line d.w. dot com and on t.w. social media channels. this is d w news live from berlin expect more days in the weeks to come that was donald trump's message to the american people as the number of confirmed coronavirus cases in the u.s. tops 300000 or have the latest from also coming out. to show support for a dismissed u.s.

navy captain breathy crow zio was fired for criticizing the navy's response to the pandemic bring you analysis of the political fallout. also on the program why fund a lockdown is heating low income households the hottest here in germany some charges of closed in children could no longer rely on free school meals a family of 6 who are feeling the pinch. cos they earn hundreds of thousands of pounds per week the english premier league once it's full fall is to take a coronavirus pay cost play is pushing back. i'm tired read i'm glad you could join me there are now more than 300000 confirmed cases of corona virus in the united states this is more. and anywhere else in the

world right now in hard hit regions like new york state and california medical supplies have started to run lawyers the death toll already stands at over 8000 speaking to the american public on saturday president donald trump warned that the coming weeks would likely see that number climb even higher this will be probably the toughest week between this week and next week and they'll be a lot of death unfortunately but a lot less death death than if this wasn't done but there will be death we're looking for an obvious focus and the hardest hit regions some of them are obvious and some aren't so obvious they spring up they come in the. they hit you like you got hit by a club. that was donald trump speaking to the american people earlier on saturday with a strong warning that things will get worse before they get. journalist . has been covering this story for us in new york to describe what it's like there

right now of another grim milestone now in the last 24 hours 638 people have died there is over 113000 cases in new york state alone and we talk insistently about the shortages when it comes to the protective gear for doctors and nurses but there's a shortage of medical personnel as well and not being number one has now that medical students on the verge of graduating will be permitted to begin practice practicing rather going to expedite that process and then along with the thousands of men and women who have offered to come out of retirement to work on the front lines there's also a text message that was sent out urging anyone with a medical license to step forward so the measures being taken right now to recruit people to enter the health care system is ongoing as we look towards that pete. the u.s. navy captain has been given a hero's farewell after he was dismissed from his post for criticizing the navy's

handling of the pandemic captain breck c.e.o. was cheered by his crew as you can see here and they still find photos of the commodity have been battling an outbreak of the virus on his ship and demanded that he be allowed to evacuate his sightless from the u.s.s. theodore roosevelt more than 150 people have tested positive for the virus the navy dismissed him for not following proper protocol and allegedly causing panic by letting his complaint leak to the media. report on the short has been following the story she's here to talk to us about a high what's been the reaction to this captain's departure from the navy when it does depend on whether you look at the navy leadership or the servicemen and women who was serving under him hierarchies at all was very very important in any military organizing. ation and if you look at the rank and file the crew members

past now they have been tweeting very very positive things about this captain it seems like he was very very well loved for instance and there's some cool crew members tweeting their thanks to captain brett pros. spouses of one of the crew members tweeting that he deserves a medal and then lots of other people saying that he is an american hero. and that they're you know the tweets his is always quite easy to type easy to hit send and there are also a number of petitions that are going round right now 100 fold but one of them has got 200000 signatures and these petitions a calling for the captain president to be reinstated and so the situation right now on the u.s.s. theodore roosevelt is that around a 3rd of the of the sailors have been evacuated and they are on shore at the moment so i mean it seems like he got his wish but almost at the expense of his job and

the navy to ship said help was on its way already ok is there going to be any political fallout from from any of this well it's hard to see where it's going to come from to be honest members of the house armed services committee the democrats on that committee they said they should a statement when he was sacked they were saying that he it was wrong to sack him without a thorough investigation they didn't say it was just wrong to sack him period and they said he haven't they haven't investigated this situation enough and if this decision was taken too quickly the republicans on that same committee didn't make any comment and bernie sanders has has called for him to be to be reinstated that's one of the democrats' presidential hopefuls but donald trump the u.s. president he wasn't very supportive in fact he took the side of the military leadership against captain crazy as you can hear in the sound bite he was quite

critical of. i thought it was terrible what he did to write a letter i mean this isn't a class or literature this is a captain of a massive ship that's nuclear powered and he shouldn't be talking that way in a letter he could call and ask and suggest but he stopped in vietnam. a lot of people got off the boat they came back and they had infection. so it sounds like captain crazy has lost the backing of the commander in chief by the sounds of it yeah and it's hard to see how he can come back from that i mean president trump has intervened in matters of military discipline before and he has taken the sides of soldiers who are who are against the military leadership but listening to him just now i don't think he's going to do it in this situation. your reporter in a sort of thank you very much ah no. let's

