circle tom-tom over the our father was a bargain. welcoming all of us from around the world live from central london this is our to u.k. . the government accuses the public of ignoring advice about social distancing to come about the coronavirus reports claim the old fart is a good order a tougher look down similar to italy or france. the chancellor faces pressure to do more for britain's 5000000 self employed up to bailing out both businesses that permanent staff and we hear from an economics expert. rex it is say the u.k.

should push ahead with trade talks and plays maybe even in december despite the virus causing both negotiators to self isolate i'll be talking to a former teacher who back staying on federal. and oxford university pounds this is life which comes to the speech by my home secretary bharat at very short notice but due to wrongs make a right. good afternoon the government has pleaded with the public to follow their advice on social distancing off to this weekend so a significant portion of the public know the guidelines but despite hinting that tougher sanctions could be around the corner there's no announcement yet. to everest ashley joins me now with the latest hi there should be a slope bring us up to speed well certainly the city. will change it's just

a question of when will things change it's hard to find anyone really that is against a lockdown but from the prime minister's latest briefing just yesterday we understand that he has still some reservations but today listening to the house secretary it seems like the government is edging much closer to that eventual endeavor to billet and it really does follow this weekend's antics remember the advice was to stop going about your day to day business maintaining 2 metres social distancing it follows the announcement last friday of the closure of restaurants pubs and shops london message even going a step further saying to the public do not go out but there's been some real concern over the weekend about how much the public are really listening to that messages seems like they have somewhat ignoring the government's advice in fact the parks over the weekend were practically full i myself was driving past a few of them over the weekend and really the scenes were somewhat what you would see at the height of summer time people playing football rugby even some people

engaging in gatherings of social picnics even so as a result the health secretary today about how he has said that the government is prepared to introduce much further measures to clamp down on this. if people go within 2 metres of others who they don't live with then they are helping to spread the virus and the consequence of that costs lives now many senior labor m.p.'s have come out today to say that they would like to see much further restrictions we know . john ashworth the shadow house secretary both throwing their weight but behind a restriction a lockdown scenario much of this would be to try and the prime minister before tonight's daily briefing mixed messages though from boris johnson in the briefing just yesterday on the one hand he says that he doesn't think going out into the fresh air will somehow make people immune to the virus but on the other hand saying that he understands that people need to go out and about for their mental wellbeing

but still he did stress this to me to death and. you have to stay 2 metres apart you have to follow the social distancing advice and even if you think that you are personally invulnerable there are plenty of people that you couldn't infect in twos lives will then be put at risk and i see this snow. on sunday afternoon sunday evening and i take this advice seriously follow it because it's absolutely crucial. now this afternoon the government looking at data collected just to see how many people are using their cars how many people have been out and about this weekend but just from observation it does seem like the roads and tubes have remained somewhat quite busy while safe assessors data it will be quite hard to see if they don't see a dramatic fall off or drop out of people on the road how the government would hold

back from a lockdown scenario so it appears it really is just a matter of time if we look across europe then of course we have seen these full scale lockdowns globally 1000000000 people have been instructed to stay at home but here the information has been much more of an advisory sense of things requesting people not to go out but today really could be the day that that advice becomes impose policy indeed we look forward to hearing from the prime minister later shadier many thanks for joining us. well in france official figures say there are now more than 16000 cases of coronavirus of the 674 people who have died most were over 70 years old when the french parliament declared a health emergency yesterday which will last for at least 2 months this gives the government more power steering the outbreak such as implementing restrictive measures support for struggling businesses and the requisition of goods or services france went into lockdown last week with people only allowed to leave their homes for essential trips but officials are still being accused of negligence in their

response to the crisis artie's show or do bensky reports from paris death rate rises the infection rate goes up but here in france we are hearing from french medics that they're unhappy that they feel that not enough was done early enough to stop the pandemic here in france they've actually filed a legal complaint against some of france's top officials including the prime minister and the former health minister who's ill what they say is that these officials knew as early as january how bad things were going to get and yet they didn't do enough some of the evidence for their complaint comes a real interview with the former health minister herself who had talked about france holding the 1st round of municipal elections just over a week ago and saying it was a masquerade and saying as she stepped down from her job as health minister she did so crying because she knew that

a tsunami was coming maurya of the medics has told r.t. that the government was simply lying nothing the google doodle we're dealing with a government that's lying to us they say we'll be taking measures and they'll say again we need to do this we need to do that the truth is we've lost the advantage and we struggle to catch back up do you want an example you must remember the president stark speeches last week when he used his will. like china's commander in chief convinces that marched will arrive soon because most of the main tools in this war may help medical work where are those. while the french government says it's doing all it current to handle the crisis in regards to those shortages we have heard from the french prime minister edward phillipe requisitions have been made and requested be made to manufacture some researches to come up with new prototypes for things such as mosques well another accusation from the medics that

