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Among those calling for that to change is retired general david petraeus, who wrote in "the atlantic" of the, quote, irony of training at bases named for those who took up arms against the united states and for the right to enslave others. he added, we do not live in a country to which braxton bragg, henry l. benning or robert e. lee can serve as an inspiration. acknowledging this fact is imperative. today, the president wouldnt answer questions on his decision. while the white house makes an im...

Discovered the body of a man near an amtrak station less than a mile away from the police department. the victim was shot in the head from close range and investigators believe this homicide is connected to the shooting this morning. within the past couple of minutes, authorities released a picture of the gunman. they say, without a doubt, he set out to kill police officers and this is the third time that members of law enforcement have been ambushed here in california in just the past couple of...

They are part of a great american heritage. heres our chief white house correspondent jonathan karl. >> reporter: president trump today firmly shot down the idea of changing the names of military bases named after confederate generals, tweeting, quote, my administration will not even consider the renaming of these magnificent and fabled military installations. in case anybody missed his tweets, he dispatched his press secretary to read his words aloud. >> these monumental and very powerful bases...

With them on wednesday afternoon as the white house contemplates potential economic stimulus, including paid family leave for workers who have been quarantined and school closings. >> rebecca, thank you. now to the scene unfolding california, that ship onboard, of the 46 tested, at least 21 testing positive. theyre being brought off the ship at this hour. then the careful operation, bringing more than 2,400 passengers who will now be tested themselves, to four different locations, u.s. bases, ...

Absolutely incorrect. >> reporter: the patients family and dozens of health care workers from two hospitals who treated are now all under quarantine. as for testing today, the cdc says it has fixed its faulty testing kits. >> this has not gone as smoothly as we would have liked. our goal is to have every state and local health department online doing their own testing by the end of next week. >> reporter: but even after testing on the ground, states will have to wait for days for confirmation fr...

Spread through her community. the problem? since she had not traveled to the hot zone and did not know anyone infected, even after being placed on a ventilator at a local hospital, she was not tested for four days after showing symptoms. do residents need to be wearing masks right now? >> we do not believe so. >> reporter: but experts say valuable time has been lost. >> every single delay in testing means potentially the virus could go to hundreds or thousands more people. >> reporter: at this p...

One-by-one by medical teams, rushed off by motorcade to this special isolation unit. >> theyve had a very long journey, so, i think were not going to make any assumptions about anything thats passed along verbally, were going to go ahead and just test everybody. >> reporter: 338 americans were evacuated from the diamond princess cruise ship in japan, flown to bases in texas and california, arriving overnight. 14 are suspected of having a coronavirus infection. four now in isolation and hospitali...

Passengers stuck on the ship like kathy maniscalco are trying to keep their spirits up and stay healthy. >> ive had kidney stones, so, ive been in a lot of pain and its been almost unmanageable. >> reporter: overnight, a jump in the chinese case count only fueling uncertainty about the viruss impact. the numbers surging to 60,000 now sickened and over 1,300 killed, after china changed the way it counts infections. back home, in just the last day, two more people from quarantined bases in san die...

From wuhan and land in the united states tomorrow. thats going to bring the total to around 1,000 people quarantined in military bases across the country. david? >> all right, will carr again tonight. will, thank you. another developing headline from overseas coming in at this hour. a major terror takedown tonight. the white house just confirming moments ago that the u.s. has killed qassim al rimi, a topal kwid leader in yemen. al rimi was killed during a counterterrorism operation two weeks a...

Litigate any of the privilege issues during that time. in fact, they filed no lawsuits arising from this impeachment inquiry to seek to contest the bases that the trump administration gave for resisting the subpoenas, the basis for why those subpoenas were invalid, and when litigation was filed by one of the subpoena recipients that was dr. charles kupperman, the deputy national security adviser, he went to the court ad sought a declaratory judgment saying the presidents told me i shouldnt go. i...