in the world. every generation has its moment this one is ours. a former top health official says he was pressured to use an untested drug for corona virus despite the danger it poses to the american public. i'm about this and this is all just a real live from doha also coming up south korea relaxes restrictions on social distancing but people are being encouraged to instead of shaking hands. as russia struggles to contain the corona virus 3 medics fall from windows after complaining

about their working conditions. and we discover what life is like from migrant workers in packs dormitories in singapore. the top administration's handling of the corona virus pandemic is coming under scrutiny once again with accusations that it looked for quick fixes by rushing unproven drugs to patients rights the former head of the u.s. agency responsible for developing drugs says that included untested doses of a malaria treatment which has been pushed by president trump it comes as trump has announced he's winding down the government's coronavirus task force he says he plans to create a new team that will focus on safety as well as reopening the economy and a top u.s. general says it's still not clear where the virus emerged from and it definitely wasn't. none mate that's in stark contrast to secretary of state mike pompei oh

who's repeatedly claim that there's significant evidence covert $900.00 came from a chinese laboratory mike hanna is in washington d.c. with more on the damning criticisms from rick bright doctorow bright was insistent that there was pressure on him to approve drugs like hydroxy cora quinn and the associated chloroquine from officials within the trumpet ministration despite his warnings that they were not if v.a. approved and that the source of some of these drugs were countries like india and pakistan where there had been no f.d.a. inspection of the bar agrees with the drugs when they he insists in his 89 page report that he lost his position or was demoted because of the officials around president trump seeking to placate the president he also has even more damning allegations in this report saying that

a series of e-mails he wrote in january were ignored these e-mails specifically warned of the immensity of the threat from the pandemic and also warned very strongly that the national stockpile of masks and ventilators needed to be augmented so certainly very serious allegations and the most senior official to come out publicly with criticism of the way in which the trumpet ministration has handled this pandemic ok steve clemons is the washington editor at large for the hill he also hosts al-jazeera his weekly politics show the bottom line and he's joining us now from chesterton in maryland good to have you on the show as always steve thanks very much indeed so these are pretty serious allegations that are being laid out in this document what do you think 1st of all the reaction is going to be from the white house. i think it's significant i think the white house is going to try to disparage the character of rick bright rick wright was head

of what's called part of the bio medical advance research and development authority and while that's a long name what he basically had responsible for was overseeing all of the partnerships between the federal government and the private sector and university research labs and eventually tasking that entire ecosystem with the production and manufacturing of various critical drugs and and therapies in the united states so it's an enormously significant position and what i think he will do is bring a formidable amount of science and expertise to this and we know this administration doesn't have much tolerance for science and expertise in the way that it is postured itself so i think it's going to go and try to disparage his character try to disparage his his reasons for taking the administration on and paint him as a partisan as we're in an election season and i think it's going to be a fascinating battle dr brides going to give evidence as

a house committee next week what do you think that trumps opponents particularly are going to try to do with what they hear. i think you're going to say this is a person who was the best in class in what he was tasked to do he had great insights into what the threats to humans all over the world but also to americans were and he had the greatest grass of how to quickly begin processing the partnerships to get to the kind of vaccines and their appease that americans would need and by the obsession that the administration apparently had with heidrick hydroxide or equipment which is the controversial drug at the core of this debate we saw associates of the president like rudy giuliani coming out in hawking hydrox a couric went on things like facebook and fox news and you know it kind of broadly and we saw the veteran's administration begin to stockpile it hydrox a cork when very quickly so those who were able to be influenced by the president

the white house move very quickly to move on a drug that had not been vetted had not been tested and that we have now seen the national institute of health in the united states invalidate as a drug that looks as if it has any positive impact in fact they think it may have negative impact on patients that are suffering from cope at 19 so i think right now you're going to see a battle about science and i think the big thing right now that we have to look at is scientists like tony trotty deborah burke's folks like rick bright are beginning to have political weight in an election season this is not just science versus lack of science these are people that are threatening the president and he believes that they're acting politically not necessarily just because of the science that may be motivating them as always good to get your thoughts on this thing thanks very much indeed that steve clemons thank you rob. south korea is further easing coronavirus restrictions as new cases have slowed in the last month on tuesday the country

