8 pm right now here in moscow in the headlines for you this. drops out of the race to the u.s. democratic party for 2020 presidential candidate joe biden who mounted a major super tuesday comeback we'll tell you all about. also making headlines tonight days after heralded peace deal with washington the taliban today killed 20 soldiers and police in afghanistan while the u.s. respond with air strikes it's all unraveled. greek called the police clash with asylum seekers at the turkish border. with ankara over refugees deepens president night at the front here is thousands of people scramble to reach the e.u. . from the home.

as we were trying to film we were stopped this my cameraman being schooled. by looks like a military person out. there live from new center in moscow this wednesday evening is kevin owen here for the next 30 minutes so he can stick around as well and take you through the headlines as reported from russia tonight starting with the race for the white house over the state's latest on the michael bloomberg has announced he's ending his run for democratic 2020 presidential nominee after suffering a wipeout in super tuesday voting the billionaire and former new york mayor has now thrown his support behind joe biden who made a stunning comeback in the biggest contest in the party's primaries. for say the kaleb real pivotal day of voting on the field of candidates is narrowing as

expected take us through what happened and. indeed after a poor showing on super tuesday when 14 different us states voted in the presidential primary michael bloomberg seems to be ending his campaign now this is after spending roughly half a $1000000000.00 on his presidential campaign the most expensive primary campaign in the history of the united states and many looked on and saw the amount of money bloomberg was spending the fact that he had advertisements on the super bowl and on many different places just the ads were popping up all over social media etc then joked about it but many also worry that it 'd appeared almost that michael bloomberg was attempting to buy the democratic nomination let's take a listen. to bloomberg.

we. 1 see not at all look your docket up your selection was. now limburg certainly had his detractors donald trump was known for criticizing bloomberg for his height calling him mini mike many others in the democratic camp were critical of his policies when he was the new york city mayor they pointed out issues like police brutality stop and frisk that took place under his administration furthermore revelations about sexism and activities in his businesses and some of the culture of sexual harassment when he worked in the business sector in the private sector that was pointed out as well and at this point as he's dropped out it seems like he's giving his supporters a message this is what he had to say. 3 months ago on into the race for president to if you don't know trump today i'm leaving the race for the same reason to do if you don't know trump because it is clear to me that staying in would make it

shooting the more difficult now mike bloomberg followed the pattern of other recent drop outs of the democratic primary putting all his weight behind joe biden take a listen. i am ending my campaign and endorsing joe biden in the i'm looking for a president who will draw out what is best in each of us and i'm encouraging everybody who's part of my complaint to join me because we have found a leader in vice president soon to be president joe biden march 3rd. 2020. i will be casting my ballot for joe biden in the now at this point we've got many figures in the democratic establishment lining up behind it jill biden many observers are viewing this as a sensually an effort to defeat and stop bernie sanders the upsurge of support for

bernie sanders is seen as a threat to the democratic party establishment let's take a review of the efforts to defeat bernie sanders. it's been a long winter for the democrats they've been feeling the cold burn oh you know we know you are you live oh i was there to hear your driver was 43. years with no one that it was but now as the spring rolls in the party has descended into panic i think it's a little late to stop and i think that's the problem the game it is pretty much over a reading last night about the fall of france in the summer of 1940 and then general reno cause of churchill and says it's over can either coronavirus or bernie sanders

be stopped totally transform society with firing squads dungeons torture and exile so he's been pretty clear that's what he supports morning standards but stopping the burning machine is not an easy task after all. most rank and file democrats more or less agree with his policies so here's how the operation has moved forward . the reds are coming trigger those cold war terrorists socialism is a threat to american freedom see that hammer and sickle and be afraid be very very afraid i believe if castro and the in the rich had won the cold war there would be executions in such a park and i might have been one of the ones getting executed and certain other people would be there cheering let's not forget that bernie sanders once praised cuba's achievements in terms of literacy and health care were very opposed to be authoritarian nature of cuba but you know it's unfair to simply say everything is

but you know when fidel castro came into office you know what he did he had a massive literacy program is not a bad think after 4 years of looking on in horror as trump cozied up to dictators we need a president who will be extremely clear in standing against regimes that violate human rights abroad we can't risk nominating someone who doesn't recognize this fidel castro enough a dog and i can see it forced labor camps religious repression widespread poverty firing squads and the murder of thousands of his own people but issue of money let's talk about his literacy program but most millennial don't even remember the cold war communism doesn't really scare them and socialism certainly doesn't so time for plan b. . now bernie sanders is accused of splitting an already weak and fractured democratic party why we would risk this extraordinary opportunity by nominating somebody who has a tendency to divide their own side is beyond me furthermore sanders is accused of

