our north america editor jon sopel has more. how do you reopen a tattoo, parlail salon, or 'hairdresser's, and maintain social, standi six feet apart? the obvious answer is you can't permit from tomorrow in the southern state of georgia, in complete disregard of white house guidelines, tho businesses will be free tope their doorsn o the order of this donald trump supporting governor. >> we will allowit gyms,ss centers, bowling alleys, body art studios, bbers, cosmetologists, hair designers -- >> and the list went on. >> their respective schools, and

jon sopel, bbc news, washington.n in need and comic relief have teamed up for the first time tonight, to raise money for people most affected by the coronavirus outbreak, both on the front line and those going the extra mile to support their communities. the big night in, on bbc one, featured celebrities including lenny henry, dawn french miranda hart and peter kay. the three—hour telethon raised over £27 million. said, hand—to—mouth. the the government has said it will match the money raised pound for pound. it also featured the duke and duchess of cambridge, and their children, who led the nation in tonight's national applause for britain's nhs workers, carers and key workers. it's the fifth week in a row that people have come out on the streets all over britain to say thank you, as jon kay reports. applause standing together... while standing apart. another thursday night... in the uk. it is a little tiny thing i can do, to you know, make some noise, just to say thank you. every week. every week? yes. not missed o

jon sopel virtual and socially distance. jon sopel, bbc news, washington.ildren are not being seen early enough, because of the pandemic, and could become seriously ill. the royal college of paediatrics says parents may be reluctant to take a child to hospital, fearing they could be infected. daniela relph has been talking to medical staff. if you're worried about the health of your child, please, please, it's absolutely vital that you continue to seek health advice. some people are not seeking medical advice for their children when they normally would do. if you need medical help, you must seek it. they speak for many paediatricians who are seeing a fall in the number of children they are treating in accident and emergency across a range of common conditions. how have things been different in recent weeks? i am speaking to people both locally and nationally. it is really, really obvious that we are seeing a huge decline in patient numbers attending. 0ur departments are really, really quiet. we are seeing very little footfall of any children presenting into

here's our north america editor, jon sopel.nable, unbelievable, that in the most famous city of the richest country in the world they're digging mass graves for those who can't afford a funeral, and for those who died of coronavirus with no next of kin. this is hart island, just off the bronx in new york city. nearly 8000 people have died in this state alone, and they're struggling to deal with all the burials. we are in total control of our destiny here. what we do will affect literally life and death for hundreds of people. and so many new york hospitals have had to bring these refrigerated lorries in to act as makeshift morgues. the whole health care system is creaking. there is an important glimmer of good news, though, and that is the number of people being admitted to hospital is falling sharply. and donald trump, at his briefing today, says he thinks america may be over the worst. the number of beds being used, we were just saying, are substantially reduced. that's usually the sign that it's heading in the downward curve

jon sopel, bbc news, washington.nt donald trump has been speaking in the last few minutes in his daily news briefing. he promised more federal aid to new york state. we've got formerly only toa95 york state. we've got formerly only to a 95 respirator ‘s, 460,000 face shields, 1.4 million gloves and 4400 ventilators just to the city and to the state of new york. some of them now are being sent with both... i spoke with governor cuomo and bill de blasio a while ago and all are being sent to the city. the government stands with new york at this time of need, it's definitely a hotspot but there are other hotspots also. before the coronavirus crisis, the jobs figures were looking pretty goodin jobs figures were looking pretty good in the united states for months but now we've got these extraordinary job but now we've got these extraordinaryjob losses? you think about a few months ago, we had unemployment here of under 4%. historically low levels of unemployment here in the states at that time. the growth wasn't as strong

