the south asia. and then there's the rest of the world beyond that. there's maritime frontiers, south asia area and the rest of the world. but do they have the ambitions or capability to expand this capability out there? so let's talk about the area of south asia since it is an area of chinese focus. she's doing things signature policy program, the built-in road initiative is centered on that region. they aim to make china the transportation hub for all economic activity going through that area and therefore, have a tremendous amount of economic influence and build more influence on top of that. what about the military influence within that? which has been relatively restrained to this point, shanghai cooperative organization. that brings in a lot of those countries were familiar with. familiar with the anti piracy patrols that they've had some. what comes next? i think we do have to take seriously what the chinese say. you read their documents, the power projection appears nowhere in those documents. they're not talking about it. i don't think there'

south china sea. i think we have things pretty well locked down in northeast asia where there is a good balance of military force and clear policy. the south china sea is really up for grabs. i think the main thing the united states is missing is a clear policy on what we want in the south china sea as opposed to what we don't want. any official statement from the u.s. starts out that we do not take a position on the territorial disputes and we do not want anything to happen by force. what kind of a weak non-policy is that? we need to have a policy on what we do think is a fair adjudication of the conflicting territorial claims in that region. info on -- give how you build with your allies and with your friends. right now we send ships through their challenging everything. this could certainly be encouraged by the united states, japan, and other seafaring countries. , get someme hearings state department people here and ask what the policy is so we can tell our freedom of navigation program -- the big factor which we have not discussed here with a south asian belton road initiative, they sit right in the m

poverty and 85% of the world's people living in extreme poverty live in sub—saharan africa and south asiaet, we need to be prepared and so the bill and melinda gates foundation, we are working closely with the africa centres for disease control to prepare, to help strengthen the ability to detect, isolate and treat patients should this infection arrive in those very vulnerable countries. and of course, chinese workers have such a huge presence. is the concern people who travelled back home for the lunar new year are coming back to places they worked across the continent, perhaps bringing the virus with them? i think if you look at their global patterns of trade and travel, people travel everywhere, from many, many places and so right now, the effo rts places and so right now, the efforts are to isolate and contain this infection. china is making some heroic efforts to do that. we've already seen infections however and 25 other countries so the countries in sub—saharan africa and south asia need to be prepared for this infection —— for this infection so having the ability to detect and ide

it's the worst invasion of discipline just sort of quarter of a century across east africa and south asia the food supplies and livelihoods of millions so under threat the situation has been declared a national emergency in some countries so what's caused the infestation and could it get worse this is inside story. hello welcome to the program i'm adrian finnegan the same as the world's most dangerous migrates re pests locusts can swallow in the billions and in january densely enough to force an ethiopian airlines plane off course now they're invading ethiopia somalia kenya.

senior fellow for india, pakistan, and south asia at the council on foreign relations.bling block, there were hopes of getting a small trade deal ready to be announced alongside... i think alyssa is having problems hearing us. hopefully we can return to that. having problems hearing us. hopefully we can return to thatm was a good question! this has been the interesting thing, hopes for a trade deal between these two countries obviously high, we had robert leite heiser, the us trade ambassador basically shuttling back and forth, but he cancelled a trip at the end of last week, and notably is not travelling with donald trump this week. so while there are difficulties there, it is national security really that is driving this relationship. and it is in fact a —— difficult relations with china and pakistan that is uniting india in the united states at the moment, despite the disagreements over trade. you can notice what we are trying to do in this talk is to get our guest plugged in again! donald trump struggled with some pronounciations during this speech — he gave up on t

impact because of the 95% of the plastics going into the ocean comes from ten river systems in south—east asiaia and africa. as new yorkers prepare for the ban, one chain has found a unique way to mark the occasion, turning their plastic bags into collector's items, who knows, maybe they will be worth something in the future. michelle fleury, bbc news, new york. well, we will see how that plays out ina out in a few days' time. that's pretty you on some other business stories was that microsoft has become the latest company discomforts for because because of the coronavirus outbreak —— let's brief you. the current quarter, disruptions to its supply chain. apple said it may not be able to make it's much quarter sales forecast. a third runway at heathrow airport, judges will decide whether that expansion so into account climate change commitments. walmart says it may sell a majority stake in its uk supermarket as dark, the us retail giants as it is talking toa retail giants as it is talking to a small number of retail parties about a possible investment —— asda. the uk's regulator block plans to