having views that just won't fly in a general election the face of the democratic policy might be spouting things that's absolutely nothing but you know votes but this narrative doesn't seem to work either. so now bernie sanders is accused of. being a russian plot to undermine american democracy this claim is repeated by other presidential candidates as well as robert o'brien the national security advisor and his sources are named there these reports that they want bernie sanders to get elected president that's no surprise he honeymoon and moscow and it turns out that in fact bernie sanders once even visited russia you know years ago back when it was called the soviet union yeah that's pretty old news scraping the barrel let's go on to plan d. . time to unite behind joe candidates are dropping out perhaps a bit prematurely and putting their energy behind joe biden does come up

a little bit and i don't know what's happened barely i think they're trying to take it away from him i don't know if that's fair but i guess it's politics when you get right down to it what's fair why throw in the towel so early well they've got to do everything in their power to defeat bernie sanders and 2016 leaked e-mails revealed by wiki leaks show that the d.n.c. went guns blazing to end his bid for the white house now will they be so lucky the 2nd time caleb mop and r.t. new york let's get the view from charlottesville talk to jim clucks there the libertarian national committee member thank you for the time so there is a saying is the money come buy you love it so this is be the case in michael bloomberg. instance anyway 500000000 spent but he did so badly could you see it coming well occasionally my i do have decent vision and i think in this case the answer is yes mayor bloomberg a lot shall we say interesting interesting piles of.

debatable material lurking behind him from his from his service as mayor and the fact he also is incredibly wealthy he's entered the process he's really not been involved in building the democratic party it's really was not that surprising to me that he was not able to build 'd or to use his millions to build real support in the democratic party yes so the voters didn't get it and what about the supporters in the democratic party it seems they didn't buy it either despite the considerable financial backing that he's got his own wealth that's that's correct the democratic party is composed of many constituencies and i really don't know that there were too many people in any of those constituencies that really felt mike bloomberg was the right man to be president the united states. there are reports the democratic party officials have been putting pressure on bloomberg to draw an indoor spied and

by that i would not be surprised i think most democratic party officials particularly those elected officials their biggest concern is not actually defeating donald trump it's making sure that they stay reelected this is why i think so many people in the democratic party were really concerned about senator sanders being the nominee it's it's not just that he would not be able to defeat donald trump but that he might cause severe reaction among voters with many of the down ticket democratic candidates. and a really bad night for his support for what went wrong for her. well my opinion she was just not good enough she didn't really inspire people and also when when the the items that she articulated many of her programs frankly she just didn't provide much in the way of justification she didn't really tell people how she was going to pay for some of her programs and i guess i give voters a little bit more credit than many commentators do i think voters actually do pay

attention on occasion and they do want real answers and i don't know that senator warner was warren was able to provide them so bernie sanders let's talk about him he'd say his amount of the paper looks like he's going to do well in california that would be a big boost for him but behind the scenes he and his supporters looking at what's happened on super tuesday would they be quite happy oh quite disappointed about the showing why i think they'll be quite disappointed because it gave if they had realized substantial victories particularly in several southern states i think it would have served as a splendid springboard that would have made it very difficult 'd for anyone to catch him and i i can't believe that they look upon this as anything other than a major turning point it doesn't mean that senator sanders can't win the nomination but he now has what i would think is pretty much united part of the moderate what if what you can call the moderate faction of the democratic party that is united against him and they seem to be coalescing around a vice president biden we've only got 5 seconds go and give me

a name who do things going to get through the end. joe biden dr jim clark for libertarian national committee thank you thank you for coming on live on arts international have a good day sir. my pleasure thank you. there are supposed to be a path towards peace between the u.s. and the taliban right now but it's all unraveling this wednesday washington has conducted an airstrike against the islamist group in afghanistan's helmand province of her series of deadly taliban attacks overnight which killed more than 20 afghan soldiers and police officers and all with the ink barely dry in that peace accord roof and across developments. a historic peace deal we heard that will pave the way to peace and prosperity in afghanistan we heard it took 19 years to come to this point and of course needless to say the world expected a lot plus just hours before donald trump was on the phone call with the taliban's leader and the group's chief negotiator but a 35 minute conversation and here i can agree of truly historic moment

a direct contact between a u.s. leader and his senior taliban official here's donald trump talking about we had a very good conversation with the leader of the taliban today. they're looking to get this and we're looking to get it and we had a good long conversation today you know they want to seize the violence and now we see the u.s. responding with an airstrike that they present as a move of self defense unclear why since the taliban never attacked the americans so that is agreement include they will draw all of u.s. troops and its nato allies from afghanistan there are still $12000.00 around 12000 soldiers and officers stationed in afghanistan and that is seen as a positive move by so many as a trust building measure as they said the taliban was promised to see 5000 common political prisoners released promised by who by washington so what basically

