you're watching beyond 100 days. a lockdown in new york state as coronavirus begins to take hold in the united states. the president says insurance companies will waive the cost of coronavirus testing — part one of the administration's response. the health secretary can't actually tell us how many tests have been done. but president trump says its all under control.

the testing has gone very well. in italy 60 million people are threatened with fines or even jail if they travel without good reason. in the worst hit areas, doctors say they are making life and death decisions. also on the programme: globally, airlines are under immense pressure. some have been running empty flights to keep the precious slots at key airports. today the eu said it would change the rules to help the industry. and mark rutte of the netherlands gives a press conference with some sage advice for everyone. stop shaking hands. hello, i'm michelle fleury in washington, christian fraser is in london. 60 million italians are tonight living under curfew. restaurants, bars, cinemas, the piazza's that make italy what it is, have all been closed as the government tries desperately to stem the

coronavirus outbreak. other european countries have been taking their own stringent measures. austria and denmark imposed travel bans on arrivals from italy. greece, the czech republic, and spain have closed some or all of their schools indefinitely. it's been another volatile day on the world markets. there has been some rebound, as you can see, from a disastrous day yesterday. but as mohamed el erian, the chief economist at alliance explained, there is no predicting where these markets are headed — not until confidence is restored by policy makers. there are three conflicts going on in the markets. one is against clear evidence that the global economy is slowing, versus policy help. depending on who you listen to, you get two different market reactions. china versus italy, china tells you this could be contained, italy tells you this spread really quickly.

thirdly, what we call market technicals, the flows, there are people who are still way too exposed looking to get out and i can't. and the other people who are bottom fishing. these together and you get massive volatility and that is what is ahead. here in washington they are trying to provide some of that reassurance. the president is looking at a cut to payroll tax as well financial help for airlines, hotels — and the cruise industry. democrats would prefer an expansion of unemployment insurance and paid sick leave, so that those who need to self isolate can do so, without the financial worry. the president has secured some relief today for the most vulnerable. he and the vice president, mike pence, met with insurance bosses and agreed a deal that will waive the cost of testing. but still the administration is struggling questions on how much testing has been done. nevertheless the president told everyone to stay calm. no, i think the us has done a very good job on testing.

we had to change things that were done and that were nobody‘s fault, perhaps they wanted to do something a different way, but it was much slower process from a previous administration, and we did change them, we made the changes. but the testing has gone very well. when people need a test they can get a test. when professionals need a test, when they need to test more people, they can get the test. it's gone really well. the biggest thing we did was stopping the inflow of people early on, and that was weeks ahead of schedule, weeks ahead of what other people would have done, in fact, other people mostly would probably not have done it even until now, and that's made a big difference. the global financial system is undergoing its first big stress test since 2009 for certainly there is talk of recession in the air. let's speak to the white house economics reporterfor speak to the white house economics reporter for the washington

post. what are we likely to see from this administration now that they are finally behind the idea of some sort of fiscal stimulus? today president trump met with republican leaders on capitol hill and pitched a payroll tax cut which would put more money back into the economy by cutting taxes that are paid by firms, and some paid sick leave of some kind which would compensate workers who had to stay home. but the details are not clear. the number of experts i have spoken to say even economists say what needs to happen is for the administration to assure public confidence in the public health response and until that happens, there will not —— there will not be massive quarantines until people can be assured until people know they can go out and spend money. there's much you can do. it is

an imperfect tool for dealing with the virus, monetary policy, but donald trump has been tweeting again. he was back to bashing the federal reserve, saying that they need to do more with rates. my colleague had a story about this dynamic over the weekend where you have this enormous chasm between the central bank and the white house over what should be done about this. central bankers are looking at the white house and saying, you guys need to do something, you need to pass some sort of tax cut or spending package was something to provide confidence in the economy. and the president is just using this coronavirus is an opportunity to reiterate his long—standing calls for the federal reserve to cut interest rates. resurrects —— the rates are already very low. i don't know how much we could get from more rate cuts.

it doesn't appear to stabilise the stock market, it sends a signal to investors that they are concerned and stocks have careened wildly. again, really there is a lot of things being discussed, a lot of things being discussed, a lot of things moving on the economic front but it is the public of response that the economists say will dictate this. one thing that is worth noting, the president confirmed yesterday that they are looking at specific targeted relief for industries that have been hit, cruise lines, hospitality, that raises the question of whether they will receive some sort of assistance for trump hotels. some sort of financial federal assistance for hospitality industry is on the table. that is all well and good and business will welcome the stimulus

but the point mohammed was making is that until you give people confidence that the virus is being contained, until they are confident there is perhaps a vaccine round the corner, this dip we've seen in the markets will not bottom out. you have to be able to reassure people that those who need to stay at home have the sick pay and you have to get people to student at the moment they want to convince that's —— that they want to convince that's —— that the us has a grip on that. the kind of stimulus you are talking about is not necessarily relevant, people are either forced to stay at home and not spend money if there are no signs this will be contained, so as an economic supporter i would like to cover how things the government do affect the economy but this is one instance where everything i cover is downstream from the public health response. it is a good point. you had to get confidence back to people so they start spending.

