We told you it was coming, and on monday the Navy Hospital ship comfort docked in manhattan to the applause of new yorkers who were careful to adhere to the social distancing rules and avoided newly announced fines of up to 500. The ship has 1,000 beds and 12 operating rooms. Starting today it will take on noncovid19 patients to ease the pressure on local hospitals. Turning now to the conflicting messages weve been hearing lately about Wearing Masks. Hospitals are now straining under a dire shortage, but scientists overseas are now suggesting americans should have been Wearing Masks all along. Heres abcs steve osunsami. Reporter Health Authorities in asia, where the numbers of covid19 cases are improving, say that americans have it all wrong with face masks. The head of the Chinese Center for Disease Control tells Science Magazine the big mistake in the u. S. And europe is people arent Wearing Masks. Many people have asymptomatic or re har research ectis i thadrop scientist at universi
The overnight developments right now on america this morning. Good wednesday morning. Thank you for joining us. The big headline this morning the coronavirus has now spread to every state in the country, at least 110 people have died. New york city is facing a surge in the number of cases. The mayor says a shelter in place order may be needed soon, but the governor of new york says thats not the answer. The conflicting information hospitals dont have nearly enough beds or ventilators to confront this crisis. Were learning about a government plan to send every american 1,000 check to keep the economy running. We begin our live coverage from washington. Alex, good morning. Reporter good morning to you. The president made a war analogy calling covid19, the invisible enemy. His administration is laying out drastic plans to help curb its damage to the economy. This as their new questions about unemployment. President trump is urging congress to inject up to 1 trillion into the economy to fi
President trump meets survivors of wednesdays High School Shooting in florida. The president declined to answer a reporters question on gun control. And click goes skinny dipping in the himalayas, as a remote village receives electricity for the first time. Thats in half an hour here on bbc news. Good afternoon, and welcome to bbc news. Lizzy yarnold has won team gbs first gold medal at the Winter Olympics in south korea. Shes won the womens skeleton, making yarnold the first british competitor to defend a winter olympic title. Shes not alone on the podium as her team mate laura deas got a bronze medal in the event. Joe lynskey reports. Weeks and months on snow and ice can come down to just an instant. At these games, a few seconds can turn joy to despair. This was elise christies second medal shot. With a lap to go, she had a route to the final. She had to finish in the top two, but this happened. And its between zhou yang and christie now. And christie has crashed again now this most
Sportsday has the latest action from the fa cup weekend fifth round ties, along with the highlights from todays winter olympics. Good evening and welcome to bbc news. Team gb is celebrating its most successful day in winter olympic history. Lizzy yarnold won gold in the womens skeleton becoming the first briton ever to defend a winter olympic title. There was a bronze too in the event for her team mate laura deas, and a bronze in the ski slopestyle for izzy atkin. But there was disappointment for the medalfavourite Elise Christie who crashed in the semi final of the 1500 metre speed skating and was taken to hospital. David ornstein reports from pyeongchang. Guiding Great Britain to unprecedented glory, Lizzy Yarnold and laura deas turning dreams into reality, rewriting the record books. Commentator Lizzy Yarnold next, the olympic champion, can she make history and win it again . Yarnold went into her final slide in second place, but conjured an imperious display and the fastest time an