>> o'donnell: weijia jiang joins us from the white house. weijia, there is an urgent need for ventilators. what do you know about the supply? >> tonight dr. birx says everyone who has needed one has been able to get one, and president trump says the government has 10,000 ventilators on stand-by ready to go, but they're not shipping them out yet, because they are expecting a surge and need to be prepared. norah? >> o'donnell: weijia, thank you. the u.s. military is part of the fight against the coronavirus, and at the same time is fighting an outbreak aboard one of its deployed aircraft carriers. joining us now for an exclusive interview is the secretary of defense, mark esper. mr. secretary, thank you for joining us. >> thank you, norah. thank you for having me. >> o'donnell: let's get to that urgent situation aboard the u.s.s. theodore roosevelt. as the captain is pleading for help, is it time to evacuate that ship? >> i don't think we're at that point, norah. we're moving a lot of supplies and assistance, medical assistance out to the carr

al-jazeera some other news now in china has released a prominent human rights lawyer from jail wang jiang was serving 4 and a half years after being convicted of subversion of state power more on this one with sarah clarke and hong kong what more can you tell us sir. welcome all we have had confirmation from his wife via twitter that he was released from jail at 5 am on sunday morning or the family had requested that he be returned to their home in beijing however the authorities have kept him in an apartment in june and province and that simply because he'll be in quarantine now for 14 days so he's yet to be reunited with his family now he was arrested in 2015 as part of the chinese government crackdown on human rights lawyers we know around $300.00 or so of those lawyers were either arrested or they disappeared and interrogated some even reported torture now this crackdown has been referred to as a 709 crackdown simply because of the date as a result that was they the 9th of july now when he said 4 and a half years of job but he did this appear was incommunicado for about 3 years and as

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look at some other news now china has released a prominent human rights lawyer from jail bunkering jiang was serving 4 and a half years sentence off to being convicted of subversion of state powell we'll get an update on this one from the hong kong here is sarah clarke there what do you know. welcome our we have confirmation from his wife via twitter this morning that he was released at 5 am from jail after serving as you mentioned the 4 and a half year jail sentence has yet to be reunited with his family his family had requested that he be returned to their home in beijing but that request was denied instead he's currently in quarantine in the john province in an apartment now this arrest was made in 2015 it was a part of what was a chinese government's national crackdown on human rights lawyers are we now around $300.00 or so where are the arrested interrogated and some reported to be tortured now this crackdown is often referred to as the 79 crackdown that refers to the date of those arrests when that purge began and that was the not the july that he served 4 and a half years but he w

of those have come from a particular region in the north of the country that's an area called long jiang province and this particular province borders russia it's about 4000 kilometer a border there and as a result this is now the new battleground because of the cases of the surge in infections in that particular region we've got a number of cities that been put in lockdown we've got public transport it's been postponed or held for a period of time and this type quarantine restrictions in a number of those cities we also have mandatory testing for all arrivals coming from russia into china certainly china is now looking to deploy medical teams to this particular region as it sees a surge in the number of cases and there is a professor in the school of politics and international relations at the university of nottingham in the u.k. he says the chinese communist party is doing everything it can to shield itself from any blame for what's happening. the chinese communist party holds. a quote unquote monopoly of truth and that means. the communist party basically by default whatever they say

chinese human rights lawyer huang quine jiang has been reunited with his family in beijing after being separated from him for nearly 5 years he was detained in 2015 as part of a crackdown on hundreds of lawyers and rights activists. u.s. house speaker nancy pelosi has a book a toast to joe biden's presidential terms it is say the california democrat said mr biden would be voice of reason and resilience and made the coronavirus work right. up to date more at the top of the hour with the bread or around the talk on the website d.w. dot com how did. this state of emergency is the normal people around the world are documenting these dramatic times. they're keeping the coronas diary and welcoming us into the lives they live escape as a close and personal as the pandemic will allow. the diary starts may change on t w.

