Author wrote about the last major pandemic a century ago, he will be joining us from new orleans. Also ahead, the Senate Holding a virtual hearing tomorrow, with key held officials including dr. Anthony fauci. Our phone lines are open. 202 7488000 202 7488001 202 7488002 thanks very much for joining us. We begin with the numbers, courtesy of don hopkins university. Around the world, more than 4. 1 lane cases of covid19. The death toll has exceeded more than 285,000. The book is called the great influenza, the story of the deadliest pandemic in history. Author john is joining us from new orleans. He is also a professor of tulane university. Thanks so much for joining us. Say its ah i could pleasure, but obviously the reason that brings us together is not fun. Thank for inviting me. Is one overriding apply from your book, to to 20 20, what would it be . A pretty easy question to answer. Tell the truth. People in authority need to be transparent and tell the truth. The countries that have
On in your neighborhood right now will start tonight in the south bay and overturned big rig that spilled diesel is causing major traffic delays in san jose tonight has been all day the crash is shut down all lanes of highway to 37 in both directions. You see the scene here it happened. In the eastbound lanes of to 37 a tanker road hazmat crews are on scene working to clean up all the diesel, Authorities Say people should expect delays and use alternate routes. The reason for. The lost control still under investigation. Its not yet to be determined the officers on scene to get statements from the driver they will some of the effort down here. Unclear when that area will be back to normal but in the meantime of course. First responders and police urging people to avoid that area if you can. And heres a look at real time traffic you see all the red there on to 37 indicating how it is jammed up and obviously this is the friday commute a lot of people are getting around trying to leave for
Are the political commentator james millar and the business commentatorjosie cox. A very good morning to you. Welcome to bbc news. Riot police have cleared roads in hong kong after a brief stand off with pro democracy protesters, as the political crisis in the city continues into its eleventh week. This is the scene live in hong kong at the moment. Protesters are preparing to march from Victoria Park to chater garden, without official permisson from the authorities. The march itself is without official permission, although they do have permission, although they do have permission to be in the park for a gathering by the civil rights front. It was responsible for the millions strong peaceful protest back in june. This is in the causeway bay district, which is really the heart of the shopping area of hong kong. The estimates on the numbers of people who have turned up vary considerably, but the organisers insist they are expecting half a Million People in the course of this demonstration
Sad and this isnt a time to celebrate for max harris because this communitys sick. This communitys sick because the leadership is sick, and we need reform. And we need a change. And thats our challenge to the leaders here in this city, if you care about this city, you have pride and integrity, then do something and be honest about it. Max two and a half years behind bars. Whats next for him . How will he get his life back together after all this . Its going to start with a nice vegan meal thats not served by santa rita jail and well take it from there. Once he found out the verdict, what were his first responses and reactions . He tried to stop me from crying and he was emotional and we were all emotional and we didnt really say much. Curtis, the family first, i want to say im sorry as somebody whos lost a child, i understand the pain and i know that they likely will never be able to find peace with what happened and that i apologize if anything that we did inflamed them. I was always
Learned this afternoon that the judge has received six notes. There were four alternates, i should say, initially. We are now down to one. So if there are any more serious issues, this could be an interesting as we move forward to see what happens. Back to you guys. Yeah, laura, a lot of developments. You mentioned misconduct. Did the judge indicate exactly what that misconduct was . Reporter no, she didnt, ama. I can tell you there were a series of closed sessions today. We knew something was up this morning because each of the jurors that appeared were being called in separately to the courtroom. The attorneys were there, the judge, and the two defendants as far as we know, and we saw some of the jurors who used the elevator actually going in separately. It appeared that they were being talked to or questioned by the judge privately, and then came this announcement that there would be an open Court Hearing. And we were seeing family members of the victims start to show up. They told