houston fire, houston police responded. they were not able to access the area. questionsed a lot of as to what was going on there. it is not usual to see fighters at a consulate outside. it sparked some speculation and then we just saw, as you said, within the last half-hour, china announced that the u.s. demanded that it leave by later this week. francine: will china retaliate? how quickly can things escalate from now? gone on records and said if the u.s. does not reverse the decision, they will respond in some kind. they have not detailed what a response like that would do. the phrase that they used was, otherwise, china will make " legitimate and necessary reaction." we will see what those wind up being. obviously, the u.s. and china have had a number of complaints against each other in the last months, years. this is definitely escalating tensions. you can definitely see this in the market reactions. francine: risk sentiment looks shakier after china said the u.s. abruptly ordered the closure of its consulate in houston. derek will be across that story throu

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jha, this is priscilla thompson in houston, texas. i want to talk about what we're seeing on the ground here, hospitalizations hitting a record high last night, we learned, and the mayor saying if we don't get our hands around this virus, we're going to be in trouble. i'm curious if you think that more needs to be done at the state and federal level in order to contain the spread of this virus and also whether you feel that the mask mandates that we're seeing go far enough or if more needs to be done. >> yes, so those are great questions. i obviously don't think we're doing enough in places like houston. the reason is you can have mask mandates, you have to really enforce them vigorously. but beyond that, you got to have a communication strategy. for weeks and months, we have been hearing from political leaders in washington, and in state houses, that this is no big deal if you're a young person or somehow the virus is going to go away. and we need to start communicating with people in a way that makes it very clear that young people

sheri fink who has been reporting inside houston's hardit hospitals. >> we are he at houston methodist hospital, which is e largest spspitaln houston. right at this moment, the number of coronavirus cases is really rising dramatically in the city. amy: and we will speak to emergency physician dr. uche blackstock, founder of advancing health equity y which works to fight racismsm and bias inin heh services. >> living in this country has essentially made black americans sick. and over thehe last three e mon, we have e witnessed a crisis

consulate in chengdu days after beijing was ordered to close its mission in houston . mathison and this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up drama in the skies over syria passengers are hurt on an iranian plane as it's tailed by a u.s. fighter jet. it's just not the right time for the donald trump cancels the florida leg of the republican convention this coronavirus cases continue to rise. patents taking matters into their own hands bolivians bring all sit in cylinders for covert hit family members as hospitals run out of supplies. ok let's begin with the escalating tension between the united states and china beijing has ordered the u.s. to shut down its consulate in the southwestern chinese city of chengdu the chinese foreign ministry says it's had to head back and what it's calling an unjustified act on tuesday washington gave beijing 72 hours to leave its consulate in houston texas china has called the move a violation of international law but the u.s. says it's necessary to protect american intellectual property the u.s. secretary of state mike pump aoe has

storm warning signs flashing on the interstate in houston. rob marciano tracking this storm in corpus christi, texas, tonight. hanna is now expected to be a cat-1 hurricane at landfall? >> reporter: that's right, tom. that's the latest forecast from the national hurricane center. there's a lot of warm water. near 90-degree water temperatures between the center of hanna and 170 miles to our east. winds at 50 miles an hour. it's strengthening. tropical storm warnings from galveston all the way down to brownsville. there you see landfall tomorrow afternoon, and then weakening some there. we're going to see surge with this. we're going to see a lot of rain with this. flood watches posted for the lower texas coast as well. we will probably see some power outages as these winds come in tomorrow afternoon. hurricane douglas, the first major storm in the pacific, heading toward hawaii. it is in weakening mode, but will be a formidable storm still. will reach sunday afternoon. two days, two states, some rough weather coming this weekend. tom? >> we'll

sheri fink who has been reporting inside houston's hardit hospitals. >> we are he at houston methodist hospital, which is e largest spspitaln houston. right at this moment, the number of coronavirus cases is really rising dramatically in the city. amy: and we will speak to emergency physician dr. uche blackstock, founder of advancing health equity y which works to fight racismsm and bias inin heh services. >> living in this country has essentially made black americans sick. and over thehe last three e mon, we have e witnessed a crisis layered upon a crisis asas black communities across this country burdenrne the greatest on the corononavirus. amy: all that and more, coming up. welcome to democracy now!, democracynow.org, the quarantine report. i'm amy goodman. the trump administration has begun the process of officially withdrawing from the world health organization in a move condemned by public health officials s across the world. the move came on the same day that the who warned that the global peak of the pandemic has still not been reached. the american medical association, america

