an american president ready to draw some red lines with china, but i believe trump did it in an ineffective you eluded to the democratic disease of always feeling they have to mimic china -- or hard line positions of republicans. the democratic position on trump and china should be trump is a chump. why is that? basically on trade and now on w.h.o. what was the trump position? it was always go it alone. what we should have been doing on trade is signing the tpp agreement, getting the europeans on our side and making the trade agreement between us and china the world against china on the right rules of trade which would leverage all the chinese reformers on our side. instead we made it a fight over trump and xi and who has the biggest tariff. we're doing the exact same thing with w.h.o. it's not smart when you're taking on one-sixth of humanity. you need the other five-sixths of the world on your size. >> zanny, the chinese have revealed something startling, they have no growth target for this year is china always has had a growth target, they met it. and this year they're not announcing a t

he china's been eating our lunch, thank god president trump us stood up to china we are putting tariffs when they cheat going to make them pay for the coronavirus. china told the world the truth, you would not have so many dead americans and people out of work. so, i just admire president trump's willingness to change things. those things that need to be changed when it comes to standing behind those in uniform, he is in the class of ronald reagan. this is a special day for america, it's memorial day, it's how we pay tribute to those who did not make it home. the best we can honor them is to make sure those in the fight have what they need and make our country worth dying for. >> that is so well said you are exactly right our thoughts are with everyone out there, family members whose loved ones did not come home, the fight jim fought and died for this country. it is the greatest sacrifice anyone could ever make. thank god we have the great people in our military, the men and women who fight for this country every day. that is why were here that's why we are the greatest country in the w

my view of trump originally in china was that donald trump was not the american president that americansbut was the american president that china deserved. an american president who was ready to rudd r-- draw red line with china but trump did it in an ineffective way. you know, the democratic position on trump and china should be trump is a chump. why is that? basically on trade and now on w.h.o., what was the trump position? it was always to go at it alone. what we should have been doing on trade is signing the tpp agreement, getting the europeans on our side, and making the trade issue between u.s. and china the world against china it would leverage the chinese reformers inside on our side. we made it a fight between trump and xi over who has the biggest tariff and it leveraged all the nationalists in china on xi's side instead of ours. we are doing the same thing with w.h.o. it's not smart when you're taking on one sixth of humanity. you need the others on your side. >> this is all happening when the chinese announced something startling. they have no growth target for this year. that

china, others the u.s. as president donald trump vows to suspepend u.s. fundnding of organization, some say this threatens initiatives and could hahamper efforts to slow down pandemics. the u.s. says it will keep investing in health, including in the search of of a coronavivirus vaccine. annette: in the wake of the threat the e.u. has backed the w.w.h.o. and mull lateral effor to fight the pandemic. telling reporters this is the time for solidarity not the time for finger pointing or undermining global cooperation. watching from afar, as much of the world has been brought to its knees by the coronavirus, african countries are preparing for the worst case scenario. joining me now is rich who is in charge of developing vaccines in africa for the world health organization. thank you for your time. first of all, at this point are we still expecting a vaccine to take a year to 18 months to be developed? rich: . good afternoon, advantage thank you for having us on your show. it's very difficult to predict when a vaccine may be available . r the covid-19 thisis

china. the reason they want trump at fault and not china it make trump to be right.s pretty sick that a party can't admit that a foreign power created this problem and not donaldht trump. >> laura: senator, thank you for joining us and next time, bring a hacksaw and one of those tool belts, okay? all right, will talk to you soon. coming up, new details on what could be tara reade's complaint against joe biden and will we ever get to see the actual documents. raymond arroyo is here to break it down. "seen and unseen" is next. ♪ the actual documents. raymond arroyo is to break it i got this mountain bike for only $11. dealdash.com, the fair and honest bidding site. an ipad worth $505, was sold for less than $24; a playstation 4 for less than $16; and a schultz 4k television for less than $2. i won these bluetooth headphones for $20. i got these three suitcases for less than $40. and shipping is always free. go to dealdash.com right now and see how much you can save. ♪ >> laura:: all right, time for the "seen and unseen" segment where we expose the big cultural stories

