hello there i'm an electron you're watching in question broadcasting live from r.t. american national headquarters in washington d.c. we want to welcome our viewers from all around the world our top story of course coded 19 and how it's taking a toll on a growing number of people and governments. as of today the total number of global deaths due to the virus is well over 900000 the

number of infections now closer 243-0000 china still leading the way with 81000 cases there with italy not far far behind it 69000 the u.s. now rounding off the top 3 just moments ago breaking the 60000 mark taking a closer look at this country some 800 americans have now died from complications of the virus and here in the nation's capital the white house and congress struck a deal early this morning to deliver a massive 2 trillion dollar coronavirus relief package a spending bill which is the biggest relief package ever in u.s. history would alleviate some of the economic impacts of covert 19 such as providing support to businesses and sending out checks directly to families and while we've heard a lot coming out of capitol hill and hard hit areas like new york california and washington state florida is now gaining attention for the growing number of cases they're for. more on the developments in that state we'll turn to our teams john

who is live for us in miami john what's it looking like. well this time last week as you may or recall manilla maybe our viewers i was in downtown brickell area of miami which is basically the financial center of miami a lot of the big you know bank of america you know a lot of the big industry a lot of the financial industry is located here it's also right around the corner from from our bureau there were still some stores open last week starbucks was operating of course restaurants were still open and serving delivery and takeout well now that area is really shut down as the number of coronavirus cases has gone from 214 as of last week to now more than 1700 and growing as of today in the city of miami issued an emergency stay at home order that went into effect at 11 59 pm last night so basically that requires miami residents to stay home stay

in their homes to stay in their apartments unless they're doing something essential like going to get gas going to the grocery store or if like us journalists they're going to work residents are allowed to go outside to exercise i saw some of that today but according to this order they must follow the social distancing measures and guidelines which for the most part from what i saw people are in some cases you know joggers running together not exactly but with that people can't go to any of the parks the beaches are basically any locations that are closed by city and county order whether it's here in miami dade or going further north into florida as we've been reporting the beaches night clubs bars restaurants and businesses really have been shut down not only here in miami but most of south florida broward and palm beach county as someone knows as the number of cases of corona virus continues to grow here in florida as a lot of concern about that. florida governor ronda santas hasn't issued any type

of statewide shelter in place order something he's taken heat for as we talked about yesterday but instead he's really encourage people to self isolate and at the very least follow the social distancing guidelines he has ordered basically at this point any want to riving from new york to florida though to go into a mandatory 14 day quarantine something countries like israel for instance require for any international travelers or any israelis returning to the country the problem here however is trying to enforce that rule there is no way really to enforce that in israel i believe they have a way to track that people and actually see if they're leaving their homes they also have of course a ton of police and military on the streets and forcing the rule but here in florida not exactly and with that there were maids grave concern serious concern about coronavirus cases here in florida basically exploding as now new testing is being done and we're starting to get a better idea a better handle on the overall situation which is really what

a group of $75.00 top doctors and nurses in miami dade county wrote in an open letter to residents earlier this week basically pleading with people to stay at home and in an effort to try to stop the spread of the virus look that's easier said than done here in florida with many people wanting to enjoy the beautiful weather which is what we're experiencing right now particularly those who are younger and feeling like they are not as much risk as much risk for getting sick but that said they're not to me and so far 5 university of tampa students have tested positive i mentioned that yesterday for the coronavirus and one reportedly at florida international university which is here in miami. all that said among the stories we continue to hear about and rightly so are the workers on the front lines of this war so to speak and that is what i'm talking about i'm talking about grocery store workers i'm talking about the delivery drivers city and county essential employees the 1st risk. responders police fire paramedics and of course

doctors and nurses who are putting their own lives at risk to help others but talk about the on some heroes in this battle they certainly are and speaking of the grocery workers i know i got to wrap up here publix a florida based supermarket chain is now installing plexiglas barriers between customers employees to try to stop the spread of this virus that's going to start this week and will be done over the next 2 weeks manila back to you while john heidi live for us in miami with the new norm thank you. there while the. new york officials are keeping a close eye on already stressed hospitals as the number of cases are projected to rise in the coming weeks the governor has an active strict rules to keep residents inside as much as possible and he continues pleading for help from the federal government has r.t. is trying to be chavez with more to the story. today the impact of the corona virus pandemic becoming more dramatic by the day with more than 54000 cases confirmed in

