hello there i'm going to let you know you're watching in question broadcasting live from r.t. american national headquarters in washington d.c. i want to welcome our viewers from all around the world today our top story of course cope at 19 and the urgent need to contain this deadly virus. now as of today the total number of global infections now more than 1300000

people and report of deaths at 72000 with recovered cases a shocking 273000 reported now leading the way the u.s. with more than 347000 confirmed cases with reported deaths topping over 10000 recovered cases now 18000 and a sobering message to all americans brace for the most difficult and hardest week ahead as the pandemic deepens meanwhile passengers on the coral cruise ship plead to authorities to let them off after 2 people die from the corona virus then new york's javits center is now the country's largest coated 1000 hospital this as new york prepares to reach its peak of infections we'll discuss all these developments in the next 30 minutes with our team of reporters will start things off with rachel blevins live in the newsroom rachel wylma noah so rachel is this drug that you're about to. plain to us what do we know about it while manila scientists

are now focusing on the anti-viral drug does appear now keep in mind it is not f.d.a. approved just yet still though scientists are moving forward with studies to see whether it could be used to treat kobe had 19 the u.s. national institutes of health is launching a massive clinical trial that will survey 440 patients 75 sites around the world who have been hospitalized with a covert 1000 diagnosis now in this randomized double blind study patients will test the impact of the entire viral drug does appear versus a placebo now scientists are saying they hope that when used on patients who are already have the coronavirus their drug will work to stop the virus and its tracks take a listen this is a. drug and it is designed to slow down or stop the virus from monkey. so once the virus cannot multiply anymore 'd then the slow goes down and the body's not moving systems. beating process now these studies are just beginning but we

have seen hundreds of patients around the world rushing to participate and hopes that they can help find a treatment now rachel where did this drug come from and do we know anything about its side effects. right so the drug was initially created to treat bola but scientists say it is showing promise against previous versions of the koran a virus such as sars and mers and right now the american biotech company sciences is ramping up production of the drug the c.e.o. of the company confirmed that more than 1500000 individual doses are available for compassionate use expanded access and clinical trials and will be donated for broader distribution following any potential future regulatory authorizations now regulatory approval is the key here as the drug is still considered experimental it could be months before the f.d.a. gives its stamp of approval to any drug treatment as for side effects during the

bola trials researchers found the drug increased the risk of liver damage and similar results were found in 3 u.s. coated 19 patients their common side effects include not vomiting so it still remains to be seen just what will come out of these clinical trials now rachel we have heard a lot of mixed information coming out of president trump's administration and president trump himself he has actually been going on about this malaria drug as some kind of treatment what can you tell us about that that's right so president trump has repeatedly touted hydroxy couric when a common drug for malaria as one that could help coronavirus patients and in his latest briefing he claimed americans don't have anything to lose by trying it take a listen i want people to live and i'm seeing people dying. and i've see people that are going to die without it. and you know the expression when that's happening. they should. really do we have to we also have this

medicine has been tested for many years for malaria and for lupus so it's been out there. now scientists are warning against this approach noting the drug has side effects such as increasing the risk of cardiac arrest for patients who have underlying conditions. or who are taking their medications now they're emphasizing the importance of waiting for approval from regulators and of course getting guidance from your doctor minola rachel blevins thank you for that. and elsewhere around the world japan is that to declare a state of emergency over in tokyo and 6 other regions as the number of infections continue to rise prime minister shinzo abi is expected to make the announcement tomorrow morning japan is also set to roll out a trillion dollar stimulus package to protect their economy. and iran is vowing to never seek help from the u.s. in its fight against the outbreak of foreign ministry spokesperson rejected the possibility and accuse the u.s. of trying to use the current situation to force iran into negotiations over the

middle east iran is the worst hit by the virus and is an urgent need of medical equipment the country has about 60000 confirmed cases so far and about 37000 reported deaths. and another cruise ship has docked in florida with people sick with a coronavirus this one at the port of miami while some have disembarked others are still being held up on the ship are to correspondent john how do you has more from miami. sick passengers were wheeled from the clearly princess and into waiting imbalances not the port of miami the coral princess princess cruises ship arrived saturday after being turned away from port everglades in nearby fort lauderdale and several other ports since march the ship was carrying 1898 people including 1020 passengers 878 crew members 2 people died on board the ship the 3rd sunday at