china. reporter: mr. president, have you spoken -- pres. trump: are you finished? reporter: you want to mediate between india and china on this issue. pres. trump: i would do that i would do that, if they thought it would help if i were the mediator or arbiter, i would do that. reporter: have you spoken to the family of george floyd, yet? pres. trump: i haven't but i feel very, very badly. very shocking sight. bill and i were talking about it before. it's one of the reasons bill is here right now. as you know we're very much involved. i've asked the attorney general, the f.b.i. and the attorney general, to take a very strong look and see what went on. that was a very bad thing that i saw. saw it last night, didn't like it. reporter: do you think those police officers should be prosecuted? pres. trump: i'm not going to make any comment but i think what i saw was not good. very bad. reporter: are you definitively staying in the u.s.-china trade deal? pres. trump: we'll be announcing what we're doing tomorrow with respect to china. and we are not happy with china. we a

colleague spoke to joseph gregory mahoney a professor of politics at the east china university who is not surprised by trump's decision. it's part of a longstanding trend where some never misses an opportunity to hit china and in fact although this is being. framed as the end of kong in fact hokum was already being treated as part of china by the trump administration was already suffering in many respects some of the trade work so this is really not that that big of a development. it's a dramatic statement but it was expected i think at this point we really ought to understand that anything that hurts china for tom kong and anything that hurts hong kong hurts china hong kong's position over time has always been in large measure even when it was part of the u.k. with its closeness and ability to work with china even even during the

china. the reason they want trump at fault and not china it make trump to be right.pretty sick that a party can't admit that a foreign power created this problem and not donald trump. >> laura: senator, thank you for joining us and next time, bring a hacksaw and one of those tool belts, okay? all right, will talk to you soon. coming up, new details on what could be tara reade's complaint against joe biden and will we ever get to see the actual documents. raymond arroyo is to break it all down. "seen and unseen" is next. ♪ so what's going on? i'm a talking dog. the other issue. oh... i'm scratching like crazy. you've got some allergic itch with skin inflammation. apoquel can work on that itch in as little as 4 hours, whether it's a new or chronic problem. and apoquel's treated over 7 million dogs. nice. and... the talking dog thing? is it bothering you? no... itching like a dog is bothering me. until dogs can speak for themselves, you have to. when allergic itch is a problem, ask for apoquel. apoquel is for the control of itch associated with allergic dermatitis and t

the approach president trump has taken is helping china achieve four big strategic objectives. rst, weakening our alliances. sees are voluntary alliances as a source of strength for us and a weakness for them. president trump has taken a sledgehammer to our alliances and they are in much worse shape than they were when he came to office. our administration has left a leadership vacuum around the world that china is too happy to fill. we see that even in the world health organization, which for all its problems and need for reform is nonetheless an important organization. we have abandoned it. china is filling the vacuum. that is the way for china to expand its influence in the united states to lose influence. third, this administration has given beijing free reign when it , the to human rights leaders in what amounts to concentration camps, as well as cracking down on democracy in hong kong and ratcheting up tensions with taiwan without a word from president trump. finally, when it comes to investing in our own future and under investing in our own democracy, we have seen this a

china and for the u.s. but other than that we love each other. trump was buoyant tough to so i mean what was being called a phase one trade deal with china easing tensions have made a long running trade war to trump himself it started even as the covert $1000.00 outbreaks prating february trip was still flattering xi jinping running for very hard labor last night out of character for the president he. would talk about mostly about the coronavirus they were really hard and i think they're doing a very professional job but soon the outbreak hit the united states with full force . new york became one of the worst hot spots in the world and the trumpet ministration came under massive fire for failing in its response. at the same time evidence was mounting that china hadn't been open about the early days of the outbreak losing crucial time that could have saved lives and speculation even crew about whether a special laboratory in blue harm was the source of the virus so as the political pressure has intensified on the trumpet ministration donald trump has s

coming weeks and to decide whether to terminate that go all together and that could mean war on china now trump was asked about this and asked about whether he thinks that china is following through with their end of the deal take a listen to what he said. do hopefully they're going to keep the deal we'll see they may they may not going to fund. the state department also confirm that it is in the process of turbo charging this plan for the u.s. to move back on its reliance on china's manufacturing supply and they say that they're doing this because they want to work with what they describe as friendly nations so rachel how is china responded to the latest comments from the u.s. well china has denied these accusations from the u.s. specifically withheld information about the coronavirus in order to hoard medical supplies and we're responding to those comments from secretary of state the koran a virus may have come from a lab and will harm a spokesperson for china's foreign ministry. was quote making up lies and accused him of failing to keep his story straight take a listen to her response. the

