phil mercer for us phil mercerfor us there. phil mercer for us there. americans and a soldier. suspicion will fall on melissa working closely with iran. other news, in new york the former hollywood producer harvey weinstein has been sentenced to 23 years in prison for rape and sexual assault. 0ur north america correspondent nick bryant was in court. there was joy in this moment for the victims of harvey weinstein. that the convicted rapist will spend so long behind bars, that their voices have finally been heard. in courtjessica mann and mimi haley delivered victim statements describing how he ruined their lives and then had to listen to weinstein's rambling remarks, in which he expressed remorse for the women but also the men going through this crisis. then came the sentencing, 23 years. there were gasps in the courtroom as the sentence was read out, not least because it's so severe. most legal analysts had expected 10—15 years. so from this courthouse in manhattan, a punishment that will echo around the world. this is whatjustice looks like, 20 plus t

that was phil mercer speaking to kasia a little earlier.ary camp north of baghdad. engines have been high since the us killed the senior iranian figure calcium soleimani in a drone strike. 15 years after he lost contact with his family, an indonesian migrant worker has been reunited with his mother thanks to a bbc report. iwan lost contact with his parents after they separated and found himself as an adult in malaysia unable to get a passport to go home. bbc indonesia's rohmatin bonasir has his story. such a touching, touching story. you have been watching newsday. i'm kasia madera in london. an i'm sharanjit leyl in singapore. stay with us. i'll be back with the markets. they are opening up here in asia after wall street officially entered a bear market and those markets are already lower. i can tell you japan and australian markets are currently trading down at the moment. lots of volatility. stay with us. hello. metre are logically speaking, it is now the start of spring. but of course, winter is not far behind us —— meteorological, and

phil mercer reporting.oors, coronavirus has meant a huge change in lifestyle for older people. among them is 94—year—old d—day veteran and fundraiser extraordinaire harry billinge. earlier this month he received an mbe for the tens of thousands of pounds he's raised for a memorial to the british veterans who died in normandy. tim muffett‘s been in touch to see how he's getting on. d—day veteran harry billinge, mbe, has faced formidable enemies before. at 94 years old he's at home in cornwall, keeping coronavirus at bay. hey, harry, how are you doing? i'm feeling very, very well indeed. and i don't take any chances, i've been sitting in my armchair, i got the fire on and some light reading, i got a lovely hot bed with a blanket to get into, so i'm very comfortable and very grateful to everybody that's been very kind to me. normally, you are out fundraising. how hard are you finding it having to stay indoors? it's been very difficult because i felt a bit guilty. i ought to be out and about. that's about £35 t

bill: hi, my name is bill mercer and i am the assistant director of curatorial affairs at the panhandlelains historical museum. today, or that to share a little bit about -- i would like to share about the history of native americans and the culture of native americans in texas. it's very appropriate to begin with the contemporary. i am standing next to a magnificent piece of sculpture by the noted artist alan houser, who was apache. and he was born in oklahoma. he was a descendent of removed's band who was to oklahoma after geronimo and his band was captured. he later became a terrific artist. as you can see, one of the main foci of this particular piece is a native american on horseback . and that is truly the story of native americans in the southern plains region and in the panhandle especially. when horses became available to them in the 1600s, particularly the comanches and some of the apache people, they were able to tradersorses from the in santa fe. stealing some of them as well. they were able to utilize the environment much more efficiently because they could cover much longe

johnny mercer said he was "treading down this path with the utmost care".a public consultation on whether non—payment of the bbc licence fee should remain a criminal offence. the bbc has already announced that it can't afford to give free licences to all over—75—year—olds. speaking to the commons culture committee, the head of the bbc, lord hall, was asked whether he would really be prepared to see 80 or 90—year—olds taken to court. the new chair of the committee, julian knight, started by asking about the kind of letters sent to people who didn't pay. i'm going to ask the clerk now to pass you an example... i placed today one of these letters. i placed several other examples in the house of commons library, which will be there to be viewed for the next week. julian knight read out the letter, which concluded... "you could face prosecution and financial penalties. you then outline the fines. and then you say basically to stop this visit, buy a tv licence, move an existing licence or tell us you don't need one. "to stop this enforcement visit to your home an