reported its lowest daily increase in cases since february more businesses and reopening and social events are being allowed to take place south koreans had already started returning to work and let's bring in robert bright who's outside the museum of modern art in seoul rob what changes in practical terms are people in seoul and south korea going to see as a result of these changes that's right we are seeing from today wednesday south korea entering into this new phase of emerging from the coronavirus this is the museum of modern art and from today along with other public venue such as other museums galleries libraries they are all now reopening but only with very strict precautions in place if we take a look here we have the usual temperature check on anybody coming into the museum this wednesday morning and also anybody coming in here has already had to register

online to be a visitor we're told that a 100 people have registered today that about 70 or already inside it has to be said we're not exactly inundated by people getting their fix of mud not this morning but if they do get a rush of people then there are the markings on the floor in our in place to make sure that people keep their distance it's all part of what's called every day life quarantine it's basically the new normal here in south korea that as we emerge from this as some of the restrictions are gradually being eased we can see that some religious gatherings are now being allowed also sporting events and these kind of events that attract people are going to head restarting once more but only so long as they follow the very strict guidelines that the government has put in place to keep a certain amount of social distancing. rob i'm just looking at some of the latest figures from south korea never got this right there are currently about 10800 just over 10800 confirmed cases 9300 odd recovered 255

deaths how is that reflecting the way that the outbreak is being handled at the moment that's what i mean when you consider that at one point of the end of february we were getting 900 cases per day plus we have come a long way we used to be the 2nd worst affected country in asia and now we are well down the league table of countries that have been affected by the corona virus in the latest figures show that only 2 new cases and again no local transmission we have had for the past week or so several days where there's just been no cases reported locally of somebody contracting the corona virus here within south korea which is all very good news it's very positive the government here has set itself very specific targets for lifting the restrictions that 1st of all they have to get less than 50 new cases per day will live easily done that the other possibly more important figure is that of all the cases you get that only less than 5 percent of

those cases the from sources that you don't know about they have a mystery source and it has to be said that here in south korea they have such a testing and tracing in place that for well over 95 percent of any new cases they know exactly where those cases of come from they're connected one case to another which when you compare what we have here with other parts of the world where they're simply just dealing with waves of infection and just trying to deal with the sickness that's caused by that rather than anything more sophisticated then i think south korea has to be considered to be in a pretty good place right now probably giving us of the updates on the situation in south korea from seoul rob thanks very much indeed. russia's reported the largest number of new delhi cases in europe with total infections now exceeding 150000 now 3 health staff who complained about working conditions or fallen out of windows and died that in barber reports. digging graves in st petersburg russia 2nd city

victims of covered 19 a scene that's becoming more common on tuesday the country reported the highest number of new coronavirus cases in europe and now there are disturbing questions over health workers who've raised the alarm about their working conditions that after 2. 100 this video on twitter shows dr alexander shoot off on the left and the colleague is explaining how she had been forced to keep working despite having covered 19 the colleague had previously criticised the hospital management for protective gear shortages and was questioned by police for allegedly spreading fake news but another video made 3 days later apparently at their hospital seems to show surely part of by now being treated for the virus retracting their complaints. i feel right my temperature is not rising why did the this a thing to mattick have a runny nose otherwise all is well what we said was said when we were high on

emotions. on saturday according to local state television quoting health officials surely power fell from a 2nd floor window at the hospital he's now reportedly in a critical condition in intensive care after suffering skull fractures the same sources say he's the 3rd russian doctor to fall out of a window in the space of 10 days the 2 others died 3 incidents which are being investigated by law enforcement or thirty's have prompted intense discussion in russia about whistleblowers in the health system everywhere we have a lot of problems then are a lot. of hospitals and. enough. doctor. we don't have enough meds and we don't have enough equipment. across russia the number of recorded covered 1000 cases stands at more than 155000 in officially the diseases killed almost 1500 people mostly remains the country's worst hit region

