this is off airway, off the airway off-ramp and also a fire station that was station a good hundred yards behind the police vehicles and they were off on airway by the airport, livermore airport. we have no idea what the police activity is about. i did speak with a chp officer manning the back-up, i mean the stoppage on 580 and i said -- he couldn't tell me what is going on and i said was anybody hurt and he said thought that he knows of. so i'm heading to the airway location to get information there. live in livermore, bob redell, "today in the bay." >> thank you, bob. if you just joined us, bob redell has confirmed what we see now. flashing lights have cleared from eastbound 580 and just reopened attel charo toward airway boulevard that bob redell is trying to get there near the airport in livermore that is closed off of 580. we got that confirmation from chp while bob was out there. so east 580 reopen and we should see the speed sensor light up again and there is a distraction for westbound because of the traffic flow. do not exit at airway. el charo was a better way. and we'll continu

right and of the freeway there at airway the off-ramp the portion of airway that runs under 5.80 allshut down for an ongoing police nvestigation we do have a reporter heading to the scene kron 4 sarah stinson she's on the way to gather more details about this investigation meanwhile if you're driving along that stretch, you know what to avoid it is not impacting the westbound commute direction looks great were wideopen from vasco up to the dublin interchange not so great. >>at thbay bridge toll plaza there is your linecash lanes fast track lanes back up. it's just about to the bottom of the maze that wa quick so already a busy commute coming in and 92 busy as well ok at all the brake lights leaving hayward it is pack on the flat section word 15 minutes and growing for your average drive time to the peninsula james, tha yorobin 5 42 on the clock take a look at this. >>these 2 men in furry costumes ar being credited with stopping domestic violence incident. it happened in san jose last friy police say a man was hitting his girlfriend in the car when 2 men stped in they pulled that guy

>>for east 5 80 at airway that's the counter commute directions. but traffic is alrdy backing up to el charro so if you have to travel along that stretch maybe into the livermore area you want to go ahead and just dump off the freeway at el charro you can take westbound jack ndon boulevard that will get you all the way to livermore you can get back on the freeway after airway after the poice activity but once again they are not leing you through this is so far not really impacting westbound traffic will the westbound commuters can see it but there's nothing blocked on the westbound side so 5.80 wesson airway all lanes are open but itbacking up at the scene and once again all of this police activity is eastbound at airway they've issued traffic alert they're t letting you through so go ahead and drop off to at all charro which is where your backup stars and continue along west jack london boulevard that will take you all the way into livermore you can get back on the freeway after airway so that is your best altnate for now we'll continue to update

the airway off-ramp is closed right now as well as airway boulevard. that's where we find amy hollyfield who is live for us with the details on this developing story. good morning. >> good morning. we've seen more activity, another man has been taken away in this area in handcuffs. he was put in a police car. still roped off here at airway boulevard, still several police officers here. i want to show you video of how active it was earlier. this was intense. police with guns drawn, the police dog at their side. a drone watching from up above. as they approached a car making sure there was no threat to them in that car. that was after we have been told there was an officer-involved shooting. you can see it, they were taking every precaution. that ended peacefully. we did not see violence out of that situation. the car, nothing came out of the car, no one was in there. it didn't look like. so they were all okay. we've been told that no officers have been injured in the situation. but they are still here and have a wide footprint here at airway boulevard.

one of those is eastbound 580 past el charo and airway and airway is closed from eastbound 580 and westbounden but only about a hundred yards of roadway where they have the investigation. bob redell saw the arrest and getting more information. but you'll not use airway boulevard off of eastbound 580 and you exit at el charo. that is not your commute direction but if it is, you'll go behind the san francisco outlets toward city streets. the flashing lights, minor zrks eastbound still all right. still moving nicely. but at the bay bridge toll plaza the metering lights on and 15 minutes filled in all lanes but no problems out of the maze and damp and wet roadways in san rafael. back to you. >>> a daring rescue in southern california up next on "today in the bay." we'll look at the new video of a woman suffering from a medical issue pulled from a cruise ship in the middle of the ocean. >>> and former raider antonio brown back in the headlines after police called again to his florida home. coming up, the new accusations he's facing this morning. you're watching "today in the bay." art bed. can it

