that's why biologist hanna rosin and her colleague cora shout out like to get an early start they're looking for traces of the biggest predator here a leopard that's considered the spirit of the current. they look pretty good the flagship species so it's very important it's on top predator so it's on top of the food chain. the persian leopard is virtually invisible people who live here in the mountains of countdown know with the leopard but furry few have ever seen it. even hanna rosin who's been working and doing research here for years now has never encountered a leopard in the wild that's why they use camera traps. so this is the wild growth. and we get a lot of pictures of them on our camera trance which is a good. indicator of the prey and a bit of an apology for the persian offered this is one of the reasons why we get a person like reduction. it seems this morning we've got a lot of pictures of mammals different mammal species and also a lot of birds we have. the wild goat. we have. the gray wolf jackal fox wild cats the asiatic wildcats as well. the leopards have to compete w

after a few minutes the gunman there and hanna turned to his friend said that. for the. i tried to leave i tapped him 2 or 3 times and said let's go then i looked up and saw the blood coming out of his head and is. at this bar where 4 of the 10 victims were killed people are in mourning at the same time questions are being asked and demands articulated. the state has to protect citizens like us but efforts have to be stepped up to fight prejudice pro-democracy campaigns are good but not enough. demonstrators have been on the streets of homs for days demanding more protection for people with migrant backgrounds and the places they meet and people are ready to push back against racist rhetoric. just seen again we need to make sure that the voice of people affected is heard people who could be murdered tomorrow people hit by racism mentioned they have to be heard. and some voices calling for organized self-defense are also growing louder that isn't supported by these people directly affected by the hand over time. you have to say this is a country with laws if everyone star

analysis now from us here is mike hanna who is live for us in washington d.c. so 758 new coronavirus deaths in the last 24 hours. mike the governor says that he wants to open up new york again as far as the economy is concerned but he has to be smart about it. yes indeed in the background you can hear the bells from washington churches on this easter sunday a joyous occasion for many christians around the world but a sad sound on this day where many are sheltering in their homes alone yes we heard there from the governor of new york state andrew cuomo earlier when he was speaking in a in upstate new york town a small town he spoke there because the hospital in that town had donated ventilators to another hospital downstate and the governor talking about this as an example of how those in new york are helping each other in this time of crisis we also heard from governor cuomo about the figures within new york state now as we stated repeatedly new york state the epicenter of the virus and the governor there making very clear that it is now a very certain that the

barbara: mike hanna with the latest from washington, d.c. thank you for that.'s get back into the news conference which is still going on with donald trump. he is now taking questions. let's listen. pres. trump: we want to open up. we want to get it open soon. maybe we are getting to the very top of the curve. i spoke with governor cuomo and he seems to think that he is getting close. i think a lot of people think a lot of places are getting close. they want to start hitting the down side and i think we will be doing that. this will be a very difficult week. this week will be a very difficult week because that is the most -- when you are at that top position. we will see what happens. >> what can the federal government todo? pres. trump: it has done a lot and it will do a lot. with this stimulus, we can maybe -- maybe even beyond, we are going to do perhaps notastructure which would have gotten approved before. we are paying zero interest or close to zero interest. in some cases, we are paying actually zero, no interest charge, and the dollar is very strong, an

that's the highest number in the world that speak to one or 2 of our correspondents this our mike hanna standing by for us in washington d.c. with the latest in the u.s. but 1st let's go to. london so prime minister boris johnson marion is out of hospital but he won't be going back to work just yet. no that's right he will continue his recovery at checkers which is the prime minister's country residence we were expecting this to happen we knew that boris johnson had left the intensive care ward to move to the general ward it's in thomas's hospital on thursday evening by friday he was already in touch with his fiance but it is interesting that message that he posed on social media with his characteristic enthusiasm and good humor is very interesting that he said that it was it could have gone either way because that really reflects the reflected the the shock and the concern about the prime minister's help when the news broke that he had gone into intensive care there were really fears the prime minister's life particularly what it could mean for the decision making and whether it would

