upset at the australian open an upset at the australian open. shocks at the aussie open as 15 year old coco gough put the defending champion out. plus serena williams will not equal that an slam record after losing to a 27 seed. thanks jane and ben has all the weather changeable over weekend. things are set to change. that might come as good news for those who have had enough of the mist and back and brain. we will be looking forward to the forecast but we will also be looking back 30 years to the storm of 1990. just before 2:30pm. thanks, ben. also coming up. every little helps tesco scraps the plastic packaging on its multipacks of tins. this hello everyone this is afternoon live this i m martine croxall. the government s cobra emergency committee has met this lunchtime to discuss the outbreak of the coronavirus. 1a people have been tested for the disease in the uk though there are no confirmed cases here at the moment. the virus originates in china, china where 26
ago, we enacted the biggest tax cuts and reforms in american history. host: we will talk more about trade and the economy and the president s comments in our last hour of washington journal. i did want to show you a few of the tweets from members of the president s. of the president s cabinet. sayingasury secretary the progrowth agenda is working for the american people. callingerce secretary the state of the union address the best in recent memory and one more tweet from the agriculture sector secretary who was the so-called designated of thef the member cabinet member who is not in the chamber. time for one more call. the topic we have been talking about for our first hour of the program. george from tennessee, line for democrats. caller: thank you. i would like to know how do somebody who was forced to come here or made to come here through no fault of their own get a name like a dreamer? a dreamer is something somebody urines for, but if you come here like everyone
infrastructure investments, trade, and the economy. but we begin this morning on the topic of immigration. after president trump laid out his four-point plan on immigration reform, we want to hear from you about what you took from the state of the union when it comes to the immigration debate? the phone lines this morning. democrats, (202) 748-8000. republicans, (202) 748-8001. 002.pendents, (202) 748-892 forave a special line illegal immigrants as well, (202) 748-8003. you can start calling in it now. we want to get your thoughts on the president s statements on immigration last night, but first, a few stats from the state of the union yesterday. 4.5 million tweets, this was the most tweeted state of the union or joint session address, surpassing the three b s record previous record of 3 million tweets in 2017. as we pointed out earlier, it was a little over 80 minutes long, 80 minutes and 32 seconds. it was not the longest state of the union address ever, but it was close
calm after the fatal police shooting of a black man. this is not a good scene here. protesters clash with police in charlotte. he is armed with a handgun. because of that, at least one of our officers fired. hands up! he got a gun, he got a gun. pow pow pow! that s it! he had no gun! a man suspected of setting off explosives in new york and new jersey. rahami is facing state and federal charges in connection with the incident. arrest of a police officer who shot and killed an unarmed driver. president george h.w. bush say he is going to vote for hillary. he didn t say that but i wouldn t be surprised. the president used his final address to the united nations general assembly to take some not so subtle shots at donald trump. > the nation ringed by walls would only imprison itself. reporter: a spy plane crashed in california killing one pilot and injuring another. a terrifying close call for a stunt pilot in nevada. the man almost decapitated after anot
calm after the fatal police shooting of a black man. this is not a good scene here. protesters clash with police in charlotte. he is armed with a handgun. because of that, at least one of our officers fired. hands up! he got a gun, he got a gun. pow pow pow! that s it! he had no gun! a man suspected of setting off explosives in new york and e rahami is facing state and federal charges in connection with the incident. arrest of a police officer who shot and killed an unarmed driver. president george h.w. bush say he is going to vote for hillary. he didn t say that but i wouldn t be surprised. the president used his final address to the united nations general assembly to take some not so subtle shots at donald trump. would only imprison itself. reporter: a spy plane crashed in california killing one pilot and injuring another. a terrifying close call for a stunt pilot in nevada. the man almost decapitated after another plane hit him. all that. one la