And then from moscow its 1 pm here and its the week where we talk about the top stories of the last 7 days welcome program. Well the effects of coronavirus are proving increasingly inescapable one way or another among the latest developments donald trump has tested negative like 19 a brazilian official who later turned out to have the infection last night after an indepth discussion with the president regarding corbett 19 testing he elected to proceed this evening i received confirmation that the test is negative so apparently the virus hasnt got into the white house but its having a devastating effect on the lives of the 156000 class who are known to be infected with the consequences rippling through jobs businesses and with schools of the thousands canceled as people are told to stay at home reporting next his equal stand of. Fear is growing and fear is that someone discovered an actual jumanji aboard the real world in an almost biblical like game of pandemonium. Taking place right h
A warm welcome to you youre watching r. T. International we mean if you aaron its great to have you with us our top story u. S. Stocks have risen slightly this friday after several wall street indices suffered that worst shocks in decades over fears the coronavirus pandemic is tipping the world up towards recession the bounce back comes after the Federal Reserve pledged to inject 1. 00 trillion dollars into the markets to ease the strain well on thursday they dont jones industrial average fell 10 percent in a single day marking the biggest decline since black monday in 1907 other major american indices also closed significantly lower donald trump gave a Rare Oval Office address to the nation but failed to carmen investors knows about the economic damage kovac 19 is causing this is not a financial crisis this is just a temporary moment of time that we will overcome together as a nation and as a world. On todays boom bust analyse week other experts analysis to try and mark pound whether
Including the implications of changing its drug schedule listing and the potential of Cannabis Research. Witnesses from the food and Drug Administration and the Drug Enforcement agency testify on current marijuana policy, the Health Effects of cannabis, and what steps congress can take to allow for more research of cannabis compounds and products. The subcommittee on health will now come to order. Welcome to everyone thats here in the hearing room. The chair now recognizes herself for five minutes for an Opening Statement. According to the department of health and Human Services National Survey on drug use, 44 million americans reported using cannabis in the last year. 33 states now allow the medicinal use of cannabis and 11 states and the District Of Columbia have legalized cannabis for adult use. But state laws and federal policy are a thousand miles apart. As more states allow cannabis, the federal government still strictly controls and prohibits it even restricting legitimate medic
Throughout the day. Were warmer. Four to five degrees warmer and temperatures right now from the low 50s in the south bay, 62 in San Francisco with 50 in livermore. Planning your day just as warm as yesterday with mid80s inland. Alexis . Taking a look at one of many closures that we still have in the north bay due to the fires. 101 in santa rosa. All those on and off ramps continue to be closed. Mendocino river road, also Airport Drive is closed. Off of 101. So just be aware of that. Tough to get through there. We do have three left lanes just before you get to the harrison exit. Scheduled until 5 30 for bridge maintenance. Looks like they may be wrapping that up early. Well take a look at drive times up next. And here are the latest numbers on the fires that continue to burn this morning in the north bay. Containment has grown in nearly all the major fires including lake and mendocino counties. The 48,000 nuns fire is now 40 contained. Cal fire expects full containment by friday. Mand
Crews assisted as well. Mauricio Marin the good news here no injuries were reported and there was never any threat to the public. There were also big traffic backups as a result. Its friday night and a lot of people travel to and from the casino town. The traffic has calmed down tonight. Reporting live from laughlin, Mauricio Marin. 8 news now. Dave Courvoisier mauricio, has nv energy said what caused the transformer to blow up and extent of the damage . Mauricio Marin no word yet on what caused that explosion, dave. Thats under investigation. As far as damage. Theres no dollar figure at this time. Back to you. Patranya Bhoolsuwan the parents of an infant who was hurt at the hands of a daycare worker are speaking out tonight. Dave Courvoisier they are one of two families changed forever in North Las Vegas from separate cases of child abuse according to police. Vanessa murphy is live at umc with this story. Vanessa . Vanessa Murphy the parents are here at u mc around the clock taking ca