to does the broader global affect of coronavirus, i'm joined by david miliband, the former british foreign don't know where to start, but i think when the world looks back, not just on this coronavirus, but really the last decade, it will be a stain, a very, very dark stain on humanity, the way we have treated the world's refugees, and that was before coronavirus. before the world's forgotten populations might be ravaged by an infection that refugee camps and refugees in general do not have the ability to fight. >> well, ali, thank you very much for having me on your show. you've introduced this topic extremely well. we're living through a world record displacement of people as a result of war and conflict at the moment. and now coronavirus threatens people without basic health systems and in some places without basic running water. you're right to highlight the challenges in europe, but just imagine, if you haven't got a health system, if you don't have running water, how much bigger the challenge is. and i'm very proud of the 13,000 employees of the international rescue committee, we're

david miliband. [ applause ] >> thank you very much, jon, thank you, jake. good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen. ambassadors, excellencies. also thank you to usaid, who are your partner and also our partner, the office of foreign disaster assistance gives foreign aid a good name. it's a flexible entrepreneurial, committed partner of ours. it's a nice link that they're also partners of yours. i'm afraid that the timing of this event is very, very good for all of the wrong reasons. the situation today in northwest syria is beyond desperate. as i know from our own staff on the ground, life, never mind livelihood, is daily in doubt. as jake referred to, the turkey/russia/syria clashes should underline to all of us that the wider diplomatic vacuum, notable for the absence of coordinated european engagement, notable also, i'm sorry to say, for the absence of the united states, is a real danger not just to humanitarian need but also to wider regional stability. my purpose in making this speech today is in part to bring the humanitarian reality of idlib to washingto

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if my quote to you the former uk foreign secretary david miliband, he says i am afraid it speaks to the living in, there is very little international co—ordination, each country is doing its own thing, fighting for itself, and that heightens the danger. we shouldn't be that negative, there is some co—ordination stopping the g7 has issued a very forceful communication and that was not an easy thing in the circumstances, and that brings me... i've got to stop you, you are clearly a natural born optimist, but donald trump called this the chinese virus. he closed flights from europe without even telling the europeans. you can hardly argue to me that we are seeing successful international co—ordination. are seeing successful international co-ordination. he said that before he finally moved to sign the g7 communique, so you may see that there are a glimpse of hope, but i think that you are right that this is also the sign of times. we have had trade tension, pressure on militarism, difficult international dialogue, and this is naturally reflecting today that they have to do an extra mail and

if my quote to you the former uk foreign secretary david miliband, he says, "i'm afraid it speaks tore living in. there is very little international co—ordination. each country is doing its own thing, fighting for itself, and that heightens the danger." we shouldn't be that negative, there is some co—ordination stopping we shouldn't be that negative, there is some co—ordination. the g7 has issued a very forceful communique, and that was not an easy thing in the circumstances, and that brings me... i've got to stop you, laurence, because you are clearly a natural—born optimist, but donald trump called this the chinese virus the other day. he closed flights from europe without even telling the europeans. you can hardly argue to me that we are seeing successful international co—ordination. he said that before he finally moved to sign the g7 communique, so you may see there a glimpse of hope. but more to the point, i think that you are right that this is also the sign of times. we have had trade tension, pressure on militarism, difficult international dialogue, and this is naturally refl

and i think that some people in the labour party including david miliband who came out and spoke aboutthat there is a big risk that if you choose joe biden, people will see him just as much as a person of the establishment as hillary clinton and against donald trump, that will not work. i think bernie sanders will actually make donald trump a lot more worried. where as you are more doubtful about that analysis. more worried. where as you are more doubtful about that analysislj thinkjoe biden actually will do well. i think hillary clinton alienated a lot of democratic voters the party needed to win. joe biden will be able to win over some of those, those voters voted in droves for donald trump. and i think that you can also win over republicans as well who just can't bear the thought of another four years of donald trump. i think also his coal association with barack obama will attract african—american voters. —— coal association. the other key point is whoever they choose what all potential democrat voters vote for that individual or will they because there was so tied to one person de