katty: functional. quite sure whaa functional conversation is but that is how governor cuomo described wis conversatih the president. it is not quite cantankerous and not quite cordele is how one person put it to me. this book about testing and about the need for more funding. you know new york has been and could we badly hit. iwaefulor t thehi snkta gte of w york useful for funding, and he seems to havead an impact on e president, describing how hard it had been the president grew up in new york for a long time. it is an area of the countryhi that is dear theart as well. but this issue of testing is what governors really want, and at is what governor cuomo wants sorted out. they need more testingn new york before they can open up the state again. one thing andrew cuomo said is the president did not put any pressure on him to open up speedily. laura: why won't the president take the lead on testing? katty: you know, it is a complicated question. so you got the states saying,ere need the f government do

katty: functional. quite sure what a functional conversation t is butt is how governor cuomo described his conversation with the president. it is not quite cantankerous and not quite cordele is how one person put it to me. this book about testing and about the need for more fding. you know new york has been and could we badly hit. iom think governor going down there and talking to the president in this one on one way was useful for the state of new york useful for funding, and he seems to have had an impact on the president, describing how hard it had been hit. the president g in new york for a long time. it is an area of the country art ass dear to his well.but this issue of testing s what governors really want, and that is what governor cuomo wants sorted out. they need more testingyo in new before they can open up the state again. one thing andrew cuomo said is the president did not put any pressure on him to open up speedily. laura: whyde won't the pre take the lead on testing? katty: you kw, it is

katty k who is really governing britain?ty: dominicb r is the person who has been designated if necessary to make the decisions that boris johnson might not be able to make. he was the brexit secretary. he was involved in brexit negotiations. he does not have the charisma or energy or the name recognition of boris johnson. the fact that boris johnson is in intensive care s forond night is sending a chill around the united states. he is the first world leader of that stature to have succumbed the coronavirus. everyone knows that if you endiv up in inte care, it is because your disease is serious. it is one of these t momentst people will remember when we look back at the history of this disease. anchor: boris johnson shook a lot of hands and marched, didn't he? before his government ally reversed course. katty: there is video of him on march 3 almost proudly saying i am pleased to say that i have been shaking a lot of people's hands. it sounded a little bit le what we ha heard in the white house of this is not so serious. it

here is the bbc's katty kay.is is a sign of the times that this was not done at a political rally but in the basement. the two men coming together for critical unity. what is key about ts is the timing. i remember back in 2016, bernie sanders endorsing hillary clinton was pretty tepid. in fact, it took himys early six after she was the presumptive nominee to actually get there. this time around, it has taken bernie sanders only five days, and as he put it, the reason he is endorsing joe bid is that donald trump is, as he says, the mostre dangerousdent in american history, and he willo everything he can to try to get him out of the white house. that includes an appeal to his supporters saying now you all have to come in and try to join me to get donald trump toa b one-term president. joe biden returned the complements, saying he would listen critically to bernie issues. supporters a his the two now are going to form democratic task forces to look at things like education and immigration, climate change, and, i thi

thank you, katty.the leader of north korea king john has not been seen in public for more than two weeks. inevitably —— king john and has not been seen in public for more than two weeks. inevitably rumours are circulating —— king john. the issue of ppe — personal protective equipment — remains a burning issue in the uk. here's an update on the situation in wales. as of today, we have provided more than 56 million pieces of ppe to our nhs and to local authorities for onward distribution to all social ca re onward distribution to all social care settings in wales. we have provided that from our central stores, and to thousands of places where the nhs operates across wales. ppe to hospital, pharmacies, emergency dental clinics and as far as social care is aware, we are going twice a week to stores for onward distribution to social care settings. this is outside source, live from the bbc newsroom. borisjohnson is back at work after recovering from coronavirus. he says now is the moment of maximum risk for