a miami hospital 13 other people have reportedly tested positive for the corona virus including at least 6 crew members the daughter of one of those critically ill passengers 71 year old wilson mom desperately tweeted about her father's deteriorating can. dition and her family's pleas to get wilson and his wife to the hospital sadly he passed away sunday after being evacuated off the ship while his wife continues to receive medical treatment at an area hospital passengers well enough to travel home departed on chartered flight sunday for the united kingdom australia and california but others remain on board the ship waiting to be evacuated according to a prince's cruise a statement quote the u.s. centers for disease control and prevention c.d.c. communicated changes to their policy regarding post disembarkation travel for cruise passengers recommending no travel via commercial flights nor shared transportation with non cruise guests the coral princess is one of several cruise

liners to recently dock in florida with corona virus cases thursday the san dam in rotterdam both holland america ships docked at port everglades it was sadly a similar story of people gravely ill and waiting to be evacuated 4 people died aboard the sam dam while dozens of others were reportedly sick several 100 people have already been evacuated either teria hospitals or chartered flights home there are concerns however about the ship's patients adding stress to already beleaguered local south florida hospitals that are taking in hundreds of coronavirus patients as of monday the florida department of health is reporting 13324 cases of corona virus statewide and that number continues to rise almost by the hour with 236 confirmed deaths close to 1600 people remain hospitalized with the virus for our team john hardy. and over now to the philippines where a man was shot and dad at

a couple rotavirus checkpoint the man who was reportedly a topic hit at the time with his credit by a village official for not wearing a mask so in response the man threatened law enforcement using a skype he. was then shot dead by a police officer now this is the 1st incident a police shooting a civilian after president rhodri go to target a warned troublemakers and those defying orders that they will be shot. and the navy captain who was fired for sounding the alarm on the virus stricken u.s.s. theodore roosevelt has tested positive for cocaine 1000 himself captain brett pros here reportedly began showing symptoms or who left the warship the former captain was removed from his post after he wrote a memo pleading for help expressing concern for the health of crewmembers aboard the carrier. check this out a tiger at the bronx zoo what has tested positive for coated 19 and is believed to

have been infected by employee this is the 1st known infection in animal here in the u.s. or a tiger anywhere in the world the spore year old tiger and 6 other big cats have also fallen ill good news though they are all expected to recover however the finding now raises questions about a virus transmission from humans to animals. protective medical gear is in short supply as well as psychological assistance as suicides now start to rise out of this corona virus outbreak we'll speak with a clinical psychologist about this and then later at the sports h.q. regina hamm brings us some breaking news in the gold world of morning one of the biggest events on the calendar don't miss it we'll be right back.

join me every thursday on the excitement sure and i'll be speaking to get a feel of the world the olympics for those lives i'm sure both of those. i don't trust medical authority at all ever and the reason for that is i had this horrible water i mean just our growing up and it turns out it was completely alleviated with very drastic dietary measures and i went to a number of doctors to discuss what happened to me and i was basically laughed at like diet has nothing to do with our immune disorders so my suggestion to people

who have health issues they can't figure out if they're going to see a medical professional and they've been going for 10 years and they're still in the same place they should probably take it upon themselves to start testing things out testing out diet testing out exercise and try and figure out things on their own. this is a story of women women with troubled histories and complex cold cases you know some of us did leave leave who lives out there. who were not. the person that is the cheesiness of the considered the most dangerous of criminals she's in a civil. all the off 23 hours of the day tell me that it's not enough for this but it will give women on death row going on to.

more than 10000 covert 1000 reported deaths here in the u.s. nearly half of those are coming from the state of new york state officials are on close watch as the surgeon general warns this week will be a difficult one for all americans and new york's apex is only days away artie's trinity chobits has the latest. today the javits center now america's largest hospital officially taking coronavirus patients. originally dedicated to non kovan

1000 patients the now 2500 bed facility is staffed with over a 1000 doctors nurses and other medical staff to help care for the drastic influx of infected patients governor andrew cuomo reporting the total number of confirmed cases in new york now surpasses 130000 with over 4700 confirmed deaths nearly 3000 new cases in new york city alone overnight it's very hard to see the number of deaths we're having. it's frightening it's disturbing that amount of loss the undeniable truth here is that this virus is a deadly enemy and we will lose and we are losing people who are vulnerable to the virus new york city hospitals feeling the crush many overflowing facilities having to store bodies of virus victims in street trailers this as officials warn they may begin burying the city's code in