consumer spending are such a fundamental pillar of the us economy. thank you for your thoughts. we have had a press conference from andrew cuomo, the governor of new york, this afternoon. they have 31 new cases, michelle, across the state, bringing the total to 173. what's the governor saying? this was really interesting. we were talking about how confidence needs to be restored and it does seem to be falling very much to the governor state—by—state. the governor of new york, andrew cuomo, has announced strict new measures to help contain an outbreak of the virus in one of the city's suburbs. new rochelle, which is north of new york city, has more than half of the state's confirmed cases. schools and some businesses are being closed in an area that measures only one mile. it isa it is a draconian measure but one they hope will succeed

in containing this. the national guard is also being sent in to help deliver food to homes and clean surfaces. here's what the governor had to say about the decision. this will be a period of disruption for the local community. i understand that. local shop owners don't like the disruption, nobody does. local politicians don't like the disruption. i get it. this can't be a political decision. this is a public health decision. andrew cuomo there. let me show you a map that shows the spread of the virus. the medical team atjohns hopkins university here in the us are tracking coronavirus. and there you see the running total — with a breakdown of cases in that left hand column — you can see the hotspots around the world. and italy is the biggest after china. the italian government has reported another rise in the number of cases to more than 10,000. the number of dead has risen to more than 630.

our italy correspondent mark lowen sent us this report from rome. announcements in italian imagine hearing your country is being closed. from naples in the south, to the supermarkets of rome, to the financial capitalup in milan, news of the restrictions spread as fast as the virus. in bologna today, they took in a new reality — of a country in quarantine, the toughest confinement measure since the war. it has all hit italians and foreigners here too, several airlines stopping flights in and out. old friends are keeping their distance now. obviously we will not be able to travel in the immediate future. we have been told we can only take trains between cities in italy for reasons of work or health, or for some extraordinary emergency, and apart from that we must stay put, and that seems sensible.

another thing is they have put this spotlight on age groups and it makes me feel really, really old! but i'm optimistic about it. moving around requires a form which we, like everyone, had to complete to show either urgent need or a return home. we would have to produce it if asked. it says here falsifying this document could lead to prosecution. never could people in italy have conceived of the idea that they would need this to move within their own country. as we drove out, traffic was circulating but it seemed quieter. roads to the borders are open, although austria has banned italians entering, unless with medical certificates. we have come out of bologna and we're on the motorway to rome, and we haven't seen any police checks for the documents. so, still not clear how these restrictions are going to be enforced.

we got through to a doctor in one of the worst virus—hit areas. hospitals are near breaking point. we need more beds, more doctors, more nurses, because i think in one to two weeks, we will reach the top, so if we will not have more facilities, we will not know how to take care of the patients. we are facing a war now here. in rome, deserted tourist sites show the huge economic impact. the government discussing suspending tax and bill payments to help italians. inside the vatican, the pope led mass, urging priests to have the courage to go out and visit the sick. a risky call. sealing off the heart of europe isn't simple. it may not be followed and it may not work. but in this emergency, where rules apply even

to bury the dead now, there may be no other option. mark lowen, bbc news, italy. iamjust i am just reading that two foreign ministers of china and italy have spoken and china will supply italy with 1000 ventilators and 2 million masks, also donating respirators, protective suits and test kits. i'm joined now by alessio perrone — freelance journalist based in milan. cani can i ask you about the health service and what we are hearing in lombardi? doctors are saying they don't have enough of these ventilators and now they're having to make these awful life—and—death decisions. hello and thanks for having me. so, yes, the italian health service is near breaking point. a lot of doctors have been telling me about how we

are near that breaking point, near those scenarios in which they have to make life or death decisions. they are not quite there yet. they are overwhelmed, fatigued definitely and they need more resources especially in intensive care units, but we are not at that stage yet according to what doctors are telling me. so this massive aid package from china we are reading about, that would be an immense help? yes, definitely. i was looking at statistics today, some of it comes from a leak sol looking at statistics today, some of it comes from a leak so i can't verify it myself, but coronavirus patients have ta ken verify it myself, but coronavirus patients have taken up over half of all the intensive care beds in lombardi as we speak. so that's huge. and doctors are calling for help. some doctors have been brought back from retirement. so yes, the help will be huge. and how we moved

further since the prime minister was giving the health sector as much support as he can under difficult circumstances? the doctors i spoke to today and in the last few days and last week, they all said we are doing fine, everyone is getting the level of health care they need, they deserved. so they are not reporting that they have had serious problems —— despite serious problems. doctors have said they have worked 34 days ina row have said they have worked 34 days in a row for 15 hours. but other than that, i'm not aware or it can confirm or deny there are serious situations where though —— mother is a lack of medical support. can you talk about what it is like in milan for you and your colleagues? what are you doing tonight? you are under cu rfew are you doing tonight? you are under curfew this evening, how have people been reacting the day? so, yes, we are home, as we have been for the

