Jennifer epstein, from bloomberg, thank you for joining us. Rating, what was the what is the sense of those watching or those reporting like you about how the first night went . Itst you know, i think depends on the perspective that somebody has, if they are a Political Insider they might say that this was not enough leastcians speaking, at until the end of the evening, i think both Bernie Sanders and Michelle Obama have gotten high marks for their speeches, which were a bit complementary and kind of both talking about the ultimate goal of defeating donald trump, Michelle Obama talked about the line that was kind of central to her Convention Speech in 2016 when they go low, we go high, and saying that still applies despite everything that has happened in these last four years, and she stands by it. So, it was also just a mix of different people from around the country, which you will see a little bit less over the next few days, but there were powerful moments in there as well. There i
Democratic ticket. K looks atey beycho campaign news. You can join the conversation on facebook and twitter. Washington journal is next. Good morning, this is the washington journal for august 18. There is the Wisconsin Center in milwaukee, site of some of the activity of the Democratic National convention. A lot of it being done by zoom and other means. Day one taking place yesterday. Day two tonight and it will feature speeches by bill clinton , alexandria of garcia cortez, and dr. Jill alexandria ocasiocortez, and dr. Jill biden. You can watch on cspan and cspan. Org or follow wrong or follow along on our cspan radio app. We will get your impressions of the first set of the convention. What you think of the format and the speakers that were featured. Among them, Michelle Obama. If you support joe biden, collis that call us at 202 7488000, if you support ,resident trump, 202 7488001 and if you support if you are undecided, 202 7488002. Our Facebook Page if you want to post there, fac
A persistent cough. Its reached the very top of the u. K. Government Prime Minister Abbas Johnson and his Health Secretary have both tested positive for. South africa announces its 1st deaths as police and the military starting forcing a 3 week lockdown. Now the death toll from the outbreak of caught a virus that italy has surged by 969. 00 in a single day that is the highest daily increase recorded anywhere in brings at leats total dead to more than 9000 Francesco John but on the is a journalist working in italy he joins us now live from milan to tell us the latest. This is the deadliest day in italy since the beginning of the odd break 169 people died in the last 24 hours as the Civil Protection Just Announced this is massive increase after last weeks trend when the losses stab allies around between 60790 every day so the number never went. Up the total toll now reached 9134 thats the new confirmed cases are around 6000 today bringing the total number of positive people over 86000. O
Welcome everyone to the governments daily briefing. Im joined today by the chief executive of the nhs Simon Stephen and deputy chief medical officer jenny harris area id like to update you all on the facts of the spread of covid19 and the steps that we are taking in the battle against the coronavirus. 130,777 people have now been tested for the virus. Of those, 14,543 have tested positive. Increase in the last day of 2885. That scientific analysis now is at the rate of infection has been doubling every 3 to 4 days. Of those who have contracted the virus , 759 have sadly died. Our thoughts and prayers are with the families of those who have passed away. These figures are a powerful reminder of the need for all of us to. We need to slow the spread of the virus and strengthen the nhss ability to protect us all. Social distancing measures have been put in place to restrict the spread of covid19. So fewer people should need hospital treatment at any one time. The measures that we put in pla
Viewers like you. Thank you. Welcome to outside source on the bbc news. We are covering the very latest coronarus development here in britain and globally. Ship. S. Navy hospital which is heading to dock in new york, the states governor saysf the scal coronavirus deathser is already stag. This Conference Center in london has been transformed into a hospital in just one week and will eventually accommodatup to 4000 patients,ec ed to be of all ages. We have been surprised by how many you people we are seeing and people who do not cve other healditions. And i think in madrid, spain becomes a thirdhe nation in t world to confirm or virus cases than china. Live in brazil as president bolsonaro continues to play down the crisis and flout sial distancing. A warm welcome toed thiion of outside source. We will bring youd upe with the latest coronavirus a developmenund the world. Globally, more than 766,000 people confirmed confirmed cases of this virus. More than 36, lost their lives to it. 160