my focus. will shift the focus of much because. to unleash the full power of the federal government that this effort today i am officially declaring a national emergency. the u.s. steps up its response to thwart the spread of the corona virus following suit with other countries across europe and asia. as the greek island of lesbos records its 1st infection locals fear they will not be able to cope while contending with an overcrowded refugee camp. if it gets like 2 weeks will be doomed because the island only has one hospital explicitly with. a lot of people yet now you don't know we sort. also u.s. markets react to a show of support from washington making gains after stocks took their worst hit

since 1987 the black monday crash this time caused by investor fears over handling of the covert 1000 crisis. broadcasting live direct from our studio this is our team international i'm sean thomas certainly glad to have you with us several countries have declared an emergency on friday in response to the outbreak of covert 19 spain joined a number of other european nations which are struggling for containment measures and now donald trump has announced the u.s. is stepping up its risk level and response. to unleash the full power of the federal government did this effort today i am officially declaring a national emergency. 2 very big words. the action i am taking will open up access to up to $50000000000.00 of. very importantly

very important and a large amount of money for states and territories or localities in our shared fight against. this disease that we heard from trump you speaking in the white house rose garden surrounded by mike pence and other officials explaining the dramatic measures now being taken in the united states in response to the corona virus outbreak now so far in the united states we have $1800.00 confirmed cases as well as $41.00 deaths now when trump declared a national emergency that freed up roughly $50000000000.00 worth of funds that you can then use to take action and and set things up now trump describes how they are setting up these drive through testing centers that are being set up around the country in which people are able to be tested they don't get out of their car they just drive up they'll be tested and then drive away and that way they're not getting out of their car there's no danger of them spreading it in the area in

which the test is taking place trouble also took the opportunity to tout his travel ban to the european union a band that has been criticized you know many pointed out it doesn't apply to certain countries but regardless touted and said it was an absolutely necessary measure and talked about the need for closing the borders and why closing the borders is very very important in a situation like this now trump was the only one who spoke and we also heard from different officials quite interesting remarks but it appears that in addition to measures that are being taken on a local level here in new york city in different parts of the country we see local states of emergency being declared local dramatic measures being taken states have schools closed their schools you know public events are being canceled all throughout the united states new york city at this point has outlawed any gathering of more than 500 people broadway has been closed down in addition to these local measures we now have the federal government of the united states under the leadership of president donald trump declaring a national emergency on

a federal level and action is being taken a number of us corporations such as wal-mart and others were listed by the president as being involved in the efforts to to fight against her on a virus and get us through this crisis here in the united states. dave lindorff founding editor of the online news site this can't be happening believes the u.s. is not ready to deal with a pandemic. the horses already left the barn in the united states trump administration had been low balling the numbers and keep the even kept a boat from landing because he didn't want to have the patients with corona virus added to the totals because he was trying to say that he had stopped the. pandemic in the united states states don't have a lot of money and they don't have a lot of personnel there's a lot of you know shortages that we have here it's only a 1000000 hospital beds for the whole united states with one of the lowest censuses

of beds per 1000 people so we're going to get overwhelmed pretty quickly the world health organization has warned that more covert $1000.00 cases are now being recorded in europe each day than in china at the height of the outbreak their instructor general called on countries everywhere to take aggressive measures to slow the spread of the illness. europe has now become the epicenter of the pundit make wheeze more of reported cases and as is done the rest of the world combined parts from china more cases of now being reported every day than we reported in china the highest of its appeal to me. before that whirring announcement for europe u.s. president donald trump had already placed a ban on foreigners flying into the u.s. from 26 european nations public figures are not immune either the canadian prime

minister is living for 14 days after his wife tested positive for covert 19 following a visit to the u.k. around the world more than 130000 infections have been registered with the death toll now at 5000 countries are clamping down on people mixing in public schools and workplaces are being closed and major sports events postponed but with anxiety spreading just as fast the virus is providing opportunities for the unscrupulous dubinsky reports now from paris. with panic in no short supply coronavirus here and for some enterprising individuals shysters to be more precise being concocting a variety of scams to make a quick buck now we're all well aware that the 1st line of defense against the virus is total watched her when you're out in the boat touching everything from.