and china signed phase one of the trade deal just this week president trump now threatened to go she the other if china didn't fulfill its promise to buy $250000000000.00 in goods then you have the coronavirus putting a halt to just about everything do you see trump having some leverage here over china and these trade talks. i think they always do i think china is in a corner of themselves right now because they are not only us is putting pressure on them but they're also getting pressure from japan they're getting pressure from australia and also europe right now so they're looking to put out fires as quickly as possible around the globe the geo political far as i'm referring to i think one of the things that we're looking at here i think the blame game around the covert narrative is going to continue it looks to be almost an election grandstanding opportunity with president trump here round the curtain just looking to storm the election stage again so we think this is going to continue to be in the news but how harmful this really plays out for the markets really depends on how chin

president donald trump is expected to announce shortly his administration's response to china over its decision to introduce national security legislation for hong kong. >> we'll be announcing what we're doing tomorrow with respect to china, and we are not happy with china. >> trump plans to hold a news conference on friday. observers say the row between washington and beijing is most likely to intensify if trump announces harsh measures. china's congress on thursday approved the security legislation plan, which is desisigned to crcrack down on anti-government t activities in hong kong. concerns are spreading in hong kong that the adopted plan would undermine the territory's autonomy. the move has also triggered an international uproar with many voicing concerns that it would weaken the one country/two systems framework. trtrump's top economic adviser, larry kudlow said, quote, we can't let this go unnoticed ana theyey will be held accountable for r that. "t"the new york times" quoted senior u.s. government officials as saying trump is considering a plan to revoke the visas of f thousa

permanent unless it commits to improvements within 30 days it uses the body of being a puppet of china trumps ultimatum to the w.-h. ok moments after he revealed his taking a drug that health experts warn could have fatal side effects. president donald trump is so confident in the drug he himself dubbed a game changer against covert 19 that he himself takes one pill of hydroxy chloroquine with zinc every morning object and hydroxy dryer went right have a. couple of weeks ago started to get it because i think it's kind of had a lot of good stories and if it's not good i'll tell you right doctor to get heard but it's been around for 40 years from malaria for a loop as for other things the president unsolicited admission came at the end of a winding press conference next to restaurant executives about reopening the country what do you have to lose ok what do you have to learn that's despite no evidence of the drug working to prevent infection and own food and drug administration warning against using hydroxy chloroquine to treat covert outside of an emergency hospital setting a leading governmen

china. it has not been -- trump administration has put in place in china. those been spared impacts. ke pompeo says hong kong no longer enjoys autonomy. those options are on the table for president trump. does have to see what he when he takes to the podium. china says it is going to respond with its own countermeasures, and that include -- could include a list of countermeasures, which could see the market share reduced or options for chinese policymakers to restrict their access here. matt: hey tom, u.k. foreign secretary dominic raab is possibly opening a path to citizenship, british citizenship for hong kong residents. does that change anything? is anybody worried about an outflow of hong kong citizens to the u.k.? tom: well, i don't think it's going to change. if the fanciful -- it would be fanciful to think it was going to change the security law. the u.s. was the signatory prior to the hong kong. but now the realities of britain's weakened position on the world stage it means these don't carry a lot of weight in beijing. but there is now discussion within hong kong about what p

think it's going to have a very good ending for us. >> and as he is pushing a trade deal with china, trumps of president xi in glowing terms. >> president xi loves the people of china, he loves his country, and he's doing a very good job with a very, very tough situation. >> then the american president tweets to thank china for its transparency. >> come here. >> days later one of trump's top china trade officials would write a memo warning the virus could become a pandemic. still trump downplayed the danger. january 23rd, finally the order comes down from beijing, lock down wuhan. now the city where the virus began will be cut off from the world. >> all the flights, all the trains, all the highways, all the busses. >> crowds swarmed train stations and airports. residents who may carry the infection are given a few hours to leave. cnn correspondent david culver is in wuhan as thousands are fighting to get out. >> this gives you an idea of how seriously people are taking this idea to leave wuhan and get out before public transportation is strictly limited. >> as the city turns into a ghost t