yeah that airway boulevard oframp of a side 80 eastbound is still closed. so don't even try and come near here because it looks like it's going to shut down for some time as they continue to investigate the officer-involved shooting do know that 2 people have been put into custody, we saw at least one of them going to the cop car and be driven away. again th is the are of airway boulerd in kitty hawk road, let's take a look at that map so you can e exactly where we're standing so you can know where to avoid again that's aiay boulevard in kitty hawk road in livermore police trying to figure out what went down here with an officer involved shooting no one was injured, but again at least 2 ople have been arrested on scene livermore will have a public information officer arrived here shortly to give the media an update on what went down but at one int hut down the 5.80 all of the lanes it was can tell you from personal experience driving on 5.80 it is looking smooth move in and you barely can en tell things going on you will see some police said the off-ramp as

the airway off-ramp is closed now. you can see it highlighted in the center of your screen in purple. that's due to heavy police activity in the area. she told us she saw someone taken into handcuffs and several police vehicles on the scene. if that's a part of your morning commute, be aware of that. tracy to dublin, 46 minutes, antioch to concord, 15 minutes. san rafael to san francisco, 15 minutes. a live look at san rafael, 101, a bit foggy and damp on our roads. take your time so we don't see spinouts. >>> coming up next, 7 things to know as you start your day. >>> and a late-night earthquake rattles the san fernando valley. >>> and the massive brawl breaking out during a college football game. players throwing fists and even a chair. >> you meant basketball. >> what did i say? >> you have the nfl on your mind. >> it's just too much. >> it is. >>> grammy awards controversy, what new bombshell allegations are coming to light days before music's biggest night. >>> and we'll take you outside as we start our day. a lit

airways have taken.ving huge implications for businesses. thank you very much for that, we will be talking about it throughout bbc breakfast and simon calder will be with us shortly. he reckons there is about 10,000 tourists in china, many would have been expecting to come back via those british airways flights, which are no longer happening. prince andrew is said to have hit back at claims that he is refusing to assist us law enforcers in their investigation into the convicted sex offender, jeffrey epstein. sources close to the prince are quoted in a number of newspapers suggesting the duke of york was "angry and bewildered " after claims that he had provided "zero cooperation" to investigators. andy moore is at buckingham palace for us this morning. good morning. many viewers who watched yesterday will remember you wither and you were saying we haven‘t yet heard anything from prince andrew when we were hearing about zero cooperation from the fbi. today there have been those sources, iam sure today ther

there will be no further flights on british airways until further notice.uld be as early as monday, i understand, notice. that could be as early as monday, iunderstand, but notice. that could be as early as monday, i understand, but at the moment passengers, of course thousands of them, i booked on forward flights with ba from those cities and are wondering what will happen to them. my understanding is they will be rooted back probably via hong kong from where bae's two daily services to london are continuing. simon, thank you. mariko oi nowjoins us from singapore for more on this. what is the latest we are hearing from the chinese health authorities about the spread of the virus are? as you mentioned, the disease has been spreading rather rapidly and we heard, as simon mentioned, ba joining a growing list of companies taking action in order to prevent the disease from spreading. we also heard from starbucks, becoming the first american company to officially say that this corona outbreak will have an impact on its companies don't occur compa ny‘s performanc

it's an eastbound off-ramp at airway boulevard it's now open so youcan see cars there they are moving forward, but the inrsection is still closed at kitty hawk you can't goou can't make right hand turn at the intersection because inteection is still closed, but you can go straight or ft so that's one you saying we can tell you about but take a look at this map so yocan just get a better idea of where this intersection is they still want to avoid it because of the closure here. we're here standing at airway boulevardin kitty hawk road in livermore poce are investigating an officer-involved shooting no one was no officers were injured, but at least 2 people were arrested on scene a livermore police are going to provide more info shortly we're still waiting for that public information officer someone would be out here you can see in the video one man being arrested on scene putting they put him ina cop car and took hiaway of we're being told that another pers was arrested, actually taken to the hospital but up handcuffed to the gurney so we're still waiting for a bit this all went down.

