Those demonstrations could get even louder after the death of the young protester has got her the reports from bangkok. Obviously this is going to kind of stoke the reaction of the protesters that weve been seeing on the streets across myanmar over the last 2 weeks plus she has been the while she was in hospital there have been vigils held during some of the rallies and protests throughout these throughout these days since february 9th so i think you know were going to see kind of a shift back to that were going to see her memorialized probably a little bit today friday and possibly going into saturday. More gunfire has been reported in somalias capital this was the scene in central issue a short while ago shots were heard as a former Prime Minister was rallying against the current leader its unclear who opened fire 1st well its been sealed and theres a heavy security presence the opposition is holding a day of protest calling on the president to step down the elections were delayed. A
Earlymorning coup. The army detained other seniorgovernment leaders for what are called Election Fraud. The military also declared a oneyear State Of Emergency. Well, will ripley is watching all of this unfold. Will, hi. Its difficult, i know, to get information out of myanmar at the moment because a lot of comms are done. What do we know . What are you hearing from sources on the ground . Given that tension has been building in recent days, between the military which wanted to delay the start of parliament, and the civilian government, which said the militarys claims of widespread Election Fraud are unfounded and they were going to push ahead with forming the government. Well, the military, then, stepped in and, all of a sudden, robyn, you have phone lines cut. Internet cut. People finding it difficult to get on social media, even the tv channels that are not aligned with the military have been shut down. And now, they are showing propaganda. Military propaganda, on television, for th
Breaking news. The coronavirus is now rocketing across the u. S. So rapidly more than one Million People have been infected in just the past five days and that is pushing the country past 14. 9 million cases. Dr. Anthony fauci telling cbs news the coming books will be even worse, with the u. S. Breaking records every day for new cases and deaths. And he says the country hasnt even seen the full brunt of infections from thanksgiving. Tonight one model used by the white house says deaths could hit 3,000 a day by midjanuary. And as we come on the air more americans are hospitalized with covid right now than ever. And that is pushing medical centers to the edge and forcing states to make some drastic moves to stop the virus from spreading. Californias governor along with several bay area counties have put 33 Million People nearly the entire state under virtual lockdown. And new yorks governor now says if beds keep going up there, he will stop restaurants in new york city from serving meals
Plus, our lester holt with a rare oneonone with a celebrated world war ii veteran. Early today starts right now. Good Tuesday Morning im phillip mena. Glad youre with us im Frances Rivera a historic moment across the pond over in the uk, vday is under way. Thats what theyre calling the mass vaccination effort for covid19 people are getting their first immunizations. Our matt bradley joins us now from london. Certainly a pivotal day for london and the world, matt. Reporter its really historic you mentioned vday. We havent heard that since world war ii how historic and how, you know, lifechanging the British Government considering this. With just about 2 1 2 hours since we saw Maggie Keenan she was the first person to receive the dose she was administered that vaccine by may parsons shes among the first group of persons to receive this. Its going to be rolled out in the states starting with residents of nursing homes, caregivers at nursing homes, and doctors for the National Health servi
Health director doctor grant colfax says that San Francisco will run out of icu beds in the coming weeks. Right now icu bed capacity here in the bay area is around 24 . A number of Health Leaders across the bay area say they dont want to take any chances. So stay at home orders will also go into effect tonight for people who live in the San Joaquin Valley and Southern California because those regions have already fallen below the 15 icu bed capacity in less than an hour the stay at home order will go into effect for 3 bay area counties. Those are San Francisco contra costa and santa clara. Today, restaurants and hair salons and east bay took advantage of a last minute rush of customers before they are forced to shut down. Kron fours dan thorn talked with some of those businesses and some of the customers he is joining us live now from walnut creek good evening. Dan. Well johnson and justine has you mentioned this is the unfortunate reality that these businesses are going to have to dea