to get out of the. pits is d.w. news live from berlin and donald trump on the defensive after coming under fire for his handling of the coronavirus crisis the us president said his actions had saved hundreds of thousands of lives and then aired a self congratulatory video criticizing the press also coming up on the shop. here in germany with the easter holiday weekend is now over the country's most prestigious science academy says it's time to start cautiously lifting restrictions . and imagination that knows no bounds when it comes to social distancing people

around the world put their ideas for coping with the brunt of virus and to practice . law and. i'm claire richards and welcome to the show u.s. president to donald trump has defended his administration's actions over the coronavirus crisis saying the spread of the virus is slowing but at his daily press briefing an angry trump around it on journalists who criticized his response insisting it had been right and accusing the press of spreading fake news. remember this everything we did i was criticized because those 2 are only. if i waited longer it would have been good to include if i went way too early if i went 3 months earlier i would have been criticized as you know criticize should be way too early so with all of that being said we understand it. i think. i bid you created

a lot of people as to the press and i would love to be able to say that we have a very honest press honestly john that be nothing i would be more proud of if the press would work and i don't want to be included. but not when they're wrong to tell us more i'm joined by g.w. correspondent in washington d.c. all of our as we saw trump defended his response to the coronavirus reaction what did you make of what he said. well this is one of those press conference claire to be remembered as a highly unusual press conference with a very very angry president trump lashing out against his critics against the media he also insulted journalists in the room you just heard his sound but they are so really strongly trying to defend himself and i'm also very special moment in the press conference when the white house. showed a campaign style video where they actually defended the handling of president

trump's handling off that pandemic and this is one of those videos that you would actually see on a campaign rally but not a government press conference of course so it really shows ringback that president trump got under pressure u.s. networks later called that video a propaganda video and that happened after the fall of president trump's leading expert in infectious diseases. in directly criticize president trump saying that many lives could have been saved if the government had acted earlier. that's right there's been some controversy surrounding trump's response to a direct. me to dr anthony can you tell us a little bit more about that. ride and that controversy began after those policy remarks that i just mentioned and today president trump read tweeted a tweet where someone called for firing and in the fall and then there were

additional media reports that trump was actually planning to do exactly that firing his coronavirus export expert excuse me which he then later rejected as fake news so big controversy here leading up to that press conference later later anthony fall she was trying to put that into perspective in that press conference he said he had a bad choice of words he also said that trump acted when he told him to with regards to the shutdown of course of bob with regards to the important assessment that he made that lives could have been saved had the government acted earlier he stayed on message and it is a very serious situation for trump you can see that in his response as well. here in the united states is coming up and president really got on the defensive so as we've seen that back and forth between foushee and trauma can you tell us how the situation in the united states has been developing all right so there's another debate. right now going on and that is about when to reopen and who's in charge of

reopening the economy is that the governor's is that the president so a total of 9 u.s. states is now trying to organize themselves trying to lift those stay at home orders new york is one of they have seen a dip in hospitalizations over the last days but andrew cuomo new york's governor stressing that the situation is still very bad that there are 2000 new cases every day and that you have to be very careful when reopening the economy warning of a backlash correspondent all of a ballot in washington thank you very much. well could this be the week we begin that leaving the lockdown that's the question many are asking here and germany the country's influential national academy of sciences has recommended that some of the restrictions imposed to contain the virus could begin to let up the report comes as the number of new confirmed cases in germany fell for the 3rd day running. blame it

on the sunshine germans flocked to nearby lakes and pox to soak it all in over the east a long weekend police patrolled popular areas that found most were a bang the restrictions. as long as it's necessary i think the rules of fine health has to come 1st and life. would definitely be good at some point we need to start earning money again. this soon may be coming germany's most influential science academy has recommended the lockdown slowly be lifted primary and secondary schools would gradually reopen with the extra precautions in place and if so should distancing rules are enforced stores and restaurants could follow the academy says the government should also make it mandatory to wear face masks in public. we can learn from our neighbors in asia i think mouth nose protection we must become

a social standard for months. politicians say yet to agree on how quickly the lockdown should be lifted. we must continue to look at what effect it has on the number of infections in some places we may have to reimpose certain restrictions in the coming months members and members chancellor angela merkel is due to hold a video conference call with the state's leaders on wednesday. with the restrictions set to expire on sunday she says the academy's position will play a role in deciding germany's path forward. well we now know what france plans to do with its lock down french president. says the country will have to endure another 4 weeks saying there has been progress against the coronavirus but the battle is not yet won the country has already spent a month under unprecedented restrictions that are keeping people at home for all

