this is the deputy news live from berlin a new migration prices for europe with the backing of turkey's president is letting thousands of migrants pulseless territory to try to enter the e.u. but they're running into a border that's close and defended by greek and bulgarian border guards also want to show. the new etiquette to contain the coronavirus germany's interior minister is not shaking as with anyone as a country moves to lay down the best practices for keeping the virus effect. and it

is super tuesday in the u.s. presidential campaign and a key test for democratic frontrunner bernie sanders we have to california to find out what issues are important to look teano voters america's most populous state. brian thomas great to have you with us for the program today the e. hughes chief executive was laffan the lion heads to the border between greece and turkey today where a new chapter in europe's migration crisis is unfolding thousands of refugees of mass that the greek border after turkey said over the weekend it would no longer stop migrants from trying to enter the e.u. but greek security forces are keeping the border closed and refugees sleeping in the opening in the open rather. are wondering what the future holds. let's go live

now to solder he joins us from the greek side of the turkish greek border max good day to you can you tell us what's happening where you are this morning. this bryan we are in custody nice in the greek border town close to the turkish right on the turkish border and close to the bulgarian border also from where i'm standing here at the customs checkpoint it's relatively quiet you're at the morning and there's a meet large media presence but then 100 few 100 meters behind me there is a humanitarian crisis unfolding as we speak with roughly 13000 migrants who are stuck and waiting to be able to cross into the european union now we've been standing here for a couple of hours every every few minutes that we see military trucks passing with their reinforcements and replacements so we're looking at a height military presence in the area max we've seen a violent clashes over the weekend between groups of migrants trying to enter

greece and security forces how are greek border police likely to respond should this continue. a greek prime minister meets a talk is announced that more forces more security forces and more military would be drawn into the region and he has also asked for help from the european border protection agency frontex they've announced they would send officers and equipment surveillance planes in vehicles within the next $5.00 to $10.00 days and also athens has made clear that they would step up their level of the talents to a maximum this is playing out with by rubber bullets being fired by tear gas being used against against migrants and also they have been reports of a syrian man who was shot dead allegedly by by greek security forces now the greek authorities deny this but all the looking at a very aggressive situation on the borders. on the line these chief executive is

heading to the border area today what kind of response to people in greece want to see from the new. you have to know that greece has been shouldering a majority of the burden of the refugee migration crisis since 2015 we just returned from the island of lesbos where there is a the notorious morea camp 20000 people are living there in a school of camp and dire humanitarian conditions this is terrible for the people who are stuck there but also it affects the locals who are furious that not much has changed there within within the last past 5 years and they feel abandoned by the rest of greece on the islands they feel abandoned by the european union if you ask them what do they want what kind of change what kind of what kind of change they are expecting then they say we don't want people to be longer held in our islands we want to sustainable solution and whatever this could look like are there people being redistributed to other e.u.

countries or simply sent back marks on her following developments as they happen on the greek side of the greek turkish border across the nice marks thanks very much for that. and as we heard from back some migrants are also trying to reach the greek islands off the coast of turkey one of them is lesbos as we heard and after almost 5 years on the front line of the crisis resistance is growing among islanders they simply will not take in anymore new arrivals. they made it to the port of mytilene but danger still lies ahead. an angry mob of locals has gathered at the harbor the boat is not allowed to drop this man says. oh there i are turns towards the journalists and photographers who refused to leave a scuffle breaks out and a camera man is injured. a few kilometers away near a refugee camp more tension refugees who have been stuck on lesbos for months throw

stones at police we are not prisoners they shout. one local journalist says it is. clear who is to blame for this situation. here but the. 5 years people have been helping but there was never any reward it was the opposite residents are increasingly frustrated with the greek government. and this is where we are now. let's look at. you here at the mori our refugee camp close to miscellany there is no room for new arrivals 20000 people live in a space built to accommodate 3008 organizations have been warning about a humanitarian catastrophe as angry locals blocked access to the camp attacks against employees are becoming more frequent according to the united nations refugee agency we're very concerned we're calling for an easing of the tensions

were deploring these terrible acts and we're calling on the government to ensure that humanitarian workers are safe and that they're able to continue to do their work tensions are also rising between athens and ankara footage allegedly showing the greek coast guard firing warning shots towards a refugee boat was released by turkey. greece then accuse the turkish coast guard of escorting migrant dinghies into greek waters a tit for tat response as the 2 countries struggle to cope with a growing wave of refugees. let's get you briefed on some of the other stories making the news today israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu has claimed victory in his country's general election but exit polls indicate his likud party and its allies will likely fall short of a parliamentary majority final results are due to be announced later today this was