mercer, 36. middlesex, 100.6. monmouth, 122. ocean, 86. passaic, 88. sussex, 13. union, 132. warren, nine. there are approximately 128 cases that we are still gathering information on. a total of the cases today include 160 new positives received from the mass testing sites. there have been a total of 662 positive cases since testing started at the mess -- mass testing site. thank you. >> thank you. just to remind folks in terms of coital -- total cases so far. bergen is number 1, 1838. essex is number 2, 1086. middlesex 808. monmouth, 781. hudson, 771. right behind hudson is union county with 742. thank you judy for that and everything you and your team are doing. met a couple of years ago and hers was a name i workingd from her time for the obama administration, and if that weren't enough, her ase advising david cameron his time as prime minister, as well as my friend the chancellor of germany angela merkel. i thought to myself, you know by the company you keep, that is keeping really good company. extraordinary team across the whole number of fronts. set more so than helpi

let's ask the senior investment consultant at mercer. good to see you this morning.orld health director says we need to prepare for a pandemic and the global markets should calm down as coronavirus wreaks havoc. on the data you receive from china and the data him of the reading you have seen from elsewhere, does it look like pandemic to you, and are the world health behind the curve? is a pandemic and has spread across a number of countries and our base scenario is still for positive growth in 2020 with a recovery in the second half. base, and hopefully slightly optimistic scenario is we will viruspeaking of this spreading across different countries, that we have seen that peak in china already, it is spreading more impressively in terms of new cases in other countries, but we are -- some of the growth that was lost in the first half of 2020, some of that will be recovered. not all of it, in the second half. that remains our base case and there is a lot of downside risk to not realizing that. manus: your base case is the number of new infections, which would you say

the bbc‘s phil mercer reports from sydney. with so many of their friends stuck reports from sydney.s stuck in reports from sydney. with so many of their friends stuck in china, law stu d e nts their friends stuck in china, law students abby and lauren are the lucky ones. abby flew to sydneyjust before the travel restrictions were imposed. while karen spent thousands of dollars circumventing the van, travelling via thailand. of dollars circumventing the van, travelling via thailandlj of dollars circumventing the van, travelling via thailand. i am so frustrated when the travel ban was imposable because a lot of my friends are still in china and enjoy the holidays with their family but they can't come back any more. very frustrating. we felt like it is the trail to our students. to continue my education, i will be so happy. chinese students contribute $10 billion to australia's universities. the coronavirus outbreak showjust how dependent australia gate universities are on chinese students. with so many still stranded back home. many campuses are quieter than normal. there is of course

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avi is 17 years old, high school junior at mercer island high school, which has closed.s right outside seattle, washington. he developed this most remarkable coronavirus tracker. and finally, avi, when i was asking you how you pronounce the name of your website, you said you might be changing it. tell us the website again and what you're thinking of changing it to. why you came up with that name. >> sure. so right now the website domain is ncov2019.live, which is pretty hard to even say or remember. so, i mean, that used to be the unofficial name ofof the v viru, but now that it's changed,d, i'd like to rename the website. i bought a domain called germtracker.com. that way it is so much easier to remember. and that way, i can also use it in the future for more global pandemics. i i mean, because there's only going to be another big thing a couple years from now. and, you know, i'll be the first one to make a tracker for it. amy: well, i want to t thank you so much, avi. again, all the very, very best to you, to your family, to the community. and thank you for helping the

