international supply chains and spread throughout the global economy and let's go to seoul correspondent frank smith standing by frank last week was the worst in 15 months for korea's cost index losing 5.6 percent what's the overall economic threat for south korea from this virus outbreak. well certainly we need to look at sentiment and if you actually talk to economists here they'll say oh we don't expect it to be that bad if we look back at mers it only had a point 3 percent effect on on growth over the economy that was back and in 2015 and if we look at markets today that they were flat given that we haven't had an increase in the number of cases here 15 in the 333 people that return from china have all tested negative but finance minister hong i'm keen came out to say that he was concerned that the effect of the economy in china will have spillover effects here in south korea as it is part of a sort of a north east asian supply chain together with japan and he also mentioned that his ministry would draft measures to support those industries most affected in the tourism sector accommodation and f

good quality cinema respective for its language let's get the view from seoul where correspondent frank smith is standing by good to see you frank what has the reaction been in south korea to this when well it's been tremendous here if you looked online or on television or in a newspaper. in the win of paris at the cannes me awards lead all reports also when you talk to people in the streets they knew what they were talking about as well because this is the highest grossing film and in south korean film history and it grossed more than 165000000 around the world so it has been a popular film and a crossover film who is also known for a couple other films that that made the great internationally snowpiercer and the host but this is a real breakthrough at the academy awards and and people on the street here in south korea again it didn't come as a big surprise and they had kind of a some sophisticated responses to what made this film and the director so special. double passively i felt that bone june host directing skills departed from the standard pattern of delivering moralizing messages to t

racing to locate church members for testing as concern grows the virus may spread nationwide and frank smith who filed that report for us joins us now from seoul frank south korea has the highest number of infections outside china now do authorities there have any hope of still containing this break. well that's a very good question in other countries around the world including the united states they suggest that the outbreak will spread quite widely here the government announced that there have been 169 new cases today totaling 1146 and that's up from 51 just a week ago including some 12 deaths these new cases also center more than 150 around central so 3 in city of daegu and are also sourced from that from that one cluster around that church sort of cold called. tell us more about that church about that religious group at the center of the corona outbreak korea are they cooperating with authorities now in combat in the virus well that's a very good question this group is their full name is the church of jesus the temple of the tabernacle of the testimony there led by a fellow named e.-man

members for testing as concern grows the virus may spread nationwide that report from correspondent frank smith and he joins us from seoul for more on this story hi frank south korea does have the highest number of infections outside of china are thought is they're worried that they cannot contain this outbreak. certainly they are they've floated ideas about how they might isolate. itself but again generated more worry about that potential mim measure there are now $284.00 new cases here in south korea with a total of $1261.00 that's up from just 51 last week and now we have 12 deaths reported here in the country the outbreak is centered around daegu in that sort of church like cult but i mention. tell us more about that cult franken who is this group are they cooperating with authorities. ok well it's in judges official name is the church of jesus temple of the tabernacle of the testimony $88.00. year old leader and he claims to be the 2nd coming of jesus. you don't new recruits to the group often give up their entire lives and neglecting their family and neglecting their work in order to join

for failing to protect refugees from the north correspondent frank smith as this. or so therians head to the polls in april to elect a new 300 member legislature among the candidates will be a high level defector from north korea recruited by south korea's new conservative book. hoa's visited this venue the seoul foreign correspondents club before following his defection the former north korean deputy ambassador to the united kingdom denounced the north korean leadership and kim jong un and suggested the current liberal south korean government was wasting its time in its peacemaking efforts taste said he was inspired to run because he wants to protect the human rights of north koreans after 2 recent defectors suspected murders we repatriated by the south korean government i'm absolutely sure that one be. drawing kids and if we are united again who will go 1st to north korea it's also said he would work for north koreans in the south to give them better educational opportunities to lead a unified korea if someone is. in the rebbe save me to the peeper all to the pas

sunday despite that ban frank thank you very much for bringing us up today that was correspondent frank smith there in seoul south korea. italy has now confirmed that 11 people there have died from the corona virus 322 people have been infected a one day increase of almost half it comes as other european countries are recording their 1st cases and experts believe travelers are carrying the virus from italy which is the epicenter of the outbreak in europe they include one of 2 new cases here in germany italy's health minister has been hosting mergence the talks with ministers from neighboring countries and germany to discuss a joint response he gave this is. we shared some important points to strengthen our cooperation and stick together. among these the most important point is to keep the borders open. closing borders would be inappropriate disproportionate and wrong. all countries bordering italy have committed to share and standardize information and to share epidemiological and medical information. well for the very latest let's cross over to rome now work correspondent sima gupta is stand