coronavirus i within minutes, doctors, scientists and manufacturers of disinfectants were urging the jon sopel this report.s. jon: controversially, some beaches in florida reopened last week. maybe it was dosmart thing to sunlight, heat and humidity dramatically reduce the life of coronavirus in the air and on hard surface the scientists said it acted as a powerful disinfectant. that led the president to news whether disinfectant could be used inside the human body to kill the virus. pres. trump: then i see the disinfectant in one minute and ishere a way we can do injection, inside or almost a eaning. you see it gets on the lungs and does a tremendous number. jon: look at the face of the prest's chief medical advisor as he thinks out loud. s the manufactur bleach are aghast. the manufacture of one of the biggest brands in u.s. issued a statement sayinger no circumstances should people inust this infected. doctors andpr healtessionals are soft -- are also disbelieving. >> very clearly, disinfectants are not intended for ingestion, eier by mouth, by ears, by breathing them in, in any way, shape

jon sopel, bbc news, washington. nature reserve, the beebza national park. so far the blaze has destroyed ten percent of its area— which forms the largest marshland habitat for birds in central and western europe. 0ur warsaw correspondent adam easton has this report. these huge wetlands have been described as a paradise not yet lost. now, they are being consumed by flames. the marshes are home to almost 300 species of birds — eagles, owls, and rare breeds like the aquatic wobbler. in spring, it is easy to spot elk and beaver in the meadows and streams. the fire, say locals, is quite simply a tragedy. translation: is it is impossible to describe the losses. elk have just started giving birth, the birds are hatching. it is spring. it is an explosion of life. the losses are incalculable. it is impossible to say how big they are. this is a tragedy.

our north america editor jon sopel has more. do you reopen a tattoo, parlail salon, or 'hairdresser's, and maintain social, standi six feet apart? the obvious answer is you can't permit from tomorrow in the southern state of georgia, in complete disregard of white house guidelines, tho businesses will be free tope their doorsn o the order of this donald trump supporting governor. >> we will allowit gyms,ss centers, bowling alleys, body art studios, bbers, cosmetologists, hair designers -- >> and the list went on. >> their respective schools, and massage therapists to reopis their doors riday. >> the president has been at the forefronreof urging the ening of the united states. this was too much for donald trump. a rare rebuke for a friendly repuican governor. president trump: i told the governor of grgia that i disagree strongly with his decision to open certain facilities, which are in violation of the phase one guidelines. for the incredible people of georgia, i want him to do t what nk is right, but i disagree with him on what

jon sopel, bbc news, washington.ra: let's go to boston now, which the white house is watching very closely as cases in massachusetts surge. joining me now is a doctor from harvard medical school a emergency medical physician. thank you so much for joining us. wh is the situation there in boston with coronavirus cases right now? right now, we have seen a slight decrease in the number of new diagnoses. come down just a bit the last few days, but that does not mean our hospitals are feeling more and more pressure. threason for that is these cases, it is not like you get diagnosed and a couple days later you are fine.this virus ts come at days, 14 days before people become critically ill. every day that goes by, ano cer 1500, 200es, even if it goes down a little bit, the aessure on the hospital system is not abating a. laura: meanwhile, we are finally seeing the death toll drop here in new york. dwhyou make of that trend? >> well, at some point when you do enough social distancing and people taken very seriously asti k n

jon sopel, bbc news, washington.ocratic race for president. senator sanders said he could not in good conscious continue with a campaign that he could not win. the bbc‘s jane o'brien has more. for many months, bernie sanders topped the polls, winning in the early voting states and becoming the standard—bearer of the progressive wing of the democratic party. but it was not to be. i wish i could give you better news, but i think you know the truth, and that is that we now sit 300 delegates behind vice president biden and the path towards victory is virtually impossible. so while we are winning the ideological battle, and while we are winning the support of so many young people and working people throughout the country, i have concluded that this battle for the democratic nomination will not be successful. when you're sick, you have a right to go to the doctor — period. bernie sanders styled his campaign as a revolution, a movement to end inequality that appealed particular to young people. he tapped into a pervasive se

