there's no time left. and days and there's no time left. and it is just days and there's no time left. and it isjust a days and there's no time left. and it is just a concerted effort to make life difficult. an example is michael pack, my nominee for the ceo of the broadcasting board of governors and he's been stuck in committee for two years preventing us committee for two years preventing us from managing the voice of america. very important. and if you heard what's coming out of the voice of america, it is disgusting. the things they say are disgusting toward our country. and michael pack would get it into a greatjob, but he's been now for two years. can't get him approved. is that it has left washington until at least may four, they provide an option for the president to fill them in such a recess appointment it's called. the practice of gambling into so—called proforma sessions where no one is even there

has prevented me from using the constitutional authority that we are given under the recess provisions. that should either fulfil its duty and what of my nominees were formally adjourned so that i can make recess appointments. we have a tremendous number of people that have to come into government and now more so have to come into government and now more so than ever before because of the virus... were watching bbc news live with president trump in the rose garden at the white house. a long list of the country is doing. president trump talking about the flights with medical supplies being moved around the states from one state to another where they are needed and also the production of ventilators, but now moving very much into a political position

making very strong political points about how the democrats are holding up about how the democrats are holding up the whole process in terms of getting more equipment onto and into the country in terms of conforming and legalizing and making these things available. i can now speak to katty kay in washington. from home, ithink from home, i think in dc. what have you taken from her today, not quite the bombshell of the day before but anything else you have picked up? yes, from home in my basement, and these briefings are really interesting and for president trump they are away to talk to the country ina they are away to talk to the country in a critical election year and let's not forget there's a presidential election going on at the moment and in this election campaign when he cannot get out and do what he wants to do which is hold these big rallies which is his favourite way of talking to his supporters, he's realised that these daily white house coronavirus briefings are getting huge audiences

and it gives him a chance to talk to the american public. often he's talking about things related to the coronavirus and sometimes we get experts up there, doctor fauci a famous figure in the united states now. and the treasury secretary sometimes talks, but he also did veers into domestic politics he uses these briefings as a way to make his political point. here he has come as you said talking aboutjudicial appointments and being very critical rate from the top of the conference about democrats accusing them of holding things up just to make his life difficult. for us in the media it's worth making the point of distinguishing what is a coronavirus briefing, what's important for the country and the world to know about how the white house is handling the coronavirus, and what is basically a party political briefing on behalf of the trump reelection campaign. and to me that's what that sounded like. that a criticism of democrats

overjudicial like. that a criticism of democrats over judicial appointments like. that a criticism of democrats overjudicial appointments because it was not to do with the coronavirus. let's see during the rest of this, and you know they can go on for a long time, he will get into the coronavirus as well. let's just step back and see what we've gone on to now. at a very crucial phase quickly unleashing the contagion around the world. it was a horrible and tragic mistake or perhaps they knew. i'm sure they did not know the gravity of active upper perhaps they knew. —— but perhaps. if they knew the gravity that would be an even worse offence. to ease the economic pain of millions of american families we have now processed $300 million in loans to more than one million small businesses through the paycheque protection programme, this action has saved millions of american jobs

and been an incredible success, and they want to replenish it now but again the democrats don't want to do that. this is money that goes to the workers of our country. phase one was 350 billion dollars and now we wa nt was 350 billion dollars and now we want to do 250 billion. this goes to workers and to small businesses so we can save all the small businesses around our nation. mike mcfarland from nebraska said this historic relief has been a godsend for his small factory and the 136 americans who work there. saved those jobs. in small business owner to attend miller from oklahoma called the programme a total... democrats being blamed for preventing the delivery of this money including the helicopter cash that president trump was talking about a few days ago. go back to yesterday, i was 20 with the blowback had been in the states

about the decision to hold funding for the who and can president trump unilaterally just for the who and can president trump unilaterallyjust a for the who and can president trump unilaterally just a side for the who and can president trump unilaterallyjust a side that have to be going to the house? predictably politics is not stopped during the coronavirus, the response has been divided between supporters of the president who think it was a goodidea of the president who think it was a good idea to suspend at least pending review funding of the who and between critics of the president who think that at the moment the who needs all the support i can get because we are in the middle of this global pandemic. it has been a pretty widespread acknowledgement here of this across the board that the who did make the kind of noises that china would have liked it to make early on in this and did not rock the boat when it came to talking about this and did not declare eight global pandemic for

