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Washington cut the number of visas for Chinese State media in the us. And with the sports the olympic flame head to tokyo but this is the same to see officials one of whom says its insensitive and irresponsible to hold the games. Welcome to the news hour restrictions are becoming more severe across the globe as more and more countries ramp up efforts to contain the corona virus pandemic now the number of confirmed cases now exceeds 200000 worldwide and thats according to a tally by Johns Hopkins university in the u. S. More than 8000 people have died from the virus the number fatalities in chi...

Asymptomatic population whos had this disease but hasnt had symptoms that are very in any way significant and we dont have that number accurately anywhere in the world at the moment so if we can get that number it starts to really help and Going Forward its going to be critically important to be able to monitor this disease well because only by being able to monitor it can we start relaxing measures again start understanding what the effects of taking things off again at some point is so this is all part of a critical ability to manage this is an agile way Going Forward. Thank you. Well just t...

Inventing disaster the culture of calamity from the Jamestown Colony to the johnstown flood. Copies will be for sale. Thrilled to be with you to hear her talk. I hope you will join me in a very warm welcome for cindy kerner. [applause] prof. Kierner in 2012, Superstorm Sandy destroyed many places i cared about. It was not in the ocean on a road on it. Stories about this storm really riveting. Especially the Human Interest stories about its victims, survivors, efforts to provide post Disaster Relief in the way in which the whole says situation became politicized. It happened so soon before pres...

This is the story of a world whose borders and territories were drawn by the slave trade where violence subjugation and profit imposed their own roots this criminal system shaped our history and our world. Unsubtle the portuguese invented an economic model with unprecedented profitability in the sugar plantation. This was the 1st black colony 1st slaves or. Marriage of a black man with sugar cane. In the 16th century other european powers were eager to follow their model their greed would plunge an entire continent into chaos and violence nearly 13000000 africans were cast on to new slavery ro...

Around the world. And keys in the clouds. A mystery we dont fully understand. Come along on an adventure as we soar through the skies and travel through the seas of the caribbean where scientists hope to learn more about the effects of clouds our climates. First, we begin with a look at todays eye opener, your world in 90 seconds. The action i am taking will open up access to up to 50 billion in our shared fight against this disease. Reporter the president declares a national emergency. A national emergency. Two very big words. Reporter the house has passed a bipartisan package to provide reli...