1000 dead in local parks but i'm not going to go into those kind of details i'm only going to say we will have the capacity need we need as i said over the weekend we met a way we may well be dealing with temporary burials. so we can then deal with each family later but again i am just not going to detail when we have something to say we will doctors and nurses around new york city sounding the alarm demanding additional protective measures and much needed personal protective equipment as they remain on the front lines we are demanding that we get all the hornet supplies that exist a p.p.a. so that we can protect ourselves our families and our beloved patients and communities we can't do it if we're dead every day when i go to work i feel like. she's going to slaughter my colleagues and i are writing our last will and testament i'm 28 years old we fear that we may not survive this pandemic and yet we

show up every day to this hospital to take care of our community while officials say they have enough and 95 masks to last through the week the mayor says that the city still needs because hospitals are at risk of running out to be a tough week people have to be careful and conserve on the crisis standards working on. meantime the governor is also calling on local governments to crack down on social distancing violators increasing violation fines from $500.00 to a $1000.00 and i want to be frankly more aggressive in the enforcement because all the anecdotal evidence is people are violating it a higher rate than before well the governor's extending new york's pause once again this time until at least april 29th the state posted its 1st drop in daily deaths suggesting that social distancing is working and flattening the curve reporting in new york trinity chavez r.t. . now as the pandemic spreads the shortage of personal protective equipment for

medical workers increases with local governments everywhere calling on citizens to help make homemade ones for donations to workers another shortage less mentioned is access to mental health during this crisis now a number of americans in every state who visit a psychologist regularly have found themselves with nowhere to turn as spikes in domestic violence are being recorded suicide hotline is being inundated with calls and one man in india even escaped quarantine only to hang himself after he learned police were looking for him so joining us to discuss the psychological impacts of the kind of virus pandemic dr norman fried he's a clinical psychologist and professor dr fried always good to see you can you 1st touch and. can you 1st touch on the topic of p.p.a. for us for you. your friends in the in the medical and mental health field how worried are you guys and your colleagues about this. we are still worried about not

having enough people to the point where social media in the environments where we are living are filled with our request saying if you have any extra equipment please don't keep it in your house bring it to the hospital or bring to a certain place where we will pick it up and we will be able to use it for those that need it the most there are now rules where everyone is supposed to be wearing a mask but for those that are still hoarding things that don't they don't need we're asking to please drop them off at one location where we can then bring them to people who need them the most absolutely i think my twitter feed is of course jammed with that as well and dr as more and more people turn now to tell how you know the fancy name for a face time call face time type therapies to cope with what's going on now what about those in the lower income brackets who may not have access to technology they they would rely on going to these face to face state run facilities who may not

offer counseling through technology how can mental health mental health community step up to help those people who might be falling through the crap. it's a wonderful question monella and i want to just start by saying that my practice is now 100 percent remote through some version of face time wars or any kind of social connection through the computer but there are many don't have the access to the social media and therefore are suffering and what i want to say is there's absolutely a need to reach out to clergy to your priest or rabbi or even mom your neighborhood . program that is actually available to you in religion and spirituality in addition i ask everyone who is capable of at least making a phone call to a therapist to say to the serapis to i wonder if you have a sliding scale or if perhaps at a time such as this because of our dire need we could have a few sessions gratis every one of us according to the american psychological

association is required for the ethics of our community to give you gratis therapy to those that need it and so it's not a bad idea to ask you sara post can you help me for a session or to come i have exists one session for free i can't do this without your help that is a great thing to hear dr i did remember hearing governor cuomo in your state of new york calling for all medical professionals to come out and are there services volunteer on a volunteer basis to help people because a lot of people don't have anything to do that and and for in you yourself dr are you getting more calls and more people reaching out for for your time for your advice. so it's interesting when i left my practice is now down 50 percent in terms of census repeat who came for other issues but up 50 percent in terms of those that are calling and in need of attention because of the fears that they're going

through so at this point not 100 percent of my psychotherapy which is done remotely to tell a health is all about fear of corona infection fear of contagion fear of death and i do a lot of grief and bereavement and trauma therapy so it's 100 percent that i will say that the practice is shifting but unfortunately for our societies we are still in dire need of mental health support and it's very good that there are those that are offering volunteer time i wish more like myself would offer of their time because we can help as best as possible and real quickly are states starting to change their laws in terms of have a policy that cetera to help reach more of those people who need help via technology i know a lot of lawmakers have concerns about privacy and whatnot what are your thoughts on that. my thoughts are that i am maintaining the proper hipaa laws i'm doing it however through face time i maintain the same level of competency ality