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weijia jiang is at the white house tonight with all those details. weijiantheconnfft he can forego or exend the southerly distancing guidelines set to expire at the end of this month. the president is clearly torn as he tries to save lives and livelihoods. with the economy in free-fall, president trump is under pressure to get the country back to business by may 1. >> it would be nice to be able to open with a big bang and open up our country. >> reporter: the president is forming a second coronavirus task force focused on reopening the economy, but the decision is not up to the administration. governors will make the call, and some are already rejecting the time frame. >> until we have a vane, which is months and months away, i-- i would not risk having large groups of people getting together anywhere. >> reporter: others have warned a hasty return could cost lives. >> i do worry that if we rush back to work, as some of the rhetoric has implied, you could have a second and third wvof thisdemic. >>ordsa hhaakent ecmany canmagig masks, and widespread

weijia jiang is at the white house tonight.eijia. >> reporter: norah, president trump said the c.d.c. is working on the finishing touches of new recommendations that will be the first step to reopening the country, something he is eager to do. but tonight, the president also said we have to be on the down side of the slope of cases before that can happen. che c.d.c.'s new guidelines are aimed at getting critical infrastructure workers back on the job. >> we're getting much closer to getting our country back to the way it was. >> reporter: even after potential exposure to covid-19, people will be able to go back to work, as long as they don't have any symptoms and continue to check their temperatures, urar masks, and practice social distancing. before they were advised to self-quarantine for 14 days. cbs news has learned the new recommendations apply to several groups, including first responders, food workers, critical manufacturing, and transportation employees. the new recommendations are being drafted as members of the corona

we go now to weijia jiang who is at the white house. >> reporter: tonight, president >> reporter: tonightesident trump is pushing back on that saying large cargo planes filled with supplies from around the world are about to land in big cities from coast to coast. he says the country is preparing for the worst as questions continue to mount over whether he acted too late. today, vice president mike pence appeared to blame the c.d.c. for incorrectly predicting how devastating a coronavirus outbreak would be. >> in mid-january, the c.d.c. was still assessing that the risk of the coronavirus to the risk of the coronavirus to the american people was low. american people was low. >> reporter: but governors across the country are struggling to cope, and pleading for supplies from the administration, including test kits, ventilators, masks, and ovoves. illinois governor j.b. pritzker is so desperate, he's asked airline c.e.o.s to fly in supplies from china. new york's andrew cuomo says it is china, not the u.s., who is manufacturing almost everything they need. >> china is selling to the world,

weijia jiang is there tonight. weijia?>> reporter: norah, we will get to that, but first today president trump insisted that all 50 governors are happy with his administration's response and said again there is light at the end of the tunnel, but some of his own health experts say we're not even in the tunnel, and this week could be our pearl harbor or 9/11 moment. the administration's grim predictions have led to more criticism and left president trump on the defensive. if they're not, they can call me directly. they can call mike directly, and we'll make them happy. but tremendous progress has been made in a very short period. >> reporter: but a scathing new report reveals hospitals nationwide are already struggling with widespread shortages of critical equipment. one received two shipments of protective gear from fema that had expired ten years ago. which were for children and unusable for adult sta unusable for adult staff. hospitals, according to the report, are bracing for systems to be overwhelmed by the expected su

cbs' weijia jiang is at the white house tonight. weijia?reporter: norah, president trump is brushing off those numbers saying he can feel a pent-up demand to stimulate the economy so he's looking ahead to the fourth quarter. in an effort to get back to business, the president said today out hey ex optimistic forecast for the u.s. economy. >> we had the best economy ever, and we're going to have it again. >> reporter: but that does not match the dire conditions on the ground. the g.d.p.'s first-quarter drop was the sharpest since the great recession, and the second quarter could see a record 40% plunge. today, boeing announced it will slash 10% of its workforce and cut back on making jets, while hertz is preparing for possible bankruptcy after failing to make enase payments. consumer confidence and spending >> we're throwing money at the >> we're throwing money at the people that lost their job unfairly. unfairly. >> reporter: the stimulus checks come with a personalized letter from the president saying the administration is working around t