varon on his rounds at united memorial in north houston. in florida hospital capacity is starting to teeter as well. the state says it's going to surge a hundred extra nurses and dozens more beds into jackson memorial hospital in miami. there are now dozens of hospitals across florida that are reporting zero icu beds available. after weeks of refusing to release this kind of data statewide florida is now just starting to release information on utilization rates at hospitals across the state. of the 306 florida hospitals listed in the state database 41 report they have 0% of their icu beds available. 41 hospitals in florida say they have 0% availability in their icus, icus totally full. 41 out of 306. perhaps even more worrying there are 18 florida hospitals where it's not just the icu that's full, it's the whole hospital. 18 florida hospitals today reporting 0% of their regular hospital beds are available. they are just absolutely full. if you nudge one state up from the florida panhandle you find that in the great state of alabama here's t

this is what the houston fire chief samuel pena told me. take a listen. >> our firefighters are overworked, understaffed. we have over 260 firefighters in quarantine, which means they're ought for two weeks. we cannot use them for staffing and that's putting a lot of strain on our ability to staff our ambulances and our fire trucks. >> reporter: it's not just the case in texas. many other states were california to arizona to florida are seeing similar spikes in cases and are reversing some of their reopening plans. that's the case in miami, florida, where officials are putting a curfew ahead of the holiday weekend in addition to closing beaches. kerry sanders joins me from florida. we'll talk to the mayor of miami beach in a bit. what is the attitude of residents in south florida after the imposition of the new restrictions? >> reporter: a lot of people are recognizing that you know, they were relaxing when they shouldn't be. look at the statistics. we had 14 states yesterday that hit a record of the single highest number of positive tests,

un poco mÁs al norte houston y galveston. houston los acumulados entre 1 y 2 pulgadas. asÍ que no podemos bajar la guardia porque un episodio como este en texas deja mucha lluvia. en poco tiempo puede ser

annis consulate in houston u.s. secretary of state mike called it a hub of spying and intellectual property theft. hundreds of onlookers gathered to watch the evacuation of the u.s. consulate in shang do china though many took selfies and waved chinese flags large numbers of police officers put a quick stop to any provocative gestures. that now i go china i'm chinese go china i'm china. it was one of the most shame do residents support the closure. see what i fear most is the us would just stop there it might get uglier are you a lawyer. the us will close our consulate i think we should shut their eyes to what has been said many times if we are to have a trade war something should have been done a long time ago china rarely got aggressive i support china closing all of the u.s. consulates and the embassy but i will tell you though. with just hours to go before the departure deadline shipping containers were loaded up whilst signs were stripped from the building. the departure follows the closure of china's consulate

>> yes, so i think what i could tell about houston environment is that houston methodist has seen in the past four months about 3,000 admissions for covid. we know that our peak in the mid-april we've already tripled those numbers here in houston and houston methodist. and so as we are prepared to double those numbers, we are asking our public to take heed to the strict hand washing and the social distancing and the mask wearing. so that is our greatest concern, is getting the message out to take these things serious. >> i was reading about you today. you have been at houston methodist for almost two decades. you have been on the frontlines of planning during the ebola crisis, during hurricanes. when you think about this pandemic, and i've read that doctors in houston say versus new york in the spring, now have a broader knowledge about how to manage the sickest patients and are often more ashl able to avoid breathing tubes and ventilators and breathing care. why do you think that is. >> many of us in houston trained in new york city. we had the privilege of thriving through hiv/aids

chicago y houston, texas. precisamente para hablar de esta iniciativa es el momento de conectarnos con juan sabines. Él es el cÓnsul de mÉxico en orlando. muchas gracias por estar con nosotros en la ediciÓn digital. si hay alguien que nos estÁ viendo y que estÁ cerca de sus consulados, ¿quÉ tiene que hacer para poder realizarse la prueba? juan: muchas gracias, un gusto estar con ustedes. el poder servir a la gente. por eso tanto en houston como tambiÉn en yuma o en chicago y en orlando estamos haciendo pruebas para covid-19. nuestra fecha prÓxima es maÑana. asÍ que los esperamos el dÍa de maÑana. carolina: cÓnsul, algo muy importante, de nuestra comunidad indocumentada. muchas personas dudan en ir a hacerse la prueba del coronavirus porque temen que cueste mucho y que la informaciÓn vaya a ser compartida por el gobierno. ¿quÉ me estÁ diciendo para esa comunidad indocumentada? juan: en primer lugar que no tengan temor. que estas pruebas son gratuitas, son confidenciales. tenemos un aliado, va