jon sopel, bbc news, washington. trump had an update on his own health at the daily coronavirus briefing. take a listen. idid take i did take a test thatjust came out. this is from the white house physician. ijust took it this morning. it took me literally a minute to take it. it took me a guess 111—15 minutes. i went to work, i did not wait for it. it came up with a conclusion and it said the president tested negative for covid—19. i think i took it out of curiosity to see how quickly it works. i have done them most and the second one is much more pleasant. peter bowes is our north america correspondent and we can talk to him now. there was a mention of wearing face what did he say about that? -- face what did he say about that? —— facemasks. face what did he say about that? -- facemasks. will the federal government order all americans to wear facemasks outside of their homes. people living in los angeles and new york cities have been told by local officials that is exactly what they should doing. he was asked about

jon sopel, bbc news, washington.dent trump says the country has a decent amount of ventilators with more on their way into the country. we are shipping things right in. we have, as you know, almost 10,000 ventilators which we need for flexibility. it's a lot, it sounds like a lot but it's not, because as you see on the board from yesterday, as this scourge, as this plague, as this virus moves, it moves very fast and we don't know yet whether we are going to need it in louisiana, new york, wherever it may be. so we're ready for it. we are totally ready for it. we have already agreed to ship out over 1000 today to different locations, but we have to have the flexibility of moving the ventilators to where the virus is going, and we'll be able to see that from charts a couple of days in advance, so right now we have a nice pile of ventilators, we have a lot more coming in. i think we have 11 companies making ventilators right now. 0ur north america correspondent, peter bowes, has more on the white house briefing. with ev

our north america editor jon sopel has more details.s, but in the us it's highly discriminatory in who it's killing. at this intensive care unit in new york city, nearly every patient is black. stefan flores is an emergency room doctor in the city. the people we are seeing most are african americans, are latinos, black and brown people who come from lower socioeconomic backgrounds. these are the patients that are coming into my emergency room that i am taking care of, people who really need to be admitted, who we are seeing in icu and critically ill. this is also a story about inequality. the black community tends to be poorer and suffers from much higher rates of diabetes, obesity, heart disease and hypertension. the mayor of new york says it's a source of shame. it made me angry to see that the disparities that have plagued this city, this nation, that are all about fundamental inequality, are once again causing such pain and causing people, innocent people, to lose their lives. the figures are startling. in milwaukee, nearly three qu

jon sopel, bbc news, washington.ittle earlier, i spoke to daniel dromm, a member of the new york city council. he described what it was like to see mass burials of new yorkers with no next of kin. there are so many people who do not have next of kin and family in the biggest city, i would say, one of the greatest cities in the world, it's too hard to think about. how are hospitals coping in your area? i represent jackson heights and elmhurst in queens, and we have elmhurst hospital. elmhurst hospital has 545 beds, all taken. now they are going to be moving people over to the billiejean king tennis center about a mile or so away from the hospital because we can no longer fit covid—i9 patients in. so it has been tragic. my area is 68% immigrants, and the immigrant community really does not have many alternatives other than to go to elmhurst hospital, especially those who are undocumented, so it's a real tragedy in my community. how are neighbourhoods coping in general? well, it's been difficult. the next issue i am dea

jon sopel, bbc news, washington. america correspondent, peter bowes, told me about the confusion in the united states at the moment about face masks. americans have been getting some mixed messages about facemasks. people in los angeles and new york city have been advised that they should wear one, not ordered to wear one, but local officials saying they should, whereas donald trump, asked about this in the daily briefing, and again he said that people wouldn't be ordered to, some people didn't want to, and he said one of his chief scientific adviser, doctor deborah birx, said that she was worried some people might get a false sense of protection if they were wearing a facemask because they'd been ordered to. she said you can still get the virus and still be infected even if you're wearing a facemask. you might touch something then touch your eyes, for example, which are not protected by a facemask so you wouldn't be 100% protected. she said the main purpose of the mask is to protect people from you if you've got the

