on how to fix the u.s. health care system and whether the war of words with china is entering a new and dangerous phase join me mad the us and for a special series ahead on al-jazeera. a setback for the millions displaced in syria the united nations manages to win support to open only one border crossing to bring in a. hello and welcome i'm peter double you're watching out to see are live from our headquarters here in doha also coming up donald trump wears a mask in public for the 1st time during a visit to a hospital as america grapples with the surgeon coronavirus cases. a crumbling health system top leaders in quarantine the virus pandemic hits hard in bolivia

plus. angry scenes in the israeli capitalist joblessness soars to more than 20 percent of the coronavirus pandemic locked out. ok let's get going millions of syria's displaced people will now have only one turkish border crossing through which to receive aid that's after several attempts to keep a 2nd crossing open failed to pass but the un security council permanent members russia and china abstained from the latest votes allowing it to pass they both use their power of veto to stop the previous proposals from going through today is yet another date it's a sad day for this council but mostly it is a sad day for decision people of that region. borgia rubio and both of them

were invited to cross to their leader in the most efficient way possible the humanitarian. those people deserve ok let's talk about the 2 crossings the un and humanitarian groups say 2800000 people in syria's rebel held northwest have been depending on those corridors for aid russia insists only one is necessary says baba how a cancer 85 percent of a deliveries from now on only this one will stay open however the u.s. says 1300000 people living north of aleppo depend on the other crossing bubble salaam though a push to keep aid entering through that crossing was the issue that failed joining us live from the un headquarters is a diplomatic at the james base james is this in effect a victory for russia. absolutely this is the position that russia backed by china wanted and they have now got it there were some other things that russia and china wanted and that's why in the end in the

vote they abstained and didn't vote for it and that was on sanctions they wanted some language condemning the sanctions on syria particularly the sanctions by the u.s. and they said at the time of economic hardship in syria it was not the time to pursue those sanctions that language didn't get into get into the final version of the resolution although russia wanted it in there and that's why russia and china abstained dominican republic also abstained for the opposite reasons they were so unhappy with this process and the fact that the people of syria particularly northern syria are going to average used flow of aid as a result of all of this i spoke to the belgian and german ambassadors a short time ago they had been leading the negotiations they were very tired and very frustrated they though are professional diplomats and were not going to say anything to me that was too damning but i've also spoken to other officials off the

record and it's very clear there is a very very bitter atmosphere in the security council 9 rounds of voting twice 2 permanent members china and russia have wielded their veto it's been a really difficult time for the security council there also james here 2 other potential negatives negative number 1 may be that the aid that does go through if it has to get to the people of aleppo it has to make a longer journey through a war zone and also those people around aleppo how long until they start getting the aid and can it be sustained. well clearly that is the point that all along had been made by those who've been supporting the idea of more border crossings it's worth reminding you peter that at the end of last year there were actually 4 authorized crossings not just from turkey but also from iraq to

bring in aid and at the end of last year we've had resolutions authorizing this these crossing since 2014 at the end of last year when it was time to renew these resolutions china did exactly sorry russia did exactly the same thing used its veto and reduced the 4 authorized crossings to 2 and now we have it reduced to one and what you'll be told by professionals is you're really in a conflict situation where things are changing all the time the control of places a change in the roads that are open to changing you need the flexibility of having more than one border crossing to bring in the aid if you're going to get to the people that really need it james thanks very much james bays diplomatic ever so reporting live for us there from u.n. headquarters joining us now committed to rocketry he's a board member and former director of the syrian american medical society he joins us on skype from fresno california akhmed reggie does this development from the

u.n. in effect ring fence that area around aleppo because clearly we all know it is one of the last remaining rebel strongholds. i think i agree with the ambassador that this is very sad day and aside from the conflict of military carving that the explicit syria there is a lucia right now even though it still open for the next 12 months at dusk compromise me turn 8 to northwest syria now left to explain that $1.00 to $2.00 points the 1st one right now would close. that comprises the delivery of one 3rd of the humanitarian aid to the northwest of syria so i think the russian numbers are not very accurate d.n.a. numbers are more accurate than that tells what that of the number of meter it goes through ups are so right now the resources and better and how it had to be scaled up by 50 percent the trucks have to travel more routes to get to the people this is