katty: it is interesting because democrats are nervous abouts wt happring this election year.we have a second wave. this has been through the courts. it became the subject of a norma's politicalattle in wisconsin. it is just not safe to have these people standing in qs four hours. we haveeen people with signs saying this is disgusting, this is disgraceful, we should n be dog this. i think it is a sign of the kind of fight you might t have ifs is still rumbling through when we come to november. we have seen a lot of people in wisconsin willing to stand in line to exercise the right to vote. anchor: thank you. here in new york, the death toll highest yet.24 hours was the 731 died.ra th at which people are being admitted to hospital has slowed.for more, i enjoyed by cg spencer, dirtor of global health and emergency medicine at columbia medical center. canes youibe the scene in your hospital's emergency room rayna -- rightow? >> every hospital is a little bit different. it is dire. this isor new many of us. we have not had tn the do things past. we signed up to save livesow and ri

katty: there has been a lot of difference.re was a two-week period in whic the states went into various states ofn, lockdome much more than others. some states never fly went into lockdown, allowing exemptions for religious services. others with hotspots were much re strict. now you have georgia, tennessee, soutcarolina, florida, all doing some form of opening up. nevada, the mayor of las vegas, saying she is prepared to have las vegas as a test case for the rest of the country to see what happens when you do p. but there is a lot of frustration. their jobs. americans have lost they have no income, they need to go to work. they are desperate. they have had no money for five weeks. you can understand why states want to open up. is, it has to be done in a very controlled, safe manner, or the virus comes roaring back and you have another lockdown. anchor: thank you. in the u.k. the new government website that lnched today for upo 10 million key workers and their families, to bookvi coros tests online, had to close after it was in

jobs picture and the effort to help out americans who are struggling, i am joined by katty kay.early 70 million americans have lost their jobs. the scale of this is staggering. katty: when you think there are only 160 milon americans actually in the workforce, that 17 million figure puts into some kind of perspective. this is much worse than during the crash of 2008. you actually have to go back to the greadepression of the 1920's to find jobless figures like you are seeg at the moment. the number of people who are actually losing their jobs. u have the treasury secretary on television today that the u.s. economy can hopefully start rebounding and may. public health officials say that is optimistic at best. anchor: realistically, won't it take a long time for the economy to beebound? with so many pple struggling to file for unemployment katty: that is staggering that it is taking people 700 calls to get through t andy still cannot get their money. people areg hav to make terrible choices between, do you feed your animals or do you p your bills? those arehe decisions people are f

i want to thank andy slavitt, katty kay, dr. bhadelia and andy preis. >>> and an interview with mark cuban. and companies getting breaks not for them but for smaller businesses on main street. >>> what sports teams will do in this new reality. >>> and the growing debate about how to reopen. why expert says we need way more testing. two special tests on what openings could do when you look at the economic disparities across america. an important aspect of this that we think needs more attention. all of that coming up. i'm ari melber. you're watching "the beat" on msnbc. msnbc. and private clouds, and hybrid clouds- things can get a bit cloudy for you. but now, there's the dell technologies cloud, powered by vmware. a single hub for a consistent operating experience across all your clouds. that should clear things up. stand up to moderate to severe rheumatoid arthritis. and take. it. on... ...with rinvoq. rinvoq a once-daily pill... ...can dramatically improve symptoms... rinvoq helps tame pain, stiffness, swelling. and for some-r

lets go back to katty kay. it just it will help the economy of georgia but itjust goes to show what the united states with the whole process has been. the dater that camp is referring to is data suggesting that georgia hit its peak a couple of weeks ago in terms of the number of coronavirus cases. so he feels he can take these measures in order to try to reopen the economy. bearing in mind how many people who've lost theirjobs. what were already hearing business owners from george irst, owners of gems for example saying they're not going to bother reopening because they don't think it's safe. and because polls show that the public doesn't think it safe. so will they actually go back evenif safe. so will they actually go back even if a nail salon is open in atla nta, even if a nail salon is open in atlanta, georgia ? even if a nail salon is open in atlanta, georgia? is somebody going to think that they can go there in a socially distant way and get their pedicure or manicure? it doesn't seem so. pedicure or mani