and privacy for every one of my patients and there's nobody in my room when i'm doing psychotherapy the door is shut is completely empty but i do want to say interest to enough we are now finding that we have becoming licensed across the nation which is something we didn't have before so i can do telehealth to somebody in california will i perform the work here in new york and that is making it much easier for many people to get the help they need and we are trying as hard as possible to offer everything we can at may perhaps this might be the one good thing that comes out of the end of we see the light at the end of the tunnel doctors that maybe this opens the door for a lot more people to have access to mental health by way of telling health thank you so much for sharing your expertise dr norman thank you now i'm free thank you. all right let's head over to regina hamm of the sports h.q. reduce some major date shakeups over in the world of gold you would be surprised but it's also at this point not surprising anymore because there is more news

regarding sporting events being postponed and canceled at this time the world of golf set out a new set of dates for some of the biggest events on their calendar the home announcement being the masters tournament usually held the 2nd week of april will be moved into the fall news regarding spring's biggest golfing event comes after the sports organizers have been trying desperately to piece together any semblance of dates in the past 3 weeks with no real official starting date masters have been played 83 times since the inaugural that 134 only cancellation be 943-2145 you to world war 2 but across the pond the 109th 49th open championship will not be played at all you know that was scheduled to be held in july is the 1st time the british open has been canceled since 945 also due to world war 2 i was a post we played at royal st george's in england the open will be pushed back to july 15th 1921 and that will mean the milestone 150 at the dition of the british open will return to st andrew's wings in scotland in 2022 and just take a look at the changes of the golf count there have been numerous ones p.g.a.

championship virtually schedule he played in may and now they play in august 2020 u.s. open found itself moved in the regional june date to september 2020 interestedly enough the ryder cup said to be played september hasn't found south of the change date and of course the masters will now find sales played in november instead april and there are likely some to be upset as it coincides with the n.f.l. and possible season. 2 years after indy car driver robert wiggins nearly lost his life on the track he returned to the sport he loves although a little bit of a different comeback that he had imagined that canadian drivers suffered horrific number of injuries in august 28th seen at the poconos raceway in pennsylvania his car came in contact with the ryan 100 raise on the 7th lap went to a flat spin slid across the track and crashed in the inside wall wiccans diagnose a spinal cord damage and fractures to. and leg and neck but tears on a weekend joined his fellow racers of the indy car i raising challenge series held online and allows we can choose a custom driving simulator to compete with his colleagues he made his comeback debut in a sort with

a top 10 finish taking to its spot the alabama i raising event with hope to one day be back on the actual track. it live sports happened today golfers and fans of be gearing up to head down to georgia for the masters torment augusta national but in lieu of watching golf this week let's remember some of the best moments in the 1st april dition of this day in sports history and take it all way back to 8096 the 1st ever modern olympic games took place in athens greece american james conley became the 1st modern a libyan in 50 a 100 years that is correct 1520 took 1st in the triple jump 2nd in the high jump and 3rd in the long jump 6 years later the. 22nd masters tournament we're all more palmer 1st of his 4 green jacket the gazza national is also the 1st major for palmer he became known as the king he's going to win 6 more majors and help propel golf to see levels of popularity and in 2017 sri lanka won their 1st in only t 20 i.c.c. world cup after beating the favorites india by 6 wickets is also the last measure lankan duo of kumaratunga carra and mahela jayawardene who both retired from the

sport after the fed. aminal it's really interesting to see all that happen. you know very cool to look back thank you and breaking news to bring to you the british prime minister boris johnson has just been admitted to hospital following doctor's orders his office saying it was a precautionary precautionary measure because the prime minister did have a persistent high temperature and a cough johnson has asked foreign secretary dominic rabb to stand in for him where necessary meanwhile the queen has issued her 1st official statement on the virus in a televised recording where she applauded the efforts of health care workers and urged the citizens of the u.k. to stay strong meanwhile just moments ago boris johnson has been moved to intensive care so that story still unfolding we'll get you more soon as we can ok don't go anywhere because we're back at 5 pm with a jam packed show the nation is told to brace for difficult days as the pandemic deepens we'll have the latest in

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the world looking. for you to fantasy here with governor jesse ventura just me welcome back i really missed you. well i've missed you too bridget and i really have to explain i am lost on everything i go off the grid i don't see television i don't read papers i don't know. anything about what's going on so when the corona virus hit i got only bits and pieces down in mexico and i will tell you this the mexican government was kind but they asked all of us gringos to please go home and that was simply because they haven't gotten hit yet and they feel if they do get hit they don't have the capability to take care of their people as well as our people so i followed their advice i drove my wife and i drove home and i got to tell you bridgette it was one of the greatest drives all traffic is down to

virtually nothing you can get a hotel room.