significant expenses and danger that is not under funded operation it's an operation north of syria but the other concerning point that you know and i'm a sure how direction diplomats will be rationalizing that is that when you close by as you push the u.n. aid through but how and it's forwards we know that hey at the train a sham it's yes controls good portion of the roads that goes beyond our now with this resolution that russia pushed for is pushing most of the humanitarian aid to the u.n. agencies through its control but it's yes at any security comprise or in air temp by hate the has shown today overt aid that will shut off the operation compromising the meter an operational reach of it for everybody in the north but syria and the past with the burbs selamat they have alternatives the h.g.'s could not control the roads of the u.n. convoys now that puts the u.n.

in a very odd position that they have to negotiate with with which he is if there is any compromise of the major operation this is very odd situation that's russia pushed the u.n. to be. at this time ok here's the thing what's your reading then of the claims from russia because this is that boils down to being that the kind of the kernel of their starting point if you will that cross border aid is the bigger obstacle to getting aid to the people who need it and that's almost a stance that pays lip service to the line from the syrian regime because bashar al assad he said this publicly several times now he wants the entire aid operation to go into syria via damascus. listen you know more than 3 years ago the u.n. sort of the syrian it workers boycott could ever issue with the un because of the electoral transparency and efficiency through the un the damascus based you an operation we know how many resources are being compromised through the un operation

to damascus and we push for transparency for that however we know that through the un operation damascus we've witnessed that paul you are brick in syria with more than 80 children getting paralyzed permanently because of blocking vaccines we've seen more than 60 people dying out of starvation a mother in suburban damascus where the u.n. stores are more than not more than that 20 kilometers away from so seen failure of the cross line one thing after another if they want to improve the he made tyranny in say syria my 1st question this question is go ahead and improve the human operation in areas where you have agreements that derogate duma. east and other points areas for us and if you prove that you are effective then you can ask for the next step even a few weeks ago we see how the 1st corner petion the 1st question and the north is syria and this is a agreement supported and negotiated by russia between the health administration

north east and the mess this operation we've seen that the patient to this is part of and die and still the results of the left this that not get delivered to north east until 2 weeks of the best way to access the best only ok as you hold bad the operation as we have to leave it there for try apologize ask my truck in fresno california great to talk to thank you so much for coming on. thank you for the opportunity. the u.s. president donald trump has worn a face mask in public for the 1st time he was visiting a military hospital in maryland meanwhile the u.s. has seen another daily high for new infections more than 66000 infections confirmed on friday there's also been an upturn in the number of deaths caused by the virus mr trump says he's in favor of wearing a mosque i think when you're in a hospital especially in that particular setting where you're going to do a lot of soldiers people that in some cases just got off the operating table i

think it's a great degree where i got to have a good man but i do believe they have a time and a. particle hanes side the walter reed military hospital invested in maryland where mr trump met those patients the hospital behind me not overrun with patients and one of the reasons experts say that's the case because in this area people are told if you go out in public put on a mask in the states that have seen the hardest hit areas the numbers are going up dramatically most of those states are not mandating that people put on a mask and a lot of people say this comes from u.s. president donald trump he once told reporters the he wouldn't give them the satisfaction of seeing him with the mask on now his tone has started to change a little bit and he said that he actually thinks he looks good in a mask like the lone ranger he said he said when he went to walter reed hospital which he did on saturday that he would wear a mask and there are pictures that many will hope send the message to his supporters that it's ok to put on a mask it's an easy inexpensive way to make sure the virus doesn't spread as

rapidly as it is but then there's a caveat with the president he told reporters that he sees no problem wearing masks in hospitals basically saying that they have a time and a place so sending the message with his picture that masks are ok but with his words it's not necessarily mandatory. ok plenty more ground still to come for you here on al-jazeera including tensions running high in mali 3 protest leaders have been arrested after thousands of people on the president should step down. and in bosnia some of the victims from this represents a genocide a finally laid to rest a quarter of a century later. hello the tropical storm fay was

