to in action by the u.s. president in the federal government is the situation in bavaria is it similar i think it's similar in one sense in the sense that there's a feeling of urgency a probably in california. and there's also a feeling of urgency in bavaria but it's not similar in the sense that there's no support for what the central government is doing is really being supported by all the federal states in her policies they are continuous consultations and there's none of this acrimony that you have between the white house in the united states and various governments of federal states so in general i think one of us said german government he of both regional and central is on the same page on this but varia especially feels under particular pressure because it's close to it to leave which we know is the focus of the global pandemic at the moment it's also close to all straight and in all stransky results that have been several hotspots of

infection so people in bavaria particularly scared of that infection coming across their borders into their state so that sense of urgency i think is what is shared between the bavarian government and probably the credit fornia government but i think one has to say in general that i'm going to now go. as a chance of the is being supported across germany and that the policies that she's following being being consulted with are being. agreed with with pretty much everyone in the federal states and germany ok do we want on the story for us tonight here in berlin and thank you. we are indeed a week the likes of which no one has witnessed to quote the german chancellor since the 2nd world war 2 crises one spawning the other the coronavirus pandemic and the

global economic near collapse without a vaccine or cure the only weapon we have is social distancing which means a complete shutdown of public life in business self-inflicted mass unemployment millions could lose their jobs in order to protect and save millions of lives and this is a look at the week we'd like to forget a week we'll have no choice but to remember. but we begin the day with the dead in italy 3405 people that have died with 19 infection in them are working round the clock countless are were to find these incredible situation today germany closed its borders with 5 of its neighbors a temporary restraint shown on nonessential travel to the european union if the public refuses to heed the warnings now it will only be a matter of time until hospitals and clinics are overwhelmed to get this message

out to other countries that they asked to be prepared. at midnight tonight a ban on flights from europe to the u.s. under strict entry on essentially a ban on entry this pandemic could easily morph into a global recession that could be worse than the great depression of the 1930 s. absolutely as and from madrid to new york to berlin stores shops bars and restaurants were closed the day italy overtook china the edges shocking and incredibly hot treated as the country with the most deaths from the corona virus quarantine to patients dying alone while the front line between humans and a virus we do not know the spontaneous will last. well this week italy surpassed china in the number of corona related deaths the scene there is grim but asia and the united states also remain part of this epic story earlier

this year south korea and the u.s. both reported their 1st cases of the virus on the same day the government in seoul immediately took steps to blanket the country with tests for the virus that is why today south korea like china appears to have the worst behind it it is a dramatically different picture in the united states for weeks and weeks president trump refused to acknowledge the severity of the outbreak last week he suddenly changed his tune and now calls himself a wartime president wartime they look at the calendar in this video courtesy of the recount confirms that the commander in chief did not prepare the country for any bad. we have it totally under control it's one person coming in from china we think we have a very well under control we pretty much shut it down coming in from china you know in april supposedly it dies without a weather when it gets warm historically that has been able to kill the virus

people are getting better they're all getting better and the 15 within a couple of days is going to be down to close to 0 it's going to disappear one day it's like a miracle it will disappear and you'll be fine they could have vaccines i think relatively soon not only the vaccines but the therapies therapies are sort of another word for cure you're talking about very small numbers in the united states numbers are lower than just about anybody really working out and a lot of good things are going to happen and we're responding with great speed and professionalism is going to go away yet no i don't take responsibility at all they're all be great wouldn't be so good this came out it we came up so suddenly this is a pandemic i felt it was a pandemic long before it was called a pandemic all you have to do is look at other countries the koran a virus you know that. this is the new house we're 15 people in this massive country and because of the fact that we want early we want are only we could add a lot more than that we're doing great our country is doing so great.

video courtesy of the recounts that video was released 3 days ago what a difference 3 days make the c.d.c. says that the current total in the united states is now more than $15000.00. the u.s. president and the coronavirus for more on that topic i'm joined tonight by robin givhan the washington post fashion critic robin just wrote about the president and his press briefings and their lack of social distance robin it's good to have you on the program you write in your article when the world has been told to maintain 6 feet of personal space the sight of these v.i.p.'s snuggled up next to one another is jarring for a president skilled in stagecraft it speaks volumes about his message what does it tell us well i think it tells us 2 things one is this

sense invincible or a. refusal to essentially a model the kind of behavior that math class birds have sat. and i think the other part of it that he wants to have this team of people around him said that he looks i think more powerful but i think it also gives him. tonight during the highs there is a team surrounding him and there is this and that sitting that well he might in us our own person he's not really fully responsible these people who surround him are responsible and you know rather we have to tell our viewers that the briefing room there where we see these daily press conferences is actually rather small i mean

you've got all of the press corps crowded in there and then you're bringing all of these people in with the president then and then also since a message doesn't it i mean the white house knows that conditions are cramped from the beginning. yeah i get a lot of things have changed too because of the circumstances in the press room for instance the white house correspondents association howell's greatly decrease the number of tracks that are in the room for the grid so that each person is dead and they're seated in all terrain chairs so are they have a distance from each other and the president may you know have a distance from the people who are through the team and that they are questioning and i think is also striking is that there are ways around this you know they all do not have to be standing there together at this last briefing for instance contrast was but she was not standing with the group she was standing up to inside

