middle east suffers nearly $800.00 deaths due to the corona virus in the past 24 hours alone bringing the total told there close to $5000.00. in neighboring france police officers threaten to quit unless they are provided with better but meant to protect themselves from the virus. plus volkswagen become the latest car giant to hold production amid the coded $1000.00 outbreaks of the health crisis ever more jobs at risk. and some u.s. senators are accused of insider trading after they sold off their stocks just before the recent crash.

you're watching r t international bring you your live news update from our studio here in moscow welcome to the program. we start with the latest on the corona virus which has now claimed more than 12000 lives worldwide the number of confirmed cases is edging towards 300000. italy which this week became the country hit hardest by the coronavirus with a death toll surpassing even china has seen nearly 800 fatalities in the past 24 hours alone and all the pandemic has now killed more than 4800 italians in the province of a large scale loss of life has put a strain on funeral homes and some crematoria have warned they may not be able to take more bodies due to lack of space. that oversee this situation creates

an abnormal amount bringing us to an emergency phase making us very likely to hold for a few days in order to be able to recover some space. that's it for us to use on premises dedicated for the final farewell as you can see this farewell room has become a provisional space. as daunting as the situation in italy i'm a currently be there still some room for positive stories one doctor from the city of burger mo who like thousands of his colleagues across the country is battling the disease recently became a father for the 3rd time. i was on duty in the covered 19 ward when my wife who herself had previously tested positive for the corona virus went into labor but i still tried to stay in touch with her as much so i could and i heard from her until the moment she was taken for a c section my friends and colleagues from the hospital she was at let me know as soon as my daughter anna was born they told me both she and my wife were right my biggest fear at the time was that my wife would have a respect crisis during the delivery and would end up in intensive care that didn't

happen we were very lucky i mean my little girl was tested for covidien indeed and the result was negative we will tell our daughter that she was born in a very difficult time for europe but that she was holding out like a real warrior and we will tell her how much we love them meanwhile as italy remains on lockdown soldiers are patrolling the empty streets of sicily they have been deployed to help police and other cities and regions are also considering calling in army patrols about a cow to an infectious disease specialist believes the lockdown needs to continue to prevent an even worse task to feed. the epidemic is a dramatic and we are facing a very big epidemic we should keep a very strict measures the whole lockdown in order to reduce their delivery still spreading the virus at the same extent that in the center 6 and in this one part

that of it so you have to remember that is pressuring the north the reason a shortage of. such as a physician nurses able to face at these epidemic very few infectious disease expert to our available now a day and that he's a hole so the fact that a considerable number of health care worker has been contaminated and the not working optimist. view defective that day by day the constant percentage of the increase. in respect of the total number to target our goal is to reach as soon as possible the level or below 10 which means the transmission has a celebrated and we can look at the did who share with

a little more hope persians have paid tribute to the doctors and nurses on the frontline of the battle against the deadly virus applause was heard from barclays across the capital on friday night. more than 12600 cases have been confirmed in france with 450 dead all regions are now factored despite a nationwide lockdown the french health system is under him are a strange strain and a french onion shared a with r.t. france a statement from one medic who volunteered to work with coronavirus occupations. my 1st day in intensive care for corona virus patients. i'm tired 12 hours in closed premises i want to share my feelings today i've seen terrible things and i've never in my life seen such images. i've seen people in critical condition are

constantly on much because of everything that could take care of yourself take care of your family friends until everyone. meanwhile police officers enforcing the lockdown in france are threatening to strike claiming they don't have the basic equipment needed to protect themselves from the virus relativity reports. as millions of people in from own saw in confinement there is a cool group of workers who are continuing the daily grind including police offices .

yet many continue to flout these regulations despite hefty fines and the risk of being locked up in jail. the authorities are tearing their hair out over france's citizens known compliance with the confinement restrictions. there are people who think they're modern day heroes by breaking the rules while they are in fact. when i see people still going to the park to get together or heading to the beach or to open markets they seem not to understand the message from the authorities a lot of our fellow citizens are still taking this too likely but as they blame people for not abiding by the rules the authorities themselves are being accused of not taking proper care of those they placed on the front line unions are furious