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british airways suspends all but essentialflights british airways suspends all but essential flightsangry and bewildered" at claims he‘s refusing to co—operate with the fbi‘s inquiry into jeffrey epstein. after years of delays and cancellations, a decision is expected over the future of the northern railfranchise. more than 4,000 emergency ambulance calls in england each week result in waits of more than an hour. as we learn of scientists‘ fears of a glacier melting in the antarctic — we look at what it takes to do research in such a hostile and remote place. time now for the morning briefing, where we bring you up to speed on the stories people are watching, reading and sharing. we‘ll start with a run through the morning papers. the telegraph leads on boris johnson‘s promise to end reliance on huawei, the prime minister saying he‘ll let the chinese firm into the uk‘s 5g network, but telling the us he‘ll look for an alternative. leading the mirror, an interview with the son of the nanny killed by lord lucan — who canished in 1974. he says he‘s tracked lord lucan down to australia. th

this is the reason why airway off-ramp has been closed and remains closed. he has a live report coming up. i want to show you the rest of the commute. that is a surface street and you'll use el charo and loop back. most of the freeways moving smoothly. a new crash around highway 4 causing more slowing and the bay bridge toll plaza has the lights on but we'll talk about the south bay coming up. >>> breaking news in contra costa county where deputies are surrounding a neighborhood and in san pablo for hours. >> pete suratos has been live at the scene for us trying to get some updates. still pretty active out there, pete? >> reporter: yeah, definitely. still an active scene in san pablo at o 'hatch and o'toole drive. contra costa sheriffs were still on the scene. we saw them bring plastic bags into the vehicle you see there. i'm not sure exactly how that is connected to what is going on but you could still see some very active scene. we'll show our viewers the video from this morning. the s.w.a.t. officers were here on the scene and now we were told that that a

three members of our british airways family as it says on the street here.0 people over the last three years, helping people who are nervous flyers get a bit more accustomed to the experience of actually going up in an aeroplane. they are saying that last night, we tragically lost three members of our british airways family. as you can see there, their thoughts and prayers are with the friends and families during this difficult time. the reference there is to a british airways pilot ambassador, who reveal the identity of those three people who died in that crash. senior legalfigures in cyprus have called for a british woman to be treated leniently, after she was convicted of lying about being raped by 12 men in a hotel room. the woman's mother has called for tourists to boycott cyprus. she told the bbc that ayia napa, where her daughter had been on a working holiday, was unsafe. 0ur correspondent katharine da costa reports. instead katharine da costa reports. of celebrating the new with instead of celebrating the new year with friends and family, the british

this is the airways off-ramp still closed. this is a look at the scene. i want to bring you to the map. there is police activity in the area. the livermore police department has not confirmed to us what took place here. we are still waiting on that. amy hollyfield is on the way to check that out for us. tracy to dublin, 33 minutes. antioch to concord, 13 minutes. san rafael to san francisco, 16-minute ride. >>> safety on b.a.r.t. is a major challenge in our effort to build a better bay area. >> chronicle insider phil matier reports that b.a.r.t. has seen a huge spike in theft of laptops and cell phones. the thieves are often juveniles. they target passengers not paying attention because they're all engrossed in their devices. the snatch and grab thefts often occur when the train doors open. 512 robberies and thefts happened last year on trains running through san francisco stations. system-wide records show 1,180 devices were stolen last year. that's an increase of 288 thefts from 2018. you can read matier's article every sunday and wednesday in the chron

kenya airways ever want to air the latest african airlines to stop all flights to. from china. and researches find an innovative way to feed cows and cut greenhouse gases in kenya. i've been to school and that's the business britain exits the european union tonight but it's not the end of breaks it this is where the fun begins in the coming months both sides will have to negotiate a new relationship during the transition period and africa is looking on a new opportunities in the days leading up to breaks that leaders of $21.00 african nations turned up to london for the very 1st u.k. africa investment summit jones and co for britain to be their investment partner of choice he highlighted deals worth billions of pounds in which british companies are providing anything and everything from street lighting in nigeria to environmentally friendly breweries in kenya but british trade with africa is only 2 percent of its total and britain's way behind china dozens more african presidents attended the last china africa summit all the gatherings russia holds with the continent. well let'

it comes as british airways suspends all but essential flights to and from mainland china following advice from the foreign office. after years of delays and cancellations, a decision is expected over the future of the northern railfranchise. it's late every day. half of them don't turn up. some days you just can't get on and it's shocking. and, like, when it comes to summer, people are fainting on the trains as well because it's so overcrowded and hot. a bbc investigation finds more than 4,000 seriously ill pateints in england are waiting more than an hourforan ambulance each week. and coming up — as we learn of scientists‘ fears of a glacier melting in the antarctic, we look at what it takes to do research in such a hostile and remote place. good morning. welcome to bbc newsroom live. i'm joanna gosling. the british government has said it will put all citizens returning from the hubei province of china into quarantine for a fortnight, as a precaution against the spread of the coronavirus. british airways has suspended all direct flights to and from mainland china because of the outbreak.

