in fact is. there i'm a military and you're watching in question broadcasting live from r.t. american national headquarters in washington d.c. or welcome our viewers from around the world here are the top stories for you today unemployment claims in california skyrockets as the run a virus continues to impact the economy with reports of $1000000.00 claims in the state in less than 2 weeks a live report is next plus over in new york city the new epicenter of the u.s. outbreak hospitals are low on supplies and long lines are forming from interest new yorkers waiting to get tested details straight ahead then down to florida where 2

children just months old have tested positive for cocaine 19 look at all the details right it's time to boost your newest i q. cope at 19 again dominating headlines with now 170 countries and territories reporting new cases here are the latest numbers for you worldwide there are now more than 510000 confirmed cases and more than 23000 deaths and here stateside confirmed cases now topping 76000 and deaths related to the virus now over a 1000 and as the economy faces a widespread economic shutdown caused by the coronavirus more americans are applying for unemployment claims especially in the hard hit state of california.

r.t. correspondent natasha's wade is live for us in los angeles with more details natasha . yeah manila the state of california has certainly been impacted by kobe 19th in the last 2 weeks alone more than 1000000 californians have filed for unemployment benefits since march 13th and that's when businesses have shut down to comply with the state's stay at home order hoping to slow the spread of the virus nearly 3300000 americans applied for unemployment benefits last week almost 5 times the previous record set in 1982 amid a widespread economic shutdown caused by the crown of virus a big portion of those claims coming from the state of california a whopping 1000000 within the last 2 weeks stephanie meyers says she's hoping to see a stimulus check arrives soon the can't help but worry about the bills piling up i've been pretty good about holding it together and i just finally broke down and cried . because you have to think about what's in that bank account. how you're going to

start paying the bills you know i got home and started making a list you know ok i've got a car payment i've got rent the san francisco area was the 1st region in the country to install a shelter in place order governor given you some signed a stay at home order for the entire state 3 days later new some is praising the proposed chrono virus relief bill currently california allows up to 4 $150.00 a week for unemployment insurance their relief bill would add an additional $600.00 a week for up to 4 months giving california residents up to $1000.00 a week was number of new claims one on one and this is truly unprecedented and that represents the unprecedented nature of what we're going through right now to remove the national crisis great recession the highest or national number of new claims or one benefits we saw was approaching with say to some 100000 more so we've gone over that record. as for banks wells fargo u.s. bank city and j.p.

morgan chase will defer mortgage payments up to 3 months according to a new some everyone is eligible for garlits of how much they make the governor is criticizing bank of america for agreeing to waive mortgage payments for only one month he says he hopes they will reconsider and do the right thing but a spokesman for bank of america says they will consider extending their offer for more than 90 days depending on the crisis meantime cities and counties have begun halting new vixens against tenets who cannot afford their rent in the san francisco and sacramento regions cities and municipalities have already passed you picture moratoriums that prevents anyone financially impacted by the virus from getting kicked out by their landlords. now california has seen an influx of one of everything he says as more testing is being done we're seeing numbers doubling in some every 3 days and according to don there have been 65 deaths and more than 3000 infections counted so far the port in marina del rey the toughest suites are to.

head over to new york the corona virus pandemic is being described as worse than 911 hospitals they're struggling to keep their doors open as more and more people are admitted with the disease each day and in one particular area long lines have been forming since the early morning hours all anxiously awaiting to get tested for the virus artie's trinity chavez has the latest. today hospitals in new york struggling under the weight of the pandemic people come in they get integrated they die the cycle repeats elmhurst hospital in queens the bureau with the most coronavirus cases in the city in the center of the outbreak the hospital confirming at least 13 patient deaths within 24 hours right now it's every day it's nonstop literally and. unfortunately it's my get to suggestion you have to pick and choose what you're going to do how you're going to do it. as the

doctors say a lot of people call the doctor the survivor to expire and you put the same machine but not the person as medical staff operates out their limit hundreds of more people wait lining up outside to get tested for kovan 19 but officials say the 545 bed hospital is overrun and in desperate need of medical supplies you know the system's overwhelmed all over the place the shortage of safety gear out one new york hospital so dire nurses have resorted to wearing trash bags the situation in new york worsening by the hour the state accounting for roughly half the cases across the country this grim video shows teams setting up a makeshift morgue outside of bellevue hospital something that was done during hurricane sandy and 911911 was nothing compared to this we were open waiting for patients to kabul never came. ok now they just keep coming however a small sign of hope governor cuomo announcing that for the past few days the rate