accounting for more than half of new cases and here 90 percent of patients are younger than 65 several cities remain on lockdown and while much of europe looks to ease restrictions the russian government says they'll stay in place until is a vaccine. al-jazeera still had an al-jazeera house stay at home orders in the u.s. have piled on the rubbish in households and the work for garbage collectors. president denies the u.s. is behind a failed coup in venezuela despite the capture of 2 americans. hello rain is developing quite widespread rain over china and i mean that's the last development that's on its way through into the western pacific just taking the

small islands of japan and dumping rain on the some rain forecast in hong show in fact the temperature of 80 in tokyo is on the low side because it's like to be a fairly wet day but that rain dissipate over time to get to thursday but it reappears or grows throughout china reaches finals almost as beijing so in the yellow sea and it will eventually get to shanghai hong kong is staying probably on the dry side and it's 33 it's quite hard to showers a bound in southeast asia throughout the concentration has been recently further west in sumatra i think that's dying down a little bit we are seeing shouting in cambodia in the forecast for both wednesday and thursday and daily and in sumatra and properly. in singapore as well a regular event day the sun storms in the afternoon or the evening. the dangerous sun sounds or cowboy sharkey's that are represented probably by that line there are daily repeatable other west bengal were buying the best aspiring leaving the johnsons to observe days hale and lightning can be quite deadly that city once

their house where his dry and hot. or. cold winds were time to turn up the volume on the untold story smelled way you don't know 6 examine the u.s. and its role in the wilds we're going to bomb the taliban inside mission and bomb them to the peace table during gunfire coming from that direction we're going to get i mean we're holding the powerful to account killing him has cancer the nose of someone that lives here that has cancer. fault lines coming soon on al-jazeera. move her order.

more charges here a reminder of our top stories this hour the trump administration's handling of the pandemic is coming under scrutiny once again with accusations from a former top official that it looked for quick fixes by rushing unproven drugs to patients. south korea's further easing coronavirus restrictions as new cases have slowed down in the last month on tuesday the country reported its lowest daily increase in cases since february. russia has reported the largest number of new daily cases in europe with total infections now exceeding 150003 health stuff who complained about working conditions have died after falling out of windows. singapore has one of the highest number of infections in asia at almost 20000 the patients are mostly low paid foreign workers it's a particularly vulnerable group as the majority live in overcrowded government

wrong. ports. this is what home looks like for 200000 foreign workers who live in government licensed dormitories migrants account for 85 percent of all covert 19 tases here al-jazeera spoke on the phone to a migrant worker living in one of the dormitories he asked not to be identified for fear of being sacked when. he's tested negative but still worries about contracting the virus right now. i. want. one. like an academic in new zealand who's done research on migrant workers in singapore says the inability to maintain physical distancing can cause

a workers' health to suffer. big hunks of even if. it gets. here and. it isn't me and safety in. its place thousands of healthy or recovered workers have been moved to floating hotels or military barracks to curb the spread of the coronavirus the singapore government which already has one of the highest testing rates in the world is planning to boost its capacity to 40000 tests a day the manpower minister has promised to improve the dormitories as soon as the virus crisis eason's but a migrant workers' rights group says living conditions are a sign of a much bigger problem. even. among. those conditions.

it's the same. all of this problem he says workers often pain allies to by employers probing absent which could have to ted some from seeking medical attention about 20 percent of singapore's population are foreign workers there and relatively low paying jobs such as construction and manufacturing the city state doesn't have a minimum wage activists say the government has not only needs to reexamine its reliance on cheap imported labor but also the level of protection workers have lawrence louis al-jazeera. there's been a surge in the amount of household garbage being generated because of stay at home orders some places in the u.s. so this in domestic waste increased by 40 percent that's putting