. >> pelley: initially, president trump praised china. but in the following weeks, testing in the u.s. failed to catch up to the need, vital equipment was short, bodies filled refrigerated trailers, and science was continuously challenged. >> trump: then i see the disinfectant, where it knocks it out in a minute-- one minute-- and, is there a way we can do something like that, by injection? >> pelley: as the u.s. led the world in illness and death, the white house moved the focus to the chinese government. last sunday, secretary of state mike pompeo attempted to resurrect a debunked theory that the virus was man-made in china. >> mike pompeo: look, the best experts so far seem to think it was manmade. i have no reason to disbelieve that t this point. >> pelley: he did have reason. days before, the director of national intelligence said there was "wide scientific consensus" the virus was not man-made. >> raddatz: your office of the d.n.i. says the consensus, the scientific consensus, was "not manmade or genetically modified." >> pompeo: t

china did? president trump has warned this about china. took actions. when the world health organization told us youth can't get it from human to human, the president shut down the flightst from china coming in. the democrats attacked him for that for a month later almost, you had nancy pelosi telling everybody to come together. >> laura: you are my did congressman. i've only got about 30 seconds here. speaking closely, she has said now, emerged from pacific heights, whatever the heck she is, you will be hearing -- be able to hear from testimony from the hhs's former assistant secretary, the whistle-blower, next week. i don't know if she'll grace us with her presence or teleport, i have no idea. but what of that? >> why would they want to allow that was a blower to come forward and not the whistle-blower before?m adam schiff when he wanted to do all the impeachment, concerned about that whistle-blower to be protected to come forward, then he denied it. they only want to look at problems and t set of solutionsr they won't even have congress work. today i

just to be less interested in making progress with china trump has been less vocal about the aggressive police response to pro-democracy protests in hong kong but the state department says with a new national security law set to be imposed by mainland china the territory of hong kong no longer enjoys a high degree of autonomy and thus no longer deserves special treatment well my guess is that the trumpet administration would like to deter china from going ahead with with passing this law sanctions on hong kong would be harmful to mainland china but suffering the most would be the people of hong kong themselves after months of brutal police crackdowns and a pandemic that's put its economy on thin ice the island is now squeezed between beijing's promise of even harsher security crackdowns and washington's threat to undermine its prosperity. hi joe castro al-jazeera washington well our correspondent katrina you now joins us from beijing katrina so today is effectively a rubber stamping process for this storm despite all the opposition we've seen that's right voting seems determined to go a

campaign strategists are counting on the fact that bashing china will be popular and will when president trump thoughts and the republicans are fearful that geo political power dynamics are shifting and not to their advantage the international order as we have known it for 30 years is breaking. now imperialist china seeks to remake the world in its own image and to bin the global economy to its own will. and in washington over the pandemic but also plenty of fear the. top spot as the world's superpower. and here's a brief look at some other coronavirus developments more than 5300000 people have been infected globally and almost 350000 have died from the disease that's according to johns hopkins university in the united states china has announced 3 new infections after reporting none yesterday for the 1st time since it started gathering data in january india plans to organize trains to get at least 3600000 migrant workers stranded back home as fresh coronavirus cases hit the country and in the u.s. new york has reported its lowest 19 death toll in weeks its total of 84 deaths on friday was the

lou: president trump taking decisiven china. stration is, as of now, beginning to confront the chinese about their lies, their deception, their cover-up and intentional congresses decision not -- conscious decision not to warn anyone of the deadly wuhan virus contagion that it unleashed on the world. here's what president trump had to say over the past hour. >> we had a great success going. things were really going along, and then china gave us a wonderful gift, okay? and it wasn't pretty. what -- it came out of china, just in case you had any questions. the whole world became infected by this horrible thing that they unleashed one way or the other. they could have stopped it at the source, and they chose not to. they need to be held responsible for a what they've done. they have hurt the world very, very badly. they've hurt themselves also, but they've hurt the world very, very badly. yeah, they should be held responsible. lou: held responsible for unleashing the deadliest contagion in almost a century. in response, the chinese

china as actions as prudence and the u.s. as our game implying the u.s. coronavirus crisis was homegrown trumps response with a storm of tweets denying that china had adequately warned the us and the queues in beijing of launching a propaganda attack he dubbed the virus a plague from china and said it was quote world wide killing but it was in washington suspect that a call and calculated strategy is behind trump's apparent outburst american attitudes toward china as several recent polls have shown are very negative and trending even more negative and so i think that trump's campaign strategists are counting on the fact that bashing china will be popular and will when president trump thoughts and the republicans are fearful the geo political power dynamics are shifting and not to their advantage the international order as we have known it for 30 years is breaking. now imperialist china seeks to remake the world in its own image and to bin the global economy to its own will anger then in washington over the pandemic but also plenty of fear that china could soon knock the u.s. up the top spot as