handrails to picking up things in shorts it's a bit difficult to run into a both room to scrub. every time well thank goodness of course those little travel sized bottles of her unsanitized to fight those germs and that is of course if you can still find the phones don't stop ringing this morning we have the schools the town hall the public transport company everybody wants gel we are under siege with demand far outstripping supply the coast of exponentially increased the problem was considered so serious the french government stepped in an ounce to you that today we will take care of the degree regulating the prices of hisor ok. another a. precaution for many is to do on a face mask a tiny bit of cough covering your mouth and nose is this season's must have it seems the face mask took over paris fashion week so if you have the money instead

of paying a couple of euros for one you can spend thousands if you like except that the type of mask available over the counter or even from a renowned fashion house is pretty useless against the virus that's at least according to the french government which at the same time is requisitioned all stocks and production all flasks for the next few months reserving them for health workers and those who are infected but the scammers have a new ploy france has you probably know a woold famous ban or fully covering your face in public that's mainly aimed at conservative muslim women but some tricksters have twisted it to their advantage dressing as police officers they've been told getting chinese visitors to paris who were wearing face masks telling them that they had broken the law and had to pay an

own the sport following these students were 1st stupid 150 years and finds most policeman for having broken the law that bans complete face covering in public spaces police investigation found the d.'s police were pretending to be police wearing a mask for health reasons is absolutely not illegal. there are trying to pick on the weak and the elderly in the district around bordeaux there are reports of people selling door to door decontamination services for a snip at 1500 euros these con artists use a pressure washer to do a little bit of cleaning that's not all they're up to this type of canvassing analyses. to enter your home check the presence of valuable objects so the presence of an alarm system will perform if they have the opportunity a robbery by trick the majority of the victims of robbery who are physically weaker

tell your loved ones to take precautions and the scams it seems gaining momentum the french national consumer and fraud office says it's received thousands of reports over dealings we're talking everything from magical lumps with disinfecting properties to empty barbarous purify is the simple and most effective method to stay virus free is something that we should all be doing anyway and that is our early washing our hands with soap and water it's that simple so remember to kiss well physically as we've been told to be is a search 6 but the acronym keep it simple stupid and don't get caught. r.t. paris well here in russia love a new cases of the coronavirus have been confirmed to bringing the total number of people infected to 45 across the country moves are being made to clamp down on any further spread now health officials have announced

a flight to the european union plus switzerland and norway will be reduced from monday passengers will be limited to travelling to capital cities only. and the crisis is opposing unique difficulties for one of greece's smaller outlying islands one case has now been registered on lesbos which is host to a densely packed refugee camp where more than 20000 are living in dire conditions vangelis himself has been speaking to some of the islanders there. i'm standing here in front of the laurier refugee camp in the list reese we're about 20000 refugees are held in an area that was initially built for 2000 people area it's not the best when it comes to fighting in the conditions are not the ideal for people living in such a small area but now with the spread of corona virus a relic of the world a lot of the people are concerned he went around and spoke to the locals to see what they had to say about a fear of fires like that spreading among the camp in this. if it gets like the 2

it will be doomed because the island only has one hospital it is good if they manage to isolate one or 2 of those infected with corona virus to be one of the feel and lead the infection spread further you can imagine what would happen if they put up with him of them and there will be many issues and they'll be big the virus is likely to spread very fast it will only be moria the suspected but also my touring the whole island of less possibly in trouble i have family on the road and of course i'm afraid here we have our homes our farms our jobs they say many bad things about us but it's us who are they going with this issue but as the locals are raising concern about such a bit leaf iris on the island and jewels are ensuring that nothing of those cases have been confirmed here at the moria camp but as we went around and we spoke to refugees who are living in the scalp for many many years now they have a different opinion this chris sligh but at least. a lot of people here now i don't

