This hearing will come to water. I want to thank the witnesses first and foremost for the efforts as related to the current i guess we have to call it a pandemic at this point in time with conv19, the corona virus. I do think its important we put everything in perspective and i would ask my Committee Members to include my pretend Opening Statement in the record. But we often times. Let me rattle off a couple figures here. Ebola total cases worldwide ended up being less than 29,000. I remember in a crisis we were talking about it spreading and could be a Million People which would have been a huge problem because ebola had a mortality rate of 40 , but in the end because of effective action on the part of the world health organization, the Obama Administration and resources we prevented it from spreading some less than 29,000 contracted it and about 11,000 died. Weve had other outbreaks where we are Getting Better and weve developed some relatively effective vaccines to help protect Heal
What will be watch . We will watch wage growth. Good morning, this is bloomberg surveillance. Guy johnson is with us. There is a really dramatic photo of a helicopter dropping down on a cruise ship. What is the mood in the london weekend . Guy the mood is everyone is trying to figure who has what. We dont have enough test kits. Knowledge as to wether or not this is spreading quickly, slowly, how we people have it. It does not exist right now. Tom i believe it would be called unknownunknown. Screens tothree data start things off. With our first word news, here is viviana hurtado. Viviana we begin with the coronavirus. Almost 100,000 coronavirus cases have been diagnosed globally. The majority in china. Beijing reporting the number of new cases and deaths are falling. The u. S. Outbreak is getting larger. There have been more than 130 cases reported and at least 11 desperate there is a key to wether the Central Banks cut rates again. This from robert kaplan. He is looking at how fast the
Grateful that no americans were harmed in the missile attack. The damage cut minimum. Iran appears to be standing down. Which is a good thing for all parties concerned. And a very good thing for the world. Iran fired more than a dozen meet missiles at u. S. Troops at the ain alasad airbase. In an operation called martyr soleimani they killed it that killed iranian general Qasem Soleimani they were given time to move to shelters or leave the base before the retaliation started. s iran has been the leading sponsor of terrorism in their pursuit of Nuclear Weapons threatens the civilized world. We will never let that happen. Trump also said that the he continues to evaluate options in the u. S. Will impose additional economic sanctions on iran. He reiterated the fact that solemani was dangerous and for killing u. S. Troops. And american diplomats and soldiers. It was not persuasive. Struck me as quite vague. I would not have taken steps that the president took. I wouldve consulted with our
Previous winners, england. And the Rugby World Cup kicks off in tokyo. Coming up in the sport later in the hour on bbc news, jofra archer gets his reward after a brilliant debut summer an england central contract for all forms of the game. Why did they good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. Children around the world have stayed away from school to lead what could be the biggest day of protest yet against Climate Change. Thousands of separate demonstrations are taking place in 150 countries, including the uk. The protestors are demanding more action from both governments and businesses, as Duncan Kennedy reports. What we want . Climate action when do we want it . Now home to 7. 5 billion people. Beautiful, but fragile. Robust, but warming. And today, the stage for a global message. The Pacific Island of vanuatu helped send the first of those messages. And no wonder. Their low lying homes could be among the first to disappear, if sea levels rise. In sydney, children also put
Children, 100,000 children. And, as sadly so often is the case, children who are on free school meals, the poorest children, and children with special Educational Needs fare the worst in the situation. And excitment builds as the Rugby World Cup gets underway in japan. Good morning. Welcome to bbc newsroom live. Large numbers of british schoolchildren are joining millions of people in a worldwide protest against Climate Change. Around 5,000 demonstrations are planned across 150 countries. Many will involve young people staying away from school, university or work. Those involved are calling for more urgent action from governments to halt global warming. The demonstrations come ahead of a un summit on Climate Change in new york on monday. This was the scene outside westminster where thousands are expected to gather for one of the strikes getting under way shortly. The first protest began in the Pacific Island of vanuatu where rising sea levels threaten communities. In dehli, children an