actually a lot and you know i think it's also somewhat disconcerting for people because it's not just the president and the team that is you percent those working on this pandemic but it's also the mice president and eric is saying that you know it's sort of circumstances and there's no way around it you know this is ridiculous there's obviously a way around having them all in that room you know there's video conferencing friends and simply and you also say in your article that you make this comparison between these daily press briefings and the announcement that we saw today from the governor of new york talk a little bit about the difference there. well it's pretty girl a jarring because when i was writing this to new york leaving took place just for

the way ghastly differences. is seated at a table he does have colleagues read him but they are see that quite apart from being each per cent essentially has their arms based they're not sharing and putting their hands on the same they're not speaking into the same microphone and it's also striking because when television camera frames the governor because everyone is so far apart he's the only one in that brain and ask he actually sat you know if anyone has a problem with what how this is being handled i'm the responsible person i am no one should be etc and so the visuals actually underscore what he's saying whereas apple white house conditionals very much contradict the president and say it's fascinating how the rooms and space held they can

influence the message especially for the most powerful person in the world probably given the washington post fashion critic rob we appreciate your time tonight and your insights thank you. thank you. the day is almost done the conversation continues online you can follow us on twitter you can follow me of burden t.v. and remember whatever happens between now and then tomorrow is another day we'll see you again on monday everybody stay safe and stay healthy.

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this is. from berlin tonight as the coronavirus death toll tops 10000 governments around the world take on president steps to try to save lives of u.s. states in new york and california nearly everyone to stay home that's 16000000 people only those working in the most essential services can't even go to work and here in germany becomes the 1st federal state to close down

a public life almost completely amid debate over whether the entire country should go into lockdown and british prime minister johnson tells bars and restaurants to close now and not to open again tomorrow his government promises to guarantee most of the wages of those who are sent home. it's good to have you with us the u.s. states of new york and california are confining nearly all of their residents to their homes that is 60000000 people a drastic step designed to prevent a run on the hospitals like we have seen in italy the rate of increase in the number of cases at risk so overwhelming new york's hospital system that's according to new york's governor andrew cuomo as cases in the state climbed to more than 7000

and the death toll reached 38 today here's part of what the governor had to say earlier today. today we're bringing you to 100 percent of the workforce must stay home. these are non essential services essential services have to continue to function grocery stores need food pharmacies need drugs your internet has to continue to work the water has to turn on when you turn a faucet so there are essential services that will continue to function but 100 percent of the workforce and when i talk about the most drastic action we can take this is the most respect action we can it was new york governor cuomo speaking earlier today let's take the story now to washington d.c. your correspondent alexander phenomena is standing by good evening to you on xander so you know you have to wonder how is the city that never sleeps how is it going to implement these drastic measures. they new york city as well as the

rest of new york state is being put on post that's how governor cuomo described today making clear that those measures are not optional and there are not helpful hints there are mandatory and that means if one of the non-essential businesses decides to open they will be forced to close or find the other question is what's about individuals who are violating the new regulations komo said today that the states does not plan to find them so it will be interesting how the thirty's will responds to people who are gathering outside or even you know trying to play a basketball game a basketball game amid all the viruses while how are people in new york how are they responding to these measures that are being forced upon them by their political leaders. well i think that the reason for governor cuomo to introduce

those new measures is that anything else that they tried has not worked so far and we have to say that and now we are seeing in the numbers that the number of confirmed cases here in new york state are going to breast taking pace so they need to do something about that and we have to say that the governor himself has been praised for his leadership and more and more people in new york city and new york state appeared to be staying at home when you just look at the pictures of times square on or of of places seem to be deserted right now. only wonder how likely is it really will see other major u.s. cities forward the lead of new york city well i think it's likely that we will see more states following. example and imposing

introducing can you measure as governor cuomo told us today that he has been working with governors in the region governors of kinetic more new jersey to coordinate efforts to come pandemic however some governments are complaining they need more help for from the federal government that the trump administration's response was too slow and that what is needed right now is cold but determined from spawn's from the white house and that is something as they say what they are still waiting for. well is under for a moment with the latest from washington tonight alexander thank you. here in germany but varia is leading the federal states of the country and tightening restrictions on people designed to curb the spread of the coronavirus unlike other european countries germany has refrained from imposing

a total walked out on its citizens varian state premier markers is there to stop short of using the term walk down in his speech earlier today. up for i talk to students for writers from friday this friday beginning tonight at midnight by phone initial period of 2 weeks there will be general restrictions on movement into very house guns be showing through and we're not closing behavior off but we shutting down public life in bavaria for almost completely by and not into full time to settle into. germany's disease control centers as the number of coronavirus cases has jumped again there are now 13957 people with confirmed infections 31 people have died although there is still no national walked down one city near the french border has gone ahead with stay at home orders take a look empty streets

a sign feinberg will have to get used to after all thora t.'s announced a 2 week lockdown it was the 1st german city to water residents to stay at home and many are now asking themselves if the whole country could soon be stuck indoors including sarah and her friends who were out enjoying the sun together despite appeals not to as this pushed them best out of this is measurably better so people don't get infected and the hospitals are already overstretched but it's hard to imagine in a country with so many people like germany. for which they don't thrill that's absolutely no and most of those gathering in the park know they shouldn't pay but they find it hard to accept. in this residential area nearby many are staying at home that it's hard. to get i'm not doing well i'm going to cry.

