Being infected and dozens dying. This is the story of three cruise ships which sail betweenjanuary and march of this year. Itjust felt like a regular, relaxing vacation at first. They would each suffer devastating outbreaks of coronavirus, together resulting in hundreds of infections and the deaths of dozens of people. We definitely would have acted differently if wed known what was happening. All three ships were owned by carnival, the Worlds Largest cruise company. I think they let people on that ship when they shouldnt have. And how can cruising be made safe again . January 20th, 2020, and nearly 3,000 passengers on the diamond princess are played off from the quayside in yokohama injapan, about to leave on a 15 day cruise around south east asia. For cruise veterans kent and rebecca frasure, its a chance to see the sights. Disneyland, hong kong, vietnam, taipei. But on february the 1st, on their way back to yokohama, everything changes when its announced a passenger who had left the
Many of the uks theme parks and resorts reopened on saturday, with significantly reduced capacity and social distancing measures in place. Chessington world of adventures in surrey was one of them. 0ur correspondent Katie Prescott was there. A lot of things have changed about chessington now. There are social distancing markings on the floor, hand sanitising stations everywhere, and the staff are wearing face masks. But some things, like the queues, have not. If you want to go on one of these iconic rides you will have to wait about 60 90 minutes to do so because they have reduced the number of people allowed on and they have to be cleaned at regular intervals. In spite of all of this, in the main, people are just delighted to be out and about. It is actually my 40th birthday. Happy birthday. Thank you. What has the experience been like . So far weve have had a really good time. It is a bit strange. Some bits are closed. It is a bit surreal being out and about, but weve had a good time
Day. Im glad the alarm was on. Im glad youre here. Breaking overnight, 100 of precincts in iowa are now reporting. 100 . So surely you would think that means there would be some clarity as to who won the democratic caucuses there. You might think that, but youd be wrong. And dont call me shirley. And the results show mayor Pete Buttigieg with a fraction of a percent lead over Bernie Sanders. There are errors in the count and all kinds of different ways. Calling for a recanvas for some of the votes. The Democratic Candidates have until 1 00 p. M. Today to file a request for recanvassing. But sanders and buttigieg are indicating theyre ready to move on. Their focus seems to be on the New Hampshire primary and a huge debate there tonight. President trump is now vowing revenge, lashing out at his political opponents in an expletive filled victory lap at the white house where he even questioned nancy pelosi and mitt romneys faith. We also have new reporting this morning about a postimpeachm
Bow for public pressure from the president , reducing the sentencing recommend dation for roger stone and ordering a reexamination of the case against another trump ally. Former National Security adviser, michael flynn. Barr did go on tv and say no one bullies him to go anything but one thing thats clear, the president s message remains, go easy on my friends and get tougher on these he sees as his enemies. They treated ronger stone very badly. They treated everybody very badly and if you look at the mueller investigation, it was a scam and Nothing Happened with all the people that did it. A scam a. Whats comby . Whats happening to mccabe . Roger stone was treated horribly and so were many other people. Their lives were destroyed. In the meantime, comey walks around making book deals. It was a disgrace. Everything else will be treated fairly. And theres Something Else from a president who is clearly emboldened since his impeachment trial. A tweet of a quote from an essay of ralph waldo
Good to have you with us. So, any moment now, more than 300 americans who were quarantined on a cruise ship in japan because of the coronavirus are expected to land on u. S. Soil. A few hours ago they took off from tokyo on two charter planes. Now heading to two military bases in the u. S. Where they are expected to spend another 14 days under quarantine. Meantime, australia says it will send a charter flight to japan to evacuate its citizens on board the diamond princess wednesday. Now, this comes as the number of infections and deaths continues to rise. Authorities say another 105 people died in Mainland China on sunday, bringing the global death toll to more than 1,700. At least 71,000 cases have been confirmed worldwide. The vast majority of them in Mainland China. And cnns will ripley joins me now from yokohama in japan where that cruise ship, the diamond princip diamond princess has been docked. Good to see you, will. This has been such an ordeal for everyone on board the cruise