>> that was eric williams. >> reporter: eric williams? who was eric williams?longtime attorney with an office right across the street from the courthouse. in 2010, he was elected by the people of kaufman to be justice of the peace. shannon hebert worked with him said he had a sharp legal mind. in fact, he was a member of mensa, the organization for people with super-high iqs. >> he was a great judge. i liked having him in there. i thought he was very fair. >> i mean, everyone respected him. >> reporter: williams, married for 15 years with no kids of his own, was a strong advocate for children and specialized in child abuse cases. lt. jolie stewart often worked with him on those cases. >> how do you think he was perceived amongst his fellow colleagues, other attorneys? >> i think that he had a lot of respect with his peers. he was kind of the go-to guy for family law. >> i know he had a love for children. >> reporter: tera williams-bellemare knows that better than anyone. she's eric's sister. >> he was a good uncle to my kids. never missed their birthdays. i nev

host cell in the process pretty nasty virus there let's bring in deja vu science correspondent eric williams he put that explanation together for us he joins us now derek what are researchers talking about at the moment. well on the prevention and treatment side of things there's been some talk about an attempt to develop a vaccine that oxford in the u.k. the researchers there are 7 if all goes well they could have a viable candidate in production by the end of this year that's a very optimistic forecast pretty much every other expert continues to say we won't be saying about him for at least another 18 months there's also been interest a spike in excitement about possibly treating the disease but in a crude n.t. model a review on medication a lot of. large scale study of that going on in the us this week but with treatment still somewhere down the line a lot of the focus at the moment is on measures that various company comes countries are implementing to try to contain coronavirus spread and to what extent those measures could impact on what's called herd immunity tell us a little bit more

to other prove or disprove that hypothesis at this particular juncture is science correspondent eric williams followed thank thanks very much for the update. as many as 25000000 people worldwide could lose their jobs because of the corona virus outbreak that's the warning from the international labor organization people working in the tourism and service sector will be among the what the worst affected the number of the working poor holding one or more jobs will also increase significantly the united nations agency said it's called for urgent large scale measures to protect workers including paid leave short time allowances and of a subsidy. we are paying central bank has announced a 750000000000 euro bond buying program to help stabilize markets reeling from the fallout of the outbreak it's just one of many stimulus plans announced by policymakers across the developed world. european stocks have shed their gains from earlier in the day the e.c.b. stimulus measures not yet enough to bring calm back to volatile markets. the white house to trying to tame the chaos with enormous stimulus package

for politicians and for all of us society our chief political editor michelle or kitchener and eric williams with us here in studio thank you both very much. well as we've mentioned italy is the worst hit country in europe of the leader of the northern region iran milan has called for stricter measures to be imposed to halt the virus and that comes as the number of dead increases 631 and infections exceeded 10000 officials are calling for public transport in the north to be completely suspended italy is in the 2nd day of a nationwide lockdown. on lockdown its streets on obscured by the usual hordes of 2 lists. the shutters came down at 6 pm as bars and restaurants closed in accordance with new measures to stop the spread of the coronavirus the message is simple stay at home it's advice italians are taking seriously after the number of confirmed cases of covert $1000.00 top $10000.00 and the death toll rose above $600.00 in florence to the normally bustling streets were unusually quiet and for some the financial consequences of the nationwide lockdown are already beginning to bite. from aroun

well let's get more on this from eric williams from d.w. a science political actually political michela who is at our parliament studio so welcome both let's start with you mckayla run us through some of the chancellor's other parts. well it was a rather sober assessment of the situation and she basically told the public that this fire was was now here and that it would be here to stay for some time that there would indeed be more deaths and that this was a situation where the government doesn't really have all the answers yet so that's pretty strong stuff for a country that likes to see the political brand of stability that's you provided bungler machall in place she pretty much echoed the scientists who's pretty much in charge of this the head of the whole box call institute here in germany those recommendations to take care not to have gatherings of more than 1000 people and at the same time to surmising ourselves that she came out of a conference call with e.u. leaders calling for you approach of course also knowing that joint approach will be cut short the tensity just by the very

