a 50 year old message that resonates in a world sheltering from pandemic mike hanna al-jazeera washington. how fast they are on al-jazeera these are the top stories more than 20000 americans have not died after contracting the coronavirus the u.s. has surpassed italy's death toll and now leads the world with the highest number of fatalities new york is the epicenter in the u.s. with more than 8600 deaths the state governor says the situation is stabilizing though there has been a drop in the number of people who admitted to intensive care for the 1st time since the outbreak began you can see that the numbers are more it. stabilizing but it is stabilizing and horrific rate. 783 people 777799. these are just incredible numbers depicting incredible. and the u.k. health officials say the corona virus outbreak there hasn't yet reached its peak despite the death toll nearing 10011 year old was among the fatalities announced on saturday the government is urging people to stick to the lockdown restrictions. parts of the philippines capital has had its 1st day of mass testing but the rest of manil

medical experts could well fear that he's also planting the seeds of misinformation mike hanna al-jazeera washington the us has called for iran to be held accountable for terror ron successfully launched its 1st military satellites iran's revolutionary guard says they're now able to monitor the world from space a trumpet ministrations warned in the past the terror ron is using its space program as a cover for missile development from tehran same bus traffic reports. on wednesday morning the world a will to news of a secret operation carried out by the islamic revolutionary guards from a launch site in iran central desert it successfully used a 2 stage rocket to put its 1st military satellite in space. the newer or light is now 425 kilometers above us orbiting earth the head of the revolutionary guards says it gives iran's military new strategic advantages or that. it is a necessity for such powerful defense forces like the revolutionary guard to have access to advanced capabilities today the powerful armies of the world have no comprehensive defense plan if they don't have a place in space today we

medical experts could well fear that he's also planting the seeds of misinformation mike hanna al-jazeera washington during that same news conference donald trump was asked about iran successfully launching its 1st military satellite iran's revolutionary guard says it will allow them to monitor the world from space a satellite was launched from iran's market on wednesday the u.s. has in the past said that the space rogue program is a cover for missile development which iran's leaders deny a white house correspondent kimberly helicopters at that briefing. the u.s. president issuing a stern warning to iran if in any way u.s. naval ships are harassed in the persian gulf by iranian fast boats in the words of the u.s. president he will make sure they are shot out of the water if they get close to our both the u.s. president saying that the u.s. navy is 100 percent prepared for any sort of engagement i also had the opportunity in the white house briefing to ask the u.s. president for his reaction to the launch of that military satellite by the i.r.g.c. mr going to launch a military satellite firebomb when

day tomorrow on this day's evidence it's not clear whether this is a promise or threat mike hanna al-jazeera washington or nearly 640000 people in the u.s. have been infected with cold 19 and more then 31000 have died new york is so on the frontline of the pandemic with the highest number of reported infections and deaths and even though new infections seem to be slowing in recent days hospitals there are stretched to breaking points parikh is a doctor of internal medicine in new york city says more efforts need to be made to protect health workers and contain the outbreak. one thing that really stuck out to me is that and i try to you know tell my colleagues and how contagious this was that you needed a bold level of quick like hazmat suits respirators that purify the air meaning that you know the big contention is this droplet or airborne and clearly we're seeing some airborne component because this is how contagious this disease was and it was spreading and unfortunately been affecting hospital health care workers and such we need the cill these are only kogut only right because the level of equipme

hospital in a downtown church hoping against poor predictions that it will not be needed mike hanna al-jazeera washington now global trade is expected to fall by a 3rd up to a 3rd this year as the pandemic brings economic activity to a standstill and world trade organization describes results as ugly it says global markets have been disrupted by the lockdown of factories and shops the head of the w. taylor says this may be the deepest global recession in living memory weiss and the financial crisis 12 years ago as we confront what may well be that deepest economic recession or don't turn of our lifetimes we should aim to make the most of all that they shal drivers of sustainable growth to reverse this situation governments around the world can and must lay the foundations for a strong and socially. trade and international coordination were generally will be important ingredients. patrick peregrine is an international economist his says the global recession could be far more punishing and long lasting than initially thought it. this is a government that's decision to basically have lockdowns and the probl

