To the situation could be spiraling out of control, is a growing conflict of a date is a coup, not a coup. The people continue to protest after congress summarily the corruption busting president who is not affiliated to any of the parties, calling it an athame held welcome us President Donald Trump has made his 1st statement in public since last weeks president ial election. He did not concede to joe biden on, becoming u. S. President elect. Instead, he gave an update on u. S. Efforts to develop a vaccine against 19. The closest to admitting defeat in the election was when he said time will till which administration will be in the white house in january, thanks also to the us t. V. Networks. Projected biden had won the state of georgia and North Carolina has gone to trump. That would give bob 360 votes in the Electoral College and trump 200 and theres you to washington correspondent out of the cell. It was following trumps press conference. We asked him what we should make of trumps 1
Incredibly dire. But still there will have to be cuts and that will hurt. It was a huge drop in daily ridership due to covid19 that caused b. A. R. T. s money problems. Our ridership went from 405,000 to 24,000. And since the low point of 24,000, weve now inched up to 45. Reporter fewer riders men less revenue and thats what shaped the budget the board passed today which includes an extra 44 million for cleaning. Its not just cleaning the stations. But its disinfecting the train cars every single night. Reporter also 146 million in cuts made by eliminating unfilled job and reducing operating expenses like putting off a return to ending service but tlayoffs planned. Youre going to notice things like the 9 00 p. M. Closure in the middle of the day. You should expect 30minute frequencies. This b. A. R. T. Rider isnt surprised. The economy is struggling and everything is losing money. Reporter the budget plan assumes at best, 50 of riders return this year. The number could be as low as 15
Protesting facebooks failure to address the vast proliferation of hate on its platform. Facebook responding saying it will change policies to prohibit hate speech. The fallout was felt far and wide across the tech sector. What is the impact, guy . These are hand full of companies but has the levee broken a little led zeppelin way to go with the zep reference right at the top the day trade, now its a lot bigger than that and i absolutely think its a big deal facebook is so far behind the curve. They are zigging when they need to be zagging. They need an emergency meeting because as we said three nights a ago, those Companies Might be the first and now last hershey, prok tits showing a l things going on. Facebook acted as a monopoly for a long time. They never had a focus on these things now when they have to focus on it, they are sort of dammed if they do and dammed if they dont. Advertisers had to accept whatever it was facebook put out there. I really commend verizon, hersheys coming
Charles has been treated for the virus. In march he suffered mild symptoms. He says the worst part of isolation is that you really want to give people a hug. The prince, just like us. Here in the u. S. , there are troubling coronavirus spikes being reported in arizona and utah. Both those states have been partially reopening. In utah, mothers day and memorial day gatherings have been one of the drivers of new cases. Overall, the number of covid19 cases is still climbing in at least 16 states and puerto rico. Officials say thats partly a consequence of expanded testing. Those spikes in infection rates are causing some concern among Many Public Health officials. I spoke earlier with dr. Shashank ravi. Were seeing spikes in Coronavirus Infections in utah and arizona being linked to reopenings and gatherings during mothers day and memorial day. Im sure this is not surprising to doctors who warned this could happen. Yes, we have continued to see pockets of Community Spread that have continu
Since the blockade of qatar by its neighbors well look at how the dispute is being played out online. All creatures great and small we look at the world biodiversity plays in our planet on the unprecedented threat its now facing. Im going to go with the sports. And so on. And i will do better and i will be part of the solution. And quarterback drew brees another apology after being criticized by fellow accolades for his comments on u. S. Protests. And we begin this news hour with developments in libya where fighters linked to the government of National Accord are celebrating after retaking the city. Thats the last stronghold of wallowed Khalifa Haftar in western libya about 65 kilometers from the capital tripoli on thursday the u. N. Recognize government announced it had regained full control of tripoli as forces still hold a lot of swathes of the territory in the east and the south of libya head as the latest from talk. As you can see here. The Government Forces are out and now it wil