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Experts who warn the virus can spread among people in close proximity. You dont know whos infected so we really want to be clear all the time that social distancing is absolutely critical. And if you cant social distance and youre outside, you must wear a mask. Meantime, churches in the u. S. Have slowly started to reopen. Days after President Donald Trump called them essential. And while some people attended sunday mass wearing face masks, mr. Trump was seen spending the day on the golf course in virginia without a mask. Well, myrtle beach, south carolina, one of many places in the u. S. Where crowds gather for the Holiday Weekend, even as state Health Authorities announced that coronavirus numbers hit 10,000 for the first time. The pandemic did not seem to be on peoples minds. Natasha chen talked to beeach ....
Im jim execute out in tonight for erin burnett. One report is that the main fuselage had been located, not only located but lying upside down on the java sea floor and that official has since dialed back his assessment. And then today the airline ceo emphatically declared it is still missing. Search teams have not found it on sonar. We are narrowing the search and we are feeling more comfortable that we are beginning to know where it is. There is no information we can [ inaudible ]. Devastated family members face emotional whiplash informed first the plane was located, providing some small measure of hope and then told the opposite. The plane still missing and the relief quickly fading. And so as day breaks that hour the search resumed but facing big waves and high winds, grounding all aerial operations. Searchers have recovered so far seven bodies. An earlier intriguing report that one body was found wearing a life vest turned out to be fault. Gary tuchman is nearby. And overnight the ....
4 00 a. M. On the u. S. East coast. The president elect trump broke nearly 40 years of protocol by taking time to talk with the leader of taiwan on friday, and now china is reacting. Not pleased with what happened. Trump has said that taiwans president called him, and now we are hearing from chinas foreign minister calling the tenminute chat a shenanigan by taiwan. Important to bear in mind china considers taiwan to be part of a renegade province and opposes official contact. Cnn with more on the call and its possible fallout. Reporter its a stunning breach of protocol and a break with decades of u. S. Foreign policy. The Trump Transition Team releasing a statement announcing the call with the taiwanese president saying during the discussion trump and the taiwanese president noted the close economic, political, and security ties that exist between taiwan and the United Stat ....
Also talked about strengthenening the relationship between u. S. And taiwan. Now, we understand an adviser to the trump transition steven yates is in taiwan, he helped facilitate the call. He is former adviser to dick cheney, were told the Obama Administration was not told of the call until after it happened. And already the chinese are chiming in, speaking to a too with a snee taiwanese leader is something no president or president elect has done for 40 years because the u. S. Has no diplomatic relations with taiwan since 1979, respecting the socalled one china policy. China considers taiwan part of its territory. State media calling the exchange an unprecedented break in that policy and that beijing opposes any contact between washington and taipei. So this is sure to cause an initial diplomatic uproar even before trump takes office. But former diplomats note that many incoming republican administrations have sought to ele ....
We are less than a week away now from the transition of power in the United States making donald trump the nations 45th president. But now we are learning much more about his possible plans for russia. Trump suggested to the wall street journal that he is open to lifting sanctions on russia. He also said that he would keep them in place after taking the oath of office at least for a period of time. The u. S. Placed additional sanctions on russia last month over alleged hacking, interference with the u. S. President ial election. The u. S. Intelligence agency saying that russia ordered the hacks to help donald trump win. In the meantime, the senate intel begins committee is planning to hold herrings to investigate those claims. More from phil mattingly. Reporter there have been a lot of questions not just on capitol hill, but across washington, what is the next step in the wake of that explosive u. S. Intel againligen assessment tha ....