la st are home, as we have been for the last few days here in lombardy anyway. even just by last few days here in lombardy anyway. evenjust by choice, to be honest. i guess a lot of people, there was a bit of confusion so today a lot of people still went out. i saw patrols —— pictures of individuals out in rome, shops are allowed to be opened but technically you can't go to one unless you have a specific urgent need which you can demonstrate to authorities. i guess it feels more normal than it looks, in that life goes on. most people are working from home. the streets look empty. i think for some of us, the measures are... just to go back one, when you said you cannot go to the shop, if you are missing things at home, that is not a good enough reason to go out? no, you can't go out if you have an urgent reason to go out. there are frequently asked questions on the government home page. basically, that the session says if you need something

like food, medication or even light bulbs, that would be an urgent need to go out to. 0k, well, we wish you the best with it, first night under cu rfew. the best with it, first night under curfew. thank you much for being with us. they are cancelling flights to italy, air travel badly hit around the world. air travel supports 65 million jobs worldwide and $2.7 trillion in global economic activity. but the sector as a whole has been hit by a sharp fall in passenger demand due to coronavirus and the extent to which airlines are struggling is becoming clear. the international air transport association estimates the virus could reduce passenger revenue this year by between $63 billion and $113 billion. american airlines, delta and united airlines are cutting domestic and international flights by between 10% and 25%. british airways, ryanair, easyjet and wizz air have cancelled all flights to and from italy — with air france soon to follow from 14th

march. korean air has cut warned the outbreak could threaten its survival and has cut capacity by 80%. and qantas says it's reducing capacity by 25% while its ceo has offered to forgo some of his $15 million salary. we spoke to our transport correspondent tom burridge about this. today, airlines operating out of the uk to italy have cancelled all flights, effectively. ryanair has cancelled all flights up to the 8th of april from this friday so it has left a little window, because you have british people in italy who need to get home so people can in theory swap flights for those earlier days. easyjet has a similar policy, but easyjet has also said it is operating what it is calling rescue flights from italy back to the uk for british nationals and

some flights going out, for essential travel out to italy. lots of airlines under pressure, what has not helped is that some of them are being forced by european rules to fiery —— flight empty aircraft to protect the slots. what is the eu saying about that? it has changed its position. the president of the european commission has said that urgent legislation is being put forward to change the rules, but effectively those rules mean that airlines have to operate a certain proportion of their flights to keep precious slots at airports. so heathrow, a slot at heathrow is worth its weight in gold for an airline. virgin atlantic has been running empty flights, which is a scandal not only for the commercial damage it does to the early but also the environmental impact, and now the environmental impact, and now the european commission under pressure, i think it's fair to say, the british government put out a statement last week and said it needs to change, airlines need to be

given flexibility because they are suffering. we have had american and delta say they are reducing capacity. if you have all of these airline companies coming out and saying they are cutting the number of flights, what happens if you already have a ticket and you are still planning a trip in the foreseeable future? anyone who has had a flight cancelled because of coronavirus will be eligible for a refund, full refund or a change in their flights. but i think now governments have to mull over policies that could help airlines. airlines are suffering, we have learned today norwegian air, big carrier, transatlantic flights and a lot of european flights, will cut 1596 lot of european flights, will cut 15% of their schedule over a monthly period. lufthansa is going to cancel up period. lufthansa is going to cancel up to 50% of it schedule over the coming weeks. airlines in the us are also taking those kind of measures. so airlines are suffering, it's a precarious world being an airline

in a normal age, this is very abnormal and exceptional, therefore i think we have the british government putting forward its budget tomorrow, a lot of that will be focused on coronavirus, it will be interesting to see if the idea of maybe waving air passenger duty could be done in any shape or form for airlines to help them out. i suspect we will be hearing more of that stimulus for different industries. on saturday, washington dc confirmed its first case of coronavirus. that same day, the american conservative union, which runs the conservative political action conference or cpac, confirmed that one of its attendees at the event in late february had tested positive for the virus. the president was there, as was the vice—president and several other republican politicians. among them are five members of congress who have all self—quarantined after learning they came into contact with the infected attendee. here are they are — among them the are incoming white house chief of staff mark meadows and republican senator

ted cruz. also among them is matt gaetz, who rode in the beast and flew on air force one with the president on monday. last week he tweeted this picture. he has now been tested negative. he was preparing to vote on a bill on an emergency funding plan for the us response to the virus. and then there's doug collins, who can be seen here. however, the white house is insisting that the president doesn't need a test for coronavirus as there was no evidence he had been near the infected conference attendee.