let's see if those dates hold. >> katty kay, trlnks.he health organization is considering whether to update his guidance about wearing masks to prevent the spread of coronavirus. in the u.s. the centers for disease control i also mulling that over. no guidance has been issued as of yet. research suggest coughs and sneezes may tvel further than previously t as david reports. >> the shocking power of a sneeze. do we know for certain how far it might project coronavirus? that is the question being assessed. it could change how whee respond toandemic. according to the world health organization, the infection could beprd up to a meter away. the advice of the british government and manywothers is that meters can be considered safe. rearch shows coughing and ecpr more droplets up to six meters and sneezing could go even fther. there is no definitive proof coronavirus can be spread that r. there are scientists that believe that possibility must be considered. special camerashe innited states captured a sneeze. some droplets stay close. tiny one

katty: the 20 general election for the white house is now on.ll be joe biden versus donald tru. the challenge for joe biden is to try to win over all of those incredibly energetic bupnie sandersrters. there are a lot of young americans today who really believed in sanders's message and think in this time of the coronavirus, actually, his policies on health care for all, his polici of income, are more relevant than ever. an they feel very disappointed that the senator from vermont has dropped out of the race. sout how does joe biden go a trying to win them over without dragging the aquatic party so far to the lefthat he cannot energize voters in the cenr? it's clear nowthhat because of coronavirus, this election will be a referendum on donald p.tr and joe biden and the democratic party cannot afford to leave any voters behd. so their single focus for the next few months will be winning over bernie sanders supporters and trying to find a way for joe biden to reachn voters, e though he is stuck in a basement because everybody is unlocked. the key t

laura: for more on the significance of bernie sanders's departure on the race, here is katty kay.: the 2020 general election for the white house is now on. it will be joe ldden versus dorump. the challenge for joe biden is to try to win over all of those incredibly energetic bernie sanders supporters. there are a lot of young americans today who really believed in sanders's message and think in this time of the conavirus, actually, his policies on health care for allo hicies on reader he should of income, are more relevant than ever. d they feel very disappointed that the senator from vermont has dropped out of the race. so how does joe biden go about trying to win them over without dragginghe aquatic party so far to the left that he cannot it's clear now that because of the coronavirus, this election will be a referendum on donald trump. and joe biden and the democratic party cannot afford trsleave any voehind. so their singl focus for the next few months will be winning d er bernie sanders supporters and trying to fway for joe biden to reach voters, even though he is stuck in a

katty, thank you forjoining us again.s vaccine has begun here in the uk, marking a highly significant moment in the scientific response to the pandemic. this afternoon two volunteers were injected with that potential vaccine, the first of more than 800 adults aged between 18 and 55 years old who've been recruited for the study. the scientists behind it say they are already working with manufacturers to produce millions of doses later this year, should it be found to work. our medical correspondent fergus walsh has this special report. this could change everything. a vaccine against coronavirus. a way out for all of us. ok, so a needle scratch. the first volunteer to receive it was elisa granato, a microbiologist. she's 32 today. i'm a scientist, so of course i want to try and support science, the scientific process whenever i can, and since i don't study viruses i felt a bit useless these days, so i felt like this was an easy way for me to support the cause, yeah, and that's why i'm here, and i'm excited. half those on th

demand was high, but some of the business is applying for loans were not so small after all as katty tells us. >> it looks like american small businesses will get another injection of cash, some $470 billion. they need this because the last big package that went out a few weeks proved not to be enough. the system. was overwhelm there were far too many applicants, and a lot of the small businesses that wanted that money found a just could not access it. it had all been dispersed. so now there are negotiations over the $470 billion and critically safeguards have been put into it so that it is the most needy, the really small businesses, people in vulnerable communities who can actually cesshese funds. it is all a b embarrassing because it seems that some of the money actually went toery big c tins,ngs like pot belly, which has franchises all around the country,ha and shack, a hamburger joint across the united states which has hundreds of emoyees around the country. they managed to get $10 million from the last dispersal of funds. they decided to give that back because they whenze liatd

as katty there mentioned.us it is highly likely we are having a definite positive effect by the mitigation things that we're doing, this physical separation." does that mean that there is social distancing and the lockdown is that we are seeing across the united states, a re we are seeing across the united states, are they in fact working? yes, that is what he said in that interview, this is all because social distancing is working and those original numbers that we had been given a vote to 200,000 americans dying are told are based on most people not doing social distancing. now in the united states, all but eight states have mandatory social distancing, lockdown orders in place. millions of americans are staying at home and thatis of americans are staying at home and that is why we are seeing this revisions, the virus just does not have the chance to spread from people much as it was doing so. i did speak to a format trump administration officialjust did speak to a format trump administration official just t

