beethoven 2020. 150000 or verse 3 on d. don't you. remember that. this is the w. news live from berlin president trump announces a major change in u.s. policy on the coronavirus to unleash the folk hour of the federal government this effort today i am officially declaring a national emergency the announcement frees up billions to pay for measures to contain the virus and spring also coming up the w h o's since europe is now the saint of the coronavirus condemning with morning

cases being reported that in china at the peak of the outbreak. and hope for 2000 unaccompanied child migrants in 7 e.u. countries agreed to take them from camps in greece but other member states say if. i'm anthony how to welcome to the program u.s. president don't trump has now declared and national emergency in the united states over the spread of the coronavirus the move releases billions of dollars in disaster funding and give special powers to federal health authorities the president has denied any responsibility for delays in making testing available that as he said ministration has come under fire for being too slow to respond. president trump has come under considerable scrutiny in recent weeks for not moving

quick enough to tackle the virus spread on friday he tried to reassure concerned americans and somewhat uncharacteristically cold for prudence americans are the strongest and most resilient people on earth and in the coming weeks we will all have to make changes and sacrifices but the short term sacrifices will produce long term gain. and again i've said we're learning a lot for the future and future problems like this or worse or worse could get worse did buy this truck but headed to the next 8 weeks would be critical. among other things declaring a national emergency unlock some 50000000000 dollars for federal relief aid it also relaxes regulations surrounding health care making it much easier for many ordinary americans to get help. with more than $1700.00 reported cases of covered 19 in the

u.s. resulting in a least 50 deaths pretty much all americans are now taking notice at the so-called n.p. center of the u.s. outbreak the new york suburb of new rochelle locals say it's taking its toll on daily life. friday. so. it's a lot slower. it's very bizarre if you so thank you and if you're in the wrong that's the name of the market and if you think really everyone is you. shopping for the end of his now i know what. you're feeling. at a time when authorities are rushing to take action life on the streets of every day america could soon become very slow indeed. well day deadly correspondent

stephan simmons has taken a look at the measures president trump announced to increase the number of testing kits and he gave us his thoughts from washington d.c. . this was president ultram 2nd chance and effort to calm and comfort the american public as a whole the president had been on the immense pressure and ridicule for what many called a disastrous performance when addressing the nation from the oval office just a few days ago donald trump also announced what he calls an unprecedented federal partnership with private sector foremost with the pharmaceutical and tech industry because of this partnership according to the president hundreds of thousands if not millions more coronavirus tests will be made available across the country no word from the president though on how quickly those tests will finally be available of course it is the profound lack of available testing kits and testing itself that has health experts doctors as well as the average american worried and frustrated for weeks and from stefanski moments in washington is

a look at more of the latest coronavirus developments italy is the hardest hit country in europe a record at its highest one day told with 250 deaths of the past 24 hours the airline kaylin plans to cut up to 2000 jobs amid the global outbreak poland and denmark a closing their borders on the weekend south korea has for the 2nd day in a row meanwhile reported more recoveries from coronavirus than it has new infections now these measures come as the world health organization warns that the focus of the pandemic has shifted away from china europe has now become the epicenter of the pundit make we reported cases and is done the rest of the will combine apart from china more cases of now being reported every day than we reported in china highest of its appeal to me well as the

virus spreads across europe the e.u. has pledged to do whatever it takes to help member states deal with the pandemic the worst hit mistake is italy. on the front line of europe's coronavirus special italy's health system is under pressure with more than 15000 current cases patients are having to rely on makeshift medical services. and. the main problem is the fears of patients who come to us when they end up in something that's not a traditional hospital building a tent just doesn't give them reassurance or a lot of sick with iraqi with a huge spike in infections in the last 24 hours spain has europe's 2nd highest rate of the fires the capital madrid has become a garstang. prime minister pedro sanchez declared a 2 week state of emergency a decision that will allow him to mobilize all resources to fight the outbreak

including the military. old restaurants and shops in the capital are being forced to close with only supermarkets and pharmacies to remain open. to. a global shame or we made a serious mistake of thinking that italy was far away that this wasn't going to touch us well that's the sort of almost i think over the coming week we're going to see situations that we would have never imagined that we don't you seen in films and on t.v. i see. in friends new stricter measures that being put in place in a bid to limit person to person contact. and but we're going to raise that limit to gatherings of $100.00 people lady the idea again is to make sure that we can slow down the progression the spread of the virus will just french schools will also be closed from monday. around europe such drastic measures other latest