the head of central command with the general in charge of our operations in the middle east on south asias assassination took place obviously in iraq. george, could you reflect for a bit about looking back, assassins came out with 2005 judge judge at the height of the work. you look back 15 years, anything achieved? >> certainly not for the united states. it's an unmitigated failure for us. for iraqis it's hard to say because they are in the middle of this history. we broke them out of prison. the prison of the Ãregime offices saddam hussein. that created chaos because we had no plan and no intention of making sure that what followed was something that anyone would want to live in. we wanted regime change without nationbuilding. the first trick owned it will loose the end made it that the iraq and the iranians won. they have the most influence in that country by far. look who is in power, look who is prime minister. look who runs parliament. look how quickly they can get a million people in the streets to denounce u.s. trips after the killing of an iranian, not an iraqi. >> although they

particularly in south asia and india.e not enough commercial pilots, so how will airlines meet demand without compromising safety? this cadet is kicking her new career into gear as this cadet is kicking her new career into gearasa this cadet is kicking her new career into gear as a commercial pilot. the 23—year—old decided to abandon a career in the medical profession and follow her passion, but she initially had her doubts. follow her passion, but she initially had her doubtslj follow her passion, but she initially had her doubts. i thought that this male dominated industry was too hard on females, and most significantly, i am short, so i did not know if i could fly a plane or even not know if i could fly a plane or eve n ste p not know if i could fly a plane or even step on the rogers or the brakes. the asia-pacific region has seen a brakes. the asia-pacific region has seen a boom in air travel and first—time flyers, but the small pool of commercial pilots is not meeting demand. in fact boeing said globally airlines wil

south china sea. things are pretty well locked down in northeast asia and taiwan where there is a balance of clear policysouth china sea is up for grabs in the main thing the united states is missing is clear policy as opposed to what we don't want. any official statement starts we take no position on the territorial disputes going on here and don't want anything to happen by force. what kind of non-policy is that. we need a policy on what we do think is a fair adjudication of conflicting territorial claims in that region and then we can give orders to people who are on the job, what you protect and what you let go and how you work with your allies and build with your friends and send ships challenging everything. it comes from the other five countries that have claims but it could be encouraged by the united states, japan and other seafaring countries would get state department people here so we can tell our freedom of navigation program what occurs. that is number one. number 2, the big factor we haven't discussed is india. they sit in the middle of it, i recommend indian government if you can, and sec

today in south korea 53 new cases which means we now have more than 100 confirmed cases in south korea northeast asiait seems japan and south korea now very much in the frontline of this particular virus now the focus on thursday has been on the city of daegu in southeast korea that is where the both of these new infections have occurred and the focus has been very much on a religious group there because it seems that a 61 year old woman who was a worshipper with this group became infected a week ago that was confirmed but she had also been in contact with more than 166 other people and of course now there is a an urgent attempt being made to find all those people the cheek been in contact with the mayor of daegu sent out a real desperate plea earlier on thursday evening saying that he was very worried that local hospitals would not be able to cope if this indeed turned out to be a widespread outbreak so he's appealing to the central get to the main government and so to provide as much medical aid as they can and quickly so the focus in daegu is going to be containment there's also concern that it sp

hopeful for reduced tensions, greater stability, and the future of harmony for all of the nations of south asia. india has an important leadership role to play in shaping a better future as you take on greater responsibility for solving problems and promoting peace throughout this incredible region. over the course of my visit, prime minister modi and i will also discuss our efforts to expand the economic ties between our two countries. we will be making very, very major -- among the biggest ever made -- trade deals. [cheers and applause] we are in the early stages of discussion for an incredible trade agreement to reduce barriers of investment between the united states and india. and i am optimistic that, working together, the prime minister and i can reach a fantastic deal that's good and even great for both of our countries. [cheers and applause] except that he's a very tough negotiator. [laughter] since my inauguration, commerce between our two nations has increased by more than 40%. india is now a major market for american exports, and the united states is india's largest export market. [c

asia. he is author of the south china sea in focus. clarifying the limits of the maritime dispute. he is a coauthor of many other works, he will focus on chinese activities in southeast asia. next we will hear from -- am i pronouncing that right? research associate at the african center for the strategic studies at the national defense university. he is an expert in china africa relations, partnerships between africa in east asia, an african security issues. his forthcoming book, manuscript, examines the influence of chinese culture on china's military culture and say craft in the pacific. he has a forthcoming book on china's extending influence in africa. he will testify on chinese military activities. mr. poling will start. >> thank you, and thank you to the commission. it is a pleasure to be here. i was asked to talk about china's power protection in south and southeast asia. to do that, it is important to breakdown chinese capabilities and efforts into different categories. because when we are talking about chinese basing an expeditionary capabilities. we are not talking about t