know we saw somebody told me yesterday that 2 people have meant. to see us and i'm sick but they're not even treating me sort of nobody's paying any attention but these kind of viruses over as you hear even if you are in the hospital it does not help much because you cannot be cured you know that i sleep in a container with other people but. the coronavirus is driving a roller coaster on wall street as well u.s. stocks recovered on friday after several indices suffered their worst shocks in decades over fears the pandemic is tipping the world towards recession the bounce back comes after the federal reserve pledged to inject $1.00 trillion dollars into the markets to ease the strain and it has been a wild ride for investors over the past week on thursday the dow jones industrial average fell 10 percent in a single day marking the biggest decline since black monday in 1987 and then

recovered over 9 percent or nearly 2000 points on friday and president trump gave a rare oval office address it to the nation on the krona virus but failed to calm investors nerves about the economic damage it is causing this is not a financial crisis this is just a temporary moment of time that we will overcome together as a nation and as a world. artie's boom bust has gathered expert analysis to try and map out where this stock market is heading besides kovac $1000.00 another factor at play is oil which is seen a price drop and a supply surge you can watch the program in full on r.t.e. dot com and of course for you tube channel but here's a quick preview. this is the beginning of the greatest financial crisis in u.s. history the financial crisis of u.s. 2008 will pale in comparison as will the severity of this recession the summer when we look back to these numbers it's going to look externally graham i think differ

with with my friend peter is actually think it's possible that we could get out of this thing pretty quickly come the fall in the winter i think peter has a bit of an apocalyptic view to talk about the coronavirus that's not the problem no the coronavirus is just that pin the debt bubble is the problem it doesn't matter the coronavirus can be cured the damage is already done the debt bubble is imploding you know if it wasn't a coronavirus it would have been something else this volatile has been looking for in 3 years and it finally found one the us has done everything wrong this stimulus package is is is utterly pointless the this is just government officials trying to make headlines and make news and do what they think they're supposed to do but it means nothing in the fiscal stimulus would mean nothing but i think we're faced with with the short term deflation as we've seen from from virtually prices and everything from financials to oil to the fiscal stimulus is going to make the

situation worse the u.s. is broke did your is no money to stimulate the economy all we could do is print money we're going to crank up the printing presses we're effectively dropping money from helicopters but if the krona virus does anything it's going to reduce the supply of goods so after this initial decline in prices prices are going to go up because there's not going to be very much to buy the supply of goods is going to go down meanwhile the supply. money is going to go through the roof. another whistle blower has called out of the international chemical weapons watchdog it is now the 4th person in a matter of months all of them casting doubt on the o.p.c. investigation into the alleged 2018 chemical attack in a serious drama the anonymous employee described an atmosphere of fear within the organization. the threats of personal home is not an illusion or else many of those would have spoken out by now how many more whistleblowers have to come forward before we get the truth the full truth surrounding the o.p.c.

w.'s final report on the alleged duma chemical attack back when it had only 2 naysayers it was easy enough to dismiss them as a couple of lunatics inspectors a and b. are not whistleblowers they're individuals who could not accept that their views were not backed by evidence but after a 3rd came to their aid in february and now a 4th the o.p.c. w.'s narrative that they're just a bunch of rogue employees is starting to seem incredible and the organization's final report on dumas alleged chemical attack has some serious doubts to contend with the leaks publisher gray zone said it was able to verify the identity of this 4th employee but decided to leave them anonymous for their own protection here's what the leak had to say i was horrified and similar to the i'm surprised by recent events in the organization the mistreatment of 2 highly regarded in accomplished professionals can only be described as opponents i fully support their endeavors in that it is for the greater good and not for personal gain or in the name of any