failed in this basic duty and must be held accountable let's get more on this now from mike hanna who is live for us in washington d.c. mike this is a major development trump really making some serious accusations. well president trying has been highly critical of the w.h.o. in the past but certainly this criticism was unprecedented coming from the head of state directed at a world organization which has been on the frontline of the pandemic the fight against this particular pandemic perhaps the most astonishing statement by president trump that the w. h. o. is responsible for a 20 fold increase in the amount of deaths in the pen that make because it did not carry out its basic functions he reiterated his anger at the w.h.o. advising against travel bans at a time that he imposed a limited restriction on flights from china within the united states he also said that the w.h.o. did not cost on the enough information from china it also except assurances given by chinese authorities at face value he claims and this information would have helped end or at least contain the breakout of the p

that's why biologist hanna rosin and her colleague corner shout out like to get an early start they're looking for traces of the biggest predator here a leopard that's considered the spirit of the character. a deliberate it's a flash of species so it's very important it's on top predator so it's on top of the food chain. the persian leopard is virtually invisible people who live here in the mountains of colorado know with the leopard but furry few have ever seen it. even hanna rosin who's been working and doing research here for years now has never encountered a leopard in the wild that's why they use camera traps. so this the wild growth. we get a lot of pictures of them on our camera charts which is a good. indicator of the prey and availability for the persian heard this is one of the reasons why we get a person like that actually. it seems this morning we've got a lot of pictures of mammals different mammal species and also a lot of birds we have. the wild goat. we have. the gray wolf jackal fox wild cats. the leopards have to compete with wolves for their prey and occasionally oth

mike hanna joins us from washington. what were the highlights of the press conference, mike? mike: it was a somber president trump once again sharing his emotional reaction to seeing those scenes of the epicenter of the outbreak around around the hospital in -- around the hospital in new york, close to where president trump grew up. seeing those scenes played a major role in his decision to extend the lockdown in the united states. just days ago he had been proposing things could possibly be lifted by easter, april 12. added anly he has extra month, saying the lockdown will continue until the 30th of april. very somber indeed. this is what president trump said. to beant every american prepared for the hard days that lie at. we are going to go through a very tough two weeks, and then hopefully, as the experts are going tog, we are start seeing light at the end of the tunnel, but this is going to be a very painful, very, very painful two weeks. fauci, iing to dr. suppose it is important to get a positive matches -- positive message across to americans. the doctor said that over

mike hanna joined us from washington.e, the latest numbers, talk us through the significant of them in the u -- significance of them in the u.s.. mike: it is a massive amount, more than one million infections reached during the course of this afternoon. president trump continues to insist the country is doing well , saying more tests are being conducted in the test than any other country, twice as many as any country in the world, as the president claimed. but many health officials and governors insist there is not enough testing. one example of this was at a veterans home in massachusetts, where it has been reported that more than 70 veterans have died of the virus. this is the biggest single outbreak in an elderly facility throughout the united states. staffber -- as many as 81 members have tested positive. there are another 80 inhabitants of the home who have tested positive. there governed -- the governor of massachusetts is looking into this. local prosecutors are considering legal proceedings. but it does go to show

against the pandemic let's bring in mike hanna who's been watching this as i'd like quite a tirade against the world health organization and and it isn't decision to suspend their funding well very sharp and strong criticism of the world health organization including the startling claim that the world health organization is responsible for a 20 fold increase in the number of deaths from the corona virus basically president trump said that the u.s. is suspending all funding pending a review of how the w.h.o. has operated during this period in cook using it often not being transparent often not following in terms of providing information it has received from countries such as china. that the w.h.o. failed in its attempts to defeat or to beat back this pandemic so very very strong words of criticism from president trump very strong allegations in terms and i'm like mike let's just listen back into president trance states is far more i.c.u. beds per capita than any other nation. we have $34.00 i.c.u. beds per 100000 people which is the best there is compared with roughly $12.00 beds per 100000

our reading of the pretty projections is we're somewhere in the 7 day range while mike hanna joins us now live from washington d.c. to get the latest on events happening in the states mike the number of deaths is has gone up what's the message been from donald trump. well the message from the white house is that the number of deaths is going to continue to rise over the next week to 2 weeks a bleak message once again from the president at his daily news briefing on the particular virus the peak the apex of the virus is expected within the next 7 days to 2 weeks we heard from deborah burke's the white house medical adviser that a number of areas may well peak at the same time new york city detroit louisiana all of the apex that is the type point at which the most a fatality could occur at the same time she says very difficult to predict but she is expecting it within the next 7 days and what must be understood as well is that the ratios that happen here that as the death rates continue so too could the infections begin to drop so it's a very difficult curve that we're seeing certainly

