reporter: katrine will also keep returning to the bataclan. is determined not to give in to the fear. brent: it is the biggest arctic expedition of all time. the research -- ship polar star set off in september and is halfway through its year long journey. hundreds of researchers are trying to work out how ice, water and the atmosphere interaction. the ship set out from northern norway and the liberal he got itself stuck and frozen into the ice -- deliberately. dw has been trtracking the exexpeditions progress. reporter:: stuck in the ice in the total darkness of f the polr night, the international expedition is sururveying the arctctic for a whohole yr. the region is crucial to the globe. while they are there, the scientists literally go with the flow ofhe ice drift. team leader marcus rex made a brief trip back on land and shared his experiences. >> it's fascinatating when you turn off thehe ship's engines ad let it freeze into the ice, it suddenly goes silenent. before, the shipp was always moving, breakiking through ice. anand then all mov

questioned of no one her family and friends were struggling to understand what she was going through and katrine felt incapable of putting our feelings into words so she found another method to express them. i put all my suffering into my drawings and it's a great relief it's like a catharsis i wanted people to understand how i was suffering from this invisible injury this huge millstone stands for all the symptoms of my p.t.s.d. . but she realized her drawings could do more than just help her alone that's why she decided to put them in a book. my fellow survivors said that my drawings showed exactly what they were going through they took them to their relatives and friends and that helped them reconnect with that off the ones i think my drawings could also help other victims of terrorism or people suffering other traumas across the world that. kathleen has since published a 2nd book which includes drawings of more every day ordinary problems that's home way of getting back to some sort of normal life but the attack changed forever. katherine she picked thought that it's like i'm a new cutty now

it's just her 40 new conformations continuing what has been a steady drop over the past few days katrin e.u. is in beijing. to 40 new cases in 22 deaths that's the lowest some of the lowest numbers we've seen since this outbreak really started to pick up steam at the end of january in china more than 80000 people have been infected but health authorities say that most of those people have been cured and there are only about 20000 people now who are being treated for the current virus in hospital still 5000 people or so are in critical condition but it's definitely a positive picture and we're starting to see real concrete evidence of that change in this positive improvement in the epicenter of who bay province itself now there was at one point thousands of people being diagnosed every day about 2000 people on some days and of course because of that huge demand on the hospital system in will hand they had to create all these makeshift hospitals with 14 makeshift hospitals were created including one called the living room which accommodated 1700 patients now 11 of those have now suspended

while our white house correspondent can be how katrine's us now live from washington d.c. kimberly as we're watching these numbers escalate we're also i believe expecting some new modeling from the white house is there an emerging sense that of the scale of this spread across the country now. i think they've had this picture for a while but what we're hearing is that it's finally going to be public and we're already getting the sense that these numbers are not going to be good dr deborah burks who is one of the public health officials who's coordinating the response in the united states is expected to reveal the data that she has previously shared with the nation's governors that resulted in a large number of states more than half in the united states some 250000000 people sensually telling them just stay home because the next 2 weeks are going to be critical so we expect that those numbers are going to be shared but we already know the numbers are not good what she's going to tell us we expect is that they're going to get worse but we have almost 165000 of factions in the

katrin e.u. with the update from beijing thank you we look at iran now which is close 3 of its holiest sites to visitors despite strong opposition from protesters shrines in the cities. were shut down to contain the spread of coronavirus 853 people have died in iran from the virus with almost 15000 confirmed cases we've also just heard that teheran is temporarily freeing about 85000 prisoners because of the pandemic last week the un asked iran to release them to help stem virus spread more on that one would start from teheran any idea how that works and how do you release 85000 people and then bring them back to jail at some point. well we have to remember we're in iran this is a very strict religious government with a very strong security apparatus so if they're releasing them now they're likely not worried about taking them back into custody and we should say that the prisoners who have been really should expect to be taken back into custody as of now on april 3rd that is the date for the end o

. >> breaking news on wall street katrine resumes after was halted for 15 minutes when the dow droppednue to fear the coronavirus. >>> a cruise ship will dock at port of oakland today, bringing in coronavirus patients on board. >>> school officials not taking chances, the impact the deadly virus is having on high schools and universities. good morning everyone and welcome back to mornings on 2 , i am mike mibach. >>> i am gasia mikaelian, you can see the golden globe behind us, it's chilly. >>> chilly, most of it south of us, good morning. >> caroll enrich river canyon. back in the day, that is way out there back in the day. >>> good morning, crisp and clear, some high clouds of their, san ramon, have a great day, a few clouds filtering through, most of the activity will be to the south of us. and offshore direction. a mix of sun and clouds and partly cloudy. >>> rain looks to the santa cruz mountains in san jose south, the northern extent of it and mid-60s. allie is here, she has been busy. >> that's not too far. that is my old neck of the woods. >> reporter: if you are heading out on

we are monitoring the situation in china and south katrin which makes it difficult to see how this will prevent the spread of the virus. the white house clarified that the president misspoke. trump cancelled his plan visits this week to colorado and nevada. we are learning that coronavirus concerns have prompted the nba to scrap its entire remaining season until further notice. we'll have much more on that coming up. this actor tom hanks also making headline after he posted on social media that he and his wife rita wilson tested positive for the virus. we'll be tested and observed and isolated for as long as public health and safety requires. tonight there are more than 1200 case s in the united states and nearly 40 people have died. this morning, dr. fouci, a key member of the white house viral task force offered this dire prediction in the house oversight committee. >> we'll see more cases and things will get worse than they are right now. how much worse will get will depend on our ability to do two things to contain the influx of people coming from the outside and the ability to cont

for now she's getting ready for her day under the sun katrine you al-jazeera beijing governments around the world are using social distancing as one of the ways to stop the virus from spreading but health workers are authorities to also look at the cost of exclusion and loneliness amongst the most vulnerable priyanka gupta has more on that. was the 2nd pandemic of the 21st century has led to the largest quarantine in human history bustling cities have turned into go stands millions are on the lockdown in parts of asia and europe. public squares communities have been converging for centuries are almost empty. in today's hyper connected world doctors and governments are urging less social contact to reduce the risk of infection but there are concerns that social distancing although vital in these times can also lead to social isolation intent of social distancing is in fact to protect those who are the most vulnerable in particular the elderly and those with underlying medical conditions it's also to try to reduce the rate of the spread of the disease so that we can avoid overwhelming the

for now she's getting ready for her day under the sun katrine you al-jazeera teaching sarah clarke is our 1st correspondent tracking the story for us out of hong kong so just specifically sarah on what's happening in and around new zealand get us up to date . well certainly looking at the new zealand scenario the prime minister there just into our journey has announced on saturday after a special emergency meeting she's announced that they will have tough quarantine restrictions self isolation for 14 days for all travelers arriving in new zealand this is not just foreign travelers it's also the new zealand citizens should start the pacific islanders they will be exempt from this particular quarantine because at this stage it appears the pacific islands appear to be void of the crown of us but looking at the trends across the region we've had this downward trend continuing in china live in new cases and 13 deaths and the government this is that the recovery rate is also increasing look at south korea we have another record low since february 2170 cases taking the total number now to ab