oh. this is deja news live from berlin in the united states a super tuesday showdown millions have been casting ballots in 14 states holding democratic presidential primaries moderate candidate joe biden has taken an early lead with a poor showing so far for senator elizabeth warren and billionaire michael bloomberg . also coming up a show of support for greece as the e.u. faces yet another migration crisis those who seek to test europe's unity will be disappointed we will hold the line and our unity will

prevail in a commission president was left on the line and promises to help greece deal with a mass of refugees greece is blocking thousands trying to cross its border from neighboring turkey. until me a logical welcome to the program forecasts from the democratic super tuesday primaries in the united states show centrist joe biden opening up an early lead against his rivals biden has won the delegate rich state of virginia and is 1st in north carolina tennessee oklahoma and alabama in the deep south. senator bernie sanders has won his home state of vermont and is 1st in colorado texas maine and massachusetts are all too close to call.

reporter william to craft is here with me in studio william head of super tuesday a lot of moderate democrats threw their weight behind joe biden has he benefited from this it certainly seems that way can you imagine if all these moderate democrats booted judge close by that along with bloomberg were all fighting for basically the same votes it would be a mess of a field for moderate democratic candidates leaving bernie sanders as we had seen in february with the iowa caucuses new hampshire south carolina nevada these votes leaving bernie sanders basically alone with with warren nipping at his heels but not by much so definitely this coalescing around joe biden seems to be paying off certainly for him and the establishment elements of the democratic party that very much would like to see joe biden be the nominee the democratic nominee for president and not bernie sanders who let me remind you is himself not really a democrat he's an independent running as

a democrat and sound has so far been what would he be disappointed by his showing i mean it's certainly too way too early to say who's going to be up and down and ultimately win tonight's fight and it's not just about winning and losing this is a proportional vote meaning the number of delegates these candidates will take with them tonight to the national convention in the summer that will determine who becomes the nominee this is split up proportionally based on the popular vote in all of these states so it's not just who's in 1st place but if you can make a strong 2nd place we're going to strong 3rd place showing you can rack up your your delegate count to at least be consistent to stay competitive with the other candidates and and come to the convention this summer which might be a rather contested convention and another contender a billionaire businessman michael bloomberg he bet everything on super tuesday and he spoke a short while ago let's take a listen. at night the polls are still open the number of super tuesday states and

as the results coming in. here's what is clear no matter how many delegates we win tonight we have done something no one else thought was possible in just 3 months we've gone from one person of opposed to being a contender for the democratic nomination for brad. bloomberg spent hundreds of millions of dollars in campaign advertising has the super tuesday gamble paid off well n.b.c. news is reporting that it's not he that bloomberg might be reassessing his campaign the prospects of this campaign tomorrow certainly not to read the most reassuring statement he made it is to his supporters in florida mind you not a super tuesday state not voting today a lot of people have lost a lot of money this past week in the downturn of the economy by me bloomberg might also be finding himself on the wrong end of his investment at the end of this week $500000000.00 a lot to spend on the states and he might not have much to show for it. doubly

reports are william few cruft thank you. let's not take a brief look at some other stories making headlines around the world. powerful tornadoes have struck the u.s. state of tennessee killing at least 22 people one of them caused severe damage in the capital nashville destroying buildings and ripping down power lines tennessee is one of 14 states set to hold democratic presidential primary elections on tuesday. on the indonesian island of java has erupted mt merapi spewed a cloud of ash and lava some 6 kilometers into the air the eruption briefly prompted the closure of a nearby international airport but geologists have not raised the alert level for america in the nation's most active volcano. the world health organization says it's controlling an ebola outbreak in the democratic republic of the congo it's reporting a sharpie lower number of new cases and the disease has now been confined to one

province the w.h.o. credits a new isolation facility for high risk patients for the for the diminished numbers of new infections. let's now turn to the coronavirus and the tough tactics some governments are using to slow the spread of the pathogen france says it's seizing stocks of face masks as cases of the infection saw president emmanuel macross says authorities will redistribute the masks to health professionals and those already infected with the coronavirus this as the world health organization was that protective gear supplies used in fighting the virus the coronavirus are running out globally now worldwide the total number of cases is now over 92000 although of a hof of those have since recovered more than 303100 patients have died with the majority of those in china meanwhile in hong kong the coronavirus has forced people

