i'm learning a lot current culture history they're. dealing travel extremely worth a visit. i mean. this is deja vu news live from birth when president trump announces a major change in u.s. policy on deep coronavirus surely the full power of the federal government that the server today i am officially declaring a national emergency that announcement frees up billions of dollars to pay for measures to slow the viruses spread and hope for 2000 unaccompanied child

migrants in greece and the 17 countries agreed to take them in but other member states say their vote. i'm calling assman thanks for joining us u.s. president donald trump has now declared a national emergency in the united states over the spread of the coronavirus that will release billions of dollars in disaster funding and give special powers to federal health authorities but during his address at the white house the president denied any responsibility for delays in making testing available even asked his administration 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 called 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 added 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

every 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 just the way. it's very bizarre and. so thank you and if you're in the wrong that's the name of the supermarket. that like really everyone was. shopping for the end of day it's now announced it's going to have. your feel like you. had a time when authorities are rushing to take action life on the streets of every day america could soon become very slow indeed. correspondent stefan seaman says the president was under enormous pressure to act and he did so by partnering with private companies to help provide desperately needed testing kits.

this was president ultram 2nd chance an 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 leg of vailable testing kits and testing itself that has health experts doctors as well as the average american worried and frustrated for weeks. months their reporting from our washington bureau here's a look now at the latest coronavirus developments in italy the hardest hit country

in europe it has recorded its highest one day death toll with 250 deaths over the past 24 hours dutch airline kalen plans to cut up to 2000 jobs amid the global outbreak spain's cabinet will declare a 2 week state of emergency today and some good news south korea has for the 2nd day in a row now reported more recoveries from the virus than it has new infections. well thirty's here in germany have announced a series of measures to slow the spread of the corona virus outbreak including the closure of schools more than $3600.00 people have been infected in germany so far and 8 have died chance there on the american has called on people to avoid social contacts to prevent the elderly and those with preexisting health conditions from contracting the virus meanwhile the number of people stockpiling is on the rise that means buying food and supplies like disinfectant and toilet paper.

well joining me now in studio is a lima we're talking sports with a look at how the pandemic is continuing to affect the sports world let's start here in germany because the buddhist leader germany's top football league finally suspending matches until april 2nd but really there was a feeling right that this was a decision a took a bit too long and why did this take so long to read it i think the german league for the longest time was on the impression that as long as no players affected no coaches affected what's the harm in playing that as long as none of them have tested positive for the rawest we can continue playing and they were even playing matches with people in the stands all right what they call these guys for your footage of that that's a match where you have the match continue as normal but you just don't have any fans in the stadium and that often caused a very eerie atmosphere spooky you know it was just even watching it on t.v. it was just it didn't feel like a match at all and then yesterday we had some very interesting developments because

right before friday's match had a want to coach sort of challenge symptoms of the cronut iris and that's i think when the when you see i began to panic and they decided to call of god match at the end he did not test positive but it was still the right to decision but we can also understand why these leaks are so reluctant to these cancellations it's because what makes football unique in that respect is that in order to plan for the next season you have to know the outcomes. this season because you need to know which team is going to get relegated who is going to get promoted you need to know which team makes it for the european places right at the europa places so it is a real struggle right now for football how are players fans reacting to this suspension of the season that actually is like the one positive in all of this is that the fans and most of the pay is really get it and on social media as well the reaction people are saying that health is the number one priority the well being of

others it's about containing this virus and that football and sports you know there's life after as well that it can always you know that it's not priority number one and that it can be put on the back burner as a that's very very refreshing now you wave has called an emergency meeting that will happen on tuesday they may end up changing your oh 2022 year old 2021 pushing him back again or it's going to contract it won't even be it won't be easy at all even if they do push it back to 2021 which just like a very viable option at the moment because people also need to understand that kickoff of the tournament was supposed to start in rome italy in june and that's of course a very high risk area but the biggest hurdle i think for all of football right now is how do you deal with the backlog of all the other competition so you still have the champions league you have the euro polygraphed the domestic competition so i think by pushing it back it does sound kind of like

a logical solution because at least then you can you're able to put compete all the other competitions but of course is still cause a lot of problems for 2021 even if it happens they are and i settle this situation in the world of sports alina talking sitting on top of that for us thanks very much . well as the number of infections grows here in europe the corona virus appears to be on the were treated in china word emerged late last year the government says its strict quarantine has been a success one that's already being touted in state propaganda. triumphal scenes in china this week infection rates are decreasing on friday the country proudly announced on the 8 new cases. who hand city reported 5 new cases before the eyes of the nation the city close the last temporary hospital to china wants to signal to the rest of the world that it has the virus under control after

more than 3000 people died from it. they're very happy that patients finally recovered. young going from to han has been in coron teen in this apartment for 50 days in the beginning he and his family were very scared his neighborhood is still a ghost town no one is allowed to leave the house but the fear is gone. you know you cannot rewrite that some provinces are open again people can step out we hope that the infestation rate in our city ruan is going to be 0 soon then we can finally go outside. the chinese government staging dance events to lighten the mood beijing is practicing normality crowds are going back to the vegetable markets in the capital after months filled with fear people are stepping out of their apartments again. so didn't he just yet although it's much

better before there are almost no people now they're coming back out. a month ago the streets of beijing where nearly deserted now they're busy again giving off the impression of normality. i've never heard anything like that it's a bit better but not as good as before the epidemic may go do you have ra is that. workers from all over the country are taking special trains to get back to the factories in china as freeing itself from its self imposed restrictions it's a risky decision for the leadership in beijing workers could still carry the virus with them the shoot 1st we will get key industries back on track in an orderly manner. in rouhani and in the rest of the country people are celebrating the containment they want to believe and the triumph are a brief look now at some of the other stories making headlines at this hour

a barrage of rockets has hit a base housing u.s. and other coalition troops north of baghdad officials said at least 2 iraqi soldiers were wounded there is no word on responsibility so far camp time was already the target of an attack days ago that killed 3 military personnel including 2 americans. well bill gates has stepped down from microsoft's board of directors to focus on his philanthropy gates co-founded microsoft in 1975 he was its see no until 2000 the billionaire plans to spend more time on his foundation tackling issues like global health and education. there are currently tens of thousands of asylum seekers living in camps on greece's agent 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. found

a company children in migrant camps many of them in a poor state of health about 5000 there 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 $1600.00 of them in. in this global system this is 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 croatia and lithuania are in talks e.u. commissioner over johansson went to greece to discuss mounting a coordinated response but mostly you states have refused to take in any more refugees even if they are unaccompanied minors. as we welcome stuff some member states now are discussing to take a broader responsibility for minors that is good the netherlands is willing to give

every support to greece which is necessary registration identification etc but we're 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 news live from berlin stay tuned for a look at a migrant rescue ship that's on reporter but we leave you now with some heartwarming moments from italy people they are confined to their homes because of the coronavirus lockdown but entire neighborhoods are raising their voices to fill the empty streets with singing take a look. ha ha. ha ha ha. ha ha ha.

can you please. please. please please please. keep it. light. i'm. glad. is the human race destroy itself. we are running the basic elements of our existence. using too much noise and.

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