back in houston this was his closest firefighters could get to the concert he weren't allowed. chinese officials have 72 hours to get out with china threatening to close you see response units in response . to fire may have been profound but the u.s. china relationship is smoldering as much as ever. and now to some other stories making news around the world china launched its 1st solo mission to mars the long march 5 rocket carrying a rover that china's space program hopes to land on the red planet to look for underground water and evidence of life it will take several months to reach its destination the european union's historic 750000000000 euro coronavirus stimulus package as you should be scrutinised by lawmakers on thursday members of the e.u. parliament will vote on the recovery fund later this year a fund is the biggest joint boring project ever agreed by member states. no way remembers the victims of the country's worst terror attack the norwegian prime minister joined survivors at a commemoration ceremony on the island of. 9 years ago a right wing extremist carried out

perhaps the most worrying is what's happening in houston right now. according to a new report from nbc news, a rapidly growing number of houston area residents are dying at home. an increasing number of these at home deaths have been confirmed to be the result of covid-19. the number of people dying before they can reach a hospital in houston is particularly concerning because it is precisely what is happening here in new york city in march and april. it is basically a warning sign that things are really out of control. nbc news reporter has been in houston documenting the situation there for the past four months and she joins me now. can you give us a sense of, from all the interviews you have been doing, of the moral there, the feeling in the city of houston about where things are right now. i think we do not have audio for p her. we're going to try to sort that out. we when come back, hopefully we can get her back up. don't go anywhere. ck up. don't go anywhere. they will, but with accident forgiveness allstate won't raise your rates just because o

oregon is actually increasing tensions also coming out firefighters are called to china's consulate in houston texas just as washington ordered orders its closure citing concerns over u.s. intellectual property where to commence burning sensitive documents. and new phenomenon welcome to the program we begin in the u.s. where president trump has announced a major deployment of federal agents to 2 u.s. cities the white house says operation legend will target a crime and will involve the imminent arrival of security offices in chicago and then the president says in albuquerque albuquerque new mexico. today i'm announcing a surge of federal law enforcement in 2 american communities plagued by violent crime will work every single day to restore public safety protect our nation's children and bring violent perpetrators to justice we've been doing it and you've been seeing what's happening all around the country we've just started this process and frankly we have no choice but to get involved for more on this stuff bring in our correspondent in washington stephens emotions 7 donald trump announce a s

the chinese city of chengdu a tit for tat response following the shutdown of the chinese mission in houston last week we'll speak to a former u.s. diplomat who was stationed in chengdu and the outbreak on the farm in southern germany a 170 my field workers tested positive for coke at 19 our field workers risking their lives to put vegetables on our tables. i'm good to have you with us and we start tonight with a solemn tribute to a civil rights pioneer lawmakers friends and family have been on a ring the late kong. john lewis inside the u.s. capitol building and invitation only ceremony has been held on or little inside the rotunda of the capitol he is the 1st african-american congressman to lie in state in the words on representative lewis was widely admired for his champion of civil rights for everyone he died of cancer earlier this month at the age of 80. w's in his poll has been speaking to african-americans about what the congressman meant to them. a culture of coffee is a 100 percent black owned business its mission is to bring all kinds of people to gather as tributes to john lewis c

ordering the closure of the chinese consulate in houston so how serious is china's response. yeah i'm standing a block away from the consulate at the at the point where the where the whole area is cordoned off today nobody is allowed to go near the consulate but that doesn't stop people from gathering here and watching what's happening it seems the americans have already left. and a group of chinese pro presumably police and houseman soused ha's walked in there's not much happening with people are still curious they want to see this as many say at this historical moment happening in their city not much international politics happen in this city at this consulate was one of 5 major consulates in china that the u.s. had and it is ranking somewhere in the middle so it is pretty much a reciprocal answer to the closure of the consulate in houston by the u.s. people here some people have said that they are happy to see the americans go others are more careful do not want to use make a political statement but say that this is history and they want to witness it all right and even fr