through the day and night to draft the executive order and clarify exactly what the president means mike hanna al-jazeera washington. don't trump also promising to help the u.s. oil sector prices a falling because of anxiety over the pandemics economic effect of the international benchmark for oil brant crude is hovering around $17.00 a barrel which is lowest point in 2 decades from the new york stock exchange gabriel evensong to reports on the financial fallout. was an ominous sign for those hoping wall street had turned a corner in recent weeks the 2nd straight day u.s. stocks rallied at the opening bell as the chaos in the oil markets weighed heavily on investors' minds and apparently on the mind of the president as well as the dow lost nearly 500 points to kick off the trading day president donald trump sent out a tweet promising financial support for u.s. oil producers monday's historic crash in the u.s. oil price deep into negative territory continued to send shock waves on tuesday with other oil markets also falling brint crude the international benchmark dropped to its lowest price sin

lifted and up to 30 states in just 2 weeks time but he's also struck another threatening note as mike hanna reports. these daily news briefings up a ported lead to keep the nation informed about the battle against a coronavirus but invariably the president strays off message and today he used the forums to rail against what he described as congregational obstruction in the confirmation of government officials and threatened to adjourn congress and then push through his nominations during the recess the senate should either fulfill its duty and vote on my nominees or chewed formally or june so that i can make recess appointments we have a tremendous number of people that have to come into government and now more so than ever before because of the virus and the problem it's a threat against congress that no president has made before perhaps it's never done before it's never been done before nobody's even sure if it has but we're going to do it we need these people here we need people for this crisis and we don't want to play anymore political games many in congress would view this as an attac

what it is proven is that a drug can block this virus live now to washington and my colleague mike hanna so my clearly not a silver bullet in the fight against the pandemic but perhaps a step in the right direction. or very much so peter very early days in terms of actually testing the drug and this was a very small sample as well just over 1000 patients some of whom were given rendez of deference here and some of whom were given a placebo as you heard dr anthony found she saying that the number of those recovering quicker given the drug was some 40 percent more than those who were not given the drug so certainly there's an indication in this very limited trial what dr felt she pointed out as well there is that why this is important is that it indicates that there is possibly a drug that can combat the virus now we must stress as well this is not an antidote it is a drug for the caring off a sun with corona virus it is a way to ease their health and to make them get better quicker but it's a long way to go the f.d.a. is going to grant an emergency proclamation for the drug to be used in

but the lessons learned all those years ago have now inspired a new generation of astronauts mike hanna has this report. a barely audible occurring was an iconic phrase that became part of popular culture . you think employees used and we have a problem. the lord's was routine this was to be the 3rd moon landing and the mission commander james lovell was on his 4th trip into space. and i was just temperament 35 hours of this pleasure. occurring ok now it's everybody keep an explosion in an oxygen tank destroyed the outer panels of the command module and shorted many of the intricate electronics keeping the craft in orbit the idea of a moon landing was abandoned the success of the mission was not to be measured by survival the astronauts used the lunar model as a lifeboat well dozens of scientists back at mission control worked out how to repair the systems keep the astronauts alive and get them back to earth and a way to make this. video into the home. using nothing but that. kindle and. belittle to get. the world was transfixed by the drama taking place in space. will come back 3. for

president dan compass warning americans the worst is yet to come mike hanna is in washington d.c. he says the peak of the virus is expected within the next 2 weeks. new york contains roughly a 3rd of all infected people fatalities throughout the whole of the united states the death rate there continues to rise alarmingly and what's alarming too is that it's continuing to spread within new york itself a neighborhood like long island for example is showing a massive escalation in terms of recorded infections this just shows how quickly it can jump from barrow to bearer and then of course from state to state and this is what the governor andrew cuomo was talking about earlier on in the course of the day saying that new york it's the fire it's a blazing fire and that is the one that has got to be put out before it spreads to other states there's a great awareness from other states particularly neighboring ones of the degree of which could happen to them what is happening in new york state but one again must mention as well it's not just restricted to the eastern side of the united sta

we have 2 correspondents this half hour mike hanna in washington they say. london let's go to mary have now. yes that's right michelle so we had from the u.k. government today in that briefing another robust message about social distancing measures warning that these measures could be tightened if people continue to ignore the rules or if they push the boundaries that the message from health secretary hancock was that you are risking to those who are not complying with the rules he said you are risking your own life we're risking the life of others and you are making making it harder for us all now next week we might start to get some idea of the impact on the social distancing measures so in other words what figures reveal about the number of new coronavirus cases the number of hospital admissions and sadly the number of deaths will influence what happens with the lockdown which currently 2 weeks into the lockdown it's expected to be reviewed on april 13th which is in about a week's time it is widely expected that the measures will be extended but what thos