tools in the blocks fight to contain the coronavirus. the authorities here in germany have announced. a series of measures to minimize damage from the corona virus outbreak including the closure of schools more than 3600 people have been infected in germany and i people have died chancellor angela merkel has called on people to avoid social contact as far as possible to prevent the elderly and those with preexisting health conditions from contracting the virus meanwhile the number of people stockpiling is on the rise buying food and goods like disinfectant and toilet paper. and i'm joined now by talkie from david lee sports to look at how the pandemic is affecting the world of sport only to welcome us is of germany's football league have suspended the bundesliga until i pulled the 2nd big question

what are the takes along yeah i think that kind of threw all of us off because we were following it last night the entire day i think the germany was really hoping that these guys having these games without any of the fans in the stadium that that would really be the solution to the coronavirus but of course this rewrite this coronavirus has no boundaries and what happened yesterday is that had a ball on the in the relegation zone they were supposed to play late on friday night and then all of us when we had these rumors come in the speculation that they train us that they coach might actually be infected with the crown of iris turns out he wasn't but one of the pay as did test positive for the crowd of iris i think that was for them almost like the last straw and of course also to germany also people need to understand that there's so much reluctance because people need to have this season ready in order to move on to the next so if you're the german if you're the bundesliga you have to know who's going to get relegated who's going to

get promoted who's going to take those european the champions league spots because without that you can't even confirm or move on plan the next season bryan and with that in mind how's the decision being taken by. players and fans surprisingly well a lot of players on twitter last yesterday saying that look health is of utmost priority you know football sports can take a back seat we should all be concerned about getting this right is under control so it's been pleasantly really surprising that a lot of the fans a lot of the players we get it i think they understand that football isn't as important that it's have and that we need to protect everybody that's something that involves you yourselves will need to be covering you were 20 twentieth's and now your wife is called an emergency meeting with the possibility of postponing is that. it is it's a real possibility but just like this right or is whatever i say now might not even have any meaning ache meaning once we i have this this destroyed you know because

things just change and we do know for example is a lot of speculation all i can do right now is speculate this is there's a saying that it could be moved as you just mentioned to next year it could also be just postponed till late in the summer some people are even saying that they might just reduce the venue's from 12 venues to maybe 78 menus there's a saying that they might even convert the entire format to maybe a one a scene and a game and everything or less games are being played but of course there's a problem of backlog because how will your or how can be organized this because you still have this the backlog of the domestic league so champions league still ongoing you have the europa league you have the domestic leaks so a lot of it and i think until those domestic leaks leaks get the house in order i think 1st then we can know what will happen with euro but i think a decision will probably come the late you have to wait and see a limited time thank you. a brief look now at some of the other stories making

headlines around the world. of erasure of rockets has hit a base housing u.s. and coalition troops north of baghdad officials said at least 2 iraqi soldiers were wounded there is no word on responsibility so cantatas was already the target of an attack days ago that killed 3 servicemen including 2 americans. and the government protesters have clashed with security forces in chile's capital santiago police responded to stun throwers with water cannon since october chile has been rocked by protests that started back in public transport phase and broadened to include calls for better pensions health care and education. well they are currently tens of thousands of asylum seekers living in camps on grace's i.j.n. islands among them thousands of unaccompanied minors many of them face violence abuse and exploitation but several countries in the european union have now reached

a deal to take in these vulnerable children. unaccompanied children in migrant camps many of them in a poor state of health about $5000.00 estimated to be in greece 2000 of them in facilities on greek islands now a 7 nation coalition of the willing including germany france and portugal wants to take 1600 of them in. a sign of how we can help greece you know not just with money but with actions we thought. e.u. ministers met in brussels to work out the details and to try to convince more countries to join the coalition co way she and lithuania are in talks e.u. commissioner over johansson went to greece to discuss mounting a coordinated response but most you states have refused to take in any more refugees even if they are unaccompanied minors. sweden welcomes to some member states now are discussing to take

a broader responsibility before minors that is good the netherlands is willing to give every support to greece which is necessary registration identification etc the 2 are not willing to take over children. the difficult job of choosing which children get to leave the camps for countries in the coalition will be the responsibility of. the united nations and on site aid groups. you're watching the news from berlin next stop shift visits the lab of one of the world's foremost robotics experts come that's when we'll be back at the top of the hour with more news for now but we'll leave you with some hot warming moments from italy on the quarantine people in cities across the country are confined to their homes because of the coronavirus lockdown but raising their voices to fill the empty streets by singing together joy.

i didn't leave any belief. that. my 1st vice like a morsel sewing machine. where i come from women are bound by this ocean towards them in something as simple as learning how to write a bicycle isn't. since i was a little girl i wanted to add up the bicycle of my home and it took me years to until. finally they gave up and mention buying young lives like that and returned

to the sewing machine sewing i suppose was more appropriate for girls than writing about.