we are watching the news flow out of houston and china on the closing of the houston consulate by the united states of america, this of china. looking for the tit for tat and the speculation over what city it will be in china. is a four letter word. "he word is "sell. joins us on the tesla derby. let's head to first principles. his tesla an automobile company? but it trades more like a technology stocks. the multiples at which it trades that are more like a micro technology company than an automobile company like ford or general motors. their pe multiples are generally in the mid-triple digits and tesla's are many times that because of the growth expectations that lie ahead. tom: do you believe the china numbers? ,f this is a revenue story there is some point where that ends ask china. is there a truth to this china story? garrett: sure. they just entered into china late last year when they finished constructing their factory near shanghai. ofy are reaping the benefit the higher automobile production from that factory. that will be one of the main drivers of their second-quarter earni

houston, texas. but i'm not surprised this is a houston then. apparently because of the pandemic some strip clubs in houston decided to get a little creative by establishing a drive-thru format. yeah. in a makeshift tent. strippers drop low and patrons make it rain from their car. they can park for a two-song limit. >> what is happening on those platforms? >> they can order the wings. >> we really cut the video. okay, we can't show it. even though this is "world news now," early morning hours, they took that video off real fast. hand over to those women. >> listen, get your money, honey. if anything, they get to dance without having to worry about being touched. >> oh. >> so they get to make their money. everyone's trying to be innovative around this time. >> yes. >> what i love is that customers cati bottlofirl. friend's ride, not the driver. >> i don't want no scrubs. be careful when you're running out to go catch those ones, though. >> i question priorities, though, i will say. that is the only judgment i will cast. >> then you can hit the do

including houston. test last managed to stay -- tesla has managed to stay profitable in the midst of a global pandemic. possible paving the way for the stock to join the s&p 500 index. chief executive elon musk still wants to grow the company, announcing they will build a new plant in texas. global news 24 hours a day on air and on quicktake by bloomberg, powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in over 120 countries. this is bloomberg. laura wright, nike so much. after the closure of the houston consulate, trump says it is possible to close more chinese diplomatic sites. we discuss, next. this is bloomberg. ♪ nejra: this is bloomberg "daybreak: europe." u.s. china tensions are escalating further. according to the south china morning post, china is looking to close the american consulate in chengdu. that comes after the u.s. closed one of china's u.s. consulates. protectd it was done to intellectual property. trump: as far as closing additional embassies, it is always possible. you see what

>> hello, houston, we're ready for the event. >> this is mission control houston. call station for voice check. >> how do you hear me? >> jcpao, loud and clear welcome to the space station. >> thank you. great. welcome and good morning from houston and thank you all for joining us today. we have many questions already in the queue for our crew. as a reminder for media on the the phone bridge please press star-one if you have a question and star-2 to withdraw your question if it gets answered. all right. let's jump. in we will start with michael sheets from cnbc. >> thanks for taking my question. i hope you can hear me. i'm curious to hear more about your experience testing out crew dragon in the interim time you've been up there as well as do you guys feel like you're getting ready to come back now, given the amount of time it's been already, but whether or not this experience is one that you'd rather see staying up there or coming back to test out the splashdown? thanks. >> michael, that's several questions, i'll see if i can remember all of them. but i think from

ordered its consulate out of houston. tonight, a chinese researcher is under arrest in california, accused of lying about her alleged ties to the chinese milt tear. here's marcus moore. >> reporter: tonight, beijing retaliating swiftly against the u.s. for closing china's consulate in houston, ordering washington to cease operations at its consulate in chengdu. china's foreign ministry calling the move, quote, a legitimate and necessary response to the unreasonable actions of the united states. consulate workers in houston today scrambling to get out, packing u-hauls with garbage bags. shredded paper littering the ground. anonymous videos posted on social media days ago showing staff burning documents in the courtyard. >> we have done nothing wrong. we have just come here from the goodwill. >> reporter: a senior state official saying china directed, quote, maligned and criminal activities from behind these walls, including advising nationals with alleged ties to china's military on how to evade detection in the 25 america

