this is al jazeera. hello i'm daryn jordan this is the al-jazeera news hour live from doha coming up in the next 60 minutes california's governor declares a state of emergency as the u.s. grapples to bring the spread of the coronavirus under control. tensions boil over in turkey's parliament over its offensive in syria politicians are angry another 2 turkish soldiers die in. hoping for a better life but met with tear gas instead refugees are confronted head on as they make their way from turkey into greece. and i hope you will

work to make it right the. billionaire mike bloomberg ends his race for the white joins joe biden after the former vice president's convincing super tuesday victories. on the group of artists branching out into the world of nature to leave an important message. welcome to the program a state of emergency has been declared in california after the u.s. state recalled that its 1st death from the corona virus and the number of infections there have increased there are now 50 cases in california the death of an elderly person on wednesday was the 1st outside of washington state where 10 people have now died. we've had a number of incidences throughout the state of california no longer north now in

southern california we have cordingley with this new. i.c.u. patient passed away entered into this next phase that is required me under the circumstances to advance a proclamation. of a state of emergency in the state of california and she had her townsend joins us live now from washington d.c. shops california there declaring a state of emergency over the virus what more can you tell us. the actual declaration of a state of emergency is a procedural measure which means that california can now receive emergency funding $37000000.00 in emergency funding procure supplies medical supplies much quicker and so on but we saw governor and you see there talking about the circumstances and this is where it gets very interesting and maybe a little bit convoluted so you have to maybe bear with me but the person who died was an elderly man who had underlying health conditions so far pretty much what we

have consistent with what we've heard elsewhere in the world but he just he returned from a cruise last month from california to to mexico and while he was on board he started feeling symptoms then when he got off symptoms continued and finally he called 911 went to hospital he was tested he was positive and then he does and one other person from that cruise was also tested positive so the question is what all the other people from that cruise to half of the apparently are from california but they're all over the place now we don't really know where they are so obviously governor newsome and i want to hear from them it's as quickly as they as they possibly can but this is where it gets this is where it gets particularly convoluted of the people who who disembark from that cruise ship last month on which these cases have been confirmed some 50 to 60 people stayed on board joined by around 2400 other passengers and then went on a cruise to hawaii so this means this is obviously

a very obvious potential vector of transmission because there are people that who are on board who potentially would. have the possibility of coming to contact with the virus who are now meeting and mingling with 2400 other people this cruise ship was not meant to be coming back to cat san francisco on saturday the cruise ship owners asked for it to come back as you might imagine a bit quicker but california is not allowing it to dock anywhere near california for the moment instead they've sent testing kits the air lifting testing kits on there to find out whether anyone else is positive on that. indeed 10 members of the crew and 11 passengers are apparently showing symptoms so this is on the cough the coast off the california we have another potential cruise ship where the virus may have spread we don't know yet but it's clearly another another wrinkle another complication which we're likely to see more of as testing continues and now testing is apparently about to start ramping up and of course with that means we're probably going to likely to see more cases of current virus in the u.s.

. and congress we understand is looking into passing legislation on $8000000000.00 to help fight the virus just talk us through share what's been agreed so the house of representatives has passed this bill way more than the trumpet ministration us for they had us for about 2 and a half $1000000000.00 and which only $1.00 was new money the rest taken away from surveillance and the efforts to stop other pandemics like so the highlights are $3000000000.00 for r. and d. vaccines diagnostics lots of money $1300000000.00 for usa id to help the global fight for the virus something that the trump administration was trying to cut actually the kind of money $20000000.00 for small businesses to help them cope with loans and then this is the interesting part this is the particular american part this is a for profit medical system in the united states to begin to show the democratic presidential campaign so 300000000 dollars there to make sure that anyone who needs the vaccine can actually afford the vaccine because otherwise there was no guarantee in this for profit health care system that would have a vaccine was found soon that people could actually afford it all right chad in

washington d.c. she had thank you mike hanna has the latest developments from washington. political differences are put aside in the face of the novel coronavirus the u.s. house of representatives agrees to allocate $8300000000.00 the bulk of funds going to the agencies dealing directly with the crisis congress is acting with the seriousness and sense of urgency that coronavirus threat demands president trump held a meeting with airline c.e.o.'s to discuss the impact of the virus on the travel industry the vice president was a few civil about missions he says the president has taken to protect u.s. citizens american people deserve to know the warning or experience. the risk to the average american to contract and coronavirus remains low and that's marginally owing to your decision for us to suspend all around. space 14 of all