popularity in north america where they've given it a new adrenaline fueled twist welch's eras david merceras more. it's billed as one of the fastest sports on snow with horses pulling skiers and snowboarders around the course at speeds of up to 65 kilometers per hour ski. boring started in scandinavia combining cross-country skiing and dog sledding but here in western canada home to cowboys and trick skiers it's all about the horse power and getting big air it's just about gotten glory in going faster than having a good horse but you can ride into battle and then having a good gear but you don't have to look back you can kick your arse and go and they better do their job to ski tour canada started in 2017 since then competitions have drawn medal skiers trick riders and championship cowboys and cowgirls riders and sliders to test their skills in events such as circuits sprints relays and the long jump winners take home a few $1000.00 but nobody takes the competition too seriously we're hoping for the best of times we're hoping to happen i would drop that we built and rip down the whole stri

karl mercer has been to camden, in north london, where volunteers have already been delivering them to in need. the maintenance guy, the volunteers and the council leader. toilet roll — that's in high demand. this is normally age uk day centre. it is now the base for emergency food parcels. we have just had a list ready to go out for local tenants. they are vulnerable people that are living in the area that have phoned through for a supply package. once it's bagged up, the supplies are off around the burrough. darren is off for his second run of the day. hello, love, i have a delivery for you. she was already waiting for me with the door open, she grabbed it at arm's—length. off to the next one now. hello, love, i've got your parcel. bless you. thank you very much. one satisfied customer, there are plenty more customers to come on darren‘s list. spring is here — and for many people that means wedding season is well and truly underway. this year, however, it isn't. with tens of thousands of marriages being postponed or cancelled because of the coronavirus outbreak, some couples are not

that he posted on instagram, saying we'll keep the world posted and updated let's get more from phil mercer yes, he did release that online saying he and his wife rita wilson had eggs and codes and did a test on those tests confirmed that they were suffering from covid—i9. they say they will stay in isolation for as long as it takes, tom hanks adding in that statement, my, that they would be taking it one step at a time. —— mike. they are in isolation in hospital on the gold coast in queensland in eastern australia filming that biopic about elvis presley, filming due to start next monday. difficult to gauge the mood of tom hanks in this statement but it seemed he was in reasonably good spirits, given the fact he and his wife have been confirmed to have the coronavirus. he is pretty active on social media, isn't he? there will be a lot of people worried about getting it watching his feed. and for information on how he deals with having it? yes, and the australian government is spending millions of dollars on a public awareness campaign here to try to urge australians follow the official advi

on sex education gender and other issues like climate change so far there were only the region of mercer has introduced the plans and it's been condemned by the national and local authorities are refusing to repeal the move we will not do it because it says the government does not believe in what we believe in namely the freedom of fathers and mothers and homophobic family does not have the right to make their children harmful because well parental authority cannot be confused with property. in the u.k. to bt education has sparked a furious backlash from september classes covering the she will become compulsory there and that has triggered protests among parents particularly from religious communities who put the issue up for debate with the christian concern member michael phillips and also the human rights campaigner peter tatchell i think is absolutely right that parents do have a right to teach their own children according to their beliefs but the education system has a responsibility to give children a comprehensive education and to give them information to safeguard their health an

is getting the songwriters hall of fame's highest honor the grammy winner will receive the johnny mercer award which goes to someone already inducted into the hall who upholds the gold standard of songwriting the composer of such hits as we've only just begun rainy days and mondays evergreen and rainbow connection will be honored at the 51th annual songwriters hall of fame gala in new york on june 11th in hollywood, i'm david daniel. >>a little peek outside before you go it's a little breezy out there. we have a wind advisory for the bay bridge. so reduce your speed driving in the little bit of a backup so far and the cash lanes will have a full check of your weather coming up after the weather coming up after the break stay with us. this burger's delicious! weather coming up after the break stay with us. let's make it more delicious! ♪ menutaur put an extra patty on that! bam! woah! uh-uhhh! my $4.99 triple bonus jack combo! stack it up for an extra buck. to give his money to charity, giving pledge when this californian walked away from his billion dollar company for good. he drives a c

