Ong joins us now live with why doctor says, although the number of cases is going up theres a glimmer of hope tonight, gayle. Vicki and grant were told Ucsf Medical Center is stable with 15 to 16 patients in the last week and that other bay area hospitals are also seeing relatively low numbers. Thanks to people sheltering in place. Well before other parts of the country. The orders are heated empty streets in San Francisco crossing market street. We found few people appearing to be essential workers and no traffic an example of why Health Experts say the city is showing signs of flattening the curve to slow down the coronavirus we spoke with doctor Robert Wachter chair of ucsf department of medicine people, San Francisco listen i think they they understood the science and they said this is the right thing to do obviously causes hardships. Doctor wachter says even know the number of cases continues to rise, theres been a slow search and City Hospitals at ucsf so we have had and her 16 p
Of catalonia condemns violent protests by fellow separatists. In business, the not so special relationship. Uk firms face a nasty hangover as the us hits europe with billions of dollars of import taxes. A warm welcome to the programme, briefing you on all you need to know in global news, business and sport. Also in the programme celebrity backers of Extinction Rebellion admit hypocrisy, but say we are stuck in a fossil fuel economy and call on the media to focus on the more urgent story. Get in touch. Can you back a cause but not adhere to every detail . Tell us what you think, hashtag bbcthebriefing. We begin in brussels. That is where british and eu negotiators are still trying to hammer out a brexit deal. A crucial summit of european leaders is due to get under way there in a few hours. High level sources on both sides are telling the bbc that most issues between the uk, the European Union and ireland have been settled, in principle, but that nothing is finalised until everything is
Now more than 200 communities, plastic bags are banned or shoppers are charged the fee to use them. That is our cover story tonight. Plastic bags have gone from a shopping convenience to what some say is an environmental nuisance. Over 1 trillion of these bags are used each year and 90 are thrown out after each use. Even worse, they can take up to 500 years to degrade. More than 200 cities in 20 states and the district of columbia have passed plastic bag regulations, ranging from complete bans in austin and seattle to fees. Aspen charges 20 cents. Do these regulations work . The d. C. Fee has resulted in a 50 decrease in the use and in los angeles, they went from using 2. 2 million bags a year to 125,000. But not all regulations have had the same impact. Residents used heavier grade plastic that took longer to degrade. Consumers were buying garbage bags. And they are currently on hold and awaiting a public vote in november. Will bag laws help reduce the litter out there or is it having
Marks for his decision not to pursue conference of Immigration Reform while president obama is in office. Emocrats, 2027488000 republicans, 2027488001. Independents, 2027488002. You can also join the conversation on twitter or facebook. You can also send us an email. We will begin with usa todays Editorial Board and their view leaving paul ryan nearly everyone frustrated and angry. Influxes of undocumented immigrants continued to strain schools, hospitals and other services. The speaker of the house told his republican colleagues that he would not pursue immigration behind closed doors. At the firstay Republican Leadership News Conference with the new speaker, heres what he had to say. Http twitter. Com cspanw[video] that thethe fact president tried to do an end run around congress to go it alone and right loss unilaterally write laws unilaterally come he has proven himself untrustworthy on this. , we as border enforcement all have consensus, that would be fine if we could advance that
States. I exhorts all the good people of the United States as they love their country, as they feel wronged that they exert themselves. And made clear the expectation of showing love of country requires giving support to the war. Of a moment of national crisis, patriotism was needed. He fell to justify the conflict to motivate the country to support the war. The stakes were high because although a majority had voted in favor of for not one Single Member of the Federalist Party voted to support it. The northeastern federalist took a skeptical view more than seven and western members of the democratic republican party. A conflict with britain over national sovereignty, the american war of 1812 became of test of the strength and meeting of american patriotism. We tend to forget the word 1812 between the revolutionary Independence Movement and trans formative carnage of the civil war. The war between 12 has a dubious distinction the first to be declared in a modern democracy. And matters.