making big profits and asking why the west is turning a blind eye. on the waste trail on al-jazeera. think this is going to be a very painful very very painful to. the us is warned to be ready for up to 240000 coronavirus days says the president urges people to stick to the rules. this is al jazeera live from doha i'm fully back t. ball also coming out. in the remembers its thousands of dead at the highest fires told in the world and spain has just had its

worst day yet. come. to. the sounds of conflict how artists around the world are in detaining fans under lockdown and in other news the u.s. offers to lift sanctions on venezuela in exchange for a transitional documents that would not include president nicolas maduro or his main rival. the u.s. president is warning americans to prepare for the hard days that lie ahead as the coronavirus toll rolls the country saw its highest single death toll with more than $800.00 deaths white house experts say the virus could kill up to 240000 people my kind of report some washington. for the 1st time the task force presented its predictions of where this pandemic may be heading saying this could now be done

because of a more detailed flow of information from across the country thank you very much the scientists say the virus could kill between 100240000 americans but without if it's like social distancing counter measures like shutdowns the toll could go. but modeled the worst case scenario of 1500000 to 2200000 deaths so what we're going to see and that's we've got to brace ourselves in the next several days to a week or so we're going to continue to see things go up we cannot be discovered by that because the mitigation is actually working and will work. a somber president trump said the mitigation measures were a matter of life and death i want every american to be prepared for the hard days that lie ahead we're going to go through a very tough 2 weeks. and then hopefully as the experts are predicting as i think a lot of us are predicting after having studied it so hard you can start seeing

some related the end of the tunnel but this is going to be a very painful very very painful to excess in the city at the epicenter of the pandemic the rate of infection continues to rise the number of hospital admissions in new york city increased by 12 percent in the last 24 hour period and in central park a field hospital will be ready by late wednesday everyone everyone is subject to this virus it is the great equalizer i don't care how smart how rich how powerful you think you are. i don't care how young how will this virus is the great equalizer. nearly 190000 people have now tested positive for the virus in all 50 states plus washington d.c. and as the models show this number is increasing by the. al-jazeera washington

now the death toll in the sate of new york alone passed 1500 on tuesday night with 300 deaths in just 24 hours but neighboring new jersey is also being here time is under reports from we hawk an aegis. an empty park that normally would be filled with people playing sports a sign of the times for the state of new jersey going into week 3 of state wide lockdown. if new york is a coronavirus epicenter in america new jersey is not far behind with more than 18000 confirmed cases and 267 deaths 2nd most anywhere in america the disease has taken service members 1st responders coaches loved ones many friends and too many new jerseyans and sadly we know that this number will grow i cannot be any clearer in my call stay at home

before this hits home. the normally bustling pedestrian mall in jersey city is mostly now empty businesses ordered closed the few that are open waiting for customers just in jersey city there are over $800.00 confirmed coronavirus cases more than most states in america. on the other side of the hudson river from the epicenter new york city is here the state of new jersey and on any given day about 400000 people from new jersey commute into the city for work it's that mass movement of people back and forth that many believe caused the explosion of corona virus cases here. doctors tell us local hospitals are barely able to keep up the impact. of.

thousands of people a day are being tested at drive through pop up sites like this all part of a strategy to aggressively identify those that are infected. get them isolated and slowly bring down the infection rates it's too early to know if it's working for now the people of this state hunker down knowing the worst is yet to hit gabriel sandow. we hakan new jersey. and at least say $83.00 a sane is on board a u.s. nuclear powered aircraft carrier have tested positive for a hole that 19 the captain of the theodore roosevelt has told the pentagon that the virus is spreading uncontrollably and call for immediate help to quarantine in school but defense secretary ma casper say it's not the right time to evacuate personnel on board a correspondent patty cohan who was previously spent months on board the ship as following developments from maryland i can tell you that this could get x.