we've got 3 correspondents covering the story marta hero is standing by in madrid we've got mike hanna waiting for us there in washington with the latest from the u.s. 1st to london and my colleague barbara mr johnson i guess given his personality will probably have to be kept in one place because he's got to recuperate this is not something you bounce back from. no it's not paid to and this statement from the spokes person at 10 downing street says as much let me just read you what they've been saying in the last couple of hours on the advice of his medical team the pm will not be immediately returning to work he wishes to thank everybody at some thomas' for the brilliant care he has received all of his thoughts are with those affected by the illness now. the statement also said that the prime minister. after being disturbed from hospital was heading to checkers his countryside residence sometimes the government cabinet to meet there with the prime minister on certain occasions but right now he is not going to be holding any meetings he will be under the advice of his doctors to take

governors have been pleading for extra equipment to help deal with the corona virus outbreak mike hanna is joining us live from washington d.c. mike the president was speaking at back to back press conferences earlier on and he seems a lot more bullish about the situation than the more somber president talk drunk that we've seen in the last couple of days. yes indeed that espec there of being able to export things like ventilators well that was a bit bizarre given what the governors many governors within the u.s. have been saying that they simply do not have enough ventilators for example stockpiled nor masks nor other essential medical equipment now what makes this even a little bit more bizarre is the fact that state department has just issued a statement confirming that the u.s. has imported the number of ventilators from russia while the u.s. now importing ventilators from russia president tram talking about at some stage being able to export them to countries in need so the whole situation very bizarre indeed as was the news briefings that occurred the 1st one was very unlike what

well mike hanna is joining us now live from washington michael the president was speaking at the press conference of the coronavirus task force what else was being said there. well certainly striking a very soft but indeed saying that mitigation elements fighting the disease by social distances by the long talent is a matter of the mind and at this he put it incidentally it's the 1st time in a room i received has actually released projected figures they've resisted doing so until now they said they didn't have enough data to be able to make it realistic prediction now it appears that they are getting a great a date data far more detailed data across the u.s. states and that prediction is from 150-002-2400 extension 00 deaths predicted by the models they are looking at and that is even with the gay shouldn't factors that are in place at the moment the locked out the social distancing keeping people away from interaction with others worst case scenarios if there is mitigation measures taken say they will think spurts is something like 1.5 to 2000000 deaths so certainly mitigation as the

mike hanna al-jazeera washington. this is al-jazeera these are the top stories more than 20000 people in the u.s. have died after contracting corona virus in the country has surpassed italy's death toll on saturday and now leads the world with the highest number of fatalities new york is the epicenter of the virus with more than 8600 deaths the state governor says the situation is stabilizing there's been a drop in the number of admissions to intensive care for the 1st time since the outbreak you can see that the numbers somewhat. stabilizing but it is stabilizing and horrific rate. 783 people 777799. these are just incredible numbers depicting incredible loss and paid u.k. health officials say the corona virus outbreak there hasn't yet reached its peak despite the death toll nearing 10011 year old was among the fatalities announced on saturday the government is urging people to stick to lock down restrictions. more than 30000000 people in brazil have signed up for emergency financial relief as lock down restrictions

than 1000000 people have been infected let's go live now to washington and our correspondent mike hanna so another grim milestone of a statistic mike. indeed yes. membrane to that that death toll in vietnam was over a 10 year period whereas the death toll in the pandemic has been within a 2 to 3 month period so certainly a very grim statistic over $1000000.00 americans infected what that means is that roughly one in every $330.00 americans contracted the virus but observers point out too that the figure could be far far higher because this is just those who actually tested for the virus and many are infected who never tested at any point so some health experts say that that infection figure could be as much as 10 times as high very very grim statistics indeed but from the white house still mixed messages the vice president mike pence went to the mayo clinic in rochester in the course of the day and to the surprise of many he did not wear a face mask video footage from the who group with him revealed that he was the only person there not wearing a mask now a spokesperson for mr penn says

