it is. literally shut down production of all non-essential goods as the coronavirus death toll in the country surges by almost 800 in a single day and russia plane load of. police officers threatened to quit unless they are provided with equipment to protect themselves from the virus. volkswagen becomes the latest production due to the 1000 outbreak. puts ever more jobs at risk. u.s. senators are accused of insider trading after they sold off their stocks just

before the recent crash. are broadcasting live. thomas certainly glad to have you with us. all right we start with some breaking news this hour italy is shutting down all production of non-essential goods due to the 1000 pandemic that's as the disease has now claimed almost 13000 lives worldwide the number of confirmed cases has reached 305000. the production shutdown in italy was announced by prime minister just in the past couple of hours he said italy is in the grips of its worst crisis since world war 2 . today we decided that the government production.

of providing goods and services a program to. italy has seen nearly 800 fatalities in the past 24 hours alone the pandemic has now killed more than 4800 italians significantly more than in china russia is stepping up in to help italy right now the defense ministry will be sending a planeload of disinfection equipment along with 8 teams of viral logistics to the country starting on sunday or does he go to don i've joined my colleague earlier in the studio with 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 aerosol the streets

with this infection 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 beijing's efforts 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 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 in 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 because of covert 1000 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 crematoria are saying that they might stop accepting new bodies because they're overwhelmed with you know that 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. that's for us to use on 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 oh it's only some some bodies are literally out there in the streets waiting to be waiting to be burned in the criminal area because they simply cannot it's a small town and it has been hit particularly. 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 dangerous so it is really bad and it seems that russia's help will be more than welcome at this

time of crisis. and italian lawyers association earlier addressed an appeal to president putin it mentioned the european union the lack of support during the crisis we heard from one of the people who penned that letter alexander maria to really the president of the italy's criminal chambers of european and international law. can you understand very well the reason why italians are not very very happy because as you know as they your time they're required to access to this to you know to the central europe and we are completely aware that in case of need we don't receive almost everything we eat directed to good russian federation because we understood that growth was not you know a very trust fund there this is this is reality and now i have a very clear proof the shit. you tell it could be just 2nd

kountry up here u.k. to move out from european union. despite the tragedy unfolding in italy and there are some positive stories one doctor from the city of 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 asked me know as soon as my daughter hannah was born they told me 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 that didn't happen we were very lucky that my little girl was tested for kovac 19 and the result was negative that we would tell our daughter that she was born in

a very difficult time for europe but that she was holding out like a really morea one and we will tell her how much we love. infectious disease specialist roberto and believes that the lockdown in italy means to continue to prevent an even worse catastrophe. the epidemic is a dramatic and we are facing a very big epidemic we should keep a very strict measures. down in order to reduce the literary skills reading the virus at the same extent that in the center of things in the in this on the part that of it so you have to remember that the expression in the north the reason a shortage of. such as a physician nurses able to face of these that be demick very few infectious disease expert to our of a level now with the and that is

a whole sort defective at a considerable number of alcohol work has been contaminated in the not working optimistic view is a defective that day by day. 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 a celebrated that and we can look at that if you share with a little more hope persians have paid tribute to the doctors and nurses on the front line applause that was heard from balconies across the capital on friday night. thank you so much. thanks. a lot is uplifting moments more than 14000 cases have been confirmed in

france with unfortunately 562 dead and all regions are now affected despite a nationwide lockdown the french health care system is under a lot of strain currently a french union shared with r.t. france a statement from one medic who volunteered to work with chronic virus infected patients. my 1st day in intensive care for coronavirus patients. untired for 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 long usually seen people in critical condition are called you don't do much because of everything that could take care of yourself take care of your family friends your until everyone. meanwhile police officers enforcing the lockdown in france are threatening to go on strike and they claim they do not have the basic equipment needed to protect themselves from the virus are to report. as millions of people in

from own saw in confinement there is a cool group of workers who are continuing the day 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 on them 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. in the country where you need to be pretend it's not dishonest does not distinguish between police and other citizens we're not even sure that we could least officers not potentially infecting people when we do our checks so we need mosques and other pretext quitting and so to keep us safe another said 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 cool part of keeping order here if they walk out if an infection takes hold within the ranks so could face an uphill battle to carry out its plans in the war on code 19 so much even ski.