two men and a woman — who all worked for british airways — are killed after a lorry collides with a caranwell in surrey on new year's eve. in their new year messages, the prime minister says brexit will mark a ‘new chapter‘ for the uk, while the archbishop of canterbury urges people to heal the divisions of recent years. for the first time, more than 100 billion music tracks are streamed online in the uk in a single year. coming up — the thousands round the uk braving the bracing sea — on new year's day. and a special edition of witness history hears the personal stories of some extraordinary moments in space exploration. that's in half an hour, here on bbc news. the bushfire crisis in australia shows no sign of easing, with nine people losing their lives in the past 2a hours, the worst loss of life since fires began in september. many more are people missing. the government says more military personnel are on the way to the south—east of the country to try to protect isolated communities. many are cut off without power, and some are running out of water. 0ur correspondent phil mercer s

two men and a woman, who all worked for british airways, are killed after a lorry collides with a carn stanwell in surrey on new year's eve. the mother of the british teenager found guilty of lying about being raped in cyprus backs calls for tourists to boycott the country. in their new year messages, the prime minister says brexit will mark a "new chapter" for the uk, while the archbishop of canterbury urges people to heal the divisions of recent years. # i was getting kind of used to being someone you loved... for the first time, more than 100 billion music tracks are streamed online in the uk in a single year. coming up, the thousands round the uk braving the bracing sea on new year's day. sportsday in half an hour will have all the news from today's premier league matches, and at10:1i0, we'll be taking an in—depth look at the papers with our reviewers, dawn foster from the guardian and katherine forster from the spectator. the bushfire crisis in australia shows no sign of easing with at least eight people dying in the past 2a hours, the worst loss of life since fires began in sept

so british airways has gone on the attack.e ultimate boss of ba, argues that virgin and delta have the resources to rescue flybe themselves, and the taxpayer was picking up the tab for their mismanagement of the airline. he added, "this is a blatant misuse of public funds." flybe is the latest in a succession of troubled uk travel companies. last year, it was thomas cook, with 9,000 jobs, which the government decided not to save. ministers have moved quickly to defend their approach this time. the government isn't in the market to bail out private companies. what we do, on a case by case basis, is look to see whether a business is viable. the difference, for example, between flybe and thomas cook was that in the case of thomas cook it had huge amounts of debt, and any taxpayers‘ money would have simply been throwing good money after bad. it was not a viable company. it is understood that the flybe rescue package involves the government allowing it to defer £100 million of tax, the air passenger duty, which it collects from tra

this was the last british airways flight this was the last british airways flight from china.ashan, it follows the foreign office advising against all but essential travel there. the suspension of ba flights to and from mainland china is until friday, but it may be extended. my worry was, i thought, well, ifi it may be extended. my worry was, i thought, well, if i get it and i go into hospital, i would rather be going to hospital over here than over there where you would just be a number, wouldn't you? i couldn't speak the language! 50, here i am. the health secretary, matt hancock, who chaired a meeting of the government's emergency cobra committee, said britain is arriving tomorrow on a repatriation flight from wuhan would be quarantined for 14 from wuhan would be quarantined for 11! days. one option is housing them ata 11! days. one option is housing them at a military base, but the ministry of defence could not confirm this.|j think of defence could not confirm this.” think that this is a pretty balanced response, actually, given the circumstances. on the one hand, you hav

mainland china has now surpassed levels reached during the sars epidemic in 2003 comes as british airways and indonesia's law in the air have halted services to china and other airlines are also reducing their flights some countries are using planes to evacuate citizens stuff to me epicenter. china has cut access to a number of cities where the virus has left 132 people dead and 6000 infected ways in hong kong with more on how people are coping during the. i think hong kong is still very quiet as are of course many parts of mainland china there isn't an official extension to the lunar new year holiday here in hong kong but certainly civil servants have been told to stay at home for the rest of this week to work from home and many private businesses corporates as well have advised their employees to stay home but certainly from the mainland side the situation is certainly worsening there the death toll now more than 130 and we're starting to see governments take action now the united states was the 1st to fly into the capital of move a province to evacuate some of its nationals from that c

