hello and welcome to focus on europe liz show the corona crisis has been dominating headlines for months so much so that it has overshadowed all other topics like the ongoing war in syria the conflict began 9 years ago and there's still no end in sight years of heavy fighting and bombing have left many cities in ruins around the $6000000.00 syrians have fled their country international observers accuse president assad's regime of bombing its own people and torturing thousands of members of the opposition. president assad is still in power but now an unprecedented trial is underway in germany 2 of his alleged helpers have been charged with supporting a subsystem of torture and oppression syrians around the world are closely following the trial among them would in berlin for her the court proceeding opens up old wounds but also offers hope for a long awaited justice. mahmoud in her apartment in the german capital berlin the opponent of the regime in syria lives here on her own in exile isn't she this is my husband. says 2012 he's been missing disappearing in a prison run by the syrian secr

hello and welcome to focus on europe liz show the corona crisis has been dominating headlines for months so much so that it has overshadowed all other topics like the on.

hello and welcome into focus on europe liz show the corona crisis has been dominating headlines for months so much so that it has overshadowed all other topics like the ongoing war in syria the conflict began 9 years ago and there's still no end in sight years of heavy fighting and bombing have left many city.

hello and welcome to focus on europe liz show the corona crisis has been dominating headlines for months so much so that it has overshadowed all other topics like the ongoing war in.

hello and welcome to focus on europe and liz show the corona crisis has been dominating headlines for months so much so that it has overshadowed all other topics like the ongoing war in syria.

thank you hello and welcome to focus on europe i'm liz show and it's great to have you with us sometimes a life can change from one moment to the next that is what many ukrainians have been experiencing lately not just because of the corona crisis their country just witnessed the driest winter in 100 years followed by a dry spring these conditions allowed wildfires.

hello and welcome to focus on europe and liz show and it's great to have you with us sometimes a life can change from one moment to the next that is what many ukrainians have been experiencing lately not just because of the corona crisis their country is just witness the driest winter in 100 years followed by a dry spring these conditions allowed wildfires to burn it relentlessly in northern ukraine whole villages were consumed by the flames a lack of water made putting out to the fires challenging clouds of smoke and dust that traveled hundreds of kilometers engulfing the capital kiev in small. the area surrounding the town of chernobyl has also been affected although wildfires are nothing new in this part of the country they were particularly sivia this year many families have been hard hit they lost everything they had within an instant. a pile of bricks where once there was a home. left wooden houses just minutes from the flames yvonne's was one of them. it was the thursday before easter. all of a sudden we saw smoke rising in the sky over there. all the men drove over to the neig

liz: j.p. morgan chase put out a study that shows that cases of infection of covid-19 did not go up in states that reopen, we see that in europet the infections are not going up in areas that reopen in many parts of the world, were seen in about 20 states that they are going down, coronavirus cases are going down, seven states are plateauing in 15 states increasing. what was your reaction to hearing that data? >> it makes us question all of this and another thing that is very important to new york city that we found out is a cdc which is been telling us for months that this virus can survive on a surface for 8000 years or whatever, apparently that is not true. that was a huge concern about things like elevators and escalators and things like new york had to deal with throughout their lives. it's a fluent situation. the science is changing everyday and that's what makes it even more absurd for the governor and the mayor to say we are going to entirely based public policy on the science. we don't know that it's accurate yet. >> at the same time, the final point. new york state has 59 hundreds of deaths and nursing homes. florida

phenomenon that has been reported worldwide from europe to asia to north and south america here's a look at what some hospital workers in colombia have adored. liz is a nurse and. wearing her uniform fills her with pride especially in these trying times but in recent weeks she has repeatedly suffered discriminatory behavior after being identified as hospital staff. i recently had to transfer some money. and the place i went to didn't want to let me in. the lady at the front desk told me she couldn't serve me because i was clearly health care. and could be infected. or not was left humiliated. and hurt with the situation we're not out to harm anybody. since the pandemic reached colombia numerous doctors and nurses have reported social stigmatization. buses that won't stop for them supermarkets that won't let them do their shopping one nurse was reportedly beaten on the street and accused of spreading the virus. christiane is a doctor in the city of cali he was evicted after residents in his building demanded he leave fearing he would bring cobe it into their homes. he told me that people were very scared the tenants threatened to leave if i did i

europe is showing how to reopen safely with common sense measures. it is happening there. kristin, thank you so much for your time. great to see you. >> thanks, liz.n. elizabeth: next up, next up, what happened in venezuela? secretary of state mike pompeo is saying absolutely the u.s. had nothing to do with it and that the u.s. will quote, use every tool available to secure the release of two former american special forces soldiers now held in venezuela, captured after a botched coup attempt to overthrow the communist dictator there. we've got retired army major general robert scales on this developing story. stay right there. ♪. ing to be paying for this for a long time. they will, but with accident forgiveness allstate won't raise your rates just because of an accident, even if it's your fault. cut! sonny. was that good? line! the desert never lies. isn't that what i said? no you were talking about allstate and insurance. i just... when i... let's try again. everybody back to one. accident forgiveness from allstate. click or call for a quote today. we were paying an arm and a leg for postage. i remember setting up shipstation. one or two clicks

world, you know, europe, the free world, is looking to what's happening in china and they don't want to stand for it. so there's going to be sanctions. how this plays out, we don't know. liz: all i can say is let's beat everybody today with this spacex launch, if we can make that happen. we won't have to worry at least when it docomes to that space race. we do want to just mention the nasdaq punching back in and out of positive territory after having lost all the gains earlier, then falling more than 100 points, 195. so we are kind of excited about all that's going on here, if we can hold on at least for the bulls, we might see more green on the screen. closing bell, we are 50 minutes away and make that an hour and about 23 minutes before the big launch, history to be made in the next hour, but it is not just that space x rocket with two astronauts on board that will take flight today. zipline, we told you about this company, it got the green light from the faa to deliver life-saving blood plasma and drugs via drone here in the usa. they have already been doing it in africa. the ceo is here to tell us about the maiden voyage today. it's a fox business exclusive when "the

europe. they would be a very bad idea. very bad idea. but i do think the fed is able to stimulate the economy a lot by enabling an extraordinarily expansionary fiscal policy. liz: david kelly, great to have you. thank you so much. >> happy to be here. liz: i wish the number were a little bit better than 35% contraction, but you're looking at the data, you work with numbers and we will have you back, definitely. >>> dow jones industrials down 102 points, with 49 minutes left before we hear that closing bell. the dream's still alive for draft kings. how is it that the fantasy sports titan is thriving when we're in the midst of an epic live sports drought? in a fox business exclusive, draft kings ceo jason robbins is here next on power plays draft kings is making right now to race ahead with or without the major leagues. wait until you see the stock. >>> the president meeting with african-american leaders right now. he just said that the army corps of engineers is galvanized to help with flooding in michigan after that huge dam broke, threatening many businesses and homes. president trump also saying there may have been mistakes made down the line. we will get mo