political agenda they are in fact trying to protect the integrity of the organization which has been hijacked and brought into shameful disrepute it was the o.p.c. w.'s final report that was used to justify bombing runs by the us france and britain across syria the report cited claims that gas canisters were air dropped by assad's air force on buildings housing civilians but if the original whistleblowers revelations are true they change the picture entirely that would mean the final report was utterly mishandled the doom of fact finding mission team was cut out of the drafting of the final fact finding mission report the instruction of the chief of cabinet who then appointed the team and the head of the fact finding mission to complete the task without any consultation with the duma team the drop. to subsequent to reverse the findings and road conclusions without explaining why we simply do not understand what new facts science medical opinion and engineering and

what subsequent analysis justified the stern round whistleblower number 4 even suggests that this situation is only part of a larger problem is that the o.p.c. w. working in the organization has been no eye opener and the cause of the professional shame when i became aware of how a key element of the organization was and clearly continues to be mismanaged i'm one of many who was stunned and frightened into silence by the reality of how the organization operates the letters and demands a full investigation into the whistleblowers allegations but based on the way the organizations handled criticism so far many think such a demand is more like a pipe dream russia has already reacted calling on the watchdog not to dismiss those claims too quickly. of particular interest is the fact that this whistleblower unlike the other 3 whistleblowers is possibly a current employee at the o.p.c. w. technical secretariat and is watching this unfolding mess in the hague 1st hand we

hope that the mounting criticism of the technical secretariat from the people concerned over the o.p.c. w.'s health will not be left unheeded. we spoke to a former f.b.i. agent and whistleblower calling rally she says the more people come forward more difficult things will get for the o.p.c. w. . with whistleblowers it becomes increasingly difficult for them to say that they are wrong sick senator and of course we would hope maybe even more whistleblowers would come out at this time this is a classic problem of powerful entities and especially if they are lying to the u.s. government and they think that oh we're being protected by you know powerful entities so that we need to go along and you know let's just hope that there is more integrity and more the integrity that the 4 whistleblowers have shown let's

just hope that they can muster more people with that kind of integrity again to fix this organization which is really needed in the world. the latest developments in the middle east iraq has announced it is going to complain to the u.n. security council over u.s. led air strikes that left 6 iraqis dead on friday the british and american ambassadors have been summoned for questioning in baghdad iraq has taken a firm stance so far stating that washington's actions will have a definite effect on relations. the u.s. bombing of government security and civilian headquarters undermines counterterrorism efforts and disrupt the agreement between iraq and the global coalition the pentagon claims it was targeting the iran backed tayyiba hezbollah militia which it accuses of carrying out a deadly rocket attack against coalition personnel 2 days earlier the u.s. has said its retaliatory strikes were aimed at taking out 5 of the paramilitary groups weapons storage facilities. in response to this attack on an iraqi base that

hosts coalition forces supporting the iraqi fight against isis we carried out precision defensive strikes to degrade and destroy it vance conventional weapons that have been provided to keep could buy there are any and backers we are in iraq to support the people of iraq in their fight against isis however we always reserve the right to defend our forces whenever they're attacked or threatened the iraqi authorities though say that the so called precision strikes actually killed 3 government soldiers 2 police officers and a civilian and unfinished airport in the city of karbala was also damaged and the attacks have been met with some anger in the capital. and i think ahead. we condemned the attacks on popular move. the sites in the rock iraq has become a war zone for internal and external wars american the run the fighting one of them threatens the but ultimately iraqis are the ones who for victim. schools are

being settled between america and the round and it is happening now soil it violates also rinty it while it's our rights now we are calling for the united nations to intervene. but. i am surprised that the government is ignoring such actions if you condemn both sides iran and america their actions violate iraq's sovereignty which has become a joke among countries in the region and around the world. dr ahmed rashid is a foreign policy advisor to the iraqi parliament he told us that the ongoing u.s. military presence is proving to be extremely harmful for his country it's jeopardize the so what if iraq it's also the life of iraqis but let's not forget the american attacks actually killed iraqis just civilians and and a policeman so at the end iraq is always the victims i don't think the americans will withdraw it will not happen by themselves while the actually they paid the

