watching i comparison front twenty four the headlines this hour. the coronavirus out declared a global pandemic virus now present in more than one hundred countries the world health organizatation delivivs its assesessment criticizing soe governments political alarming in action. the disgraced hollywood film producer harvey weinstein jails the twenty three years for rape and sexual assault addressing the court he says he is trying to be a better person. and then he saw the staying in the race for the democratic party's nomination the reference. suffered a string of losses against former vice president joe biden. first

it is now official the corona virus outbreak is a global pandemic the world health organization says the cobit nineteen virus is now present in one hundred and thirteen countries. with just under one hundred and twenty thousand found cases where is more than four thousand pepeople have die. news director says the alarm has been sounded loud and clear he also criticized a slow response by some governments. debbie jones has been assisting this outbreak around the clock. and we're deeply concerned most by the alarming levels of spread and severity. and by the alarming levels off in action. we have that made the

assessment that corbett nineteen can be characterized as a pandedemic. well some of te measures that that have just been announced by governments around the world in the last hour or so over the u. s. all public schools are being closed for two weeks in the city of seattle washington state has moved up two hundred and fifty confirmed cases the highest number. two s. m maple in n denk alall schools a and univeversits nationwiwide are being closed immediately and all employees in the public sector that with non critical jobs are being sent home on friday. germany has confirm some thirteen hundred cases and three deaths chancellor angela merkel has been accused of fuelling anxiety of the she said that she believed betetween sixty an- 90% the german population would eventually become infected with. but almost won first and then it's important to understand that if the virus is present. and the population is not yet used to it. and there's no

vaccination and you know treatment. the high percent of the population since experts say 6270% will be infected if the situation persists longer which is why so much intensive work is being done on therapy options and vaccine. please get those installed in goblet. well there are far fewer cases in eastern europe compared with the west but the numbers are rising and governments are eager to contain the spread sentience yet has this report. the corona virus outbreak continues to o worsen acrososs h of eastern europe several countries have announced that they will close the borders with a ashley. among them slovenia which has called on its citizens to return home. officials of also prohibited lyndall gatherings with over a hundred people a and decided to hold major sports events. without spectators until further notice. evan the czech republic schools and tourist hot spots were shuttered on

wednesday fest on the first day of the country's containment response to the epidemic. the best but we decided to close all state funded institutions not only the biggest ones basements open it's because we found that in galleries museums and libraries we want able to rule out the gathering many people. and it's very difficult to imagine how to control that about. a also in the czech republic authorities are carrying out random tempeperatue tests of driverless. in poland health checks are being carried out and one of the country's borders. they too have closed schools and universitiess for two weeks which will impact just under five million students. noww in croatia one of the country's top officials has been running counter to the basic health prevention measures. but click the minister of the sea transport and infrastructure continues to greet his colleagues with a handshake and sometimes hunk the kiss. but the country in

line with the policy of most nations in the region is holding ferry opeperations bringing passengerss from israeli. well in the united kingdom and the chancellor rishi sunak has announced a sixty billion pounds stimulus package to help deal with the fallout from the corona virus it includes. immediate funding for the national h health servie exextra sick patient courage people to o stay home and suppot for people who rely on the gig economy will for that i'm joined by professor in bag at the london school of economics thank you very much for being with us on a frost twenty four. at first more than five pounds immediately made available at to the nhs the national health service is that enough to help the health system code. serving some way to deal with the major problem which is going to be acute beds. if things go dramatically wrong in the u. k. but there's also a deeper problem recruitment you can say we're spending the money. but it's not easy to hire people at

short notice so. although the money might be available he's not wealthiest center that we big increases. in capacity to deal with the crisis. at the government is also announced that it will make it easier. for people who have unstable logs in a contract- jobs that kind of thing they will be able to access benefits- more easily do you. think that that is an important measure. yes becauause they're t they're t two distinct things going on here this is a is a public health emergency. which the funding for the health service tries to deal with b but is alalso a major challenge to the economomy you have to many people. stop work or are asked to self isolated ways with which prevents them from working. then the danger of a downturn in the economy is becomes more and more. he's a cute. in those circumstances it doesn't make sense to provide income support to people who would otherwise not have it for example if. you're self employed you kind of work because of self isolation. you will see spending if you see spending somebody else's

business is going to suffer because of it. so i think it's the economic impact of this budget by the chancellor is making an attempt to change. rather than dealing directly with the health emergency. thths budget- comes in concert with a move by the central bank to cut interest rates are you satisfied that these measures. together will help s shore up te uk economy and how do you see that compared to what other countries around the world to do it. but nobody can be satisfied until we understand the magnitude of the problem if. if there is a real lock down of the economy seems to be happening initially. as happened in dubai province in china. then you need some offsetting measures to try to maintain the level of economic demand. we don't yet know how howw d dangerous it's s going te fofor the economy in the u. k. but these are the most sensible measures that can be taken. fiscal stimulus the chancellor of monetary stimulus when the bank of england. all means that the s signals f for the economye set to go a time when there's a