to other prove or disprove that hypothesis at this particular juncture is science correspondent eric williams follett thank thanks very much for the update. and let's take you to taiwan now which has so far managed to keep its infection right follow of the neighboring countries despite its proximity to china where the for outbreak started weeks ago the island was expected to become the 2nd worst hit region after china but that didn't happen so what did taiwan do right and how is it coping with the ongoing pandemic. kong is in taiwan and sent us this report. surgical masks and goggles have become part of dr who's uniform since the corona virus outbreak began he was among the 1st group of doctors in taiwan to treat suspected patients that was back in january when the virus 1st spread from china across the strait. you know taiwan policy guidance on what islands taiwan is experienced in understanding china we know what is reliable and when we should be skeptical. and because taiwan has long been isolated from the international community we must take more steps ahead of the crisis and use our own

eric williams was the author of that piece he joins me now in studio for more on coronavirus testing i mean 1st of all how big is the gap between the demand for these tests and the availability of these tests well that depends very much on where you are of china has reported that they're now producing and carrying out upwards of one and a half 1000000 tests a day a day a day. a week a week in a week in the course of a week south korea is that would be the next country that has the most number of people there over 100000 people that they've tested so far they've been set up they've set up these drive through centers where you can actually drive your car up and you can get testing from you are tested on your car which is actually helps cut down on the infection rate among the people who are actually conducting the tests. italy is upwards of 20000 tests right now but of course the other big. iran we don't really have a lot of numbers there about the the implication would be that there's not a lot of people getting tested there and interestingly also in the u.s. as we heard earlier in th

science correspondent eric williams he gave us this reminder of the importance of social distance. the thing about social distancing measures is that actually one of the few things that we know will slow infection rates down there's some pretty good evidence from from earlier epidemics and next like the spanish flu pandemic and 9 $118.00 that social distancing really can have an impact on how fast an infection through a population the measures are difficult to enforce of course and they also aren't for free they have huge economic costs but social distancing measures really can help limit exposure and we know medications are vaccines out there at the moment they're going to be key to flattening infection curse in europe and around the world in a flat in the curve they're very important to our science correspondent derek williams they are the days almost on the conversation continues online you'll find us on twitter either if you do you news you can follow me of brant goth t.v. and don't forget to use our hash tag of the day and remember whatever happens between now and then tomorro

live vaccine or even proteins from from from from a virus all right that sounds promising indeed eric williams from reporting for us there thank you derek. let's take a look now at how the spread of virus is having an effect elsewhere in the world amazon is looking for $100000.00 new employees in the u.s. the e-commerce giant is expecting a massive spike in order is due to the corona virus outbreak as a people avoid shopping in brick and mortar stores google facebook and twitter are partnering with tech giants including microsoft apple and others in an effort to combat misinformation in light of the coronavirus crisis and a joint statement they have promised to elevate authoritative news on their platforms and work against the spread of fake news. and the italian government says it will nationalize the country's air carrier alitalia a new state controlled company will take over the bankrupt airline alitalia was struggling long before the outbreak its takeover is part of a wider government stimulus package. volkswagen is about to shatter most of its european plants as a coronavirus pandemic dis

and that was my colleague eric williams reporting and he's here with me in the studio from science department so why is it taking so long to develop a vaccine well what's interesting actually is that we have a lot of fundamental knowledge about how to go about developing a vaccine from the experiences that we've had with coronaviruses before with stars in 2003 with mers in 2012 there were already programs in place there's been a lot of fundamental knowledge that's been gained about how to go about developing and but there are these bottlenecks in the process that it's impossible to accelerate you cannot you just can't make them go any faster than 1st of all you have to test it in animals and it's not easy to find the animals to test it and because not every animal is going to react to this corona virus in the way that we do so that's the 1st major hurdle that you have to get past then you have to test it for safety and that's a really really big step you don't want to make things worse by developing a product that is it could possibly cause major problems for people when you inject it into th