the lawyers told us about was the lack of testing for code 19 they think that this is problematic now from isn't the only country that's been experiencing shortages for the kits to test for the virus many of the countries are experiencing the same shortages that other medical supplies as well we've been hearing about this over the past few weeks and that is why the current health minister says that it's just not possible to test everyone. today we don't test automatically so far we made the choice like most countries and as per the european recommendation to reserve the priority members of the public the targeted people just like in neighboring european countries those who are most at risk. of 19 is course panic across the world and each country is handling the crisis in the way that it feels is best and it could of course be months before we see a fax developed and a vaccine usable humans and what governments including the one here from calling

for is a sense of togetherness that we are all in this together this is a sense of unity so perhaps it would feel at the moment a legal complaint like this is particularly unwelcome. well the chancellor is under pressure to help self employed work astray the coronavirus crisis with a decision expected very soon unions and business groups say really soon that should do more for creatives contractors and freelancers after he took action to bail out both businesses and those in permanent employment. or so far the chances bailout only supports those in permanent employment but cannot work because of the outbreak they will have 80 percent of their salary is covered or up to $2500.00 pounds with the rest to be negotiated between workers and employers but those who are self-employed on a contract or in the creative industry have no such support and can only claim $94.00 pounds

a week. well meanwhile london's footsie 100 opened almost 5 percent down dropping 242 points in early morning trading it rallied by the softer need but is still below today's opening high of just under 5200 points what to discuss the ongoing impact of the virus on the economy and what the chancellor could do for the self employed and i joined by professor caroline jones get right thank you very much for joining us this afternoon in the u.k. market is very much at the mercy of the global coronavirus meltdown despite what we seen it does doesn't it. it is indeed if we look at what has done for employees as you were saying a couple minutes ago kate he has given considerable support because they will be guaranteed 80 percent of their pay will be paid by the government and channeled through the businesses the difficulty for self employed workers those 1st of all there isn't a business their own employer that can act as an intermediary between the government and the self-employed person him or herself and that makes it difficult

to acetone what would be appropriate and the obvious way of doing this might be to look at mark or see records tax records and see what would be the appropriate level of pay to assume for a particular individual but self-employed earnings do go up and down a lot and you've got a lot of people working for example in that good economy where there's a lot of uncertainty attached to what the appropriate level of earnings would be so the government has found it a bit of a challenge to come up with a mechanism to support self-employed workers but it does sound as though really soon act is going to be announcing something quite shortly they will the self-employed they can claim expenses there are tax breaks i mean some people would even argue that financial ups and downs is one of the risk you take when you are self employed yes but at the moment all that they would be able to claim if they are knocked out through the coronavirus and they come to work for whatever reason

either in. or because the market has gone wild this crisis is on all they can claim that it's $94.00 pounds $25.00 which is the equivalent of sick pay and they can claim that as employment support allowance for universal credit if you compare that $94.00 pounds $25.00 put week with the maximum would be available for employees then the gap is about 6 folks being supported a whole lot less than employees and these are people in the self-employed sector that are keeping the economy go and we're talking about people who can often look forward to take a cut in their pay so you know you think of self-employed people often as being employers and running large companies but many many self-employed people are employed in the construction industry domestic service industries you've got trainers there you've got things like head dresses who's who's trade is devastated

by the effects of the coronavirus so it is very important to support these people is about 5000000 of these people incidentally in the u.k. that's around 15 percent of all employment is self employment so it's a large number intake i mean if you say large numbers here i mean there's the suggestion was that the charts as you said could use the average amount from 3 years of tax returns as you say that might not be applicable but there is a yardstick they're going to have to use is that what would you suggest that is you know i think it's absolutely appropriate to go to tax returns and to look at the average over 3 years see do get an averaging process going there to smooth out the data and there are going to be an accuracy to the people we would be able to self declare say on a form what they think they are entitled to and then the checks against h m r c data could come later the imperative at the moment is to get the funding out there to support these people forget about what about a universal basic income. that's an interesting question there's been a big move towards universal basic income with

a lot of people suggesting that this is a route forward generally because of what's happening in the labor markets the kind of trends that you get seeing with high school people low skilled people increasing in demand for those people in the middle facing a real challenge so a lot of people be moving in favor of the idea of a universal basic income to protect us against technological developments at the moment we've got case for it the case against it is that it would be horrifically expensive as a permanent solution here we need emergency measures to be introduced a universal basic income could be one of those very expensive to implement but this would be for a short time period only maybe 3 months it would replace means tested benefits really are that it's a much simpler method of distributing income at times like these so it is a possibility that these to be considered out there but it is an expensive one that be a lot of dead weight loss people that didn't need that support would be getting i have