you'd think that those closest to one of the most powerful men in the world would know if the president had even had the test or not but here's vice president mike pence's response when asked by reporters about whether his boss had been checked. (tx sor) l has the president been tested? let me be sure and get you an answer to that, i honestly don't know the answer to the question. we will refer that question and we will get you an answer from the white house physician very quickly. and donald trump a while ago was asked yet again whether or not he had been tested, he said he was happy too, but that his physician saw no reason for him to be tested. difficult, it is difficult for politicians, they want to be open and to be seen meeting people, particularly difficult in election season. what about mark rutte? he was out yesterday on the stage,

urging people not to shake hands, watch how this went. that went well! old habits die hard. i don't know whether to shake feet or touch elbows. i must got into a man hug yesterday because we were halfway between one and the other. it is difficult. i have some sympathy. let's move on! we have seen several people today opening doors with their elbows. now to something distant. —— different. grenada'sjennifer hosten had won the crown... as you can see here... but the pagent was disturbed

by women's liberation activists, and the campaign for sexual equality gained a global audience. now the demonstrations have inspired a new hollywood film — misbehaviour stars keira knightley and jessie buckley. this is beyond 100 days from the bbc. coming up for viewers on the bbc news channel and bbc world news — in the battle against coronavirus, we're fighting fake news. our experts will be busting the myths around covid—19. the rain has left some showers on its wake. overnight tonight, some showery rain for southern coastal counties of england. to the north, a good deal of dry weather and clear spells. the next rash of showers pushes into the north—west through the early hours. the contrast in temperatures through tonight, in

parts of scotland falling close to freezing but holding up in double figures for some in the south. a chilly start across the northern half of the uk with showers around first thing. they will tend to sink south and east. some good spells of sunshine in between. we are looking ata sunshine in between. we are looking at a windy day. these black circles showing the wind gusts, a brisk south—westerly wind. temperatures will be a contrast again across the northern half of the uk, highs of around 6 to northern half of the uk, highs of around 6to 10 northern half of the uk, highs of around 6 to 10 celsius. 11 to 15 across the south. above where we would expect them to be for the time of year for the south but that looks set to change as we move into thursday. the cold front sinks south and east bringing a spell of showery rain, also introducing a cooler air mass. you can see the blue colour spreading across the map. thursday, a cooler day across the southern half of the uk, it will feel different with some good spells of sunshine around and the chance

of seeing some showers, particularly for northern ireland, northern england and scotland. some spells of rain mixed in and that could fall as snow over the high ground. temperatures at a maximum of around 9or10 temperatures at a maximum of around 9 or 10 celsius. the showers and spells of rain clear out towards the east as we move into friday, and a range of a high pressure keeps things fairly settled. this feature out in the west. for friday, we could see one or two isolated showers, particularly for eastern coastal areas through the morning. some good spells of sunshine and light winds through much of the day but cloud tending to increase, particularly in the west, you can see the rain starting to make inroads. temperatures reaching a maximum of 10 or 11 celsius. into the weekend, saturday looking fairly cloudy with spells of rain, a band of rain pushing south—east overnight into sunday, clearing to some sunny spells and showers.

this is beyond one hundred day with me, michelle fleury, in new york, and christian fraser is in london. our top stories... italians are getting used to a new way of life under strict new measures to slow the spread of coronavirus. a curfew‘s in place, public gatherings are forbidden, schools are shut and sports events suspended. truth, rumour or fake news? there's a lot of information out there regarding coronavirus.

we'll get the answers to common myths about the disease. coming up in the next half hour... new york prosecutors accuse prince andrew of shutting the door on cooperating voluntarily with their investigation into jeffrey epstein, so what are their options now? it's tuesday — it must be the primaries. six us states are voting today asjoe biden and bernie sanders go head to head. in china, it seems the government believes the worst of the outbreak is over. president xi visited wuhan — the city at the centre of the epidemic. infections have hugely receded across china — now around a dozen a day. beijing officials say the draconian measures — putting millions of people in lockdown — worked to contain the spread. stephen mcdonnell has more. we could well be looking on this

in the future as one of the key turning points in the coronavirus emergency, the day that xi jinping went to wuhan. that's because this is a message to all the people in china that the emergency is pretty much under control. why would they think that? because china's most important person has just travelled to the most dangerous city here in terms of the coronavirus and the potential of catching it, and images of him walking round the streets, talking to people, will give great encouragement. and i suppose another part of the messages that if president xi can be at work in the circumstances, why wouldn't we also return to the job? at the moment, as you can probably see here, this is pretty quiet. it's going to be many weeks before anything like normal life resumes in most cities here but this

could be the start of that return to sort of normal work. and when you look at the figures, many people criticise them and say there's no way those figures could be catching of the coronavirus there's no way those figures could be ——catching all of the coronavirus cases here, let's assume that at least in trend terms, they are instructive. if you take wuhan city out of the equation and people arriving from overseas out of the equation, for days now, we've not had a single extra infection in all of china. an improved picture in china, not so in new york state. some pictures we have of the new russia which has been put in to lockdown this afternoon. —— pictures of new

