off j crew, macys. While it might sound nice, something detrimental is happening to the retail business. But just how bad it is . What is the state of the Retail Industry right now . Its at a stand still. The president of richmondbased mountain happ hardwear. Despite Curbside Pickup beginning this week in the bay area, even at places like rei which sales their products, he says he is not holding his breath. I dont see that changing anything significantly. I dont think consumers eve
Leave the next government. At least 20 people are killed and hundreds injured as albania suffers its worst earthquake in decades all. Pan facing had calls from protesters and criticism from the chief rabbi but the u. K. s Opposition Leader insists there is no place for anti semitism in his party. Along with the sports where the 24th arabian gulf cop has kicked off in this years edition having extra political significance for the blockading nations of saudi arabia bahrain and the u. A. E. Only. Crowds of people accusing un peacekeepers of failing to protect them from rebel attacks are still out on the streets in eastern democratic republic of congo there are defined. A curfew imposed after a 2nd day of protests there has been a standoff between hundreds of protesters and un forces just outside the town of benny 2 people were killed on tuesday one as protesters tried to march towards an airport where the peacekeepers of based people are angry at u. N. Forces saying that they failed to pr
Are underway for the 2nd straight day protesters angry at new tax proposals which they say they cannot afford because theyre already struggling to made by sick needs its the 2nd wife of nationwide protests this month with some now calling for the fall of the regime the protests come amid a worsening economic crisis in lebanon which many blame on the small number of sectarian politicians who ruled the country since its a 15 year civil war came to an end in 9090 both kuwait and egypt have warned this citizens to stay away from the process brian has moved. Anger and frustration boiling over and lebanons capital beirut. Security forces fired tear gas and water cannon on crowds demanding the government resign. Such these protesters say they cant take anymore that years of economic failure have left them struggling to survive. I said it was im sad let me tell you at the end of the day if i stay hidden behind social media and i dont go out into the streets how can i dare ask for my rights whe
The u. K. Parliament for a straight yes or no vote paris johnson is adamant the u. K. Will leave the e. U. In 10 days despite being forced to ask for another delay speaker of the house of commons will decide shortly whether to allow it to go ahead lets go live to london lawrence lee is standing by for us there so will he or wont he allow it to go ahead lawrence. Well they it looks like he wont but im not necessarily sure it matters tremendously because even if he doesnt allow it to go ahead then Boris Johnson will push ahead with trying to get the withdrawal bill into law starting on on choose and thats when it gets really hairy to be honest with you because if you ask 100 suppose medical experts here whos going to win those votes then frankly no ones going to get to be able to give you an honest answer what we do know some of this happened over the course of the last few days of the 2 warring ends of the conservative policy those moderates who really dont like Boris Johnsons deal on t
Have legitimate demands however she also says that it would be impossible for any government to comprehend simply attack the past and present challenges in just one year that is how long Prime Minister i will have done my duty has been empowered. Still to come here on aljazeera boeing under fire the Airlines Make the c. E. O. Has a tough time as he faces congressional questions about crunches the kills called 300 people. Had rather mixed picture across much of the middle east some cooler air in place but also plenty of rain showers and some snow to these high elevations you can see on the satellite quite a lot going on inside kabul we have got mostly rain but some snow again at the patients to 20 celsius on a day meanwhile in between the black sea and the caspian sea weve got a steady stream of and again will snow to the mountain tops on by friday very unsettled throughout much of turkey quite a cloud and really quite cold in anchorage just 13 celsius meanwhile a nice sunny day in beir