initially worse much much quicker than we've seen just in the general public and here's why there are about 70 levels of stairs and lights on the aircraft carrier us and if you go to the stairs they're pretty steep the pretty dangers you have to pull on the ground so imagine you touch your face you touch the railing another 5000 people are going to use you know savings and sterols they sleep about half of the list of groups sleep about a foot half above each other it's such a tight corner that you can't actually rule or in your sleep because your shoulders fall fish and they all eat together so you can't do the ships and it's really extraordinary mother say we have to have that with you was $5000.00 people 'd sailors aboard the ship leave a 10 percent order for security for meaning and what we see is a part of the secretary of defense interview saying it's not time to evacuate ship

that is in sharp contrast to what this captain said just chimes up the esas he wants to see some sort of 40 barracks up in. elsewhere italy and spain recorded their highest single day death toll tontines a pullback and reports on the situation across here. italy has lost more people to corona virus than any other country in the world there are individual names risk being overlooked lost in the ever changing statistics of this pandemic but at noon in cities and towns across italy every single one of them was remembered local mayors stood on the steps of their town halls in a minute's silence it was an emotional gesture of solidarity an expression of tribute and then indication of hope and. all the mayors have gathered together in a kind of hug most importantly near the places that are suffering the most with the virus has been strongly as it grief for people who died it is

a sign of respect to their families and their small o.p. communities giving a message of hope in the bleak madrid rain spain's grave diggers are going about their task with grim purpose the virus claimed another 849 lives here in the previous 24 hours lockdown means the burials are lonely and heartbreakingly brief efforts to combat the virus and save as many lives as possible increased by the day this conference center in madrid one of several such venues across europe being converted to ease the pressure on overcrowded hospitals the french president has visited a facemask factory in western france shortages of masks and protective gowns have left medical staff exposed to the virus with the global markets struggling to meet demand the president wants self-sufficiency. i don't like these new put usual off last before the crisis we're producing $3300000.00 masks per week by the end of

april it will be more than $10000000.00 meaning we have tripled our production in just a few weeks and we will continue these efforts to increase our production capacity so that by the end of the year we will have full independence in producing the masks and not need to rely on other countries the virus is also proving a challenge for the european union's democratic principles on monday the hungary and parliament granted prime minister viktor orban sweeping emergency powers to rule by decree without any time limits in brussels on tuesday the european commission president underlaying expressed grave concern in a statement read out by his spokesman any emergency measures must be limited to what is necessary and strictly proportionate the most not last indefinitely moreover governments must make sure that such measures are subject to regular scrutiny coronaviruses change what might be considered normal there is nothing

normal about europe streets being deserted about shops being closed about millions staying at home but one day tourists will return to the tourist a fresh array and enjoy the panorama across paris of the eiffel tower for now though the disinfecting squads barely glance at the view in the effort to combat the virus there is no such time to waste paul brennan al-jazeera. now disease specialists are criticizing the mass spraying of disinfectant in the fight against coronavirus footage emerged on sunday of a group of migrant workers in the indian state of pradesh being washed down by men in protective suits the video has caused widespread anger in india and the local administration has apologized saying no one was hit in indonesia in the capital special chambers have been set up to give people a quick blast with chemicals to get rid of potential germs on their clothes and skin drones and fire trucks are also being used to spray streets however some

experts say mass disinfection is not effective and may be more of a health hazard to many. and said ahead on al-jazeera how south korea is managing to contain the spread of coronavirus without osh mashes. shame on this pastor their legal staff and the leaders of this church class why a florida pastor is accused of putting the lives of his worship is. how i when i'm place to say we got some quasi weather making its way into the middle east now bits and pieces of cherry right just around the eastern side of the met that will continue to drive its way further east which as we go on through wednesday so for syria lebanon jordan eastern parts of you can expect to see some

wet weather but elsewhere it's largely fine and dry a little bit of a breeze down to northern parts of saudi system if it does the sat in the forecast here in doha not too bad 31 celsius away and maybe 20 not as we go on into thursday but fought and dry with the winds 40 some alotta present sunshine coming through and notice by thursday some pleasant sunshine there into the eastern side of the met some sunshine so you would see much of eastern africa we got a few showers around the theo paean highlands the shower clouds stretching across into the gulf of guinea some rather lively showers the seasonal rains of cools with but to say that this time of year it's cameroon into southern parts of nigeria some rather wet weather there just pushing down into good bomb western areas of the democratic republic of congo also seeing some blobfish hours as is the case to into the rift valley now we're seeing the showers draining away out of angola down across impulse wanna maybe a significant was

a got some rather wet weather for that eastern side south africa. principles. failure to take really aggressive action we get them behind the curve informed opinions it's going to be much more challenging in a place like even there's one ventilator very relieved that in-depth analysis of the dates global headlines india done enough to nip the spread of the one of ours in the inside story on al-jazeera. the in the the in. our top stories on al-jazeera president donald trump is warning americans to be

