this is the. we are at war of words of french president emanuel as he announces drastic new measures to contain the. orders the closure of france's borders and a nationwide beginning tomorrow. president will be forbidden to leave their homes for non-essential trips or they could face penalties also coming up germany tactics to slow the viruses spread. the closure of the country's borders with 5 neighboring

countries and all non-essential stores in the country will remain closed. to simply stay home and in the united states president says sweeping new guidelines to control the spread of covert 19 he warns against large gatherings and urges older americans to stay home this as his administration faces mounting criticism for how with the help. it's good to have you with us we begin tonight with extraordinary measures in france to combat the spread of the coronavirus tonight french president announced a nationwide telling all residents to stay home the new restrictions begin on tuesday and remain in effect for at least 15 days in a televised address. people should not go out except to get the essential anyone

breaking these rules he said will be punished for regions flocked to supermarkets ahead of the president's speech to stock up on suppliers. for more we're joined by u.w. correspondent lisa lewis she is in paris good evening to you lisa we just heard about president saying that we are and i'm quoting here we are at war tell us more about what he said tonight while he in nonstick several measures for 1st of all obviously the 15 day lockdown people should not otherwise they would face sanctions he also said that the 2nd round of voting in local elections 1st on took place on sunday and the 2nd round it would be pushed back would not happen next sunday as planned parliamentary will be suspended and the government will govern by executive orders but you know the underlying tone is really reflected in

that sentence we are at war which he repeated not once but several times and he openly appeal to the sense of responsibility of every french person and said you know you can't go on meeting your friends and hanging out in parks when it's sunny such went on sunday like like on sunday actually when it was sunny and you saw people in parks and crowded together him paris ronnie set you really need to understand how serious the situation is you need to stop actually meeting and seeing people getting close to other people in order to stop this rather virus from spreading i mean he's practically asking the french to change their social d.n.a. for at least the next 2 weeks what do you think will the french will be will they heed this call. well they have to otherwise they would have to pay money and i think that will work obviously many people here were expecting this to a certain extent there were rumors actually but you know people were actually

saying for example that they expected this lockdown to go on for $45.00 days or that you couldn't actually leave the house at that house that there would be a curfew in place from 6 pm on that didn't happen is actually lighter measures than many people were expecting here but they i think they will have to follow them and if they agree or not i don't think french people are willing to pay up for this really. over the we. have the feeling of a ghost town what's it like there in paris where you war well as i said so far the french haven't really been respecting that obviously today was a bit quieter but yesterday was a very sunny sunny day and many people as kind of seem to think this might be the last day they would be allowed to walk around freely and many people really are kind of taking this very lightly i was actually walking around trying to keep distance

a certain people and i was being laughed at you know people really wrong woman started to cuff and then she laughed and i just you know i just could feel that people weren't taking this seriously yeah it's definitely not a laughing matter that is for sure. with the latest from paris tonight lisa thank you. well here in germany chancellor angela merkel today announced unprecedented new measures in response to the outbreak nonessential shops will be closed as will bars the others sports venues gyms and playgrounds there's also a ban on religious gatherings until further notice and hospital visits will be restricted at least 14 people here in germany have died from the corona virus more than 6600 have been infected here is part of what the chancellor said today then i'll call them via internet and then we still need drastic measures as has so often been sent to slow down the rate of infection is such drastic measures have never been taken in our country. but at the moment they're necessary to reduce the amount

of close contact between people. to bring down the number of infections and serious cases i just read an account of the german chancellor angela merkel speaking there here's a look at some more of the latest coronavirus developments britain is ramping up measures to combat the virus with the prime minister boards johnson telling residents to avoid all unnecessary contact with others canadian prime minister justin trudeau has announced that he will close the country's borders to all foreign nationals russia will also ban the entry of non nationals in stateless people until may and switzerland has followed other european countries in declaring a state of emergency and meanwhile u.s. president on trump says he expects the worst of the pandemic could be over in july or august he's urging americans to avoid travel if they can to engage in home schooling and to not visit bars or restaurants he says people should not gather in

groups larger than 10 people here's part of what trump had to say earlier tonight. therefore my administration is recommending that all americans including the young and healthy work to engage in schooling from home when possible avoid gathering in groups of more than 10 people avoid discretionary travel and avoid eating it drinking at bars restaurants and public food courts if everyone makes this. change or these critical changes and sacrifices now we will rally together as one nation or i think the story now correspondent stuff on the monkeys in washington and even to use the fonts are talking through these guidelines that trump has announced what else is he asking americans not to do. well that's pretty much the president now changed his tune changed his tune or yesterday you remember the guidelines we were talking about were no gatherings no meetings. ok sions