jon sopel, bbc news, washington. highest daily increase in deaths in hospital due to coronavirus. and friday was the third day in a row in which british health authorities said almost a thousand people died from covid—i9. that takes the total number of deaths in the uk to almost 9,000. the prime minister — borisjohnson — is out of intensive care and continues to improve in hospital where he has thanked the whole clinical team treating him for the care he's receiving, and says his "thoughts are with all of those who have been affected by this terrible disease". here's our health editor, hugh pym. he warned about the lack of protective equipment for nhs staff. soon after that, dr abdull mabud chowdhury contracted coronavirus. he died on wednesday. the warning came in a social media message to the prime minister, saying health workers had to protect themselves and their families. his son spoke to the bbc today. he was a courageous, brave man, and that is something that he's passed on to us. he saw that nhs workers didn'

jon sopel, bbc news, washington. let's get some of the day's other news.est test" the european union has ever faced. the german chancellor said it is not yet time to talk about easing restrictions in the country, where public gatherings of more than two people have been banned. she added that a key lesson from the pandemic should be that europe becomes self—sufficient in producing masks. in france, the number of people who died from coronavirus infections in hospitals increased by 10% in a day — bringing the total to over 8,000. there's also been an increase in deaths at nursing homes. in both cases, the rate has accelerated again after several days of slowing. italy's coronavirus death toll has shot up from its lowest level in more than two weeks. it rose from 636 on monday from 525 the day before. but the rise in new infections has fallen to a record low. italy's lockdown has been officially extended to april 13. austria is to ease some of its lockdown measures from next week. the chancellor sebastian kurz said small shops will reopen on the 14th of apri

jon sopel, bbc news, washington. trump says the country has a decent amount of ventilators with more on their way into the country. we are shipping things right in. we have, as you know, almost 10,000 ventilators which we need for flexibility. it's a lot, it sounds like a lot but it's not, because as you see on the board from yesterday, as this scourge, as this plague, as this virus moves, it moves very fast and we don't know yet whether we are going to need it in louisiana, new york, wherever it may be. so we're ready for it. we are totally ready for it. we have already agreed to ship out over 1000 today to different locations, but we have to have the flexibility of moving the ventilators to where the virus is going, and we'll be able to see that from charts a couple of days in advance, so right now we have a nice pile of ventilators, we have a lot more coming in. i think we have 11 companies making ventilators right now. peter bowes is our north america correspondent and we can talk to him now. what were the main m

jon sopel, bbc news, washington. short while ago, the president himself had this explanation for his comments. i was asking a sarcastic — and a very sarcastic — question to the reporters in the room about disinfectant on the inside. but it does kill it and it would kill it on the hands. and that would make things much better. that was done in the form of a sarcastic question to the reporters. i've been speaking to katty kay in washington and asked whether anyone is really buying trump's claim he was being sarcastic. well, for a start, he wasn't talking to reporters. during that briefing — and you can watch the tape, it is all there. the president turns to his medical advisers, not reporters, his medical advisers and asks them about this notion of somehow injecting disinfectant into the body to give it, as he called it, "a cleansing". i did not see any sarcasm and there has been a lot of pushback against that. i think the white house is doing a bit of the clean—up job of its own, realising the president said this, and

jon sopel, bbc news, washington.e have contracted it. many people are ill at home and don't seek medical attention and the vast majority of people who become ill with covid—19 will make a recovery. but for those who get seriously ill, the experience of contracting the virus, being isolated from loved ones, can mean that recovery is a long and challenging process as our correspondent sian lloyd reports. covid takes the fight out of you. everything around me was just melting away, to be fair. struggling to breathe, and severely dehydrated, this was the moment paramedics arrived at paul nicholls' home to take him to the queen elizabeth hospital. the 52—year—old didn't need a ventilator but was seriously ill. from his hospital bed, he thanked the nhs and warned others... "don't roll the dice and chance it", this tweet said. one of the nurses said we've got to close the curtains now, and i said, are you taking the dead away? she said yes. it just suddenly struck home, at that stage, that could be me. that could have been