weijia jiang is at the white touse tonight. and weijia, what else did the governors ask for?: norah, they are still begging the white house to help them get testing supplies. one senior official who works for a democratic governor who listened in on that call said it is "insane and criminal the inministration is not doing more to help." but tonight once again the president said the burden is on the states. tonight governors are pleading with president trump for more naronavirus tests. >> we need a lot more testing across the country. >> reporter: during a conference call with governors today, fmocratic leaders from michigan and north carolina urged vice president pence to stress social anstancing, worried anti- ou new infections. gingvice president acknowledging on the call and at a sunday briefing-- ( no audio ) >> there are areas we continue to watch carefully on the task force including the chicago me metro area, boston metro, and philadelphia metropolitan area. >> reporter: maryland's republican governor, larry hogan, said today he was so desperate for test supplies that

cbs's weijia jiang is at the white house tonight. weijia? >> reporter: well, norah, when it comes to te tonight, president trump said, "we have it all" when it comes to testing, the same message he's been spreading for weeks, even though it's not true, according to governors. facing mounting pressure, he announced that national plan, which is really much more a list of suggestions for states. president trump continues to claim the administration has itde great progress when it comes to coronavirus testing. >> the testing itself is going very well. no complaints. >> reporter: governors are still pleading for help. >> in order to reopen our economy, we really need testing. i reporter: in a new federal plan touted by the president, the administration would give all 50 states enough tests each month to screen 2% of their populations, a rapid response program would isolate people who test positive, and trace contacts. >> we are continuing to rapidly expand our capacity and are confident that we have enough testing to begin reopening and the reope

weijia jiang is at the white house tonight. weijia? >> reporter: norah, thomas modly was just five months into the job when the coronavirus found its way onto the "roosevelt." president trump supported his decision to fire the captain over the handling of the virus, and tonight said, even though modly's rant about it was a he av resign. thomas modly's full-throated apology for making alarming remarks about u.s.s. "roosevelt" captain brett crozier was not enough to save his job. modly was heckled by the ship's crew as he told them he fired the popular crozier for writing a letter about the coronavirus spreading on board. >> he was, a, too naive or too stupid to be the commanding officer of a ship like this. >> what the ( bleep )? >> reporter: cbs news has learned president trump's trade adviser, peter navarro, circulated dire memos within the white house in late january and february, warning of full-blown pandemic could claim up to two million american lives. at the time, the president was downplaying the virus, but today insisted he to

weijia jiang is at the white house with all these new details. >> reporter: tonight health officials even if people do their part, between 100,000 and 240,000 americans could die from the coronavirus. and in the next two weeks, the number of cases and fatalities is going to spike and continue to rise. they are asking americans not to be discouraged by these numbers. efffce y insist the mitigation ple foll the guidelines. >> this is going to be a very painful, very, very painful two weeks. >> reporter: the president said yesterday he might announce new, tougher guidelines aimed at flattening the curve of coronavirus cases which has not leveled off like it has in other hard-hit countries. instead, the current guidelines will be extended into april 30th. >> our hope is to get that down as far as we possibly can. the modeling that dr. birx showed predicts that number that you saw. we don't accept that number that that's what it's going to be. we're going to be doing everything we can to get it even significantly below that. >> reporter: dr. deborah birx used data to explain why the measu

a s' weijia jiang is at the white house tonight with more. weijia?pl prioritize those smaller businesses, but many owners tell cbs news they have not been approved for a penny, even as president trump sells the program as a big win. ( applause ) president trump claimed the paycheck protection program is doing its job, bailing out small business owners in danger of going under. >> as we open up our country you're going to be in good shape as opposed to be losing your business and how do we get some people to work here? >> reporter: but melody george, who owns a dance studio outside of los angeles, has yet to get a loan, despite trying since the first round of money was available a month ago. >> makes me wonder what it means to be a small business and how much support we really have from these programs. >> reporter: the federal website taking loan applications had technical glitches for the second day in a row and only 23% of applications were successfully submitted. >> it's so frustrating having everything you need and providing everything you need, i

weijia jiang joins us tonight from the white house.jia, the president was talking about a date to restart the economy. did he give a specific date? a> reporter: norah, president trump is eyeing may 1 as a date to get the country back to business. today he said he would certainly listen to his top medical experts if they tell him that it is too early, but he added there are two sides to every argument. choosing when to reopen the economy is weighing heavily on president trump. >> it's the biggest decision thve ever had to make. >> reporter: his top health officials urged caution. >> we have not reached the peak. and so, every day we need to continue to do what we did yesterday and the week before. >> reporter: as the president decides when to relax social distancing guidelines, millions of business owners are counting on federal loans to survive. the s.b.a. handled nearly 60,000 loan applications in all of last year. it's gotten nearly 500,000, more than eight times that, just in the last week. st week.d 2,000 customers a day >> we had