a strain on workers who've had their teams depleted by the virus on official reports from fairfax county virginia. the neighborhoods look the scene but in the time of covert get different behind each door there's a family on lockdown. which means move move one more stress on the system to collect garbage. we see a significant change in the amount of residential volume as opposed to commercial volume so with a lot of the businesses closed they're not bringing in as much but most of that volume is now going through the homes because everybody's got to stay at home order that trash coming in a residential vehicles. with their protective must sing gloves the sanitation what he's awfully quickly leaping off the truck i am taking another container and feeding one to the next. about a 3rd of the stuff because of the virus mainly due to underlying health issues or

child care problems in some areas they're seeing that trash collection recycling is up by our own 40 percent since the crisis began here in fairfax county is about 25 to 30 percent that's because more people are at home and also who people are filling out their houses because if nothing else to do. is change the rules so there's less risk for the workers and there are some restrictions. bulk collection is like this very rare and only if you can be handled with one person one truck many of the teams are working harder and longer but their safety remains a priority there is some concern but my guys are soldiers they get out there they get the job done they know we're important. to do a lot of action things for them and in the light of this make sure that you take care of. at the depot where everything is. always. with offices and businesses shut but it. continues to grow then more changes will

follow. pandemic. important to keep places clean. and not create new problems alan fischer fairfax county virginia coronavirus lockdowns and african countries have been particularly devastating for those who rely on the informal economy more than 80 percent of zimbabweans and their living from it but markets are shut and these are public taxes suspended since the end of march in mozambique small scale farmers account for almost all of the country's agriculture they've been forced to drop prices as working restrictions cut off labor and in south africa undocumented migrants have been excluded from receiving financial aid or food parcels. is a political and social commentator in johannesburg he explains some of the challenges that people are facing. in the initial implementation of the lock

downs a lot of people who fell through the cracks and they weren't able to get access to any financial aid. weren't able to get access to food. so. a lot of people left in a situation where they couldn't work and they couldn't get any. and they were just facing a hopeless you know it's a bit better now but but the problem is that some countries con afford to actually provide this sort of a plan at the moment and i think governments have had to sort of walk back on a few things and they have been trying to accommodate as many people as possible but it's still a very very difficult situation because not not even is in an ideal situation to get enough food who are to get enough financial aid were indeed just to get that aid because they are people who are in

a position where it cannot work. and it looks as if they contacts and aid and they just have to fend for themselves so that they are people who are actually in a situation where. they just quote in this no man's land where they have to make do with whatever they had whatever they have at the moment a record number of children have been displaced to jew to war or violence and the pandemic set to bring even more uncertainty to the lives and your report from unicef says about 900000000 children have been forced from their homes mostly and north africa and the middle east and that many are exploited. latin american countries have reported more than 270000 cases and more than 14000 virus deaths the majority of those falling ill are in hot spot countries like brazil and peru other regions are expanding this ng i'm dramatic increase in cases in the coming weeks i know it apollo reports from mexico city. as the coronavirus

pandemic continues to spread across latin america the country with the highest death toll is brazil they are the number of dead stands at more than 7000. in sao paolo authorities have begun blocking main avenues in an effort to reduce contagion . only an estimated half of the city's residents are obeying social isolation guidelines some say they have little choice. it is going to help a lot because the number of deaths are just getting higher and we need to do our best so this is all over soon i think this is very important to be isolated just leave home those who really need to leave i left because i have to work but i avoid leaving the most i can and. brazil isn't the only country bracing for the worst of the coded $900.00 pandemic. in peru's capital lima health care workers have held street demonstrations over a lack of resources and protective equipment. or. medical

personnel also protested over the mismanagement of 20 bodies of coronavirus patients left unintended over the weekend in the hospital courtyard of them you know because the video has come out of the hospital with bodies 2 days ago it began to rain on all the bodies in the open air. fears over kobe 1000 contagion have sparked unrest across many latin american countries in honduras hundreds took to the streets of the capital take up on sunday to prevent the bodies of coronavirus victims from being transport. for burial protesters blocked roads fearing becoming infected by the bodies of the deceased so. we don't want them to send people to be buried in the cemetery because those people are infected and there are a lot of families here. one of the strictest approaches to containment has been