a fairly short lived tropical storm thank goodness you can see it here on the satellite and the beginning of the sequence is that massive cloud there very quickly came onshore and very quickly was downgraded into a tropical depression is still around but certainly it was coming on shore look at this some really good strong winds of course and it really made for some very good surf and conditions just just off the coast of maryland but to the north of there not quite so good of course it took came on shore and this is what we saw some very strong winds so it really was very heavy amounts of rain actually with some storm surge as well so it left the streets as you can see a several centimeters on the water now that system will combine with a frontal work its way through much of eastern canada work its way north through the back as we go through sunday so if you shows really across much of the east of the u.s. as you can see in and out across the west again a sketching it shows through the 4 corners region but really it's about the heat very wholesome indeed in fact that are numerous heat warnings in place across areas in the south which is a well above the average across the fire danger is also elevated and then through

monday we'll see more very heavy rain developing through central canada pushing that rain across into winnipeg and still showers all the way from the northeast right down to georgia and florida. a global pandemic mass protests demanding change economic recession and geopolitical tensions not to mention the small matter of a looming election join me steve clemons in conversation with leading voices on the bottom line your weekly take on u.s. politics and society on al-jazeera. every generation has a higher purpose. ours is to stay home.

welcome back let's recap the top stories for you so far this half hour millions of displaced people in syria will now have just the one turkish border crossing through which to receive aid that's after several attempts to keep a 2nd crossing open failed to pass at the u.n. security council. donald trump has won a face mask in public for the 1st time he was visiting a military hospital in maryland meanwhile the u.s. has seen another daily high for a new infection. as the coded 1000 pandemic sweeps across latin america governments are struggling to contain the spread of the virus in bolivia a new wave of infections is threatening to overwhelm the country's already fragile health care system the interim president janina's has tested positive the government has confirmed at least 7 ministers including the health minister have

also been infected let's bring in our last america to the sea a new man who's in the chilean capital santiago you see it good to talk again let's talk about bolivia 1st with so many government ministers out of the political loop now they're sick there how can the government manage to push back against covert 19 . well that's a very very good question and there haven't been really very many answers at least not over the last 24 hours when the infection rate has escalated very very rapidly indeed not only in the which is the most hopeful aid in the most densely populated part of the country about 500 meters above the capital la paz but especially in court which is the tropical part of the country where there are the 5 the the health system is already collapsing and so are the symmetries where grave diggers for example say that they don't have the necessary protection gear and that they're

feeling very reluctant to continue to make room for more people who have who have passed on because of the virus saying that they're just too overcrowded and what's really perhaps more extraordinary is that all of the president or the interim president on yes is infected and most of her cabinet she says she's going to push forward with presidential elections in less than 2 months the 1st week of september in response to this the electoral council has said that it hopes that the political parties understand but that they're not going to make available some $5000000.00 that are supposed to go to the political parties for campaigning saying that the health system needs it far more urgently i didn't panama it looks like the public health system there is hating towards a potential situation of collapse. exactly we're seeing the same thing over and over not just in latin america but in north america and in other parts of the world where countries start to ease restrictions thinking

that they beat the virus and then they are of course they discover that there's a rude awakening that they were premature and that's exactly what we've seen in panama and i remember until now central america was fairing far better than north and south america with the kid dangerous but now panama has had to declare even more strict laws down measures to deal with this new outbreak. panamanians are paying a high price for having relaxed strict confinement measures that into $3.00 weeks ago seem to have corona virus infections under relative control now the infection rate in the small central american country of just over 4000000 people has become the highest per capita in all of latin america hospitals are on the verge of collapse. 1000 cases per day means that in the next few weeks we will have about 30 to 40 intensive admissions per day on

a sustained basis there is no hostel that can sustain such a number of patients. there are around 44000 infections and more than 860 deaths in panama a huge number for such a small country by comparison neighboring costa rica with a similar population has fewer than 7000 cases and less than 30 deaths. panama whose famous canal joins the atlantic and pacific oceans prides itself as a country opened to the world. but residents can now barely leave their homes in panama province which includes the capital. under new lockdown rules men and women can go out on alternate days for just 2 hours a curfew is in place from 7 pm to 5 am and all day and night on sundays at the curve of infections continues on its vertical rise. that i get but i know. i've been queuing for 2 hours waiting to be tested but the queue is too long and