rochelle. there is a mile weld radius around a synagogue, you can see the streets there, looking pretty quiet. i don't know how quiet it would be on a tuesday afternoon but it certainly looks pretty deserted. obviously, i should point out, it's the middle of the afternoon, the work to hear, the school day, so those that are open, clear they were looking at an empty field there, but those who live in that area are going to be feeling very nervous. this is centred around a lawyer who, as you mention, went toa a lawyer who, as you mention, went to a local synagogue, and there is a lot of concern about how many of the congregants there at that synagogue may have been exposed. a number of people including his friend and friend's people including his friend and friends family have been among those affected. it was interesting, the governor andrew cuomo talked about this being one of the key epicentres, and this comes on the same day we have heard there has been the first death of someone from

coronavirus in the neighbouring state of new jersey. one of the governor is taking pretty firm action, there will be others as it sta rts action, there will be others as it starts to spread around the country. meanwhile, fter five days stuck on a cruise liner off the coast of california, more than 120 british passengers on the grand princess are this evening waiting to board a plane home. they'll have to be screened for the coronavirus, but if they are free of the infection they should arrive home tomorrow and enter two weeks of self—isolation. from san francisco sophie long reports. this is a complex, high risk operation. ——high stakes operation. the task — removing passengers from the ship and into quarantine without causing further contagion. the critically ill were the first to leave the cruise liner. they were followed by californians and canadians. you know about the big ship that came in yesterday and that's going along incredibly well,

working with the state of california successfully — very successfully — and also with canada and with uk. the grand princess has now been alongside for about 24 hours, but hundreds of passengers remain on board. they still don't know when they will get to set foot on dry land or what will happen to them when they do. old and now much closer friends jackie and maggie are really hoping today will be the day. we don't know where we're going at all. we haven't been tested yet. we haven't had any sort of test — not even a temperature check — but we are both well. that's good. we are both well. the guy came round yesterday with his hazard suit onjust seeing if we were 0k and writing down on his little pad, but that's all we've actually had. and what has been the hardest thing, would you say? the not knowing. that has been the hardest thing i think — not having anything concrete to go on. they say they haven't had any information from the foreign office, but for them — and thousands

of others who have been confined to their cabins for almost a week — there have been moments of great joy. the first time we got on deck yesterday is when the ship was coming in and it was like heaven just to get outside and get a breath of fresh air. the future for more than 1000 crew members — among them 21 britons — remains even more uncertain. they will be quarantined and treated on board the ship but the authorities say the grand princess cannot stay here. sophie long, bbc news, oakland. calling what some call tuesday after super tuesday... —— turning to what some are calling. joe biden has had a remarkable two weeks — he won 10 of the 14 states that voted on super tuesday. it's now a straight fight

between the former vice president and the more progressive senator from vermont bernie sanders. tonight, democrats are voting in six more states — they've dubbed it super tuesday 2.0 — 352 delegates available. the biggest is michigan with 125. and that's where mr. sanders has been focusing much of his energy in recent days. so a reminder of the delegate count so far: mr biden is leading with 648, sanders has 563. not all the results in from california, i should say. but if biden can walk away with michigan that momentum will be hard to stop. one campaign is the unexpected a lwa ys one campaign is the unexpected always happens, there was a bit of spying this afternoon between mr biden and a factory worker in detroit —— a bit of sparring. between mr biden and a factory worker, in detroit, who thinks the former vice president is trying

to take away his gun rights. have a listen. you're trying to take away our guns. you're full of bleep. no... i support the second amendment. for more on what is at stake tonight, we're joined now by democratic strategist, stacy kerr. let's start with that clip, a bit of an expletive filled clip from joe biden defending his position on the second amendment. how does that help his reputation? does it make any difference going into tonight?|j think difference going into tonight?” think it's a really strong sign for joe biden. i've heard from a number of people in michigan, my home state, who learned of that exchange, how that exchange today, and my text sort of blew up, we need more of thisjoe biden. sort of blew up, we need more of this joe biden. in sort of blew up, we need more of thisjoe biden. in michigan, they're hard—working, middle—class thisjoe biden. in michigan, they're ha rd—working, middle—class people, they want a fighter. and what we have seen from joe biden over the last two weeks is really,

he's a strengthening through this process. and people are united against donald trump and they want somebody who is going to push back on mysteries or mis—characterisations, and that's whatjoe biden did pretty strongly with that voter. —— pushback on mistruths. one of the key thing tonight, going into this, joe biden is ahead of the pals, but going back to 2016, hillary was ahead in the polls versus bernie sanders, what has changed, i guess, bernie sanders one that four years ago, he is not predicted are expected to delight, what has changed? you know, we'll see. over the last couple of weeks, we seem bernie sanders' campaign underperform from where he was, in 2016. we saw that last tuesday, super tuesday, here, we saw his turnout and expectations of turnout among younger voters lower than