the u.s. and more than 700 deaths roughly half the population is understand home orders new york city continues to be the epicenter of the outbreak with more than 30000 infections officials say the number of known cases doubles about every 3 days new york is the canary in the coal mine new york is going 1st we have the hardest and the fair rate of infection the situation is so severe the white house is now urging anyone leaving new york city to isolate for 14 days they said on the plane today there was a possibility that we might have to abandon the international hangar in both through extensive quarantine check with. whatever help the visuals here in the cases in new york now accounting for more than 60 percent of all new coronavirus cases in the country the governor saying the apex of the outbreak is just weeks away sounding his most dire warning yet for federal help you have 20000 ventilators

in the stockpile room lease the ventilators to new york. how can we be in a situation where you're going to have new yorkers possibly dying because they can't get a ventilator. but a federal agency saying i'm going to leave the ventilators in the stock part governor cuomo also ramping up hospital capacity by 50 percent some hospitals increasing a full 100 percent fema an army corps of engineers also creating makeshift hospitals at the javits center westchester convention center westbury campus and stony brook we need the federal help and we need the federal help now. meantime the governor projects that the state will need around 140000 hospital beds and an increase in medical staff and response new york university is reportedly allowing medical students to graduate 3 months early so they can help overworked doctors battle the fight against the coronavirus pandemic reporting in new york trinity chavez r t. take

a look at this as demand for air travel tanks airlines around the world are grounding entire fleets what you're looking at here are hundreds of commercial planes parked at a remote desert facility in victor bell california that's just outside of los angeles airlines across the nation continue to struggle with the average flight just about 20 percent full and that figure is expected to drop to the teens by this weekend. and the number of deaths from the corona virus in spain is officially surpassed the toll in china as of today spain has had 3434 deaths compared to china's record 3281 fatalities just in the last 24 hours spain recorded more than 700 deaths making it the 2nd highest in the world trailing behind italy who now recorded 6800 deaths so far. and over in china the epicenter of the virus that city now reporting no new cases though many

are questioning whether more testing for the virus has continued so now china has announced it will lift the lockdown after a significant decrease in the number of infections similar lockdown measures will also be. lifted for other cities in the who bay province. the world's largest lockdown in response to the corona virus has gone into effect in india where more than 1300000000 residents have been ordered to stay in their homes for the next 3 weeks but how will this sudden shutdown impact the country and will it be enough to stop a massive outbreak of coronavirus artie's rachel blevins is joining us now with the latest details to this rachel while manila with $500.00 confirmed cases entend so far the country with nearly one 5th of the world's population is now on lockdown hours after india now is just sweeping ban that impacts more than $1300000000.00 people prime minister modi use of the lockdown will last for the next 21 days. from

midnight tonight please listen carefully from the entire country will go under a complete lockdown to save india and every indian citizen to save you and your family a complete ban is being implemented on any move little useful outside their homes starting at midnight tonight and a lot of them and took to twitter claiming there is absolutely no need to panic and that essential commodities and medicines would be made available as ensured by various state governments the process of how this lockdown will be enforced and how citizens will be provided for still remains unclear as the prime minister claims it will impact every state every district every lane every village in the nation the announcement comes days after india moved to implement lock downs and more than $75.00 districts including the major cities of new delhi and mumbai india also suspended all domestic flights this week and shut down the. measures have sparked

concerns for those in the crowded cities who already lived in cramped quarters and for the millions of residents who live in poverty and the lack access to proper sanitation leaders in india say the shutdown is meant to act as a precaution as they were. even if the corona virus hits the country in the same way it has italy or china it could have a devastating impact force of noted india's health care system currently has just $40000.00 ventilators only one isolation bed 484000 people and one doctor pro levon $1600.00 people and it also has only conducted $17000.00 coronavirus tests resulting in around $500.00 confirmed cases just one month ago president trump visited india to meet with officials to discuss trade and national defense he held a rally that was attended by more than 100000 people his visit was also met with protests from residents who have spent months taking to the streets in opposition of their government's policies and india has seen protests from hundreds of

thousands of citizens in recent months after the government passed the citizenship amendment act making it easier for non muslims to become citizens and after it stripped the muslim majority territory of kashmir of its autonomy and instituted a blackout on internet mobile phones and land lines as well as a military walk down that is still ongoing today but now that the world's largest lockdown has been stated in the name of finding the coronavirus any continued protests are expected to be met with heavy opposition from the military and now it remains to be seen how india's citizens will respond reporting in the newsroom rachel blevins archie. and over in afghanistan a lone gunman attacked a sikh temple in the heart of kabul killing $25.00 worshippers the incident was confirmed by afghanistan's interior ministry reports say the gunman held many of the worshippers hostage for several hours afghan special forces eventual intervened and rescued at least 80 people. and over to north central africa where boko