happened is that washington promised something it cannot guarantee and plus it has 0 authority to do the result if get a government does not seem to agree. there is no commitment to release $5000.00 prisoners i have shared this with dr colleagues this is the right and the decision of the people of afghanistan they have requested it it could be included in the agenda of the interim afghan talks but it cannot be a prerequisite for talks. it sounds like a person from a parallel reality you know another world and you have to remember that the again a crisis is a very complex one there are many sides involved and what is desperately needed for peace and prosperity is to see all these parties involved on the same page and this is by the way something that most that has been trying to do so many times bringing all these parties including the government the tally byrne to more to seat and talk and discuss you know the agreement so most group also was very happy to see this

you know finally historic peace deal and don't trump was not the only one this peace deal was praised as a victorious one this is really. interesting because. so they really mean this is where we are this is for peace on the ground. so what we can see is that the situation on the ground in afghanistan is getting more and more dramatic it's a skill late in the violence is escalating and if this is a victory i don't know what the defeat should look like. middle east expert in journalist risks thinks the afghan government might leverage the attacks to its advantage in the. i think it is very undermining i think to the final recall if you would lawyer when it comes to deal making the president trying trying to strew politics not on being

a deal maker but actually i think that he has attempted to make up a lot just might be that there are divisions within not and those who are against just agreement went ahead with these attacks in order to sabotage any possible progress which could have been made up until now the talks have been forecast on america with the taliban extruding are going to go up and that very much angered the atlanta government so i think that we are learning government now will also take the opportunity to criticize and. not be trusted and also you have many government look elsewhere others maybe to play a more important role in the art that it produces be it russia be a china beauty iran because as i said the american metropolis trenchant has proven that it. would be should while in going there are any progress in the situation and . try to track in next what's happening on the greece turkey border clashes

a broken there were greek police using tear gas and stun grenades to drive back asylum seekers attempt to cross into the e.u. according to turkish officials the latest is that one person was killed and 5 others wounded by live fire from the greek side in athens is fiercely denied thousands of displaced people been amassing along the border after turkey said it would no longer prevent refugees attempting to head to new a greaser said it will turn back migrants attempt to cross its borders illegally and a suspended asylum applications for a month are to charlotte you belsky drove along the border on tuesday night to see the desperation of those stuck in the impasse. come further down south was still on the greek side of the border with turkey when a town called ferries i just want you to get a sense all of the action that's happening all around us. just outside the town hall the local mayor's office and it looks like people are gathering here in the anticipation of going to war to the turkish border and forming some kind of human

chain tonight to ensure that there are no illegal crossings from turkey we know that since saturday more than 24000 people have attempted to cross the border but we're hoping to speak to the local mad to find out how he in this town are going to deal with it. so we didn't get to speak to them he wasn't hit tonight but we did get to speak to many of the people who were taking part in that they sachin and they all seemed to be pretty tense new the mood was full of tension in fact one guy said to me you can feel it. everybody is here tonight because we want to help greece protect its borders from any kind of illegal migration we see people from bangladesh afghanistan anywhere from places that have nothing to do with war and they come to our country essentially the e.u.

we think europe should change its stance and contribute to send a strong message to turkey the largest political policies of previous years that these people to enter our country without carrying any permit or document was a very big mistake and created issues of inequality greece is not alone it is european country but europe should support it because until now greece is not going supported we've left the town the whole now we're driving out towards the front here in the hope of getting a sense of what's going to happen on the border overnight to get a sense of what this human chain to protect the greek borders from anybody trying to cross that they believe it's going to be a line so we're just coming up to a checkpoint now where they're stopping us. yes. but now you just official we have to turn around ok so we're being told we have to turn around we can't go any further.

not far out from faris we spoke the greek on me in what looks like illegal migrants on the side of the road. we've had a chat with the offices they said we can't film but they have confirmed that they found the 2 illegal immigrants trying to cross the software we are in the script land behind and they told us that 2 individuals from afghanistan to receive an update from the volunteers who are not securing the greek food and the affair is a video showing the migrants camped out on the border. as we were trying to film. we were stopped this my cameraman being scooped it up

by well looks like a military personnel to watch the border. so just an update on that situation all that's been smooth but we have moved away from the border because of see we don't want to create more tension with the security personnel that are there but it gives you a sense of how much tension there is here given the fact that the volunteers are out willing to be in the middle of nowhere in the way to secure their borders the fact that we were told not to come anywhere near the border that the greek prime minister said this week that his country wouldn't be blackmailed by turkey and he said that they would do everything possible to stop an invasion of migrants. crossing the border illegally and that is exactly what we seeing in towns like this that ability for people to take up their own norms and to go to the borders to push