americans that are returning and attempted reassuring words to from the administration's response coordinator ensuring that you touched anything you don't wash your hands and get 20 seconds with self on hand sanitizers at work but i think i was very reassuring to hear the airlines talk about their procedures and their 3 levels of procedures because i think that will be reassuring the american and i haven't touched my face and weeks and weeks i miss it a number of u.s. schools have been closed as a precautionary measure authorities stressing that it's because of the flu season rather than a direct response to the corona virus and soldiers arriving for basic training are being screened as yet none have tested positive but as recorded deaths from the coronavirus move into double figures the center for disease control says it has

heightened concerns and it's broadened the criteria for doctors to legally enforce the testing of patients for the virus. mike hanna al jazeera washington italy will close all schools and universities until mid march as it battles to contain the spread of the corona virus the number of those killed across the country has risen to 107 the largest death toll outside of china john a hole as the details. contagion is spreading quickly across europe and the world and that means anxiety as much as the covered $900.00 virus itself staff at the world's most famous museum the louvre in paris shut it down for 3 days this week demanding better protection against the virus tourists went to news to there isn't a place in the world that's not going to get to you and you can't just shut down the world and you can though shut down parts of it battling europe's most prolific outbreak so far italy will close all schools and universities until mid march in an

effort to stem the tide of infections and a rising death toll japan did the same last week and france has also ordered the closure of some schools affecting an estimated $35000.00 pupils. as dramatic for some italy's decision to hold all sporting fixtures in empty stadiums spain has done so to life across the globe is changing fast the world health organization continues to stress the importance of containment in places with few infections in the hope of delaying the spread of the disease and to give health systems time to prepare there is no doubt that things will get worse. and if the w.h.o. isn't yet prepared to declare a pandemic germany it appears is. the corona virus outbreak said the health minister has become a global pandemic amid a worldwide shortage of goggles masks and gloves germany has banned the export of medical protective gear they want it all to be available for use at home and other

shortages have provoked concern this time in australia over toilet paper. some countries are taking matters steadily further india has extended the screening of passengers to all those arriving on international flights the authorities in saudi arabia have banned citizens and foreigners from making the pilgrimage to mecca in israel prime minister netanyahu. suggested the common handshake be replaced by the indian greeting no mistake while italians have been asked to stop kissing and hugging with the coded 19 virus reaching more and more countries each day it is possible that no corner of the world will be spared even as european health ministers prepare to meet on friday one infection was registered inside the european council building itself not just towns and cities now but the seats of government and parliament are in its path i don't know how al jazeera. well the

number of known coronavirus cases in india has risen sharply from 6 to 28 india's health minister says the new cases include 16 tourists from italy europe's worst affected country experts have raised concerns about how the country would cope with a widespread outbreak of virus has prompted india's government to limit the export of certain medicines leading to fears of global shortages of some common drugs well the virus is causing a downturn in the global travel industry german airline of tanzania's grounding $150.00 aircraft that's a 5th of its fleet and european airline bosses are warning the worst is still to come but they've also said that demand could stabilize in the coming weeks it's estimated airlines have lost up to $5000000000.00 since the outbreak began well the international monetary fund says the continued spread of the virus will push global growth below last year's levels but in director christine edge of year says the i.m.f. will revise its forecasts downward again in the coming weeks what we're wrestling

is uncertain. and that defines our projections which at this point lead us to state that global growth in 2020 we'll keep the below its last year's levels but how far it will fall and how long. the impact would be is still difficult to predict and coronavirus fears of even lead producers to push back the release of the new james bond film no time to die and been scheduled for release in april but it will now be moved to november some film analysts have suggested the outbreak of white billions off the global box office we have many of china's cinemas already closed. lots more still to come on the news hour including a new battle over abortion rights in the u.s.

how new faces in the supreme court could sway the law. hours after president trump's phone call with a taliban leader attacks on the afghan army prompting u.s. response against the group and in support italy's top footballers face the prospect of playing in empty stadiums for the forseeable future as authorities try to hold the spread coronavirus. turkey's parliament descended into chaos after a tense discussions over the country's military role in syria m.p.'s got into a shouting match after one opposition member accuse the president of the disrespecting turkish soldiers who died in syria. the one who's also labeled irresponsible sending troops into the conflict allegedly without proper air cover turkey sent thousands of soldiers into syria to try to hold a government offensive in the last rebel held province. well the brawl the fall of