example or even a global emergency early enough. and that it should have acted quicker. what they would say is that now it who was needed. today kellyanne conway the chief adviser to the president at the white house pushed back on that and said the who should have known more about this pandemic earlier and should have let people know about it and double down on the criticism of china and you are the presidentjust they're also doubling down on the criticism of china suggesting the chinese withheld information and he said perhaps knowingly, perhaps not knowingly he said and not much give from the white house on that decision. it does seem the white house can make this decision but it is pending review. the point is being made here by some democrats that he who is also funny research on malaria and hiv, cancer treatments, heart treatments around the world and that that is also valuable at this particular time. let me get back to what the president was talking aboutjust now

and these checks to americans. there's been a lot of debate here about why people are not receiving this money quicker, it was in the middle of march that the treasury secretary stood up at one of his white house press briefings and said we will get money to people within two weeks. well we are now nearly four weeks later and most americans have still not received or eligible, has still not received that $1200 in the process of applying for unemployment benefits here is incredibly complicated, and the system basically seems to have been snarled up at the number, the 70 million people suddenly applying for unemployment benefits to the system cannot cope. it's been over loaded in that something were to spend quite a lot of criticism of the white house and of the system for not being able to move quicker, eve ryo ne not being able to move quicker, everyone understands this is unprecedented and a massive crisis, but people need that money and need it fast. the jobs but people need that money and need it fast. thejobs numbers but people need that money and need it fast. the jobs numbers out tomorrow and they're likely to be bad again of people applying for unemployment benefits. you try living for four weeks as many

americans are doing without a paycheque, it's really tough that's going to drag the economy down further. back to president trump now. a lot of prominent people and very smart that love our country. talked about the vital importance of our wide array of relief measures to address the present crisis and they provided valuable insights on how to move forward including on the role of protective gear or we have tremendous amounts of protective gear coming tremendous amounts of protective gearcoming in tremendous amounts of protective gear coming in from a robust testing in the future use of therapies and treatments. they also underscored the crucial importance of strong supply chains and communications infrastructure. we were talking about infrastructure for the middle of our country and talking about broadband in things that they frankly don't have and have not had for a long time because a lot of politicians forgot about them,

cannot forget about them. they are really the heart and soul and cannot forget about them. talking about the telemedical, it's a new thing and it's incredible what they have been able to do. i think we are going to pull away from this now but we're going to keep across this, will this press c0 nfe re nce going to keep across this, will this press conference or this briefing or statement by president trump and return to that if anything catches our eye. also interesting just to see the interaction between the president and to the white house correspondents. certainly for the last couple of days. turned into quite a flare—up between the president and people reporting. thank you very much, we will move on as well. as the coronavirus pandemic claims hundreds more victims seeking

to address the deep concerns and ca re to address the deep concerns and care homes like many other countries around the world. it's emerging as one of the hitting tragedies behind this global pandemic. the uk government has not promised a new testing regime for both residents and staff. and for anyone being discharged hospital to anyone being discharged hospital to a care home. we will the whole service manager said it's increasingly likely there will be able to cope with the peak in cases expected soon. health editor hugh pam has the latest report. it was his lifetime ambition, and graham achieved it last november. co—piloting a plane, a gift from his family. at 77, he was still very active. he recently went to hospital with cancer. the family assumed graham would come back home, but he never returned, having contracted covid—19. his grandson's wife emma, who herself now has coronavirus, spoke of their sadness and frustration. no one was there to hold his hand, and it's not a way you want to go.

only ten people can go to the funeral, and we have a big family, so we can't go. and he can't get the sendoff he truly deserves. finding a way out of the coronavirus crisis will depend largely on a big increase in testing. ministers have called on academic and business laboratories to join a national effort to boost capacity. some big companies have said they will help out, but one business manager with laboratories told us how he felt that his offer hadn't been taken up. understandably frustrated, a little unhappy. i mean, it would be very easy to sit and enjoy the sunshine and wait until things open up again, but i feel like i have a duty to the country, and my team, to keep them busy, to do something worthwhile. the number of tests carried out each day hasn't gone up a lot, although there has been a bank holiday weekend. it stands atjust under 16,000.

but that still a long way short of the 100,000 a day target set by the government by the end of this month, just two weeks away. nhs workers have been told they have access to testing if they need it, including drive—through centres like this, allowing them to return to work quickly if they test negative. that's now been extended to social care staff. part of a new package of measures for england, it includes testing of more care home residents and those returning from hospitals. we will now ensure that everybody who has symptoms gets tested, and the critical other change is that those leaving hospital will now be tested, and they will be put to isolation until those test results come through. how are you actually going to cover this large number of social care staff and nhs staff and hospital patients? how is it going to be achieved? so now we have testing available right across the nhs and social care for all those who need it. and i'm very pleased we've been able to expand capacity so that can happen.