but their most essential needs this pollination is growing but nothing can be taken for granted from of the northeast to paris hospitals are saturated across the country and our overseas territories the health system is under pressure. we have not yet overcome the epidemic so we must continue our efforts to keep applying the restrictions the more they are followed that the more lives we will save. well meanwhile spain is loosening its coronavirus lock down and allowing some construction and factory workers to return to work the move comes as the number of new cases has slowed in recent days the government hopes it will help boost an economy that's been battered by the lockdown. thanks his 1st steps toward life after lockdown in madrid these workers are back on the job for the 1st time in

weeks they've been allowed to return to work in hopes of getting the country's economy back on its feet even with cope at 19 still claiming hundreds of lives every day it's a tightrope act the prime minister said was necessary. i mean the thought the virus threatens to take lives and at the same time crushed the economic and social fabric of our country which is why this decision requires a combination of measures to prevent contagion to allow the recovery of our health system and to avoid the paralysis and collapse of our economy in a short and bloomers the price. of nearly a 1000000 jobs have been wiped out since spain went into lockdown in mid march employers say nothing now to reopen businesses while observing strict safety measures could prevent more job losses. from more than you and so far the company has not had to consider laying off workers we are going to try to get all

the activity going again and keep the jobs that way for the over. all workers are wearing masks and gloves we have stocked up on sanitizer and we are actively looking for more mosques because we don't know how many times they can be really used but at the moment we all have enough that a moment of remorse at the most part of us but. yet even as pain moves cautiously toward reopening the economy sobering reminder is of covert nineteen's terrible call persist in madrid these doctors and nurses paid tribute to a colleague who contract at the virus he was one of the many health workers around the world who have died trying to save others during the pandemic. the time to take a look now at other news around the world israel's president has granted prime minister benjamin netanyahu and his rival benny gantz more time to form

a new government they now have 2 more days in which to overcome their differences in coalition talks that in yahoo and dance have complained against each other in 3 inconclusive elections in the past year. u.s. senator bernie sanders has endorsed joe biden as the democratic party's candidate for president sanders appeared on biden's live stream encouraging followers to unite to defeat donald trump in november's election sanders last week with drew from the race to become the party's nominee. a sailor who was stationed on board the u.s.s. theodore roosevelt aircraft carrier has died of cove at 19 the u.s. navy said he died in intensive care at the naval hospital in guam where the ship's been docked since the end of march is the 1st day tally of more than $500.00 confirmed cases among the crew. amazon is hiring an

additional $75000.00 workers in the u.s. amid a surge in demand for online orders that's on top of $100000.00 new jobs that has filled since last month more consumers are turning to amazon for their shopping as stores remain closed and people stay home. while much of the world's population has been driven into lockdown to prevent the spread of the corona virus and that's created a lot of stress for those stuck at home but it's also allowed creativity to flourish let's take a look at how people from indonesia to bellerose are getting to grips with those social distancing rules. when the moon comes out ghosts roaming the streets of indonesia's java province. but they're not souls damned to wander while repenting their sins they're volunteers scaring people into staying home. africa today 1st of all we want to be different secondly we want to create

a deterrent effect because poor kong is spooky and scary so when we show up it's a deterrent. getting kids to wear masks has been tough for many parents around the world this chinese man created a full body anti-virus suit for his son so he could take him to a shanghai park he said a tough goal. my son is wearing it during the epidemic i hope to provide him with total protection and isolation. if anyone bothers him the boy looks like he can handle himself. meanwhile in the u.s. state of maryland a wine store uses a dog named soda to bridge the 2 metre gap dictated by social distancing guidelines so to is much more than a curiosity he's a social media hit who's bringing in new business. you want to know that even though i saw. facebook and i just had to i love y.

so i love i love dogs you put the 2 together to make the drive. and in belarus the coach of the dynamo breast soccer team came up with a novel way to keep players from getting demoralised by playing in almost empty stadiums mannequins adorned with the faces of fans who've sent their pictures and. while the virus continues its path of destruction and initiatives like these help make social distancing just a little more interesting and perhaps even fun. in german football had to berlin have unveiled their 4th coach of the season bruno was officially presented to the press and he confirmed that he has to forego a large part of his salary as long as been as the action is suspended due to the coronavirus and demick social distancing was an operation of both that levity as press conference and among players as he took his 1st training session with no date yet fixed for the season to resume.

you're watching day w. news from berlin i'm claire richards and there will be more news for you at the top of the hour for now though thanks for watching. the global corona crisis you can find more information online fads e.w. dot com and on t.w. social media channels.