With almost 3 million confirmed cases. In the u. S. , there are about 938,000 cases with more than 52,000 deaths. California ranks fourth in the u. S. With 42,000 cases and almost 1700 deaths. There was seven additional deaths recorded in the bay area today with roughly 7000 cases now. Dr. Anthony fauci said today that he believes the United States could double its coronavirus testing over the next two weeks. He says ramping up testing will only help with the stepbystep effort to reopen the country. The country is currently completing between 1. 5 million and 2 million tests per week. Whatever is coming, its getting a bit more difficult for some people to stay home. Outdoor areas around the bay area are seeing a surge in activity and officials are doing their best to accommodate the crowds. Ktvus greg liggins joins us with some of the problems today. Greg . Reporter yeah, andre. After four days of being stuck indoors, for a lot of people, its being a lot more difficult staying inside w
ah, this is al jazeera, these are the top stores for joe biden has landed in jetta on his tour of the middle east and was greeted with a fist bumped by saudi crown. prince mohammed been so man, oil prices and iran are on the agenda as the american president meets with both the crown prince and saudi king summer. a white house correspondent, kimberly hawk. it has more on that meeting. we knew that there was going to be some discomfort back in the united states if the president shook the hand of the crown prince. why? because back in the united states, there is an intelligence report that suggests that the saudi crown prince may have ordered the killing of the washington post journalist chalka shoji back in 2018. and as a result, the u. s. president has been heavily criticized by the american public by some members of his own democratic party and human rights activists for even making this trip. the u. s. president says the killers of al jazeera journalist, sheri and i will, ac
reforming the u.s. criminal justice system. that includes his administration s move to shorten prison sentences for drug crimes. now, the result is last year more than 6,000 inmates were released from prison early, and tens of thousands more may get out. not all go home. about a third of the first 6,000 inmates whose sentences got shortened are not american citizens, and because of that, some released inmates were deported while others are now sitting in detention facilities while they await deportation hearings. the result is a messy collision of america s imperfect immigration laws with its changing criminal law, and that s turning what might have been joyous reunions for some immigrant families into a reality that is far more bittersweet. we have the story of one such family whose newly free father cannot live in the same country as his son, who is a u.s. marine. a lot of my friends never knew this side of me. it was always us. reporter: they legally emigrated from the
that includes his administration s move to shorten prison sentences for drug crimes. now, the result is last year more than 6,000 inmates were released from prison early, and tens of thousands more may get out. not all go home. about a third of the first 6,000 inmates whose sentences got shortened are not american citizens, and because of that, some released inmates were deported while others are now sitting in detention facilities while they await deportation hearings. the result is a messy collision of america s imperfect immigration laws with its changing criminal law, and that s turning what might have been joyous reunions for some immigrant families into a reality that is far more bittersweet. we have the story of one such family whose newly free father cannot live in the same country as his son, who is a u.s. marine. a lot of my friends never knew this side of me. it was always us. reporter: they legally emigrated from the dominican republic in the 1980s. in this pi
prison sentences for drug crimes. now, the result is last year more than 6,000 inmates were released from prison early, and tens of thousands more may get out. not all go home. about a third of the first 6,000 inmates whose sentences got shortened are not american citizens, and because of that, some released inmates were deported while others are now sitting in detention facilities while they await deportation hearings. the result is a messy collision of america s imperfect immigration laws with its changing criminal law, and that s turning what might have been joyous reunions for some immigrant families into a reality that is far more bittersweet. we have the story of one such family whose newly free father cannot live in the same country as his son, who is a u.s. marine. a lot of my friends never knew this side of me. it was always us. reporter: they legally emigrated from the dominican republic in the 1980s. in this picture she s standing in between her parents. it m