we start in myanmar where activists say security forces have killed at least 39 people in one of the deadliest days of demonstrations against the military coup last month. 21 died in the biggest city yangon after two china owned factories were attacked. beijing has asked the authorities to protect its businesses. a police officer also died in clashes. our diplomatic correspondent james landale reports. they have built themselves barricades, they have fashioned makeshift shields. but when the security forces opened fire, there was nothing to do but run. this was the scene in myanmar s biggest city, yangon, where more than 20 people are reported to have died. some here see china as supporting myanmar s military rulers, and several chinese owned factories were set on fire. so, troops were sent in and martial law for two districts was declared on state tv. there were fatal clashes elsewhere in myanmar. the now familiar round of tear gas, rubber bullets and gunfire and the ever ri
we start in myanmar, where activists say at least 38 people have been killed on one of the deadliest days of demonstrations against the military coup last month. 21 died in the biggest city yangon after two china owned factories were attacked. beijing has asked the authorities to protect its businesses. a police officer also died in clashes. myanmar s ousted leader, aung san suu kyi, is due to appear in court on monday to face charges, which her supporters say are fabricated. our diplomatic correspondent james landale reports. they have built themselves barricades, they have fashioned makeshift shields. but when the security forces opened fire, there was nothing to do but run. this was the scene in myanmar s biggest city, yangon, where more than 20 people are reported to have died. some here see china as supporting myanmar s military rulers, and several chinese owned factories were set on fire. so, troops were sent in and martial law for two districts was declared on state tv
in the history of the grammys while billie eilish wins record of the year, hello and thanks forjoining us. the british prime minister, borisjohnson, will chair a meeting of the uk government s crime taskforce today, following intense criticism of the way police in london handled saturday night s vigil in memory of sarah everard. borisjohnson says he s deeply concerned by footage from the event, which showed officers grabbing women and leading them away in handcuffs. simonjones reports. they are scenes that have shocked, and brought shame on the metropolitan police, according to some politicians and protesters. women who had gathered to mark the life of sarah everard at an unauthorised vigil on clapham common taken away in handcuffs for breaching coronavirus restrictions. it s led to calls from the metropolitan police commissioner to resign, but she says she is going nowhere and has defended her officers. are you considering your position? no, i m not. they have to make th
you probably were sleeping. we ll give you the highlights. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. this is early start. it s monday, march 15th. 5:00 a.m. here in new york. we re so close we can taste freedom and yet so far. one in five americans have received at least one dose of a covid vaccine. since friday, the u.s. has hit three of the largest single day jumps in vaccinations. scenes like this can set us back. this is miami beach. a lot of people out there but few masks. spring break could trigger a surge in cases and saint patrick s day is also worrying. we ve got too many people coming. we ve got too many people coming who are just acting out and we have covid at the same time. and people are flying again. air travel hit a new pandemic era record. new tsa figures show more than 1.3 million people were screened on friday. the highest number in a year. duke university under grads are in a stay in place orders. more than 80 students are in
complicating the process and states complained there left to pay for much of the problem. we will have more on that in a few minutes with arizona attorney general mark renovate. let s go to david spunt covering from wilmington, delaware. the white house is not calling this a crisis but there said even the federal emergency agency, how is that going on with the public? the white house is calling this a challenge right now other than southern border. they want fema to be used for weather disasters like storms in the winter storm in colorado like hurricanes not specifically what s going on on the southern border. president biden left wilmington in route to the white house where he will be later this hour but i see the white house clearly sees there s a problem on the southern border because are deploying fema to take care of the unaccompanied minors homeland security secretary alejandro mayorkas site attributed announcement that fema is going to be sheltering the unaccompanied