the deaths of 2 turkish soldiers during an attack on a limb turkish forces also suffered heavy losses last week when $34.00 soldiers were killed in their strikes a total of 59 troops have now died in northern syria due to meet his russian counterpart in moscow on thursday to discuss a cease fire but in the meantime turkey's president has vowed to continue the offensive. or you know one of our martyrs none of our veterans and none of their blood none of their drops of blood will be in vain we are going to continue our struggle as we aimed and hopefully with the help of god we're going to build a strong turkish republic. greece has denied turkish accusations that it shot and killed a migrant was trying to cross into its territory earlier break police have used tear gas and water cannons against refugees and migrants at the border with turkey thousands have been trying to cross over since last week and turkey said it would no longer stop people from trying to enter the new blocs foreign policy chief as a meeting in ankara. increase pressure. being union turkey border

and unilateral actions. not bringing any budget eventually and not being in benefits to any one. country can only create problems and made the situation worse and they want to wish who will pay the price. people shooting and refugees from might. well only a fraction of the refugees have been allowed to leave yet managed to get to greece ankara says more than 130000 left since last friday but the greek government says only 1500 of them have crossed over in legally but actually going to aim has exclusive report from the turkey greece border. struggling to find their slippery 40 they made their way across the dam near foot stone by stone. one man slow. and his bag bobs away with

a swift current of the river. desperation and despair are growing as refugees and migrants take advantage of turkey's open border with greece and bulk area some are taking dangerous risks for the chance to reach the european union. i don't know how to swim while walking i was thinking. those are the only 2 options earlier this week the turkish police began blocking refugees for walking across this bridge to get closer to the checkpoint with greece now people are resorting to risking their lives by crossing this below. on the other side of the river bank cold and wet refugees were met by villagers looking to make a profit those who still had money in their pockets were asked to pay $2.00 to $3.00 for a ride with a horse and cart a tractor or a van instead of walking the short distance to get closer to the checkpoint at the

greek border. all who. were also poor we don't have money and if we did we wouldn't be doing this. the odds of people making it to greece and being allowed to stay looking creasing least lamb the greek government says only $1500.00 migrants at most have entered since turkey opened its border gates last friday around 26000 have been stopped. several men told us this was their 2nd attempt after they'd already been deported from greece for those who don't give music. i made it to the other side and for 5 days i moved from place to place i have no food if people give me food i eat i have no money left. despite hunger exhaustion and frustration they've summoned the determination to repeat the journey. europe has to take us because only turkey is taking care of immigrants to take us there

will be good others will be following that also making the precarious track natasha bulges era a dirt near the border between turkey and greece and a greek navy ship has arrived on the island of less boss to pick up hundreds of migrants arrived there over the past few days they've been camping out at the town's port arthur being prevented from reaching its overcrowded camps by angry local residents but as john psaropoulos reports from les paul said let me be a briefer spite for those with money is to get on board. a greek navy transport ship arrives in lesbos to pick up more than $500.00 refugees and migrants they arrived after turkey opened its borders to europe and won't be allowed to apply for asylum instead they will be taken to athens and eventually deported people here hope this will act as a deterrent to more refugee crossings. the people who crossed illegally from the

land border got 4 years in jail and a 10000 euro fine it serves them right and it will make others think twice the refugees have phones whatever happens here gets bound over to the other side security around the port is high police have their hands full preventing daily attempts by refugees to board ferries to athens lesbos has been the most hospitable island to refugees but people are frustrated a year ago there were about 5000 people in the island's refugee camp and this was an olive grove the camp and tent city mushrooming around it now hold 20000 villages from morea a kilometer away say they've been hit hard and. are no longer cultivate my vegetable garden because it'll be picked clean and the chickens are gone the police say they can't do anything this store has been robbed 6 times if someone is caught red handed they're free in a couple of hours if i do the same thing i'll go to jail. government attitudes reflect the changing mood greece has asked for emergency border assistance from the

european union the eastern fast becoming militarized greece now has 52 warships and coastal patrol vessels at sea spotting refugee boats and preventing the other european union countries have another 10 ships posted here and the rapid border intervention force greece requested will result in many more the un says that suspending asylum applications isn't legally justified and that all thorough should avoid excess. disproportionate force but the turkish opening of borders has altered this humanitarian crisis in greece is our eyes it's now a national security crisis and the military is increasingly taking over jumps are open al-jazeera lesbos. palestinian families whose houses are slated to be demolished by the israeli military are calling on activists to help defend their homes last month israel's supreme court rejected appeals to have the demolitions

