it's all nonsense the coronavirus is now bringing back to america some intuitive sense of self reliance is going to be difficult just don't don't just. as italy sees nearly 800 deaths due to the corona virus in the past 24 hours alone russia offers to lend a helping hand to the nation at worst hit by the crisis. meanwhile in neighboring friends police officers threaten to quit unless they are provided with better equipment to protect themselves against the virus. plus volkswagen becomes the latest car giant to halt production amid the cove in $1000.00 outbreaks as the health crisis but ever more jobs at risk. and a number of u.s. senators are accused of insider trading after they sold off their stocks just before the recent market crash.

you're watching r t international bring your live news update from our studio here in moscow welcome to the program. we start with the latest figures on the corona virus which has now claimed more than 12000 lives worldwide the number of confirmed cases is edging towards 300000. italy which became the hardest hit country this week by the corona virus with a death toll surpassing even china has seen nearly 800 feet tall these in the past 24 hours alone and all the pandemic has now killed more than 4800 italians amid the grim statistics russia has offered to send aid to the country. joined me earlier in

the studio with all the details. there is no other place in the world where it is as bad as it is in italy right now so amid this crisis russia is indeed going to help out so what is it doing firstly moscow will be sending personal protection to italians such things as mosques for example also russia is promising to ship mobile disinfection units truck based essentially so that italians can air assault the streets with in fact and spray also russia will be sending some medical equipment to help diagnose and treat more italians all of that will be it will be shipped through the russian defense ministry in this small school is joining the beijing. china has already promised to help out italians china being the 1st country origin country of the covert 19 so obviously they have right now they have way more experience with dealing and containing this disease than any other country in the

world and the situation in italy is indeed for instance some italians have been massively outraged when it was revealed that their country allowed the united states to ship out of italy and into tennessee. almost half a 1000000 of covert 1000 testing kids italians saying that how on earth can this be going on when they are dying by the hundreds in italy and there's not enough means to help the italians and their government is giving it just giving it away in the past 24 hours alone almost 800 italians have died let the let the figures sink in for a moment in just the past 24 hours now this number is particularly large because italy is stressing that they are counting not just those who were killed by covert 1000 itself but also they're counting those who died of preexisting conditions that

worse because of covert 19 so this for. 800 almost 800. is these 2 groups of people combined so this whole thing has put a massive strain on funeral homes and nestle and in fact the crematoria are saying that they might stop accepting new bodies because they're overwhelmed. obviously 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 also forced to use our premises dedicated for the final farewell as you can see this farewell room has become a provisional space so just to give you another example in the town of in italy some some bodies are literally out there in the streets waiting to be waiting to be burnt in the current tory because they simply cannot it's a small town and it has been hit particularly hard. even even by italy's standards

and so a lot of people are dying by their bodies cannot be all processed by the existing means also for instance in palermo in sicily soldiers patrolling the streets to ensure that people are indeed stay home and not expose themselves if the danger is so it is really bad and it seems that russia's help will be more than welcome at this time of crisis. as dire as the situation and italy i'm a current maybe there are still some room for positive stories one doctor from the city of barack obama who like thousands of his colleagues across the country is battling the disease recently became a father for the 3rd time. i was on judy 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 and it 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 or treat crisis during the delivery and would end up in intensive care fortunately that didn't happen we were very lucky i mean my little girl was tested for covert 19 and the result was negative we will tell our daughter the 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. infectious disease specialist about account of believes the lockdown in italy needs to continue to prevent an even worst catastrophe. 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 the risk of spreading the virus at the same extent that in the central cities in this one part that of italy so you have to remember especially in the north the reason

a shortage of birth shown such as a physician nurses are able to face of these epidemic very few infectious disease expert are of a level now with the and that is a whole sort defect of at a considerable number of health care worker has been contaminated in the not working optimistic view is are defective that day by day that he's a constant percentage of the increase of the new cases in respect of the total number of our target our goal is to reach as soon as possible the level of below 10 which means about the transmission as the a celebrated that and we can look at the diffusion with a little more hope or reasons have paid tribute to the doctors and nurses on the

frontline of the battle against the deadly virus a chorus of applause was heard from balconies across the capital on friday night. i was. more than 12600 cases have been confirmed in france with 450 dead all regions are now affected despite a nationwide lockdown the french health system is under in a lot of strain and the french union shared with r.t. france a statement from one medic who volunteered to work with corona virus infected patients . my 1st day in intensive care for corona virus patients. 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. of seeing people in critical condition.

