Shopping is low risk, as long as everyone wears a mask and stands x feet apart. His concern is when people take off their masks to snack while waiting in lines. But many shoppers say that they are not too worried. It is more of an outdoor environment,s so absolutely, i am willing to brave that. It is a very different experience at San Francisco union square. Here is how it looked this morning. Very quite compared to previous black fridays. There is the picket line outside of macys, so not too many people inside. There is a short line at louis vuitton, no lines at the other stores this morning. Some stores are still boarded up from previous protests. This is a different black friday, 2020 is a different black friday. Reporter he runs a shop half a block away from union square. He is disappointed no lines outside of his story this year but he understands the fear of covid. We are living in a Virtual World and that is how we are going to get it. It is really busy in spots, how are stores
Pg e restored power for the final 2500 customers last night. More than 700,000 were impacted by the widespread event. The company has confirmed 50 instances of weatherrelated damage to its system in areas affected by the shut off and shared these photos yesterday of downed lines and vegetation on power lines. Meanwhile, the utility is defending its decision to power. One of the main misconceptions is that we did this to save our own skin. I cannot really fathom how that will work for us. The only thing that people of pg e care about in this event is the safety of others. It is you, and making sure we keep things safe. The triwindy weather that triggered the power shut off included gusts of wind of more than 70 mile per hour in some areas, from wednesday evening into thursday morning. And a Police Source confirms that the body of a tech ceo first lets get down to whether. As far as this is concerned, it will be a nice mild day. We have a cool start compared to yesterday. Taking a life t
Reporting from washington, ik. M nada taw it was an arms control treaty inked during the cold war era. Now the u. S. Is pulling out, accusing russia of a violating the pact. President trumps pick to become director of national telligence withdraws his name from consideration. And top honors for highflying photos. Putting the focus on birds and their habitats has led to some amazing ima nada for those watching on pbs and around the globe, welcome to world news americ. Today the u. S. Has made it official, it has withdrawn from an arms control pact with russ d thes back to the cold war. The intermediate range Nuclear Forces treaty was a landmark agreement at the time, but now the u. S. Accuses russia of violating it, which moscow denies. The fear is that without the restrictions, a new arms race could getnderway. The bbcs Diplomatic Correspondent James Landale looks back at the treatys ucstory. James it was a l moment towards the end of the colwar, the moment in 1987 when leaders of the
Hello and welcome to bbc news. The United States has officially withdrawn from an arms control pact with russia that dates back to the cold war. The intermediate range Nuclear Forces treaty was a landmark agreement at the time but now the us accusses russia of violating it which moscow denies. The fear is that without the restrictions a new arms race could get underway. The bbcs Diplomatic Correspondent James Landale has more. It was a crucial moment towards the ending of the cold war. The moment in 1987 when the leaders of the United States and soviet union signed the intermediate range Nuclear Forces treaty. They promised to destroy all their missiles with ranges between 300 miles and 3 00 miles. Eliminating at a stroke an entire class of Nuclear Weapons. The mobile ground launched Nuclear Weapons were hard to detect and could strike anywhere in europe within minutes. But in recent years, russia has begun testing and deploying a new Cruise Missile which the us says breaches the inf t
Hello and welcome to bbc news. Russias arctic north and far east are being ravaged by huge wildfires, with up to four million hectares ablaze, and vast areas engulfed by smoke. The Prime Minister, dmitri medvedev, has ordered police to investigate whether the fires were started deliberately to hide evidence of illegal logging. Russian militaryjets are providing back up to firefighters battling the blazes, which have been burning in some cases for weeks. Fires are common at this time of year, but record breaking summer temperatures and strong winds have made this year particularly bad. Our moscow correspondent Steve Rosenberg has travelled to the remote irkurtsk region of siberia, and he sent this report. For weeks now, siberia has been smouldering. Vast swathes of forest shrouded in smoke and many ravaged by fire. Wildfires are common here, but not on this scale. In siberia, an area the size of belgium is burning. The kremlin has sent in the army, military planes doing what they can to