from el salvador. to some policies like the forced long term detention of people accused of violating stay at home orders have raised an alarm over human rights abuse and. you know we have been confined for 41 days in this containment center we only asked the government authorities to give us the results of the covert 1000 tests carried out in order to discharge us. according to the pan american health organization latin america is experiencing what europe did 6 weeks ago meaning the region is only now entering the peak of the coronavirus pain demick . al-jazeera. donald trump is denying any u.s. involvement venezuela's president is calling a coup attempt that last month americans among 13 people arrested as part of a plot to kill him opposition leader also denies involvement holeman has won.

2 americans kept to the along with 11 others after a failed on the incursion into venezuela they tried to get in by sea but the plan floundered off the coast 8 were killed according to the venezuelan government minister lionel's this man said he to organized it jordan goudreau the us 6 special forces soldier turned security contractor he was aiming to topple nicolas maduro together with a few dozen ex members of venezuela's armed forces but 700 hours a daring and fabulous raid was launched from the border of colombia deep into the heart of caracas our men are continuing to fight right now by drew himself claimed that his long time enemies were behind it could be. yeah yesterday sunday made venezuela face down an attempted maritime incursion from terrorists mercenaries that were trained in colombian territory and financing and support from the united states and the current colombian government on tuesday president trump dismissed that nothing to do with our government the venezuelan government also claimed that

opposition leader one boy though recognized by more than 50 countries is venezuela's legitimate leader was in on the plot 'd 'd he also roundly denied that saying this was a ploy to distract from the country's many problems. there will be chaos and they want to hide it they want to hide the lack of gasoline in the main cities and want to hide the struggle of hundreds of thousands of in of swale and here they are the fisherman protesting again asking for the rights to make a living to buy gasoline to feed their families when dura is chaos the opposition say they fear this will be used to persecute them. and the madrid or administration is deploying 25000 security personnel to search for anyone else involved they said my family got me out of the opera he's under pressure himself not just internally but increasingly from u.s. officials who slapped a $50000000.00 bounty on his head on narco terrorism charges. however real the

press the incursion was it does give his government something else to talk about john homan al-jazeera. cambodia's political rivals have held a rare meeting but officials say the to avoid discussing politics opposition figure went to pay his respects to the prime minister hun sen's home after his mother in law's death so why is facing treason charges over a video of him talking about receiving advice from u.s. pro-democracy groups. this is our jersey with these of the top stories the trump administration's handling of the pandemic is coming under scrutiny once again with accusations from a former top government scientist that it looked for quick fixes by rushing un program drugs to patients but wright says that included untested doses of a malaria treatment which has been pushed by president trump mike hanna has more

from washington d.c. dr bright was in fact the head of the by a medical advance research and development or thorough t. that's known as bart he was sidelined a few weeks ago after he repeatedly protested about the un authorize uses the sword or the unauthorized cutting of the drug. for the treatment of the coronavirus now he was adamant that this was a not acceptable because it had not been properly approved by the f.d.a. this is going up against president trump who at that stage was touting. and the drug itself as an asset in terms of the treatment of coronavirus south korea's further easing coronavirus restrictions as new cases have slowed in the last month and to say the country reported its lowest daily increase in cases since february more businesses are now reopening and social events are allowed to take place south

koreans started returning to work in april russia has reported the largest number of new daily cases in europe with total infections now exceeding 150003 health staff are complaining about the working conditions have died after falling out of windows. a record number of children have been displaced jus to war or violence in the pandemic is set to bring even more uncertainty to their lives and a report from unicef says about 19000000 children have been forced from their homes and that many are exploited donald trump is denying any u.s. involvement in what venezuela's president calls a coup attempt nicolas maduro says americans that among 13 arrested as part of a plot to kill an opposition leader also deny his involvement those are the headlines coming up next an al-jazeera it's rewinds goodbye. to hero world needs.

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