i'll be prescribing the best time to travel around the south—west usa and recommending an itinerary totime recommending an itinerary to explore ca nada's maritime provinces recommending an itinerary to explore canada's maritime provinces in. first, in response to the alarming spread of the coronavirus known as covid—i9, the world health organization is advising travellers wherever they're heading to take a very basic precaution, wash your hands frequently with soap and water. some airlines have already extended or cut back on flights and many viewers have asked whether they can cancel planned trips to asia without a penalty. there is no international agreement on which locations are regarded as high risk and the basic principle is you can expect a refund from your travel provider or insurance company only if your government has warned against visiting your intended destination. time to hit the road in north america, and karen storey writes in on behalf of her daughter, who is planning to spend three months in the south—west usa. she to help you out with this, i have sought somebody wit

in the west the weather making its way towards the eastern seaboard in the eventually pushing up towards the northeast into that eastern side of kind of the back across the northwest of the usa west apostle kind of around b.c. still plenty of rain sleet and snow we had a state of emergency declared here just around the border through the weekend more unsettled weather to come over the next couple of days not too much sunset weather meanwhile across the caribbean it's the aussie fada dry we got a little rash of showers which will fade their way through the greater antilles quite a keen a steely few showers around the western side of the region as a result of that but over towards us you might just catch want to shout into the leeward just a fine and dry it'll stay fat and dry too for trinidad to bike with lots of lovely tropical sunshine. capturing a moment in time. the snapshots of other lives. of the stories. provided tips into someone else's well out dated one due date or. inspiring documentaries from impassioned filmmakers. like the witness on al-jazeera. welcome back a quick amount of our top stories here on the news has reported its 1st death from corona virus is the 2n

hello and welcome to des moines, iowa, in the mid west of the usa where christian and i are ahead ofht's caucuses. swamped with candidates, journalists, politicaljunkies and an awful lot of campaign money. tomorrow, they'll all be gone, moving on to the next election deadline. but for tonight des moines iowa is ground zero in america's political world. iowa is important because it's first — not first because it's important. it's sparsely populated, overwhelmingly white, doesn't even send many delegates to the national convention but it matters. it matters because all the candidates know that if they do well here, they get a lot of media attention, and more importantly, a lot of money. here's nick bryant. the road to the white house passes first through iowa, one of the more rural states of america, one of the whitest states in america. but since the turn of the century, the democrat who has won here has gone on to become the party's presidential nominee. the next president of the united states... the front runner here is a 78—year—old senator feted like a pop idol by the young. berni

pronounced policy of constructive engagement to address past wrongs with west africa struggling to protect itself from terrorist groups the usa may have sealed its alliance with military aid however that military aid is being scaled back the usa is also reducing other support in the region. because we have spoken with the us about the need for that presence in the area we hope that the americans will continue to help us in security training and intelligence. also do you remember a certain leader who referred to african countries with some rather profane words well there's still no apology on that there are 54 countries that make up the continent of africa 54 places president from considers to be countries as opposed to describe some immigrants coming from africa as coming from countries denies using such derogatory language and democratic senator who sat next to mr trump in the meetings insists that the president repeatedly used the wood to describe the countries now behind all the lights cameras handshakes and photo ops mike pompei oh really wants africans to believe that america is their best friend especially if they're tr

pronounced policy of constructive engagement trick dress past wrongs with west africa struggling to protect itself from terrorist groups the usa may have sealed its alliance with military aid however that military aid is being scaled back the usa is also reducing other support in the region. we have spoken with the us about the need for that presence in the area we hope that the americans will continue to help us in security training i want to tell as you just. also do you remember a certain leader who referred to african countries with some rather profane words while there's still no apology on that the president of the united states is racist he really is the devil this is an actual quote from the actual president this is the gift that he decided to give the american people they're not all countries for one donald trump isn't their president. now behind all the lights cameras handshakes and photo ops mike pompei oh really wants africans to believe that america is their best friend especially if they're trying to get close to china but i think it is clearly quite concerned just like the united states are concerned that the ch

usa since 1947. 2020. good morning to you our viewers in the west.ould affect the race next tuesday. >> and a father tells us how he had to fight his insurance company to save tens of thousands of dollars on a drug for his daughter. >> i'm anthony mason. personal finance guru suze orman comes to studio 57 with money stretching ideas for retirement. >> first, here is today's eye :0 >>> democratic candidatesth las nighcharleston, south carolina. >> former vice president joe biden is trying to maintain his slim lead over senator sanders so he went on the attack last night but wasn't the only one trying to land final blows. >> so many people who came up and wanted to shake the vice president's hand. it is not uncommon after debates. i asked him what are they telling you? he said they felt like we did what we needed to do last night. >> the cdc's warning runs counter to the president's message that everyone with coronavirus is getting better. >> here in the united states the virus is contained with an aggressive approach we've been able to keep the number

west virginia, "the huntington advertiser." that folded shortly after i got there, and i went to the morning paper, "the herald-dispatch." i worked there for three years. then i came to "usaoday" as one of the founding editors, which was really exciting. it was a startup. no one knew anything about us, and then it became the largest national newspaper in the country, so that was a really exciting ride to have. susan: what took you into journalism in the first place? patty: a little bit of woodward and bernstein. a little bit of that passion of the 1970's to see how do you combine skills writing and telling stories with a desire to make the world a better place. susan: if you look at the world of journalism from when you started or even when "usa today" began, what are the differences today and those earlier years? patty: gosh, i wish i could be more optimistic, but there were many more journalists in the 1970's than there are right now. the losses that mainstream print publications have had to the digital news era have been decimating, particularly to local journalism. there are places where there are news deserts where there is no news organization, news outlet covering

west and an outbreak of gales initially than the western part and working eastwards for saturday night. that is not the end of it. sunday's weather is currently in development across the south of the usae atmosphere are likely to blow at 270 mph for a time over the next few days, bringing this lump of wet weather in our direction, spinning it up into an exceptionally deep area of low pressure, which even at this stage, several days ahead, has been named by the met office stormont hero. it has the potential to bring damaging winds across just about any parts of the uk, so wherever you are if you have plans for this weekend, with severe gales in evil because it is worth staying tuned to the forecast. it could be very turbulent indeed. in china, fighting the virus street by street, home by home — the country has just seen the biggest rise in patients in a single day 0ur message to the international community is, invest today or pay more later. for the first time, passengers on a cruise ship in the region have tested positive — tourists have been told to stay in their cabins. here, the government is organising a last and final flight for brits to get out of wuhan. also tonight... god bles