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donald trump invokes so war law mergence a response to the coronavirus break forcing american companies. production of the liquid men. all told the program the. borders. to limit the spread of. france takes the strictest measures in the block correspondent reports from. anybody leaving the team is also being told that the. stats to say. that. the world health organization urges countries to follow beijing's example and post tougher restrictions to fight
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the. us the situation in china itself begins to. coming from moscow 24 hours a day this is your international mining's you know neal hello and welcome to the program. president trump said he is invoking wartime powers to force industry to tackle the cold but 99 senate republicans are also pushing for an economic stimulus package worth up to a trillion dollars but the drastic measures have so far failed to come the markets scale up and reports. as everything seems to be called a native and quite a crisis we have donald trump invoking the defense production act now that is a law that was 1st invoked during the korean war gives the government the ability
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to have industries aska late production the hope is that with the government invoking this act there can be an escalation and rapid production of masks medical supplies and other needed materials now donald trump has got a lot on his plate because the stock market took a very dramatic plunge we saw at this point what people are calling a historically unprecedented volatility on the new york stock exchange dramatic drops taking place in response to that we have donald trump saying that the white house is stepping up that americans will be receiving a check kind of a stimulus check to help to keep them spending during this time of crisis also some other measures are being taken here is donald trump will be invoking the defense production act just in case we needed the fuel knew what it is. can do a lot of good things if we need it was together because we are all loose together
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and will come through together now donald trump has also spoken about the need to go after helping out specific industries that have been particularly badly hit by the slowdown surrounding the coronavirus and the epidemic pandemic at this point there's talk of bailing out the airline industry and other other industries in the united states that are just not functioning normally not turning a profit at this point because of the slowdown so very very very dramatic need at this point as many many parts of the u.s. economy are just suffering many of pointed out that unemployment seems to be a logical outcome of this situation right now in what many describe as a gig economy in the united states. at this point people won't be finding the work that they are used to finding and accustomed to finding as people are in their homes and as people have just slowed down we have the economy people not spending
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like they once were according to a study that was recently conducted one in 5 households in the united states has already experienced a layoff or a reduction in work hours as a result of the pandemic of coronavirus so at this point donald trump is addressing the health issue and how to mobilize you know testing he's also dealing with the economic situation and how to bail out the united states amid some economic freefall that seems to be surrounding the coronavirus pandemic financial analyst charlie boyle believes the impact of the virus will be bigger than the financial crisis. we have a situation that we've never been before and that turns to the school side of 3 months which means governments are going to have to play out individuals companies and corporations regardless of what you think of that politically i think people are starting to wonder how what form that's going to stay so until we get
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a real set of details for example that ministration and in the u.k. and in europe as to exactly what this detail at least bailout is going to be that markets are still going to be on top of so at least for the next 2 weeks i would say in 2008 now that once the banks are in a much better shape but who are in the moment it really might individuals for mortgages corporations that might be insolvent we've got more debt all over the world whether it's corporate debt government debt the feds debts student loans and we've all got to try and recover from the last disaster and this is this is this crash this is not that great mostly because most people haven't even come in from the last gratz so i think potentially ringback it could be worse certainly in terms of the day it's a complete mess some right the number of confirmed cases of corona virus is now approaching 220000 worldwide with the death toll standing at almost 9 and
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europe has become the epicenter has more cases than china while in the u.s. all 50 states at this point have recorded cases entire countries are shutting down their borders russia has become one of the latest to deny entry to most foreigners joining the likes of culloden in the us the european union has also restricted access. 2 limits to support of the various belief we agreed to we enforce all external borders by applying coordinates temporary wish to action of known as social travel to the e.u. folks to get or 30 days off. being entire country of 66000000 people on lockdown army trucks have been seen on the streets of paris by a large numbers of police the ploy to ensure compliance reporting from the capital for a short of 2 pence. france is now we're all on lockdown superrich
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locked down that would be in school the government has talked about deploying $100000.00 police officers to set up fixed points to check people who are in their vehicles the word from the government everybody in france is to self isolate president mark one was incredibly clear when he gave the presidential address on monday night in fact the one thing that came through over and over is the problem is that. some. we are at war health war to be sure we are not fighting another army knew another nation but the enemies that invisible and elusive that decision came to the french took the calls to stay at home and self isolate too likely in fact while bowls of restaurants were being closed all around them and many here in paris came out to the parks to picnic to meet their friends all to sit
