bialik guest. managed by from. this is deja vu news large from berlin accusations fly in the right wing media of the united states of a coronavirus cover up in china says the disease originated in a wildlife market and some u.s. news outlets and president donald trump claim the virus could have been treated in a research lab also coming up. russian celebrating orthodox

easter as the number of corona virus infections jumps but mass is celebrated without worship 1st to try to stem the spread after a record increase of 6000 infections on sunday in russia you look at how authorities there are reacting. to the world's biggest music stars singer for unity in the fight against the coronavirus. a 6 hour live concert features billy eilish at the rolling stones in their living rooms more than $100.00 stars came together while staying home. spicer welcome to the program most countries except that the corona virus originated and. but how exactly was it transmitted to people some media in the

united states are suggesting it could have all started in a research lab in the city of who had fox news closely watched by president donald trump is 1st among them china however says the virus spread in a wildlife market leading american and european scientists agree that for some of the u.s. the debate continues. chinese authorities say this is the source of a new coronavirus the food markets in wu han been unable to track down for 1st person to have the virus meaning it's always insisted on clear. some american media outlets and even for u.s. president himself have come up with their own theories they claim of i was a scape formula poetry by mistake. it's. a mistake they got out of control. it's

a big difference between those 2 in either event they should have let us go we asked to go in very early and they didn't want us and i think they were embarrassed . no evidence to support such claims but to lead cable news show us officials had to raise concerns about safety issues in 2 years ago is director says his stuff take every precaution to be what you there's no way that the virus came from us we have strict safety regulations in place concerning our research our lab is safe. china has been accused of downplaying of the operate and of underreporting deaths 2 days ago had raised the official death toll in the city by 50 percent beijing has hit the back of a theory is coming out of washington. been. there and trying to focus attention on the possible source of the virus every attentive knows that they are trying to cause confusion to distract and to shift responsibility.

that's a clear dig at u.s. president donald trump who is being criticized at home for his handling of the crisis relations between the u.s. and china was strained before he operates now vo ever even worse. and we are joined now by political correspondent alexander in washington alexander why is there this debate about the coronavirus starting in a chinese lab when leading scientists say it's unfounded. you are right we are hearing those rumors conspiracy theories we are seeing those reports in some you asked media and even president trump has announced that his administration is looking into the issue and that they have started an investigation and to understand why we have to see the whole issue in the context of the growing china sentiment here in the u.s. 77 percent of all americans according to

a recent poll believe that china covered up the extent of the coronavirus pandemic and president trump of course pace attention to such opinion polls he's reelection campaign believes stead being tough on china blaming china china could get him reelected and his critics even though they acknowledge that china was not transparent with regards to the pandemic belief that he is trying to use beijing to deflect from the shortcomings of his own response to the coronavirus spend demick. speaking of shortcomings more than 40000 people have now died from covered 19 in the us i think that's the highest number for any country globally how is the president's response involved. well as you know initially he downplayed the whole crisis he talked about the virus it is under

control he has definitely changed his attitude here and he has established this taskforce he's been holding their daily press briefings on the coronavirus pandemic and has been working with governors and mayors across the country however he attacks them if they criticize him for shortcomings and he uses he's briefing instead of talking about sticker on the virus pandemic to to tout his accomplishments so sometimes you have the feeling that he's not only concerned about what's going on in the you asked but he's also very concerned about his own ratings. we watch the press conference of course here as well and trump offered to help around of all countries and does that come as a surprise to you. know i don't see it as a surprise maybe surprising that he was a very specific talking about ventilators but it was in march that the u.s.

administration said that they offer to humanitarian aid to iran but that iran didn't want to response to it because the iranian government of course is saying that that the you asked should consider spending its trade sanctions and actually i asked president. a few weeks ago if he would consider suspending you as saying sions and he told me that he's waiting for the phone call from iran to start talking to each other so maybe that's a key issue here that he wants iran to come back to the negotiating table ok very interesting thanks for that alexander phenomenon our political correspondent in washington d.c. . more than 260000000 orthodox christians in russia eastern europe in the middle east have been celebrating easter week after other christians church leaders are purged worshipers to stay at home to avoid spreading the coronavirus but in some places the faithful did attend services.