we have a spot for him in nevada and houston. it is the howard hughes company that i employ and currently chair. we have a lot of admiration for elon musk. we have a very open mind about the business. private companies, they don't have the financials and don't know the details about the economics of the various businesses. but we take a hard look at pretty much every name that you mentioned. they have to be a great business with a wonderful management team. we have to be able to understand the business and predict with a high degree of confidence what the future looks like. we are not speculative investors. -- ae not going to buy pure technology company is not for us. we are looking for a business with established characteristics. those are the key characteristics of what we are looking for. vonnie: you say it does not have to be profitable yet as long as there is a vision for that and maybe the business model needs to be tightened up or maybe something like spacex which might end up being a tourism company. let me talk to you ab

bins on fire inside the courtyard at the chinese consulate in houston witnesses said they could smell paper being burned the 1st whiff of a bigger story because it's firefighters arrived chinese state media started reporting the u.s. had ordered the consulate to be closed. it's a political provocation unilaterally launched by the u.s. side which seriously violates international law basic norms governing international relations and the bilateral consular agreements between china and the us china strongly condemn such an outrageous move. beat you to it or you. are speaking in denmark the u.s. secretary of state said china had stolen intellectual property. we are setting a clear expert a shit for how the chinese communist party is going to behave and when they don't we're going to take actions that protect the american people protect our security our national security and also protect our economy and jobs that's the actions that you're seeing taken by present trump will continue to engage in those the u.s. directive comes a day off to 2 chinese nationals were charged with hacking said to

southwest a city of chengdu that's in retaliation for washington's forced closure of china's consulate in houston also on the program. the fear hosts muslim friday press for the 1st time involving 18 years with the latest on president arafat's controversial decision to convert the world monument back home. i'm still go welcome to the program china has ordered the united states to close one of its called units the foreign ministry has given us official 72 hours to leave the consulates in the southwestern city of chengdu this comes after washington told beijing to close its diplomatic mission in houston texas earlier this week relations between the 2 countries are at their lowest point for 40 years . it was less a question of if china would retaliate but rather how and the answer is here the u.s. has been told to close its conscience inching to. raising the stakes get further and this diplomatic standoff. through major to the current situation in china u.s. relations is not what china wants and the u.s. is completely responsible for all of this. all of this includes the u.s. imposing sanctions on c

a tit-for-tat response following the chinese mission in houston last week. we will hear from a former u.s. diplomat stationed there. the outbreak on the farm. in southern germany, migrant field workers have posted -- have tested positive for covid-19. are field workers risking their lives to put vegetables on our tables? ♪ welcome. we start tonight with a solemn tribute to a civil rights' pioneer. lawmakers, friends, and family have been honoring the late congressman, john lewis inside the u.s. capitol building. an invitation-only ceremony y hs been held d to honor mr. lewisis inside the rotunda of the capital. he is the first african-american congressman to live there in state. representative lewis was widely admired for his champion of civil rights and human rights. he died of cancer earlier this month at the age of 80. following the events and washington, d.c. is our bureau chief. good evening to you. it is the third day of commemorations in the united states for this american giant. what happened in washington today? >> he was brought to washington and

city of houston as the diplomatic war intensified its. california now has the largest number of coronavirus cases in the u.s. it's a passing new york. cemeteries are overflowing in the hospitals running out of space desperation in bolivia and the government wants the virus will reach its peak only in august. so then he has been criticized for his response to the worsening coronavirus pandemic and the demands for racial justice following george floyd's death with just over 3 months to go before the presidential election donald trump is taking action and talking tough on 2 other fronts his administration has ordered china's houston consulate to be shut down in the latest move against beijing and in the past couple of hours the president has announced that hundreds of federal law enforcement officers will be sent to the cities of chicago and albuquerque to combat what he calls rising crime state governors and city officials all democrats say they. it's a political stunt the announcement follows a night of violence in chicago which included a

consulate in chengdu days after beijing was ordered to close its mission in houston . i'm about to send in the. al-jazeera live from doha also coming up drama in the skies over syria possums are heard on a rainy and plain as it's tailed by a u.s. fighter jet. the 1st friday prayers in istanbul his iconic highest sophia after 85 years as a museum.