to either south korean scene or work from home on instructions of their employers we look at one family dealing with confinement at home so we have some rice we stopped about 3 or 4 bags at rice hours ready for a possible walk down water you know very essential to our family have been spending a lot of time indoors as the city battles to contain the coronavirus parents have a battle with boredom on their hands might. be read out for. which schools caused the children digging into studies a line and with derek's company telling stuff to work from harm the kitchen table has become a co-working space. hong kong is still free to go outside though the virus is a rival brought an abrupt end to large gatherings like the months of political protests that gripped this city in recent months. to see if i was i try i

thought it came at a time you know where where you know where there were 45 or you know a couple months ago i hope that you know this. virus hopefully will bring us together again but some say the quarantine conditions have strained divided families in the past before the state can still like state as day old and into or for the like of corals with the family members but these days they have to stay at home and without any choice is the they have to like face the like this situation or somehow it will also create more tension within the family. the broader social impact of these measures it may take longer to emerge but for now the al family is coping fine with the confinement. to europe now and a sign of solidarity with greece as the e.u. grapples with a new chapter of the migration crisis european union leaders have been holding

emergency talks in the greek town of custom years on the country's border with turkey greece accuses turkey of encouraging migrants to cross its borders illegally and neighboring bill garia which is also an e.u. state. just days ago and cross said it would no longer prevent migrants from trying to leave its territory and that's sparking fears of a new wave of migration into the european union. people are still stuck on the turkish side of the border searching for any possible way to get to greece and further into europe. look just over there the greek soldiers are watching us with but they're not allowing us to enter it's just 15 to 20 meters away. but they won't let us in so much because i'm going to make clear we can wait here for 4 or 5 months we are determined to wait we will not leave we won't give up and when they finally open the gates we will and if they

don't we will wait here have been is i don't know if this is turkey's game or europe's want but they're playing with us they put us in a miserable situation e.u. leaders came to see the situation for themselves after greece asked for help to secure its land and sea entry points. europe has not been up to the task of dealing with a migration crisis i hope this crisis will serve as a wake up call for everyone to assume the responsibility of the e.u. leaders announced 700000000 euros in assistance support from its border protection agency and patrol vessels now is the time for concerted action and cool hads and acting based on our values turkey's not an enemy and people not just means to reach a goal we would all do well to remember both in the days to come. greek

authorities say they've prevented tens of thousands of people from crossing the border trucks have arrived with supplies blankets and pillows for me shift shelters those looking for her preparing for more days if not weeks or months camping i in no man's land. earlier we spoke to d.w. correspondent daryn jones in istanbul and asked him if turkish president one miscalculated events. strategies about getting brussels attention and his calculation is a brussels only deals with an issue when there is a crisis and the concern is not so much there around $4000000.00 refugees that are currently in turkey it's the fear that there is possibly another one and a half 2000000 more refugees coming from syria provinces under the control of the rebels now if that was to occur this fears were quick trigger a massive humanitarian crisis possible social unrest and this is why i want

brussels to address these concerns with it live and able to create a safe haven inside it and it's looking for europeans to put pressure on russia to back this strategy i'm on call be very boy by the comments from the german chancellor angela merkel on monday who appeared to be supporting this idea and ultimately going forward will be looking for billions of euros from europe to build towns and cities to sustain those people living inside lip so this strategy of creating a refugee crisis now is to get our get brussels attention over this looming new crisis he's about to occur. in the german cup quarter finals on tuesday night defending champions by an munich defeated hosts shall go one nil to advance in the day's other fixture f.c. bolton became the 1st ever 4th division side to advance to the semifinals after beating fortunate 76 on penalties the draw for the semi's will be held on march 8th

and the remaining quarter final fixtures will be played later on wednesday. international olympic committee president thomas bach remains confident that the tokyo games will be a success despite concerns of the coronavirus disrupting the event japan's olympics minister says the country could postpone the event until the end of the year on tokyo's contract stipulates that the i.o.c. holds the right to counsel the games if they aren't held this year but japan argue the contract could be interpreted as allowing a postponement interpretation aside japan's government remains committed to hosting the games begin in july 24th and i.o.c. president thomas bach says for now it will be business as usual the i.o.c. the organizing. the whole city of tokyo the government of japan and in the world health organization really remain very confident

with regard to the safety of these olympic games talk your 2020 i would like to encourage all the athletes to their preparation for the olympic games tokyo 2020 with great confidence and with foreign steam a reminder of the top story we're following for you. moderate presidential candidate joe biden has opened up an early lead in the democrats in the democratic party's super tuesday primaries he's projected to win at least 7 states by leftist very standards bernie sanders has won 2 voters in 14 states are deciding who should take a donald trump in the race for the white house. that's all for now but business news is up next kate ferguson remembers a visit. at our web site to keep up to date with all the latest news and

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