and as we build capacity further, over this month and then beyond to that 100,000 a day target by the end of this month, we'll expand further. he also said that relatives should be allowed to visit loved ones who are seriously ill with coronavirus for final farewells. the peak of pressure on the nhs was expected about now, with a surge in covid—19 patients. health leaders say there are still critical care beds to spare and most hospitals appear to be coping, but the peak could last some time. we think we can say with increasing confidence that the nhs should be able to cope with this initial peak. the interesting thing, though, is there is now a load of new challenges the nhs faces, of which the very obvious one is if we are going to have this demand spread over a long period of time, how are we going to support our staff? and there was uplifting news when connie aged 106 left hospital in birmingham. she said she felt very lucky to have shaken off the virus. hugh pym, bbc news.

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this three days into spain's partial lifting of its coronavirus lockdown and there's still a lot of confusion. police say people are unsure if they're allowed back to work or not. in fact, spain has only lifted restrictions for factory and construction workers — an attempt to kick—start this covid—19 battered economy. many are scared. translation: i feel bad, like i'm in danger, but what are you going to do? i need to provide for my family, i need to go back to work. spain's prime minister hit back at his critics today. he only made decisions after taking scientific advice, he said. applause. juggling economic, social and health risks is daunting for every government in this pandemic.

it's a big challenge for the eu too. remember its messy initial response to the crisis? today, brussels called for a coordinated exit strategy from lockdown measures, but only if... there is a significant decrease in the spread of the virus over a sustained period of time. sufficient health system capacity is needed. there needs to be a reserve and you need sufficient surveillance and monitoring capacity in the form of large—scale testing. with 27 different health care systems and 27 different economic priorities, the european commission admits that, in the end, each eu country will decide for itself when to lift restrictions. but it's worth noting that no one here or in eu capitals is talking about getting back to normal — lifting lockdown altogether. this is a targeted, gradual lifting of the restrictions, which would be reintroduced again if there is another big second wave of infection.

today, the eu's biggest economy said shops in germany would start opening as of monday. schools as of the lith of may. but angela merkel insisted... translation: this isn't a race, however well—intentioned. we have to understand we'll be living with this virus until we have the medication or a vaccine to deal with it. delighted to see friends, unaware of their parents' nervousness, danish children streamed back to primary and nursery school today. these are nail—biting moments for the eu as well. the lid is lifting on europe's lockdown, but no one knows for how long. katya adler, bbc news, brussels. in the united states — the governor of new york state andrew cuomo has said the healthcare situation there has ‘stabilised'. officials have recorded another 752 deaths related to coronavirus — but there's been another fall in the number of hospital

and intensive care admissions. our correspondent in new york nick bryant sent this report. to a city known for its energy and life, the coronavirus has brought an overriding sense of fear. new york's number of dead has soared past 10,000. more victims than all but a few countries and three times as many people as were killed in the attacks of september 11th. sirens. still we wake to the sound of sirens, still new yorkers worry that the ambulances outside their windows might soon end up outside their doors. but hospital admissions are down and after one of the most awful months in the city's history, the spread of the virus has slowed. almost everybody is on oxygen and almost everybody is a covid patient. at a hospital in brooklyn, dr melanie malloy has been keeping a video diary of life and of death. the wards are crowded

still with patients dependent on ventilators. medics and nurses are physically and emotionally exhausted, but they're witnessing signs of hope. today we have 43 people in the department. that's pretty much full, but i have to say, it's doing a lot better than a couple of weeks ago when we had 86 to 96 in the department, a0 people boarding. it was really tough, it was really a bad, bad week. but things are getting a lot better. this is still very much a city at half mast. more than 750 new yorkers have lost their lives in the past 2a hours. but fears that the health care system here would be overwhelmed have not been realised and the governor of new york believes the worst is over. the coronavirus hasn't managed to crush the charismatic personality of this city. here outside a hospital

in manhattan, the heroes of 9/11 were saluting the new superheroes of covid—19. applause. and in new york, every night at 7, the same wave of gratitude ..in this season of social and national isolation. at times qquare, we thought these people were tourists, something we haven't seen here for weeks. but they're medics who travel here from all over america to help new york at its time of maximum peril. hopefully, that moment has passed. nick bryant, bbc news, new york. let's get some of the day's other news. the g20 — which is being hosted by saudi arabia this year — has announced it's suspending debt