china did? you know what, president trump has warned us about china, he took action. while the world health organization told us that you could not get it from human to human, the president shut down the flight from china coming in. the democrats attacked him for that. a month later almost you had nancy pelosi telling everybody to come together. >> laura: you reminded me of something, congressman. speaking of pelosi -- i only have 30 seconds here -- he has said now, she emerged from wherever the heck she is to say that you will be hearing -- be able to hear from testimony from the hhs former assistant secretary, the whistle-blower next week. i don't know if she's going to grace us with her present or if she's going to teleport, i have no idea. but what if that? >> why would they allow that one whistle-blower to come forward and not the whistle-blower from before? adam schiff when he wanted to do all the impeachment, he was very concerned about that whistle-blower being protected, to actually come forward and then he denied it. they only want to look at problems instea

president donald trump celebrated with his 1st round of golf since the pandemic broke out. in china the director of the one institute of viral a-g. has dismissed as quote pure fabrication claims by u.s. president donald trump that the covert 1000 virus a leak from a lab trump has often referred to the pathogen as the quote china virus sour in his relationship with chinese president xi xi jinping rather even before the coronavirus endemic washington in beijing were trading insults particularly when it came to their ongoing trade war but now the relationship between the world's 2 largest economies has turned even icier than ever. the world's term most powerful men are at loggerheads over the pandemic there's no love lost between she and trump but it's not just artists painting a terrible picture of relations between beijing and washington. i think that the u.s. china relationship is worse than it has been at any time since the tiananmen massacre of june 1989 and it is really in rapid freefall i don't know where the bottom actually is and i think as we go into the election season into

president donald trump said he will announce you -- new policies in china. it follows beijing's attempt to impose security measures in hong kong. this has further exacerbated tensions between the two world's largest economies. great to have you with us. what are we actually expecting trump to announce? >> there is a spectrum of options in terms of how far president trump wants to go to punish as you say china over this security loss of hong kong. he could take a targeted approach, looking at visa restrictions for certain officials, freezing assets for certain officials in hong kong and beijing. he could go further, looking at putting tariffs in place for removing completely the special trading status hong kong has enjoyed since 1992. goseems more likely he will down the targeted route, but we will not know until he gets up in front of the podium and addresses the press. china has said we will hit back with countermeasures and we will probably expect beijing to respond fairly quickly after this announcement from trump depending on what actions he goes for. nej

let's remember that, right now, china has become a popular political football. president trump is trying to rewrite his own history on china. his placating of president xi jinping. his parroting of chinese propaganda on things like the pro-democracy protests. he referred to them as riots last summer. really, a chinese propaganda point. he is trying to rewrite history and look tough on china because he's been so criticized for his coronavirus response here, at home, he's been trying to scapegoat china and, again, rewrite his own personal narrative. so he has a political imperative to be tough on china, not to mention the geopolitical one, so far as china is really forging ahead with degrading the one country, two systems, framework. and feeling more emboldened more generally. and the economic reality that doing something serious, like revoking hong kong's special status, would have economic implications at a time when he is really trying to point to economic recovery as a key campaign talking point. >> yeah. it's one thing to criticize china on twitter. it's another thing to act

for trying to cover up the outbreak china's foreign ministry has already hit back accusing trump of trying to mislead the public in order to smear china. with us now from singapore is professor david fisher he was in china this year as part of a double team to look at china's coronavirus response professor fisher who had praised china for the way it reacted to the crisis and now it's being called a puppet of china by donald trump is the chinese puppet. not by any stretch of the imagination the w.i. joe's an evidence based organization the takes darter and analyze it and makes decisions based on that. it couldn't afford to behaving with any sort of favoritism to any country but then it's quite a journey just a few months back the dublin ritual was praising china for its response you're in fact part of the team that was on the ground in just a few months later no it is the target of criticism from the united states for essential me not being hard enough on china. well there's no reason to be hard on on any country i don't think we should all be in this together. cha alan view is al

and china signed phase one of the trade deal just this week president trump now threatened to negotiations altogether if china didn't fulfill its promise to buy 2 $150000000000.00 in goods when you have the coronavirus putting a halt to just about.

