Being said led to asian americansei harassed and targeted and what is bng said in response. For all of you watching on pbs and around the globe, welcome to wor news america. The United States reported 30,000 new ronavirus cases on thursday, a reco. Texas and florida are seeing surging infections. Someti restrs are being reimposed in both states. Meanwhile the u. S. Prime Vice President says that we are in a better place. Here is jon sopel. Jon florida was one of the first states to lift the shutters, despe not meeting guidelines. Now coronavirus cases are skyrocketing, up 60 n hours and the governor is hitting the pause butto urging people to maintain social distancing and wear masks, but its not going to be an easy i need you to tell me how do i play a saxophone in sing with a mask on. Jon listen to these people. You cannot mandate someone to wear a mask g th mask is killing people. And they want to throw gods wonderful breathing system out you are all turning your backs on it. Jon wi
Be they do not constitute a threat to International Peace and security. Council should not discuss the. Issues the Un Security Council on to americas request holds an emergency meeting over the situation in iran however the initiative criticized by some members who say its an internal issue for tehran. Also ahead this hour the Saudi Led Coalition is reportedly continuing its Bombing Campaign in yemen despite a humanitarian i cry one person is believed dead and today. The word just a few moments at christmas is christmas for many Orthodox Christians around the world are not included in russia where we just saw president putin joining the service the christ the savior cathedral in moscow these are live pictures from the center of orthodox christianity well go live to our correspondent in. For a feeling of how things have been going on there for the last hour. We are churning in from around the world this hour welcome to moscow onto our Team International good to have your company i mean
Inspections process, how it works, who is involved, all the Technical Details that our guests alluded to. They will talk about the process involved, on tomorrows washington journal which are to 7 00 a. M. We will see you then which starts at 7 00 a. M. We will see you then. Several republican president ial candidates in iowa today for the annual family leadership summit, the speakers this morning include senator marco rubio, donald trump and ben carson. We will take you there live in about an hour and stay with the event all day as part of our road to the white house coverage. This weekend the cspan cities tour travels across the country with Time Warner Cable to learn more about the literary life and history of lexington, kentucky. Edward prichard was a state hero who had a to monstrous political tumultuous political career. If you had asked who was a bright star in american politics , on a national scale, someone who will be governor, senator, perhaps president , a lot of people, Kat
Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah accuses saudi arabia of forcing the lebanese Prime Minister to resign. The Saudi Crown Prince consolidate his hold on power of the eleven princes and four ministers are arrested in a corruption crackdown. Syrians displaced by the fighting in a hit by a car bomb reported to have killed at least a hundred. And. Pushed a month and four other ministers turn themselves into Belgian Police. In doha with all the sports news including Shalane Flanagan becomes the fast American Woman in forty years to win the new york marathon ill have more on that story later. On now we begin in lebanon where the leader of the iran backed Hezbollah Movement says the surprise resignation of Prime Minister saad hariri on saturday was imposed by saudi Arabia Harry Reid announced he was stepping down from riyadh criticizing iran and saying he feared for his life but not question whether he had actually written the statement himself saying a hunter has the latest from beirut yet ag
Qaeda and what is happening is only going to make al qaeda bigger, its going to create more militias, its going to create more hatred. You can only imagine if you lose a relative under such shellings how you would grow, how you would feel and how in the middle of all of this poverty and the absence of basic services there would be no option but to join one militia or the other. We have rolling coverage on the yemen crisis. If you have joined us a Saudi Led Coalition began an operation in yemen, targetting the houthi prices. Several places have been hit. There are reports that dozens are dead and injured. The saudi arabia ambassador to the u. S. Made the announcement. Lets listen in to what he has to say. The objective is to defend the legitimate government of president Abdrabbu Mansour hadi from the take over from houthi militias. The use of force is the last resort and its with great reluctance to take the step with partners in the g. C. C. Countries and outside of the g. C. C. Countr