Of the pops the 99 year old war veteran who captured british hearts now has a number one hit. So then china is marking a significant milestone in its fight against covert 19 its reported no new deaths for a 10th straight day and while that might offer some encouragement for other nations still in the grip of the pandemic doubts do persist over the accuracy of beijings figures now the 1st reported cases of the virus were in chinas will have problems i was back in december and since then the Chinese Government reported nearly 84000 cases and afternoon you deaths in recent days the official death toll still stands at a little over 4600 now well have province says its cleared all. Critically ill patients at a study in hong kong says the number of people infected in the 1st wave of covert 90 could have been 4 times higher than official figures and research to say the true number could be even higher than those estimates well in Hong Kong Sarah clarke reports theres growing skepticism about
Instead they say they favor what they call a merit based immigration system. The way that system works in canada, for example, people who are fluent in english and have higher educational degrees are given preference to legally enter the country. What this does is it lets everybody compete individually. What fairer way can you do than have a situation where everybody has a same level right to get into this country if they qualify . To get more analysis on this bill we spoke with the bills pen, professor at university of San Francisco. He says switching to a merit based immigration system here in the u. S. Could create more competition for jobs for College Educated americans. A proposal to put in a skills based, merit based system really is going to compete with high skilled american workers. What is being proposed, actually, is green card status, lawful status for merit systems so this does benefit silicon valley, it benefits other industries, but there is a good question that needs to
Mall, it has paper signs that say fireworks are not permit whod those who do so could face prosecution. Crews using leaf blowers and shovels to clean up, the trash from the show. It happens annually here in san jose to kick off the lunar new year. Looking at video from last nights show. It shows a tree catching on fire along the building. Now, fire crews put out the fire around 9 00 p. M. Witnesses say the fireworks caused it but thats under investigation. Fireworks are illegal in san jose. When we checked with san jose p. D. , no arrests have been made at this time. One man heard the fireworks and was near the plaza at time of the fire. One of them must have went in the air and shot or went the wrong way and hit the tree or something. Reporter no injuries reported. Ni n of the building were harmed. The cause is still under investigation. Pete suratos. Workhank you, pete. Silinew at 11 00, protests against the tech buses that shuttle thousands of workers detween San Francisco and silic