hi i'm steve clemons and i have a question is the coronavirus morphing from a public health epidemic into a full blown social and financial pandemic let's get to the bottom line. around the world factories have gone off line schools have been suspended and entire cities have been locked down in italy the entire country is now under quarantine and in america critics of president donald trump say his administration has been slow to deal with the outbreak and focused on dealing with a health crisis as a public relations battle more recently however and with 700 cases of coronavirus infection in the u.s. the administration has shifted to high gear in fact in the past few days the government set aside more than $8000000000.00 in emergency funding and started to talk about an economic stimulus package so where is the fear of the unknown taking us now fortunately we have people around the country who have the answers with me here in washington d.c. our dr ali khan a former u.s. assistant surgeon general who led the centers for disease control office of public health preparedness and respons

me steve clemons on the bottom line for your weekly take on u.s. politics and society i'm changing. institutions frequently don't the system itself is set up to benefit those who understand that you have people who actually believe things that are not true that is a crisis for democracy is a crisis of concentration the bottom line is iran. unprompted and uninterrupted discussions from on london broadcast center. on al-jazeera. our top stories this hour on al-jazeera u.s. rice and donald trump as want to new york has several tough weeks ahead as a state battles nearly half of the country subtle coronavirus infections at the same time the senate continues discussing a 2 trillion dollar package to stimulate the u.s. economy spain has now overtaken china to record the 2nd highest number of krona virus this with nearly 3 and a half 1000 victims are still half the number and it's only by the death rate in the worst hit area appears to be slowing down however and the united nations is appealing for $2000000000.00 to support humanitarian efforts worldwide to fight the pandemic in an exclusi

hi i'm steve clemons and i have a question is the coronavirus morphing from a public health epidemic into a full blown social and financial pandemic let's get to the bottom line. around the world factories have gone off line schools have been suspended and entire cities have been locked down in italy the entire country is now under quarantine and in america critics of president donald trump say his administration has been slow to deal with the outbreak and focused on dealing with a health crisis as a public relations battle more recently however and with 700 cases of coronavirus infection in the u.s. the administration has shifted to high gear in fact in the past few days the government set aside more than $8000000000.00 in emergency funding and started to talk about an economic stimulus package so where is the fear of the unknown taking us now fortunately we have.

join me steve clemons on the bottom line for your weekly take on u.s. politics and society i'm changing but the institutions frequently don't the system itself is set up to benefit those who understand that you have people who actually believe things that are not true that is a crisis for democracy is a crisis of concentration the bottom line on al-jazeera because context these are the 3 in-depth storytelling around the biggest issues we've done but had to do he should do it again. welcome back you're watching al-jazeera with me to home run the reminder of our top stories malaysia has closed its borders earns its 1st 2 coronavirus deaths were recorded as well as 790 infections nearly 2 thirds of the infections have been traced to an event at a mosque in kuala lumpur where people from 26 countries attended. strict lock downs are now in place across much of europe streets across france italy and spain have emptied as governments turned to mandatory quarantine measures to stop the spread of the virus and u.s. president donald trump says the border with can

join me steve clemons on the bottom line for your weekly take on u.s. politics and society i'm changing but the institutions frequently don't the system itself is set up to benefit those who understand people who actually believe things that are not true that is a crisis for democracy is a crisis of concentration the bottom line on al-jazeera because context these are the 3 in-depth storytelling around the biggest issues we've done but had to do you should do it again. you're watching out just there a reminder of our top stories this solve the world health organization is concerned some countries still in not doing enough testing to spread the spread to stammer the spread of corona virus the want to comes as italy reports 475 new deaths the highest a one day toll in any nation so far. as who they promise has reported no new cases for the 1st time since the outbreak began there in december the number of deaths is also steadily declining. and u.s. president donald trump has denied claims of racism over his use of the term chinese virus it comes as washing

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join me steve clemons on the bottom line your weekly take on u.s. politics and society i'm changing but the institutions frequently don't the system itself is set up to benefit those who understand people actually believe things that are not true that is a crisis for democracy is a crisis of concentration the bottom line. if we understand the differences and similarities of cultures across the world. cinematic. al-jazeera bringing the news and current affairs that matter to. al-jazeera. hello i'm dennis in doha and these are the top stories here. the british prime minister has severely restricted the movement of u.k. citizens to slow the spread of coronavirus people have been told to stay home the exceptions are for work exercise and grocery shopping the police will have the power to enforce the measures no prime minister wants to enact measures like this i know the damage that this destruction is doing and will do to people's lives to that.