prepared for tough weeks ahead the number of dead from cannot coronavirus in the u.s. has passed 3800 and it also has the highest number of infections at least 33 sailors onboard a u.s. nuclear powered aircraft carrier after as a positive for covert 19 the captain of the theodore roosevelt has told the pentagon that the virus is spreading uncontrollably and asked for immediate help to quarantine its crew and the outbreak shows no sign of slowing down in europe spain and france have recorded their highest single death toll send more than 800 deaths have been reported in it in. south korea is tightening its travel restrictions asking all those arriving to south quarantine for a fortnight the country in its outbreak under control but is concerned about a resurgence and as rob 5 reports from seoul and so far managed to contain the numbers without drastic restrictions. along the banks of the 100 many people are

doing what they haven't done for weeks venturing outside enjoying the spring sunshine and the cherry blossom but with reminders everywhere to maintain social distancing of at least 2 metres apart other signs warn that as crowds build the avenues of cherry trees will have to be closed. i guess it's ok for people to see the cherry blossom enjoy it before they close a road on the whole south korea has chosen not to enforce the kind of harsh measures adopted by neighboring china also now emerging from its own crisis. the international community should consider their own situations and review both the chinese and south korean approaches and apply the measures that would be best in their own countries south korea's guiding principle in fighting the disease has been to get the voluntary support of the public rather than imposing lockdowns or completely closing borders with the outbreak seemingly under control it's

a strategy that appears to have worked the government's transparent handling of the outbreak has won the general trust of the people and although new cases continue to be reported there's a feeling the worst is over i should enjoy as you know i was at inchy an airport i was being tested for the virus at the walk through testing station personally i don't think we are in a serious situation at the moment sort of hollow accordion we don't know no very. looking at other parts of the world which. now in the midst of crisis we just starting to grapple with what south korea has already gone through is reason for many here to be thankful broad al-jazeera so. that the number of deaths from cone of virus in the u.k. rolls by 27 percent on tuesday bringing the total number of deaths set to more than $1700.00

a government minister has called the spike deeply shocking as the country's health service struggles to get a grip on the crisis chalons reports. this is how we socialize now in 2020 a socially distance to birthday party for a 90 year old man in sheffield denis richmond's neighbors found a way to celebrate while staying far enough apart to not spread coronavirus i still think you know long. nourished by. 90 years you know welcome to my home. but while dennis is still going strong new figures released by britain's national health service show a huge increase in cope with 19 deaths $381.00 in 24 hours that's nearly doubled monday's tally. but these days the figures from the national health service may be undercounting u.k. deaths by say 20 percent because they're only telling up the number of people who die inside britain's hospitals and new figures are starting to come out published

by the office of national statistics they're slower to compile but they look at deaths anywhere anywhere where the death certificate registers covert 19 as a possible cause people dying in their homes or in care homes and the ins is counting more. the government is insisting the huge shortage of ventilators for critically ill patients will start being filled next week orders have been placed with consortium led by ford airbus the formula one racing teams including mclaren jian aerospace and rolls royce and dyson's and i kind of this weekend the 1st of thousands of new ventilator devices will roll off the production line and be delivered to the n.h.s. next week the economic toll of all this continues to mount as 2 planes arrived at london's gatwick repatch relating britain's home from peru british airways shut down its operations at the airports it follows easy jet grounding its entire fleet

on monday the u.k.'s airports like it city centers cafes museums restaurants and shops are almost completely empty rory chalons al-jazeera london now the un chief says the coronavirus pandemic is the worst global crisis since the 2nd world war and tony of the terrorist wants 10 percent of the global g.d.p. to be allocated to fighting the outbreak diplomatic answer james reports on the way . of course very regularly we hear from the u.n. secretary general talking about the problems of the world but i think it's worth putting into some sense of proportion how seriously the u.n. is treating the coronavirus situation the u.n. this year celebrates its 75th birthday and the u.n. secretary general says this is the most difficult challenge the organization has faced in all that time since the 2nd world war it is

a combination on my hands of a disease that represents a stress to everybody in the walls and seconds because it does have its as an economic impact that will bring a reception of recession that's probably is not parallel in the recent past the combination of the 2 facts and there is that it contributes to that in that this is that it is a knows him best and it has conflict are scenes that make as believe that this is indeed the most challenging crisis we have faced since the 2nd world war the secretary general says that funding is urgently needed particularly for some of the poorest countries on earth he remarked that in the united states congress raise some 2 trillion dollars in the bill that's about 10 percent of the american economy he said the world needed something on a similar scale about 10 percent of global g.d.p.