and it might be because i can't see my children. for use in something you know is this and it's a real shame that we can't see our children and especially our grandchildren i don't believe in 100000000 but we accept it we do what we're supposed to. be doing our distance you know keeping distance the brandenburg gate is pretty empty and those we spoke to expect a lock down. it's come to 9 part it's over here in a few days that's why right now. the town of heinz burg is a coronavirus hotspot in germany or thor and he's there are appealing for a reason i love using high risk groups ourselves isolating they only go out to the doctor the others restrict their movement to a minimum which they drive to work for and by centrals. the threat of a lockdown is weighing on people's minds. if i had experience in the

biggest loss of personal freedom since the 2nd world war 2 weeks ago there were soccer matches with 50000 fans it's not easy to change so radically from one day to the next the government is trying appeals if they don't work bans on going out will follow the mood when you find dog has taken that decision the lockdown goes into force on saturday. theo's have a look now at how the global coronavirus crisis is affecting business after net flix online giant you tube says it will also reduce its streaming quality here in the european union that's to avoid straining the internet as a high number of people switch to tell the working and watching videos at home some european telecom providers have reported a major spike in data traffic this week. german economics minister. wants to loosen antitrust laws to allow greater cooperation between retail businesses in the

fight against the virus the german magazine der spiegel is saying that the government is willing to allow closer cooperation between the food industry and retail sector to secure supplies here in germany the luxury carmaker bentley will hold its car production in the u.k. for 4 weeks the decision was made to keep employees safe also due to the pandemic there is growing uncertainty regarding parts supplies the british luxury band brand is owned by evokes wagon volkswagen announced its own shutdowns earlier this week. the british government has told all pubs restaurants in gyms to close in an effort to fight the corona virus outbreak prime minister boris johnson says that venue's should close as soon as possible and not reopen until further notice he says that the measure is essential to slow the exhilarating spread of the virus the closure also includes nightclubs cinemas and theater effectively pulling the plug on public

life in the u.k. for the foreseeable future let's take a listen to what prime minister boris johnson had to say earlier today for we need to push down further on that could've of transmission between the us and so following your agreement between all the nations of the united kingdom all that evolved ministrations we are quick to be telling. tele cafes pubs those restraints to clues to the right as soon as they reasonably. to open. for more i'm joined by our correspondents a lot of parts she is reporting from the streets of london while she still can't get even to you. as we just heard johnson has announced further restrictions on social life in the country is a nationwide lockdown on the way well

it just seemed quite an evitable now boris johnson has always insisted that he's doing the right measures at the right time and now the time has come to close all clubs and bars restaurants and theater as also schools and nurseries have closed door for the foreseeable future today so this comes at a time where london is becoming the new hot spot off corona infections in the u.k. and the death toll is rising at an incredible speed here in the u.k. also at a much faster rate than in italy and we don't know how many people are indeed infected in the u.k. at this point because testing is only being done in the hospital it's for very severe cases but as we know now the next step of measures have been taken and it will change life here in the streets of london quite a bit from tomorrow on where it's as you can see right now lots of people still out

here in the streets it's a stark difference to what you would see in berlin right now we know that in other parts of the world panic is growing how worried londoners how are they reacting. well life has quieted down in the past couple of weeks here and today the mood was quite somber on the streets some people actually in a quite a panic mode you have to say i went to a couple of supermarkets in the morning and already at 10 am nearly all the shelves units were emptied no fresh milk for the day anymore and that early in the morning hours and i think that is what london us a most worried about at this point the food supply even though of course the government is insisting there will be enough for everybody and the other big story of london us is the national health system can it cope or not when the infections are on the rise and are people worried about losing their jobs sherlock's i mean are they worried about the economic impact of all of this i mean the economic

impact on the city on london on the all of the u.k. is just tremendous just to give you an example the 6 big airports here in london have said in a joint statement that they might close their doors indefinitely in the next couple of weeks if the government can't help out with more money but lots of work because of course tonight can sons about where this salary is coming from the government though insists on a huge economic package extraordinary measures asked and the and the rest of europe and they will pay up to 80 percent of those salary success already they were used for a lot of both joining us tonight from london for a lot of thank you in just a moment been fizzling we'll bring you the latest business news but 1st with concerts around the world scrounge for months to come many artists are taking to the internet to host free concerts for their fans have

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