Could see hundreds of thousands of deaths if lockdowns are relaxed after a month plus. China has recorded an uptick in imported infections of coronavirus now africans living there say theyre being a victim and harassed on the streets as chinese officials accuse them of spreading the virus. We began here in germany where the federal president has urged the german people to show solidarity during the coronavirus pandemic in a rare televised address a friend vulture steinmeyer asked of germans to do their part by staying at home over the long easter weekend his speech also looked beyond germany to the Global Response to the pandemic. And will we search worldwide for a joint way out of the crisis is will we fall back into isolation and unilateralism tiled in view to let us pool all of our knowledge and all of our research so that we can find vaccines and treatments more quickly. And live this ensure within the Global Alliance that the poorest and most Vulnerable Countries also have access.
Harveys legacy is just starting to be written. Im gray hall alongside Christie Ileto. Harvey came ashore packing winds at least 130 Miles Per Hour. Damaging a Senior Housing complex. Emergency personnel are waiting for the storm to ease to look for the injured some reporters ventured out into the rain and wind to tell the story of harvey. Reporter that rain is coming through, it is stinging, the winds blowing sideways right now. Behind me, bear with me for a second highway 35. The bay wrapped around 35 and around port lavaca. All the water is being pushed ashore from multiple angles here. Harvey continues to wash ashore with the bands of rain. Boy, you can see the intensity of the storm there the rain and wind whipping up there. The reporters live shot there. This is video of the water coming to the door of a hotel. Harvey moves toward houston stks texas. It owe could it could be more rain than someplaces see in an entire year. Of course, meteorologist chris sowers has been monitoring
Allie rasmus is on the scene. First, steve, where is the heaviest rain . Its moved through us. Another wet pattern going for about a week. This system barrelling through rapidly so the rainfall rate is about an inch for some. Thankfully the heaviest rain is now out to the valley and heading up to the sierra. For us, we have light rain in the mix but the heaviest rain has gone through. Still some up in the lake county and need to keep an eye on that. Flood warning through sunday. A little bit of rain in the east bay. Maybe 24 out to martinez but nothing too heavy in there. Altamont pass, theres a little but nothing compared to what we had. Back towards redwood city and stanford. San jose, not that much anymore. 50s on the temps. The wind is a big story. Tomorrow it will really crank up. Its tailed off a bit compared to where it was. The system blasted through so its out of the picture. Well still have a mix of sun and clouds and light rain. This is the system tomorrow, the biggest they
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Everybody. It us july 2nd, and, boy, do we have a lot to cover this morning. Im yasmin vossoughian. So we have new cases of coronavirus continuing to skyrocket across this country. The u. S. Topped 50,000 new cases in a single day for the first time yesterday. Thats coming just a week after topping 40,000 for the first time. Among the states with the highest number of new cases, california, texas, arizona, north carolina, and georgia, all reporting record daily totals. The president blames increased testing for the surge, but data showcases are also rising in places where testing has decreased. At the end of february when the United States was investigating its first few cases, the president said the virus would, quote, disappear like a miracle. Were now at nearly 2. 7 million cases, and more than 129,000 people are dead. And the president is still saying the same thing. I think that at some point thats going to sort of just disappear, i hope. You still believe so. I do. And it seems,