predicted. what has changed is donald trump and his impact on this country. i think people want to win above anything else and they see in joe biden, through the momentum, to his ability to grow his coalition, they see a winner. and i think bernie sanders is going to have a real ha rd bernie sanders is going to have a real hard time continuing to present this case if he underperforms in michigan, where he was in 2016. another thing to watch in michigan is, rural voters. suburban another thing to watch in michigan is, ruralvoters. suburban voters, but also rural voters and that is a place we should be watching closely. it is rural voters feel comfortable with bernie sanders again? —— do those rural voters still comfortable? some analysis came out that they were very uncomfortable with heavily thin and therefore certain devoted to bernie sanders in 2016, are they going to feel co mforta ble 2016, are they going to feel comfortable voting forjoe

biden in defeating donald trump? —— uncomfortable with hillary clinton and therefore voted for bernie sanders. what we saw in virginia on tuesday was really energised democratic base, if we see that in michigan, is the cause for optimism for the democrats? absolutely. i think that would be a very strong sign for democrats. notjust in virginia but around the country, we've seen record turnout, doubling the turnout in virginia last tuesday, reports of absentee ballots in michigan, very strong, an interesting thing to watch tonight in michigan is those who have voted absentee for a candidate who is no longer in the primary, can actually show up on election day to day, nullify their absentee vote and vote for one of the remaining candidates. so it will be really interesting to see what that is to the turnout in michigan. also, you know, this is the first time voters have gone to the first time voters have gone to the polls without a third or fourth

or fifth the polls without a third or fourth orfifth or the polls without a third or fourth or fifth or sixth the polls without a third or fourth orfifth or sixth main the polls without a third or fourth or fifth or sixth main candidate the polls without a third or fourth orfifth or sixth main candidate in the race. we have to see what voters think about a direct matchup between bernie sanders and joe biden without elizabeth warren in the race, she was last week on super tuesday. and i think the pressure is on bernie sanders to pick up those warren voters. elizabeth warren did not endorse a candidate since getting out of the race in the last week, and it will be very interesting to see if, where there is voters go. we saw last week after super tuesday, the candidate who bowed out of the race pretty overwhelmingly went to joe biden. we saw several of candidate pull on the stop with him in michigan and we will see what happens tonight. —— we saw several of those candidates on the stump with joe of those candidates on the stump withjoe biden. ifjoe biden does take michigan, does that make the map on the

mats harper sanders to come back? he says he's going to the convention, come what may, but so did my clomid elizabeth warren! sometimes the maths does not lie. if it's a clean sweep tonight then that momentum continues forjoe biden, that would change the race. —— so did mike bloomberg and elizabeth warren. there also florida and georgia, but you would thinkjoe biden might have the upper hand there, so it's a similar moment first campaign tonight. we will see tomorrow. a new york prosecutor says that prince andrew is not cooperating with the investigation into jeffrey epstein. geoffrey berman says the prince has now ‘shut the door on voluntary cooperation' and his office is considering its options. buckingham palace has said it's a matter for the duke of york's legal team — he's said to have hired a top qc. he was reported to be angry and bewildered at the prosecutor's stance. so where does it go from

here? let's cross to criminal defence attorney, caroline polisi who is in new york for us. u nfortu nately, unfortunately, there are precious few options and they are not that effective, which is why i think you're seeing geoffrey berman, who of course as the us attorney for the southern district of new york, the head prosecutor in that district, i think that is why he's taking this unusual step which effectively is exacting public pressure on to get this information in the press, essentially, in a sort of a last—ditch effort to get the co—operation because the fact is it's very unlikely that they will get better cooperation via the legal system. i mean, one would expect, one wouldn't expect, i should say, prince andrew to travel to the us, but you would think he can provide a sworn affidavit is that the sort of thing they would be satisfied with? quite frankly, i'm a criminal defence attorney and i understand why he is reluctant to do so. obviously that puts him at great

exposure for a criminal prosecution, potentially. any questions they ask him, they likely would already know the answers to, that is how the fbi works, so i think it would open him up works, so i think it would open him up to works, so i think it would open him uptoa works, so i think it would open him up to a range of possibilities, and the fact is, look on any good criminal defence attorneys going to tell him not to do it if he doesn't have to. so that's a situation he finds himself in and unfortunately it doesn't seem like there are many a nswe rs it doesn't seem like there are many answers here for this prosecutor to get answers. so it sounds like you're saying he's out of attempt to publicly name and shame as he is running out of options. what about other associates of mr epstein? is that something there still pursuing, trying to speak to those individuals, beyond prince andrew? yes, absolutely. and geoffrey berman has taken, again, the unusual step of reminding people that this is an ongoing investigation stop just because epstein was found to have hanged himself in his jail cell, that does not mean that that's the

