Counting the cost of the Government Shutdown, the human cost. The lost productivity and the damaged reputations. Tonight well look at the toll it has taken on the country. And with federal employees back to work, congress and the white house face major challenges. They have just three months to find a solution. At a moment when our economic recovery demands more jobs, more momentum, weve got yet another selfinflicted crisis thats set our economy back and for what . While the 800,000 government workers affected by the shutdown will be getting back pay, there is still the question of a long term budget solution. Last nights deal left the u. S. Borrow through february 7th and funds the government and its workers through january 15th of next year. Libby casey looks forward to capitol hill. Capitol hill quiet this day if in dramatic contrast to washington, d. C, workers got back on the job and the restaurants and cafes with a lot of energy. Not so much capitol hill. The energy has pretty mu
According to the bbc at least 210 are dead in iran as of today. Monday night, italy had 229 cases of caronavirus. Tonight that figure has quadrupled. Its now 888. Three days ago south korea had just under 900 cases today they have at least 2300. Caronavirus has been reported on every continent on the globe, apart from antarctica and spreading faster than authorities can keep track. The virus is in nearly 60 countries so far. In china the death toll rises by dozens each day. Those are just the official numbers. What about america where we live . So far the u. S. Has confirmed 62 cases of caronavirus that includes two new cases now of unknown origin. Thats far lower than many places but keep in mind we really have no idea how Many Americans have caronavirus. And at the beginning of this week the cdc had tested 426 people for the virus. As of right now, friday night, the cdc has tested another 33 people. All week. 33 in a country of 327 million a country that by the way that effectively o
Says they dont feel safe going in to put the wendys out which as you can see is quite close to a bp gas station. Police have been working to try to clear i75 and i 85 which is a major highway in it lands him metropolitan area thats been shut down for hours with thousands of cars backed up. Police have used flash bang grenades and tear gas as well but the crowd continues to grow tonight. The crowd is fired up and curious. There were continuing sound of breaking glass. They began to disperse out for a number of other businesses around the area. We bring in ted williams bp homicide detective attorney formal federal agent time served as the attorney for Police Officers involved in businesses jeff this. We appreciate you being with us this evening. Looking at whats happening on the ground right now what is the tactical decision by the police in atlanta to let this wendys burn and let these crowds continue to shut down highways . You know i dont think what is going on is they will have probl
Its an earthquake. Its an earthquake. We will talk to the woman you saw on the video in a couple of minutes. This is the largest quake to hit the bay area since the earthquake in 1989. For many people who have not lived there more than 20 years the most significant earthquake they have felt. To put it in perspective that quake had a magnitude 6. 9. This was a 6. 0. We will get into the details of how the different quakes are. The usgs estimates more than 120,000 people experiencing the earthquake. There have been minor after shocks. 15,000 people are reported to be without power. A few minutes ago we are told president obama has been briefed on the earthquake. Lets bring in a reporter on scene, will cane, a reporter for the San Francisco chronicle. He is at the Medical Center in napa where victims are being taken by helicopter. Thanks for joining us. Do we know how many injured have been brought to the hospital so far . The latest update we just got is that 87 people have been injured
Its 5 00 a. M. In the east. And 6 00 p. M. In manila. President trump is in the philippines this morning for summit which is his final stop on the asian tour. A short time ago he met with indias Prime Minister. First sit down with rog rego duterte. The white house now saying behind closed do ares he brought up due also meeting overnight with japanese Prime Minister shinzo abe and Malcolm Turnbull. Vowing to work with the u. S. On answering the north korean threat. President trump says hes met some important goals on trade. Very big steps with respect to trade. Far bigger than anything you know. This has been a very fruitful trip for us and also for a lot of other nations. The way theyve treated us, the respect that japan and china and south korea in particular, because we went there, have greeted us, has been a Great Respect for the people of our country, the people of the United States and we very much appreciate it. The president not saying exactly what those big steps on trade are,