in houston, these two young brothers suffering unimaginable loss. losing both their parents in two weeks. >> i didn't get to sate good-bye to my mom or my dad, no, and that's what hurments me the most. >> reporter: and tonight, with testing still a major problem in more than is as doen states, our own abc news/fivethirtyeight report finding testing sites are more scarce in black and hispanic neighborhoods, and they are often understaffed. the virus infecting arizona mother bertha, two weeks before the birth of her second child. bertha dying during childbirth. her last words, according to her fiance, "everything will be okay. take care of my son." >> just a horrific story. victor oquendo with us from miami beach tonight. and victor, two questions for you. first, a new study tonight on how soon antibodies might fade after infection? >> reporter: david, that study from "the new england journal of medicine" looked at 34 patients who developed antibodies and in many cases, it found that those wore off after just 90 days, but they act knowledge more resea

. >> mayor sylvester turner of the city of houston, and we are also obviously holding houston in our thoughts as you go through this. thank you very much for some time tonight. >> thanks, chris. thanks for having me. be safe. >>> the pandemic is just the latest example of the trump administration's utter disregard for human life. two crucial moments that foreshadowed this one, next. >>> even before the pandemic there were moments the presidency of donald trump where all of it the self-serving incompetence, the utter lack of empathy, the disregard for human life, all of it was laid bare. one of the first was trump's response to hurricane maria which decimated puerto rico in 2017, killing at least 3,000 americans. by any objective measure, the administration's response was an utter disaster. it was plagued by mismanagement and greed and indifference. and trump seemed furiously angry not with his officials, but with the puerto rican people because the disaster had made him look bad. and he did everything in his power to try to keep puerto rico from getting badly-needed aid as a kind of

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. >> mayor sylvester turner of the city of houston and we are all obviously holding houston in your thoughts as you go through this. thank you so much. >> thanks, chris. thanks for having me. be safe. >>> the pandemic is just the latest example of the trump administration's utter disregard for human life. two crucial moments that foreshadowed this one next. e ne. ...with rinvoq. rinvoq a once-daily pill... ...can dramatically improve symptoms... rinvoq helps tame pain, stiffness, swelling. and for some... rinvoq can even significantly reduce ra fatigue. that's rinvoq relief. with ra, your overactive immune system attacks your joints. rinvoq regulates it to help stop the attack. rinvoq can lower your ability to fight infections, including tuberculosis. serious infections and blood clots, sometimes fatal, have occurred... ...as have certain cancers, including lymphoma, and tears in the stomach or intestines, and changes in lab results. your doctor should monitor your bloodwork. tell your doctor about any infections... and if you are or may become pregnant while taking rinvoq. take on ra talk t

the consulate in houston shutting down after the u.s. demand. we have looking up 70 times to that headline -- woken up so many times to that headline, so -- we have woken up so many times to that headline, u.s.-china tensions. gold, $1863 note an ounce. on a weekly basis, gold has had a record high. go to the dynamics you have seen in high-yield and ig. lisa: if you take a look at high-yield bond spreads today, you can see to have shrunk dramatically. i do think there is an interesting dynamic here, where you've got the fed put on one , the wisheconomic put to keep the economy going on the u.s. and china side will offset some of these tensions from bleeding over too much. a big question, though, going forward. tom: oil elevated as well. but it does come back to the equity market. so much of that is what to do , for the people that have been on board this huge move since march, and the people in institutional and retail that are behind. someone that has been dealing for this -- dealing with this for years is scott wren, now with the wells fargo i

ahead exit in houston. chinese officials who seemed packing on friday they were forced to evacuate the consulate within 72 hours a deadline set by the trumpet ministration. holding documents in 2 vehicles the exit was welcomed by anti communist party protest is. this a cell or cell phone your phone i usually try to monitor everyone is a bank a meeting of the razing you come here to. there celebrating the i make sure. the u.s. says the consulate was a nest of spies trying to steal intellectual property including data from medical facilities in texas after the last diplomats departed the area was cordoned off and u.s. officials were seen forcing entry into the building. in a tit for tat move china has ordered the closure of the u.s. consulate in the southwestern city of chengdu. china's foreign ministry called the retaliation legitimate and necessary accusing u.s. stuff is of interfering in the country's internal affairs. the current situation in china u.s. relations just not what china wants and the u.s. is

