I am joe and the executive director. The institute here has been here for over three years now. An important member of the institute, things are since our founding, hes been our media fellow and help coordinate some of our events. So far more pretentious event you may have seen, ross was involved in. [laughter]. But anyway we are super pleased that ross is joining us today anything of the day of the really of his latest book. All of you know ross is one of the most important commentators American Culture today the rights of course the New York Times opinion page is written more than a few bucks at this point and they seem to all at least a couple of them is how we became something right. [laughter]. Ross you might want to steer clear that racing is on point. Host anyway today in the format will be i will engage ross in conversation about the book prayed and i had the pleasure of reading it and it really is an interesting book. In my judgment not the sort of typical conservative bring o
Restrict travel from china and other hot spots as a result a large number of new clothes shoes in the United States were seeded by travelers from Europe Mike Hanna reporting now from washington he says President Trumps other comments will be scrutinized as well while many questions still about President Trumps comments among the other issues is that he referred to Insurance Companies as having told him that they would cover the cost that would be no copay that is what the patient pays for coronavirus treatment however the Insurance Companies within an hour were back saying no what we said is that we would cover the cost for a test but not for the treatment itself so there are a number of issues emerging out of this a number of misstatements by President Trump that will be picked out in the hours to come. Initially 827 people have now died from the virus with 12000 infected and more business is now being forced to close their doors as the country tightens its restrictions only pharmacie
Down the country almost all retail is shut down apart from food shops and phone. Or the biggest Basketball League in the world its been shut down because of coronavirus. And definitely after player tests positive for the virus. Welcome then to the new live from doha were bringing you extended coverage of the Coronavirus Crisis deepens the billions of people around the world only one word masses this hour and this is it after holding back for weeks the World Health Organization has now declared the outbreak a pandemic the World Health Organization defines a pandemic as the world wide spread of a new disease for which people have no immunity our coverage this spans confidence will have reporters in the u. S. And europe in asia the middle east africa and latin america will be live for them in just a moment but. 1st lets give an update on how the pandemic looks right now the number of cases has topped 126000 worldwide it all began here in china which has seen more than 80000 cases but new
A decision on Cardinal Pells last ditch effort to drop his conviction in a child sex abuse case. It is without question the worlds Biggest Health crisis corona virus has now officially been labeled a pandemic as the disease continues to spread around the globe and all nations are working to limit the further spread that includes the United States which has imposed a travel ban to most of europe for a month President Donald Trump in fact blaming the e. U. For some of that situation but he downplayed warnings of a potential recession in india there has been addressed a step taken the suspension of almost all visas to the countrys 62. 00 confirmed cases in india it will also quarantine all arrivals from 7 virus hit countries so lets have a look at the global picture youre familiar with this im sure from Johns Hopkins university the best snapshot we have at any one given time of 126000 just over 126000 confirmed cases with over 4600 deaths but always make sure of that green number if you c
Sanctions on iran to help it fight the virus. And players with the Spanish Football Team real madrid are in self quarantine now its not legal suspends or matches. Its just gone for 300 hours g. M. T. Thursday afternoon across europe where the coronavirus pandemic is forcing authorities to urgently decide just what to do to protect the public arent in norway they are now shutting schools finland is warning people against large public gatherings the Czech Republic has declared a 30 day state of emergency affection rights are also jumping in spain germany and the netherlands poland has reported its 1st step so much happening there we start with a look at europe through the virus tracker from Johns Hopkins university in the United States youre familiar with this one it gives us the best snap. Short of covert 19 infections at any one point and the main snapshot right now if it works is that one headline number of 127863 people infected all over the world now have a look at europe and i know