halted in the occupied west bank some of them are homes of palestinian detainees accused of carrying out attacks against israelis last year israeli forces demolished 14 homes as a so-called punitive measure. the aim behind this policy increase the number of israeli settlers in the west bank on the expense of palestinians because they are the houses of palestinians same time they increase and expand the settlements for israeli settlements or settlers mere presence here in the occupied territory. we talk about this israeli supreme court is a court that abides by laws in morals but in fact it's one of israel's occupation tools which implement its policies and decisions amazon list providing free shipping to the palestinian territories after being criticized for its earlier policy a financial times report had revealed that residents are being charged for delivery services while those in israeli settlements were not last month the palestinian

authority threatened to sue imus and over its business in the settlements considered illegal under international law israel disputes this. authorities in saudi arabia are being accused of denying a detained saudi activist access to a lawyer there's a who through has been in prison along with other prominent activist she had campaigned against the ban on women driving in saudi arabia says to raise tech case during a human rights conference in geneva. the democratic field of candidates to take on donald trump and of embers presidential election has narrowed to just for a surge in support for former vice president joe biden made him the big winner on super tuesday putting him ahead to bernie sanders and the battle for the democratic nomination early on wednesday billionaire mike bloomberg ended his campaign and endorsed by his runnels appearing confident and relaxed joe biden

listed the states he won on super tuesday with victories in texas virginia north carolina arkansas alabama tennessee he. has shown me massachusetts and just sort of heard one me as well. michael bloomberg dropped out of the race and endorsed by offering financial and organizational support to the former vice president i've always believed that the feeling donald trump starts with here knighting behind the candidate with the best shot to do it and after yesterday's vote is clear that candidate is my friend and a great american joe biden. the 3 quarter $1000000000.00 price tag for his presidential ambitions one bluebirds 0 states although he was victorious in the territory of american samoa well i think he underestimated the degree to which politically he was just not acceptable enough to

a broad enough swath of democrats bernie sanders who won 4 states including california vowed to press on so the american people have got to. on this lamp this is a conflict about ideas about a record about a vision for where we go forward and i like to you know is a decent guy and i do not want this campaign to generate into a trump type if it were attacking each other analysts say sanders may have peaked as a candidate i think we're also seeing is that there is a natural limit to sanders appeal to the democratic party writ large without mentioning sanders by name biden also called for civility you know what we can't let happen in the next few weeks is that this primary turning into a campaign of negative attacks the only thing that can do is help donald trump doesn't do anything to help any one of the candidates who are left in the campaign

said to keep our eye in the ball. as for elizabeth warren her failure to win even in massachusetts the state she represents in the senate left the future of her campaign in grave doubt a campaign official said warren is assessing the path forward biden's campaign declared that he had joementum moving forward and he'll need that in the next phase of the contest when 6 states vote on march 10th including michigan a big industrialized midwestern state that is key to democrats hopes to unseating president trump in the fall rob reynolds al jazeera los angeles for more on this we're joined now from washington d.c. by michael fauntroy he's an associate professor of political science at howard university and joe biden made a superb comeback on super tuesday michael so how do you see the democratic nomination shaping up going forward and how is the minority vote likely to play out

do you think. well it's a stunning change of events for vice president biden if we're having this conversation 3 or 4 days ago the tome would be very different our we'd be wondering you know if he'd even had a reason to continue his campaign beyond super tuesday so what has happened over the course of the last 24 hours has been nothing short of amazing and as it pertains to minority voters i think many of them particularly among african-americans are being very pragmatic and practical about this campaign bernie sanders is a very likable candidate in terms of his ideas the problem is many people don't believe he's electable and believe that joe biden is best positioned to be double to up so as a consequence minority voters are looking very closely and president by and are making their bet on him to be donald trump in november and now that michael

bloomberg has quit the race how do you see both biden and sound as tweaking their strategies over the short term michel. well over the short term i think you want to look for a couple of things 1st bernie sanders has to figure out a way to lock down the support of elizabeth warren now she has not yet officially announced her exit from the race but all of the signals and signs are pointing in that direction is she links and she links out where's bernie sanders then i think the low ceiling that he has and that was alluded to a bit in in the package before we started talking the low ceiling that he has he's elevated a bit but if she concludes it is more important to be donald trump than it is to advance some of the more controversial issues that she and bernie are agreeing on but i think she goes with joe biden and then the race takes on all new dimension one which but no joe biden is clearly the front runner and then at that point

bernie sanders us that they look out about getting out michael just a final thought to you but could we see 2 candidates reach the democratic convention i mean if the convention is split a brokered of a biden and sound as does that play into trump's hands yes it is that it is still very much possible that neither candidate wins enough delegates to get to their convention and claim victory this is still a very close race going forward and i'm not going to be surprised if read talk into rickson it turns out that bernie sanders as the momentum so well as it could be a brokered convention and if that happens then it absolutely has to trump favor all right michael fauntroy very good to get your thoughts i thank you very much thank you. our time for a short break here and i'll just erupt when we come back stuck in mexico while there are solemn tastes in american courts we need thousands or a number of for a change in u.s. policy plus. you cannot make deals with physics why not everyone is impressed with