they'll do everything they can. >> katty, thank you. willie? >> sunday night, we were told it was a precaution. i think a lot of people said, wait a minute, the prime minister of the uk, one of the most powerful men in the world, they don't just casually drop him into the hospital unless it is serious. what are you hearing about his condition and his prognosis from your sources there in the uk? >> i'm quite good friends with members of boris' family, siblings with boris. one of them, leo, his middle brother, texted last night that he is strong as on ox and they're confident he'll pull through. he is robust. he might not be slim. he might not be as thick as some people. he is an extremely durable model. let's put it that way. the element here, boris is a cla classist. the element here of potential greek tragedy, you know, can't be overlooked. he did, as his government did, maintain a stance of herd immunity for many, many weeks. he went out, and by his own admission, he was happy going around hospitals, as a politician does, he said, shaking han

let's bring in the bbc‘s katty kay, who joins us now from washington.'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 katty kay, who joins us now from washington. we have spoken the last two

demand wase igh, but s the business is applying for loans were not so small after alls katty kay tells >> it looks like american small injection of cash, some $470 billion. they need this becausehe last big package that went out a few weeks ago for small businesses proved not to be enough. the system was overwhelmed. there were far too many ap money found a just could not cess it. had all been dispersed. itso nowhere are negotiations over the $470 billion and critically safeguards have been put into it so that it is the most needy, the really small businesses, people in vulnerable communities who can actually cess these funds. it is all a bit embarrassing because it seems that some of the money actually went toery big chains, thingsikte l country, and shake shack, a hamburger joint across the united states which has hundreds of emoyees around the country. they managed to get $10 lillion from tt dispersal of atnds. the ead d tidedivo g when $10 can have accesds fs un of d million that other small sinesses reay did need laura: katty kay reporting there. in other news now from around the

katty kay for us there.des to the current restrictions, but some of our native animals appear to be enjoying the quiet on the roads. wildlife experts say that the dramatic drop in traffic as a result of the lockdown could help to pause the decline in species such as hedgehogs. 0ur science correspondent, victoria gill, reports. while so many of us are stuck indoors, lockdown hasn't slowed the flurry of springtime activity outside. and as urban areas for quiet and more people put out food in their yards and gardens, wild animals are showing up in some very domestic settings. so could nature be making the most out of lockdown? it was a very strange time for all of us, how might different animals be adapting to it? normally places that are quite noisy and busy, typically dominated by human activity, they are a lot more spaced now for animals and wildlife generally. a lot of species will respond to that, particularly hedgehogs we think. in mind... if that is the case, then that could be a contributing factor in t

that's katty kay in washington. new government website that launched today for up to 10 million key workers and their families to book coronavirus tests online had to close after it was inundated with requests. almost 50,000 people in england tried to book a testjust hours after the website launched. 16,000 did manage to book a drive through appointment or get home testing kits. the government says the site — for key workers with symptoms — is going back online this evening and will be taking more bookings. 0ur health editor hugh pym has the latest. pop—up units run by the army — part of a new push in england to boost virus testing. the number of drive—through centres is being expanded and more home test kits will be sent out, all to handle possible demand from up to 10 million key workers and their families. but by mid—morning, all slots bookable online for today had been taken by 11,000 people and 5,000 home test kits went within minutes. the department of health apologised for any inconvenience and said booking f

katty kay, thanks so much.eaths from coronavirus for two weeks, continuing a recent trend which suggests the virus's spread is stabilising. with over 130,000 infections, spain has more cases than any other country in the world except for the united states. guy hedgecoe reports from madrid. good news, as another patient is discharged from hospital, having recovered from covid—19. spain has reported just under 640 deaths from coronavirus were being reported daily. the number of new infections has also been easing off in recent days, and the government says the virus' spread is now coming under control. translation: more than 40,000 people have already been discharged, and this already represents almost 30% of the reported cases. the government believes that measures that were introduced just over three weeks ago, tightly restricting spaniards movement, are paying off. this week, the prime minister, pedro sanchez, hopes to gain parliamentary backing to extend the national lockdown at least until late april. but al