haram extremists have killed at least $92.00 chatty and soldiers according to the president of chad this is the deadliest attack on the nation's forces the attack took place. overnight sunday and into monday morning at the village of boma the islamic extremist group also killed 50 nigerian soldiers on monday in a separate attack. are take a look here you see that dark cloud in the distance it's a tornado that tore through mississippi overnight damaging a lot of structures there the national weather service says the powerful twister struck the town of being go with a population of just 350 according to the town's police chief some residents suffered some minor injuries. and a sheriff in california is walking back a previous demand to close down gun shops we're going to explain that one to you and then over in the world of sports regina hamm is at the sports h.q. she's going to take us to japan where the olympic torch is getting some brand new

visitors will be right back. from donald trump in 2016 to 2020 there is part of the electorate that responds to anti-war anti interventionist rhetoric in fact there is evidence to significantly help get trampled like that but the fact remains the establishment is keen to downplay and even demonize any candidate who questions orthodox why is.

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significantly helped get trampled elected but the fact remains the establishment is keen to downplay and even demonize any candidate who questions falsely for the dolphins why is this. true. i. back here in the nation's capital the white house and congress struck a deal in the wee hours of the morning to deliver a massive 2 trillion dollar coronavirus relief package a spending bill which is the biggest ever relief package in u.s. history would alleviate some of the economic impacts of covert 900 providing support to businesses and sending checks out directly to families are despairing

fronsac has been following the latest developments and she brings us the details after 5 days of intense negotiations and 2 failed votes in the senate democrats and republicans they finally hammered out a deal and came to an agreement around 130 wednesday morning both the senate majority and minority leaders they were very happy about what they were able to put in this coronavirus relief bill so let's take a look at what each side was able to win in this bill so for republicans their main focus was to help corporations and businesses as well as hospitals democrats who are fighting them on this saying that it's about the people not the corporations the republicans were able to keep those emergency loans again to corporations but also small businesses and that's why democrats and republicans they made a compromise democrats won the argument of strict oversight where corporations will be required to lay out how they'll spend their emergency loans and also make it public not just to congress but to the american people as well democrats also got an oversight board to monitor businesses and their federal aid spending minority

leader chuck schumer also calling his workers 1st unemployment compensation on steroids where anyone who has lost their job due to the coronavirus will have their salary plus benefits paid for by the federal government now both sides also agreed on funding for hospitals nursing homes and health care workers along with direct checks to the american people that we've been seeing that $1200.00 per american being thrown out there but as far as who gets what and how much those kinds those actually kings are still being ironed out at the moment right now all the details. are being written up to make sure like any other contract they have it all down in writing now the senate is set to vote and pass this 2 trillion dollar stimulus bill wednesday afternoon all an effort to keep the u.s. economy from going into a great depression once it's passed it goes to president donald trump's desk where he's been asking and waiting for it and he is expected to sign it at mediately monella. all right after efforts to shut down las gun shops the sheriff is now walking back those demands are to correspondent and sweet has the details on what

suddenly changed the sheriff's mind. i think it was county sheriff alex bilodeau way of us said tuesday all local gun shops would be closed initially he said the shops weren't an essential business to be open during the county's shelter in place order he also said he was concerned so many 1st time gun buyers were purchasing firearms and that quote you can't shoot the virus the way of also saying earlier he was looking to close certain businesses that were not following social distancing protocol including gun shops while many gun shops were complying with the sheriff's demands illinois is now walking back his statement after intervention from the county's legal council so late tuesday bill in a way of announcing on twitter quote enforcement efforts to close non-essential businesses have been suspended and governor gavin newsome will determine what qualifies as a not essential business well in a way of us says he wants to make sure those involved in security businesses are properly equipped he says however that is not a license for everyone to do pentagon buying and rushing to stores which is now

what we're seeing that violates the issue of social distancing so right now the fate of gun shops is in the governor's hands until he makes a definitive statement shops are open for business the sheriff also announcing the release of inmates who have less than 30 days on their sentences he says this is an effort to help lessen the spread of the chronic virus in jails so far roughly 700 inmates have been released from l.a. county jails reporting in los angeles natasha sweet r.t. . but a reporter who has addressed the nation on the current corona virus outbreak in russia the total number of cases in the country has now reached $658.00 artie's saskia taylor is in central moscow and filed this report fast and foremost she did all the medical professionals who on the frontline of the battle with covert 1000 he say he said they deserve the most admiration and respect and it was really a very comprehensive set of new social guidelines and economic measures. it will be