received from china and the timeline that it received that data as the pandemic loomed mike hanna live for us in washington d.c. mike thanks for giving us that update preliminary data from the u.s. indicates black americans and hispanics are dying of coronavirus at much higher rates than other americans and new york's governor says the discrepancy in minority communities should be investigated. let's actually get research and data that can inform us as to why are we having more people in minority communities more people in certain neighborhoods why do they have rate higher rates of infection i get the co-morbidity i get the underlying me on this issue but what else is at play are more public workers latino and african-american who don't have a choice frankly but to go out there every day and drive the bus and drive the train and show up for work and wind up subjecting themselves to in this case the virus well as a similar picture in the u.k. for patients from black and ethnic minority backgrounds shot him hussein is a british government advisor and a board member of the broadfoot fund

nearly half of those were in new york state officials warn of the outbreak there is yet to peak mike hanna has. a long line of ambulances queued outside a new york hospital and officials say the peak of the pandemic has still not been reached it's not expected to hit the city for several more days. against the backdrop of the most deadly days since of. iris hit the u.s. president trump continued his feud with the world health organization accusing it top initially minimizing the threat to the virus and responding shop lead to that agency's director general who said that politicizing the virus could lead to more body bags if you're losing more body bags i think we would have done. and he would have been much better serving the people that he's supposed to serve if they gave a correct analysis i mean everything was i said china centric everything was going to be fine no human to human keep the borders open he wanted me to keep the borders open and close the borders despite him and that was a hard decision to make at the time we're all together made a decision against the world health organiz

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a 50 year old message that resonates in a world sheltering from pandemic mike hanna al-jazeera washington. hello again the top stories on al-jazeera the united states has become the country with the worst coronavirus death toll about 20000 people have died and there are at least half a 1000000 americans infected governor of new york says the number of people being treated in hospital continues to decline and italy which has the 2nd worst death toll is starting to see the pressure on hospitals despite a slight rise in the number of fatalities on saturday hopeful news too out of spain where it's seen the most number of daily deaths and we see a health officials in the u.k. say the corona virus outbreak is yet to reach its peak despite the death toll nearing 10000 government repeated its warning for the public to stick to the lockdown restrictions over the easter weekend with warm weather forecast across much of the country these start figures highlight the gravity of this national emergency the devastating impact took this virus and the unprecedented but necessary action that we are taking

i would update on boris johnson in just a moment but 1st let's go to washington al-jazeera is mike hanna mike that stop with this threat by president trump to withdraw funding from the wealthy world health organization why. well there's a degree of confusion about whether that is a direct threat president trump earlier in the day had said that yes he was reviewing funding for the world health organization and then he backed away from that slightly in a news briefing saying that he never said he was going to cut off funding but then he added that certainly his administration is looking into precisely that fact he's accuse the w.h.o. of being as he puts it china centric what appears to particularly riled the president is the fact that the w.h.o. advised against blocking international travel shortly after president trump imposed a ban on travel from china at the end of january president trump saying without specifying exactly what he means that the w.h.o. has made many mistakes in terms of dealing with the pandemic and has said that threats or non threats to withdraw funding from the organi

jobs i was there as mike hanna reports from washington. manners and a very good job for a structure robert redfield was totally misquoted in the media on his statement about the fall season and the virus totally misquoted the president demanded the director of the sentence for disease control walk back his warning about a 2nd wave of coronavirus uncomfortably robert read thiel did not do so he disputing the headline about the initial interview but confirming he had been accurately quoted i didn't say that this was going to be worse i said it was going to be more complicate our more difficult and potentially complicated because we'll have flu in corona virus circulating at the same time the president sort support from another of his medical experts dr deborah books and then you're you're going to see this is years ago this will not come we don't know it kind of stuff that it's a very small confined here so we put it well 8 i think the great thing is we will be able to find it earlier this time and i think that's what we're talking about we'

is expected to lose more than $300000000000.00 in revenue this year well let's go live now to mike hanna who is in washington d.c. mike let's talk about president donald trump cutting funding to the w.h.o. when he made the announcement he really did not hold back city. it was an astounding news conference and very strong words from president trump including the contention that the w.h.o. has increased the number of cases worldwide 20 fold an astonishing statement from the president about an international body president continued to insist that the w.h.o. did not fulfill its obligations it was not transparent in its relationship with china and in its passing on the information that it was obtaining from china the source of the breakout of the pandemic president crumple so complaining about the fact that the w.h.o. was continuing to urge international travel at a time where he had partially suspended flights from china clearly a very angry president trump and clearly a very strong attack on the world health organization which is in the middle of attempting to combat global pandemic preside