key area we're looking at is the north east of the country this is an area a province stars helen jiang and this province actually borders russia on cheese day 79 of those 89 cases were confirmed to be chinese nationals coming in from russia from russia into china so as a result a number of strict measures have been put in place a city on the border it's got strict conditions it's going to lock down as a result the border checkpoints have also been stepped up we've got mantri health testing so coronavirus testing for all those arrivals coming in from russia a public gatherings have also been banned 20 a day quarantine rules have been put in place for all those arrivals from russia into china they've also put in place a hotline so you can dobbin those illegal arrivals coming into and they're offering rewards as a result that china is also deployed a number of its medical tames are from will hand from the south as well as well as its resources its build a makeshift hospital to try and cope with this number of the spike a new infections in this particular region so this region certainly th

government is now focusing its efforts on a rise in imported cases in the northern province of helen jiang which borders russia china has recorded more than 83000 cases of the virus but a study published in the journal lancet says the numbers could be 4 times higher if they are just presenting with cold symptoms at a time of winter in china then they simply would have got infected so i had the code maybe being diagnosed with having a cold or pneumonia like symptoms and then gotten better 85 percent of cases singapore now has the highest corona virus infection right in asia it's reported another spike in its daily cases the majority of new infections a migrant workers living in crowded dormitories medical teams have been deployed to step up testing and health checks and the government has extended the nationwide lockdown until june but a singapore totnes its quarantine measures vietnam is starting to lift its restrictions the streets in hanoi are still empty but some shops are reopening for business with the health authority there reporting no new cases this week. i observe that the governm

areas and in particular the focus is now looking at the north of china and the province knows how long jiang this is a province that borders russia and these are the chinese nationals returning from returning from china from russia as a result they're put in place and security checkpoints a number of cities in that particular area are also in lockdown and all those new arrivals have been tested they've got mandatory coronavirus testing for those for people returning to china or a number of countries have long been questioning the transparency of the figures because one of the modeling of the numbers that are coming out of china we had a university pipe it was published in the lancet journal that was early this week it was written by a hong kong university's school of public health and they questioned china's numbers they reported in their particular document that more than 232000 people may have been infected with a crowd of us in the 1st wave of the infections in china and that's 4 times more than what china said by the the national health commission back in back in 55th and says they repor

of high tech surveillance who are being complicit in the human rights abuses that are occurring in jiang investigation into china's systematic repression of the weakest tell the world on al-jazeera. the all the all the all. great minds are all the headlines here on al-jazeera the economic impacts of the coronavirus is becoming clearer record 6600000 americans died from employment benefits for the 1st time in the past week that's 3000000 more than the week before spain has reporters another new high in the number of daily deaths from the virus 150 people have died in the past 24 hours taking the country's top talk to more than 10000. and global war prices have surged in history u.s. president on the trump said he expected russia and saudi arabia to end their futures prices jumps up and 30 percent that's the biggest one day rally in history . that the president of the philippines has ordered soldiers and police to shoot anyone who violates the mandatory month long look tied were to go to turkey issued the warning after a protest by villagers complaining about the lack of food or i mean. if

other news china has released a prominent human rights lawyer from jail rights groups say at one point jiang was secretly detained for 1200 days and then tried behind closed doors up to date with the headlines up front with the house on it's next. as the world battles the coronavirus pandemic we'll bring you the latest developments from my around the wound. with updates about travel restrictions and how to protect yourself. coronavirus pandemic special coverage on al-jazeera. welcome to a very special edition of upfront special because for the 1st time in this age of the coronavirus i'm recording it from my home on today show we'll discuss how brazil is handling or mishandling the crisis under its controversial president an hour i'll speak to one of the most high profile critics in the brazilian congress but 1st it's official because it to be believed at least 6 people die every hour in iran that 19 the. disease caused by the corona virus which is ravage the islamic republic and made it one of the world's epicenter for the worst pandemic about life time with more than $3000.00 iranians dead