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by the say and do this say but no more. the government has announced new measures to limit new infections by limiting contact between people as much as possible to amplify the impact of this measures paris parks and gardens will be closed. restriction these are really centered around self isolation so people have been told that they can leave their homes for very specific reasons that could be to go for a medical appointment it could be to top up on food supplies or it could be to go for a walk for health reasons anybody leaving their property has also been told that they need to have one of this in pakistan to just state why been leaving their home for some of those reasons that i just outlined anybody who is cool flouting that law or
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his court going out for a walk just socialize with their friends rather than for health reasons could face a fine of up to 135 years. if the message is clear stay at home searches and these are containment measures similar to those one spain and italy all persons travelling must be able to justify their movements each person will have to carry a document certifying the reason of his or her journey if it was another casualty of the new stricter regime is the 2nd round the ring is a collection which will now be postponed but many had already criticised the government for allowing the 1st round to take place while sproles was a partial lockdown. the makris are pushing the limits you do not say to 67000000 french people stay at home for an indefinite period on saturday evening but then on sunday morning leave your house and put your health and those of others in danger if the health situation got this bad losing thursday in today to the
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point of closing almost all businesses in makes no sense to hold these municipal elections they must be postponed because they cannot be held fairly. holding the municipal elections is completely incomprehensible and contradicts the measures non's by the prime minister i hope that the government will take responsibility and change its mind as the marked down began many played to the city possibly going to some of the homes here to stay friends and family anything to be isolated to give this time a merchant see here france this idea of self isolation is something that many people fear many people who live below the idea of not having that social contact face to face for a 15 day period is something that they dreading in fact something else that they dreading is the fact that the government has said it's a 15 day minimum and that these could be just standing they need people here in
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france they just have no idea when their lives are going to return to normal charlotte people ski r.t. in paris during the lockdown. meanwhile in neighboring italy this has registered the highest single day death toll of any country since the outbreak started on wednesday the disease claimed $475.00 lives across the nation bringing the total to almost 3000 there and medics say they are all able to cope with the influx of patients we spoke with a nurse in the city of pure chance. and which literally on a comparison to bin took his time and justice done magic in africa joining up is out. there cynical even. in jordan i thought i could be the kind of place times bit interested i thought annoying 1st the pretty or the last camel been going to see
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what's in it just the sound difference to take a. little to the enemy and then just not have. been fermenting egypt. to see it's just a bit more down from the mountain the biggest one i know we all got on cameras that needs to up. to do but i'm going to here and there still is in tippett i'm krista tippett with because a good way to put a man if you put it down to get a look at that was a big do it it could be time passing. down to person extending my time to pursue the case of the saw and the 2 quite kind of been. take the same. regional director for europe of the world health organization has urged nations to take a bolder approach in the fight against the pandemic and he said the lesson should be learned from china. the experience of all the show that this thing and
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racing will bind with social distancing measures and. then put in place quickly and effectively and put events in fictions and say lifes. the spread of the virus appears to have almost stopped in china only 13 new cases were registered on the choose the all of them in who a province locked up in most cities are being partially lifted while domestic travel is starting to resume at the start of the break china's tough response was heavily criticized but as double quarter reports many countries have started to adopt the same measures. remember when only china had to deal with the coronavirus the west had plenty to criticize about beijing's handling of the crisis back then when europe and the us didn't have to get their hands dirty. rights districts
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measures should also be implemented with consideration to the public's willingness to comply with government control efforts now that the critics are in the same situation that china was in just a month ago it seems like they weren't creative enough to come up with their own solutions after the coronavirus ravaged europe governments across the continent started enforcing lockdowns people confined to their homes streets virtually empty just like in china at the height of the outbreak. gatherings family get togethers and social functions will no longer be finished in looking to meet friends in the who are on the streets who will no longer be possible any elderly daredevils that venture out of their homes could face have to find or even a police baton and all the while militaries across the continent are mobilizing in switzerland it's the biggest since world war 2 and in france army convoys are becoming a regular sight in the suburbs. to bomb front. although
