This week, whos tracking your teams computers . How taiwan is tackling covid with tech. And finding cuddly koalas with drones. Hello, you. Hope youre doing 0k. The weathers getting warmer here, which means only one thing any minute now, you will hear my next door neighbours lawnmower whizz past and theres nothing i can do about it. Sorry about that, lara. There is an app for that, you know, dont you watch a programme called click . Oh yes, i remember. Good point we were actually all meant to be outside this week at the hay festival, but alas its not happening this year. Yeah, i know. Im going to miss the hay festival this year. Hay is still online though and theyve got loads of speakers who are giving talks from their homes rather like the rest of us these days. Yes. How are you finding working from home, spencer . Um, well, im really lucky to be able to work from home, but the weird thing is, whenever i have worked at home in the past, i have worked harder and longer than i have in th
Rafael espinal from Freelancers Union talks about the impact of the pandemic on the selfemployed. Washington journal is next. Good morning, this is washington journal, for april 2. We want to hear from you about your level of confidence in the u. S. Health versus to treat those affected by coronavirus. What you are seeing and experiencing in your community and we especially want to hear from you if you are a Health Care Worker in the field and you want to give your perspective on the u. S. Health care system possibility to treat coronavirus. In the easternu and central time zones, give us a call at 202 7488000. If you live in the mountain pacific time zones, its 202 7488001. If you are a medical professional, you can call in at 202 7488002. You can text us at 202 7488003. Tweet at cspan wj or post on our Facebook Page, facebook. Com cspan. On latest numbers coronavirus are available at the Johns Hopkins website. When it comes to the u. S. , as far as the numbers they have coming in wit
Supermarkets following 3 other European Countries where its mandatory outside the her. And china changes the way it counts coronavirus cases now including those who test positive that have no symptoms. Current virus takes another big name in the world of football and former libyan say president. Dies at age 68 of the contract to delist in his native senate go well hear reaction to his death later this hour. More than 4000 people in the United States have now died from corona virus the president is warning americans to prepare for what he says will be the hard days that lie ahead the country saw the highest single day death toll with more than 800 fatalities on tuesday White House Health experts are saying the virus could kill up to 240000 people without Government Intervention the number could rise to 10 times that mike hanna begins our coverage from washington d. C. For the 1st time the task force presented its predictions of where this pandemic may be heading saying this could now be
Crude rolling over yet again. The outlook stable, but nonetheless, crude may be reflecting some demand fears. You the days market moving news from around the world. Joining us from hong kong is caringly is caringly is karen leigh. The city is cleaning up from the get another weekend of violent seventh ead of the ahead of the 70th anniversary of communist rule in china. chinese president xi jinping spoke just a little bit ago. He said relations between hong kong and the mainland would improve, and this comes even as prodemocracy protesters plan to offer a number of rallies tomorrow that coincide with the celebrations beijing will be rolling out for the anniversary celebrations. They will be attended by tens of thousands of people, so it is really going to be a juxtaposition between what is happening in the Chinese Capital and what is happening here in hong kong. Alix thank you very much. Unbelievable video from over the weekend. Now we want to head to europe. Credit suisses board is bac
To meet friends and family in small groups outdoors, for the First Time Since lockdown measures were introduced, in late march. Sarah smith reports. The first eager steps out of hard lockdown, as six week old penny meets her widerfamily for the first time. You look a wee bit different in real life. Its unnatural, carefully keeping two metres apart. You just want to reach across. Oh, yeah. In scotland, two different households can meet, with a limit of eight people at a time. Theyre not to share food, cutlery or crockery and not to go indoors. Youre desperate to show her off to people, your family. It has been tough. And i dont want to get too personal, but did you go to the loo before you came . Idid. That was the last thing i said before we stepped out. Only if people stick to the rules will this new freedom persist. If people dont abide by it, were going to go backwards, which would be heartbreaking for us. The right to sunbathe, barbecue and picnic has been welcome to bbc news, deli