phil mercer is in sydney.ing to the beach, that has been an issue in australia as well? i know on friday bondi beach was packed with people and they have now closed quite a number of beaches. they have. bondi beach and other very popular sydney tourist spots have been closed. 0n very popular sydney tourist spots have been closed. on friday, the temperature here was over 30 celsius and many thousands of people, australian and international visitors, couldn't help themselves and they flocked en masse to bondi beach. australia's most famous arc of sand. that caused great dismay and anger among politicians and civic leaders, the local council in bondi it said the actions of those thousands of people were putting lives at risk and a few hours later, the authorities closed down bondi beach temporarily because of the breach of new social distancing regulations in this country. all nonessential gatherings of 500 people or more are prohibited outside, in australia, and authorities are promising more draconian measures

what can you tell us about this facility in maryland and what mercer are now being taken?land officials say right now residents who have tested positive are not being relocated from the pleasantview nursing home unless they required a higher level of care, and also the nursing home staff there, they're stocking up on personal protective equipment as they try to help the residents who still remain in the nursing home. now, 11 people have been hospitalized, because they have more severe symptoms. one man, a man who officials say was in his 90s and had many underlying conditions, did pass away overnight. you mentioned the life care center in, outside seattle, washington. that was really the first big cluster of coronavirus cases that we saw in the u.s. but since then, this outbreak in maryland appears to be the biggest outbreak within a nursing home since the life care center. so a very serious situation. especially serious because the populations of nursing homes are so vulnerable. a point that maryland officials tried to make today at a press conference. take a listen. >> t

in mercer county, new jersey, newspaper deliveryman greg daly is doing more than just delivering the morning paper. he is delivering groceries, too, greg began by putting a note in the papers he delivered offering to get those who can't or shouldn't leave their homes the groceries and household goods that they need with zero delivery fee. the response was immediate, and not just for delivery requests, but for people wanting to donate money for his expenses like gas. greg isn't doing this alone. however, his service has become a family affair with his wife, three kids, and even his mother-in-law all helping out to organize orders and to make sure it's all being done in a sanitary way. and since he started this service, greg has delivered goods to 43 homes in his community. in times like these, we need people like greg and his family so from all of us here at cnn tonight, i'd like to say thank you to the daly family and others like them doing their part across the country and around the world. and thank you so much for watching, everyone. be safe out there. our coverage continues. and

yet understand project veritas got its funding, nonprofit from conservative organizations, the mercerily, the erik prince family, betsy devos -- which is erik prince plus vs brother -- they have been -- dylan amy: erik prince's sister. prince's sister. >> air prince decided what project veritas it was better training and the training specifically was to get from former spies. a former spy,es americans buy, to do the training. that training failed. the former spy quit because he the former spy quit because he thought there were not serious people. it wasn't going to stop erik prince. after -- amy: he was with trump and election night. >> after the election and not ration, air prince arranges for train mi six officer to project veritas at the prince family ranch in wyoming. what he gives them is a series of weapons training, secret video camera, undercover video camera work, he's teaching them to be spies. at the time, o'keefe and one of the other project veritas members tweeted out and put on instagram what they were doing. they describe it from a classified location and special traini

bickel well, we would probably at some point use sort of the mercer use authorization, which would bee have to do animal testing. some of these five forms as you mentioned in your intro i've never been used before at all and there are certain types of occurrences, scientific occurrences that could occur and have occurred before certain experiments in animals that you may think it might be working in one way and it may trigger something else. so we have to go through animal testing at all. there are ways to accelerate human testing and all but we have to go through a process and make sure that we know it's safe to put into a human being and then go forward in that manner. >> shannon: can quickly gauge comment -- i know it's another branch, this conversation we're having now about how much of our pharmaceuticals products is based in china, whether it's by antibiotics or other things and the fact that so much of it is outsourced there. >> so much of our what we call apis, all pharmaceutical ingredients, the basics of a pharmaceutical product are really manufactured day in either china or

