Has decided to award the Nobel Peace Prize for 2020 to the world foodd program for its efforts to combat hunger, for its contribution to bettering conditions for peace in conflictaffected areas and for acting as a driving force in efforts to prevent the use of hunger as a weapon of war and conflict. The World Food Program was founded in 1961 and is the Worlds Largest humanitarian organization addressing hunger and promoting food security. The Nobel Committee says the coronavirus pandemic has led to a surge inn the numberr of vicis ofof hungerr in the worldld and ququoted the wfp whichch said, l there is a medical vaccine, food is the best vaccine against chaos. In 2019 the u. N. Branch provided assistance to close to 100 Million People in 88 countries affected by Food Insecurity and hunger. The wfp thanked the Nobel Committee for the honor on twitter adding the award is a powerful reminder peace and zero hunger go hand in hand. Next, a typhoon is now barreling toward japan. Weather Off
South koreas military earlier said the man went missing from a vessel near yeonpyeong island on monday, a day before he was spotted floating in the north waters of the yellow sea. They shot the man dead and burned his body. Officials said the north explained its troops fired more than ten shots as the man was trying to flee. The north also reportedly said its personnel didntt finthe mans body but burned the flotation material he used in accordance with covid19 guidelines. The north also said it would do its utmost to prevent something similar from happening again, to avoid damaging relations between pyongyang and seoul. For more insight we spoke to a doctor in seoul, a Research Fellow at the institute for north korean studies. From the standpoint of north korea, it must have realized that making the excuse that he was, and that he was for prevention of covid19 outbreak would not satisfy angry south korean public,c, so it needs to express at least a minimum amountnt of sincere apology a
And breezy. Southwest 6. 55 degrees. Same as mint hill. Everybody is stuck there. Ive seen he 53 to 55 in the city. A robust onshore breeze. Fairfield gets stronger gusts to 32. Those two lows will sync up and keep us on a cooler pattern for this time of year. So temperatures below average, coast, bay and especially inland. Over to sal now. See if theres anything new at 5 01. Good morning, sir. Nothing new right now, steve. As a matter of fact, we look pretty good so far. As a matter of fact, i am looking to see i have a picture of downtown oakland up. So let me change that to the bay bridge and see if i can get that for you. You can see traffic is moving along very noisily. Lets look at one more thing. What can i dial up here. Lets talk about the Golden Gate Bridge i am sorry the richmond bridge. This traffic looks very light. So, we are off to a good start. At 5 01, lets go back to the headlines. All right. Thank you, sal. We are following breaking news out of oakland this morning. F
For up to five years on select models and exclusive lease offers. Now at 11 00, breaking news. The south bays Largest School district announces plans for the fall. Frustration boiling over tonight with businesses facing another shut down. Mom. Mom. Were getting shut pl tonig, the bay area county in danger of new stateimposed restrictions. Plus. Reporter hair stylists and barbers stand up against the state. What theyre asking the governor to do that would allow them to work outdoors. One of the largest settlements in history goes to the victims of the ghostship fire. Why families say its not enough. In tonight for elizabeth. We begin tonight with breaking news. San jose unified School District Just Announced the students will not return to the classroom for at least the first 6 weeks of the fall semester. Distance learning was the best option given the current spread of coronavirus. Honestly, i think it was the right choice that they could make. I know not everybody is going to be happy
Back home. Im still go welcome to the Program China has ordered the United States to close one of its called units the Foreign Ministry has given us official 72 hours to leave the consulates in the southwestern city of chengdu this comes after washington told beijing to close its Diplomatic Mission in Houston Texas earlier this week relations between the 2 countries are at their lowest point for 40 years. It was less a question of if china would retaliate but rather how and the answer is here the u. S. Has been told to close its conscience inching to. Raising the stakes get further and this diplomatic standoff. Through major to the Current Situation in china u. S. Relations is not what china wants and the u. S. Is completely responsible for all of this. All of this includes the u. S. Imposing sanctions on communist Party Officials and companies linked to the mass detention of weaker and ordering china to shut its mission in houston citing concerns about espionage the clear is under way