taken by the government as they start to try and fight this pandemic there are lots of key points to run through but let's start with probably the most important which will affect every single russian citizen barring those who walk in the critical services and that is the announcement of a non working week so let's listen to the details on that if you're screwing your version but it looks like you 2 girls are. extremely important to prevent the threat of a fast spread of the virus that's why i'm declaring the next week of your holiday with ongoing salary payments this week long holiday with provided speed of the spread i'm appealing to all citizens of the country you do not think happy to be used if you can have it to anyone believe the safest thing you can do you know is. also worth mentioning is. of a referendum that was due to take place on changes to the constitution the date

that was put into the calendar was april the 22nd but the russian president said that obviously in this climate where certainly people cannot be gathering together in masses that is out of the question health must come 1st so that will be delayed until a later date which will be determined again later we're not sure what the exact date will be. and then he sent out a series of economic measures which are all intended to alleviate the financial burdens on people like families small small businesses local businesses that includes for example delaying your tax payment getting a brief response right from loans and that's all of course to ensure that they are dealt they're not dealt rather a heavy blow from which they cannot recover so really comprehensive set of guidelines russia is still behind europe in terms of numbers of coronavirus suffer as currently we're looking at around 658 that's at last count but said we cannot

become. case and we have to take the preventative measures that we need to as possible so unite in this challenge and he expressed confidence that it was something that they would be able to deal with together so in this flux with numbers constant going up and down the borders opening and shutting a really clear message from from the russian government on how they are going to ensure both the physical and economic health of russia and all of its citizens. right here something you don't see every day what you're looking at is a dozen the prisoners jumping a fence and escaping from jail this all happened monday in washington state's yakima county as you can see someone in their car caught all of it on cell phone video officials say the inmates used a table to break open a door and made a run for it so far half of them 6 have been caught and the other 6 are still missing. that's inmate running that you know mazing running the

inmates county that you support now. i'm obviously going to hand it over to you now would you to hand sitting over at the sports h.q. but really we're going to be olympics are postponed we know that but you pan is getting a chance to at least take part in some part of the olympics now what's going on there and actually be able to and you know details are still in the works to find a new date for the postponed 2020 tokyo summer olympics but for the time being visitors are getting a rare chance to see the flame up close and personal mass visitors lined up in droves in hopes of catching a glimpse of the 23 olympic flame on the final day of its tour around the region displaying fukushima was the end of a 6 day trek for the flame in the area already severely affected by a massive earthquake and tsunami 9 years ago this year's flame was brought over from greece and organizers of the event hoped residents saw it as a flame of recovery organizers sadly canceled the olympic torch relay due to the postponement of the olympics instead they decided on a smaller scale down tour of the fukushima province and are still deciding what to

do at the flame once the tour is over however for many that attended they hope that this flame of recovery lights the way for the olympics to be the world's recovery and truly come together. major league baseball season is currently postponed to the fischel stating it could start as early as mid may but for the new york mets they find themselves with one of their pitchers done before the season even begins in a statement to the media the mets organization said that quote right handed pitcher no syndergaard will undergo owner ligament reconstruction on surgery as for surgery or tommy john surgery on his right elbow on march 26th syndergaard also a nickname for was expect to be a key member of the mets rotation with his surgery the 27 year old will miss the entire year 2020 season with a return potentially in april 2021 syndergaard is one of the hardest growing guys in the game with a career high 197 and one 3rd inning pitched last season. i had a career worth 4.28 year and he was an instant fiend on during his rookie season in

2015 regularly reaching 100 miles an hour on his fastball and striking out 166 batters in 150 innings as tommy john surgery is the 2nd announced by high profile pitcher in recent days the boston red sox also announce that left hander chris sails needed to go undergo the surgery as well and you hate to see a manila season not even here yet and actually for people who don't know where that surgery is it's about this part of your arm out yet and as a pitcher you know that so yeah you can and you have how do you know that so it's unfortunate they both will recover but the recovery does take a long time all right i hope he gets well soon thank you for that regina and we will be back at 5 pm with a lot more news for you the world health organization says at least 20 coronavirus vaccines are in the works with the race to find a cure on a global scale now then gene editing can this actually help with finding a treatment for coban 18 and maybe even preventing the virus we're going to discuss that with an expert so sit tight we'll be back at 5 o'clock so that's it for now

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and sal you take. one simple tweet ladies and gentlemen with one tweet the president of the united states of america laid bare to us all the true nature of the majority of our elected officials and their corporate handlers just 10 minutes from midnight on sunday the 22nd 2020 donald trump the brand name in chief tweeted out in all caps of course we cannot let the cure be worse than the problem itself at the end of the 15 day period we will make a decision as to which way we want to go. affectively telling the people of this country and the world that he is possibly rejecting the social distancing and stay at home korn to use that every health professional and infectious disease scientists has told us would save us and our hospitals from total.