because of everything that could take care of yourself take care of you. until everyone. meanwhile police officers enforcing the lockdown and friends are threatening to strike they claim they don't have the basic equipment needed to protect themselves from the virus are to charlotte even ski 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. what. 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. security offices police and other people who are polled law and order in the country need to be protected 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 pretext for equipment 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 a core part of keeping order here if they walk out 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 solar jeevan ski r.t. pairs. economic ramifications of the virus are starting to hit major companies the world's biggest carmaker volkswagen is suspending production worldwide the company which owns brands like scott audi and porsche but more than $10000000.00 vehicles last year alone given the present significant deterioration in the sale situation and the heightened uncertainty regarding parts applies to our plans production is to be suspended in the near future at factories operated by group bronze. decision fall similar moves by other auto manufacturers toyota b.m.w. renault 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 boom bust on made of expert the car coach lauren fix told with the auto industry it will take a long time to recover from the difficulties caused by the coronavirus crisis. 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 gas 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. well i think we'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 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 has also started showing up in the u.s. job market figures but the country's unemployment rate thing one of the largest spikes on record the u.s. labor department has reported several 100 thousands claims being filed recently 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 i don't even think economists have heard about that it's not recession it's not it's it's it's unimaginable levels of of shock

and the data are going to. 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 just just cannot go so the pressure is growing by the day by the hour by the minute or for the politicians to line up their decisions public policy decisions with 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 pandemic to make a quick buck that 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 committee and sold stocks worth around $1700000.00 but he denies the accusations of foul play and calls for him to resign are to come up and 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. we have a framework in place that says put is in a better position than any other country to respond to a public health threat 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. one thing. she can sure. we do. she is. probably more you know

you need. her even offered some advice to his wealthy friends every company should be cognizant of the fact that you might have to alter your travel you might have to look at your employees and to it 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 spouse 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 a lot of investors repriced out a little shelf the crash restart markets on a 2000 point swing on the dow here's over the coronavirus leading to the biggest point drop in dow history today well richard burr was pretty well unaffected because he on loaded up to 1700000 dollars of his stocks just a week before the plunge now he says this is not because of any insider information

he had are solely on public news reports to guide my decision regarding the sale of stocks on february the 13th but richard burr is not the only capitol hill do well or to make some slick stock market moves at just the right time. as into. private briefings that coronavirus works and then you know how bad it would be to tell the truth to him now so darn sure in the public that we were fine thank you don. time before the film he needs to resign send it's a buzz 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 it 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 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 big 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 too much goodies to give out so it's impossible for these for some of these people to resist amid a national 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 of spreading false information about the pandemic. issue of disinformation is there any particular locus for this does it for missionaries if it's 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 our cavity to to do all the things the president trying to set in motion here because there's well accusations against

russia over disinformation and thanks about the coronavirus president 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 accusations you need evidence with 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 the blame for the spread of the coronavirus china's door alleging that the situation would now be better if he'd known about the virus earlier the president added that the world was paying a very big price for beijing suppose that inaction join in the blame game accusing china of putting lives at risk a chinese foreign ministry spokesperson took to twitter to lash out at those accusations demanding the pump aoe stop lying she noted that china's efforts have actually saved lives citing the world health organization. anti-war activists can

stone things washington's accusations told a long running pattern of blaming others for its mistakes while the whole world's been looking out with our admiration at the way the socialist countries such as china and cuba have handled this pandemic. the us administration has been exposed completely as an effort in dealing with the corona virus trump has discovered that the easiest most least controversial way to deal with a problem in the us is simply to blame it on russia or china. many people facing quarantine will probably turn to video streaming services to help pass the time but can the cope with a spike in demand and will you be left to support it arches point barca has been finding out self isolation where being on ist 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 certain quantity content guilt free. in the highest definition but as we're all settling in to this florentine stream of thought fran which are our animal videos. it's metrics and you tube have let us all down this so 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. as for those who prefer a little light reading marvel has introduced a new comic book series that's 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 these to terrible level of woken this of the new characters. shares her thoughts and her latest corteen diary entry. diary it's day 756 of my quarantine i have cleaned every car but 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 are the twins and their names are very similar to screen time fast off how imaginative all those names snowflake unsafe space must have taken a serious brainstorming session so these twins are black being white nowadays is so

passe that both. morton culture i mean who is a snowflake with cropped blue have our matching near todd is non-binary of course they are i'm saying space is a a big burly man and little hot pink shorts why not the part of a series called new warriors so obvious but when 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 that they were parodies of stuff as many bt minority characters 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 on now for the new worries at least marvelous

producing to it 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 and i. arms are you also hailed the decision to cost a woman as captain marvel back that cool thing had a real rough time as a child in the flashbacks we see there's a horrible mom telling this. than one even told to smile. about smile. 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 . too 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. odds of pray and light

hearted film that delves into fun topics like misfortune e has old man down and day of fives women even when that could be unstable. i'm shocked that it flopped at the box office but i mean we all know who's 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 for us having a gender reassignment but months cost you will need a nip and tuck and while no one has a clue what form of bond james bond will take on next time so. changes chip for to what we know i love most about this whole vocal movement it's how you can

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 whistle of political agenda. here it's just hollywood really caring about diversity. a much criticized u.s. base election monitoring organization that has reelected its secretary general sparking concern of continued allegedly misreporting. is a former foreign minister during his time as secretary general of the organization of american states has called into question a number of elections in latin american countries with washington including the most recent bolivia.

i want to denounce to the bolivian people and the entire world what is taking place as you know brothers of the press it is a coup to turn our against a democratically elected government. i say can franco bolivia's former ambassador to brazil told us all my grocery election is a dangerous sign. i think that the reelection of al my quote means more tragedy for a nation he does not represent the needs of our peoples overcoming poverty and injustice and achieving development he represents the interests of us imperialism for some time micro was a supporter of social groups that suffer from poverty and injustice but unfortunately he could not stay true to those principles.