Fifth state to order its citizens to stay inside except to go out for essentials like groceries, doctors appointments and exercising alone and at a distance new york states executive order goes into effect tonight meanwhile, congressional leaders are expected to be back in washington later today to discuss a trillion dollar economic rescue package. Senate majority leader mitch mnelquote, mitchy close mcconnell said they are close to a deal. All told, 24,000 reported cases of covid19 in the u. S new york state has a third of them this morning, 297 coronavirus related deaths in the country. Jeff bezos says his company is looking to hire 100,000 people to help them deal with the demand and asking people to apply now. In a few minutes we will take your questions live to a pair of doctors who will give you answers about your health, and mental. Later in the spotlight staying connected in our new age of social distancing the suddenly booming platform that is helping to keep us together then
Im Liz Macdonald in for deirdre bolton. Now, British Police just released the name of two attackers. A british citizen who lives in the area originally from pakistan, also rasheed, police say he also lived in the area. But there are conflictive reports on age and nationality. Now, saturday is the third terrorist attack in england since march. 34 dead. 218 injured. Five people still missing from the London Bridge attack. Now this. 34 dead includes the massacre at the concert and the attacks on westminster bridge. And we have this story for you. The white house kicking off its 1 trillion infrastructure proposal with its plan seeking to put the nations air Traffic Control partially in private doesnt hands. Dozening of other countries already do that, including canada. Now, President Trump said this would reduce the number of flight delays and wait times also increase national security. Saying that delays cost millions of dollars. Now the nations Airlines Operate on a rickety, creaky 40yea
Corporate funding is provided by mutual of america designing customized individual and Group Retirement products. Thats why we are your retirement company. Additional support has been provided by and by the corporation for public broadcasting, and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. From the tisch wnet studios at Lincoln Center in new york, hari sreenivasan. Sreenivasan good evening and thanks for joining us. The president ial nomination campaign that began last february in iowa is nearing the finish line and chicialt is coming closer to clinching the democratic nomination that would find her facing reebility evere republican drumplet in the fall. She won all the caucus ever Virgin Islands and puerto rico, she could conceivably have enough to clinch the nomination is if very wins 85 of the vote in puerto rico. Voters in new jersey, california and four other states are expected to win her enough delegates to rise her above a News Conference that he pla
Some of the victims of high grade heroin flowing into the United States the young and cambodia. The electric difference meaning that vehicle is running silently, a silence youd hear if not for the thousands of other vehicles it has to share the roads with making on environmental difference whilst at the same time making a profit. Good evening, thank you for joining us on al jazeera. Im stephanie sy. And im antonio mora. We begin in iraq where iraqi forces are forcing i. S. I. L. Out of tikrit. Government officials said their forces retook large parts of the city and drove the group out of alla la. The iraqi and shia militias are preparing for an assault should the joint offensive proceed, Similar Missions in other cities will continue. Junioredons King Abdullah spoke to his people today. In the u. K. A new airline law aimed at preventing citizens joining i. S. I. L. The tikrit offensive is the largest against i. S. I. L. Its a combination of iraqi and shia militias. There are concerns
Thanks for being with us. The u. S. Has reached an alarming milestone in the coronavirus pandemic. Over 5 million cases have now been reported across the country and the rate of the spread is stunning. It took 99 days for the United States to reach the first million cases. Jumping from 4 million cases to 5 million took just 17 days. To put the number in perspective, the u. S. Has more covid19 cases than ireland has people. And, sadly, the death rate is stit climbing as well. More than 1,000 deaths have been recorded each day over the past five days. Well, the rise in cases is a big concern both in the United States and globally as more schools get ready to reopen. In the u. S. Nearly 100,000 children tested positive for covid19 in the last two weeks of july according to the American Academy of pediatrics and the World Health Organization says the pandemic is moving into younger populations. It reports the proportion of reported cases globally in very Young Children and babies has incre