stay there katty, i want to touch on another big story in the us.has announced he will impose a temporary ban on all immigration into the united states in order to protect american jobs during the pandemic. he made the announcement in a tweet... "in light of the attack from the invisible enemy, as well as the need to protect the jobs of our great american citizens, i will be signing an executive order to temporarily suspend immigration into the united states!" the invisible enemy is a term he uses to describe the coronavirus. his critics aren't happy. democratic presidential nominee joe biden pushed back with a blunt tweet... "the president needs to stop blaming others and do hisjob." california democratic senator kamala harris tweets... "trump failed to take this crisis seriously from day i. his abandonment of his role as president has cost lives. and now, he's shamelessly politicizing this pandemic. on the other hand from the republican side we heard from congressman paul gosar who represents arizona... "thank you donald trump. all immigration to

good to talk to you, thank you very much, katty kay there with us in washington.l has collapsed to a record low, as demand dries up and storage runs out. the price of a barrel of west texas intermediate, the benchmark for us oil, today traded as low as minus $40 a barrel — the first time the price has turned negative in history. it led to a day of chaos in the oil markets, and has left the world awash with oil and not enough storage capacity. let's speak now to christof ruehl, who's an economist at crystol energy. hejoins us from abu dhabi. and that's it, really, a glut of oil? negative prices, people have to be paid to pick up the oil, which is to be delivered next month. that is the market's way of telling you ta nks the market's way of telling you tanks are full. so talk us through the implications of that and how long you think it might last? technicalities aside, this is for delivery next month. it had in the you just have been in the us, not globally, which is important. in landlocked areas where you have storage facilities far away where you have pipelines

katty, many thanks.n staying at that press briefing in the white house. let's focus here on the uk. after falling for the last few days, the number of people in the uk who've died with coronavirus has risen sharply. the latest figures show that in hospitals across the uk a further 823 people have died from the virus. that takes the total number of deaths to over 17,000. seperate figures suggest that in the week up to easter, deaths in england and wales hit a 20—year high with 8,000 more people dying than would be regarded as normal for the time of year. the figures from the office for national statistics also found — in that same week the number of deaths in care homes quadrupled, rising to more than a thousand. for weeks now health experts have been emphasising the importance of testing people for coronavirus. the government set a target of 100 thousand tests a day by the end of this month. current testing levels are nowehere near that figure — home testing kits are now being given to some key workers,

washington anchor for bbc world news america, katty kay. co-host of showtime's "the circus" and editor in chief of "the recount," john heilemann. let's show you how this all played out, as the president undermined his top medical experts on stage. once again, they're being forced to push back hard against president trump's latest suggestions for treating the coronavirus. one of which included, stay with me here, injecting people with disinfectant. the president's ideas, which were prejected by experts in th briefing room with him, came after a homeland security official presented research that found disinfectants, heat and humidity, killed the virus on surfaces and in the air. >> so supposing we hit the body with a tremendous, whether it's ultraviolet or just very powerful light, and i think you said that has not opinion checked but you're going to check it. i said supposing you brought the light inside the body, which you can do, either through the skin or in some other way, and i think you said you're going to test that, too. sounds inter

the bbc's katty kay is with us.as the next question. >> greg, it certainly is striking reading your report yesterday, and then listening to the white house briefing, and how often we heard the president and the vice president say what a fantastic job the administration is doing. is there anyone in the administration, according to your reporting. who would recognize your timetable and admit that there were moments where, for example, with the tests that went wrong, things that went wrong, or that the tests that they promised were going to get out didn't get out, or lockdowns they said were going to happen didn't happen on time? how much recognition and acceptance of responsibility is there anywhere in the administration that this has been a catalog of missteps? >> well, of course, you know, in this administration, it's highly perilous for anybody to contradict the president. you don't last very long if you're not on the same page with the president, or you undercut what he is saying. in this case though, i mean, we w

