And by contributions to this pbs stion om viewers like you. Thank you. Anchor this is bbc world news america. I am Laura Trevelyan reporting the u. S. Now has than one million coronavirus cases, one third of global infections. The milestone comes as states continue to loosen lockdowns. France will ease restrictions next month but masks will remain a way of life. Understanding immunity. A look at whether you can get covid19 a second time aft youve already recovered. Us, historical ties between jobs and health care in the u. S. Are leaving millions uninsured. We look at why americans get medical cover from employers. Laura for all of you watching on pbs and around the welcome to world news america the u. S. Is the epicenter of the global coronavirusea out with more than one million known infections. President trump claims the u. S. Has more c because it is doing more testing in new york, 3 people died yesterday, a big drop from two weeks ago. Sl t comes as more states move toward reopeni
Lets just get you right up to speed with what we know 2 leading militia commanders one iranian one iraqi have been killed in a u. S. Airstrike about 1. 51. 6 kilometers outside the bag that International Airport they were near an area where there was an antiterrorism unit an antiterrorism building was within a secure compound there the key casualty there is custom in the money killed by u. S. Forces people have been demonstrating their support of what has happened the joy at what has happened inside Baghdads Tahrir square lets just play you that video and give you a sense of the atmosphere right now in the iraqi capital back that. Was the the. The and. It. Was. And you have been watching pictures there of people in baghdad stuff or is square celebrating the killing of Senior Iranian commanded. By u. S. Forces on stan grant here in doha of course taking over this breaking coverage live coverage of this strike by American Forces inside iraq now weve had information confirmation from the
The protesters here in lebanon they have not been as focused on trying to lessen the iranian influence as say it is the case in any talks i mean thats something you hear from a lot of the protesters in Tahrir Square in baghdad and other parts of it off where i was several weeks ago here in lebanon on the protesters mainly have been talking about trying to come together as a country and really get a government that works for the lebanese people a government made of technocrats they want to in corruption and this is something where now you have this complication thats really going to impact the formation of a government because it has but let is a huge political player in lebanon because they are going to have to agree to whomever the Prime Minister designate assumes will be his cabinet so this just really is just really causes more complications at a time when the lebanese are tired they want to get a functioning government and they want the country to be in much better shape economical
That representation Transportation Safety issues along with my Ranking Member senator cantwell let me welcome our Signature Panel of witnesses and thank them for this hearing. Well hear from the department of transportation including neil szabat ron brinks and straygur of the federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration and deputy minister of traffic and safety. Welcome to each of you. Fixing americas surface transportation act of 2019 better known as the fastback rasterized the administrations responsible for ensuring the safety of our surface transportation paid sns and fra. Identifying issues this committee should consider as we prepare for reauthorization. The fastback places a greater focus on our nations Multimodal Network that includes establishing the emperor Grant Program. This program and others such as formerly tiger grants are critical to improve our nations transportation infrastructure. I hope the winces will provide the committee with an update on efforts to improve our i
Enforcement agents. This portion is just over one hour. The committee will come to order without objection. The chair is authorized to declare recess of the committee at any time. We are convening to hear the testimony of acting secretary of Homeland Security Kevin Mcaleenan. I want to briefly address the spectators. I already saw two signs being held un, so i want to address you. We welcome you and we respect your right to be here. We also ask in turn that you respect we ask for your respect as we proceed with the business of this committee today. It is the intention of this committee to proceed with this hearing without disruptions. If a disruption occurs, listen up, a Capital Police officer will go up to the individual and instruct that they cease demonstrations. If the individual does cease, no action will be taken. However, if the person does not cease, he will be asked to leave. Were grateful for your presence here today and your cooperation and we want to move this hearing along