this song is really strong that's why i'm like this with my coats over my heads the sun is intense and i'm really not feeling well. the president has replaced the health minister but doctors say that's not enough they're urging the government to impose a nationwide lockdown immediately before the infection spread to every corner of the country including remote indigenous communities where hell. services are even less equipped to save lives you see in human al-jazeera. thousands of israelis angry over the government's handling of the economic crisis caused by the pandemic has been protesting in tel aviv demonstrators say aid packages have been delayed and they are insufficient israel reimpose tight restrictions earlier this week after the number of cases increased every force that explains why people are protesting in such big numbers. it's an issue of what they say is not enough government support to the people hit worst by the economic fallout of the pandemic

the self-employed small businesses creative industries the hospitality industry the kinds of jobs which perhaps don't have the same kind of regularity and safety net of other forms of employment and i've been looking to the government for more support in the 1st wave of the pandemic there were complaints that people that felt they were entitled under the rules to certain levels of aid it just didn't come through and now they say that not enough enough is being done given the fact that we are in the midst of a 2nd wave in israel 1200 new cases reported during the course of the last day on friday benjamin netanyahu sat down with some of the groups being represented in this big protest trying to hear from them saying that he had listened to them and that support would be on the way he had just come from announcing a new round of measures including some $1700.00 every 2 months for small businesses up to a total of 144 $1000.00 in aid for larger businesses saying that people who applied

in the past and haven't got their money would do so with no checks it would come through straightaway but as you can see in the midst of this pandemic this 2nd wave people are just cramming into that square to say that not enough is being done. mollies opposition is calling on supporters to stay out on the streets after 2 more protest leaders were detained security forces raided the headquarters of the influential cleric want to go was part of the opposition alliance his followers blocked major roads around the capital bamako in response mollies prime minister says at least 4 people died 50 others were injured he claimed in violence on friday lived also an intense you're done i mean it is in our intention to quickly put in place an executive to restore order in our country and reflect on challenges we face and that will be with all of our countries vital forces people meanwhile demanding that the president. should step down. from the repression reinforces our

determination and we will continue with our watch until the end of the regime if i became a which today is a cancer for mali. mohamed salah is a freelance journalist based in mali he says the security situation in the capital is still very tense. right now in mccool. but the people and. course the rock just as the rank in some districts of insight about. 60 or so on have been arrested and who must live there of 4 and 5 he called for there is a shot of the president and civilian does of this or the sense that. we can see in burma who are streets. and the military and and wrote this down so the military like to come out and try to get

crowded and denounce. their competition up to that national assembly and they can states you know according to their last. list. well and at least 6 see. cement the over person well so. it didn't now does it get to see a show on it's not called. work started on a gas pipeline in one jury or worth nearly $3000000000.00 it's designed to make you suppose or switch at the moment is being burned off and going to waste a minute ross has that story from a picture. after 15 years of delay nigeria's international gas pipeline is finally and the way the almost $3000000000.00 project with the capacity to deliver 2200000000 cubic feet of natural gas is designed to feed electricity

generated power stations and reactivate dormant industries in nigeria. the head of the national petroleum corporation says the project will increase domestic consumption and export of gas an indication that nigeria is increasingly shifting its focus to natural gas after more than 60 years of dependence on oil. seen a project that can and never will. of gas. cost the country and also particularly in areas where does such opportunities didn't exist and by extension also to create opportunity for employment where you have more resources in when you develop more continue to for growth of your local economies you also have bigger market because as we go forward. utilization of kordell is diminishing across the globe of the new 600 kilometer pipeline will link up with the existing network to deliver gas tonight jerry's neighbors and nigerian gases eventually planned to

reach europe through the 4400 kilometer trance pipeline nigeria produces 2000000 barrels of crude oil a day on average and is nigeria's biggest source of revenue by the oil price war an unprecedented slump in demand because of the coronavirus has seen a sharp fall in government income. analysts say nigeria has failed to make as much money as it should time from its oil reserves but basically the net benefit per barrel of oil exports was actually reduced so regardless of how much you produce if your cost of production is not optimal it's not good business industrial production in africa because economy has fallen drastically mainly due to partial to the country currently produces less than $5000.00 megawatts of electricity despite having the walled 9 largest natural gas off $200.00 trillion cubic feet the government. excess gas kind of being played by all companies to generate