terrorists the world's biggest automaker volkswagen is suspending production worldwide due to covered 19 german firm build more than 10000000 vehicles last year c.e.o. herbert decent explain the move. 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 factories operated by group bronze the decision follows similar moves by other car manufacturers toyota b.m.w. renault 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. in the latest episode of artes boom bust an automotive expert lauren fix told us the industry will take a long time to recover. for the auto industry our 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 every day cars. we've already seen

the 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 them 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. 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 you know 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 left many people out of work in the u.s. jobless rate has surged with several 100000 new claims in the past few weeks economist jeffrey tucker says the financial shock will be unlike anything in modern history. there's a word for that i don't even think economists have a word for that but it's not recession it's not crushing it's it's it's unimaginable levels of of shock and the data are going to reflect 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 just cannot go so the pressure is growing by the day by the hour by the minute before for the politicians to line up their decisions public

policy decisions with the actual documented health risks which are becoming ever clear as testing as is going on several u.s. senators are in the spotlight for selling off millions of dollars of shares just before the recent stock market crash that's right much more after a short break start international. this outbreak really highlights that our system for global governance is weak and add that not only is it international health regulations which dozens of countries are currently violating but it's just the broader system in which we tackle these challenges and i think this highlights we need to do better in the future i mean for one thing i certainly am when so many countries are breaking international

health regulations to make sense to revisit that instruments after this outbreak is over but also our system more broadly for how we govern those challenges that transcend national borders. to. go. all a little bit less bio d.n.a. in some way over the complete i'm not sure really isn't such a great thing you know i'm sure you look better now than when you had hair. from it's nice of you to say so but i thought i went through when i was 25 i knew most and so for them. welcome back this is our team international for u.s. senators are being accused of cashing in on the global pandemic through insider trading they offloaded millions of dollars worth of shares just before the market

nosedive to allegedly using their privileged access to information one of them is north carolina republican senator richard burr or to kill him up and as for. richard burr u.s. senator and head of the senate intelligence committee reassured everyone that the us 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 more. you need to.

burry even offered some advice to his wealthy friends every company should be cognizant of the fact that you may have to travel you may 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 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 that will show the crash we saw at markets in the 2000 points. when 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 $1700000.00 of his 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 stock market moves at just the right time. as into. private briefings coronavirus. then you know how bad it would be to tell the truth to his house of donner's showing the public that we were fine that he sold off 1600000 before the home he needs to resign senates a bush 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 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 what looks pretty bad especially for senator burr and loughlin 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. all of that would be a big problem for him as for the the senator from georgia she has another 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 i mean 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 scale pop and r. t. new york meanwhile the u.s. secretary of state might pompei o has accused several countries including russia of spreading false information about the pandemic. issue of decision from a should is there any particular locus for this decision or mission or is a defeatist 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 kitty to to do all the things the president trying to set in motion here because this well accusations against russia

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 their occupations you know an avid institution out of them there can be any claims ashing you know it can be used as a part of such an aggressive or informational. earlier donald trump placed in the blame for the spread of the crown a virus that china's door alleging that the situation would now be better if he had known about the virus earlier the president added that the world was paying a very big price for beijing's suppose it in action pompei o joined in the blame game accusing china of putting lives at risk. a chinese foreign ministry spokesperson issued an angry response telling bump aoe basically to stop lying but she noted that china's efforts had actually saved lives citing reports from the world health organization and to war activist ken stone thinks washington's accusations follow

a long running pattern of blaming others for its mistakes while the whole world's been looking at without admiration at the way socialist countries such as china cuba have handled this and. the u.s. 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. here's an interesting for you when. people facing quarantine at home are turning to video streaming services to pass the time makes sense providers are struggling to cope with the extra traffic as artie's probably boyko found out in her very own unique way. self isolation it's where being on ist is as much about spending time with netflix as it is about saving your grandma from coronavirus. catching up on your

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