the state department ordered the chinese consulate in houston, houston being a major hive of spy activity to clear out. chinese diplomats say they are not going anywhere. white house correspondent kevin cork has more on the president's latest pitch and big news on the gop convention. >> the president spelled out clearly today when he said it is truly important that american schoolchildren get back to the classroom this fall but he also acknowledges some states that have become recent covid-19 hotspots, that return could be delayed by a few weeks. >> schools have to open safely, they have to open. >> donald trump imploring schools across the country to throw open their doors to kids this fall. >> more than a dozen european countries as well as south korea, taiwan and many others have already reopened schools, cases have not risen. we can achieve the same goal if we unite together, follow the best medical practices and apply common sense. >> common sense like the latest cdc guidance which says rob: 9 death rates among school-age children are much lower than among adults, the agency also sai

he sat down with our houston station ktrk. abc's andrew dymburt reports. >> reporter: this morning the chinese consul general speaking out for the first time about the looming showdown between china and the u.s. in texas. >> translator: yeah, yeah, i'm surprised. >> reporter: the u.s. ordering china to close its consulate in houston by tomorrow accusing beijing of massive illegal spying. chinese officials were seen outside the building wednesday burning documents before time runs out. the consul general of houston does not dispute burning documents calling it standard procedure for diplomatic compounds to burn internal papers before leaving a foreign post, but he also stopped short of disputing accusations of economic espionage. >> are you saying the state department is lying? >> i didn't mention -- i don't want to make accusations. give us some evidence. >> reporter: the order to vacate comes after the u.s. indicted two chinese nationals accusing them of hacking and trying to steal information from companies working on a coro

in houston. they were based out of the houston consulate, but based of what official said, including from the fbi, this is just the tip of the iceberg, and the fbi cases,nterintelligence two thousand, against chinese operations in the u.s., so it is an enormous challenge for the services in the u.s., and they say houston and other consulates in the u.s. are being used as launch pads for everything from these of fraud to spying and intellectual property theft and to influence campaigns against local officials and business leaders, and also in operation where chinese counterintelligence or intelligence officers try to round up people in the u.s. and try to convince them to return to china. this is what the chinese and u.s. officials are dealing with when it comes to what they say are these influence campaigns from chinese officials operating out of these consulates, and they really tried to frame this as separate from some of the other issues. they say they have now lost patience with china over is

what did i think was going on in the the houston culture the wasn't going on elsewhere. so the chinese intelligence services are very very aggressive hooty chinese nationals while. americans born of this country. stated logic property as well as conduct economic espionage in houston of course you know how a lot of oil and gas firms that the chinese are interested in stealing probably from a lot of health care systems and a lot of medical research. so it is the top spots where you conduct that i ask you now from ok good talking to you thank you for joining us to reach out pair of it from a silver out of policy accelerator. then we'll take a look at some of the other stories making news around the world now firefighters in greece a battling to control a large forest fire near a seaside village in the eastern peloponnese authorities say they had to evacuate a residential settlement in the catch and release because the blaze is moving towards a military camp where explosives were being stored south african anti-apartheid campaign andrew mellon gagne has died at the age of $9

authorities have ordered beijing to close its consulate in houston texas and president trump says that it might not be the last for the u.s. it's a move to protect intellectual property but the chinese say it is a political provocation just hours after the order was issued firefighters were called to the building bins on fire inside the courtyard of the chinese consulate in houston witnesses said they could smell paper being burned the 1st wafer of a bigger story because this firefighters arrived chinese state media started reporting the u.s. had ordered the consulate to be closed. it's a political provocation you know that tree launched by the u.s. side which seriously violates international law basic norms governing international relations and the bilateral consular agreements between china and the u.s. china strongly condemn such an outrageous move. the due to its all you well what would you be. speaking in denmark the u.s. secretary of state said china had stolen intellectual property. we are setting out clear expertise as for how the chinese communist party is going to behave and

city of houston as the diplomatic war tens of fives. and greater risk of abuse during the pandemic indonesia's politicians are accused of failing to protect society's most of all. this is a member of the task because we could not prepare olympic games as we are used to and taking the plunge with one years ago the countdown is on to the delayed take your game. now he's betting himself as the law and order president and 3 months out from the election donald trump has announced that hundreds of federal law enforcement officers will be sent to the cities of chicago and albuquerque to combat what he calls rising crime state governors and city officials all democrats say this is a political stunt mike hanna reports. the concern about federal involvement was sparked by scenes like this from portland oregon to weeks of anti racism protests federal troops in unmarked uniforms moved in confronting demonstrators and detaining them in vehicles much to the end of the state's governor this is a democracy not a dictatorship we can. have secret police

