Opposition leader reach a deal to form a unity government. Hello welcome to the news hour south korea has raised the alert level for the southeastern city of daegu after the countrys 1st death and an increase in corona virus cases medics have confirmed 156 infections there or thought he say dozens of them are linked to one church in daegu the Prime Minister says special measures will be taken to stop the virus from spreading china reported 118. 00 more deaths on thursday and confirmed more than 800 new infections which is more than double the number reported the day before 2 australians evacuated from a cruise ship that had been to quarantine in japan have tested positive for corona virus after returning home and now theyre being isolated as crossover to katrina your correspondent in beijing and katrina those hopes that things were on the mend have really just been dashed in the past few hours. Why especially in south korea were seeing that there was a case of more than 50 cases announ
A new front line in the corona Virus Outbreak dozens of people are infected in one of south koreas largest cities. Hello welcome to the news hour President Donald Trump says his long time advisor roger stone has a very good chance of exoneration after he was sentenced to 40 months in prison stoned was convicted of lying to congress witness tampering and obstructing the investigation into possible rushing to ferrets in the 26th in the president ial election prosecutors originally recommended a sentence of up to 9 years in jail but the Justice Department like to reverse that after the president publicly complained our correspondent john hendren joins me now live from washington d. C. Its been a very busy day there just sort of summarize exactly what seems to happen throughout the day. Well so the judge said there was little precedent for what was going on in this particular case she said she wouldnt judge roger stone as a person she would leave that to a higher power but she went on to s
Federer announces he wont play at the french open thats after the 20 time grand slam champion reveals he has undergone surgery. Is President Donald Trump says his longtime adviser roger stone has a very good chance of exoneration after he was sentenced to 3 years and 4 months in prison story was convicted last year of lying to congress witness tampering and obstructing the investigation into russian interference in the 26000 president ial election prosecutors originally recommended a sentence of up to 9 years in jail that was later reversed by the Justice Department after the president publicly he complained the president has responded to a sentencing accusing the jury foreman of being anti trump and tainting the case this is a woman who was in person totally now i dont know if this is a fact but she had a horrible social media account the things she said on the account were unbelievable she didnt reveal that when she was chosen. And shes i guess from what i hear a very strong woman a
Material, including the names of covert operatives in afghanistan, were strategy, from white house meetings. Unlike many other whistleblowers, david betrays is expected to avoid jail. Does the administration have a double standard on leaking classified information . We will speak to jesselyn raddack of the Government Accountability project. Then to the mysterious death of miriam carey. Why was my sister shot and killed with her oneyearold daughter in the car and she was unarmed . Why . My mother deserves to know why. Amy you may remember the story in october of 2013, miriam carey drove to washington, d. C. From connecticut with her infant daughter. She made a uturn at a white hosue checkpoint. After a short car chase, she was killed after being shot 26 times by secret service and Capitol Police. Was the use of force justified . News accounts initially claimed she rammed white house and capitol barriers. But that turned out to be false. We will speak to her sister, the familys lawyer, a
Victory, putting him on course for a fourth term in office. We will speak to the israeli journalist amira hass and Jamal Zahalka, and arab member of the Israeli Knesset and chair of the political block of arab parties known as the joint arab list which took third place in tuesdays election. Then to life after guantanamo. We will look at the story of a father and son who were both imprisoned at guantanamo and held for eight years. They were never charged. One was resettled in portugal, the other two kate the other twoto cape verde. Welcome to democracy now democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has won a surprise election victory, putting him on course for a fourth term. His likud party is poised to control 29 or 30 seats in the 120 member knesset. The Zionist Union opposition based second with 24 seats. A united list of arab parties came in third. Netanyahu closed out his campaign with a vow to oppose a palestinian state,