the e.u. is planning to make europe the 1st carbon neutral continent by 2015. and supports the west indies finally get a breakthrough on their cricket tour to sri lanka and they will have that a little bit later stadiums. and their planes and wintry weather on the way across into the same time the storm system will work its way into western areas of honshu quite a stream of cloud as you can see and of course the cold air is where we're going to see the snow so to. say with this very unpleasant make some pretty strong winds as well it will be pushing across into western areas of honshu mostly care across the korean peninsula and also. much of china some showers across into taiwan but really

that rain across the central is becoming more widespread as we go through friday pushing further to the south and the east and like down as far as hong kong 21 to degrees celsius but it does caraway that when she system away from by friday and also clearing skies generally throughout much of japan now the rains mean very heavy across into java no change there very heavy downpours not cheap out then across into some of the men a peninsula say want to scottish as friday it is a dry day generally and in fact even across born here and java the showers beginning to ease off but the rain is back in the 4 consequence more than india now as we go through thursday we can see cloudy skies in the chance of showers pushing . pradesh very wise spread rain is snow through much of pakistan or all of that meeting east and north as we go through friday so a dumb day new delhi and cool it 23. the consequence of war and not ventures into russia he served in the marine corps

for mentioning to church 95 that just doesn't go away. but living out of the truck for the last couple years. he's home was 0 follows a group of u.s. army veterans. by war. as they struggle to get their lives back. join the listening post as we turn the cameras on the media india has more than 424 hour television news channel. and focus on how they report on the stories that matter. the states misleads the public to still be here reflects the. climate change very. they don't believe they have anything to apologize for listening post on al-jazeera.

of the top stories here on the al-jazeera of the number of people killed by corona virus in the united states has risen to 111 of them died in california where a state of emergency is now in place after a spike in the number of new cases in italy which has the highest death toll outside china schools universities and cinema all been shot until mid march sporting events will continue but will be held without spectators. billionaire mike bloomberg has dropped out of the us democratic primary race endorsed former vice president joe biden got a poor performance on super tuesday despite spending half a $1000000000.00 on television advertising for his campaign. well more now on the

coronavirus and the outbreak in china the country where the infection 1st originated the number of dead there has now crossed 3000 the total number of those infected is over 80000 but on average the number of new cases there has fallen in recent days the world health organization says the number of new cases is 15 times higher outside china than within the country katrina you has more now from beijing . patients critically ill but the coronavirus are being helped by the artificial lung machines in china's southern province. 6000 nationwide are in serious condition but the government says numbers of new cases are falling the world health organization says other countries must learn from china the experience that china has and needs to be shared and this is the this is an excellent example of that that direct interaction is what is what we want is what we want to see more and more happen more than 100 people from hong kong have arrived home on the 1st

government chartered flight from the city of will haunt the epicenter of the outbreak flights are planned for this week in south korea more than 5600 cases have been confirmed people in the hardest hit city of daegu say there's a shortage of mosques and they're having to queue for hours to arrive with something i. also quell the people especially here in daegu are at great risk i've been waiting in line since 5 30 in the morning and i haven't ever received a queue ticket the south korean government has announced a 9 point $8000000000.00 stimulus package to protect the economy in india a sudden jump in cases of wednesday fuelled feels that an outbreak could grip the world's 2nd largest nation almost 30 cases were confirmed after a group of italian tourists tested positive for the virus in the state of russia start but. the children find it difficult to leave their houses if someone has to go somewhere like travel on the bus or go to

a public place they feel scared. cases of top 1000 in japan but organizers say preparation for the summer games just talking tokyo in july is sorry going ahead the chinese government says the study dropping cases is proof that severe walked down the streets and right reports that some patients are testing positive for the part of arson after being discharged from hospital all raising concerns chinese authorities say these patients want them to be infectious advance those who have recovered to undergo a further period of printing before. katrina al-jazeera until. the supreme court is hearing a case in louisiana which could shape the future of legal abortion in the u.s. as the 1st hearing of its kind since president trump appointed 2 conservative judges on the gallagher has more now from new orleans down by the lie of course and does not sound problems outside one of louisiana's few remaining abortion clinics