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for more on the story we can speak to clemons fusees the president of the evil institute for economic research in munich thank you for joining us at your institute has just released growth forecasts for the 1st half of this year what can we expect. we can expect a sharp recession in germany the extent of the downturn depends on the development of the epidemic nobody knows how it's going to develop that's why we have presented to a scenario as a very benign scenario with minus 1.5 percent but that's already been overtaken by events that was based on the assumption no brought standstill in german industry or the risks an aureole the 2nd scenario is minus 6 percent worse than in the financial crisis and that includes. a stop in production for a longer time but there is no guarantee that that it's not getting worse what does that mean are we really at the start of a global economic crisis. i would say we are in a global economic crisis and all we can do now is try to rein in. we certainly are in the global economic downturn which is at least as severe as the downturn in the financial cris

confirmed and 4 deaths well those are the headlines next it's talk to al-jazeera you and me steve clemons on the bottom line your weekly take on u.s. politics and society i'm changing but the institutions frequently don't the system itself is set up to benefit those who understand and you have people who actually believe things that are not true that is a crisis for democracy is a crisis of concentration the bottom line on al-jazeera will. see. eisele made headlines around the world in 2014 when its fighters pushed out iraqi soldiers and took control of cities like mosul and central. and in what became known as the sindar massacre thousands of easy men women and children were killed. in response to isis rapid territorial gains the united states and its allies formed a coalition to fight the armed groups. they launched air strikes on actual hideouts its fighters and convoys. in october last year the u.s. military operation in northwest syria resulted in the death of ice was leader of a bucket and look at that. abou. al baghdadi is dead. in 2018 the un secretary general antonio terrorist an

you and me steve clemons on the bottom line on u.s. politics and i'm changing the institutions frequently don't the system itself is to benefit those who understand people who actually believe things that are not true that is a crisis for democracy is a crisis of concentration the bottom line. hello i'm daryn george this is counting the cost of al-jazeera your weekly look at the world of business economics this week. a battle for the heart of opec who will capitulate 1st putin all m.b.a.'s as a price war decimates the market. will the most liberal democratic nations by beijing's ai facial recognition technology to control their citizens. and the lebanese lived a dream that was a delusion while lebanon was drowning in debt words of the prime minister of his country defaulted on its debt for the very 1st time. well at a time when the world is dealing with the fast spreading coronavirus that has decimated supply chains induce panic buying and grounded flights the last thing it needed was 2 nations declaring economic war well saudi arabia

steve clemons on the bottom line on u.s. politics and i'm changing the institutions frequently don't the system itself is set up to benefit those who understand people who actually believe things that are not true that is a crisis for democracy is a crisis of concentration the bottom line. i'm daryn jordan this is counting the cost on al-jazeera your weekly look at the world of business and economics this week it's the 1st nation in lockdown in europe after a spike in deaths from the coronavirus maybe the world's biggest economy but growth has been anemic over the last 20 years so will it need a eurozone bailout. plans employing 14000000 people across europe are shutting down we talked to b.m.w. about the future of the industry. spending the cash on stock buybacks to make shareholders richer airlines are begging for bailouts. well the world's biggest economy and its 60000000 citizens are under lockdown it's really became the 1st european nation to introduce drastic measures to control the spread of the corona virus outside o

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hi i'm steve clemons and i have a question in a time when handshakes rallies fundraisers and door knocking have all been cancelled what happens to the american election campaign this year let's get to the bottom line. but how fast things are changing around us here's how we started last week's show across the u.s. so far about 5000 cases of coronavirus have been recorded today that number stands at closer 250000 still rising listen to where the u.s. president was just 3 and a half weeks ago we have the greatest it's a greatest tourism country in the world so instead of leaving our country leaving our shores a stay here and again.