together mountain culture with the cowboy lifestyle in an exhilarating sport it's hard to forget david mercer al-jazeera and miller ville canada we'll leave it there for now see you again later for most. thanks for watching the news hour on al jazeera back in just a moment we'll have much more news coming your way see you then by. chinese authorities the putting those they saved committed a crime. but they show trials or genuine confessions. when i went east investigating. 0. he started as a modest man. carry a soldier who'd never imagined he might one day become president of egypt. he had an ambitious wife. and son he became an autocrat and was imprisoned for the wrong lawful killing of protesters. the story of the rise and fall of hosni mubarak the family showed one. march on al-jazeera. after their also going on the nation witness brings a new film this time from africa for international women's day a crucial day in the race to challenge donald trump where live across key u.s. states for a super tuesday studio b. unscripted brings a fresh approach to discussing contentious issues and findi

together mountain culture with the cowboy lifestyle in an exhilarating sport that's hard to forget david mercer al-jazeera in millersville canada we'll leave it there for now see you again later for more sports news thanks for watching the news hour on al-jazeera much more news coming up in just a moment with thanks for watching but by. culture a down's thrives here every day generations of tibetans continue to brace and maintain their cultural heritage it's a reminder of who they are and whether. this is a suburb of the capital new delhi so be refugees here since $964.00. have been defined as migrants are not refugees because india hasn't signed up to the 1951 un convention on refugees so tibetans here have been able to access the indian welfare system so they become self-sufficient such a better business says i'm looking for work independently but for some it's not enough. chinese authorities the putting those they say have committed a crime and changing but are they show trials or genuine confessions. but i want to east investigations. on al-jazeera. it's the day that will define the democra

phil mercer has the details from sydney.abbey flying to sydney before the travel restrictions were imposed, while karen spent thousands of dollars circumventing the ban, travelling through thailand. dollars circumventing the ban, travelling through thailandlj dollars circumventing the ban, travelling through thailand. i was so frustrated when the travel ban was announced because most of my friends are still in china, enjoying holiday with their families and they couldn't come back any more. frustrating. we felt like it is a betrayal of students. i feel happy that i can come into australia and continue. chinese students contribute $10 billion to australian universities. the coronavirus outbreak has shown how dependent australian universities are on chinese students. with so many still stranded back home, many campuses are quieter than normal. there is uncertainty. no one knows when you travel ban will be lifted or what its longer term consequences could be for australia's lucrative education industry. australian universities

five.gton, five.ne -- camden mercer six. 17.le secretaries monmouth eight. morris nine. four. somerset eight. union 12. that still need a county assigned. those till gathering details. the age rage for the total 5 years to 95 is years of age. is a difficult time for all of new jersey, as the repeatedly.d we will get through this together. ll of you can do your part to lessen the spread. follow the governor's social distancing measures. at home when you're respiratory ctice etiquette. wash your hands frequently during the day for 20 seconds and water, and practice general, good health hygiene overall. yourselves and your loved ones. thank you. governor murphy: thank you, judy, again, for your extraordinary leadership. do the math -- there is a chunk of unknowns to be determined, but if you look you've been listening the past couple days and do the 21 counties now ave a positive, at least 18, i should say, because there are 30 unknowns right now. being kate, s salem, sussex. predicted when it was a handful of counties, this is a statewide reality. intense in more counties like b

arrest those claiming to have coronavirus and coughing at key word that's as the chief constable of merceride says people shouldn't be afraid to report their neighbors if they see large gatherings taking place we would expect people to call as they would urge them to be sensible when you've got 2 or 3 people stood at the end of the road we don't need to be told the great thing is we police by consent staff but been instructed to encourage people convince people interact with people the use of the powers will be very much a last resort so should you report any mass gatherings well to discuss those i'm now joined by the former home office minister norman baker and for about metropolitan police superintendent leroy logan gentlemen thank you very much indeed for joining me i know what if i could start with you can reporting your neighbors really change their behavior. i think hero charges a person to change behavior by just talking to them and indeed police response as you just heard the superintendent i think there was more to council was to try to persuade people in us of our way forward in