officials entered the chinese consulate houston texas after forcing it to close on the accusations of espionage china is retaliating shutting down an american consulate in the western city of chengdu also coming up on the show. the entire sophia hosts muslim friday prayers for the 1st time in more than 80 years we have the latest on the president and a once controversial decision to change the world famous monument back into a mosque. i'm going richards and welcome to the show we begin in the united states where a government order forcing the closure of the chinese consulate in houston texas has taken effect consular staff loaded sacks into a container truck and vehicles left the building as the deadline approached us police fenced off the area while locksmiths forced open the doors to the former consulates it is the latest development in a standoff between the countries over claims of spying the u.s. alleges that chinese agents tried to steal data from medical facilities in. texas china calls the claims malicious a slander its responded by ordering the u.s. to close its consulate in

signs of the young people outside china's conduit in houston the u.s. has given be ginning 72 hours to close it mission citing concerns about intellectual property theft inside the top diplomat says he's not packing his bags just yet. so you him you say something ok we have found something wrong org so give us some i wouldn't otherwise i know we were innocent until you pulled up these pictures may not help his case on tuesday neighbors watch dawna's concha staff appear to burn paper emergency services were called to the scene. for the man dubbed the conspiracy theorist in chief there is no smoke without fire and there may be more sanctions to come as far as closing additional embassies it's always possible you see what's going on with that there was a fire in the one that we did everybody said there's a fire it is a fire and i guess they were burning documents or burning papers and i wonder what that's all about soul to officials at the justice department the conflict closure came on the same day prosecutors accused 2 chinese nationals of trying to stea

told the chinese to shut their consulate in houston. and back from vacation yet there is no vacation from the pandemic germany is offering the incoming travelers a free coronavirus tempting to guard against a 2nd wave of coping thank you. i'm sumi so much kind of good to have you with us the highest sophia has hosted a muslim friday prayers for the 1st time in nearly 90 years the istanbul landmark served as one of christianity's most significant cathedrals a mosque and a museum before it was recently converted back into a muslim place of worship a controversial to create by president rajapaksa to one change the building status . more. prayers led by a president on a friday that will become unforgettable in turkey thousands of muslims gathered in worship for the 1st time in 86 years was. oh i see iconic buildings journey through time from orthodox christian cathedral to muslim mosque to museum for many here and historic wrong has been righted. but only young and old i'm not a gun. we have been waiting for higher sophia to open as a mosqu

us officials repossess the chinese consulate in houston. the duke and duchess of sussex have distanced themselves from a book which claims to give a detailed account of a breakdown in their relations with other members of the royal family. the book, finding freedom being serialised by the times suggests harry and meghan had felt their complaints weren't being taken seriously. a spokesman for the duke and duchess said they hadn't been interviewed or contributed to the book. security has been ramped up outside the us consulate in the chinese city of chengdu as staff begin to leave. removal vans entered the building this morning and the area has been cordoned off by police. chinese officials have ordered the closure of the consulate within 72 hours in what's regarded as a tit for tat move in the escalating diplomatic row with the united states. federal officials in the us have repossessed the chinese consulate in houston, saying it was a hub for intellectual property theft. the bbc‘s north america correspondent david willis reports. at the h

it's a scene straight out of a spy film employees at the chinese consulate in houston burned documents before they're forced to leave the u.s. on friday the expulsion of the 60 diplomats and their families is just the latest step taken by the u.s. against a country it considers a national security threat we are setting out clear expertise as for how the chinese communist party is going to behave and when they don't who are going to take actions that protect the american people protect our security our national security and also protect our economy and jobs even before the u.s. officially announced the closure on wednesday officials in beijing were condemning the move for you dr daniel. maybe this is intentional sabotage to buy national relations and it's extremely outrageous china strongly condemns it and which is the u.s. side to withdraw its decision otherwise china will definitely take unnecessary and legitimate response the top administration's decision is the latest in a string of what it calls punishments for china's recent actions officially opposing chinese efforts to claim the