to leave it there professor garet johns many thanks you're welcome. still to come as out. wreck it is they the u.k. should press ahead with trade talks despite the coronavirus prices are they talking to a former president party m.e.p. . and oxford university bad as a society the breaching free speech guidelines are to cancel the former home secretary just half an hour before she was due to speak. and. as the democrats gear up to officially start their 2020 presidential primary it is fitting to assess donald trump's performance in office

a report card of sorts where is he kept his promises and where has he come up short will any of this really matter and nobody. seems wrong but i. just don't. get to see a power. outage. and in detroit because the trail. went on many find themselves worlds apart we choose to look for common ground.

welcome back from one of breck's it is claimed the country's departure from the e.u. should go ahead as planned despite the coronavirus crisis that's as the scottish environment secretary calls for breaks it to be put on hold on to your case he's around joins me with more. by their recess so what's the thinking on getting breaks it done despite the coronavirus. but it's fair to say that breaks it truly is at the party on everyone's minds at the moment but as far as some politicians are concerned the country should powerhead with the u.k.'s leading of the e.u. now that includes full tory cabinet minister patteson for briggs party n.e.p. john longworth it was speaking at the launch of a new cross party think tank in saying that keeping distance with the e.u. had so much about social distancing and the latter will help protect our economy from any impending economic crisis it is not in our interest to see

a precipitous collapse we must however put as much distance between us and the eurozone as possible it would not be wise to be in the same room with an explosion the period of recovery could be long but the countries which are matched the strongest will be those which can manage their own laws and affair as to suit their own circumstances now of course the u.k. is still in that transition period and it's scheduled to leave at the end of december this year not before this fire is really took hold and became the crisis that it is prime minister repeatedly ruled out extending that deadline and even last week when the scale of the pandemic became clear that the response was still really get out but talks supposedly supposed to be going on during this period it was already a tight schedule but those have been thrown into chaos when britain's lead negotiator for break that david frost that he self isolated in his council at michel barnier he too was confirmed as having coronavirus when he was confirmed as

having coronavirus david frost having just the symptoms for now sort of those 2 books of essentially broken down and so it's very difficult for many to see how that dead that line will be met and how those talks will be held but as far as the prime minister is concerned he doesn't want strange wars. but it's been done. it's b. if b. if b. if i feel i had to sort of stop it being regulated discussed i can tell you in 93 to the moment and we're getting on with you know that there are there are. legislative legislation in place that i have no intention of changing. but of course there are many others who have said that breaks it should be put on ice on that sort of talks for change the e.u. and the u.k. that city to spoil one of those voices that the scottish government's cabinet secretary for the environment rosie and that kind of if she thinks that at this

moment inside the country battling coronavirus brigs that the longer this is very structured. all available government resource needs to be put towards tackling cave at 19 and mitigating its effects on almost every area of scottish society in this context the scottish government fails at a breakfast scotland did not vote for and does not want is an unwelcome and unnecessary distraction continuing to plough on could seriously harm our ability to tackle a virus which threatens lives and livelihoods across these islands as it stands the u.k. has until july the shyest to last for an extension so with the crisis withdrawing it being what it is or may succeed whether the u.k. does take the up or not actual day the caucus taking a set thank you very much thank you well for more on this i'm now joined by format breck's at party any pain and. i'm great thank you for joining us well this is no

time for bracks it is it. no quite the opposite we should certainly be pushing ahead with bret said there are real dangers for the u.k. being tied into the e.u. and most important tool the counties it's a bit like rather being asked to guarantee a company that's not be to collapse you wouldn't do it and we should be doing here because if we don't do we leave it the grace of the guarantees will be and the euro in particular is always destined to fail even the chief economist that dreamt up the euro has predicted its fate and we could be on the hook for about 500000000000 pounds if all that guarantees who called in really economically and politically the sooner we get out the better because the euro is crumbling well under the problem is they both chief negotiators the south and isolating we don't know when they're going to be back at work or up. number one there was quite a few calls when i was sitting in parliament for banyak to be replaced because