to arrest those claiming to have coronavirus and coughing at key workers as the chief constable of mercer side says people shouldn't be afraid to report their neighbors if they see large gatherings taking place. we would expect people to callers who would urge them to be sensible when you've got 2 or 3 people stood at the end of the road we don't need to be told the great thing is we police by consent staff are been instructed to encourage people convince people interact with people the use of the powers will be very much a last resort so should you report any mass gatherings for to discuss this earlier i was joined by former metropolitan police superintendent leroy logan and former home office minister norman baker. piro charges are for to change behavior by just talking to them and indeed police response as you just heard the superintendent i think there was more to council was to try to persuade people nuts who are going forward in a civilised society which we have to place her strength to go on to do and should not be called in for any potential mystery of that nature most most of the

together mountain culture with the cowboy lifestyle in an exhilarating sport that's hard to forget david mercer al-jazeera in millersville canada. all right that's the sports thanks very much be back with more news on the other side of the bright but until then from me on the news our team thinks your time at your company. frank assessments the one thing about these bushfires usage really wiping out the whole climate change informed opinions economy i think is actually what's keeping donald trump afloat right now critical debate sequel on those 2 school board lawyers on 'd the boat this argument is astonishingly powertrip time saying in-depth analysis of the day's headlines this is the beginning for a new iraq of the new conscious and aware youth about struggle against an ethnic sectarian kota inside story on al-jazeera. when i enter the spittal for modified car 601st power i feel the happiest. women tearing up the truck in the west bank. challenging stereotypes. living life in the fast lane it's like putting the brakes of. the systems on i'm just. as surely as native fauna and flora are accust

karl mercer has been to camden, in north london, where volunteers have already been delivering them tohat's in high demand. this is normally age uk day centre. it is now the base for emergency food parcels. we have just had a list ready to go out for local tenants. they are vulnerable people that are living in the area that have phoned through for a supply package. once it's bagged up, the supplies are off around the burrough. darren is off for his second run of the day. hello, love, i have a delivery for you. she was already waiting for me with the door open, she grabbed it at arm's—length. off to the next one now. hello, love, i've got your parcel. bless you. thank you very much. 0ne satisfied customer, there are plenty more customers to come on darren's list. sweden has seen more than a hundred deaths from coronavirus — but unlike many other countries around the world, it hasn't enforced stringent social distancing measures. from stockholm, maddy savage reports. it's maddy savage reports. become warm enough to si outside it's become warm enough to sit outside in the swedish capital

together mountain culture with the cowboy lifestyle in an exhilarating sport that's hard to forget david mercer al-jazeera in millersville canada. well here is one winter sport they might struggle to get a hole so involved with germany's call guy go on the ski jumping woke up events in law in finland on sunday the 2nd jump of 130 meters getting in 1st place ahead of austria stefan croft it was still top of the overall standings. we'll leave it there for now back to barbara in london that just always looks so terrifying ski jumping feet thank you and that is it for this news hour stay with us going to be back in just a few minutes with more of the day's news watching by. israelis go to the polls for the 3rd time in less than a year after both mean parties failed to form a governing coalition and with prime minister netanyahu facing the start of his corruption trial so can israel resolve its political crisis at the 3rd attempt at the latest on al-jazeera. in 2011 al-jazeera reported from tanzania on the sinister trade in the body parts of al beanos this is where the food and arms feed. and show a

mercer, 3. middlesex, 11. monmouth, 10. morris, 4. ocean, 15. passaic, 12. somerset, 4. sussex, 1. and union, 9. there are 17 cases we're still gathering more information on. and as i've said, we will see more cases in the coming weeks, a lot more cases. and as we see more cases, especially among nursing home residents and those with underlying medical conditions, the stresses on our healthcare system will build exponentially. i'm very concerned about that, and that's why we're continuing to explore unused space in hospitals and long-term care facilities and to look at standing up new hospitals. i want to make it clear we expect increases in cases. we expect a surge in cases that will stress the healthcare system significantly. this morning, with the army corps, we did a walkthrough of a hospital in woodbury, inspira. and i'm pleased to report that they have assessed that hospital to be up and ready right after we do a thorough cleaning and decontamination. the physical plant is in very good shape. so, we do expect that that hospital will be ready to go and be on standby within thr