frank and julie. >> azenith smith in san francisco, thank you. >>> now we head to sonoma where a huge oakes tree smashed onto a van and a house. two adults and two kids were inside the home at the time. fortunately no one was hurt. the red cross was on the scene today to assist the family. >>> in alameda today a large, dry tree fell over and narrowly missed several cars parked on the street on willow street near buena vista avenue. alameda clean-up crews were called to fernside boulevard and san jose avenue when another large tree came down in the high winds. in fact, the winds were so strong they also blew down a street sign in the area. thankfully no one was all right in any of those incidents. >>> in solano county fire officials in sassoon city think that wind brought down these power lines in the rockville area. you can see the pole snapped and the lines fell completely blocking the road. neighbors say it even started to smoke. >>> the strong winds knocked out power to tens of thousands of customers today around the bay area. these are the latest outage numbers from pg&e. on the p

frank and julie. >> azenith smith in san francisco tonight. thank you. >>> now we head to sonoma where a huge oak tree came crashing down on to a street, destroying two vans in the process. happened about 10:00 this morning on riverside drive. the tree also fell on to a house. two adults and two kids were inside the home at the time but thankfully no one was hurt. the red cross was on the scene today to assist the family. >>> in alameda today, a large dry tree fell over and narrowly missed several parked cars out on the street. it happened on willow street near buena vista avenue. alameda cleanup crews were called to fernside boulevard and san jose avenue when another large tree came down in the high winds. the winds were so strong, they also blew down a street sign in the area. thankfully no injuries were reported. >>> a live look ats windy condig some delays, averaging close to an hour and a half early in the day. our chief meteorologist bill martin is here now to tell us when things are going to calm down. it was really blowing earlier toda

frank. well as get more on this now from daniel smith rosie he's a film historian who joins us from berkeley california by skype kids are with us here on al-jazeera when we think of hollywood royalty we think of kirk douglas and the douglas family had an a career spanning 7 decades just for sort of legacy would say kirk douglas leaves. well at 1st thank you so much for having me i would say douglas leaves a tremendous legacy he was part of that generation along with it his friend burt lancaster you could put paul newman steve mcqueen robert mitchum in and gregory peck a few other men in there they sort of moved to hollywood masculinity from the sort of the tough guy that never had to question to a guy who was a little more conflict in a little more problematic you know kirk douglas himself said he found virtue a little uninteresting he wanted to play men who had sort of darker sides and darker shades in a minute and i think he sort of so i think with his friends he and his peers he changed sort of our conception of masculinity a little bit in the fifty's and sixty's through his that terrific

but for craig smith, his little movie house has proven that there are plenty of fairy tales offscreen as well. >> i've got a frank capra life here, you know i get to do what i enjoy in life. you can't have it any better than that. >> welcome, everybody, to the firehouse >>> right now a mass migration is under way in california. millions of birds, ducks, geese and other water foul are blanketing fields and wetlands across what is known as the pacific flyway. it's a 4,000-mile superhighway linking the arctic and south america. john blackstone has the story from the heart of it all in chico, california. >> reporter: this is what a successful conservation effort looks like, 10,000 snow geese taking a winter break in california's central valley. the central valley is part of what's known as the pacific flyway, used by 10 to 12 million migrating birds each year. more than half of them stop in the central valley, including ducks and geese from the arctic 4,000 miles to the north. some 350 different kinds of birds on their way to mexico and south america use the pacific flyway, and they are followed by thousands who floc

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but for craig smith, his little movie house has proven that there are plenty of fairy tales off screen as well. >> i got a frank get to do what i enjoy in life. you can't have it any better than that. >> welcome everybody to the firehouse theater! >> it's a really nice life. >> great costumes everybody! thanks so much for being part of this. >> pauley: ahead -- sounds like absolute -- >> can't imagine. >> pauley: their longest tom steyer: listen, every democrat running for president is better than the criminal in the white house. we all have progressive plans to address the big challenges facing our country. what makes me different, is i've been working for ten years outside of washington, to end the corporate takeover of our democracy, and to return power to the american people. i started need to impeach to hold this lawless president accountable. i'm proposing big reforms like term limits... ...a national referendum... ...and ending corporate money in politics. as president, i'll declare climate change an emergency on day 1. and, use those powers to finally address the climate crisis. and, i've spent 30 years

frank somerville. >> and i'm julie haener. the first theft happened at an near 20th in the city'sia mission district. the other theft occurred at urban bowls, a restaurant on grove street. ktvu's azenith smith here after speaking with frustrated shop owners. >> customers were inside when both these burglaries happened. they happened so fast, the owners suspect the man knew what he was doing. and they aren't the only two victims. >> hanging out at this table, got a cup of water, grabbed a menu. >> reporter: the manager showing where the man was sitting inside. the man kept to himself, nothing unusual. >> he seems normal. he seems like just another dude. >> reporter: 7:00 fri man there. frankie says he waited until two employees went to the back. the eatery next. >> when they both were in the back at the same time, he got up and in a matter of 10 the regis, grabbed the money, and walked straight out from the front door. >> reporter: the employees returned to find the register open, $400 gone. >> just stunned. it just doesn't feel safe. >> reporter: frankie says the man turned a key to open the register, likely watching employees. the man was there earlier in the day. this is video of him duri