text grease for anybody trying to cross even ski r.t. in ferris. nation scramble to try to stem the spread of coronavirus and the hit home the hygiene message here in russia so far there are 6 confirmed cases dozens are in quarantine under observation i can tell you or see the corresponding you'll see them on screen for a while word goes the has just completed 2 weeks of self isolation at home following a trip to hong kong he told us that while the experience was like a bar the other measures russia is taking to keep infections and they. one of the things you could do you realize as a bearded man is you just look silly in the face mask but this is my only 7 year from hong kong my trip to hong kong and i was only there for a few days while i was there there were hardly any infections or in the weeks since but coming back to moscow the medics here really didn't care so you're treated like

anyone else and our 1st taste of what was the cup was still in the play when a lady came aboard and this is while we were still in the plane having landed she took all our measurements are temperatures and she was in full has mackie and so we walked past passport control into the baggage area and that is where the real party started i mean there were dozens and dozens of medics in full hazmat gear covered head to toe taking down everything about us what we did who we were with where we were this is all part of a huge russian effort to make sure that the 1000 virus didn't gain a foothold here the monitoring of the epidemiological situation was organized from the initial days of this complex situation additional measures were taken to strengthen sanitary in quarantine control at checkpoints across the russian border 6 new cases of corona virus infections were recorded join the monitoring period in all cases a full range of necessary and see epidemic measures was organized which prevented the subsequent spread of the infection. when they

1st mentioned quarantine i thought would be like a mini vacation you get to sit at home and as it turns out it isn't at all so he calls throughout the day starting in the morning for medics asking how you're feeling when there are any symptoms cough or whatever you also had visited by police and medics just to check up on you to make sure that you were still at home i mean eventually out of sheer boredom with the terms of the quarantine agreement that i signed at the airport and the penalties are pretty severe so for example if if you leave the house to go to the shop which you can then you just leave and nothing nothing happens well that starts a fire potentially community service if you leave the house or apartment the quarantine zone and you infect someone adds up for a year in jail

a year in jail if you infect someone and they go on to die that is up to 5 years in prison which is a pretty severe punishment. a lot of fear i would say panic would around the world and in russia as well which is which isn't being helped by the fact that there's a lot of misinformation misleading information on the internet for example one russian sub security company for examples identified the messages being repeated online that is spreading misinformation and there are people out there that you know enjoying this. he and lana good even have some bad news there really want to save the people i care about i beg you to spread this information as much as possible if our thora days do not want to inform us about this will have to inform each other about this leaked information there are 20000 patients with corona virus in moscow walk with masks don't go to crowded places

take care of each other and stock up on food unfortunately it's sad that shops will be empty this information is more than reliable. the end of the day it's just common sense don't follow advice that you read on the internet and read it for example followed vies that you hear from doctors wash your hands regularly don't touch your face as a bit of personal advice that i can give you if you've got a trip lined up in the immediate future to a place where there's been an outbreak don't go the corin team isn't worth it. you know i get the message you're a come back to work soon hey well you're one of those places merde was talking about where they do have a problem if you're going to travel there best not to italy it is covert 19 death toll now has overtaken iran's tonight giving it the highest number of fatalities

outside china the country's and sit news agency reporting that the authorities in rome are considering closing schools and universities known nationwide in an attempt to try to contain the virus the world health organization says that more than 90000 people have been infected in 80 countries worldwide health officials at the w.h.o. what a job they've got on my hands right now are also encouraging people to avoid excessive personal contact as merde was saying including handshakes and kisses on the cheek it's republished advice illustrating that a foot shake when trying to hear elbow bump we tried that could perhaps replace more traditional greetings really seems to work people seem to be up for it here are some u.s. senators testing out the elbow alternative don't knock anyone over though is that we do both boisterous about it as they met 2 women who'd been cleared to leave quarantine or this measure may be effective there are other suggestions doing the rounds which should well be avoided.

it is understandable that you may feel anxious about the outbreak to get the facts from reliable sources to help you accurately determine your risk so that you can take reasonable precautions. there seems to be as i say with misinformation advice overload no shortage of

anxiety that makes 2 way brought together technology consultant norman lewis and also microbiology researcher patel to share their expertise they are. compared to other respiratory viruses search as influenza this wire is relatively novel in new to us they're related coronaviruses such as sars and murderers. do you. low prevalence i think many countries have been caught off guard i don't think this was an expected thing that a lot of people were predicting i think you need balance if you take something out to colossus which is a very very low and dangerous virus and illness and last year there were 1200000 deaths from 2 but the last was cheaper close is right for example in the u.k. are going up i don't see anybody wearing masks of achey but the law says i don't see trains being stopped the fancy cities being locked down in the world that we live in right now especially with their travel carrier that most people follow

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