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baghdadi are the philippines here in south east asia and afghanistan., the philippines is better because it is closer and it has open borders. there is an ongoing conflict and plenty of weapons. the wild and ungoverned jungle of mindanao in the southern philippines are where they headed next. here, they would become martyrs and mass murderers. it was the next stage in ourjourney as well. in january of last year, they arrived in the philippine island of sulu where the cathedral was in their sites. on sulu, the philippine army was out in force and in numbers, never seen her before. they have been fighting the militants in the southern philippines for decades. bandits, they called them. but is have supercharged the threat here. and in the jungles, is was wild. sulu is an island under siege. just a few days ago here, they found some huge roadside bombs, bigger than anything they had ever found before and that leads the military to believe that the islamists are planning something very big. we have to keep a low profile. we have to get off the road and keep

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as it as kind of the relationship grows thanks for that analysis there that circled the area south asia analyst at eurasia group. still ahead on al-jazeera uncertainty in malaysia after the resignation of the prime minister. and getting the wounded in south sudan back on their feet spent finding a rehabilitation center is a barrier for many. and sports the outfit that former heavyweight champion dante while there is blaming for his defeat against nice in theory. but. how i was there was some rather unsettled weather making its way across the middle east this latest band of cloud this latest area of low pressure that's going to continue driving its way for the research was out of iraq still a few showers here eastern side of iraq for where to stay. over the mountains as it pushes across iran and eventually making its way into afghanistan northern parts of afghanistan seeing a fair bit of snow then for the north to where they stand is because don say that when she makes as well just as that western side of the himalayas we are going to see dry weather coming back in behind 22 celsius here

every year hundreds of people — mostly women — are disfigured in horrific acid attacks across south asia although many of these crimes are not reported due to social stigma or the involvement of a family member. but with help from a charity, some victims in pakistan are learning new skills and rebuilding their lives. shabnam mahmood reports from lahore. i was asleep. he came into the house and threw a bottle over me. he locked the door from outside. ifainted me. he locked the door from outside. i fainted and fell down and my face was badly burned. six years ago, margaret's life changed after a violent attack by her husband left her in a coma. i thought, why did this happen to me? i used to cry. i wanted to die so i could be set free. it was very difficult because when i looked into the mirror i was scared of myself. i cried and cried. the crime often goes unreported due to the social stigma or because it is committed by the victim's family members. getting treatment for many women is even harder. this woman is a businesswoman turned philanthropist. because of her attitude of a male domin

again hong kong at around $23.00 degrees celsius meanwhile we've got plenty of sunshine across south asia we have seen some long spells of rain pushing across northern parts of india now pushing through behind towards kolkata southern areas of bangladesh seeing some rather heavy rain it eases away from the west bengal watches cars coming back in behind but you can see for bangladesh showers in the mix snow over the high ground and that wetter weather pushing into the far north east of india brought discuss will come back a bit hong kong concert around $29.00 celsius room to the high twenty's to for new delhi i'd also for the whole. banks love to make amends to some friends because behind the suffering a millions of taxpayers because most taxpayers never go away there's a new one born every single day and 90 it is an urgent national necessity to put it to be officially requested the education of the support mechanism we created together because i happen to live in greece somehow i'm a sinner i'm a bad person the debts machine on al-jazeera. welcome back you're watching al-jazeera coming to

