ahead of the island s general election. alloa our top story this hour china s government is battling to contain a wave of grief and anger after a doctor who was punished for raising the alarm about the coronavirus died in hospital hundreds of thousands of people have used social media to pay tribute to dr lee when young who reportedly fell ill after treating a patient many accuse chinese officials of trying to stage a cover up and of putting politics before public safety the government in beijing is saying that it will investigate while also racing to contain the epidemic that so far killed more than $630.00 people on the chinese mainland and been to other deaths reported in the philippines and in hong kong more than 31000 people have been infected on mainland china with at least 320 cases and 27 other countries and territories meanwhile the world health organization says that demands of mosques gowns and gloves have shot up by more than $100.00 times causing a supply glut of
the u.s. senate acquits president trump in his impeachment trial but the democrats say they re planning more investigations. and accused of murder the wife of prime minister she s out on bail but she s charged with hiring people to kill her husband s former spouse. and sport olympic organizers say that roy in fact some not fair and the questions on how coronavirus might affect the games plus could a dispute with barcelona mean that little massey s days at the nou camp are numbered. that the chinese city at the center of the coronavirus emergency is running out of hospital beds as the toll of dead and infected continues to grow 73 more deaths were recorded on wednesday that s the highest in a single day and brings the total in china at least to more than $562.00 people have died outside the country but most of the people infected are in the epicenter province and there are reports that china may even delay its biggest political meeting of the year the national people s congres
hi i m steve clemons and i have a question donald trump says he s made huge accomplishment since he took office but just how healthy how strong and how united are the united states of america today let s get to the bottom line. this week president trump lays out his achievements in the annual state of the union address it s sort of like an annual health checkup at the doctor s office in trump world everything is rosy we have prosperity lots of new jobs and lower taxes we re getting a big beautiful wall the block migrants his words not mine as part of his culture war all american policies foreign and domestic are changing really fast. for his critics they don t recognize america anymore where is the america of greater racial inclusion where is the concern for those working full time but still in poverty and the rich getting richer at the expense of the rest of society they see an america where policy changes by decree instead of by debate and no one cares about the rule of law
more political uncertainty in malawi the president plans to appeal a court decision overturning last year s election results. hello china has seen the biggest jump and deaths from the coronavirus as the outbreak continues to spread their respects to 5 more confirmed deaths bringing china s total death toll to 490 and the number of global cases has now hit more than 24000 officials with the world health organization has called on all countries to improve data sharing on the coronavirus more than 2 dozen countries have reported the virus and 10 people who were on board a cruise ship in japan are confirmed to have the virus there more than $3000.00 passengers on that vessel and all are now facing up to 2 weeks of. orenstein over in hong kong around $800.00 people are being held on board a cruise ship there while health authorities carry out tests for corona virus the vessel was earlier denied entry to taiwan just to washington is standing by and that s to an island that s where
demanded of me. 3 days and 179 injured after a passenger jet skids off a runway in istanbul and breaks into pieces and desperate scenes on the other side of tacky as well as rescue is buried in a wall of snow while searching for victims of an earlier avalanche. tell us president donald trump has been acquitted of all charges in his senate impeachment trial bringing an end to only the 3rd such trial in american history now trying to cripple was almost sussan and the republican controlled chamber a 2 thirds majority vote was needed for a conviction. so we ve reached the conclusion i think those who got there early political exercise. from the beginning to the end. and the final irony of it all is the speaker was right in the beginning because here we are today in a position to judge the political impact of that it all started about politics did it and about politics the president has as high as approval rating since he s been in office while in the end only one republican cross