arrest those claiming to have coronavirus and coughing at key workers that's as the chief constable of mercerside says people shouldn't be afraid to report their neighbors if they see large gatherings taking place we would expect people to call as they would urge them to be sensible when you've got 2 or 3 people stood at the end of the road we don't need to be told the great thing is we police by consent staff are been instructed to encourage people convince people interact with people the use of the powers will be very much a last resort so should people report mass gatherings to the police or not in the next hour i'll be joined by a former home office minister and a former superintendent in the metropolitan police to discuss this. and i'll be back with more news in just over half an hour see them. you know what i mean maybe up there see i don't think about it at all many roman not new dorp or. kind of around the. course of the now i think it's higher than our. members of the african mafia has promised them safe and quick passage to europe but once they. leave they are in sleeves they count

mercer, 18. middlesex, 127. marmots, 126. mars, 44. ocean, 81. somerset, 34. union, 48. we are still gathering more detail on about 739 of these cases. reminder, as the governor shared, the suspension of all elective surgeries and invasive procedures performed on adults goes into effect at 5:00 today. given the shortfall and personal protective equipment, it's imperative we work with our partners in health care to strategically preserve supplies and equipment for emergency purposes only. we know it's concerning that cases are rising in our state. as we've said repeatedly, this was expected. our goal is to slow this increase. again, we need your help. distancingow social guidelines. this is what you can do, this is your contribution, your donation, so to speak, to actually saving lives. i cannot think of a better calling. it is vital that we work together now to lessen the impact on our state. thank you. gov. murphy: judy thank you. i'm sure we will hear a lot more from you. may i make a couple of observations? tell me where i got this wrong. and feel free to come in. it

together mountain culture with the cowboy lifestyle in an exhilarating sport that's hard to forget david mercer al-jazeera in millersville canada. well here's one winter sport they might struggle to get a whole sin volved with germany's call going to one ski jumping world cup event in a lot in finland on sunday the 2nd jump of 150 meters here getting him 1st place ahead of austria stephan croft who is still top of the overall 'd standings there 'd are 4 more events remaining invest season. that's where we'll leave it for now most sports news coming up again a little later thank you very much for that and that is it for this news hour on al-jazeera from me from the back to one whole team here in doha thank you very much for watching we're live from london you center next with barbara starr i can. it's the day that will define the democratic race for the white house. 14 states get to make a better choice of who should challenge donald trump in the presidential election join us for america's super tuesday special coverage live on al-jazeera. the u.s. president's proposed plan for the middle east t

together mountain culture with the cowboy lifestyle in an exhilarating sport it's hard to forget david mercer al-jazeera in millersville canada. although school says might have some of these a run for their money saudi arabia has just hosted the world's richest horse race for the 1st time the saudi cup the person $20000000.02 of the 12000000 on offer at the dubai well cup this is when i was maximum security written by luis sayah is taking home a win as prime. $10000000.00. credible well that is all useful for now i have to thanks very much jay and you have you watching the al-jazeera news with me as a whole rather can but also look to the full half hour but until then from jamie on the news on t.v. thanks for your time at your company. al-jazeera goods beneath the waves with a team of women determined to save the dough things we all share the same responsibility needed something to rebut that amazing using a variety of scientific techniques to study the behavior we can monitor them for their vocal photos and behavior were able to how they're adapting to their new environment when they make sc