studio: let's go back to katty kay in dc. we've heard from deborah birxjust a moment ago.likes the figures for this, butjoe biden seems to be ahead but doesn't have anything like the platform that this gives donald trump in the selection year. no. joe biden has been pretty invisible, have and he? he's done a few meetings. he is doing local media, which is probably a smart strategy. he's doing interviews with press in michigan and wisconsin and florida, the key swing states. i suspect that's about the most he can do, given that has on social media platform is much more limited. he doesn't have this opportunity to go before the country on primetime television across nearly all of cable networks every day for a couple of hours and get this kind of an audience. it is hard for the democrats to break through.” an audience. it is hard for the democrats to break through. i was just trying to work out what was happening in terms of these checks that donald trump wanted to be personally signed by himself to people receiving benefits. is that being blocked or attempted to be blocked

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fauci's time, which is so insulting, to cat katty's point.insulting and damaging, having them sitting there, listening to this useless garbage that he is putting out. disinformation. while his top scientists are standing there for hours every single day. when we got to the useful portions of yesterday's briefing, dr. deborah birx talked about ways to protect vulnerable senior citizens amid the pandemic. >> we really need to continue to protect and continue to test in nursing homes. because we know that that's a particularly vulnerable group. it's a group where, often now, we're beginning to understand asymptomatic transmission. no one is intending to pass the virus on to others, but we know in essential workers around the united states, people are unknowingly infected and passing the virus on. so those are the ones that we're very interested in finding. you might say, "how do you find them, paubecause they don't hav symptoms." this is where we have to increase surveillance in a dl deliberative and understanding way. i think we can see where t

mayor, katty kay has a question for you. >> mayor, thank you for joining us. hard words for the president over the weekend, asking if the white house just wanted new york to drop dead. do you get the sense from washington, a little bit like we've had throughout the history of this virus, that, somehow, it is somebody else's problem? for a while, it was china's problem. then it was a problem in italy but not in my backyard. do you think new york is almost being ring fenced, as well? new york has this big problem. they can deal with it. it's not our problem. >> yeah, i think that's exactly what you're seeing. first of all, we all know, it is not just a new york problem. this is a problem all over our country. if it is not handled right, it will get worse in all kinds of states. this is a red state and blue state problem. it's bigger cities, but it is not just bigger cities. we see, obviously, in small towns of america, this problem, too. i think you're right. in the mind of donald trump, it becomes easier to say, "let me compartmentalize this away." here's the t

let's talk to katty kay now, who is in washington for us.now 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 to give it "a cleansing". i did not see any sarcasm it "a cleansing". i did not see any sarcasm it is 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 they got a huge meta— pushback from the medical community, and he's also going pushback from states because the state of maryland this morning has to put out a notification advising people in the state not to drink disinfectant because, they say

katty kay has more. just waiting for her. is coming up on the significance of barack obama endorsing joe biden. reporter:f i you are running for anything as a democrat, mayor, congressman, the endorsement you really want ithat of barack obama. but the former president realized it was not just enough to say he likes joe biden, he had to remind americers that the former vice president has experience leading in a crisis. barack obama: joe has the character anguexperience to e us through one of our darkest times and heal us through a long recovery. and i know he will surround himself wi good people. experts, scientists, military officials, who actually know how to run the government. reporter: if you heard a bit of a dig at trump, you are not wrong. there is no love lost between the two. but there was a lot of love for barack obama knows they have to turn a vote for joe biden if they are going to take back thit house. barack obama: bernie has devoted hisin life to g voice to hopes, dreams, frustrations of working people. reporter

katty kay, thank you very much.china and other nations over how the virus began. let's bring ros atkins back in. hi, ros. thanks, babita. let's start with china's ambassador to the uk, speaking to the bbc‘s hardtalk programme. china is a victim of the coronavirus. china is not a source of this problem. china is not the producer of this epidemic. and that is something we have to come clean about. donald trump sees it differently. he has said he's considering suing china, accusing china of not doing enough early on to stop the spread of the disease. we are not happy with china. we are not happy with that whole situation, because we believe it could've been stopped at the source, it could've been stopped quickly, and it wouldn't have spread all over the world. and we think that should have happened. so we'll let you know at the appropriate time, but we are doing serious investigations. and this was the response to that from the chinese foreign ministry. translation: american politicians have repeatedly ignored the trut