of because honestly to never christine only receives bad reviews and has to buy positive ones in south asia by the internet of course. the 3 are determined to fight for their rights against us tech giants that seem like an invincible. opponent. will more likely got the deficit data is valuable is the gold of today and we just let us be rolled by what's happening here systematic 50. of the film team or in fighting spirit stew in fine french tradition at the press conference they demonstrative lee showed their support for france's yellow vests protest. it may sound highly political but delete history has turned out to be a captivating comedy about 3 seanie characters who go all the way to silicon valley but ultimately find happiness on their own doorstep entirely analog no signal and definitely no cell phone was the case. all right is that phone that those were the days all right what else are people talking about at the barely know they all have their cell phones in their hands. yeah well i mean we're just talking about that the one film is incredibly time that's being shown here called the

it's the worst invasion of discipline tests in a quarter of a century across east africa and south asia the food supplies and livelihoods of millions so under threat situations been declared a national emergency in some countries so what's caused the infestation and could it get worse this is inside story. hello welcome to the program i'm adrian finnegan the same as the world's most dangerous migrates re pests locusts can swarm in the billions and in january densely enough to force an ethiopian airlines plane off course now they're invading ethiopia somalia kenya uganda and pakistan it is the worst outbreak in 25 years and for kenya in 70 is the insects can spread fast and other countries are not risk the swarms have already destroyed tens of thousands of hectares of crops millions of people already short of food could face famine somalia and pakistan have declared a state of emergency the u.n. says that if action isn't taken fast enough somalia is infestation could become the most devastating plague in living memory at its asked for $76000000.00 in aid to help control the outbreak al-j

storms in places looking fairly wet at the moment like to see some heavy downpours highs of 33 into south asia to be quite at the moment largely dry across sri lanka most of the showers in the east have gone should be fine in new delhi with highs of 28. of the 70 years after one tribe's and that journey from palestine to the nile delta 0 world meets the largest concentration of 914 refugees in egypt. the socially isolated community with new rights to fighting to survive and keep them honest and heritage alive in a world where there was is increasingly marginalized egypt's father lyle and on al-jazeera. top a quick reminder of the headlines here on the al-jazeera u.s. president donald trump says his country is ready for any potential spread of coronavirus he added that the u.s. will spend whatever is appropriate to combat the onus tramples appointed vice president mike pence to manage the country's response. countries in the middle east are bringing in strict new measures to combat the spread of the virus saudi arabia has temporarily halting visas for the pope image on us. and for tourists comi

wasn't for a because taxi driver christine only receives bad reviews and has to buy positive ones in south asia by the internet of course. the 3 are determined to fight for their rights against us tech giants that seem like an invincible opponent. more likely got us that gets it data is valuable is the gold of today and we just let ourselves be rolled with it what's happening here is systematic 50 supposed to be our all like of the film team or in fighting spirit stew in fine french tradition at the press conference they demonstrative lee showed their support for france's yellow vest protest. it may sound highly political but delete history has turned out to be a captivating comedy about 3 zany characters who go all the way to silicon valley but ultimately find happiness on their own doorstep and tireless analog no signal and definitely no cell phone calls of a security or what is. that those were the days all right what else are people talking about at the belly now i know they all have their cell phones in their hands. yeah well i mean we were just talking about that the film is incredibly ti

state visit, that will include a rally alongside prime minister narendra modi in his home city. 0ur south asia nathan looks ahead to what we can expect from the trip. as india gets ready for the arrival of president trump, no expense is being spared. his first stop, the city of ahmedabad, in prime minister modi's home state, gujarat. preparations include building a wall along his planned route to conceal some of the slums in the area. the residents aren't pleased. translation: when you are spending so much money for the wall, then come and have a look inside the shanties of us poor people. you can spend 800,000 to a million rupees for the wall, then also go inside the shanty of a poor person to see how they are living, what conditions they are living in. president trump is expected to get a grand welcome when he and prime minister modi address a rally in the city to inaugurate the world's largest cricket stadium, motera. it is modelled on the howdy modi event last year in houston, texas, when the leaders stood side by side at a rally in america, with thousands in attendance. both face pressure

he'll attend a rally alongside mr modi in his home city. 0ur south asia correspondent rajini vaidyanathanad to what we can expect from the trip. as india gets ready for the arrival of president trump, no expense is being spared. his first stop, the city of ahmedabad in prime minister modi's home state, gujarat. preparations include building a wall along his planned route to conceal some of the slums in the area. residents aren't pleased. translation: when you are spending so much money for the wall, then come and have a look inside the shanties of us poor people. you can spend 800,000 to a million rupees for the wall, then also go inside the shanty of a poor person to see how they are living, what conditions they are living in. president trump's expected to get a grand welcome when he and prime minister modi address a rally in the city to inaugurate the world's largest cricket stadium, motera. it's modelled on the howdy modi event last year in houston, texas, when the leaders stood side by side at a rally in america with thousands in attendance. both face pressure at home. president trump