look at some of the other ways covert 19 is impacting the world. because of public ceremonies in didn't it pro a city in southeastern ukraine have been ordered to deeks 600 graves and thousands of body bags have brain preordered full potential coronavirus victims bulldozers could be seen working for days in several of the new persimmon trees. the league soccer season has kicked off despite almost every other country in the world suspending its legs because of the coronavirus the 1st match was played behind closed doors in the central asian countries capital. has not announced a single case of covert 19 so far. the widening a crackdown on the ultra orthodox jewish communities for continuing to ignore social distancing authorities have been carrying out rains in orthodox neighborhoods around the country after many

a merge does coronavirus hotspots they've also locked down the city of neighbor rock outside tel aviv. pope francis has warned the faithful not to seek personal gain from the coronavirus crisis in a service streamed online he prideful followers to preserve quote clear conscience in the wake of the pandemic. the economic impact of the pandemic is being felt around the world and its people with low incomes who are being hit the hardest now here in germany the government has announced a non presented package to mitigate that impact but even so many people have been left struggling now one family shared their experiences with us. the baker family on their daily walk. it's finally a chance to get out of their cramped 3rd floor apartment nicole becker and her 5 children share 70 square metres of living space since the schools and daycare

centers have closed they're staying at home. he noticed the spaces are pretty crowded a 3 bedroom apartment with 5 children it's stressful and crowded. it's just going all out to of course so much has changed for the family since the coronavirus pandemic began. must now go to the supermarket more often to buy food for lunch her children normally get free lunch at school and daycare hardly affordable for their unemployed mother. i now have more expenses that i otherwise wouldn't have it's financially problematic since i have to dip into my savings. there are hundreds of thousands of families like the backers in germany 2000000 children depend on basic welfare the federation of welfare association says their suffering is worsened by the current crisis. reasons in the moment 50

children can't eat free meals at school anymore it was vital for poor families so there are more than 900 food banks in germany and half of them are closed no the poor are hit hard by this dispute. a charity called d r here is now trying to support the becker family with food deliveries. the group had to shut down its super kitchen and childcare facilities due to the pandemic but is finding new ways to help people including grocery deliveries. the monument has arguments when you have no one to turn to no hope and then of course you feel all alone even if you live with several family members that's why we're here to listen to this and will linger at the doorstep a little bit longer you know the host of numbers and then nicole becker gets foods delivered twice a week she and her children appreciate the support. they really help me

a lot i can always go to them if i need something new do you know nicole becker hopes that the food deliveries will continue in the weeks ahead it's the only way she and her children can get by. there are some other developments around the world in the corona virus pandemic spanging has reported 809 more deaths since friday although high the number has fallen for the 2nd straight day in france the number of confirmed cases has jumped to over $90000.00 it's the 5th country now to report more cases than china turkey has stepped up controls in public spaces including requiring self is to with face masks and south korea's social distancing campaign was due to end on monday it's now being extended by 2 weeks the country wants to reduce the number of infections to less than 50 a day. thank you now professional footballers in countries like germany italy and spain of all agreed to pay cuts to

alleviate some of the financial hardships caused by the pandemic now england's premier league once its players to agree to a 30 percent reduction in pay but the players' union is pushing back saying that this would reduce tax revenue for the national health service and so the stage is set for what could be a damaging public spat. the average income for footballers in the premier league is well over $3000000.00 euros per year some clubs in england's top flight like newcastle united have already cut wages of non-playing staff liverpool have furloughed non-playing staff with full pay but they have come under fire for requesting the government to cover 80 percent of the outlay while one premier league manager has already taken a pay cut it's a small part that we can do but i think it important. move forwards. the right decision to do what we've done meanwhile premier league clubs continue to pay full wages to their stars but britain's health minister advised the league to

make some changes earlier in the week the 1st thing that premier league football is can do is make a contribution take a pay cut and play their part now the league is asking players to take a 30 percent pay cut tottenham's danny rose agrees players should give up a portion of their wages but he didn't appreciate where the pressure came from saying it was not needed for people who are not involved in football to tell footballers what they should do with their money i found that so bizarre now the various clubs player representatives the f.a.a. and the premier league itself must meet to discuss the proposed wage reduction for players. the u.s. national basketball association or the n.b.a. has announced its hall of fame class to 2020 and the list is headlined by the late kobe bryant now the superstar player who retired from basketball in 26 damon made the cut for the hall of fame in his 1st year of eligibility he won 5 n.b.a.

championships with the l.a. lakers he's widely considered one of the greatest ever play the game he sadly died in a helicopter crash in late january of this year. you're watching d.w. news remember you can get. the latest news and information on our website which is d w dot com i'm jared greenberg on. what secrets lie behind. discover new adventures in 360 degree. and explore fascinating world heritage sites. w world heritage 368 get me out now. how does

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