a protester urges women to make a different choice the state's laws are among the most restrictive public fundings only available in cases of rape or incest women must receive counseling discouraging them from the procedure and mine is need parental consent the case now before the supremes court could make abortions in louisiana harder forcing clinics to get admitting privileges to a hospital within 50 kilometers of their practice a move critics say would force most to close it's very concerning in that that the supreme court took this case up at all caruso haggard studies women's health and says louisiana was trying to undermine a ruling known as roe v wade that made abortion legal in 1973 rather than overturn roe v wade which at one time seemed so insurmountable kill it by death through a 1000 cuts and so these are medically unnecessary regulations that have the effect

of closing abortion clinics. other states are in acting similar so-called laws and bold and by the appointments of 2 conservative judges to the supreme court and to abortion rights groups are hopeful the tide is turning in their direction toward to be confident sometimes when we see the toll that abortion is having on our nation but we believe that our country is going to write its wrongs as it's done in the past and give rights to the weakest and the least among us with the unborn child or working on criminal justice or whether it's reproductive rights organizations like the american civil liberties union say legal abortion is now hanging by a thread and it's the least advantage that may suffer it is young people poor people immigrant people people who are in this country lawfully but just don't have means that are going to be limited in their opportunity to exercise their constitutional rights many of the current laws are aimed at protecting the health and safety of women with a conservative majority in the supremes court

a decision in the states favor will have far reaching consequences if the supremes quarterback's louisiana's even more restrictive abortion laws this is likely to become the 7th state with just one clinic pro-abortion rights groups fear it may even lead to a direct challenge of roe v wade and to your bullshit rights activists are more hopeful than ever but abortion may now be banned across the entire country the stakes couldn't be higher under gallacher all the 0 new orleans louisiana. the u.s. has carried out his 1st airstrike against the taliban since the signing of my preliminary peace deal last week military commanders say they were responding to attacks on afghan army positions in southern helmand province in northern afghanistan at least 19 soldiers and police officers were killed during 3 separate attacks and condos province 10 afghan border patrol officers have also been kidnapped for the attacks happened hours after donald trump spoke with the taliban's political leader. the 35 minute phone call was aimed at reducing violence

in afghanistan is thought to be the 1st direct exchange between a us president and senior taliban leadership. so to befriend small kaspar has told a congressional committee that the us is allowed to defend afghan forces on their dream and with the taliban. then we will continue to defend the afghan support them the taliban to there are honoring their peace but in terms of not not attacking u.s. and coalition forces but not in terms of sustaining a reduction in violence at least 24 people have died and dozens are missing after heavy rain and landslides in southeast brazil the straits of sao paulo and rio de janeiro hardest hit reports at 70 until many of us has lost everything overnight a month's worth of rain fell in a matter of hours in brazil saw apollo state triggering landslides and burying homes and people with it. i lost my house i lost my daughter why doored

more than anything in my life and my son in law firefighters the volunteers are racing against time to find dozens of people still missing at least 200 people are homeless and that's just in one out of 3 cities affected. by i think they want us to live but we cannot gar i don't have anywhere to gar i don't have family i don't have anybody here it's summer in brazil but since january they've been unusual bouts of rain floods and mudslides the regional government in sao paulo is blaming climate change hoovers i want to mention that climate phenomenons are taking place in the south eastern regions of the country reaching levels that were not reached ever before it clearly shows that climate change is severe and demands the attention of the governments but brazil's far right preston jari both snarl has long been accused of ignoring these straits from climate change as families

struggle to cope with this likely impact. on syria. under a controversial plan nicknamed remain in mexico more than $60000.00 asylum seekers have been denied entry into the u.s. they have to wait across the border while their cases are processed in u.s. courts in the mexican border town of martha morris or than 2000 people are living in a tent camp between their hearings john home and has more. in the mix can bank of the rio bravo there's a tent camp of more than 2000 people over the other side the promise land the us. most of from central america especially on due to us and have been here for months there waiting for their asylum request to play out in a closed up us system before they would have been kept stateside for that long process but a year old program could n.p.p. or remain in mexico changed things since then some 60000 people have been shipped across the border and told to wait here because they had only u.s.