through the day to drop the executive order and clarify exactly what the president means mike hanna al-jazeera washington governs france also a promising to help the u.s. oil sector as prices fall because of anxiety over the mounting economic damage of the virus spread curd which is the international oil benchmark is hovering around $17.00 a barrel the lowest it has been in 2 decades from the new york stock exchange gabriel elizondo reports on the financial fallout. was an ominous sign for those hoping wall street had turned a corner in recent weeks the 2nd straight day u.s. stocks rallied at the opening bell as the chaos in the oil markets weighed heavily on investors' minds and apparently on the mind of the president as well as the dow lost nearly 500 points to kick off the trading day president donald trump sent out a tweet promising financial support for u.s. or oil producers monday's historic crash in the u.s. oil price deep into negative territory continued to send shock waves on tuesday with other oil markets also falling brant crude the international benchmark dropped to its lowest price since 20

and night to draft the executive order and clarify exactly what the president means mike hanna al-jazeera washington. well president trump is also promising to help out the oil sector prices for u.s. oil dipped below 0 for a 2nd time and wall street didn't fare well either from new york his gamble is on. an ominous sign for those hoping wall street had turned a corner in recent weeks the 2nd straight day u.s. stocks slid at the opening bell as the chaos in the oil markets weighed heavily on investors' minds and apparently on the mind of the president as well as the dow lost nearly 500 points to kick off the trading day president donald trump sent out a tweet promising financial support for u.s. oil producers monday's historic crash in the u.s. oil price deep into negative territory continued to send shock waves on tuesday with other oil markets also falling brant crude the international benchmark dropped to its lowest price since 2002 the problems are many 1st too much oil is being produced much of it sitting in oil tanker ships off shore with nowhere to go does. storage needs to be 1st before the n

mike hanna al-jazeera washington well trump has also double down on attacking the world health organization he suggests it deliberately misled people in the early stages of the outbreak tragically other nations put their trust in the w.h.o. and they didn't do any form of ben and you see what happened in italy you see what happened to spain you see what happened to france w.h.s. guidance had failed to control their borders at a very crucial phase quickly unleashing the contagion around the world that was a horrible tragic mistake or perhaps they do i'm sure they didn't know the gravity of it but perhaps they knew because if they knew the gravity that would be an even worse offense well the head of the w.h.o. is calling for unity following trumps criticism when we divided the virus exploits the cracks between us we are committed to serving the world his people and to accountability for the resources with which we're interested in due course w. chose performance in tackling this pundit mic will be reviewed by w 2 as member states and the independent bodies start our employees to each will try

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

a 50 year old message that resonates in a world sheltering from pandemic mike hanna al-jazeera washington. and we've got some headlines top dates you on here and i'll just say there are now more than 20000 americans have died from corona virus that means the u.s. now has the highest death toll in the world most for in new york state where the governor says they're all signs could be stabilizing. in china african students and ex-pats are reportedly being evicted from their homes over fears they could spread coronavirus some african countries have voiced concern over their nationals being mistreated and harassed if you have one joe russia has reported more than 2000 new coronavirus cases that's its largest daily crew since the start of the outbreak concern over a lack of medical equipment in the u.k. is prompting the government to respond home minister visit both i'll apologize for any failings in the area of protective gear unions are warning a lack of equipment is putting doctors and nurses lives at risk i'm sorry if people feel that they're happy failings i'll be very very clear about th

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

and as the models show this number is increasing by the hour mike hanna al jazeera washington at least 100 sailors on board a u.s. aircraft carrier have tested positive for covert 19 the captain of the theodore roosevelt told the pentagon the virus is spreading uncontrollably and calls for immediate help to quarantine the crew but defense secretary marcus for says it's not the right time to move the people on board well doctors in spain have been advised against admitting coronavirus patients aged over 18 to intensive care a leaked document published by spanish media says health workers in catalonia have been told to prioritize younger patients spain's just announced its worst single day death toll so far with 864 fatalities in the past 24 hours it's the 5th day in a row it's recorded more than $800.00 deaths taking the total toll to over $9000.00 martyr hero joins me now from madrid a controversial document obviously is going to embarrass the government and officials and certainly anger the public across spain. sure yes and that long as you know is the 2nd region horse to buy on a vir

even president trump action against the world health organization can distract from mike hanna al-jazeera washington right now let's go live to kimberly howkins she's in washington d.c. so what's the bottom line will the u.s. count funding for the w.h.o. or not there's a bit of a constitutional argument going on right. right while it's unclear under the constitution what mechanism the u.s. president intends to use to try and either delay or cut off these payments given the fact that these are co-equal branches of government the white house and congress and congress typically is the one that controls the purse strings now the u.s. president believes that he can reduce funding something he actually did already in his upcoming fiscal budget cutting it by about half the amount of money the u.s. he was hoping to give to the world health organization something that already congress was raising concern about so again it's a little bit unclear how the president plans to do this as he conducts his review but already the decision is being criticized not only by the u.n. secretary general which issued a statem