also -- >> china's been taking advantage of the united states for many, many years. >> the trump administrationeems headed towards a cold war with china richard haass, a republican and adviser to three presidents explains why this is a dangerous strategy. >>> and how to live life after the lockdown. doctor, author and "new yorker" staff writer, atul gawande, gives us his prescriptions, ones that have been tested and work. >>> finally the french have come a long way from the long-favored line "let them eat cake." so what are they encouraging now? stay tuned and find out. >>> but first, here's my take. if anyone thought a global pandemic that has so far killed more than 85,000 americans who would override the country's partisan divide, think again. it turns out that democrats are significantly more likely than republicans to believe that the pandemic is serious and follow cdc guidelines. preliminary studies using cell phone data show people in more republican areas of the country have been moving around more than in democratic areas. this has led many to wonder why partisanship has become so stro

china. reporter: this is about reframg an electio that has been reshaped by the pandemic. president trump'sitical alliesave rebranded his opponent, joe biden, as "beijing biden," sayin he is too soft on china. they had beeplanning to campaign on e economy, but that has tanked. mr. biden's team has hit back. >> now we are paying the price. reporter: ausing mr. trump of trying to deflect attention away from the mistakes he made in handling the pandemic. for both men, it is about leadership, especially as holes show that distrust of china here is at an all-time high. tlesther trump has recupped the ante, accusing beijing of helping him lose the election, saying he will make them pay for the coronavirus disaster. president trump: we are doing serious investigations and we are not happy with chi, were not happy with that whole situation. stopped at the source, stopped quickly, and it will not have spread around the world. reporter: china has strongly denied the charges and tensions are rising in what ialready a difficult relationship. you ve the world's two biggest economies facing off, two diff

presidentlearning trump had discussed targeting china's financial sector through sanctions and trade licy in retaliation for beijing's move to curb hong kong's autonomy. joining us for the latest is our reporter. what are we expecting president trump to say? >> we heard the announcement will come at 2:00 p.m. we don't know exactly what he will say but he has discussed a lot of options. still a lot of time between when he comes out. we have heard he is discussing targeting china's financial sector through sanctions and trade policy to retaliate against asians move to curb hong kong's autonomy. we are also expecting to hear something about unspecified visa restrictions on chinese travelers. some of these ideas have been floating around, but it is alreadyf he hasn't begun to punish china in these areas, trade. what can be done in the immediate term to make this work with china? >> there are some narrow, targeted measures to hit the financial sectors, to force china to come to terms with the fact that it is reliant on hubng china as a financial or asia. would love tos have that same lever

china. let's speak to our north america correspondent, david willis. donald trumpt to the bottom of what he said, clearly targeting china but what did he say in relation to these laboratories? he says he has seen evidence, intelligent estimates that this virus may have originated in that wuhan laboratory, the wuhan institute of virology. president trump said he had a high degree of confidence, as he put it, that that had been the origin of coronavirus but it would not be drawn on precise detail of that. he said the virus could either have spilt out accidentally or the chinese may have been content to allow it to slip out and spread. us intelligence earlier issued a statement today that they had concluded this was not a genetically modified or man—made virus is therefore ruling out that it was a potential biological weapon but those same intelligence officials have not ruled out the possibility that it could indeed have originated in a laboratory such as the wuhan institute for virology stop president trump is that if that is found to be the case, china was negligen

trump? does he want to maintain focus on china? he is desperate to pin the blame on this on the chinese and, indeed, in the last few days he has had some pushback from the chinese who have said that he basically wasted time in not tackling it after the first outbreak here in the united states — he wasted time during the month of february. but president trump has raised questions about the death toll in wuhan, he has backed the secretary of state, mike pompeo, who has called for independent experts to go into that laboratory in wuhan and look around, and the president has even made the suggestion that the spread of the coronavirus could have been politically motivated. he said the chinese would do anything they could to stop him from winning the november election. they would prefer, he said, "sleepyjoe" — a reference to his democratic rival, joe biden, because he would be much less tough as far as tariffs and so on were concerned on the chinese. let's get some of the day's other news: health officials in new york have launched an in

trump: thank you very much. reporter: following a heart kidding statement on china, donald trump left the rose garden without makingtatement on the case. as the unrest in minneapolis triggered protests in other cities, america's first black president barack obama issued a statement saying racial injustice had become painfully abnormal. the past has always shaped the president in u.s. race relations. in an country already confronting a health crisis is now in the midst of another racial reckoning. nick bryant, bbc news. anchor: so much pain in minnesota tonight. families across americor morning the 101,000 people that have died from covid-19. in 15 u.s. states, the number of infections is increasing. in new york, the worse seems to be over. the city is onrack to start reopening on june 8. what is america learned? we are joined now by dr. lena ngyuen. thank you for joining us. are we doing enough tests to track the spread and prevent deaths? >> not nearly enough. i cannot believe we keep on talking about this. everyone agrees about the importance of testing. testing is the roadmap to getting our economy safely open a