of hospitalizations is slowing although he cautions that the peak of the crisis could still be about 20 days away. to close the schools we closed gathering. we brought in testing and we have dramatically slowed the increase the governor adds that while only about 15 percent of cases have required hospitalisation the state into supports $140000.00 people will need to be hospitalized warning that he does not have enough bed. or lifesaving ventilators so ramp up the hospital prepare city to make to be able to. apex volume and as medical personnel remain on the front lines we are learning that a member of mt sinai is nursing staff who has been treating coronavirus patients has passed away from cold at 19 the hospital saying in a statement today we lost another hero a compassionate colleague friend and selfless caregiver meantime the hospital system initiating a procedure called plasmapheresis where they transfer antibodies from patients who

have recovered from 19 to those who were critically ill from the virus the procedure could be life saving reporting in new york trinity chavez r.t. . and 2 small children a baby and a 2 year old have tested positive for the crown of iris down in florida as the number of cases continue to skyrocket there are to correspondent john how do you is joining us live from miami with more on this john what more do we know about these 2 cases. well the floor of the poem a healthy baby boy listed as less than a year old and a 2 year old girl tested positive for the virus at this point marking the youngest reported cases of coven 19 of corona virus so far in the state we don't have really many more details than that manila except that the 2 children are from broward county it's unknown we don't know how they got the virus whether they were traveling or if they came into contact with a family member or someone else who has it but look they're not the 1st children to

reportedly have the virus in florida which is detrimental as we know more so to adults particularly the elderly or those with preexisting health conditions but at this point as we know no one is immune from it you know and it can affect everybody including children so this is a concern obviously last week this time there were over a little over 300 cases of confirmed coke coronavirus in florida well today there is close to 20. 500 and you know as i've been reporting throughout the last week i've been bringing these numbers up so that you can see the increase and the concern that this is going to continue to skyrocket miami dade and broward counties have the bulk of the state's cases right now with both basically ping ponging back and forth between having the highest numbers right now in miami dade county has the most cases of coronavirus in the state with more than 600 but again it's gone back and forth it could be broward tomorrow the city of miami issued

a shelter in place order that went into effect tuesday night now i'm seeing the latest headline broward county is issuing a shelter in place order that will go into effect at 12 a 1 am on friday basically the same as the city of miami requiring people to stay home unless they have to leave for essential things like you know go in the supermarket getting groceries and gas are going to work also here in miami occur a curfew will start at 10 pm friday night and that's another big headline here miami dade county and the city of miami along with other counties including broward to the north palm beach counties have basically has not been reporting shut down all non-essential businesses also all the beaches other cities and counties have also followed suit in florida though there remains really the contention about whether or not florida governor rhonda santas should issue a statewide shelter in place order which he has not done to this point while the cases of corona virus have certainly increased at it concerning level here in

florida one of the arguments against issuing a statewide emergency order even though the government governor has issued a state of emergency but as far as a shelter in place order is that when you compare the number of cases to the size of florida close to 22000000 people it's a rather low percentage but i know what you're thinking and having said that the counterargument is that the cases do continue to climb and the fear is that the numbers are going to as some top doctors and nurses have said. splode here in florida if or when that does that concern is a florida it will begin to look more like new york or california that said on a final note manila 2 cruise ships right now the coast of magic and coast. with crewmembers are off the coast of miami. those crew members and people on board are being evacuated to local hospitals here in miami 13 crew members from one of the ships have already been evacuated to believe university of miami jackson hospital

but 30 people from the other ship are still waiting to be taken on shore it's unclear when that will be but we're continuing to follow that story as well as well as many others here in the state of florida nationally and internationally having to do with this quick spreading virus back to you john how do you live for us in miami thank you. world leaders are participating in an emergency g. 20 summit to discuss the global response to the coronavirus pandemic and its effects on the global economy in the opening remarks the saudi king said they human crisis needs a collective global response in a video conference the g 20 members pledged more than 5 trillion dollars to help the virtual summit also included leaders from the world health organization the united nations and the world bank among others meanwhile chinese president xi jinping and president trump have not talked to each other since the start of the coronavirus outbreak a blame game between the 2 largest world economies over the coronavirus seem to