that the ministry of interior hasn't provided offices with basic equipment such as face mosques so much so the biggest police union has warned its members will walk out unless such things are made available there is no reason why we should be victims of a government failure to plan we want to carry out our duties to their fullest but need to be able to guarantee. our own safety if the police themselves become contaminated or strike who will monitor the streets seducer security offices police and other people who are law and order in the country need to be protected all this parse does not distinguish between police medics and other citizens we're not even sure that we police officers not potentially infecting people when we do our checks so we need mosques and other protect quitting and to keep us safe and others. if the police get infected who will be able to keep the peace to morrow as force is quarantined drags along each day the list of what

citizens can do is being tightened the police are called part of keeping order here if they walk out or if an infection takes hold within the ranks sones could face an uphill battle to carry out its plans in the war on code 19 so much even ski r.t. powers economic ramifications are starting to hit major companies the world's biggest carmaker box wagon is suspending production worldwide the company which owns brands like audi and porsche but more than $10000000.00 vehicles last year given the present significant deterioration in the sale situation and the heightened uncertainty regarding parts supplies to our plants production is to be suspended in the near future at factories operated by group bronze. that's all filler muth by other auto manufacturers toyota b.m.w. are not and are among those who have shut their plants during the crisis in the

e.u. alone the sector is responsible for around $14000000.00 jobs and the latest episode of artes boom bust automated expert at the car coach lauren fix the auto industry will take a long time to recover from the difficulties caused by the virus. for the auto industry a global basis we're looking at a huge impact with every single manufacturer pretty much shutting down production we're not just talking about high end cars but everyday cars we've already seen a huge negative downturn when it comes to china they're off by about 80 percent so far for the 1st quarter but that may change they're starting to get back on line but here in the u.s. we're looking at last year's sales 17100000 cars. is recommending and they're stating they're somewhere around $14900000.00 we have not seen a downturn like this since 2008 this is going to impact a lot of us because if you look at the dow jones half of it is impacted by the auto industry either by a supplier or something that supports the auto industry so this is going to be

a huge impact and it's going to go a long time for us to recover. i don't to be to doom and gloom here but we have had guest after gas telling us we are already facing a recession maybe even a depression is coming will all of these auto manufacturers the giants will they make it out of this crisis or we could see consolidation what is going to happen moving forward. so i think you're going to see some consolidation it makes sense that companies partner to share technology to share platforms to share drive trains everybody makes it to a leader turbo engine if more people start sharing that technology what that's going to do is allow them to make it personalized when it comes to the vehicle the features themselves so i think you're going to see a lot of consolidation i don't think we're going to see them going out of business but the impact to the stocks is going to be a long time to turn around there's also some talk about the auto 'd industry wanting to delay the implementation of the u.s. embassy a trade deal known as the new nafta do you know what's going on there. yeah the u.s. n.c.a.a. supposed to start on june 1st but everyone's now off no one's working and so this

is a problem so they can't get the regulations in place so they're asking to push it back to delay because that's going to make 75 percent of cars being built here for north america using north american components which is good for restarting the industry but we don't have the regulations in place so they're asking to push it back just a little bit supposed to go in place june 1st and that all depends on this pandemic and how long it takes for us to start recovering. the pandemic is starting to show up in the us job market figures as well but the country's unemployment rate seeing one of the largest spikes on record the u.s. labor department has reported several $100000.00 claims being filed we spoke with jeffrey tucker editorial director at the american institute for economic research and he warns that the global economy is under severe strain. because there were not i don't even think economists have agreed but it's not a recession it's not rushing it's it's it's unimaginable levels of of shock and the data are going to it's like that i can't even give you

a clear prediction what the unemployment numbers are going to look like that we're going to be seeing soon but i almost certain that millions have already lost their jobs and this just cannot go on much longer without dismantling everything we call civilized life it just it just cannot go so the pressure is growing by the day by the hour by the minute tour for the politicians to line up their decisions public policy decisions with the actual documented health risks which are becoming ever clearer as testing has is going on. a number of u.s. senators have been accused of exploiting their privilege access to information about the pen demick to make a quick buck after they sold off a large number of shares right before the markets plunged among them is richard burr he's the head of the intelligence community committee and sold stocks worth around $1700000.00 but he denies the accusations of foul play and it calls for him

to resign helm often has the story. richard burr u.s. senator and head of the senate intelligence committee reassured everyone that the u.s. government had the coronavirus situation completely under control here is what he said back in march luckily we have a framework in place that says put is in a better position than any other country to respond to a public health threats like the coronavirus his words sounded quite calming especially from someone who receives daily briefings about the spread of the coronavirus although a few days earlier he was telling a group of wealthy donors and constituents of a very different story here's a secret recording of richard burr speaking at the capitol hill club we want. you to. she is. probably.