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burlington 24, hampton 21, the main one, cumberland five, essex, 181, seven, hudson, 140, hundred and 11, mercer, 18, middlesex, 127, 126, march, 44, ocean, 81, passaic, 88, salem one, sussex ten, union 48. i still gathering more detail on about 739 of these cases. as a reminder, the governor shared that the suspension of all elective surgeries and invasive procedures performed on adults, goes into effect at 5:0. given the shortfall in personal protective equipment, is imperative that we work with our partners in healthcare to strategically pervert supplies and equipment for emergency purposes only. we notice concerning the cases arising interstate but as we have said repeatedly this was expected. our goal is to slow this increase. again, we need all of your help. please follow social distancing guidelines. this is what you can do. this is your contribution, your donation sorta speak to actually saving lives. i cannot think of a better calling for it is vital that we work together now to lessen the impact on our state. thank you. gov. phil murphy: judy thank you. i'm sure we will hear a lot more

there is a report out by mercer betweenrivate equity 2016 and 20 be the hardest hit.ns. that does not mean again that people won't be looking at the longer-term outlook for how much apollo will be ready to pounce. among their peers, they are the largest credit manager. alix: let's get to the story, fed tapping blackrock. can you walk us through how the fed is going to use blackrock and why? >> this is an extraordinarily distinct story. we have been hearing for a while that the fed and the treasury would be looking to the private sector for facilitating a lot of these unprecedented programs. this is in regards to the bond facilities for corporate debt and commercial mortgage-backed securities. they are using a unit of blackrock called the financial markets advisory unit. tot was created in 2000 date address a lot of the problems 2008had been -- created in to address a lot of the problems that had been in that crisis. appreciated. good to catch up with you. here is one story that caught our eye as well. if you need insight into your next trade, the answer might come on

burlington, 28, camden, 36, cumberland, one, essex, 280, gloucester, 17, hudson, 289, hunterdon, 10, mercer, 45, middlesex, 171, monmouth, 184, -- 134, mars, 74, ocean, 84, passaic, 124, somerset, 147, -- somerset, 47, sussex, nine, union, 226, and warren, 10. i also am reporting that another of new jersey state's psychiatric hospital employees has been affected. there is one staff member at ancora that tested positive for covid-19 and we now have one resident in a psychiatric facility testing positive. as of the date of this morning, of the major labs sending us results, and we are getting results from over 95% of the major labs, there have been 40,806 tests performed, of which 15,582 have tested positive, for an overall percent positivity rate of 38.19%. that ends my report. we believe that our social distancing mitigation interventions, our ability to slow down the rate of the doubling of the infection, and the increase in the number of beds that we are bringing online will prepare us to handle the surge that we are expecting imminently. thank you. gov. murphy: thank you. a couple things

you in chers six. 107 mercer, eight. middlesex 62. monmouth 53. morris 28. ocean, 36. paseic 63. somerset 31. sussex, three. union 43. warren, three. and we are still gathering more details on these cases and 316 additional cases. we've been asked questions about a more detailed analysis of test results particularly regarding the positivity rate of the test, meaning the percentage of lab results that are positive compared to the total number of lab tests performed. according to the data that we've collected this morning of seven laboratorys that are sending us covid-19 results, there were more than 12,000 tests performed on residents of new jersey, of which approximately 3,600 have tested positive. the overall positivity rate is 27%. that's a really important rate. that tells us how many tests we've performed and how many have tested positive. that will help us in our predictive modeling of the type of care that these individuals require. it also means that the majority of the results have been negative. but we remind people who test negative and have symptoms that it's important

karl mercer has been to camden, in north london, where volunteers have already been delivering them tonants. they are vulnerable people living in the area that have phoned through for a supply package. supplies are off. darren is off for his second run of the day. supplies are off. darren is off for his second run of the daylj supplies are off. darren is off for his second run of the day. i have a delivery for you. she was already waiting for me with the door open and camped at arm's—length. waiting for me with the door open and camped at arm's-length. off to the next one. thank you very much. plenty more customers to come. let's speak now to two organisations involved in the operation. angela kitching from age uk is in watford, and ash amirahmadi is the managing director of arla foods, which is supplying long—life milk for some of the deliveries. he's in leeds. good morning. first of all, how are the food helping them? firstly i would like to thank the government for recognising the work that the food industry is doing, particularly frontline workers feeding the nation. when the gover