threaten the rate of recovery for the global economy. and china is now condemning my pump ale for referring to the new corona virus as the virus at a recent news conference china's foreign ministry says the us secretary of state has sinister motives and is provoking political disputes g. 7 foreign ministers sparred over the terminology over whether to point out as ground 0. the pandemic pompei 0 insists on calling it the virus even though the world health organization officially named it cope at 19. and retired f.b.i. agent robert levinson has died while in the custody of iran the announcement was made by his family who said the u.s. government made that conclusion levinson disappeared on the iranian island of kish back in 2007 iran denies he was in their custody but that he died under their watch . and while way has rolled out its new flagship phone today the p

40 p. 40 pro and p 40 pro plus which are not equipped with g. mail google maps or google play store that's the result of the rift between the chinese tech giant and the u.s. government while way is looking to fill up its app store with chat services and maps from companies and tools like me time celia and tom tom. right coronavirus racism is now hitting pop culture with hip hop duo addressing it head on we're going to talk to them and then later at the sports h.q. where gina hampshire some major events from this day in sports history will be back state.

the stock market i could imagine trading in a 1000 again on the dow and that would be an appropriate level given the true underlying economic factors the bond market interest rate should be 45 percent in the 30 day interest rate ok that would mean bonds would be down 506070 percent but that's that's something that's return to normal valuation and that's what we need. to get with i don't know maybe. just if you look after they do i would say have a. full day. that's why i was. always told was yes measures come on. all the measures when you was going to disease but we'll.

in a rare rare move president trump is backtracking on remarks viewed as racist against asians when he called coded 19 the chinese virus he tweeted this quote it is very important that we totally protect our asian american community in the united states and all around the world they are amazing people and the spreading of the virus is not their fault in any way shape or form they are working closely with us to get rid of it we will prevail together but that came after much public

outrage some of that coming from the hip hop world look here. i want to be her kid . i mean we're pretty strong point but here is the big issue why do we. explain that the. race is worse because of the go free. birth. to 16. that came from l.a. hip hop duo year of the ox and both members are joining us now to discuss the violence that followed trump's original remarks rick lee better known as lyrics and j.l. from year of the year of the ox thank you for being with us guys so 1st can you tell us a bit about your latest track viral and what inspired you to write the song. yes for sure. where we're holding up. now how many will i wrote it

was just it was so overwhelming how many different clips of school you should be getting from all over the world you know at 1st it was across the seas and we heard about you distort with. a lot of isolated assaults and discrimination. apps got to see something. you know about and so we wanted to be a 100 or so we had to be something for the kids. yeah definitely obviously hit home to me for obvious reasons i mean it was like a punch in the gut when i when i heard the track and i mean it was great job addressing this head on and but now guys the president has walked back his remarks and he tweeted i guess the closest thing that we're ever going to get as an apology that he's ever made publicly at least he's condemning the recent violence against asian americans but you guys think it's like too little too late. i mean you know

the fact that he acknowledged. retracted it was resupplies and for a chunk of you that's a big thing for sure you know you don't want to smoke i felt a little sarcasm but holy for some reason. but i just feel like everything through. this issue you know and. understand our so i think you recognized correctly there was a strong interest in all this for you absolutely it is definitely a step in the right direction especially coming from this president who honestly in the several years i've been covering him have never seen him ever back cap money. right we usually doubles down right and for you guys. as musical artist how are you guys coping with all of these recent shutdowns of all the entertainment benyus i mean this means you guys can't have it concerts no tours they're probably all been cancelled right how are musicians dealing with this new roadblock. yeah i'm going