the more news in half an hour nexis inside story with bernard smith to stay with us join me steve clemons on the bottom line your weekly take on us politics and i'm changing the institutions frequently don't the system itself to benefit those who understand you have people who actually believe things that are not true that is a crisis for democracy is a crisis of concentration the bottom line. what are the financial and psychological costs of the coronavirus to the sporting world the olympics is the latest major event to be disposed of. what will be the impact on athletes families and businesses this is inside story. hello and welcome to the program burnitz 3 a limpid games have been canceled in the past because of the 2 world wars but this year is the 1st time the event has ever been postponed coronavirus pandemic made it impossible to hold the olympics and paralympics in tokyo. australian calibur said they wouldn't send teams to japan because of the risk to health some qualifying events have already been cancelled and global travel bans made it nearly impossible for athletes and fans to

join me steve clemons on the bottom line for your weekly take on u.s. politics and society i'm changing but the institutions frequently don't the system itself is set up to benefit those who understand the people who actually believe things that are not true that is a crisis for democracy is a crisis of concentration the bottom line on al-jazeera the u.s. is always of interest the people who run the world people pay attention to what you know does it is very good to bring the news to the world from here. and again you're watching al-jazeera a reminder of our top stories this hour spain has had its west day yet of the corona virus pandemic with more than $700.00 new deaths that means it's now passed the death toll of china in the past 24 hours the number of deaths has surged to almost 3500. russia's vladimir putin has postponed a constitutional referendum due to the outbreak the vote was intended to extend the president's time in office and has called on russians to stay at home and pledged economic assistance to the reason. people in india are being pun

join me steve clemons on the bottom line for your weekly take on u.s. politics and society i'm changing but the institutions frequently don't the system itself is set up to benefit those who understand people who actually believe things that are not true that is a crisis for democracy is a crisis of concentration the bottom line. hello i'm daryn jordan this is counting the cost on al-jazeera your weekly look at the world of business economics this week it's the 1st nation in lockdown in europe after a spike in deaths from the coronavirus maybe the world's biggest economy but growth has been anemic over the last 20 years so will it need a eurozone bailout. employing 14000000 people across europe are shutting down.

join me steve clemons on the bottom line for your weekly take on u.s.politics and society times change but the institutions frequently don't the system itself is set up to benefit those who understand people actually believe things that are not true that is a crisis for democracy is a crisis of concentration the bottom line on al-jazeera. from the past might sound great if you happen to be a hindu but where does this leave non hindus nasiriyah room became acutely aware of the challenges facing her muslim daughter growing up in increasingly pro hindu surroundings she's written a book about one of the things you can do to protect her from this environment i don't do about india the map and show our neighbors our you know your china. pakistan and sri lanka site and all the neighbors and then i say what if somebody calls you chinese you laugh and say right i'm an indian i'm not attorneys what does somebody call the book of daniel laugh and say i'm not a biker funny so i kind of made it out of jail that you could read any of the riot so because of course the

hi i'm steve clemons and i have a question is the democratic party in the mother of all wars with itself let's get to the bottom line. so after months of debates about health care about whether a woman can be president about billionaires and about america's legacy of racism and social division about russia and its election meddling or about china now and the coronavirus the democratic party is finally getting closer to picking a candidate who will face off against republican president donald trump in november the process has been a battle for the soul of the party wait not really just the soul but the deep soul which now seems split between the establishment represented by former vice president joe biden and the revolution championed by senator bernie.

hi i'm steve clemons and i have a question as coronavirus challenges society and spreads across america what's the domino effect of keeping millions of students at home let's get to the bottom line . across the u.s. so far about 5000 cases of coronavirus have been recorded and restrictions are going into effect one of the biggest decisions has been shutting down schools from coast to coast people more than happy to do what it takes to protect themselves and their families but no one knows how the school shutdown will affect this generation of students and their parents what happens if the school closures go beyond a few weeks does the entire term get written off what happens if it least one parent can't stay at home with the kids what happens to folks who depend on the free lunches and the breakfasts offered by the public schools and with all the talk about distance learning is america competent at scale to pull off such a feat so many quest.

