italy shuts down production of all non-essential goods as the coronavirus death toll of the country by almost 800 in a single day. a plane load of aid crisis. and police officers threaten to quit unless they are provided with to protect themselves from. the latest car production of the. pandemic ever more.

senators are accused of insider trading after they sold off their stocks just before the recent. international thomas certainly glad to have you with us. we start with the latest on the corona virus italy is shutting down all production of non-essential goods it due to the covert 1000 pandemic that's as the disease has now claimed almost 13000 lives worldwide and the number of confirmed cases has reached 305000. the production shutdown in italy was announced by prime minister just in the past few hours he said italy is in the grips of its worst crisis since world war 2.

today we decided to take one more step to government to production activity throughout the city but she's not essential to 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 talents significantly more than in china russia is stepping in to help italy the defense ministry will be sending a planeload of disinfection equipment along with 8 teams of. to the country starting on sunday and easy going to join my colleague jacqueline will go in the studio with more. 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 drug based essentially so that italians can air assault this 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 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 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 that's silly and in fact crematoria are saying that they might stop accepting new bodies because they're overwhelmed with

fury and 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. for us 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 birth and it's only some some bodies are literally out there in the streets waiting to be waiting to be burnt in the crematorium 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 but 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 the tally and lawyers association earlier addressed in appealed to president putin it mentioned the european union's lack of support during the crisis we heard from one of the people who penned that letter alexandro. rather 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 old time and they're required to access to this you know to the central bureau and we are completely aware that in case of need we don't receive almost everything we eat directed to do russian federation because we understood that you wrote was not you know very trustful on there this is this is reality and i have a very clear provision that. could be to 2nd

kountry up her u.k. to move out from european union despite the tragedy unfolding in italy there are some positive stories one doctor from the city of brigham alone 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 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 and it was ok told me she and my wife were right my biggest fear at the time was that my wife would have to respect or treat prices during the delivery would end up in intensive care that didn't happen we were very lucky i mean my little girl was tested for covert 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 moment and we will tell how much we love. infectious disease specialist roberto believes the lockdown in italy needs 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 risk of spreading the virus at the same extent that in the center of things in the in this on the part that of italy so you have to remember especially in the north the reason a shortage of. such as a physician nurses able to face of these epidemic very few

infectious disease expert our of a level now a day and that is a whole sort of the fact that a considerable number of health care worker has been contaminated in the not working optimistic view is a defective vet that day by day that he is a constant percentage of 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 that if you share with a little more hope prisons have paid a tribute to the doctors the nurses on the front line applause was heard from balconies across the capital on friday night.

thanks more than 14000 cases have been confirmed in france with 562 dead all regions are now affected despite a nationwide lockdown the french health system is under a lot of strain and french union showed with hard to finance a statement from one medic who volunteered to work with the corona virus infected patients. in intensive care for corona. untired 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. seen people in critical condition are called. because of everything that can take care of yourself take care of your family friends your intel everyone. meanwhile police officers enforcing the lockdown in france are threatening to go on strike they claim they do not have the basic equipment needed to protect themselves from a virus or to shoulda been 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. never mind. 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 poor 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 so. 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 this could face an uphill battle to carry out its plans in the war on code 19 so much even

ski r.t. tires. the world's biggest automaker volkswagen is suspending production worldwide due to cope with 19 german firm build more than 10000000 vehicles last year alone c.e.o. herbert d's 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 at factories operated by group browns the decision follows similar moves by other car manufacturers toyota b.m.w. renault and fia are among those who have shut their plants during the crisis in the e.u. alone the sector is responsible for more around $14000000.00 jobs in the latest episode of artes boom bust automotive expert lauren fix told us the industry will take a long time to recover. for the auto industry on 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 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 anyone 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 us 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 that are asking to push it back just a little bit it's supposed to go in place june 1st and that all depends on this

pandemic and how long it takes for us to start we're covering the pandemic has left many people out of work 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 because there were i don't even think economists have heard 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 for one of the politicians to mine up their decisions public

policy decisions with actual documented health risks which are becoming ever clearer as testing has 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 story and much more right after a short break this is interesting.

it's all a little bit by our d.n.a. in some way. i'm not sure this is such a quick thing you know i'm sure you would. say so but i. wasn't so great. national live from moscow for us senators are being accused of cashing in on the global pandemic through insider training 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 just came up and has more. 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 wanted to.

do. 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 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 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 that a little shy of 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 stock market moves at just the right time. as into tam and santa barbara private briefings and coronavirus weeks and then you know how bad it would be to tell the truth to him spouse adonis showing the public that we were fine that he sold off 1600000 on the phone he needs to resign

senates a bush should resign and prepared to spend some quality time with the 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 well looks pretty bad especially for 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 big problem for him. the senator from georgia she has a nother 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. . has too much goodies to give out so it's impossible 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 mop and r.t. new york meanwhile the u.s. secretary of state might pump ai has accused several countries including russia of spreading false information about the pandemic. issue with this information is there any particular locus for this decision or missioners of diffuse is 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. to do all the things at present trying to set in motion here because this well accusations against russia disinformation and paix about the coronavirus spread in europe and the whole world are a big disinformation and freak themselves let's take a look at the presumption of innocence is there are you know an avid institution out of them there can be any clean dashing you know it can be used as a part of such an aggressive or informational. earlier donald trump place the blame for the spread of the crown a virus at china's door alleging that the situation it would now be better if he had known about the virus earlier president the world was paying a very big price for beijing's suppose that inaction joined in the blame game accusing china of putting lives at risk the chinese foreign ministry spokesperson issued an angry response telling pump to stop lying she noted that china's efforts had actually saved lives citing reports from the world health organization and thai

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 out with our admiration at the way 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 and 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 at home are turning to video streaming services to pass the time and the providers are struggling to cope with the extra traffic. go fans out in or a very own unique way. self isolation where being on ist is as much about spending

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