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it's not like they have many places to go the entire european union's closed its borders anyway and on top of that they'll be under the watchful eye of those dystopian policed rooms just like the chinese ones that frightened more than a few in the western media the country taking some extraordinary measures to contain this outbreak police are using drones equipped with a public address system to tell people to wear face masks and stay indoors to stop the spread of coronavirus and drones are flying up to people in public and yelling at them for not wearing masks in fact we're hearing of mask shortages drones soldiers lockdowns whatever communist china does it the western media loves to call it all off thora tarion ism but what even makes these measures democratic or not at a time of crisis shouldn't people be focusing on which measures are the most effective. we discuss the situation with journalist chadwick abrams assistant
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professor of public policy at northeastern university in the us take a look. joel crises tend to strengthen the hand of the executive we're seeing a tremendous increase right now in the federal government power in the united states out there isn't it and there's even some talk of you know about martial law curfews i think it's terrifying i think it's really disturbing and it's you know there are some constitutional scholars out there that are that debate whether how constitutional is i think it's it's shocking how easily americans will give up their liberty that said the u.s. is a democracy and china is an authoritarian country but in general in terms of the continuum between democracy and limited government for terry does the u.s. government is moving more in the direction of china while still trying to maintain some of our time accredit norms max is absolutely correct that it we're seeing just
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how swiftly the state can expand out how it can come in and become more authoritarian and you know in new york city right now it's a ghost town here and it and you know the mayor wants to quarantine the entire city the government let him know where's where's the tip coming from it's coming from the hysteria that anik i mean we've got every restaurant and bar and retail store closing our biggest cities where i disagree with my colleague is that i actually do view this threat as extraordinarily severe and and and not just scary. but consequential given the nature of the threat it is reasonable for the government to intervene in reasonable ways to try to mitigate that threat particularly by enforcing social distancing so that we don't infect each other needlessly there's an insane amount of panic out there being driven by the media and meanwhile when you listen to the experts when you actually listen to them and
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you listen to the growth of iris taskforce that they're very calm they're not freaking out and they're giving pretty simple basic instructions to people. chadwick moore and marx abrams well with ever more countries putting their entire populations under quarantine millions find themselves spending more time off home than usual and so on making them mixed the situation is spanish couple still manage to exchange. my show i think i have the window despite the government imposing a state of emergency on their wedding day they did not council the event. ok tradition. the w.h.o. old recommends keeping up physical mental activity when home quarantine it sees people should stop. every 30 minutes and do something physical perhaps
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exercising gardening if that's an option to some and cleaning it even recommends walking around the room or perhaps on the spot when speaking on the phone with some more recommendations here soskin or. did diary the last 2 weeks have been a bit surreal it's like we're living in some kind of weird parallel unify us people have returned to that animal instincts now nothing will come between a man and his new paper. coronaviruses cleared the streets and driven us into our homes i'm not going to lie my main concern was about getting fact in the time of corona i mean i know i have to go running in the pocket i promised myself i'm bearly thing i'm losing at the gym is money but still luckily though there are some fitness fanatics out there who
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are making sure we all keep moving in these claustrophobic times. but if the idea of exercising in public is your wost nightmare no fear. also this is a puffing time to combine getting to know your neighbor you've been avoiding for years with a hot healthy pursuit. i've also realized it will give me the opportunity to finally back my organization of skills. they do say you should have one task every day to keep you motivated also i did always think i had the potential to be an invaluable member of a quad but you know what the modern wilde's like harry hurry hurry no time for
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anything now though there are no excuses. see the. end of her soon to move. who said quarantine could be fun also for the less studious among you learn those hacks trick your teacher online and get out of 5 chill plus only for the more adventurous among you ever wonder what a toilet seat tastes like yeah me neither. apparently she thinks coronavirus is for poor people tom hanks rude monch speaking of the elite if you will upmarket and don't want to suffer the humiliation of standing in a queue with hundreds of new roles and you'll try piled up don't worry because i've
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got you covered this elite ready to go package includes night vision goggles and purify and some with satellite messenger and it will only cost you $5000.00 such a snatch as a bonus to make you look like the potential that you are. i want to admit there are some downsides to this whole self isolation thing like those tourists who went to spain in search of some rays only to be put in quarantine and realize the sun never actually hit that balkany i am slightly disappointed that my skin will be taking want to found parrot tone in the coming months better than risk you thought your. but really on balance it's not so bad all those times i want to cancel on my friends but struggled to come up with a convincing reason no longer an issue my dislike of standing in places of more than 50 people at a time literally banned i've also was hated when people didn't respect my personal
