This number. Of great pain as a state 777 lives lost these lives lost or people who came in at that height hospitalization period and so were losing it. Also on the day where you take a look at musicians who are building bridges despite the coronavirus keeping them out yeah. Many. In the United States about 18000 people have died from the corona virus infections put in the us on track to overtake italy as a country with the highest death toll about half a 1000000 americans are confirmed infected in new york state has borne the brunt of the countrys pandemic i figure it now has more coronavirus cases than in any country outside the us. Passengers have thinned out on new york subways but that snow is sure and to many people who need the ride its a very good thing here i needed to get that one right here like you know theres a lot of this one tree. Hill. So you can get a little training getting fired so thats not. You know new yorkers we dont miss it thats the problem keeping your distanc
Now. Maria we want to check Global Markets this morning, european indices all over the place this morning following the u. S. Central Bank Stimulus package. London shut down, some of the mass transit lines in an effort to contain virus. Ftse 100 is down 12 points right now. Dax index in germany right now up 21. In asia overnight it was red across the board. Take a look. Korea getting hard hit down better than 8 overnight in korea hitting levels not seen since 2009 even as coronavirus cases are dropping in korea. As you see the other majors are also weaker. Lets check the oil markets now. Seeing a rebound this morning after 18year low. As you see oil prices bouncing 250 a barrel at 22. 87 a barrel. Yield on the 10year treasury hovering above 1 . Yields are bouncing once again 1. 92 on 10year. Investors certainly gearing up for another wild day this morning in terms of volatility. Lets check futures. We are expecting another tripledigit decline. The nasdaq is down 35 and s p 500 weaker b
Plus one city 2 sides well look at what life is like in the libyan capital after almost a year of war. Fare suspend of coronavirus to a host of new countries is really concerning the World Health Organization chief as urged all countries to invest urgently in preparedness the number of infected people is now more than doubled in south korea 229 new cases have been reported and that means its 433 for the country as a whole and theyve been 2 deaths the governments urgently sending help to the city of daegu. And the Health Authorities in iran never reported another death thats bringing the total death toll there to 5 of them is 30 infections there largely centered around the holy city of whom infected travelers from iran of reported in lebanon and in canada and theres been a 2nd death from the virus reported initially the outbreak there has spread in the Northern Region of lumber day there are 30 confirmed cases Robert Wright is our correspondent in that Southern City of daraa in south ko
Coming to you from lagos and joining me of course is my colleague sandra to know b. O. And hello there sandra. And hello from company or i one welcome to you all of us from all across africa and the rest of the globe so glad you joined us for the program once again lucia examples of how to make a wild a little bit cleaner and thereby making it a bit better heres a quick look at a few of this weeks reports. In ronda we will learn how communities can live in harmony with the mountain gorillas. In cynical we will find out how simple it can be to go full steam kitchen west. And in ghana well meet a man who calls himself a forest saver. The heart of the tom hasa nomics it is a small scale Affordable Housing project in South African ownerships and its main mission is to replace informal bucket shots we do about structures and whats even more important recycled construction west is used to build the homes made the founder and director was already won a number of awards for his innovative busi
Coronavirus outbreak. This is two hours. [inaudible conversations] committee will come to order. Without objection, all members will have five days to submit statements, extraneous material, and questions to the record subject to the length, limitation, in the rules. Well begin, mr. Secretary, thank you for meeting with us this morning. Weeks ago, we invited you to testify about american policy toward iran, iraq, and the use of force. No one doubts that Qasem Soleimani was a dangerous terrorist, but its important that we look at Foreign Policy in terms of whether it makes americans safer and advances our interests. Weeks later weve seen attacks that have injured more than 100 Service Members, the need to move thousands more personnel back to the region, and derailment of our relationship with iraq and a setback in the fight against isis and iran, again, pushing headlong toward a Nuclear Weapon. You promised the American People that they would be safer and iran would be deterred. So by