And controversial calls for curbs on the kings power. Im off its good to have you with us across europe the number of new Coronavirus Infections is surging and now so are the number of new restrictions to stop that search here in germany the government is preparing new measures to rein in rising infection rates the heads of germanys federal states have been hammering out the details with. Here in berlin for several hours now that meeting is still taking place. For the latest now lets go straight to our Political Correspondent kate brady shes covering this meeting for us to you kate so do we know why is it taking so long. Well its quite a symbol and so you have. A leading this meeting with the state premiers the heads of germany 16 states and that in itself is the complication you have a federal system here in germany and 16 state premiers over for what they see as their priorities right now and so far during the pandemic theyve all been able to react accordingly rady to the situation i
German probably will not im often berlin this is the day. You cant fix the economy until you fix the code the crisis i think people across this country are fed up with a time when theyre kind of playing where their next meal is coming from and he has no intention of doing anything about making it better in 47 months than youve done in 47 years just make it Crystal Clear that russia. Is involved. Of course the American People if there is an additional round of stimulus then that would add 2 Percentage Points of growth in 2021 which then would bring the u. S. Much more quickly back to crisis level investors are frustrated that washington cant seem to get its act together to give a package to the country which is sorely needed especially for Small Business before the election. Also coming up french president emanuel saying tough new measures against the spread of covert 19 including strict lockdowns in paris it ok this is you know the decision we have taken is in effect a curfew a curfew
Here 110 pounds of high grade fireworks seized by Oakland Police this week. Weve had over 15 fires, you know, wild land fires in the city of oakland just since monday whi w would normally see. Reporter the Oakland Fire Department is braced for a tough fourth of july weekend. Theyre bringing in more engines. Weve also staffed three Additional Fire am rat us that will be patrolling, in the city, specifically at lake merritt. And then we have two Additional Fire apparatus that will be patrolling. Reporter theyve also got a dozen volunteers armed with ham radios ready to scan the horizon for smoke or flames. It is similar to the setup on the peninsula. The enhanced use of our emergency volunteers, close to two dozen of them, at various locations, is really important. If heaven forbid a Bottle Rocket lands in the dry brush up in the hills, our only chance of suppressing that in a timely manner is getting early eyes on that, early detection. We will be in foot hill park reporter theyre among
For coronavirus for people coming out of wuhan city and china. Right now there are 8 confirmed cases in california including 2 in santa clara county. And businesses have been slowing down in china towns all across the country and here in the bay area in san frcisco. Theres golden ge Fortune Cookie factory which is world famous and theyve seen a drop of 70 to 80 . Dropoff in business since the outbreak and it was even slower during one of their biggest celebrations which is the lunar new year. Business owners say the slowdowis not only impacting businesses but also their livelihood. We have 50 yars never happened. I have that in a stab chinese are much runs the because they want to move to the virus come from china. So they might just dont do with the chinese so they can lessen fact that. So which is not fair we cannot be fearl of and the fires i illness whatever we have to live life. And just gone. The last direct flight fro San Francisco to china leaves tonight as e told you after tha
Calls from a multiple olympic and world champions for athletes to unionize is an effort to unify professional track and field athletes from around the world see just how the boys we hear from triple jump legend Christian Taylor about his new initiative. Hello iraqs top shiite cleric is urging the military and police to avoid using Excessive Force against protesters grand ayatollah sistani says the government must respond as quickly as possible to demonstrators demands overnight Security Forces shot dead at least 5 protest hours in the southern city. After reports crowds were trying to break into government buildings troops also broke up a sit in at the entrance of a middle class at a port thats iraqs main port for oil and food. And at least 6 protesters were also shot dead in the capital baghdad on thursday skirmishes. Where Security Forces used live ammunition demonstrators are angry at the lack of Public Services political overhaul to get an update from the june whos joining us from