end of the road for this prosecution. remember, this is a criminal conspiracy. it was a charge on purpose as a criminal conspiracy so that the government had room to supersede those indictments and move forward , supersede those indictments and move forward, charging co—conspirators. absolutely, this is an ongoing case. geoffrey berman put up a telephone number, a hotline for anybody with information leading to, yes, answers in terms of co—conspirators. information leading to, yes, answers in terms of co-conspirators. so absolutely. one wonders where is lie cell fits into this, we haven't heard much from her. —— ghislaine maxwell. we've heard that a court in dc has upheld a lower court ruling that democrats should get grand jury evidence from the mother enquiry. i think that can still be appealed, is that significant? —— the mueller enquiry. it is legally significant, i think it's a good illustration of

the adage that justice i think it's a good illustration of the adage thatjustice delayed can sometimes be justice denied, the adage thatjustice delayed can sometimes bejustice denied, i don't think there's much appetite at this point left in the american public for going through those records and trying to find out... what would be in grandjury trying to find out... what would be in grand jury evidence? they are trying to mine it for information that may contradict president trump's sworn statements that he submitted to mueller and his team, to see if there are witnesses that have submitted evidence or testimony that disputes that. the idea would be that that would show that the president with a did obstruct a criminal investigation. you have the man at the helm of the justice department, however, idon't man at the helm of the justice department, however, i don't see them wanting to move forward the case when know he doesn't see an obstruction charge when there is no underlying crime, as it were, which is what mueller declined to prosecute, which is collision or criminal conspiracy with russia. thank you for covering so much ground with us

today. this is beyond one hundred days. still to come... how can you tell fact from fiction with cornoavirus news? we'll talk to an expert here to tackle the myths surrounding covid—19. more now on coronavirus, as officials around the world warn us to expect significant change to our lives. but many in the travel and hospitality industries are already feeling the impact. danny savage has been in the lake district. it's only march but the effect of coronavirus is already being felt on tourism in the lake district. for the main ferry company on windermere, there are already dealing with foreign visitors not coming, but now people living within driving distance are staying away. what we are seeing now is the relu cta nce what we are seeing now is the reluctance of uk visitors to move around the uk and we're hearing

reports from hotels and self—catering accommodation is that they are not receiving the level of bookings that they would imagine to at this time of year. we've already had quite a few cancellations already. louise lets the spacious self—catering and exit home to tourists. cancellations are consequences, not just tourists. cancellations are consequences, notjust for her. the cleaning lady, the longer people, decorators, gardens, they don't have any other source of income. —— laundry people and gardeners. she doesn't understand why uk visitors are staying at home at this point. we popped tojohn lewis at are staying at home at this point. we popped to john lewis at this weekend and they will packed! expected by dell. and yet people are thinking, we won't travel. so this is the biggest letting room. 40 yea rs is the biggest letting room. 40 years away in the heart of the yorkshire dales, an award—winning bed—and—brea kfast in yorkshire dales, an award—winning bed—and—breakfast in bainbridge. they've already lost 60 nights of future bookings. they understand why. if we get somebody coming here with a cold, a slight sniffle, when

do you know? that's the difficulty, the uncertainty. i think it will pick up once people understand what's going to happen next. i think there's a lot of uncertainty about what will happen. back in the lakes, that's what it should look like this spring. but will it? losses are already stacking up and there were it not just about their health already stacking up and there were it notjust about their health but their incomes, too. —— they are worried not just about their health. we are keeping you across all the latest coronavirus developments but lots of us — christian and i included — still have plenty of niggling questions that need answering. and fortunately we have an expert. dr leana wen is baltimore. let's get cracking. one thing people ask us a lot on social media is whether wearing a face mask stops you catching coronavirus. it

does not, and my strong advice to people is, do not go out there in masks. surgical masks are designed to protect the person wearing the mask from spreading the illness to other people, so if you cough and you sneeze, you cut into the mask instead of into the open. but it is not protect you from getting illnesses. a much better way to protect yourself is basic hand and face hygiene. wash your hands a lot, touch your face less. one question which seems pertinent given we are in the middle of elections, how long can the virus lives on which surfaces? i'm thinking, you know, postal votes, people are being told don't lick the envelope. this is a really good question and the answer is, unclear but we think that for most surfaces, on the order of hours to bea most surfaces, on the order of hours to be a day. so hard, nonporous surfaces, think about your

phone, an elevator button, the coronavirus and other viruses could live there for much longer than on your hair, on fabric, on other types of poor surfaces. just because the virus is living on the surface doesn't mean it's going to cause an infection. —— other types of porous surfaces. but still, to be cautious, make sure to disinfect surfaces in your house, at work, other places that are being co nsta ntly work, other places that are being constantly used by people, and again, wash your hands very well. use an abundance of don't lick envelopes and stamps, just use water and a sponge for now. —— is an abundance of caution. but cash is dirty, too, you shouldn't handle much cash, is that right?” dirty, too, you shouldn't handle much cash, is that right? i think the key is not! don't stop doing your normal activity. it is wash your normal activity. it is wash your hands a lot. —— that he is not... and not 20 don't handle cash, but wash your hands or use hand sanitiser. i've gone cashless, that's what i've done! i'm

