But these guys are pure joy, best new kiddos in the world today. Time for a special hour on msnbc, life in the time of coronavirus hosted by dr. Zeke emanuel and ali. Rachel, its these things i seek out, these little great messages, these babies born. These people celebrating and doing what they can for graduations and marking this change in this time of coronavirus. We do need these things. We have to stay on the news and we have to hold power to account but we have to celebrate life will go on. One day well get back to normal. Thanks for sharing that with us, have a great weekend. We have to check this stuff. It has to be part of how we understand this time. I appreciate it. Thanks friend. The staggering tragedy of the coronavirus has in fact made us numb to some numbers. 1. 2 million cases so far, nearly 78,000 americans dead in this short time. 78,000 lives lost. Think of how many families, friends, communities have been affected. The number itself doesnt tell that story. The loss
Hello and welcome to newsline. Its monday, march 11. Im Catherine Kobayashi in tokyo. Japan is observing the second anniversary of the march 11, 2007, earthquake, tsunami, and nuclear accident. Officials and residents across the affected areas will hold Memorial Services for the victims on monday. A magnitude 9. 0 earthquake triggered tsunami waves over 10 meters high. The government says at least 20,851 people died or remain missing. The figure includes those who died after evacuating. The Central Government is holding a ceremony in tokyo. A moment of silence will be observed at 2 46 p. M. Japan time, the exact moment the earthquake struck. Government figures show about 315,000 people were still living in temporary housing as of february. There are plans to eventually build about 23,000 Public Housing units for those who cant rebuild their homes, but only 84 units were completed as of february. Radiation decontamination work is also delayed. Local municipalities have only managed to a
And bureaucratic corruption. Government leaders are presenting their annual budget plan to the congress. Theyve increased be Defense Budget by more than 10 to about 120 billion. Chinas Defense Budget has seen double digit growth almost every year since 1989. Members of the congress are expected to follow through on the transition and choose ping as president. Once they do hell hold the top three posts in china, leader of the country, military and the communist party. He took over in november as the partys general secretary. The congress is empowered to appoint top political officials and laws. The leadership decides key policies. Congress approves them. We have a law to report on throughout the day and over the 13 days of these meetings. Well have more later in the hour. U. S. Secretary of state john kerry says theres a limited amount of time to reach a settlement on irans programs. Negotiations wont go on forever. His first overseas trip since taking office. Talks will not go on for t
And bureaucratic corruption. Government leaders are presenting their annual budget plan to the congress. Theyve increased be Defense Budget by more than 10 to about 120 billion. Chinas Defense Budget has seen double digit growth almost every year since 1989. Members of the congress are expected to follow through on the transition and choose ping as president. Once they do hell hold the top three posts in china, leader of the country, military and the communist party. He took over in november as the partys general secretary. The congress is empowered to appoint top political officials and laws. The leadership decides key policies. Congress approves them. We have a law to report on throughout the day and over the well haveore later in the hour. U. S. Secretary of state john kerry says theres a limited amount of time to reach a settlement on irans programs. Negotiations wont go on forever. His first overseas trip since taking office. Talks will not go on for the sake of talks. Talks canno
California store. Video showing shoppers scrambling for safety. Tonight, the clues that led to the alleged bomber. And good evening. Thanks for joining us on this saturday. Im tom llamas. And we begin tonight with the breaking news as we come on the air. A fire has broken out in trump tower here in new york city. You can see the flames shooting out from the president s skyscraper. At least one person reported in serious condition. Abcs Zachary Kiesch is there. What have you learned . Reporter tom, firefighters have just knocked down a fire here at trump tower just behind me here. You can still see a lot of activity out here, obviously. This is the home to president s famous penthouse. Flames and black smoke could be seen coming out of the tower and according to the fdny, they got a call at 5 30 of a fire on the 50th floor. Now, the president was in washington at the time. One person is in serious condition, but there were no official evacuations. The building since the president was el