with the one of the more alive story we've been trying to figure out ways to get out there and you know we've obviously been making more songs in the at you know just makes the expert i think you know i just feel like i don't like this and being stuck you know in the studio there's a renaissance in a way to you know it's not that it's all over shows and all that is being canceled a lot of our management companies are thinking of innovative ways to still connect and be at record source and expects a very nice very concerning time but also to an exciting time because it's time for a different paradigm shift for artistry and determine not to go so you think being confined into in your homes are going to force some new music some new innovation to come out of it by being stuck with this guy right now we have nothing to do. you want to we want to be as productive as possible and also just expressing as asian american artists are just artists in general it's our job right now to kind of

speak to the fans and also the people who are out there you know it's great you know trying times we have to kind of norms you know we have to we have to pretty good music into our and lastly guys i'd like both of your thoughts on the state of music as a whole i mean so many artists now are using opportunity other technology there their lyrics often lack any social message or significance by year of the ox has a message why do you guys choose to go that route and not the other. first of all if you appreciate that i feel like you know disparities issues have different roles in old with us we'd like to touch base on more real stuff little sustenance in content or in music but that is the me people using out of tune and making turn up with sick is not very good. we all have our. all or music because. you know we. are you know for us we rap about what we know jail tonight coming to come.

but you know what. and i applaud you guys for that because i can certainly say growing up in the eighty's there were definitely no rap or hip hop groups that looked like me that looked like you know you guys for doing that and creating music that at least oftentimes sends a message really good message there rick lee and j.l. from year of the ox thank you so much for here. are the gunman in new zealand who slaughtered 51 worshipers at 2 christ church mosques unexpectedly pled guilty to all charges earlier today 29 year old brandon terrance pled guilty to 51 counts of murder 40 counts of attempted murder and one count of terrorism this comes less than 2 weeks after mourners commemorated those

who died during those attacks brunton is expected to face life in prison. and off the coast of east africa lies this small island nation that just announced a major achievement government officials in seychelles say they've reached their goal of protecting 30 percent of its waters roughly $1700.00 or 173000 square miles by illegally designating it a protected area that's pretty cool their announcement comes 10 years ahead of a 30 by 30 international target which is pushing for at least 30 percent of the global ocean to be protected by the year 2033 that's pretty good news regina that is great news especially you know i love seeing. i would like to now go to the beach yes exactly but we can't go there right now regina nor can we go look at sports so i'm going to toss it over to you where it's throwback thursday so we can remember the good times when we could. enjoy sport sports and you know it's march

and if live sports were on right now there would be 4 sweet 16 games in the end suitably torn it but there aren't so instead let's take a trip down memory lane on this throwback thursday for this day in sports history 179 michigan state beat indiana state 7564 winning the 41st and they remain the highest rated game in his televised history 220151902 new york rangers clinched their 1st n.h.l. regular season championship in 50 years rangers finish on top after their 2 were can kid vancouver canucks lost to the pittsburgh penguins 2015 run our test better known as metta world peace arrived in italy to join poland cost throw can't do after leaving the n.b.a. he'd be back to join the lakers one year later and the retirement that ended up shocking the mixed martial arts world to wait you have the title holder connor gregor's that he was leaving the sport in 21031 year old the last day november 20000 lightweight fight to the hub even american made off in the 4th round and the post brawl fight earned the irishman

a 6 month ban and speaking of sports check this out who said you can't find your own house right one sports writers who actually did just that creating a makeshift curling rink with this room but the sport is normally played on ice for 2 teams of 4 players each hole 40 pound rock target at the other end small berm is used to help assist down the ice track instead hear a rumor and suffer seem to be doing the job pretty well and also it's pretty funny . major league soccer found its season postponed after only 2 weeks due to the current a virus so to remind ourselves just how much we can't wait for it to resume it's time to take a look at some of the best diving headers from the 21000 season. 1st

. you know i miss soccer here in d.c. i can't wait for these he made me back in action their last game actually was played against inner miami they whine and they sort of own like 64th minute it was incredible everybody was so excited i think david beckham was actually there might be waiting a long time i hate to say were they kind of thank you for that regina ham all right that is it for now make sure you keep up with everything and question at all times by downloading our brand new free app portable t.v. it is super cool check it out 247 there are many channels here back here at 7 pm.

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when so many find themselves worlds apart we choose to look for common ground. according to u.n. estimates by 2019 the flow of migrants out of africa hood reached 36000000. around one 3rd of whom displaced africans make their way north to europe.

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