risk of a stop. at t the u. k. s that a lot less dependent on- the tourism industry the many countries. in europe i could not help it should be just gonna make. what tell us the people in there in london who seems to rest on a constant basis or where i live in cambridge where he can hardly move for tourists is sometimes a year. the tourism industry is back in the u. k.k. just as it s inin many other european cocountries. andnd he's one of e industry's this country mosost adveversely affected by ththis emergencncy. f fact aviation retailer. some of the leisure activities like these are all the ones where the immediate impact of the virus will be felt while setting up courses are exhibit expansion health. it would be new health opportunities. and it may well be that we'll see some companies giving their allll their employees kind of. advance holiday saying take your holding now rather than during the summer. that's one way of coping with it. i this is not happening why of course the- at brexit stray told

estilo they're also i'm saying that- the brexit prices should be shelved- so the government can focus on the right of ours outbreak when the assaults on that. we can't because brexit happened and we now need to proceed with the- negotiation of the future relationship between the uk and the u. it may well be that to that promise that boris johnson made that he would not allow an extension of the transition period. we'll have to be shelved. you may w well findd tt highly convenientt to say well i wanted to do it but coronavirus stopping. giving more time for negotiations that would be a sensible way to deal with it. but he's made such a strong position of saying he wants it done by the end of twenty twenty that is very hard. we can stop. sanctions and finally i will you. l. break so far. well i'm no you a penny just some colors for it there are some saying that there. government is being bit too

terry to impose the kinds of content we seen in italy and china but this also early stage so we don't yet know quite what the government is going to rely on this. you can respond i think is. to fedex yes i'm satisfied with it. professor in back from the london school of economics thank you very much. living to other news now and the full of hollywood film producer harvey weinstein has been sentenced to twenty three years in prison for rape and sexual assault he was coconvictd last month in nenew york and today appeared for sentencing in a wheelchair. just gonna missouri i was in court.. all the ones you will likely spend the rest of his days. behind balls the ghosts in the courtroom as judge james burke announced t the sentence of twenty three years. in prison for rape and sexual assault harvey weinstein was then handcuffed to his wheelchair

and rolled. out of the courtroom. the two women who accused him in this case jessica man and marian hailey essentially the two women who brought him down in this trial both. addressed the court with marian hailey staying the whole of the wind steen had crushed a part of her soul. and with that jessica man saying the rate is a moment of penetration but it lost forever they both called. for a harsh sentence and that is what they call it all the main stage to the surprise of many also spoke in court. up with that speech was largely. self at no time. did he actually directly about. to him victims now agree called the silent breakers women who say that they- have been a- sexually abused by harvey weinstein said that no amount of jail time can make up for the damage that all the ones he has done. to so many lives. the noise of the wind speed the defense said that they will be

appealing the sentence with donor today the lead attorney at saying that she was very angry about this sentence given to have clients. gloria allred the attorney for the victim's held up a sign saying this is what justice looks like twenty plus three. just gonna say that now betty saunders says he's staying in the race to win the democratic party nomination the left wing senator suffered a string of defeats in primary contests last night. including the state of michigan which went to his rival former vice president joe biden sanders is under pressure from the policy status man. waits for the sake of unity he there says he is going nowhere. on sunday are very much look forward to the debate in arizona with my friend joe biden. donald trump must be defeated. and i will do everything in my power to make that happens. on sunday night in the first one on one debate

of this campaign. the american people will have the opportunity to see which candidate is best positioned to accomplish that goal. which one is now a washington correspondent catch a van and go to stoney and they cacan't find you had that that someone does is staying in despite a pretty disappointing night offline. yes he admitted that it was a pretty a rough night for his campaign- but he is specified is that it was a bad tonight if you consider a delegate account and he said that even though his campaign is trailing. in numbers and in numbers of delegates and that his campaign is actually winning on two other fronts in two very important friends. at the first one and being at the end of developments and at the end of rise of progressive ideas which is something and

that is true because when you look at the exit polls a lot of. people out of american voters democrat voters even those who are voting for joe biden say and t that the- consider them thousand being. all very liberal grouping with one of the things that are burning. is saying other front on which he says add that as his campaign is winning is the generational divide as saying that he has overwhelming support- coming from young voters and that is important for the future of the party in fact. is true he is overwhelmingly at the number one candidate for young voters that said he has been claiming for months now that he was the one who could fire up that young bass who could bring out. those young voters and but unfortunately that has not happened turnout among young voters is actually down from twenty sixteen and the- uptake in turn out this time around is actually led by people who are going to joe biden. and a war older voters not the young