taking precautions. restaurants in cafe's, can you catch the virus from food that's prepared by infected people? — — restau ra nts that's prepared by infected people? —— restaurants and cafe's. that's prepared by infected people? -- restaurants and cafe's. at the moment it appears this virus is transmitted through respiratory droplets only, not what we call the faecal oral route, meaning not through third. butjust because there hasn't been documented cases doesn't mean it can happen. but at the moment the predominant route that you're likely to get this virus is through someone coughing or sneezing or coughing into their hands are shaking your hand, not through food. at the mound in china, there is an improving picture, but i'm curious, can you catch the virus twice and in fact someone would you have recovered ? twice and in fact someone would you have recovered? —— at the moment in china. one of the reasons why coronavirus is spreading so quickly around the world is that no one has immunity to it. we all have not had

it before because it's a new virus. it seems, would you to get the virus, you should have immunity to further iterations of the virus, so it seems that at the moment, based on what we know, that you cannot get it again. however, this is a new virus, we've only known about it for three months and so there is a lot more research that needs to happen before we can see this for sure. and just a final one, our pets, can you catch the virus or intake your domestic pets? —— or insect. oh, what i do now when i go home and see the cat in the dog? do i kiss them, doi the cat in the dog? do i kiss them, do i not? i'm not surprised that that was the question from you, about pets. i only have a rabbit, i don't have a cat and dog. i don't think rabbits transparent. i'm going keep feeding the rabbit. —— i don't

think rabbits can transfer it. the semi—different questions, and the way people change the way they live in sucha way people change the way they live in such a short space of time, i was watching people today on the train and they needed someone coughs, probably sensible, and they touch the buttons on the train with their credit card rather than touch with their hands, i mean, everybody is taking every precaution. guests coming into the studio asking for microphones to be wiped down. oh, i don't have guests any more. and keeping them out! i'm on lockdown in the studio. we will see you tomorrow. hello, a very wet start to the week for some, that rain has tended to ease as we've moved through today but left some showers in its wake. overnight tonight, we will see a spell of showery rain for southern coastal counties of england. to the north of that, a good deal of dry weather and some clear spells, before the next rash of showers pushes into the north—west through the early hours. a contrast in temperatures due to night, temperatures for parts

of scotland following close to freezing but holding up in double figures for some in the south. so a chilly start across the northern half of the uk, with some showers around first thing. they'll tend to sink south and east as we go through the day. some good spells of sunshine around in between and we're looking at a windy day, these black circles showing the wind gusts, a brisk south—westerly wind, and temperatures will have a contrast again, across the northern half of the uk, highs of around 6—10, more like 11—15 celsius across the south. so above where we would expect them to be for the time of year across the southern half of the uk, but that looks set to change as we move into thursday. this cold front sinks its way south and east, bringing a spell of showery rain but also introducing a cooler air mass. you can see the blue colour spreading across the map there. so, for thursday, we are looking at a cooler day across the southern half of the uk. it will feel different, there will be some good spells of sunshine around, and the chance of seeing some showers, particularly for northern ireland, northern england and scotland, though also will be some spells

of rain mixed in and that could fullness snow over the high ground here. temperatures sitting at a maximum of around 9—10 celsius. showers and spells of rain clear out towards the east as we move into friday and a ridge of high pressure keeps things fairly settled. this feature out in the west waiting in the wings. so, for friday, we could see one or two isolated showers, i think particularly for eastern coastal areas through the morning. there will be some good spells of sunshine around and lighter winds through much of the day but cloud tending to increase, particularly in the west, you can see that rain just starting to make inroads. temperatures reaching a maximum of around 10—11. into the weekend, saturday is looking fairly cloudy with some spells of rain. a band of rain will push southeast overnight into sunday, clearing to sunny spells and showers. goodbye.

this is bbc news. i'm reeta chakrabarti. the headlines at eight. italy on lockdown. police patrol the streets to enforce a stay—at—home policy as the country struggles to contain coronavirus. famous tourist sites are quiet as flights are cancelled and borders tightened. as the death toll increases, hospitals continue to be stretched. this is one doctor's

warning. stay at home and be prepared for a kind of war, because we are facing a war now here. usually this is a street full of tourists, as you can see is completely dead. will be speaking to greg completely dead. will be speaking to g reg foster completely dead. will be speaking to greg foster on the first day of the italian lockdown. here, the number of coronavirus cases is up by fifty four. a sixth person has died. he was being treated at watford general. the old bailey hears about pc harper's last moments. three teenagers are accused of his murder. the sexual assault trial of the former scottish first minister. one of his accusers claims she felt humiliated.