where he had 50 people or more now the federal government president comes out with 10 people so that's the line bottom line is if you read between the lines don't trumpet the trumpet of the station does not want to declare a national curfew or national lockdown or a interstate travel ban of course no he doesn't do this but he is appealing to the conscience of every american to actually basically stay home stay home don't do anything don't do travel don't go to restaurants don't go into bars or anything go shopping if you have to supply lines are secure go shopping to the supermarket to the pharmacy if you have to and take care of yourself take care of the older people something really interest and. the president and his experts say it's like that the millennial is actually are the ones who have to and who will be able to bring america through this and through this crisis by actually influencing positively

through their habits of texting and not socially being close together influencing the older generations and doing the right steps you know it's interesting to belittles have been engaged in social distancing a lot longer than we realized the u.s. president yesterday so he was very happy about the u.s. fed cutting interest rates today he said we could still have a recession. yes again 180 great one of the degrees different donald trump today presidents today in all of what we just heard in this press conference tells the test force coronavirus test was very somber very calm and not all hunky dory everything will be fine admitting that it's a big problem we will get through this we're doing everything we can we're cooperating with the coronavirus and the markets that's a problem though just closed down 33000 points while the president was speaking and

while he was admitting that yeah we are probably heading into a recession there is the u.c.l.a. anderson school of management which they had actually and just came out with this we're actually already in a recession they don't expect any the u.s. economy not to grow until september at the least yet and these messages as you say you know they've been flip flopping a lot in the white house and the speed of these messages changing is also just amazing what about average americans you know trying to to soak all of this in how are they dealing with the realities of this pandemic. so everybody's on a roller coaster sort of speak your put this. hit the nail there the top of the nail there is constantly new stuff coming on the new curfew here a new initiative there curtailing mass meetings cancellations is that for i think. this is a very crucial week for the american society for americans across the country from

north to 1000 and east to west it seems in now that there is no way that americans go on or just change the way of life a little bit here there has to be drastic drastic change in everybody's life and most people will i think and actually i think we should all hope here stay home practice social distancing and make sure that we get that america can get more tests on the street and take care of those who will actually fall sick. chiffons the ones with the latest from washington tonight stefan thank you. major airlines in the united states are asking washington for 50000000000 dollars in emergency aid to help them survive the sharp downturn in air travel due to the coronavirus the trade group airlines for america warned that large flyers could run out of cash by the end of the year it's asking for a combination of grants favorable loans and tax cuts airlines around the world have

canceled routes as governments impose travel bans to prevent the spread of the bike . spain has now moved ahead of south korea as the country with the 4th largest population of coronavirus cases a 2 week walk down is already in place and may be extended spain has also started controls at the country's land borders for the 47000000 people inside spain the advice and the orders from the government staying indoors spending an entire day at home together is something the key thoughts family haven't done for a long time before trying to make the best of a difficult situation amid madrid's coronavirus look down indigo was employed as a bank and can therefore work from home while his daughter is able to access her schoolwork via the internet but it's his parents and bilbao that worry him or if i go oh you've not been going outside i hope here in madrid police drones with loudspeakers are telling us to stay home. and they tell you to stay inside that's

what you have to do you can't go around spreading the virus. your 14 year old paula is working studiously through her school exercises but it isn't always easy without to teach. them and ultimately send you on the exercises that sometimes you don't understand them you can ask your parents but they might not remember learning the stuff so they're not much help either you got. madrid a city known for its bustling streets and vibrant atmosphere has full an eerily quiet never in the history of spanish to mock. have such drastic measures been taken according to the government. only those shopping for essential heading to work over sitting a doctor or pharmacy are allowed out on the streets some rule breakers are treated leniently by police others are threats and fines. for the oki thought family the curfew brings its own difficulties but that term and to comply as much as possible

jaco is their biggest worry for any labrador puppy that's exactly ideal companions during a global health crisis. he's always looking for attention from strangers and he loves getting cuddles from home till i'm beginning to see everybody as a potential source of interaction. you begin to go a little crazy in isolation laura tells us but then nothing here is as it should be at the moment those in madrid simply need to hold out in the hope that things will turn to normal soon. well the coronavirus pandemic is up into the world sports with many countries banning all of bent's in the near future germany's bundesliga soccer clubs today confirmed that football matches will be suspended until early april further postponement are expected to be announced after another meeting in 2 weeks' time the german football the convened a meeting with all $36.00 clubs from the country's 2 top divisions chief executive christiane's i 1st said that the health and financial security of all 56000 football employees remains the highest priority on tuesday europe's governing body

you wave will does meet to discuss the future of the european championships. you're watching the news coming up next germany's economy grounds to a halt as coronavirus fears spread that's next with stephen beardsley will be back right after this.