of new safety regulations once flights to resume well let's get more now on all of this with mike hanna who is live for us in washington d.c. migrates talk about president trump cutting funding to the w.h.o. he really did not hold back in that press conference did he. what it was extraordinary criticism president trump has been critical of the w.h.o. in the past but in this particular news briefing he was exceedingly hard exceedingly harsh with the astounding statement in which he claimed that. it's responsible for a 20 fold increase in the amount of deaths in this pandemic so certainly the strongest criticism yet he's once again saying that the u.s. will stop funding or suspend funding pending a review of the performance in combating this particular pandemic but president trump as he said in the past particularly angered it would appear by the fact that the opposed his decision to limit flights to china at the end of january advising at that time that international travel would not help stall the pandemic president taking a particular bridge to this particular point he's repeated it of

mike hanna al jazeera. now the shutdown of new york has turned one of the most vibrant cities in the world into a ghost town al-jazeera is going but it is on those spent a day exploring the eerie stillness in the city that's going to see. the american poet carl sandburg once wrote the moon is a friend for the lonesome to talk to. this is a day in the life of a lonely empty city. 6 20 am the 1st rays of sun over new york. 7 o'clock in the morning the normally bustling harlem is hushed. with the 125th street subway station at 7 45 am but the rumble of the one train cuts through the eerie stillness. a few minutes after 8 am time square the bright lights but not a soul to see that. 7th avenue in midtown manhattan this is morning rush hour. this is new york suspended in time by a silent and deadly virus. a siren from an ambulance off in the distance. 140 in the afternoon the surreal shutdown of the city is hard on everyone especially the elderly many of whom are alone. to 46 pm and here it's busy. people linger

executive order to reopen the plants give companies legal cover in case employees catch coronavirus mike hanna has more from washington d.c. it is on the face of it an order to go back to work but what it is most importantly about is to grant the employers some form of legal and liability precedent troublemaking very clear earlier in the day that the employers are in a situation where they could be sued by their employees forcing them to go back to work in a situation where they could contract the virus part of this executive order is absolving the employers of any legal blame for what happens but the bottom line is it was done in consultation with the meatpacking companies it was a major supply crisis in terms of supplies coming through massive drops in the production of pork and beef so although on the face of it the order is meant they turi it is still very much in the société sion with the companies themselves and of course the employees have to decide whether to continue their jobs to go back to work and run the risk of a virus or not go to work and quite possibly lose their jobs very cle

ok mike hanna is joining us live from washington d.c. might there was a different kind of format to best press conference wasn't there but the president seemed determined to ensure that people were aware that the white house was in charge. very much so there were as you say 2 separate briefings on this particular day the 1st one involved military experts intelligence officers and the secretary of defense along with for some reason the attorney general william barr and at that particular briefing president trump spoke about how the narcotics industry was attempting to take advantage of the pandemic and therefore measures needed to be ratcheted up in terms of combating the particular narcotics trade however in the 2nd format of the briefing that was the one that we've been used to over the past days with the scientists the medical experts and the president all together discussing the ongoing pandemic and how it is working at this particular point now the point that the president trying to made about ventilators would be regarded by many of

the rest of the country to be able to go through this crisis and come out the other side again mike hanna and washington d.c. mike thank you. now iran is the middle east force affected country and its fight against the virus has been badly hampered by u.s. sanctions and wants to have talks within the country turn to getting back to work the same us probably has more the last 24 hours we've seen 158 new reported deaths from the corona virus this is the largest it's been in recent days we've also seen 22560 new cases so that is lower in terms of overall infection rate that we've been we've seen in the recent days but the numbers are staying steady and this is happening at a time when the nauru's holiday period has ended and what we're seeing on the streets of tehran is that people are beginning to come out of their homes they are beginning to return to work there is more traffic on the roads people are opening shops and businesses despite the fact the government state or stay at home order or stay at home suggestion to its people remains in place the health ministry has said that this is a