even offered some advice to his wealthy friends every company should be cognizant of the fact that you may have to travel you might have to look at your employees and judge whether the trip they're making to europe is essential or whether it can be done on a video conference why risk is needless to say accusations are now flying that richard burr used his capitol hill inside info to help out his pals financially you remember when the stock market tanked right and tonight stock market futures are pointing to a higher open after the biggest point drop in history the dow losing more than 2000 points today and lot of investors repriced out a little showing the crash we start in markets in the 2000 point swing on the dow fears over the coronavirus leading to the biggest point drop in history today well richard burr was pretty well unaffected because the gun loaded up to 1700000 dollars of u.s. stocks just a week before the plunge now he says this is not because of any insider information he had overnight solely on public news reports to guide my decision regarding the

sale of stocks on february 13th but richard burr is not the only capitol hill do well or to make some slick stop. market is at just the right time. as into tam and sent to bergen crowded branchings amounts coronavirus weeks and then you know how bad it would be to tell the truth to him spouse adonis showing the public thanks we will find that she sold off 1006 men in the home he needs to resign senates a should resign and prepared to spend some quality time with a federal grand jury that maybe there's an honest explanation for what he did if

there is he should share it with the rest of us immediately otherwise he must resign from the senate and face prosecution for insider trading now all of them are saying they had no control over these investment decisions they're also emphasizing that this was just good luck they had no insider knowledge well looks pretty bad especially 1st senator burr and laughlin who are pretty well connected of course senator byrd the chairman of the senate intelligence committee he was privy to you know secret briefings on the coronavirus and what the response to the coronavirus was going to be and how bad it might be all of that would be a problem for him as for the senator from georgia she has a no other problem and that her husband is the chairman of the new york stock exchange presumably pretty well connected and she's on a committee that oversees the health industry the bigger picture here is that we have public servants we have members of congress who are using their power and

position not only in stock trades the problem is that the u.s. government has human. goodies to give out so it's impossible for some of these people to resist a minute ashville crisis americans want their political leaders to be solving problems managing the issues and getting things done it seems like they're certainly doing that but on a more personal level caleb mopp and r.t. new york meanwhile the u.s. secretary of state mike pompei o has accused several countries including russia spreading false information about the pandemic. issue of disinformation is there any particular locus for this decision for missionaries are. pretty diffused unfortunately but we've certainly seen it come from places like china and russia and iran but there are coordinated efforts to disparage what america is doing in iraq to video and to do all the things at present trying to set in motion here because this well accusations against russia are disinformation and fakes about the coronavirus present in europe

and the whole world are a big disinformation and fake themselves let's take a look at the presumption of innocence is there are you need evidence proof no evidence there can be any claims moreover it can be used as a part of such an aggressive informational competing earlier donald trump place blame for the spread of covert $1000.00 at china's door alleging that the situation would not be better if he'd known about the virus earlier the president added that the world was paying a very big price for beijing and suppose that an action pump a would join in the blame game accusing china of putting lives at risk if chinese foreign ministry spokesperson took to twitter to lash out at the accusations demanding about pompei oh stop lying she noted that china's efforts have actually saved lives citing the world health organization anti-war activist ken stone thinks washington's accusations follow a long running pattern of blaming others. while the whole world has been looking

at with that admiration at the way socialist countries such as china and cuba have handled this pandemic. the us administration has been exposed completely as an apt in dealing with the corona virus trampas discovered that the easiest and most least controversial way to deal with a problem in the us is simply to blame that on russia or china. still ahead if you're looking forward to binge watching lots of shows during quarantine you may be disappointed by the explains why after this.

join me every 1st week on the alex sullivan show and i'll be speaking to us of the world of politics or business i'm sure business i'll see you there.