science correspondent eric williams welcome derek. got scientists excited was actually developed to fight it both to tell us more about it. well the boat the drug is called rent does appear and it was originally to designed to in the fight against the older but it actually didn't prove terrifically effectively effective against people of what it did prove to be more effective against were coronaviruses they tested it against sars and murders and it and it works by messing up a very basic level with replication of the virus that's the effective mechanism for it the good thing about this particular drug in the reason they're sort of moving they're not trying to develop drugs from scratch because that takes far too long instead they're looking for existing drugs that have already jumped through some or all of the existing regulatory kind of hoops and and rendez if you're has proven safe and that's a big step forward and now they're testing it it's and i think 5 different clinical tests that will be going on through april in 5 different p

and will also provide them with some kind of immunity at least theoretically for a while right eric williams from d.w. science thank you so much. now it's being billed in rome as the exhibition of the year and organizers hope it won't fall victim to the coronavirus contagion a 3 month show dedicated to the works of renaissance master raphael is opening in the eternal city and it is the biggest of its kind ever. it's one of the most eagerly anticipated shows of the year this carried our crew in our low museum pre-sold around $70000.00 tickets before dawes even opened. 120 works by roughly 0 have been assembled from the collections of many major museums around the world. florence is museum as a major contributor its director put a positive spin on the risk that visitor numbers could be down due to the corona virus outbreak. we really want to have all these crowds and this expression. there will be met as it was because it's a unique opportunity but if you actually can get through to the paintings up with us nothing wrong about. the pictures visitors may be able to get closer to include the fam

eric williams is superintendentn of loudon virginia schools. >> we have lots of two-parent working familiesd many of whom don't have significant flexibility in terms of taking off and in order to care for. their childr and so this was a consideration. but at the end of the day, we need to make our decision based on student and staff safety. >> nawaz: and for the first time today, a delay in the 2020 election cycle. here louisiana's secretary o state. >> today, i ha certified that a state of emergency exists, and requested that the governor issue an executive order postponing the elections safe and secure elections also means safety to the people of louisiana. that's why i signed the certification. >> nawaz: as england announced a year-long delay in its local elections, world health organization officials reiterated that all of europe remains at high risk. >> europe is now the epicenter. more cases are now being reported everyday than were reported in china at the height of its epidemic. >> nawaz: in italy, another grim benchmark, as infections soared by more than 2,500 cases to more deaths

reserve officials hinting at the possibility of additional federal reserve rate action john williams and eric rosengran want to see some policy action, but suggesting that the federal reserve is not done. here's john williams,frist moments ago. >> essential banks, including the fed, have an important role to play side by side with the health care response, with fiscal authorities central banks have an important role, both in providing support for the economy in pursue of our due all man dade goals obviously also in supporting effective functioning of financial markets and financial stability. >> eric rosengran had earlier said the fed needs to think about using additional tools those would include, for example, a wider array of asset purchases beyond just treasuries and agency-backed securities but finally sid there are places or parts of this issue, this crisis that's going on, where fiscal tools can be more effective. both suggesting the market may not be wrong coming up in a couple weeks, depending on the trajectory of this virus >> steve, it sounds like they're spooked. it sounds like wha

williams. later dispute wheelhouse congressman joe kennedy. congressman eric swalwell to talk about impeachment, veteran journalist this wallace, political strategist scott jennings and many other scholars and leaders whose work will inform our views, child in some of our beliefs, and encourage our participation in civic life. with this diversity of speakers we want to highlight different ways by which people can impact issues they care about and help build a a more just and equitae world. tonight asked personifies that idea and remind us that from humble beginnings, far outside the halls of power, all of us can learn from our lived experiencesur and use them to become a force for change. cyntoia alone brown is an author, activist and advocate for criminalut justice reform ad for victims of human trafficking. she was born to a young mother who struggled with a call abuse and who was a victim of sex trafficking. as a teenager cyntoia became a victim of trafficking herself, and at 16 she was arrested for killing a man who solicit her for sex. tried as an adult a