to and including belgium as well let's go live now to washington and our correspondent there mike hanna mike more than a 1000000 infections it's an astonishing figure to get to grips with. indeed peter and to put that reference to the vietnam war and to come to. so there were 'd $58000.00 people killed in the vietnam war that was over a 10 year period the death rate we've seen in the u.s. has basically in the last few months more than a 1000000 infected that means roughly one in every $330.00 americans has tested positive for the corona virus and now the fear among many health workers is that this figure could be as much as 10 percent higher because it does not account for those who have not been tested or who got the virus without being tested for it so certainly these are exceedingly grim figures indeed in the midst of this president trump continues to insist that the testing protocols are more than sufficient saying that it is the best in the world to twice as many people being tested in the u.s. as in any other country had a meeting with corporate leaders in the course of the day bu

critics just say he's trying to shift the blame from himself will stop with this report from mike hanna in washington. in what has become a pattern president trying to use his podium to parade reporters if you keep talking i'll leave and you can have it out with the rest of these people if you keep talking i'm going to leave and you can have it out with them yes just allowed me to introduce a number of prominent members of big business the construction labor workforce international union of operating engineers jim callaghan north america building trades union shown regard is a lot of friends of mine laborers international union of north america terrio sullivan and to sharply criticized the world health organization announcing his administration would suspend funding had the w.h.o. done its job to get medical experts into china to objectively assess the situation on the ground and to call out china's lack of transparency ironically president trump is on the record praising china for its transparency in dealing with a virus having what was described as a friendly phone conversation with p

and our correspondent mike hanna mike some grim statistics to deal with this. indeed e.s.p. turn other grim statistic that the death toll in the corona virus epidemic in the u.s. is now surpassed that suffered during the vietnam war as it goes past a 1000000 president trump still insisting that the testing protocol is working affectively this despite the opinion of many health officials that states opening up to early at great risk without proper testing put in place but president trend continues to insist and once again did today at a news conference that the u.s. is testing better as he put it then any other country in the universe but certainly there's been a lot of mixed messages coming from the administration one of which in the course of the day was the vice president mike pence going to the mayo clinic in minnesota and not wearing a thanks mask video of that particular then shows the vice president being the only person in the clinic without a face mask the clinic has insisted that all guests wear a mask since april the 13th so there's been a lot of public comment on

markdowns of the panda pandemic raba have caused a massive slump in global demand for energy mike hanna is live for us and washington d.c. mike so tell us more about this package this small business packets to help keep those businesses afloat. well it is the 4th or relief package that has been passed by congress to deal with the coronavirus and its impact and this provided some $331000000000.00 for small businesses a sensually force for businesses to keep their employees on the payroll now this was part of one of the previous stimulation bull's however that money ran out very very quickly this is now to reload that fund for small businesses essentially to be able to give employers money to be able to pay their stuff during this period to keep them employed that's a key issue that this bill is to address the unemployment rate already high rising and certainly it's critical as the administration views to keep people on the job as many people on the job as possible and this $330000000000.00 will go towards that found to give to employers to pay to their staff to keep people employed and m

and as the models show this number is increasing by the hour mike hanna al-jazeera washington. at least 100 sailors on board a u.s. nuclear powered aircraft carrier have tested positive for the virus the captain of the theodore roosevelt told the pentagon the virus is spreading uncontrollably and called for immediate help to quarantine the crew but defense secretary marcus per se is it's not the right time to evacuate the people on board our correspondent particle hane whose previously spent months on board the ship is following developments from the state of maryland and i can tell you that this could get x. initially worse much much quicker than we've seen just in the general public and here is why there are about 17 levels of stairs and lights on the aircraft carrier us and if you go to the stairs they're pretty steep they're pretty dangerous you have to pull on the ground so that in you touch your face you touch the railing another 5000 people are going to use you know savings and sterols they sleep they have the list of groups they've about a foot have search type court th

would be the 4th such package since the crisis began meaning a total of around 3 trillion dollars mike hanna has more on all of that from washington with many senators working from home the boat with take them by voice all in favor say aye. all pose no. yeah it's fair to have it this follows intense negotiation between the white house and congress in recent days at the core of our remit is 320000000000 more for the paycheck protection program which is already saving millions of small business jobs and helping americans get paychecks instead of potentially. democrats successfully 4 to include $75000000000.00 for hospitals and $25000000000.00 protesting which had been excluded in the initial republican proposal we don't have enough shafts that cry rings from one end of america to the other to urban suburban rural north east south and west we don't have enough jets well now help is on the way because democrats stood and fought for it president trump says he'll sign the bill when it passes in the house of representatives on thursday but in coming hours his signature will 1st go on an executive o