Coronavirus developments here in britain and globally. The number of people known to have died from the coronavirus pandemic around the world is now more than 150,000, according to latest figures collated byjohns Hopkins University in the united states. Almost one quarter of those deaths have occurred in the us itself the number of deaths there now almost 37,000. Four European Countries italy, spain, france and the uk make up half of the worldwide toll. As efforts continue to develop effective antibody tests, experts at the World Health Organization have cast doubt on the idea. They say theres no evidence that having had the virus would guarantee immunity to future infection. A lot of the preliminary information thats coming to us right now would suggest that quite a low proportion of the population have actually serial converted. So it may not solve the problem. Theres been an expectation that maybe herd immunity may have been achieved, and that the majority of people in society may h
republicans, democrats, and independents. as always, you can tweet, e- mail, or post on facebook. why does congress kicked the can down the road? good friday morning. harry truman 60 years ago coined the phrase the do nothing congress as he was campaigning for his bid to the white house. this year a favorite metaphor seems to be kicking the can down the road. both sides are using it. [video clip] the house is going to pass a one-year extension of current policies. they want to buy some time, kicked the can down the road. now it s time for the house to do its job. let s start actually paying for things in the years in which we are going to spend the money and let s not kick the can down the road. what s happening today is that this kicked the can down the road initiative bill is costing jobs. the national debt now tops $15.30 trillion. where is his vision for how to repair all of this? he could of outlined in his budget commission, yet the president did nothing mor