Than any of us this is europes moment the European Union proposes an unprecedented 800000000000. 00 stimulus package to deal with the coronavirus pandemic fallout. And private final preparations before the launch of the 1st manned mission to take off from the United States in nearly a decade. So the u. S. Secure state my pump says hong kong no longer maintains a high degree of autonomy from china he says that china is attempting to model hong kong offer its own system and that the territory no longer warrants special treatment that could impact hong kongs position as a Financial Hub china has proposed a new security law for the territory which many fear will reduce freedoms while its been told white house cross when it can be how could he joins us live now as the sector a state wearing in on this these troubles between hong kong and china. Yeah weighing in is part of a requirement under the u. S. Hong kong policy act making a report to congress issuing a statement and also this tweet w
Pandemic. And mission and not possible the weather holds the 1st launch of u. S. Astronauts by private company. Back into the program hong kongs long standing special status with the United States is set to come to an end u. S. Secretary of state mike pompei has told congress the territory no longer has a high degree of autonomy from china and shouldnt get special treatment has accused china of trying to model hong kong after itself as it prepares to impose a new security law or hong kong has long been viewed as asias Financial Hub with its own laws and relaxed business regulations making it an attractive gateway to business with Mainland China more than 1300 u. S. Companies have Business Operations in hong kong including nearly every major Financial Firm in 28000 u. S. Foreign investment in hong kong was worth 82500000000. 00 and that number was rising. With Business Activity heavily regulated in China Chinese Companies also set up in hong kong to attract Foreign Investment but china
Under attack because the coronavirus pushes the economy closer to the brink of collapse. More lives have now been lost to the pandemic of coronavirus on u. S. Soil than all of the americans killed over the nearly 2 decade long vietnam war a tally by Johns Hopkins University Also shows the death toll has gone beyond 58300. 00 and more than a 1000000 people have been infected total confirmed 1000000. 11 total deaths 58343. 00 total test results that we know of in the us 5000000 776000 almost 8000000 lets go live now to washington d. C. And our correspondent mike hanna mike some grim statistics to deal with this. Indeed e. S. P. Turn other grim statistic that the death toll in the corona virus epidemic in the u. S. Is now surpassed that suffered during the vietnam war as it goes past a 1000000 President Trump still insisting that the testing protocol is working affectively this despite the opinion of many Health Officials that states opening up to early at great risk without proper testin
Flares again in lebanon 19 is pushing the economy closer to the brink of collapse. And the 2 kilometer wide asteroid from the depths of our solar system is due to zip past within a few hours. More lives have not be lost to the corona virus pandemic on u. S. Soil than ole of the americans killed during the war in vietnam a tally by Johns Hopkins University Shows the death toll is beyond 58300 and more than 1000000 people have been infected lets go live now to washington and our correspondent mike hanna so another grim milestone of a statistic mike. Indeed yes. Membrane to that that death toll in vietnam was over a 10 year period whereas the death toll in the pandemic has been within a 2 to 3 month period so certainly a very grim statistic over 1000000. 00 americans infected what that means is that roughly one in every 330. 00 americans contracted the virus but observers point out too that the figure could be far far higher because this is just those who actually tested for the virus and
Pushing the economy closer to the brink of collapse. An explosion kills almost 50 people in a Northern Syrian town controlled by turkish bank rebels. More lives have now been lost to the coronavirus pandemic on u. S. Soil than all of the americans killed during the war in vietnam a tally by Johns Hopkins University Shows the death toll now is beyond 58300 and more than 1000000 people have been infected you can see there how the numbers are unpacking the total confirmed well over a 1000000 total deaths 58351 if you go to this website left hand side you can see there a running tally the United States spain italy france the u. K. Number 4 germany Turkey Russia all the way down to and including belgium as well lets go live now to washington and our correspondent there mike hanna mike more than a 1000000 infections its an astonishing figure to get to grips with. Indeed peter and to put that reference to the vietnam war and to come to. So there were d 58000. 00 People Killed in the vietnam w