jon sopel, bbc news, washington.aths of a group of vietnamese migrants. the 31 males and eight females were discovered in a sealed trailer last october in grays, essex. our home affairs correspondent daniel sandford has the story. it is 24 weeks since the horrifying discovery of 39 bodies in the back of a sealed lorry trailer on an essex industrial estate, this afternoon, for the first time, somebody admitted responsibility for the deaths. maurice robinson was the 25—year—old lorry driver from craigavon in northern ireland who was arrested at the scene. he had collected the container from the port of purfleet on the thames estuary after it had crossed the channel unaccompanied from zeebrugge. this afternoon at the old bailey, as the names of the 39 vietnamese people who died in the trailer were read out, maurice robinson pleaded guilty to the manslaughter of each and every one. the hearing was done by video conference. the judge was in court but the lawyers and the reporters connected from their desks and homes, so a

here's our north america editor, jon sopel.s a perfect spring day in washington, and this is one of the cities busiest shopping streets — except it's not. the stores are closed, the streets empty, nobody is buying. and this is what that looks like in graph form — years of unemployment going up a couple of hundred thousand here and there, but 10 millionjobs have gone in the last two weeks. these workers in california are among the many who've suddenly found themselves out of a job, victims of coronavirus. we still have to pay rent, we still have to pay bills, that's a lot of stuff that we still have to pay, and with nojob, what are we going to do? the us is closed for business, more or less literally. the old saying goes that when america sneezes the rest of the world catches cold — maybe not the right phrase to use in the midst of a global pandemic, but this is going to hit the global economy. but the president is confident the rebound will be swift. nobody‘s ever seen anything like this. the entire world has shut down. you go

jon sopel, bbc news, washington.families can now take their children for a walk outside if needed. it comes as the death toll in the country climbs by 727 in the past 2a hours, which is slightly down on yesterday's increase. it takes the country's total number of deaths to more than 13,000. of those, at least 66 are front line medical staff. from rome, mark lowen reports. a glimpse of freedom in italy's new normal. parents are now allowed to take their children out for a brief walk if urgent. after three weeks of lockdown, it's a breath of liberty but no more. welcomed, albeit with apprehension. translation: we're scared to be outside and a bit spaced out, because this lockdown has been our salvation. the measures are working, i'm happy they are in place, and we want them to go on. translation: this eases the tension. we're not used to staying inside the whole day. we need some natural light, and children need some space. the infection rate is slowing, and there is perhaps a little bit more movement on the streets. b

jon sopel, thank you.n. the country has the seventh highest number of confirmed cases in the world, but fewer deaths than other countries with a similar number of cases. the authorities say the outbreak is under control, but medical sources have told the bbc the real number of deaths is not being reported, as our international correspondent 0rla guerin reports. the new landscape of covid—19. istanbul under lockdown this weekend — like much of turkey, trying to shut out an invisible killer. the official death toll here is relatively low, around 2,300, but medical sources say the real picture could be a lot worse because turkey only counts those who tested positive for the virus. this intensive care doctor tells me he has treated about 100 covid patients. we cannot reveal his identity, but an actor is voicing his words. not all patients test positive. when we try to register patients who test negative in the system, we cannot do it. how many deaths of covid—19 do you think are not actually being recorded in

jon sopel, bbc news, washington.died after she was thought to have been infected with coronavirus. 56—year—old carol jamabo, who worked as a carer in bury, fell ill about a week before her death last wednesday, and one of her sons has now tested positive for the virus. our correspondent dan johnson has been speaking to her nephew. my auntie carol, she was somebody who was full of life, very loving, very caring. she was someone always there to support myself and the entire family. she was the type of person, wherever she went, she really uplifted the mood for everybody. carol was a mother to two young men and a carer to countless older people. a life lived full of fun and spent looking out for others. maybe 15 days ago she was fine, she was contacting family members to check everybody was all right. and then seven days later i got a call from my cousin, her son, to say that she was in a very bad state and over the next couple of days itjust got a lot of worse and obviously the worst happened. you hear all the stories,