israel's 3rd largest in less than a year. in brazil flooding caused by heavy rainfall has killed at least 4 people in affected hundreds of others in rio de janeiro in the west of that city the delos dragged away cars water and mud levels above one meter flooded a number of homes and businesses. finance ministers and the heads of the central banks from the g 7 nations are to hold talks later today on measures to reduce the impact of the coronavirus number of infections is on the rise around the globe and the world health organization has said we're in quote uncharted territory the total number of infections worldwide is now over $90000.00 nearly $5000.00 of those cases are in south korea country with the 2nd highest number of cases after china worldwide more than 3000 patients have died officials in italy it is the worst hit country in europe say the number of deaths has jumped from 34 to 52 however the

number of patients who have recovered from the virus worldwide well that is now at over 48000 the window of opportunity for containing the corona virus is narrowing and shaking hands for some is now out of the question even german chancellor merkel was politely put in phatic we refused by her interior minister. the virus has spread to 18 of the 27 e.u. countries the block center for disease prevention and control announced further action he said e.c.u. has announced today that the risk level has risen from moderate to high for people in the european union in other words the virus continues to spread it's really is the epicenter of the european fight against the outbreak its record of the most cases in the e.u. and the most deaths in the capital room lines for tourist hot spots are unusually short. as a month i'm wearing

a protective mask but we went. more than 60 countries have now reported cases and in iran the most serious outbreak outside of china continues impacting daily life and shaking the country's already struggling economy. which. we have no choice but to be open to have commitments and i have bank checks to clear i know many others who are in a similar situation who are supposed to take care of our checks and debts if we stay home with. the impact on iran's economy is an extreme case the o.e.c.d. slashed its global growth forecast for this year by half a percent to 2.4 percent the worst performance since the 2008 financial crisis. to the u.s. now where there's been another boost for democratic presidential candidate joe biden. the former candidate spent o'rorke amy club and pete booed each egg have all

endorsed biden ahead of today's key slate of primaries primaries and caucuses you will color how both democrats and republicans nominate their presidential candidates there's little doubt that trump of course will win the republican nomination but joe biden is one of 5 candidates still in the running for the democratic nomination so what's so unique about super tuesday it is the most important of all the primaries because people in 14 states will be voting. now under this system the more votes a candidate gets the more delegates are awarded and the states with the most democratic delegates up for grabs are california 415 and the great state of texas with 228 votes by the end of super tuesday it should become clear who the democratic presidential nominee will be. well california has america's biggest latino population which gives them

a key voice in deciding which democrat will run against president trump t.v. is always on a phenomenon when to los angeles to find out which issues are energizing latino voters. in america on the air with a man dog why you have producer with k w k w a latino radio station in los angeles sports not politics is his passion but this tuesday armando says many latinos just like team are eager to get out and. they're looking for a good leader they're looking for somebody that they're going to give you confidence they're going to give them. p s 4 for their own leaving most of our latinos we leave checked paycheck to paycheck. president donald trump's policies and treachery disturb many that he feels they all are hoping for a candidate who can replace him. as soon as california moved its primary to super

tuesday it was clear latinos would be crucial in choosing the democrats presidential nominee they represent roughly a 3rd of the state's eligible voters and their influence is growing. a rally in downtown los angeles county fornia super tuesday speaker price with its 415 delegates no wonder the candidates are campaigning to live their last minutes these are bernie sanders supporters he seems to be the most successful candidate in reaching out to latinos. i think you just talked to a lot of people that are like did not believe the franchise by the. big corporations and special interests whether it's big oil big pharma the gun industry and are essentially creating our policies. with their money and what bernie sanders is doing is trying to take the power away from the big corporations and give it

back to the people like on people are struggling right now people are falling into homelessness for the 1st time in their lives because rents are too high. housing homes guarantee candidate like center centers and i believe that we need to invest in mass public housing after the rally at meo is taco truck a popular place in the neighborhood we need christian iran that poll to see directed at the latino community foundation whose goal it is to make sure that every seat latino can vote he's hoping for a high turnout on super tuesday not the most have been traumatized living under the top administration you know if you look at the child separation crisis he tried to end the doco program i feel like latinos in this particular action arse are seeing this as a moment to really fight back and actually stand up to what's happening in our country today. and super tuesday seems like an important 1st step to bring about a change. the state of the news live from berlin we have more coming up top of the

hour up next our series doc film we're taking a look at the positive impact of good nutrition and how our brains work for now though for me brian thomas and the entire news team thanks so much for being here. and language courses. video. anytime anywhere. w. .