people were not happy with these how he was conducting matters but i've long been ongoing this is not to get the heads of agreement the broad base of agreement was not unduly difficult to see a lot of bamford came out a few months ago an agreement me you know if those were real willingness to get a deal it could be done but the trouble is and i have said it over and over again they is fighting for it so i will even before this bar is broke out because they know that when if the u.k. prospers which is particular to ouster the e.u. of those will follow and it's interesting my very 1st day in the parliament i was approached by a very well known any pay who said that they were watching the u.k. very well because if we did well they were also woodley well yourself aside i mean wouldn't even the most hard line breaks it is forgiven extension at this stage under these circumstances. no because for the reason i mention the longer we stay

in the greater our liability to a crumbling e.u. . the e.u. era so it's really important we get out as soon as we can and i think really what an uncertain here some of the chief negotiations have for mail but maybe this is a time that we send in hardened and well experienced businessmen to conclude the deal not deal with the virus 1st which we don't know how long that's going to take and then we restart trade talks next year why and why such an urgency when we have an issue of national emergency and national health it is quite separate and i will say there are many who predict it would not beyond really difficult to obtain a fair deal if parties were really willing we have common we have a common trading terms we have common standards and it's far more in the e.u. is benefit to have a deal than for us because they export far more but it is really the political

shenanigans stopping problem tuna fish and deal and i think we must be drawn down you know down this this part of this rabbit hole we need to get on with it to protect the u.k. both economically and politically well and here's a case of waste we've spent our breaths it planning cash on coronavirus. well i think this is a long term debt what we're going to spend on but it's far more important for the u.k. economy that we're there stronger and ready to come out of it and bear in mind this may not be a few months this could drag on for maybe a year. and so we must be ready for it you know let's not be that said of the say what they really need is a few hard experience businessmen to go in and start negotiating well on the final question mean there's no chance of being out of the will help us in terms of the virus but being linked fanatic could actually help us all recover. well i want more want more of what it by being linked as lawson we wanted any more free movement of

more effective persons coming into the u.k. so we are we are annoyed and we should make the most of that but we have big challenges especially for boris coming up the end of april he must deliver a salaries to the employees he's guaranteed otherwise all hell could let loose so we need to yes get on with our most important things but not jokes attacking the economy and fighting the virus i think we've done a little little too late on that we should have had stopped a lot of the international travel and the mass crowds a long time ago but there we are we are where we are but now we miss move on when we get a better deal if we wait. no i don't lease or this is the time the e.u. all week that worried and that desperate to make sure because among we we this goes on the more we will be building up relationships with other countries and i think

one of the french ministers already predicted that we have it without have to stop getting much more better reciprocal agreements with with countries outside the e.u. that is a danger for the use in the benefit of the e.u. that they conclude an agreement pretty prompt ish and i can many thanks for joining us thank you very much. now oxford university has banned the society of that council of speech by the former home secretary with just 30 minutes to spare amber rudd speech to to the un women oxford u.k. group was stopped following a vote of the society's committee which some claimed was due to her role in the rush scandal later the former home secretary said such treatment was rude and badly judged and called students to stop hiding and starting gauging when response commons leader jacob rhys marks at oxford was being a snowflake central and education secretary gavin williamson urged the universe to

take action later offered proctors in charge of university discipline rules but the cancellation breached their guidelines we have determined that the cancellation of this event was not carried out in accordance with the university procedures codes of practice and policies in particular that of the freedom of speech therefore the society will be deregistered with the proctors edition the proctors have directed this is side see to issue an apology to amber rudd but due to bans make a right not be joined in the next hour by a lawyer and free speech advocate i know about with more news in just over half an hour.

a dark industry comes to life in los angeles every night. dozens of women sells abilities on the streets many of them under-age. los angeles police reveal a taste of their daily challenge no if you're going to exploit for a child here in los angeles oh they were going to come out you would see officers going undercover as 6 workers and customers to fight the 6 trades. your government and our government and all the other major governments of the world

know what's going to happen and when it's going to. but they haven't told you and they haven't told me they haven't announced. imagine something as big as the earth is going to cause tidal waves earthquakes volcanoes are going to wrapped and it's going to chill. so very for a while right. my great grandfather's. nobody would care about the law or prison so you'd have wallace there should have. a terrible life between now and.

hello and welcome to cross talk where all things considered i'm peter lavelle as the democrats gear up to officially start their 2020 presidential primary it is fitting to assess donald trump's performance in office a report card of sorts where is he kept his promises and where has he come up short will any of this really matter in november. cross talking the trump report card i'm joined by my guest soraya foss in austin she is a u.s. libertarian presidential candidate in new york we cross the line and he is a legal and media analyst also in new york we have in williams he is a journalist and author as well as a senior analyst at foreign policy in focus all right crosstalk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want and i always appreciate lionel let me go to you 1st here in a nutshell give donald trump his report card because the primary season is upon us

he.