jon sopel, bbc news, annapolis, maryland. 99—year—old captain tom moore has completed his challenge heaise £1000. tonight the total stands at more than 16 million, and it's still pouring in. david sillito reports. you start at the beginning. captain tom moore was keen to do things properly on the final leg of a journey that had begun as a family challenge and turned into something extraordinary. i think it's a fantastic sum of money, we never imagined that sum of money, it's unbelievable that people have been so kind. it began just over a week ago. the target — 100 laps to mark his 100th birthday at the end of the month. a world war ii veteran born in keighley, he had served in burma. the family hoped they might be able to raise some money for nhs charities and set what they thought was a bold target, £1000. within a day we had reached a couple of thousands and we thought, "are we dreaming of the dizzying heights of £5,000 by the end of the month?" we were floored at the thought of 5,000. a week later, it had slipped past a million. steady, determined, optimistic, captain tom was provi

jon sopel, bbc news, washington. well, gary 0'donoghuejoins us now live from washington.essage from the white house? interestingly, they have started the briefing today by talking about some of the opportunities they believe drug cartels are seeing in the current crisis. they are substantially beefing up patrols in the caribbean and the eastern pacific because they believe cartels from central and south america are trying to take advantage of the situation as michael moore cocaine and methamphetamines into the southern parts. —— and smuggle more cocaine. it is the first time that i have seen a briefing deploying saying they playing a lot of personnel ownerships because they believe it isa ownerships because they believe it is a real threat. —— personnel and ships. we had thought about this. you think about some of the cities around this country where police forces have been reporting a deep in crime because there are no people out on the street but this is the other side of that kind. —— dip. but they are saying this is an opportunity for drug cartel. they are saying this

here is jon sopel. >> it is a perfect spring day in washington.s is one of the busiest shoppingtreets. except stores ste closed, the ets are empty. nobody is buying. this is what that looks like, years of unemploymen going up a couple hundred thousand here and there. 10 million jobs of gone in the last two weeks. these workers in california are among the many that have found themselves out of a job, victims of coronavirus. >> we still have to pay rent, bills. we still have to pay. what are we going to do? >> the u.s. is closed for business. the old saying goes when america sneezes, the rest of the world catches cold. maybe not the right phrase in the pandemic, but this will hit the global economy. the president is confident the rebound will be swift. president trump: nobody has seen anything like this. the world is shut down. theost powerful economy in the world, other countries doing well, everything is shut down. it's vy sad. we are going to get it going. we will be stronger than ever. >> the fight against covid-19 is the immediate concern. the

jon sopel, bbc news, washington.hite house press secretary said mr trump's comments had been taken out of context. and a short while ago, the president had this explanation. i was asking a sarcastic — and a very sarcastic — question to the reporters in the room about disinfectant on the inside. but it does kill it and it would kill it on the hands. and that would make things much better. that was done in the form of a sarcastic question to the reporters. let's talk to katty kay now, who is in washington for us. i don't know about you, but don't think it sounded like sarcasm. for a start, it wasn't, he wasn't talking to reporters. during that briefing, and you can watch the tape, it is all there, the president turns to his medical advisers, not reporters, medical advisers, not reporters, medical advisers, not reporters, medical advisers and asked about this notion of somehow injecting disinfectant into the body to give it "a cleansing". disinfectant into the body to give it "a clea nsing". i disinfectant into the body

for many christians this unique ntster will be online, virtual and socially dis jon sopel, bbc news,hington. anchor: our correspondent anthony's or curt joinss from -- anthony's arc or -- anthony zurcher joins us from shington. many imagers will stick with uss for y among those the mass graves in new york. anthony: absolutely, putting a picture to go along with the record numbers coming out of new york city,th casualties. predict this could be the peak casually --ua cy today. it is a tangible look for what that means in a city where normally a couple hundved people die day and you are talking about deaths over 1000. anchor: president trump has been any dates from that? anthony: one of the things they addressed, the surgeon general addressed, the disparity between african-americans and rest of the populationss far as impact of this virus. that is something you are seeing right now, black american death rates are higher than the rest of the country. part of that is because ofpr existing medical conditions that may be affecting the black community more than the rest of the people. ithe