confirmed and 4 deaths well those are the headlines next it's talk to al-jazeera you and me steve clemonson the bottom line for your weekly take on u.s. politics and society i'm changing but the institutions frequently don't the system itself is set up to benefit those who understand people who actually believe things that are not true that is a crisis for democracy is a crisis of concentration the bottom line on al-jazeera will. see. i still made headlines around the world in 2014 when its fighters pushed out iraqi soldiers and took control of cities like mosul and central. and in what became known as the sindar massacre thousands of you see the men women and children were killed. in response to ice was rapid territorial gains the united states and its allies formed a coalition to fight the armed groups. they launched air strikes on actual hideouts its fighters and convoys. in october last year.

hi i'm steve clemons and i have a question in a time when handshakes rallies fundraisers and door knocking have all been cancelled what happens to the american election campaign this year let's get to the bottom line. but how fast things are changing around us here's how we started last week's show across the u.s. so far about 5000 cases of coronavirus have been recorded today that number stands at closer 250000 still rising listen to where the u.s. president was just 3 and a half weeks ago we have the greatest the greatest tourism country in the world so instead of leaving our country leaving our shores of stay here and again when you have 15 people and the 15 within a couple of days is going to be down to close to 0. that's a pretty good job with a well that age like milk so now that everything is turned upside down travel plans social gathering school the way we shop and work and of course the economy wasn't it inevitable that election campaigning would have to change as well candidates on both sides have dropped all the. additional methods while normal life is put on hold but how can y

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prime minister the president will decide by march 17th as he headlines the bottom line with steve clemons coming up next. when the prime minister takes a lump of coal into his own parliament that call means a lot to the country's fortunes we bring you the stories and developments that are rapidly changing the world we live in cambridge was a slogan that one of the problems of course. counting the cost on al-jazeera. hi i'm steve clements and i have a question is the coronavirus morphing from a public health epidemic into a full blown social and financial pandemic let's get to the bottom line. around the world factories have gone off line schools have been suspended and entire cities have been locked down in italy the entire country is now under quarantine and in america critics of president donald trump say his administration has been slow to deal with the outbreak and focused on dealing with a health crisis as a public relations battle more recently however and with 700 cases of coronavirus infection in the u.s. the administration has shifted to high gear in fact in the past few days the

the more news in half an hour nexis inside story with bernard smith to stay with us join me steve clemons on the bottom line for your weekly take on u.s. politics and. the institutions frequently don't the system itself to benefit those who understand you have people who actually believe things that are not true that is a crisis for democracy is a crisis of concentration the bottom line. what are the financial and psychological costs of the coronavirus to the sporting world the olympics is the latest major event to be. what will be the impact on athletes families and businesses this is inside story. hello and welcome to the program and it's 3 olympic games have been cancelled in the past because of the 2 world wars but this year is the 1st time the event.

hi i'm steve clemons and i have a question as coronavirus challenges society and spreads across america what's the domino effect of keeping millions of students at home let's get to the bottom line . across the u.s. so far about 5000 cases of coronavirus have been recorded and restrictions are going into effect one of the biggest decisions has been shutting down schools from coast to coast people more than happy to do what it takes to protect themselves and their families but no one knows how the school shutdown will affect this generation of students and their parents what happens if the school closures go beyond a few weeks does the entire term get written off what happens if it least one parent can't stay at home with the kids what happens to folks who depend on the free lunches and the breakfasts offered by the public schools and with all the talk about distance learning is america competent at scale to pull off such a feat so many questions today and fortunately we're joined by people who have the answers or at least i hope they do from atlanta georgia dr marcus pleshette the chief

hi i'm steve clemons and i have a question is the democratic party in the mother of all wars with itself let's get to the bottom line. so after months of debates about health care about whether a woman can be president about billionaires and about america's legacy of racism and social division about russia and its election meddling or about china now and the coronavirus the democratic party is finally getting closer to picking a candidate who will face off against republican president donald trump in november the process has been a battle for the soul of the party wait not really just the soul but the deep soul which now seems split between the establishment represented by former vice president joe biden and the revolution championed by senator bernie sanders so which way will this all go and which candidate has a better chance of inspiring americans and more crucially getting them to the voting polls and leading his party to victory i emphasize his as a bunch of hers have already been knocked out of the race fortunately we have 3 people in the room who have the answers reverend leah dau

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