this is that airway boulevard and liver more police are investigating some sort of crime that's happening in the area. we're working to find out the details. because of that police activity all traffic is being diverted off 580. now behind that near the 580, 680 interchange, eastbound 580 is also a crash there. taking a look at the pinole area because there was an earlier crash we mentioned and also one at apian way. this may be just one crash and some vehicles that have flat tires behind it because they ran into some of the debris. to westbound 80 you're going to see a lot of vehicles on the right-hand shoulder with flat tires according to the chp. this is going to be a difficult drive. coming up we're going to take a check of the bay bridge toll plaza. time now is 4:31. let's go back to the desk. >>> we're just hours away from the opening statements of the impeachment trials. >> today is when we get to the real meat of the trial and if last night is any indication of how tough it's going to be, look out. >> mr. nadler came up here and made false allegations against our team, and false a

it's getting desperate south african airways on the brink of bankruptcy the once mighty airline tries. to stay in the air. sac some soil and they have your own other than 5 young gets nations doing their bit for food security. the u.n. says the world faces an unprecedented hunger crisis i'll talk to an expert who says trade is the case. and imagine traveling all the way to paris to see the mona lisa only to find out that workers. museum are on strike. and good for us all and let's do business things took a turn for the worse for south african airways on friday director martin kingston resigned the company entered a form of bankruptcy protection last month with the government promising a cash injection the treasury is yet to release the 2000000000 rands around 130000000 euros without state support private lenders will be unwilling to help out in the attempt to sell 9 planes reported this week won't raise enough cash either over $10000.00 jobs are at risk if the airline goes bust. basic used to live and work in south africa is now here in berlin with me. what went wrong. it's incredible

airlines like lufthansa and british airways have cancelled their flights to and from china. and in the city of frank efforts to build a dedicated hospital from scratch go on around the clock. scientists at the chinese national health commission expect the outbreak to continue spreading and reach a peak in 10 days' time. i'm joined in studio now by the reports i've done up till taji done of the world health organization is having this urgent meeting on it what can you tell us about it so this is a meeting of the chairs emergency committee so this is a committee that's comprised of 16 independent experts who have come to the death of before in fact 3 times in the past week to talk about this lyra's and what they're going to do is they're going to discuss whether the virus should be a global health emergency and if they do discuss the kind of recommendations that they want to see happen to in order to manage this server at the moment they've already changed the risk level for moderate to high but they haven't really to ted it is a global health and i don't see yet but with the

mainland china that's why there's so many companies financial services very big there now british airways and some of the airlines have suspended flights to and from china hong kong itself suspends trains ferries crossing the border that pretty much cuts off hong kong from business in china. you know you're right that is a serious situation and the opposite of being. a strict since you're just mentioning it but it's not a case if you're totally cut off you can still come into your own call even from the mainland it's more complicated of surveillance is more restrictive but still you're not completely cut off but i don't want to play it down yes there will be negative effects on the already to do business with me china. there's still it's still early days when it comes to this new coronavirus but other any lessons lent compared to cyrus which happened almost 20 years ago yeah definitely there are a lot of lessons learnt are seen that the sas biros was obviously more aggressive. measures to do a even bolder and they are quicker and with sas and cause a lot of trust were travel restrictions

this is on airways boulevard and kitty hawk road. it's very close to 580 there in livermore. officers had a vehicle surrounded there and put the area on lock-down. stores were told to lock their doors the police just said the scene is secure and there are no outstanding suspects. we did see one man on the scene that was handcuffed but we don't have a lot of information on exactly what led to this. there is still a large police presence there and it is normally a pretty big busy area of livermore. there's a starbucks and a 7- eleven so if you're anywhere near that area had someone else for your morning coffee. >>> it's quite a commotion in a residential area near san pablo. kpix 5 jackie ward joins us live where deputies have conversed on a home.

>>yes, so that off-ramp has reopened but the intsection here at airway drive her airway a boulevard skews me kitty hawk road remains close look at the ene behind me and all we'll show you what we're looking at i describe what we just learned from livermore police in this officer involved shooting. so what happed is around 3 30 this morning police say officers were pulling over a suspected dui driver that person was in the white car role of the toyota corolla they had 2 patrol vehicles ere and they pulled over this person they then realize they need conduct a further investigation into this dui then they went ahead and had the driver exit off of a 5 80 at the airway boulevard and on is road where we're standing now and that's when they d the driver exit the vehicle and all the sudn out of nowhere that black key a soul involved in this pulls up swerves into this area where the police and that suspected dui driver was and basically made an aggressive turn so most likes sketching making a skirt right there and that's when police felt threatened they didn't know wh this person and lling up to