officials told me that i was going to a shelter in mexico with security and food that we shouldn't be scared in reality they just left us at the bridge i asked mexican migration officials where i could stay because i was with my girls wherever you want they told me if you don't find anywhere you can just stand the bottom of the steps and eventually they found their way to a camp that's turned into a sort of village residence provide some services the much morristown government takes care of the rubbish and international organizations and churches many from the u.s. provide food and other essentials. they come to matamoros a border town known for gang violence. like many others here each of his family hardly ever set foot outside apart from to head across the river when they have a case hearing they don't see a judge face to face even then just across the border from the camp something that's new under this u.s. administration they called in tang courts and this is where asylum seekers speak to

judges who are elsewhere in the united states via video link up now what migrants rights advocates say is that these are quite secret and even hostile environments for asylum seekers were it becomes even more difficult for them to effectively present their cases. the study by sitting queues university shows that less than one percent. of asylum relief requests on the m.p.p. have been approved it's not helped say migrant rights attorneys by the complications of getting legal aid in the camp so there are very few attorney said are willing to actually come into mexico and especially in the areas. that morris i know so well let it go because of the level of dangerousness within within mexico itself last friday u.s. school ordered m.p.p. to hoped but then the same court stayed the order pending fresh arguments it means that for now the policy continues to get that all of them are already if we go back

now what are we going back to we've been threatened what's going to be our story if we go back. recently the numbers of arriving at the camp have gone way down but migrants rights advocates say that's only because the us is now sending some asylum seekers further away still under another new program all the way to guatemala john heilemann how does it or might the mortals. well many central americans in mexico waiting for a decision on asylum cases in the us are staying in the countries work most dangerous state doctors without borders says some of their patients in the level are you know a town in tamaulipas state i've been kidnapped i've suffered violence that report coming up in part 2 of our series on thursday ukraine's parliament has approved dennis michael as the new prime minister after his predecessor resigned me go replaces alexy going charo who quit on a wednesday he was caught out by a leaked recording criticizing the president. it comes as a group of

a lot of mirrors alinsky reshuffles his top team in a bid to improve the economic situation. now europe is aiming to become the 1st carbon neutral continent by 2050 to make that a reality the european union has unveiled its 1st climate law it will give brussels the power to set revised emissions targets every 5 years whether or not member states agree but some organizations are accusing politicians of just pretending to tackle the climate crisis or a challenge reports. if the european parliament and member states approve it the continent's path to a carbon neutral future will be in shrine and irreversible the use 1st ever climate legislation it is a binding legal obligation. it offers predictability it after is transparency to for example the european industry to investors to public are sorry to us and this is what they are calling for this is what they ask us to

do because it gives them certainty about what needs to be achieved and it gives them certainty at what pace the climate law would commit the e.u. to net 0 greenhouse gas emissions by 2050 but there's no mention of net removals of carbon post 2050 which was in an initial draft of the law and it defers till september plans to upgrade the aim to cut emissions by 40 percent by 2030 for some this law still pushes too far too fast and some member states are objecting to the use of what's called a delegated act here is the ability of the commission to revise emissions targets every 5 years from 2030 with limited scope for e.u. governments to object for others it doesn't go nearly far enough to live on the land welcomes teenage climate activists gratitude to the e.u. headquarters but her verdict was damning this climate lore is so random. because

nature doesn't bargain and you cannot make deals with physics and for this criticism of them and their alleged capitulation you got a standing ovation. an open letter signed by 2 in berg another activist says the law is deferring action that should be taken today the 2016 paris accords pledged to limit global warming below a 2 degree celsius rise campaigners say carbon neutrality by 2050 is too distant to achieve this they want goals from this year and every following month the new year to come. how does iran. train is a vital life on earth but in many parts of the world deforestation continues unabated are now artists are challenging the way people see the natural world in a new exhibition that's opened in london. was just a ball that reports. look at the trees they're all around us familiar but so often

overlooked a show at the hayward gallery seeks to change that with a new exhibition among the trees it's been estimated current rates of before stray show in 600 years it will be notorious left on the planet so i think it is a moment where we have to start having a new relationship with trees and forest 50 years of art about trees to mark 50 years since the 1st earth day a forest of corrugated cardboard the packaging material repurposed to its earlier form of wood itself ideally i would like to have people to stop for a few minutes and for get a little bit they have to go all the way to the show and to this day there and see what happens at 1st glance a felled bark less tree but it's actually more than 800 layers of wafer thin cedar

in different cultures different ways of seeing trees in rural colombia there is no hierarchy between trees and people it's just a matter of considering how the big important thing to the life of people as people themselves. are 30 metres spruce in a finished forest sways in the wind allowing visitors to admire the scale for trees the sense of time is changed and all of tree growing for more than 2000 years in southern italy was used to cast this monumental sculpture it was around when julius caesar ruled the roman empire forests are disappearing at an alarming rate just at a time when our planet needs them the most trees and forests one of the most cost effective ways of fighting climate change trees take in carbon dioxide and clean the air around them. rubbish caught in the branches of trees on the malaysian coast

documents the environmental degradation trees are indispensable from paper for books timber for houses but there's more like all good art there will be new emotional connections made highlighting the importance of trees jessica baldwin al-jazeera london. time for another short break here on the al-jazeera when we come back we'll have all the sports as unpicked organizers insist the games will go ahead we'll hear from one of the favorites for gold in tokyo more on the stay with us.