jon sopel, bbc news, and annapolis, maryland.ra: forore on the economic toll here in the united states, i am joined by jason professor at the harvard kennedy school, who was chairman of the whit house counsel of economic advisers und president obama. thank you for being wh us. 22 million americans have lost their jobs in the last month b but could ththe peak of the economy shedding jobs? >> yes.th economy fell off a cliff. it is operating at about 85% of what it normally would. and hopefully this is the for. what happens now depends probably more on health policy than on economic policy. laura:ul but congress be doing more? that fund to help small businesses has already run out of money, as we were just hearing that.>> congress did any amount. it was 20% of gdp forhe second and third quarter of this year. and what they are going to need to do now is deal with some things they did not the first time, relief for states and localities so they have enough money to pay teachers when the school year startslln september, funding this sm

our north america edis r jon sopel re. >> question. do you reopen a ttoo parlor, nail salon, or hairdresser's, and maintain social, standi six feet apart? bvtheus answer is you can't permit from tomorrow in the southern state of georgia, in complete disregard of white house guidelines, tho businesses will be free to open their doors on therder of this donald trump supporting governor. >> we will allow gyms, fitness centers, bowling alleys, body ar sdios, barbers, smetologists, hair designers -- >> and the list went on. >> their respective schools,nd massage therapists to reopen their doors this friday. >> the presidentas been at the forefront of urging the reopening of the united states. this was too much for donald trump. a rare rebuke for a friendly republican governor. president trump: i told th governor of georgia that i strongly with h decision to open certain facilities, watch are in vin of the phase one for the incredible people of georgia, i want h to do what he think is right, but i disagree with him on what he is doing. >> th

jon sopel, bbc news, washington. katty kay is in washington. of the corner of my eye a briefing is going on. i don't know if you've been able to catch any of it? yeah. it started, as you showed earlier, with the president setting his best wishes to borisjohnson president setting his best wishes to boris johnson and actually just president setting his best wishes to borisjohnson and actuallyjust in the last few minutes, james, he has also said that the fact that boris johnson is in intensive care now is going to change his own behaviour because he and possibly the vice president as well, he says, are going to get tested much more frequently. he also said that he had beenin frequently. he also said that he had been in touch with borisjohnson‘s doctors, he mentioned being in touch with drug companies as well. i am not entirely sure what he means by that, but sending his best wishes and staying now as a result of that, he is planning to get these tests more frequently and he of course has access to the rapid test that can come back with results wit

the president says it is up to government.monotony federal heres iur north america editor, jon sopel.likee, wildf series of demonstrations has erupted across the country. to protest the stay-at-home order. to t prote closure of the u.s. economy. to protehat these people see as unacceptable government interference in their lives. eyand o not see muc-- seem much interested in maintaining social dtancing. this person carries a pocket "give me liberty or give me covid-19." he may have dealt with both. >> now it is time to let the adults make decisions of what businesses ty want to open. if they want to open,pen up. >> we should open up yesterday. it never should have closed. it is a hoax. >>f it is facts life. we live and die. to shut down the economy because >> fuel for these protests was provided in a sers of tweets by the president, urging citizens to liberate their states from overntalous govern of coronavirus, they are now having to deal with protesters. >> this is not the time for protests. this itime for leadership. we will stand up and provide -- that will stand up and provide emp

he suggested injecting disinfectants may be a way to fight the disease. 0ur north america editor jon sopelorts. controversially, some of florida's beaches reopened last week. but maybe it was a smart thing to do. according to new research conducted by us government scientists, sunlight, heat and humidity dramatically reduce the life of coronavirus in the air and on hard surfaces. the scientists said it acted as a powerful disinfectant. and that led the president to muse on whether disinfectant could be used inside the human body to kill the virus. and then i see the disinfectant, that knocks it out in a minute, one minute. and is there a way we can do something like that? by injection, inside, or almost a cleaning? because you see, it gets in the lungs and it does a tremendous number on the lungs. so it would be interesting to check that. the president's chief medical adviser looked as though she'd have liked harry potter's cloak of invisibility. in a minute, one minute. newsreel: new lysol spray disinfectant... for over a century, lysol has been one of america's top—selling brands of blea