electricity. pipelines in nigeria have repeatedly been attacked over the years the bombing suffered used as has oil theft but it's good any resumption of attacks on the energy infrastructure could derail nigeria's dream of a gas rich future. i'll. turn our attention to europe now the people of both mia marking the anniversary of the genocide more than 8000 muslim boys and men were murdered over a period of 11 days bodies of more than a 1000 people still missing in. more arc they came to grief. but in a pandemic far fewer were able to gather together to remember the dead. several meets. once just a regular municipality in eastern bosnia now

a town scarred by the very worst of what humanity is capable of and still control normality scorched by the horror of what came to pass here 25 years ago. on saturday the bodies of recently identified remains of 9 victims were laid to rest in the memorial cemetery. dignitaries gabaa to hear words from international leaders now and then remembering the lives lost of what was termed ethnic cleansing and acknowledging how the international community allowed this genocide to happen a quarter century ago the united nations and international community favor the people of. this former secretary general kofi annan said this failure on toller history for ever confronting their past is a vital step towards rebuilding trust more than 8000 bosnian muslim men and boys were massacred by bosnian serb forces fathers and sons forcibly taken from their

families. one of those how the women and girls subjected to torture and rape. well the bosnian serb leader is responsible for the massacre of spending the rest of their lives in prison many still deny what took place mr milosevic the government of the bosnian play for republicans sort of has repeatedly questioned the number of bosnian muslims killed in stripping and continues to indoctrinate schoolchildren with its rejections of the $995.00 genocide do we have survived in many experienced genocide we are the only country in the region which does not have the law which prevents the. past so we are becoming. really. country in which the extremists can flourish and with their

statements in the speech the massacre that happened in separate so was ruled to be the only want to have taken place on european soil since world war 2 the recognition of that vitally important for the survivors and their families and for the international community for whom the phrase never again has been uttered too often and to little effect. al-jazeera. this is al-jazeera these are your top stories millions of syria's displaced people will now have just the one turkish border crossing through which to receive aid as after several attempts to keep a 2nd crossing open failed to pass at the un security council permanent members russia and china abstain from the latest vote allowing it to pass they both use their veto to stop the previous proposals from going through diplomatic at the james base has more now from the u.n.

. this is the position that russia backed by china wanted and they have now got it there were some other things that russia and china wanted and that's why in the end in the vote they abstain didn't vote for it and that was on sanctions they wanted some language condemning the sanctions on syria particularly the sanctions by the u.s. and they said at the time of economic hardship in syria it was not the time to pursue those sanctions that language didn't get into get into the final version of the resolution although russia wanted it in there and that's why russia and china abstained u.s. president donald trump has worn a face mask in public for the 1st time he was at a military hospital in maryland meanwhile the u.s. has seen another daily high for new infections more than 66000 infections confirmed on friday as the covert 1000 pandemic sweeps through latin america governments are struggling to contain the spread of the virus in bolivia

a new wave of infections is threatening to overwhelm the country's already fragile health care system several politicians including the interim president janine and theirs have now tested positive. thousands of israelis upset over the government's handling of the economic crisis caused by the pandemic a protest in the city of tel aviv demonstrators say aid packages have been delayed and they are insufficient israel reimpose strict restrictions earlier this week after the number of cases. moneys opposition is calling on supporters to stay out on the streets after 2 more protest leaders were detained security forces raided the headquarters of the influential cleric muslim teco who is parts of the opposition alliance you are right up to speed with all the top stories more news in half an hour between now and then it's the bottom line i will see you very soon. on countering the cost of war games in the south china sea washington sends an aircraft carrier is beijing flexes its military and economic muscle nigeria gets

ready to export gas as big oil prepares for a post prove it world plus global remittances plan counting the cost on al-jazeera hi i'm steve clemons and i have a question is covering $1000.00 sparking a revolution in college education let's get to the bottom line. the novel coronavirus has struck america's education system like lightning bolt tsunami and a massive earthquake combined more and more schools and universities have decided to avoid face to face teaching for the next school year and replaced with online education the shift that started last semester has been huge and it has exposed a lot of weaknesses across the system just this week harvard university announced we'll have know in person classes the entire next year and with no one person classes the federal government is holding are now.