every year hundreds of people, mostly women, are disfigured in horrific acid attacks across south asiaome countries, although many of these crimes are not reported due to social stigma or the involvement of a family member. but with help from a charity, some victims in pakistan are learning new skills and rebuilding their lives. shabnam mahmood reports from lahore. translation: i was asleep. all painted and fell down and my face was badly burned. six yea rs my face was badly burned. six years ago her life changed after a violent attack by her husband left her and a,.” thought why did this happen to me? iuse thought why did this happen to me? i use to cry, i wanted to die so! me? i use to cry, i wanted to die so i could be set free. when i looked into the mirror, i was scared of myself. i cried and cried. it went unreported due to the social stigma or permitted by the victim plus my family members yet in treatment from many women was even harder. she is a beautician turned philanthropist. because of the attitude of male—dominated society, it has been unreported for as long as we can rem

advocate of the supreme court of india the human rights lawyer from paris with actually ganguli who is south asia director of human rights watch and from london we're joined by shruti capella who's an indian his story. and lecturer in history at the university of cambridge welcome to you or colonel randy let's start with you just how dangerous is the current situation given the current state of the economy and unemployment running relatively high in the northern suburbs of new delhi does this have the potential to explode i think the time for gentian is all photo has exploded. when you have a lot of the lead by legislators of the ruling actually mouthing slogans like. goalie martin was i don't know that means you know translated that's sure you know sure and an exclusive right and that's echoing something that was said by union minister a central government minister. and that was 2 weeks ago and nor criminal complaint has been registered by the police which means that there's no accountability nobody's been arrested and you know that moms now mousing the slogans and then you actually have debts a

our south asia correspondent rajini vaidyanarthan looks ahead to the trip. arrival of president trump, no expense is being spared. his first stop — the city of ahmedabad in prime minister modi's home state, gujarat. preparations include building a wall along his planned route to conceal some of the slums in the area. residents aren't pleased. translation: when you are spending so much money for the wall, then come and have a look inside the shanties of us poor people. you can spend 800,000 to a million rupees for the wall, then also go inside the shanty of a poor person to see how they are living, what conditions they are living in. president trump's expected to get a grand welcome when he and prime minister modi address a rally in the city to inaugurate the world's largest cricket stadium, motera. it's modelled on the howdy modi event last year in houston, texas, when the leaders stood side by side at a rally in america with thousands in attendance. both face pressure at home. president trump post—impeachment, prime minister modi in the wake of kashmir and

sort of because taxi driver christine only receives bad reviews and has to buy positive ones in south asia by the internet of course. the 3 are determined to fight for their rights against us tech giants that seem like an invincible opponent . i. actually got that data is valuable is the gold of today and we just let us be rolled with it what's happening here is systematic 50 supposed to pre-judge all. the film team or in fighting spirit stew and fine french tradition at the press conference they demonstrative lee showed their support for france's yellow vest protest. it may sound highly political but delete history has turned out to be a captivating comedy about 3 skinny characters who go all the way to silicon valley but ultimately find happiness on their own doorstep entirely analog no signal and definitely no cell phone. to the board as they get now and there was a rare monday night game this week with i talked to frankfurt supporters again expressing their own happiness about the scheduling their team took on you know in berlin and it turned into a monday to forget for the hosts. an e

indonesia we have got so wet weather making its way across southern parts of the go through much of south asia it's clear skies pretty much all the way dismissed and fall further north but so because picking up to around $27.00 celsius there in new delhi further south there you go the sunshine all the way down into sri lanka but still like it will see increasing clouds and rain by the weekend. join africa's largest trade and investment there in the wanda i.e.t.f. gives you access to more than 1100 exhibitors and 10000 visitors and baez and more than 5000 conference delegates from more than 55 countries participate in trade and investment deals with $40000000000.00 u.s. dollars as business and government come together to explore business and networking opportunities at the international exhibit which will include a creative africa exchange 40 by the african export import bank and the premium fatness the i.e.t.f. 2020 transforming africa. my. this is al-jazeera a reminder of the headlines this hour the un human rights chief says syrian government and russian forces appear to be targeting hospita

