italy shuts down production of all non-essential goods as the death toll in the country surges by almost 800 in a single day and russia a planeload of aid to stem the crisis. in france police officers threaten to quit unless they are provided with equipment to protect themselves from. the latest production due to the outbreak as the pandemic puts ever more jobs. and u.s. senators are accused of insider trading that they are sold off. just before the

recent crash. broadcasting live. i'm john thomas certainly glad you're with us. i restart with the latest on the krona virus 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 that worldwide and the number of confirmed cases has reached 305000. production shutdown in italy was announced by prime minister just in the past couple of hours he said italy is in the grip of its worst crisis since world war 2 . today we decided that the government.

throughout history no social issues of providing goods and services. italy has seen it 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 in to help italy the defense ministry will be sending a planeload of disinfection equipment along with 8 teams of viral exists to the country starting on sunday are 20 just on of joining my colleague earlier 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 truck based essentially so that italians can air assault their 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 most always joining. china has already promised to help out italians china being the 1st country origin country of the cove of 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. and 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 were because of covert 19 so this figure 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 it 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 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. even even by italy's standards and so a lot of people. 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 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's lack of support during the crisis we heard from one of the people who penned that letter on xander to really the president of italy's criminal chambers of the european and international law can understand very well the reason why italians are not very very happy because each as you know as they your old time they're required to access to this you know to the central euro and we are completely aware that in case of need we don't receive almost everything we directed should 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. could be to say can

kountry aire u.k. to move out from european union. despite the charge of the unfolding in italy there are some positive stories one doctor from the city of bergamot who likes 1000 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 asked 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 the respect to treat prices 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 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 one and we will tell how much we love. in fact just a disease specialist robert al qaida believes that the lockdown in italy needs to continue to prevent an even worse catastrophe. there 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 still spreading the virus at the same extent that in the center in the in this on the part that of so us remember especially in the north the reason a shortage of. such as a physician nurses able to face of these that demi very few

infectious disease expert to are of a level now with the and that it is a whole sort defective at a considerable number of alcohol work has been contaminated and they are not working optimistic view is a defective 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 all below 10 which means about the transmission as a celebrated that and we can look at the future with a little more whole. persians have paid a tribute to the doctors and nurses on the front line applause was heard from balconies across the capital on friday night. was drunk. more

than 14000 cases have been confirmed in france are 562 dead all these and are now affected despite a nationwide lockdown the french health system is under a lot of strain a french union shared with r.t. france a statement from one medic who volunteered to work with carnivorous infected patients . in intensive care for corona virus a patient. on time for 12 hours in closed premises going i want to share my feelings today i've seen terrible things and i've never in my life seen such. long seen people in critical condition are called. because of everything that can take care of yourself take care of your family your friends your intil everyone whatever meanwhile police officers and forcing the lock down in france are threatening to go on strike they claim they do not have the basic equipment needed to protect

themselves from the virus or to shoulder penske 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. why are. you going to. 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 city. security offices police and other people who are pulled law and order in the country need to be protected out of this farce 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 or 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 ati terrorists

in the world's biggest automaker volkswagen is suspending production worldwide due to covert 19 the german firm built more than 10000000 vehicles last year 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 bruns the decision follows similar moves by other car manufacturers toyota b.m.w. . are among those who have shut their plants are 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 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. 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 going to see them going out of business but the impact to the stocks is going to be a long time to turn around and no 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 pen democrats 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 a word for that but it's not 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 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. for u.s. senators are being accused of cashing in on the global pandemic through insider trading and they offloaded millions of dollars worth of shares just before the market nosedive allegedly using their privileged access to information one of them is north carolina republican senator richard burr. as the store. 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. 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. receiving. sheep. as you probably work you do 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 alter your 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 a lot of investors repriced out a little shelf the crash restart markets another 2000 point swing on the dow here's sort of 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 argued out 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 tam and sent to bergen private briefings coronavirus. 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 that he sold off 1600000 tonne before the home he needs to resign senates a bird 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 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 he 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 another problem in 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 mop and r.t. new york meanwhile the u.s. secretary of state mike pumpin has accused several countries including russia of spreading false information about the pandemic. issue of disinformation is there

any particular locus for this decision or mission or is it diffuse pretty diffused unfortunately but we've certainly seen it come from places like china and russia and iran where there are coordinated efforts to disparage what america is doing. to do all the things at present trying to set in motion here because there's accusations against russia disinformation and thanks about the coronavirus spread in europe and the whole world are a big disinformation and critique themselves let's take a look at the presumption of innocence is there are positions you know an avid institution out of that there can be any claims ashing 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 that china's door alleging that the situation would now be better if you had known about the virus earlier the president added that the world was paying a very big prize for beijing's suppose it in action joined in the blame game

accusing china of putting lives at risk. in chinese foreign ministry spokesperson issued an angry response telling pumpin to stop lying she noted that china's efforts had actually saved lives citing reports from the world health organization antiwar activists can stone things 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 and. 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

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offering its premium content for free now that is customer. yes 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 the satirical level of wolk ness of the new characters or shares her thoughts in her latest quarantine 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 fost 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. modes and culture i mean who is a snowflake with cropped blue have our a matching leotard as non-binary of course they are i'm saying space is a a big burly man and little hot pink shorts why not that part of a series called new war is so obvious 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 minority terence's 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 warriors 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 paul think had a real rough times of child in all the flashbacks we see there's a horrible man telling this and then one even told her to smile. about smarmy smile. back. i don't know about you but violent as

a result for any unpleasant situation it 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 one 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 thoughts having a gender reassignment but man's 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 2 changes chipboard to what we are i know most about this whole vocal movement is how you gonna catch it is i mean i don't know about you diary but to me it doesn't feel forced at all there's no with of political agenda signaling here it's just hollywood really caring about diversity and that isn't for me i'll be back with headlines in 30 minutes time with. this break really highlights that.