to fight the virus and the economic and social effects of the virus that passed in the u.s. data for has been arrested for defying public health orders aimed at stopping the spread of the corona virus a state has more than 5000 confirmed cases in at least 63 deaths and the gallagher has a story. there is no how the more then the constitution of the united states of america on sunday worship us packed into the river at tampa bay church despite health warnings strict social distancing guidelines and a notice to close all but essential services its pastor rodney howard brown received several warnings from police before he was arrested on monday the authorities say his actions are a reckless disregard for human life shame on this pastor their legal staff and the leaders of this church for forcing us to do our job that's not what we want to do dorna declared state of emergency the church says it's building is sanitized and

they kept as a pont but the lifestream of sunday service shows people breaking guidelines meant to prevent the spread of the coronavirus florida limits gatherings of more than 10 people including religious services lawyers for the church allege the enforcement is a form of discrimination but authorities disagree lastly i'd remind the good pastor of mark 1231 which says there is no more important commandment to love thy neighbor as thyself loving your neighbors as protecting them not jeopardizing their health by exposing them to this deadly virus like many of the state's mega churches the river at tampa bay has the technology to broadcast services online but robbie howard brown is no stranger to controversy he says he can personally hero florida of the coronavirus is touted conspiracy theories and been described as an extremist authorities say he endangered the lives of thousands but he's not alone in louisiana hundreds of worship has defied bans on large gatherings in his state that

could soon see hospitals overwhelmed he does it the life topical church near baton rouge say they're not forcing anyone to worship but their actions have been condemned it is unpredictable and we're learning new things about literally every day there are so. more questions than answers why would you want to put a lot want to reform. in virginia one of the most prominent evangelical universities reopened its doors to students despite warnings at least one student is now contract of the coronavirus on monday the state's governor ordered all higher education institutions to stop on campus lessons the decision by some religiously just a flat warnings meant to slow the pandemic of being condemned as ignorant dangerous and irresponsible to gallacher al-jazeera miami florida of entertainment industry has been hit hard by the pandemic across same tie on sector productions and concerts a cancelled film releases delayed and festivals postponed but people under lockdown

of finding new ways to entertain themselves last story. in london's theater land the lights are illuminated but the doors of firmly shut in cinemas advertising springtime blockbuster movies are taking 0 at the box office for the 1st time in history when stay at home measures were introduced the effect on arts culture and entertainment industries across the world was instant and devastating a sector where $13000000000.00 to the u.k. economy alone now entirely shut down. with many music concerts and theater productions canceled for good it's the smaller independent venues that will suffer enormously we went dark on the 16th of march and because we are receiving the answer most of our income that fit all of our income comes from our box office so the minute we can't show a production and have the audience coming in obviously income and then cash flow

the organization becomes incredibly critical. the film sector is also hurting the cannes film festival vital to the survival of world cinema is postponed but hopes to be resurrected later in the year the building that usually hosts film stars in the film market is now hosting the homeless around 70 men and women who would otherwise have nowhere to go during the lock down in front. hundreds of films have halted production or delayed release putting many self-employed people immediately out of work instead some set builders technicians and engineers offering their skills to help build makeshift hospitals for the overstretched n.h.s. while the arts council is hoping the new emergency fund will help keep institutions afloat we've. put together a package of emergency 'd funds from the arts council 160000000 pounds but even with the government's interventions. we know that's not going to be perhaps what

quarantine is over they'll be more appetite for the cultural communal experience than ever before right now streaming past forms like netflix national t.v. is coming into their own but national theatres boil ballets in classical orchestras are also putting that content online for free finding an entirely new audience. some artists are still drawing a small crowd in spain a singer performs nightly from her balcony to local residents in barcelona. oh in italy scenes from classic films a projected on to buildings something for people to share in isolation charlie al-jazeera southern england. and in other news the white house is calling for a transitional government in venezuela and for the 1st time has laid out a timetable for how u.s. sanctions could be lifted the initiative appears to be a softer version of president donald trump's previous strategies a latin america has had