the u.n. fact finders accuse the bunnies military of genocide this is the political that you see here. do you believe they're under modi as a fascist or i just don't have all day. we don't know the recognize the both sides have legitimate grievances against the other law to me this is the foundation of

climate back then and that is why does my take. on al-jazeera. the all. time for sport. thank you very much for tokyo's elim pick organizers say canceling or delaying the game shoots a coronavirus is not being considered good news for athletes including world champion high jumper suppose the cattery want a silver medal at the rio games 4 years ago he's the favorite to win gold in japan or some other sporting events taking place behind closed doors without spectators

oshman's told al-jazeera he hopes that doesn't happen at the olympics i think it to take so much of the joy and the beauty of sport go sport need to be celebrated and we felt with people with audience you know to interact with that the reaction from people on the support we get from the people on the job we give them it's a bit very very special relationship is a big part of sport that cannot be taken away. i don't know i actually feel about that rather it feels like more like training you know i don't want to go to the biggest event and coming up compete with an orioles or not people at the end of the day health is the most important and whatever decision i mean the i.o.c. or the people that in trying. to make sure that we are safe and healthy and with it all talk here is confidence that all will be ok is being matched by that of a limpet president thomas back the international olympic committee has just concluded a 2 day meeting in switzerland back refused to comment on the possibility of cancellation or party spokesman says the games will start on july the 24. i will

not be fuel to the flame of speculation by giving a 2 year revealing a date daughter of fueling more relations. our statement from yesterday where we give you we are fully committed while earlier on we spoke to professor jules book of author of power games a political history of the olympics he says there's no way for banks and i know if the games will go ahead and that any cancellation will be felt mainly by broadcasters and the people of japan. well with most messaging emerging from the international olympic committee we should have a healthy degree of skepticism on one hand you can understand why tomas bach today might say that we have nothing to worry about at least right now because he wants to quell all concerns but if the coronavirus panic becomes

a pandemic they better have a plan he said today that in fact they never even discuss the word postponement or cancelation with the executive board that should be a cause of concern for those who are looking ahead to what might come for athletes it probably wouldn't be that big a deal logistically for tokyo it would be a challenge where i think you're going to find the most resistance to postponing the olympics is with the broadcasters and in particular and b c here in the united states where i'm coming from back in 2011 n.b.c. plunged 4400000000 dollars to get the rights to the games through 2020 and then after that they plunged another $7700000000.00 through 2032 and so for them the games must go on short of a global pandemic because if they postpone it will start bumping up against a lot of their other cash cow properties like n.f.l. football as well as the college football season i think you could also argue and this comes from speaking with people in japan when i was there pretty recently they

say the damage is already done in the sense that they've made special laws to build higher in the city in the sense that numerous people have been displaced to make way for the olympic stadium so for them the olympic damage has already transpired or one running a limpet champion looks at some missed the games regardless bahrain's has been given a full year on the kenyan border run a one gold in the 3000 meter steeplechase 4 years ago all sports in italy will be played behind closed doors until april the 30 to corona virus but one clue games and top football to division syria and its. these 6 nations rugby match against england a government decree says clubs under sociate now have a responsibility to test all players for the virus the west indies have brown straight back from their one day series defeat to sri lanka winning the 1st t 20 match in candy lendl simmons was the key man for the tourists it's an unbeaten

67 as the willies finished on a 196 for 4 in reply cool so perrett would do some damage with the bat for sri lanka hooking the ball into his adoring home crowd here but their hope left them when andre russell ended prayer is not considered to 6 the hosts all out 25 runs shorts they meet again on friday and bad weather could have a big impact on the semifinals of the women's t 20 world cup in australia wednesday's practice sessions in sydney how to take place indoors was more heavy rain forecast on thursday and that's when india as you take on england with host australia facing south africa if plays washed out india and south africa will progress to the final after finishing top of their qualifying groups ok but it's a sports looking for now more later. on the thank you that's it for me down in jordan for this news richelle is up next with all the day's news stay with us thanks for watching.

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al-jazeera. and. california's governor declares a state of emergency as congress approved more than $8300000000.00 to combat the spread of growing up in the u.s. . congress is acting with the seriousness and sense of urgency that coronavirus threat to its. i'm richelle carey this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up. join us joe biden and i hope you will join me at work to make him the next president of the.