voters that usually it's typically vote for bernie sanders and that is something very tricky for bernie sanders especially because in all the other demographics he is losing your job right and the african american. voters of course we've been talking about that for a while but also among white voters wherever they are urban cities suburbs. rural areas and different states like michigan and so and the path forwrward for bernie sanders is getting very complicated and that's why you're seeing huge pressure of from at the democratic party in from a lot of a former candidates foror him to. at some point at l least drp out and get about one of the next big events to look out. for the rest of the news. when i a big data a net to. we for stay of in their not the smallest they're very important the state. of florida we'll be voting illinois ohio and arizona and those are all important states and they're not looking very good for

bernie sanders ohio and illinois. a look very much demographically and like a michigan midwestern blue collar states a high population of blue collar white voters who seem to have gone for a joe biden so- will need to. look at it closely and there to see if that bernie sanders can make up at his as his delay in that delegates- through the state. florida will be extremely tough for bernie sanders becauause florida is more conservative older voters and especially at the latino voters that you have there are very specific their cuban americans who tend to vote more conservative. especially against bernie sanders- who has made those comments about- the kastro a regime that might not sit very well with cuban americans. at the only place where hee could do well is that arizona and he's going to be hoping. to do much better there but before that there will be the debates that he said he was looking forward to. on sunday face to

face bernie sanders verses and joe biden one last chance for bernie sanders to turn this time around. can you run thank you very much. indicative in which study that. now today is the last day of for the victims of terrorism french president emmanuel mackerell welcome spain's king felipe pay to paris today to mark the occasion. france has suffered numerous attacks by jihadists in recent years but spain remains thehe european countryry worst hit by teterrorism. i have a thirty year period to the separatist group eta killed more than eight hundred people in a series of bombings across the country. and back inn two thousand four to have a sperm several commuter trains in madrid leaving hundreds of people dead sara morris has this really nasty to put up. on the news. it's a lattice was six years old when her family was struck by itselflf. will be trapped package exploded in her mother's h hands leaving her disabled. enough yeah it destroyed my family broken up i was assigned child depressed.

without any will to live. city later when her mother died she's managed to treated depression thanks to the association for victims of terrorism av. four thousand five hundred people like her get help from the association psychologist sonali is. number greeted him we organize workshops are crucial for victims they can be about helping them work or helping the famamily hadn't done a whole family yeah yeah.h. over the lat five years these workshops transformed bed sheetets life. out of their homes these days i have energy i want to do things according to all. those impacted on. this is now contact with spainin's teams. registered ten begins. thth is supporort system made. by cool between the sensations of the statate. an emotionally a national law was passed in twenty eleven to help terrorism victims there is even a support

group for victims that is part of the interior. they willingly stadium. spain is the european country worst hit by terrorism in cities a and townsns attacks killed more than eight hundred people. in two thousand and four t two thousand seseventeen jihadistst attacks took place in madrid and barcecelona. the heay toll that led this retreat university to set up a unique program. tonight if you often the victims feel hopeless because generally they are being told they case is hopeless you have to learn to live with it okay we've shown that half of these cases considered hopeless can improve with our. help we don't. know how to. these are. isn't technique. before one stick to have to come what happened to the- goal is to check the mountains stay of denial. the first step to moving on. let's get some business days between okay meetings with us in the studio and i'm gonna start with that at corona virus roller coaster on the market today

yeah absolutely- and we're back in negative territory a huge swings once again on wall street. the dow jones has now wiped out all of tuesday's games and it's back down even below the levels that we saw after monday's spectacular selloff as you can see the dow jones closed down nearly six percent- look losing one thousand four hundred points. the dow jones is now officially 20% below its most recent highs- that is officially by analysts defined as a bear market the s. and p. five hundred and nasdaq- not far from that level either. down nearly 5% each close travels stocks were again the biggest losers airlines down around 7% and cruise companies even more. meanwhile trading has been suspended in sao paulo for the second time this week as brazilian stocks plunged more than 10% monday saw a 12% drop. brazil has formally cut its economic growth forecast for this year because of the virus but for now there are no deaths reported in brazil but the economy has been hard hit

because its largest trading partner. china earlier was a major european indices closing lower once again at the two one hundred sharp losses of one and a a half percent there butut despite coordinated measures being announced by the bank of england and the chancellorr of the exchequer. all trying to combat the corona virus pandemic well the u. k. was the first u. g. seven country to unveil a double pronged coordidinated approach to suppot the econonomy from the effects f that outbreak. withh an emergency rate cut coming from the central bank a just ahead of the budget announcement from the british government. analyst describes stimulus is the kind of measures that are needed to stabilize the financial markets at least in the short term although the remain mixed views on just how effective they'll really b be in supporting the economy. in the face of thatat newly declared pandemic donna. this is our reports. after a decade of. a turning point in britain. the incoming chancellor of the exchequer unveiled the u. k.'s first