south korea towards q sure into southern parts of honshu for wednesday not a bad day in tokyo actually temperatures here around 14 celsius in the sunshine meanwhile sunshine and showers so cross southeast asia a few of those showers still affecting southern parts of india china a few of those showers affected the philippines but the the west the weather certainly further south not bad across borders we'll see some rather wet weather there into indonesia pushing over towards pop in new guinea and more of the same as we go on through why the stay the showers do slide their way up the. southern parts of thailand generally try but wanted to share was certainly a possibility here i wanted to show was a possibility into southeastern parts of india over the next couple of days more sorry just like to the north of that it's dry. on counting the cost to spike of our. to stop propping up straw men in africa france's backing a libyan war and child dictator isn't all about the oil plus the new case finally clears one british hurdle what does it mean for one of the worst performing industrial economies. counting the cost on al-jazeera. illustrates your fears a wise thing about china's growing influence

your share i think for hong kong we should be looking at drawing fine weather highs of 23 into south asia and across more eastern parts of india we are seeing some showers to vittie at the moment the showers across northern parts tend to die away delhi should be looking for a dry bright day and across the shoreline here where has been very wet in recent days we're looking at dry weather conditions continuing that way on through tuesday but those eastern areas of india through into bangladesh are looking pretty wet at the moment now as we head through into the show here largely fine picture temperatures have recovered back up at 34 degrees which just a few days ago they were languishing that near 20 degree celsius. frank assessments. the one good thing about these bush bars is it really wiping out the politics of climate change informed opinion of the economy i think is actually what's keeping damo truck afloat right now critical debate sequel on posters going to be told what the law is all 'd about assad government is astonishingly patronize a in-depth analysis of the day's headlines this

have got so wet weather making its way across southern parts of the bourbon go through much of south asia it's clear skies pretty much all the way it's a mist and fall further north but temperatures picking up to around 27 celsius there in new delhi further south you go the sunshine all the way down into sri lanka but still like it will see increasing clouds and rain by the weekend. when they're on line like the other government get one of the worst grabs to make your review about credibility or if you join us on sanctuaries a different issue diversity and inclusion and overseas sometimes isn't always sincere based is a dialogue sanctions on the ways in which they were applied to iran are an act of warfare everyone has a voice we as a society that is so quick to victim blame need to just sit down and listen join the global conversation on al-jazeera. the earth. you're watching al-jazeera reminder of our top stories this hour the number of people killed by the coronavirus is not suppose 1800 off to china reported 98 deaths the head of a major hospital in will harm the center of the outbrea

soon but every time there was a new crisis in some part of the world, usually the middle east or south asia the senior management turned to one of the small groups of the same trusted veterans to be ambassadors. they rotated from crisis to crisis for years to all these places where there was always extra pay for danger or always risks to them, but somehow they were trusted and i thought if i could get to these people, i bet they would have a terrific story and it would help me understand more about what to think about the middle east and all these adventures that we have had many of which seems to go so wrong. i settled on four. these are not the only people in the category, but i thought they were especially good examples and we kind of told the story in the same 15 year period so the first one i chose was ryan crocker is a six time ambassador and in the period that i'm writing about come he went to afghanistan twice and led embassy in iraq once the kind of height of the civil war. i also chose and patterson who's had just about every bad job in the state department. during the period that

this is similar picture repeat performance as we go on into sunday want to say showers table to south asia but not too much to speak of the wetter weather has been towards the northern plains we see some cloud of rain moving across those north america sinking further south was a little colder in new delhi around 25 celsius that west and westerly disturbance continues to make its way further race was through saturday and sunday. as a weapon of war leaves the very deepest scotus. scars some rule that the victims men and women can barely talk about. the only witnesses who can help bring about justice al-jazeera honest human rights campaign is in libya investigating right since the 2000. unspeakable crime on al-jazeera. hello again the top stories on all his are all u.s. and afghan taliban are expected to sign a preliminary peace deal that could put an end to the nearly 2 decade long war president donald trump the sons in the secretary of state might compare to delphi would be agreements expected to be signed on saturday a 2nd person in california with no travel history or contact with existin