katty, thank you very much.n is a fighter and he will recover — that's the pledge of the man who is standing in for the british prime minister. dominic raab said mrjohnson — who is being treated for coronavirus — is stable and not on a ventilator. overall, the number of new infections in the uk is showing signs of levelling off — but the figure for deaths is still rising. our political editor laura kuenssberg reports. nothing stops the spring. the country's on pause — not knowing how deep this crisis will really cut, if the prime minister himself will recover. after a night for boris johnson in intensive care, the foreign secretary in his place at the lectern. he remained stable overnight. he's receiving standard oxygen treatment and breathing without any assistance. he's not required any mechanical ventilation or noninvasive respiratory support. he's notjust the prime minister. to all of us in cabinet, he's notjust our boss. he's also a colleague, he's also a friend. so all of our thoughts and prayers are with

let's speak now to the bbc‘s katty kay — who's in washington dc.ard there from the governor, warning about the potential of a second spike and the president only yesterday at his news conference described bills protesters as responsible people. n0 sound apologies, as you can see, we have lost the sounds link to washington. we will try to fix that and returned to her in a short while. here, the british government's scheme to help businesses keep their staff on their payrolls, even if the pandemic means they can't work, has opened today. by this afternoon 140,000 firms had applied for support under the scheme. the government will cover 80% of workers' wages, up to a value of two and a half thousand pounds a month. our business editor simonjack reports. lockdown britain, streets deserted, shops closed, workers at home. but due to a government scheme that went live today, nearly 10 million of them will be paid by the government to stay there. i'm peterjackson... a godsend for businesses like this jewellers who has 40 staff across four closed stores. it

thanks, katty, we will be back with you in just a minute.d a press conference within the next hour. earlier, the white house cancelled a briefing by its coronavirus task force that was scheduled to take place around the same time. this of course follows the condemnation of president trump for suggesting in thursday's briefing that his experts explore whether disinfectant could be injected into people to treat coronavirus. larry hogan is governor of the state of maryland — and a republican. he told cbs news it was "critical" the president stuck to the facts. the mixed messaging, i have raised concerns multiple times about conflicting messages. we had hundreds of calls on our hotline in maryland, people asking about injecting or ingesting these disinfectants, which is, you know, hard to imagine that people thought that was serious, but people actually were thinking about this, "was this something you could do to protect yourself? " caddy is back with us, those extraordinary comments still doing a lot of political damage this week. yes, if it i

i can now speak to katty kay in washington. from home, ithink from home, i think in dc.hat have you taken from her today, not quite the bombshell of the day before but anything else you have picked up? yes, from home in my basement, and these briefings are really interesting and for president trump they are away to talk to the country ina they are away to talk to the country in a critical election year and let's not forget there's a presidential election going on at the moment and in this election campaign when he cannot get out and do what he wants to do which is hold these big rallies which is his favourite way of talking to his supporters, he's realised that these daily white house coronavirus briefings are getting huge audiences and it gives him a chance to talk to the american public. often he's talking about things related to the coronavirus and sometimes we get experts up there, doctor fauci a famous figure in the united states now. and the treasury secretary sometimes talks, but he also did veers into domestic politics he uses these briefings as a way to make his

0k, katty kay, thank you very much indeed.he spends a third night in intensive care battling covid—19/ the chancellor rishi sunak says the prime minister was setting up in his bed. but the wider picture... 938 have died. our political editor laura kuenssberg reports. still the wait. the prime minister is still in intensive care. but borisjohnson's condition in hospital is improving. he's sitting up in bed. but dilemmas for government will still come. good afternoon. the chancellor taking the lead today. the latest from the hospital is that the prime minister remains in intensive care, where his condition is improving. i can also tell you that he has been sitting up in bed and engaging positively with the clinical team. this is more than an immediate health emergency, though, for the prime minister and the many thousands of families around the country with loved ones at risk. shuttered shops, closed down commerce, the outward signs of a massive hit to the nation's wallet for as long as this lockdown goes on. do you accept, chan