the media at the white house a short time ago, and took questions from our north america editor, jon sopelthe us was in a position to roll out the vaccine being worked by british scientists in oxford if it turned out successful. oxford is one, johnson &johnson is working, they're also working together. you have many companies working together on a vaccine. don't you think they can scale up production and the pharmaceutical companies will be able to do that quick? if we had a vaccine, it'll be scaled up very quickly. in fact, some of the companies, johnson &johnson is one, is scaling up already before having they have the final answer — a number of companies are doing that — you save a lot of time, rapidly. would you put a timescale...? no, i don't want to put a timescale because then the media, the so—called media, lamestream media, will say, "he said a time..." — i don't want to say time because every time i say a time, if you don't hit it, they'll say — so i don't want to talk about time but i will say that there has been tremendous progress made over the last month. can i just ask a ver

jon sopel, bbc news, washington. around the world, entertainment venues were among the first to shut and many performances are being streamed online, some free of charge. for one of the oldest dance theatre ‘s, the show has been going on. music plays russians love ballet, and the mikhailovsky is one of the country's top troupes. they're in lockdown now, but the stars of this stage have found a creative way to keep performing. they're doing it at home and posting online. it's less classical, more kitchen, really. don quixote at dinner time. valeria normally uses a fan for this bit but, in quarantine, a plate will do. ah, the emotion of it all! a scene from the ballet giselle, with a saucepan of russian dumplings. there's clearly an appetite for this bizarre ballet. in russia, the video has gone viral. "stay positive, that's the message," principal dancer ivan tells me. "life might be tough now, but a good mood and a sense of humour can save the world." a sense of humour... well, russians certainly have that. stuck at

jon sopel, bbc news, washington.en reacting to warnings by the world trade organisation about the financial impact of the coronavirus outbreak. the wto said international trade could decline by a third this year and companies must take steps. while europe's death toll continue to rise, most of its stock markets were in decline. the world trade organisation warns the pandemic could cause the deepest economic recession in living memories. the bank of france said the nation's economy contracted 6% in the first quarter, putting it in recession, despite the news the finance minister promised to keep the current support measures in place. translation: we will maintain them for the duration of this health and economic crisis. we have made a choice and i see it as a choice of responsibility to protect these skills and employees rather than in the united states, having millions more unemployment claims every week. one of spain's biggest football teams, real madrid, has said its players will reduce wages by up to a fifth this

jon sopel, bbc news, washington.millions of lives and one of the main impacts according to campaigners is that we're facing an unprecedented emergency in mental health which could go on for years. charities say helplines are dealing with an overwhelming increase in calls with millions of people also downloading advice from websites offering support. 0ur correspondentjon kay has been speaking to people in bristol to find out how they're coping with life in lockdown. another day over. but we face more weeks of lockdown. the aim is to protect our bodies. but what's the impact on our minds? along the bristol channel, we found people only too aware of the strain on mental health. it is just a fear of you getting it or a loved one getting it. you know, it is hard even to talk about it! just loneliness, i think. that lack of not being able to have face—to—face conversations is a really big deal. i'm not sleeping that well, put it that way. i just feel totally useless. what can you do? you've got to try and pick yourself up,

jon sopel, bbc news, annapolis, maryland.n the bbc‘s katty kay, who joins us now from washington. let's ta ke let's take you back to the white house. we told the president would speak at the top of the hour but he is some five minutes wait. a lot of the correspondence they are doing their standupsjust the correspondence they are doing their standups just before the start of this. we have got an idea of some of this. we have got an idea of some of the guidelines he will be excited to announce. he had a busy day, first having a teleconference with leaders of the g7 countries with the us heading the g7 this particular yearfor us heading the g7 this particular year for 2020. talking about what they should do as a block. also set up they should do as a block. also set upa bipartisan they should do as a block. also set up a bipartisan task force to reopen the economy with some dreadful figures as you just heard there in terms of unemployment, up to 22 million, a rise of 5.2 million in the past week alone. let's bring in the bbc‘s k