receive 3500000000 round about 220000000 euros in emergency funding to keep its aloft south african airways entered a form of bankruptcy protection in december and canceled some flights because of cash shortages the bailout package from the government turns development bank of southern africa immediately releases 2000000000 round s.a.a. has not made a profit since 2011 and as have more than 20000000000 rounded bailouts over the last 3 years. well now let's bring in our correspondent in cape town. ellis just remind us what's behind all of essays problems. well i must have to do it matt ministration and that's corruption and that's something that we've seen meanly under the previous president jacob zuma in a lot of the 1st seats on the stage and surprises so a lot of uses enterprises are rotten there is not the right people that i met and i was why would say that from where you sit here in south africa a lot of people are saying i'm not for a bailout how many bailouts are we going to give south african airways and might there be a time that we need to say we just have to have to give it up or

airway is trying to access 580 east that is completely shut down. and they do have the lanes locked eastbound 580 around l churro. you can see in our maps a little bit of privilege indicates the lanes are completely shut down. we will get an update from chp in just a few minutes. was overseeing delays for all that activity as you have through their. if you plan on traveling give yourself some extra minutes. your drive time is 28 minutes to a five to 680. >>> i'm anne makovec from the live news desk alaska live to san pablo this morning where you can see the contra costa county sheriff's office has their s.w.a.t. team out. this is on o'toole way in san pablo. we are not sure exactly what's going on but we got a call from a neighbor around 1:30 this morning saying that there were a lot of officers there and neighbors reporting seeing drones on the s.w.a.t. team. they appear to be investigating a home there on o'toole way. we are trying to get more information right now on that. back to you. >>> the campbell city council has put off a decision on wheth

two men and a woman, who all worked for british airways, are killed after a lorry collides with a carn stanwell in surrey on new year's eve. the mother of the british teenager found guilty of lying about being raped in cyprus, backs calls for tourists to boycott the country. in their new year messages, the prime minister says brexit will mark a "new chapter" forthe uk, while the archbishop of canterbury urges people to heal the divisions of recent years. good evening and welcome to bbc news. the bushfire crisis in australia shows no sign of easing, with at least 8 people dying in the past 2a hours — the worst loss of life since fires began in september. many more are people missing. the government says more military personnel are on the way to the south—east of the country to try to protect isolated communities. many are cut off without power and some are running out of water. our correspondent, phil mercer, sent this report. these are extraordinary times in australia. the bushfires have brought terror into the lives of ordinary people. they are devastating and deadly. more lives have

airline and rail rivals have been attacking the government's flybe rescue plan, with british airwaysreaches state aid rules. our resident aviation expert theo leggett has been keeping an eye on this and can bring us up to date. what is the latest with where this is headed? well, this deal, this rescue for flybe was or is going to be controversial and it has attracted a pretty scathing response from the compa ny‘s attracted a pretty scathing response from the company's rivals. you have to remember that flybe is notjust a small company, it was taken over last year by three much bigger ones. one of those is virgin atlantic and one of virgin atlantic's main shareholders is delta, one of the most profitable airlines in the world and questions are being asked about why such deep pocketed investors need the government to step in and help them keep this airline going. in a complaint to the european commission, we have had willie walsh, the outgoing head of iag, the company that owns british airways and iberia, he said virgin delta now just want to use airways and iberia, he said virgin delta

the biggest airline owner is cut airways. we will leave you with just this.for you, brexit especially as it could pertain to a risk in ownership. guy: thank you very much. what we have coming up for you. the battle of the charts. that is next. this is bloomberg. ♪ bloombergme for the business flash. bloomberg has learned a canadian billionaire is the frontrunner to buy a stake in aston market. -- aston martin. $261tially investing billion in the british carmaker. aston martin spoke to several people about a potential increase. staff in dozens of singapore this year. morgan stanley reported record profits for 2019. to fly tou.s. airline cuba in decades is scaling back. jetblue will end service to havana after the trump administration restrictions reduced travel to the island. -- it began flights to cuba in 2016. up, balance of power with david westin. commerce will be joining the program. this is bloomberg. ♪ david: -- bloomberg.com --david: from bloomberg world headquarters in new york to our tv and radio audiences worldwide, i am david westin. welcome to "ba