here's an assessment on president trump's latest press briefing from the bbc‘s katty kay in washingtonhas criticised and blamed the coronavirus for an hour to the turn of the world health organisation, specifically it seems the president is unhappy with the organisation for being too close to china and at one point in the briefing he said that the two political correctness ahead of saving lives. and it is worth remembering that at the back of january — who, donald trump specifically supported the world health organisation and president xijinping world health organisation and president xi jinping and so there is some rewriting of history but for the moment he is suspending funding to the who, pending some review. we will have to see how long the review ta kes will have to see how long the review takes and how the funding will resume. and before we go, here's a tale of incredible dedication from one who served his country in tough times. world war two veteran tom moore has been raising money for britain's health service by doing laps around his garden in the uk. the 99—year—old set out t

for more on the significance of the announcement, here's the bbc‘s katty kay. this was not done at some big political rally in a swing state, but from the basement of a senator from vermont and the basement of the former vice president of the united states. the two men coming together asjoe biden put it for critical unity. what is key about this is the timing. i remember back in 2016, bernie sanders' endorsement of hillary clinton was pretty tepid. it took him 36 days after she was the presumptive nominee to actually get there. this time around, it's taken bernie sanders only five days, and as he put it, the reason he's endorsing joe biden is because he believes that donald trump as he says is the most dangerous president in american history and he will do everything he can to try to get him out of the white house. that includes an appeal to his supporters, saying now you all have to come in and try tojoin me to get donald trump to be a one—term president. joe biden returned the compliments, saying this endorsement meant a huge amount to him and he would listen

our correspondent katty kay joins us from washington.trump immigration band, but how extensive is it? yes. as we have seen before what president trump when he announces immigration policy on twitter, the initial offering seems to bea the initial offering seems to be a lot more dramatic and yukonian and actually the details of the policy itself. it became clear during the course of the white house press briefing which has just ended months ago this evening that this is actually a much more limited restriction. it applies for 60 days only to people who are applying for green cards. if you wanting to come to america on a temporary work visa to work for a company here. that is not included in this restriction. if you're coming to america to work for the agriculture industry and a lot of farmers here depend on part—time workers. they also are exempt from this restriction. if you're coming to work in the health care industry also exempt. it is really only about people applying for green cards and only at the moment anyway this 60 days. we know

let's bring in the bbc‘s katty kay, who joins us now from washington. that almost sounds like something che guevara would say, as opposed to donald trump. what does he mean? it's an interesting choice of words, and donald trump, it seems to me, is appealing directly to his base to some conservatives who have been out of places like michigan, protesting that their freedoms have been taken away because of this lockdown. and they want to have the freedom to go back to school or work, or restau ra nts a nd back to school or work, or restaurants and bars, and mix in public. there's this debate going on between public health workers and people on the business and economic side, and it seems to be setting up this clash here with trump's tweets, with him saying "liberate minnesota, liberate michigan, liberate virginia." but at this time, the white house is generally recommending until the end of april that people shelter at police and socially distance, which would seem to be at odds with this liberation. but those states that you pointed out are run by democra

i've been speaking to katty kay in washington and asked whether anyone is really buying trump's claimrcastic. 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 they got a huge amount of pushback from the medical community. and he's also going pushback from states because the state of maryland this morning has had to put out a notification advising people in the state not to drink disinfectant because, they say, they've had 100 calls from people asking about of what the president was suggesting them to do. all this comes as america passes 50,000 deaths with coronavirus. yeah. huge numbers. and still, obviously, new york still the epi

there was a severe drought at the time with extreme heat, and james hair's mother, katty north, along with her father, was in this group. her father, william nourse, was a white man, who had married a cherokee woman about 60 years before. a couple of months before, he had been described of being upwards of 100 years and completely blind for the last 25 years. there is no record of his arriving in the west, however, in a series of interviews conducted in the chattanooga area around 1900, a mr. a.g. carter tells this story. a white man named north married an indian and later became blind. he, that is mr. carter, heard that they threw him in the river and drowned him on the way west because he was so much trouble. so because of the high casualties of these first groups, permission was given to later removal of the other groups until fall, when it would be cooler. also the cherokee leaders petitioned general scott that they be allowed to conduct their own removal. permission was granted. james hair's father, conrad, was the leader of the first attachment to leave that fall. however, he so