trillions of dollars since 2003 it's it's not it's my fault is that there is no sense of draw from iraq without getting anything from iraq it can be happen if the iraqi political blocs and the iraqi people united together and say to iran and to the united states ok that's it we will not accept you what you are destroying our country you are killing our civilians so well that way i think only on that way we can change the situation in iraq. there are a few places on earth where a sense of identity is more keenly felt than in jerusalem in the east of the city though there is a fury among palestinians living there and how washington refers to them in a new human rights report they're described as arab residents or non israeli citizens are middle east correspondent policy or has been gauging more reaction in the city. what's in a name a lot if you live in east jerusalem and

a palestinian but washington has decided to simply ditch the palestinian identity of those who live here in east jerusalem the state department now considers them arab residents or non israeli citizens the move has infuriated many with palestinian leaders saying it's an attempt to wipe out their national identity it's just playing with fire mineralogy stands means nothing to us and by the way i'm ready to resent us from going to take means nothing to us we out of the old united people of the palestinians when i say i'm pretty soon in some places they don't like they don't they want us to say we are israelis and if i am palestinian who is trying to say anything this is our land our country our state the state of palestine but i'm not going to leave this nationality while freedom fighters there . give rights to decide our life and he says it's hot air this land is for the arabs it's our land we were born here in

israel this is east jerusalem which israel captured in the 1967 war it's late it makes the area and it moves that is still not recognized internationally more than 360000 palestinians or non israeli citizens live here most of them hold israeli residency permits but very few have israeli citizenship they've long sought to make this area they kept the change in american terminology comes amid increased wrangling over the contested city the american president donald trump's middle east plan says that you recently should remain the softened capital of the state of israel for ever policia east jerusalem. political analyst america or an intel of eve says jerusalem's palestinians could have more political leverage in israel but that would mean accepting israeli citizenship. the residents off east jerusalem be palestinian residents could claim israeli citizenship and in debt case they could

vote in the elections to the knesset and flip the government from netanyahu to his adversaries but they choose not to do if they choose to remain loyal. and this is where they clash with both the netanyahu government and the trumpet ministration the united states has. used various in order to describe israel the west bank and the gaza strip you can. look it up throughout the years it has changed and that does it for me i'll be back with headlines in about 32 and a half minutes stay with us. thanks

guys it's my that'll survival. when customers go by to reduce the price. well reduce and lower. that's undercutting but what's good for market is not good for the global economy. we have to realize we are all living on a small fragile spaceship together and it's really no different than a bunch of people in a harsh environment trying to you know rely on each other to survive we we are interconnected on this planet we rely on each other or do around the world to survive as a species. time of the time cold parisian to repeat the same mantra sustainability very. transition to sustainable prize board

sustainability space where man a more equitable and sustainable well. they claim their production is completely harmless. because. companies want us to feel good about buying their products while the damage is being done far away and this is something else this must be going down even and i mean look i. mean listen we don't want anyone and i'm stunned seem them to understand that look who is going into. the f.d.a. is primary role isn't regulation of what the label says it is and there is actually in there the f.d.a. is not regulating quality production sourcing any of those things they're regulating that what you say is on the label is actually on the label the most shocking thing about the pet food industry that has remained since basically i started doing this work is the f.d.a.

compliance policy i still cannot understand how an industry is provided. a federal tax supported organization loopholes to avoid federal law if you go to the f.d.a. website and just type in compliance policies and then scroll down the page to hand feed and and there's one after another they allow contamination by pesticides container nation by industrial chemicals contamination bad natural toxins contamination of micro biological contamination over tolerance for permanent drug residues. it's incredible. the law says that can be but the compliance policy says don't worry go ahead we won't enforce. for.