A vaccine and developing very quickly and theyve already started working on it developing very rapidly a vaccine for the virus to combat the virus and were having very good initial. Feedback but the these companies will be coming to the white house and on monday. Tremendous amounts of supplies are already on hand we have 43000000. 00 masks which is far more than anyone would have assumed we could have had so quickly. And a lot more coming. Today the White House Corona Virus Task force led by Vice President mike pence they met for 2 and a half hours i spent a lot of. That time with them and we have been listening to the u. S. President donald trump there speaking at the white house just talking now about the lunar virus epidemic saying additional corner virus cases in the u. S. Are likely also mentioned the 1st coronavirus victim in the United States who died in washington. State and he mentioned that it was a medically high risk patient in her late fiftys that was the 1st u. S. Death.
And its Security Forces and overstepped the mob promising to punish those guilty of abuse. The white houses ukraine expert has testified that he felt a sense of duty to flag up a phone call thats at the center of impeachment proceedings against donald trump thats an account of alexander than men was among 4 people questioned on tuesday the trumpet ministration has dismissed their testimonies as personal opinion and conjecture alan fischer reports from washington. This could be a pivotal week in the donald trump impeachment hearings many of the shuttle to give evidence were on the controversial july call with the ukrainian president that kills a key claim the hearings are based on secondhand reports giving evidence of tenet colonel alexander vigilant a career army officer and the ukraine expert on the National Security council he was concerned by the call by President Trump pushing for an investigation into Democrat Joe Biden and his son immediately took those concerns to a white house
Also head out of business how weeks of antigovernment protests in iraq are affecting trade. Israel says its fighter jets have launched attacks in Syria Warplanes hit Syrian Army Targets and irans could force in the early hours of wednesday morning thats according to the Israeli Military serious as many of the rockets were shot down a day earlier israel intercepted 4 rockets launched towards the occupied Golan Heights from syria as an author is our correspondent monitoring developments out of beirut zina whats the significance of the targets here. Well multiple targets multiple locations the attacks are being described as wide scale extensive the israeli army a knowledge ing that it was behind the attacks in and around damascus according to the Israeli Military they hit positions bases warehouses arms the pows belonging to the quit this force now this is an arm of the Iranian Revolutionary guards they do have a presence in syria but also in the Israeli Military statement they mention th
Around concern over his efforts to get ukraine to investigate his political rival in sport jos a marine who has been named the new manager of the English Premier League side tottenham the former majesty an arcade boss appointed 12 hours after the club sacked moret to report to tina. China has summoned a u. S. Diplomat after the Senate Passed a bill to support human rights in hong kong it comes after months of protests if the legislation becomes law top officials from the territory could be sanctioned by the u. S. In future in hong kong a standoff between police and protesters on the campus shows no sign of ending of his era sara clock reports. In a city rocked by violence and months of protests everyday life is carrying on. Primary and secondary schools have resumed classes after being closed for more than a week. Some major roads have also reopened but traffic is still congested and some raw lines remain blocked at Polytechnic University in Central California up to 100 protesters are
Protesters to rival rallies on the streets of the lebanese capital beirut antigovernment demonstrators are calling for radical changes to the countrys political system but not everyone is green. And his children the best to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the fall of the Bulletin Boards we look at how the Nations Capital has changed in the last 3 decades. Plus for just one year to go before the next president ial election in the u. S. To a town in rural wisconsin considered a bellwether of the political mood in the u. S. So more than predicting. One of a warm welcome to you. The Indian Government is being forced to take radical steps to. Pollution in the capital delhi the move comes as small greeces levas harmful to human Health Schools have been closed in half the citys cars of being banned each day from taking to the roads residents are also being told to stay indoors. Thats not fargo obscuring delis white avenues but a fix soup of pension exhaust industrial emissions and wood smok