in tokyo from rouhani on wednesday and those with fever were immediately taken to hospital but us airways has announced it's suspending all its flights to and from china with immediate effect as a result of the outbreak china has cut access to han and other cities where the virus has left 132 people dead and 6000 infected when he is in hong kong with more on how authorities are trying to contain the outbreak. the president of china she jinping speaking on tuesday calling this a demon virus that they will overcome so far it seems they are struggling to do so we still have this remarkable situation of some 60000000 people in mainland china under lockdown in particular of course in a province which is where this outbreak originated the latest measure being announced by the government in beijing is that some 6000 extra medical personnel will be sent to who bay province because as you can understand the facilities the medical staff and the hospitals in that area are simply struggling to cope with the sheer number of cases but there is a problem in that there is a shortage of medical supplies i

lufthansa, british airways are also suspending flights and this has to do with safety for passengersbeen a spike in cancellations and a dramatic decrease in buying flights right now. a lot of airlines are saying they are going to waive fees so people can change them. things you grow accustomed to with international travel, your hot towel and your blanket and your magazines, all of this is going to be on hold for the time being on many airlines and even the staff have been highly encouraged to wear masks and gloves to contain the virus. china is the second gayest economy in the world, hard to ignore, a lot of trade and business is taking place and i'm sure travel plans have been put on hold and nobody knows for sure when these major carriers will be lifting their suspensions. indeed, a lot of these airlines are taking their cues from health officials and the who is expected to meet later today to discuss whether they should escalate this in their own language. at this point we've heard everything from british airways, they are assessing whether the suspension should last until friday

airline. >> it sounds like british airways are making suit as well.you understand about that >> this is just the preliminary stages of this airlines are starting to take these measures it is not just the issue of health but demand is falling business traveler demand has plummeted. you have companies saying we are going to follow cdc rules or guidelines of only essential travel those high-revenue passengers are not there. airlines are likely to cancel addition additional flights >> what about airline employees? i'm thinking flight attendants, pilots, those checking bags. >> flight attendant's union at united supports this move. they want to keep their employees safe there is not a lot that they can do barring just not flying flight attendant kits have sanitary wipes and things like that they aren't screening every single passenger that's up to health authorities to do that >> a lot of moving parts i know you'll be covering boeing for us later today >>> we'll look at other top stories this morning rahel is back with us. >> jpmorgan chase planning to cut

china has now surpassed levels reached during the sars epidemic of 2003 and this comes as british airways and indonesia's lion air stop services to china while other airlines are reducing the number of flights and a number of countries are using planes to evacuate their citizens who are stuck in will hand of course which is the center of this outbreak china has cut access to a number of cities where the virus has left 132 people dead and 6000 infected let's go live to hong kong now our correspondent there is wayne hey wayne how does the situation this evolving situation appear to you given that hong kong took rather drastic action just yesterday of of closing many of the transport links to the mainland. well certainly here in hong kong there has been a lot of criticism of the government for what has been perceived to be a slow response to this virus and there have been allegations that in fact the government led by chief executive kerry lamb has been far from transparent in the way it has been dealing with it of course the government rejects that saying that is it is dealing with it in a

two men and a woman — who all worked for british airways — are killed after a lorry collides with a carnew year's eve. in their new year messages, the prime minister says brexit will mark a ‘new chapter‘ for the uk, while the archbishop of canterbury urges people to heal the divisions of recent years. now on bbc news, witness history 7 and a look back at some of the highlights of the series from the last 12 months. razia iqbal presents five extraordinary moments in history as told by the people that were there 7 including the story of the first african in the arctic, and the birth of communism in china. hello, and welcome to witness history with me, razia iqbal here at the royal academy in london. as the year comes to a close, we've been looking back on the many extraordinary moments from history we've brought you in 2019. so here are five of our favourite stories to share once more. coming up, the children sent away by their parents to save them from the nazis, the ballet company that defied racism, the first african in the arctic, and the man at mission control when neil armstrong set

iag runs both british airways and iberia. let's get to first word news now .d morning, matt. contradictory reports emerging about what caused a ukrainian boeing 7372 crash in tehran. tehran initially blaming a technical issue, then an engine fire. it offered no comment on the call. all 176 people on board the plane were killed in the crash. while u.k. and e.u. -- mapping out rival red line for a the clash mayal, be even harder than the divorce talks themselves. boris johnson insisting he will not extend the u.k.'s transition period, but eu president ursula von der leyen says a full deal by the end of this year is impossible. this is bloomberg. anna: thanks very much. president trump is bowing more moreions on iran -- vowing sanctions on iran. we look at how the administration's campaign of mounting pressure is working. vowing more trump sanctions, you have to ask yourself what is left. i want to show how the oil sanctions have worked. look at this -- really completely right -- wiped them out. this is where growth is in the it leads toand unprecedented growth o