a scene in the reports. as the trumpet ministration deals with the coronavirus pandemic the white house is also stepping up its efforts to remove the news will as president nicolas model from office just days after the u.s. justice department indicted model for alleged narco terrorism secretary of state might pull the pill announced a plan for a transition government in venezuela probably speaking it would. put the elected member of the national symbol assembly representing both sides would create a an acceptable council state to serve as the transitional government until presidential and national assembly elections could be held we hope within 6 to 12 months. in exchange the u.s. would lift harsh economic and diplomatic sanctions even on the sale of oil in israel as lifeline the plan calls for both mother and the opposition leader one waythe goal was recognized by washington as the legitimate president to step aside whitehall is already on board. with this today we have international

support for a proposal that we made months ago for an orderly transition of power that gives guarantees and space to all those who stand by our constitution. wasted no time responding. in a communique the government says the quote neither extortion nor false accords will distract president model and the armed forces from their mission to protect the venezuelan people but washington is betting that the growing pandemic on top of plummeting oil prices and u.s. economic sanctions will make this offer more palatable for those who could force muddles hand. indeed the initiative sounds remarkably familiar it's apparently the brainchild of undersecretary of state for western hemisphere a cafe or is michael's ak and special representative for venezuela elliott abrams the same 2 men who in 1909 presented a very similar exit strategy to former panamanian strongman general manuel noriega

. fused and 6 months later he was ousted by a us military invasion. if the imperialists and the colombian only garhi dare to touch a hair on our heads prepare for the bolivarian fury the fury of a people who will lash out at all of you. who is still. department sources have been quoted as saying that u.s. military intervention is not in the cards but that a surgical strike could achieve the same goal all is now in mulder's court to see if he will call washington's bluff. to see inulin al jazeera sent out. i'm fully back to the headlines on al-jazeera president donald trump is warning americans to get ready for tough weeks ahead the united states has the highest

number of corona virus infections now and has passed 4000 deaths white house health experts say the virus could kill up to 240000 people i want every american to be prepared for the hard days that lie ahead we're going to go through a very tough to excess. hopefully as the experts are predicting as i think a lot of a separate data gave to having studied it so we're in the start seeing some related the end of the tunnel but this is going to be a very painful very very painful to. and it may set a 3 sailors on board a u.s. nuclear powered aircraft carrier have tested positive for the corona virus the captain of the theodore roosevelt has told the pentagon that the virus is spreading uncontrollably and asks for he need immediate help to quarantine is quote the outbreak shows no sign of slowing down in europe spain and france have recorded their highest single day death tolls and more than 800 deaths were reported in

italy on tuesday the disease specialists are criticizing the mass spraying of disinfectant in the fight against corona virus footage a measure on sunday of a group of migrant workers in the indian states to pradesh being washed down by men in protective suits the video has caused widespread anger in india and the local administration has apologized saying no one was hurt. the former head of the french football club has died after contracting the coronavirus. who moved to france as a teenager from senegal was 68 years old the former journalist and agent is the 1st person to die from covert 19 in senegal. you have to sit with headlines on al-jazeera the stream is coming up next. it's a tough time for the afghan security forces taliban attacks have increased suffering heavy casualties and the prospect of a withdrawal of u.s. forces hangs over them yet young men are still joining up some for reasons for others it's the only way to get

a job despite the risks. was an army bomb disposal engineer in helmand province he knew the risks he was blinded in both eyes and lost a leg when a roadside device exploded as you try to defuse it i was aware of the danger of seeing friends wounded while working on mines i wasn't scared to lose and legace to sacrifice we have to mike to serve this country. hi i'm molly could be that and here in the stream we know our community is all over the world but chances are you know or have heard of an american singer named dolly parton she's peak pop culture all over again the 73 year old superstar is the subject of a popular podcast a netflix series and has a number one song on the dance charts impressive achievements for anyone but particularly for an artist who has been performing for more than half

a century so what keeps her relevant dolly parton's america sets out to understand that america from a dolly's eye view. is this quivering mass of irreconcilable contradictions and unity built. and unity adored by church ladies and again it is india the sexuality the spirituality the sensuality that's exactly who i am she is just a beautiful fountain of goodness it is me 100 percent dolly is an extract of capitalist hours there give god the created outward cash in terms of cultural power and i think she's like 2nd to.