welcome back many people facing quarantine will probably turn to video streaming services to help pass the time but can they cope with the spike and the man and will you be left disappointed artist polly burka who has been finding out self isolation if we're being honest is as much about spending time with netflix as it is about saving your ground law from coronavirus. catching up with your favorite shows that are only getting some quiet content guilt free. in the highest definition but as we're all settling in to this quarantine. stream of thought on friends which are on animal videos. metrics and you tube have let us all down this concern that the volume of netflix and

chilling which is about to take place will break the internet very juicy less streaming quality by 25 percent just when we needed the most guys pornhub is offering its premium content for free now that its customers. now for those who prefer a little light reading the marvel has introduced a new comic book series that supposed to be representative of the times the reaction online however has been less than positive with some readers taking issue with what they see as the satirical level of won't miss of the new characters shares her thoughts in her latest quarantine diary entry. diary it's day 756 of my quarantine i have cleaned. looked out of every window and watched every and i mean every film and series on netflix so i've been left with no option but to turn to comic films not my usual thing but

desperate times and i'm so glad i took that leap because in these times of life threatening pandemonium marvel house welcome to the wild exactly what we all need snowflake and search space or the twins and their names are very similar to screen time foster off how imaginative all those names snowflake unsafe space must have taken a serious brainstorming session so these twins are black or white nowadays is so passe that both. the culture i mean who is a snowflake with cropped blue have matching is non-binary of course they are i'm saying space is a big. and little hot pink shorts why not the part of a series called new warriors so opt between shooting out snowflakes and creating full fields to protect against unkind enemies these twins would leave the enemy

quaking in its boots but apparently not everyone agrees with me the marvel new warriors are so badly designed i genuinely thought they were parodies of stuff as many bt minority cards as in the main cast as possible series. oh good lord snowflake in say space actually part of this crew marvel even the ninety's is way better than what you're bringing out now for the new worries at least marvelous producing truly paper during this corona crisis with the new warriors now these 2 are just the latest jewels marvels added to its growing diversity crowd with my sisters in arms are also herald the decision to cost a woman as captain marvel back that poor thing had a real rough times of child and all the flashbacks we see there's a hole in her mind telling her she got this and then one even told her to smile. about smarmy smile. back.

i don't know about you but violence as a result for any unpleasant situation strikes me as a very positive and empowering message in real life the actress pretty lost and is super malou to i do not need a 40 year old white dude to tell me what didn't work for him about a wrinkle in time rival d.c. comics also isn't lagging behind they went big with the all female birds of prey and light hearted film that delves into fun topics like misfortune ie has old man down and day 5 women even when that clearly unstable. i'm shocked that it flopped at the box office but i mean we all know whose to play . you expect me to believe that birds of prey is doing poorly for any reason other

than sexism everyone keeps blaming the marketing but nobody dares to name the real culprit sexes than of course fools having a gender reassignment but months cost you will need a nip and tuck and while no one has a clue what form bond james bond will take on next time so many exciting changes to forward to but what were ringback you i know most about this whole woke movement is how you gonna make it is i mean i don't know about you diary but to me it doesn't feel forced at all there's no whiff of political agenda but signal here it's just hollywood really caring about diversity that's a wrap up of the day's top news for now but don't forget you can always find us on many of your favorite social media platforms like twitter and facebook for up to the minute reports.

as the democrats gear up to officially start their 2020 presidential primary it is fitting to assess donald trump's performance in office a report card of sorts where is he kept his promises and where has he come up short will any of this really matter. what else seems wrong. but. just don't call. me. yet to shape out the attic. and in detroit. trail. when so many find themselves worlds apart we choose to look for common ground. industry comes to life in los angeles every night. dozens of women cells on the

street many of them under age. police reveal a taste of the daily challenge if you're going to exploit a child here in los angeles they were going to come as you would see officers going undercover as 6 workers and customers to find 6 trade. markets continue their slide as we draw the week to a close this is the one business show you can't afford to miss friendship or in

washington coming up it has been a roller coaster week for markets but stocks are still trading far below where they were a month ago straight ahead we bring in blue bus team coverage to break down the trajectory going forward and in the wake of the outbreak the hospitality sector has taken a beating and now employees are beginning to feel the brunt we fill you in on furloughs and the fate of workers during this crisis plus auto sales are struggling due to the pandemic and could put the u.s. n.c.a.a. in jeopardy we take a look at the future of the north american trade and how the pandemic has slammed the auto sector we have a packed show today so let's go and dive right in. and the corona virus continues to spread globally as thousands are still being infected by the pandemic officials report there are now more than 250000 cases with over 110000 deaths europe is still the epicenter of the corona virus now surpassing china's death toll.