well look, donald trump is treating china like he isa trump is treating china like he is a matador with involved in an version of attention, a distraction strategy to try and refocus attention on the problems that china had early on, and away from the problems that he had. but even if, even if that is true, aren't there legitimate questions for china to answer? absolutely, absolutely. and the sad thing is that the trump administration is undermining the effort to get real accountability from china by politicising the issue and making it so obvious that this is really motivated by his own political agenda. the chinese have an awful lot to account for in terms of their mishandling of the early stages of the virus. cover—up, failure to be transparent and share real information. but that is not why the united states has had such a catastrophic experience with the virus, and thatis experience with the virus, and that is not, no amount of accountability on the chinese side is going to make up for the problems that the trump administration has caused in oui’ administration has caused in our ow

pension fund assets moving into china. trump is not alone in trying to block that. is is been something that has been dallied about. new tariffsgesting on china given its poor handling of the pandemic, and this isn't good. it certainly builds a bit of a bearish tent toward china and all that is going on on the ground there. --have seen giving revenue we have seen gaming revenue and macau plunge another 100% due to poor travel revenue. time, i feelsame like the conversation as we move out of this is going to be about supply chains. . you want to get some closer to home, regardless of trade issues, and now you have that public enemy number one conversation coming back up. michael: certainly there was momentum away from china in terms of supply chains, but not necessarily into the united states. a lot of people looking at countries like mexico, where costs are lower, but you are still very close to the u.s., so the supply chain isn't as much of an issue. now we are seeing more talk of supply chains moving into the u.s. in terms of vital industries. , certainly more peop

this is what president trump had to say about china, a little earlier.we signed a trade deal where they're supposed to buy — and they have been buying a lot, actually — but that now becomes secondary to what took place with the virus. the virus situation is just not acceptable. and it's not acceptable what happened. it came out of china, and it's not acceptable what happened. and now what we're doing, jim, is we are finding out how it came out. different forms, you know, you've heard different things, you've heard three or four different concepts as to how it came out. we should have the answer to that in the not—too—distant future and that will determine a lot how i feel about china. 0ur north america correspondent, david willis, has more on trump's suggestion that the virus may have originated in a laboratory in wuhan. he says he has seen evidence, as he put it, intelligent estimates that this virus may have originated in that wuhan laboratory, the wuhan institute of virology. president trump said he had a high degree of confidence, as he put it, that

china or from a lab or elsewhere that the news conference he also reaffirmed the official view that the virus was probably natural and not made that's an old slow with recent repeated remarks from president trump and secretary of state might pump a 0 who insist china is to blame one way or another it's not the only discrepancy there is kind of explains. theories pushed by u.s. officials claiming that somehow the virus originated in a laboratory in han are not getting supported by key u.s. allies it's now emerged that new data collected by the united states canada new zealand australia and the united kingdom the countries that make up the so-called 5 eyes is shedding doubt on the idea that the virus originated in a laboratory we think it's highly unlikely it was an accident it is highly likely it was naturally occurring and that the human infection was from natural human and animal interaction the 5 eyes is an alliance set up to share top secret data this weekend australia's daily telegraph published what it called a 15 page leaked dasi a compiled by the 5 eyes that was supposed to back up claims that the virus originated in a laboratory now the report gathered a lot of attention but intelligen

china describes mr trump's comments as a smear campaign and accuses him of shirking america's responsibilities to the w.h.o. final decision. even before trump had issued his insane. a letter to the world health organization it was clear he was about to attack. and i think they've done a. very sad job in the last period of time and again the united states pays them $450000000.00 a year china pays them $38000000000.00 a year and they're a puppet of china. china centric to put it nicer but they're a puppet of china those comments at a white house event were quickly followed by a trump tweet he links to a letter accusing the w.h.o. of making a series of missteps over its response to the pandemic in it he warns that if the world health organization does not commit to major substantial improvements within the next 30 days i will make my temporary freeze of united states funding to the w.h.o. permanent and reconsider our membership in the organization trumps ultimatum came just a few hours after the w.h.o. announced a