Coronavirus infection rates again. Host china is planning to impose tough National Security laws on hong kong following months of mass protests against the central government. The draft law is expected to be rubberstamped at chinas biggest political gathering in beijing. Activists fear it will be used to correct to crackdown on Political Freedoms and will likely make relations with the u. S. Even worse. Senators will introduce legislation to place sanctions on chinese officials for violating hong kongs autonomy. We report from beijing. Correspondent on the eve of chinas National Peoples congress, the announcement of a proposed National Security law which criminalizes secession, foreign interference, and a subversion of state power in hong kong. Hong kong is an inseparable part of the peoples republic of china. Of mpc is the highest organ state power. It is exercising the power enshrined in the constitution to establish and improve at the state level a Legal Framework and enforcement me
and i m rosemary church. just ahead. unfortunately our next available seats for rebooking are on the 31st and beyond. once again, our next available seats for rebooking customers at this time is at the 31st and beyond. these are the scenes playing out in airports across the u.s. as massive disruptions at southwest airlines leave holiday travelers stranded. plus frigid temperatures and paralyzing snowfall hammered parts of the u.s. this holiday weekend. we will speak to one new york official about the difficulties that remain as temperatures finally take a turn for the better. no relief for soldiers fighting in ukraine s hardest hit front line towns as president zelenskyy warns russian troops will stop at nothing to gain just a little ground. live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom with rosemary church. thanks for joining us. it is the travel nightmare after christmas. thousands of flights are being canceled across the u.s. after the monster arctic storm that
Issuing eight murder warrants for car today and more expected to come as wednesdays ten remaining victims are identified. Meantime, the ongoing manhunt, as you mentioned, now extending beyond maines borders and closer to lewiston, where this all took place, people within 50 miles being told to lock their doors, searching by air, land and water. A massive manhunt for robert card. The 40 year old Us Army Reservist and firearms instructor believed to be behind wednesdays mass shooting in nearby lewiston, which left 81 people dead and 13 others injured. Police conduct several search warrants on thursday, but card failing to turn up. He should be considered armed and dangerous. Investigators say he used an Assault Rifle taking aim at those inside a Bowling Alley and then a bar and grill before apparently ditching his car near a boat ramp in nearby lisbon. I just booked it down the lane and i slid basically basically into where the pins are and climbed up in the machine and was on top of the
Again, stocks marching higher despite any noise that is out there in the political world. Overnight, youll see what happened. The nikkei was up by half a percentage point. Hang seng was slightly weaker. Shanghai composite up by a quarter of a percentage point. In europe, the biggest surprise, even though the conservative party was not able to win back a majority, and even though there are all kinds of questions about theresa may and her government, you can see right now the ftse is trading higher. It is up by about three quarters of a percentage point. Stocks in france up as well. Germany, the dakotx is up. And the current sy market, youve seen more of a reaction. The pound is under pressure, the dollar pound is at 12736. Dollar up against the yen and up against the euro as well. Check out the ten year, the yield, at this point, looks like it is trading at 2. 199 . Just below 2. 2 . And if you look at crude oil prices this morning, crude oil is down yesterday. This morning, up by 15 ce