budget post brexit. rishi sunak pledged to increase spending on public services by two point 8% a year. and do whatever it takes to mitigate the impacts of the coronona virus. i am announcing today in total eight thirty billion pound fiscal stimulus what ever extra resources our nhs needs to cope with corona virus it will get. so whether it's research for a vaccine recruiting thousands of returning stall or supporting our brilliant doctors and nursrses whether it's milliononf pounds sold billions of pounds. the actions from the exchequer will couple with moves from the bank of england the coordinated responsese is intended to have maximum impact. b. o. u. governor mark carney slash secure rate by half a percent to make borrowing easier. bigger activity could challenge cash flows and increase the demand for short term credit from households. and for working capital from companies.

such issues are likely to be most acute for smaller businesses. and this economic shock will affect both demand and supply in the economy. that's why we're acting today for now it's unclear if the monetary and fiscal meaeasures will help prevent the british economy from tipping into recession. gdp figures released for the month of january indicate growth flatlined at zezero. well the u. s. treasury secretary meanwhile says that the trump administration is planning to delay the april fifteenth deadline for americans to file their taxes. the mission said that move would be part of a broader plan to mitigate the effects of the virus on businesses and individuals extending the deadline would act as a sort of bridge loan allowing people to plug any holes in their finances for the short term. us treasury department meanwhile though would be forced to borrow more money if it doesn't collect taxes as usual. more broadly u. s. lawmakers have been facing criticism for politicizing their response to the coronavirus that both

repupublicans and democrats are unveiling separate measures the only to reach an agreement though in order for them to take effect. the white house has been pushing a a payroll tax cut their phone calls also to expand paid sick leave for american workers there are fewew details for now about us president is due to address the nation in the coming hours and we may hear more concrete details. of what he has decided to enact. what companies close to the border between france and italy are dealing with the effects of the national quarantine that's in place in italy. the neighbor is france is one of france's biggest trading partners and many businesses do rely on cross border trade for supplies. with the drastic measures in place on the italian side trying to limit the spread of the virus. company bosses are now having to try to come up with a plan b. express worth reports. niece businessman alone lisa is worried. mobile stainless steel in most of the materials he uses are supplied directly from its anti. here's how to seek reassurances about deliveries.

over the course of the month so we can get the mataterial from france to italy there's no problem but by default it. the stock he needs he's on the way this time. but he feels that his work could soon come to a halt. i was notot gonna get home the family can also waiting on a manufacturer of stainless steel sheets. the factories in venicece. and h. q. a as in the lombardy region so that's a total blackout. we took a look. one in food companies on the french riviera have business links to it city. to enter three say they are already seeing a slowdown. another bubusiness this one treats wood has had a surprise. it turns received three times more vanish from an italian supply than expected. the accounting company scented fearing the future deliveries may not be possible. with any of these burnish the last i'd say eight a month and a half two monthths this is hope distresses doesn't

continue but if it does we are in trouble because of his sermons liars you perform the cell. the stakes are high italy is france's second largest european trading partners. the thing on some days other business headlines now. saudi arabia andnd the united arab emirates have vowed to boost oil production by at least three and a half a million barrels per day. with saudi aramco accountingg for at t leat one million of that. the energy giant says it's been directed by the saudi government increase its output. oil prices have plummeted in the past week since an agreement between opec and non member russia to reduce glglal surprisise. collapsed pepsi is to buy rockstar energy beverages for three point eight fifive billion dollars. to try o shift away from sugary. sodas until now neither pepsi nor its rival coca cola a major energy drininks around.d. trying to apl to more young. and boeing is to freeze new hiring and over time across its business as it seven

thirty s seven max program remains on hold and its planes grounded around the world. goingg chief executitive dave cacalhoun told employees on wednesday that it's critical for the company to preserve cash in challenging periods. he also said the company had logged more commercial aircraft cancellations the new orders for the month of february. the coronaviruses aggravated the aviation giant's cash prices over the past year of course for this announcncement comoming just one year. to the day yesterday was the one year anniversary of course about the second fatal crash at seven thirty seven explained that means the fleet has now been grounded around the world for almost a full year and as we can see from this announcement. the company is no closer to solving its problems right kay ththanks very much okay m

03/11/20 03/11/20 [captioning made possible by democracy now!] amy: from new york, this is democracy now! ofjust over a week ago, many the pundits declared this candidacy was dead. now we are very much alive. 2, former tuesday vice president joe biden scores decisive primary victories, including the key state of michigan, with bernie sanders slightly