Ever to hit the u. S. Is pushing inland after making landfall along the louisiana coast are again laura came a show with winds of over 240 Kilometers Per Hour causing extensive damage in low lying areas at least 6 deaths have been blamed on the storm. Police in the capital minsk have arrested dozens of antigovernment protesters and detained around 20 journalists this as russian president Vladimir Putin says ruses Alexander Lukashenko has asked moscow to set up a Russian Reserve police force to deploy to bellews if the situation quote got out of control. This is news from berlin follow us on twitter and instagram at news of visit our website w dot com. How to stop corona virus creep today germany extended a nationwide ban on major Public Events until next year this could mean a christmas was no Christmas Markets and for people caught in public not wearing a face mask there will now be fine the number of new infections is surging blame it on carelessness complacency in summer vacations t
Ruins as the u. S. Gulf coast the state of louisiana is hardest hit by the most powerful storm to hit the u. S. In the years. And the embattled president of the rules turns to russia for help protests continue in the capital minsk despite a crackdown 20 journalists are among those detained including a d w reporter. Antonio logic will join Us Donald Trump has accepted the u. S. Republican partys nomination during an hour long speech on the south lawn of the white house the u. S. President acceptance of the nomination closed the 4 day g. O. P. Convention and comes amid simmering tension over police shooting. And racism this week the republicans have pitched themselves as the party of law and order a point that donald trump drove home repeatedly in his address. This election will decide whether we save the American Dream or whether we allow a socialist agenda to demolish our cherished destiny. It will decide whether we rapidly create millions of high paying jobs or whether we crush our in
Now. They include the scu lightning complex, and also the czu august lightning complex in santa cruz. And in the north bay, crews say that they are having a really toughim getting to this wildfire in the Point Reyes National seashore. It grew from 15 to 700 acres yesterday. Smoke from the fire now drifting in to west marin and it is not threatening any homes at this point, but some trails are closed. In the east bay, the deer zone fire complex burning on the east side of mt. Diablo is still out of control. There are Evacuation Orders for march and territory roads all the way to the alameda douncoun line. Governor newsom has declared an emergency because of all the wildfires across the tn 30 wild burning throughout california at this point. The governor is planning to give an update at noon on the states response to the wildfires, the heat wave and of course covid19. Well bring to you live on abc 7 and abc7news. Com. The fires are causing some road closures as you can imagine. Jobina fo
President trump thank you very much. I would like to begin by saying that we just closed out another month of stock market, we have the best stock market dow in 36 years. It is very impressive. People are very happy with their 401 k s and the stocks they have. That is a tremendous achievement. The best in 36 years. Let me begin with a brief update on the china virus. The new cases in the United States have declined by 38 . Last week, we announced a breakthrough in testing that will allow us to have over 150 rapid pointofcare tests. 150 million rapid pointofcare tests. These tests were returned in less than 15 minutes. Many will be deployed to nursing homes. We are focusing very strongly on nursing homes, assisted living facilities, and other locations that serve highrisk populations. We will have the 15 minute and less test. We will have 150 million rapid pointofcare tests. That is something. This evening, im pleased to announce that astrazeneca vaccine has reached phase three clinical
Watch quote washington journal 7 00 eastern tuesday morning. Join the discussion with your phone calls, facebook comments, Text Messages and tweets. Continues. Host we are joined next by former federal Emergency Management Agency Administrator craig fugate. Thank you for being with us on washington journal this morning. Guest thanks for having me. Host a number of items on our plate including the covid19 response. First, to the response to hurricane laura. The hurricane coming effectively the same week marking 15 years since hurricane katrina. What lessons do think fema and the federal government learned in terms of response to hurricanes in particular . Guest i think the biggest lesson was that we dont wait until we are asked to start getting ready. To be ana, there seem lot of confusion about the governor having to make requests and what femas role was going to be. Congress, after katrina launched substantial legislation. Governors are going to be is he dealing with this. The federal