british airways has suspended all direct flights to and from china, because of the coronavirus. but this brit who's got a place on an evacuation flight from wuhan to the uk says he's not taking a seat on the plane, because the british government isn't planning to quarantine uk nationals. we have had a debate among the british community about how stupid and ludicrous it is compared to what other governments are doing, like the us. they are quarantining the citizens in alaska for m days. australia are planning to quarantine their citizens on christmas island for m their citizens on christmas island for 14 days. when we get home we are allowed to walk the streets willy—nilly. controversial new proposals seen by this programme reveal women as young as 18 could be targeted by facebook and instagram ads encouraging them to become surrogate mums. we'll get reaction from two women who've carried a baby for someone else. people give to people all of the time. i see it no different from, you know, dropping a pound in a beggar‘s tin on the street to giving somebody, you know, the gift of l

for little kids, because their airways and their passages are so small, you fill that up with secretions, suddenly it's very difficult to breathe. >> reporter: the c.d.c. and state health departments don't track severe r.s.v. like they do the flu. but besides wisconsin, hospitals in at least four other states have reported a surge in cases. three-week-old paisley mchell arkansas' children's hospital which has seen 100 more patients than this time last year. after a week in the hospital, colton is now recovering at home. >> it was super emotional to take him home. we were so happy to, all five of us, be in a room together for the first time in a week. >> reporter: unlike the flu, which can spread through particles in the air, r.s.v. is transferred by contact, which is why washing your hands and cleaning surfaces, including your phone, is so important to protect your kids. norah. >> o'donnell: adriana, thank you. amazon's home security system ring is under new scrutiny tonight after four of its workers were fired for snooping on customers' videos. jonathan vigliotti tonight on whether you,

home from china will be quarantined on an offshore island at 1st some airlines including british airways have suspended all flights to and from china. for 206 japanese workers by student who han this was a most welcome return. a flight that brought medical supplies to the chinese province fighting to contain the corona virus delivered them back to safety in japan the 1st of some 650 japanese citizens to be repatriated on hunger soil they spoke of the situation they were thankful to leave behind. him sincerely relieved to have returned on this charter. were difficult for we were there it was a worrying situation which was changing very quickly through. astride the also plans to patrick the most vulnerable of it $600.00 nationals we will be standing up christmas all of as a quarantine area will be transported to christmas all and with all we will also be putting implies the time which will be travelling there to provide the medical support and that will be supplemented as necessary by the defense support which can assist the united states and south korea also both working to move the citiz

the former pilot was instrumental in the merger of british airways and spain's iberia, which are nowrline groups, also including aer lingus and vueling. iberia's luis gallego will take over from mr walsh. the world bank has warned the global economy will barely improve this year, after 2019 saw the weakest growth since the financial crisis a decade ago. it says global trade and investment are still vulnerable to us—china tensions, as well as a flare up of hostilities in the middle east. former nissan boss carlos ghosn is due to speak to lebanese prosecuters today after he dramatically skipped bail injapan last week. meanwhile, japan's justice minister has repeated his country's desire to see mr ghosn face trial over the claims of financial misconduct which he again emphatically denied at a dramatic news conference yesterday. mariko oi is in singapore. we heard from carlos ghosn direct yesterday, what has been the reaction? i have to say, i was pleasa ntly reaction? i have to say, i was pleasantly surprised to see japan's justice minister tweeting in english immediately after the pres

the victims of crash were british airways crews.eted in the army's latest recruitment drive. the appeal, is the latest in a series which have been launched at the start of a new year. it's off the back of research which claims that young people believe they are held back by a lack of self—confidence. those are the main stories. let's look at the sport. don't be held back by a lack of self—confidence, keep trying, keep going. this is an example of this example, peter 'snakebite' wright. peter 'snakebite' wright won the pdc world championship darts final at alexandre palace. he had three chances at a double 10 to beat defending champion michael van gerwen. he missed the first two but made it with his final dart to win the title for the first time at the age of 49. it's the first time he's won the title after losing 10 of his 11 majorfinals. what he has achieved is incredible. he has had not next for many, many yea rs. he has had not next for many, many years. got so close and not quite there but there is finally with the trophy in his