Investments. Additional support has been provided by and by thE Corporation for public broadcasting, a privatE Corporation funded b t american people. And by contributions to your pbs station from viewans like you. You. Good evening, thank you for joining us. It was not quite four years ago that we y brought a newshour weekend special called america in black and blue. At the time the country was reeling from the death of an africanamerican man in minneapolis, Philando Castille, whose killing be a pol officer was caught by his girlfriend on video and a Police Dashboard camera. [ shots ] you just killed my boyfriend that was after another black man, jamar kclark, wasled by the minneapolis p. D. Local and National Protests ensued. Everybody wne philando knew that he was a good man. Hands up, dont oot hands up, dont shoot now a minneapol Police Officer has been charged with murder for killing anotherer africanan man, george floyd. Floyds life was taken just miles from where Philando Castil
Sal castaneda is here. So far so good or something new . So far so good for most drivers. We do have some drivers out there. Its not completely light. And theres just a little bit of slowing on 580. Definitely lighter than usual. As you drive to 880. It looks good through oakland and here at the bay bridge it is light. The number of coronavirus cases continues to climb worldwide and here in the bay area, todays the last flight from San Francisco to mainland china. Ktvus alyssa harington joins us now from sfo with that part of the story. The good morning alyssa. Good morning. Yeah, that flight leaves tonight. Theres also a flight that will be coming in from china a little bit later on this evening just after 6 00. Now after that, bay area travelers will have to wait at least six weeks to take a direct flight from sfo to china. But, there are other ways you can get there through connecting flights. Today, china did announce another spike in coronavirus cases. They reported 5,000 new case
After the new years honours data leak in which the addresses of celebrities, politicians and Police Officers were published online it isa it is a serious and indeed extraordinary breach so this is a well established process that has gone on and been the same way for so i think gone on and been the same way for so ithink an gone on and been the same way for so i think an urgent investigation are certainly needed. Five people stabbed in new york during hanukkah celebrations at the home of an orthodox rabbi. Calls for sydneys new years eve fireworks to be cancelled quarter of a Million People sign a petition for the money to be spent fighting australias bushfires instead in tennis former world number one andy murray says hes gutted to be missing next months Australian Open after pulling out because of injury in half an hours time, we take a look back on events earlier in the year marking the 75th anniversary of the d day landings. There are calls for an independent inquiry after a data br
Lewis hamilton will start the us formula one grand prix in fifth on the grid, but is still poised to win the world drivers championship. And the dateline london panel ask if a general election can resolve the crisis that is brexit. Thats in half an hour, here on bbc news. In the past hour, the leader of the brexit party, nigel farage, has announced he wont stand in next months general election. He says instead he will be campaigning across the country against the prime ministers proposed brexit deal. It comes as the Election Campaign gets into full swing, with labour and the conservatives making big spending pledges. Borisjohnson has confirmed the benefits freeze in place since 2016 will end in april, whilejeremy corbyn is proposing to insulate almost every home in the uk, which labour says will create hundreds of thousands of jobs. Our Political Correspondent Jessica Parker is here. We saw the brexit party launch on friday, when nigel farage kept people guessing as to whether he would
Lewis hamilton will start the us formula one grand prix in fifth, but is still poised to win the world drivers championship. Good morning. As the general Election Campaign gets into full swing, labour and the conservatives are making big spending pledges. Borisjohnson has confirmed the benefits freeze in place since 2016 will end in april, whileJeremy Corbyn is proposing to insulate almost every home in the uk, which labour say will create hundreds of thousands of jobs. Heres our Political Correspondent, nick eardley. Over the next few weeks we are going to hear a lot from our politicians about what they would do with power. And the big spending pledges are starting already. Today the government is saying that it will end the benefits freeze in april next year. Its been in place since 2016 and has meant things like universal credit and job seekers allowance havent gone up. From next year ministers are saying that will change and it will go up by the rate of inflation. Labour isnt convi