in georgia some churches were open but because of a nationwide curfew orthodox worshippers had to stay at services the whole night long from 9 on saturday evening until 6 in the morning. looking out is not. enough and i saw no virus threat here today instead i felt much safer still got the gig that it would have been much better if more people were here the church of madrid upwards that valued seeing jem'hadar caliber sort of violence. in belarus where there is no lockdown and no official fear of the pandemic hundreds of thousands attended services all over the country. but in neighboring russia where half of all eastern orthodox christians live easter was celebrated in practically empty churches patrie after carol head of the russian branch of the religion had called on people to stay home. if you will but sheesh resident

vladimir putin greeted the faithful from his home and said he had no doubt they would overcome the challenges of the pandemic now but when i do earth people often say god helps those who help themselves. and that is how we are acting but on this radiant holiday of christ's resurrection i would still like to say sure all will be well with god's help. in moscow as in most other parts of the orthodox world this easter is the quietest in the history of the religion. and the number of corona virus. cases in russia has soared this month the country reported far fewer infections than many western european nations in the early stages but on sunday the russian crisis response center reported a record rise of $6060.00 new cases from a day earlier that brings its nationwide total to nearly $43000.00.

and now let's take a look at some of the other stories making news around the world migrants rescued in the mediterranean sea have been taken to a quarantine ship off the italian coast nearly 180 migrants are now on board the vessel which is to remain off the coast of sicily for 2 weeks italy has blocked all rescued migrants from disembarking on its shores because of the coronavirus. police uniform has killed at least 16 people including a police officer in the eastern province of nova scotia the gunman went on a 12 hour rampage shooting people in several locations is now dead after at chase on busy highways. and firefighters in ukraine have renewed their battle against forest fires raging near the abandoned church noble nuclear power plant fire crews have extinguished a blaze caused by arsonists earlier this week but new fires have now broken out

turn over the plant was the site of a nuclear disaster in 1906. germany is marking the anniversary of the liberation of the bergen belsen concentration camp in april of 1945 it was one of the 1st nazi camps to be liberated by the western allies more than 50000 people died there including the direst and frank. millions of music fans around the world have been enjoying a virtual mega concert honoring health workers the all star lineup included the rolling stones and grammy winner billie eilish and many many more and in the time of the pandemic all were performing from home. 6 music with a message. global citizen and lady gaga curated the online 6

hour event as a love letter to the world. posted by jimmy fallon and the us talk show hosts the event celebrated those on the front lines of the fight against the coronavirus. most of these performance would be used to the stage but it was all filmed in their homes and included paul mccartney stevie wonder celine dion billy eilish and elton john. muhammad. rare breed. is. 'd

on fire. during. the. night some of the stars swapped performances for messages of solidarity and african american and in large have been so clearly in. those with preexisting conditions like having an even higher raise this bar is killing black women alum arming the high rate here in america. instead of calling for donations from the public the event urged corporations and philanthropists to donate to the world health organizations coded 19 solidarity response fund and so far over $120000000.00 has been raised funds will go to support both local charities and also efforts to provide equipment to health care

workers around the world. and return to sports and football now the players and coaches of italian side roma have agreed to go without their salaries for 4 months to help the club through the coronavirus crisis captain aiden jayco he training here before the pandemic led the initiative the players and coaches are also to top up the salaries of staff who have been put on in force leave italy's top league syria a had been suspended since early march the country has the highest coronavirus death toll in europe. and with major professional sports at a standstill many athletes are unable to earn any income in men's tennis the big 3 novak djokovic rafael nadal and roger federer have agreed to an initiative that could generate millions for lower ranked players those outside the top $250.00

would get $10000.00 each their stars want the money to come from the top $100.00 players. and with that you are now up to date a quick reminder you can get all the news and it features around the clock on our website at www dot com likewise on the detail you at and twitter at t. to view news or news coming up in 45 minutes i'm max foster thanks for watching. it's a deadly serious. and the whim of nature. motivates us. and threatens to murder us.

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