talk about portsmouth virginia. were a confederate statue is being removed from the city center. you can see it wrapped right now, they are ready to cart it away, this controversy over the monument escalated on wednesday after the president and vice president were arrested during a peaceful protest where they were trying to protest the existence of the statue there in the middle of the town square. they have been removing it from its base and getting rid of it. and this is one of several confederate monuments and statues of people who were important during the confederacy that are being taken down we are keeping e on the opening of service into san jose including an inaugural train ride with politicians. at the station were a ribbon- cutting is set for a few hours from now. good morning, we are stirring to see the station, live as employees are coming to work prepping the site here for the big festivities in celebration later on today. all of the safety checks are done la
biggest city with penalties for those flouting the rules. and demonstrators defy curfews in lebanon to continue protests against a worsening economic crisis. welcome to the program the world health organization has issued a warning about corona virus and some of the hardest hit countries look to lift restrictions the number of confirmed cases across the globe is nearing 3000000 the w.h.o. says the pandemic is also affecting the fight against other diseases with $21.00 countries reporting shortages of some vaccines now this was the director general in geneva just over an hour ago. we continue to urge countries to find isolate test and treat all cases and trace every contact to ease sure this declining trends continue but the pandemic is far from over i repeat the pandemic is far from over or british prime minister boris johnson has returned to work after he was infected and says it s too soon to ease the lockdown in the country there been more than 150000 cases and more than 2
a hit. wanted for drug trafficking in the u.s. charges venezuela s president with what it calls narco terrorism and offers a reward for his arrest. a surprise twist in israel s parliament opposition leader benny gantz is elected speaker signaling a unity deal benjamin netanyahu. so then another spike in the number of new coronavirus cases in italy has taken the global total to more than half a 1000000 more than 6000 infections and 662 deaths have been reported in italy in the past 24 hours and this means 80000 people have the virus just 1000 behind china s total another e.u. country struggling to cope is spain 650 people have died bringing the toll that to morrow. than $4000.00 across the united states nearly $70000.00 people have been infected and the death toll now exceeds $1000.00 the senate has approved a 2 trillion dollars package to support the economy as a number of unemployment claims sause to a record $3200000.00 and india has unveiled a $23000000000.00 stimulus pack
feel another media are a powerful way not only of communicating important health messages but of studying one of the most powerful medicines hope i thank you thank you got to take us now and that is the world health organization chief adopted ted ross. calling on all countries who have introduced so-called lockdown measures to use this time to attack the virus to find every suspected case he said and the concern that some health care systems may collapse particularly in poor countries let s cross to our diplomatic editor james bays who s also been listening in he joins us from the united nations in new york and james worry of course is that when restrictions are eventually lifted the virus might come back says essential that these restrictions stem place. yes passing on a message i think to leaders around the world don t open things up too early because you might get a 2nd wave i do somewhat wonder whether that message is in part directed to where i am the u.n. headquarters o
what is behind this a rally? can it continue? good morning, gentlemen. paul, i ll start with you. valuations getting stretched here i m a little bit worried about the valuations in tech, and i ve been at this game a long, long time. fundamentals are okay. fundamentals might even be accelerating a tad from last year but when you take a look at the valuations of some of the marquee names that you mentioned in the teaser, particularly tesla and apple, i m worried interesting okay joel, how about you? given some of the names we just mentioned, in your coverage universe, what do you like the most at these levels good morning. thanks for having me on. obviously with tech you want to be a lot more selective and who the winners and losers are going to be. i think apple is to the upside, but 13 times to 24 times the span of 12 months is getting a little rich. i think the 5g hype could get a little ahead of itself, especially 5g as a utility is limited in the foreseeable future i