is all the cluster of the 100 cases it's in the north east of china in a province called headlong jiang and most of these types is kind from that particular city and as a result we've had tough new measures put in place in the capital of that particular province known as harben stay at home measures being told to stay indoors as well as a city that borders russia but all of these travelers almost this travels in the slightest cluster of the infections were coming back over the border from russia back into my and then china as a result all gatherings have been banned at train services have been stopped and the health checks will now be mandatory for people coming in from russia and this is a mandatory coronavirus testing as well as a 28 day quarantine as a result now as you mention 190 cases that's up from 99 but this is where the new battleground is a certainly the northeast of china is where the governor thought he's will be targeting and we have been seeing a downward trend of the crime of virus infections in china and some would suggest it's in a recovery mode but the big questions a

of those have come from a particular region in the north of the country that's an area called helen jiang province and this particular province borders russia it's about 4000 kilometer a border there and as a result this is now the new battleground because of the cases of the surge in infections in that particular region and we've got a number of cities that been put in lockdown we've got public transport it's been postponed or held for a period of time and there's typewriting restrictions in a number of those cities and we also have mandatory testing for all arrivals coming from russia into china certainly china's they're looking to deploy medical teams to this particular region spain has recorded its lowest daily death toll in 5 weeks 298 people died in the past 8 years the number of new infections also dropped italy has reported 260 virus deaths its lowest total for 6 weeks now in an apparent u. turn the world health organization says patients who've already been infected by the corona virus will develop some form of protection earlier the u.n. health agencies there was no evidence the

weijia jiang reports now from the white house. >> it was totally misquoted in the media. statement about the fall season and the virus. totally misquoted. >> reporter: president trump began wednesday's press briefing asking the director of the cdc, dr. robert redfield, to explain comments he made in an interview to "the washington post." >> i didn't say that this was going to be worse. i said it was going to be more complicate -- or more difficult. >> reporter: redfield was quoted in the newspaper saying that a second wave could be more difficult because it may coincide with the flu. and he eventually said it was the headline he took issue with, not the article. >> i'm accurately quoted in "the washington post." as difficult. >> reporter: the president had a much more optimistic view for the fall. >> it may not come back at all. we'll be watching for it, but it's also possible it doesn't come back at all. >> reporter: moments later, dr. anthony fauci directly contradicted that claim. >> we will have coronavirus in the fall. i am convinced of that. >> reporter: fauci is on

essentially by doing that we were being complicit in the human rights abuses that are occurring in shin jiang and in china more widely. the chinese government plan seems to be systematically to eliminate the pillars of weak a culture like religion and language. using online satellite maps it's possible to track the destruction of mosques in. this large mosque and who tongue was demolished in 2019. large areas of the stablished we got housing have also been pulled down. you're saying that being systematically demolished and in its place is becoming high rise apartment buildings which are a lot easier to control. there's also serious concern for the children of the 1000000 week is believed to be held in camps. those d.v.d.'s that leaked out and we start seeing the opening and a peep. even i did find some nieces nephews actually inside of that often each. chinese government documents show a large increase in the building and upgrading of children's nurseries and boarding schools in singeing. it seems as though children are being deliberately separated from their families. what's happening to the

the weijia jiang is roaring, gust of 33 no. chicago with 20 mile an hour winds. the altamont pass about 30 miles per hour. 10-20 in the city. with travis and they are done. water temperatures i know i harp on it but that is close. once you have a system coming in, the fog has a lot to work with, there is one system, there could be a couple plus a stronger one could be like the strongest of the bunch as the system rotates through sunday areas reminiscing of county with a little rain, forecasting a half inch of rain, we will be cooler starting today, it looks warm next week but until then, temperatures are on their way down. >>> arsonists with an east bay housing project, not once, but twice. what is next for this building as developers try to finally get it completed. >>> but first, a big project to determine how healthcare workers are basically holed up in the pandemic, how many of them have developed an immunity to covid-19 . michael vasquez! come over here. i've heard such good things about you, your company. well, i wouldn't have done any of it without you. wi