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space now they literally have to stand a meter away from me and don't worry i haven't forgotten the most important thing i know we're all in lockdown i know we all think our house is a safe from the plague but washing your hands is a must. if the hamster can do it so can you. feel or with the report let's turn attention to israel because progress see concerns there are being raised the country has the so to trust people with chronic horrors using their mobile phone data explaining how it may work or. israel is fighting corona virus with a little digital help the government has approved a new emergency measure of tracking mobile phones in order to contain the spread of the virus israel is a democracy and we must maintain the balance between civil rights and the public's needs these tools will very much assist us in locating the sick and stopping the
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virus from spreading the idea is to use the cio location data from people's cell phones to track who's been in contact with known by was areas and to send them text messages to alert them to the problem and to get them also to self isolate here is it is a measure that will thirty's normally use for tracking extremists and terrorists it wasn't so long ago that people were asking the same question should we hand over our privacy for a greater good civil rights activists in israel warning it is a slippery slope it's a dangerous precedent and the slippery slope that must be approached unresolved of the much debate and not after a brief discussion even in crises of this nature the core of civil rights and democracy must be preserved i understand that infection in contagion and the spread of the virus must be prevented but it's inconceivable that because of the panic so right should be trampled without restraint levers that are totally disproportionate to the threat of the problem the prime minister benjamin netanyahu who is still
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fighting for power claims that this tool is more effective than isolating the whole country this is an effective tool to locate the virus and isolated instead of isolating an entire country israel is not too meek it is joy in china me ran in this population trekking journey and it's no secret that our cell phones contain more information about ourselves than even we know of course it's information that can be used for both good and evil which is why everyone's fighting to excess said the question remains are you willing to give up your publicity to contain the virus and while the authorities stop or tracking once the pandemic is over i'm afraid a tough. this is one time that the government but it proved. it to be. slipping away to using it again in august 2nd stan says which i'm not sure. i will agree with me on the 1st corner much i say that everything needs to be done to stop the disease the shows that netanyahu makes every evening at 8 o'clock in the news
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is because of his legal situation one is not terribly important because the other to know about everything about you i'm in favor of following corona patients by phone so that we don't all get sick with it and then the surveillance on the phones will stop i think in any case everything you write on google and facebook and you pass on a card everyone knows your information today so it's no problem to follow you it prevents infection you will see about. what we've got the thoughts of political analyst amir oren who thinks the luck of public trust in prime minister benjamin netanyahu will make it difficult for the government to implement any containment plan. these really probably in this particular crisis would prefer health and prevention of contagion epidemics over almost anything but this is not the point these really public but then you know government has lost its
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credibility and for suspect in its handling of this crisis. he's also a defendant in a criminal trial because he has been indicted for bribery and other offenses so whenever he says something he's suspect of trying to play for rezone personal or political advantage. let's turn attention of the some other news today and all computer purchased on e bay by a group of german cyber security experts for just $100.00 has turned out to be priceless that's because buried in its data was a step by step guide on how to use one of the country's defense systems. we've discovered something exciting the german army hasn't lost any of its classified
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data or on a bi. so the buyer claims the laptop contained a set of instructions on the use and maintenance of violence on t.v. or a craft system though the documents also give guidelines on how to destroy the system so enemies wouldn't be able to deploy it the units in question is currently in the arsenal of the national army it was 1st introduced almost 20 years ago and still serves as a defensive barbier for military personnel against low flying enemy bombers and helicopters to its missiles can reach targets about this than 6 fellow isn't kilometers. away. so the german 6000 meters excuse me the german defense ministry admits there may have been a misstep in how it all deals with its old computer. the old computer is used for the fasces have all been decommissioned and sent for recycling with orders to raise
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or render existence storage media usable it can be assumed that america during the recycling of the computer in question it's very embarrassing you the laptop was really quite old it was running windows 2000 the dot on it that about time cybersecurity wasn't as big an issue as it is today and putting it into context it was at the lowest classifications but none of that's an excuse this should not have happened hard drives are usually taken out of military computers before they're sold on and the hard drives are destroyed separately this clearly hasn't happened here there is a danger posed definitely because it's giving away some of the technical background to the air defense system and people don't realize how much that can survive for long periods of time i'm short cuts are taken in the disposal of certain equipment that makes it. fantastic for it could be germany's enemies in wanting to look at ways of potentially country these are defense systems that is how our news
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