The breaking news, shes in our newsroom with information. Reporter right now that section of i5 is shut down in both tkraebg. We know a fed ex semi collided with a charter bus headed north filled with high school seniors. These are pictures just in to channel 2 in the last hour showing the verity srer showing the severity of the crash. You can see teenagers helping each other off the bus. Some struggling to bus, others covered in blood. , but these were the lucky ones. The 18yearold from palm desert who called her family to let them know she survived the crash but didnt know where she was being taken. Heres what we know from passengers on the bus. Most were students from the Southern California area on the way to visit humble State University for the schools spring preview day. The schools website is one of many ways frantic family are getting and sharing information. We found photographs and video from people who said they first heard an explosion then heard the noise. School resource
Thwarting any attempt by this country to Contact Trace and stop the virus not one of the task force doctors has said they will be there at the briefing. Here are the voices to hear from, the task force coordinator, the surgeon general, the heads of the cdc or the fda and leading Infectious Disease authority dr. Fauci saying this to npr this morning. Will you be there . You know, i dont know. I cant guarantee that. Thats up to the white house. I would imagine that i would be at least in on some of them but we have not heard anything definitive yet. I would be more than happy to be there and if not thats okay, too, as long as we get the message across. You will only be seeing the president who we just learned is getting tested for coronavirus multiple times a day even as his administration fails to produce a National Testing strategy and as he ignores guidance to stay safe. Lets get now to White House Correspondent Kaitlan Collins for us. If no members of the task force are attending who
Welcome to all of our viewers joining us here in the United States and all around the world. Good to see you. Just ahead this hour i try my best but, like, how much can you try . How far can you go . What can you do . Americans continue to struggle as the Biden Administration pushes for economic relief. The question now is when will help come . Plus, the uk is now the worst hit country on earth when it comes to deaths per capita. The government is calling it, quote, an embarrassment. Live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom. U. S. President joe biden isnt wasting any time trying to get more relief to americans hardest hit by the pandemic, to combat the economic crisis, he signed two more orders on friday. They focused on expanding Food Assistance programs, delivering stimulus checks to hard to reach americans and paving the way to raising the federal minimum wage. The president says the time to act is now. The bottom line is this. Were in a national emergency. We need to act like wer
Sir keir starmer urges the government to show the public there is a plan and publish its strategy for ending the coronavirus lockdown. Nursery and Primary Schools have reopened across denmark, as the country gradually begins to ease coronavirus restrictions. And he set out to collect a £1000 for the nhs. Now hes topped £5 million. Veteran captain tom smashes his target with the help of the world. Well. Youve done it, youve done it youve done it people have donated over 5 million, oh, my gosh, youve done it, tom that is absolutely extraordinary completely out of this world hello and welcome to audiences in the uk and around the world. Were covering all the latest coronavirus developments here in britain and globally. Our top story. The uk government has promised that all care home residents and staff with covid 19 symptoms will be tested. It comes after weeks of calls from care providers for more testing and warnings that the virus is running wild amid outbreaks at more than 2,000 car
We are now here in the bbcs headquarters in central london, and to bring you this edition, we are having to bring you our two panellists and our audience members who are going to be asking questions via video link. Let me tell you who our two panellist are. Helle Thorning Schmidt was Prime Minister of denmark from 2011 until 2015 and until quite recently was ceo of the charity save the children. And doctor Richard Horton is editor in chief of the independent International Medical journal the lancet. He is a doctor and has worked at the United Nations on health, human rights and with refugees. Welcome to you both and welcome to our questioners who are joining us from all over the world. I am clapping them because i am sure you are at home as well. Lets take our first question and that is david in new york. David, your question, please. With the meat market in china suspected to be the source of the coronavirus how can we close these down . Did the World Health Organization drop the ball