payments owed by the world's poorest states for the rest of 2020. 77 countries are due to benefit from the agreement — which will temporarily delay $12 billion in payments. amazon bossjeff bezos has seen his wealth swell by m billion - after soaring demand for online shopping sent the firm's share price to a new high. his fortune now totals 138 billion dollars — according to the bloomberg billionaires index. mr bezos — perhaps unsurprisingly — is the world's richest man. our world has been turned upside down by this virus — enter the iconic tv show sesame street. for50 years, big bird and the gang have been teaching pre—schoolers notjust their abcs — but also how to deal with difficult emotional situations — like bullying and divorce. so of course, sesame street has

taken on social distancing — with a global special called elmo's playdate. i , ithink , i think i have figured out my phone finally, how do i look now? g rover phone finally, how do i look now? grover and elmo are having a promote play date. like many kids are in america that cannot meet up a bursa but trying to stay in touch and the muppets are having technical trouble just like the rest of us. is my head really that big? celebrities including anne hathaway and lin manuel miranda joined elmo and pals for a virtual singsong. need evolves for a virtual singsong. need evolves for kids in this era of coronavirus. what's your favourite word? supercalifragilisticexpialidocious. i got to hang out with elmo and abby on the stoop at the start of 2019 marking the 50th anniversary of the show. but now we all have to be

socially distant, no more playing make—believe in person. socially distant, no more playing make-believe in person. you are an honourary sesame street chicken. no cuddling but cookies are a substitute. the only thing me did was eat the recipe so me know no what ingredients to use. it shows that french's can be maintained from a distance. and before we go — in paris — the great bell of notre dame has rung out in honour of care workers on the frontline of the coronavirus epidemic. it marks one year since fire ripped through the cathedral, destroying its ancient roof and famous spire — and threatening to bring down the building itself. parisians applauded from their windows and balconies, as the city of light echoed with the sound of bells and clapping.

hello there. yesterday was a warmer kind of day. again, plenty of sunshine for most of us, withjust a little bit of high cloud crossing the skies. we had some rather dramatic skylines, for example in the shropshire area. now, it was the north—east of the uk that had the day's highest temperatures. durham and parts of aberdeenshire seeing highs of 21 degrees, but look at this drop in temperatures on the way through thursday. for some, it's going to be around ten or 11 degrees cooler. the cooler weather is arriving with a cold front. it's this stripe of cloud that's sinking its way southwards across scotland right now, leaving the clearest of the skies and the lowest temperatures further south across england and wales, where there could just be a few patches of frost in the countryside. for thursday, well, it gets a little warmer across england and wales, but across the far north of scotland and increasingly into eastern

scotland and north east england, we've got the colder air setting its way in. now, into the afternoon, we may well see a few brighter spells for orkney and shetland, but otherwise for much of scotland, it's a cloudy day. the cloud could be thick enough for an occasional spot of rain. not amounting to too much, mind you. for most, it will stay just about dry. it's going to feel a lot colder, though. temperatures 9—11 degrees, 11 degrees the high and durham rather than the 21 we had on wednesday. futher southward across england and wales, again most areas will have lots of dry weather and sunshine. there'll be a little bit more in the way of high cloud moving in, and, yes, we could see just a few isolated showers across south west england, southern wales, but even here the majority will probably stay dry. a little warmer, temperatures into the low 20s more widely. for friday, an area of low pressure that's been affecting spain and portugal wobbles a little bit close to our shores, and it looks increasingly likely that we'll see some rain arriving.

although the amount of rain you see from place to place across parts of england and wales is going to vary significantly. still mild, but thosee temperatures are falling back a little bit. highs of 17 in london, the cold air in scotland tending to seep down some of these eastern areas of england, knocking the temperatures back in norwich to just 12 degrees. now, the weekend, scotland stays fine and dry throughout, but it looks like we could see a little bit of patchy rain still left over across parts of england, wales and maybe northern ireland on saturday. sunday, for all of us, looks like the driest day of the weekend. that's your latest weather.

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the headlines: the emerging crisis of the hidden pandemic deaths in care homes. the uk government pledges a new coronavirus testing regime. the virus blame game. president trump's decision to cut us funding for the world health organisation gets international pushback. back to school for children up to 11 years old in denmark as more european countries relax their lockdowns. elmo, i think i have figured out my phone finally. how do i look now? plus, social distancing sesame street—style. the us tv show is helping kids adapt to these unsettling times. those are the latest headlines here.