even the president's action against the world health organization can distract from mike hanna al-jazeera washington where president transfer little rivals were quick to react the democratic national committee put out a statement here's part of it trump is willing to put global health further at risk to try to deflect blame from his own failures the american people know the truth carried on to say it was trump who ignored the warnings for months some thoughts now from lawrence gostin who's a professor at georgetown university also the director of the w.h.o. collaborating center on national and global health law he told us this will only hurt the u.s. his credibility. it was dismaying. and you know made me almost ashamed to be an american because at a time when we're facing literally a once in a century global health crisis when tens of thousands of people are dying and when this is the time more than ever. for our global health leadership and global solidarity to have the united states undercut the world health organization was indeed painful to watch i never thought i would see an american presiden

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

day and night to drop the executive order and clarify exactly what the president means mike hanna al jazeera washington. there we heard from analyst john h. jones who says the president's new immigration plan is more about politics than actually helping struggling american. presidents from has not been shy by the fact that he's got a government by tweet you can see that how he announced this. effort to. spend immigration has already been scaled back to green cars anyone who's ever gone through that process can tell you that's already a bent the process to begin with to announce an across the board immigration suspension which in many ways just to begin stabilized american farms who are busy with the effort under this pandemic making sure american state that so i think look this is president trump speaking to his campaign promises that he made back in 2000. bases peek into his electorate and you can see right now that this is a player that hasn't really been fully drawn out as. he plays the immigration car. himon time again because time and time again it has worked for him in terms of rallying his base

hospital in a downtown church hoping against call predictions that it will not be needed mike hanna al-jazeera washington. now but can a faster has one of the fastest infection rates in sub-saharan africa with millions at risk that the u.n. refugee agency is warning that the pandemic is now fair the aggravating what is already a complex crisis in the country nicholas hack reports. a little call may be the least of the worries of these villagers and yet it's the biggest concern of aid workers it could be a sign of the coronavirus a threat these villagers fleeing attacks from armed groups have not heard of until they arrived at this food distribution center where extra precautions are being taken by heat. our habits have changed because of this disease now we wash our hands more regularly we so before eating or drinking we strictly follow the sanitary rules that they taught us to avoid the spread of the virus. next to this relief center is an international gold mining operation where there are number of infected workers but production hasn't stopped the value of gold is rising with so much uncertainty in t

even the president's action against the world health organization can distract from mike hanna al-jazeera washington president trump's political rivals at home were quick to react to the u.s. democratic national committee put out a statement here's part of it trump is willing to put global health further at risk to try to deflect blame from his own failures the american people know the truth it was trump who ignored the warnings for months earlier we heard from lawrence gostin who's a professor at georgetown university also director of the collaborating center on national and global health law he also believes the u.s. did not act quickly enough the united states had ample warning. very early on said that the world had to brace itself and to do confinement. contact tracing testing quarantines. world health organization. similarly. disclosed the genetic sequencing of the virus and the president and everybody in america could see as a tsunami of cases were sweeping across china and then east asia then to europe and then finally to the united states so we had so much time to prepare and we just didn't.

medical experts could well fear that he's also planting the seeds of misinformation mike hanna al-jazeera washington and we'll have more on the current virus to come but there is some other news to do with 2 syrians suspected of being former intelligence officers going on trial in germany these men are accused of committing crimes against humanity during the early days of syria's anti-government protests the 1st court case linked alleged state sponsored torture by president bashar al assad's government has done it came in berlin to take a serious and i think actually what people might be wondering initially dominic is why is this case happening in germany. sorry the line is rather poor in my ear but i think you asked me why people are wondering why this case is happening in germany well the reasons for the german authorities are using universal international jurisdiction in order to prosecute prosecute these defendants the point is the defendants did not commit these offenses in germany german soil obviously the allegation against the medications they deny are that these offenses took place in syria

medical experts could well fear that he's also planting the seeds of misinformation mike hanna al-jazeera washington and we were turn to coronavirus pandemic news shortly but don't have a look at some other world news now to syrians suspected of being former intelligence officers are now going on trial in germany the men are accused of committing crimes against humanity during the early days of syria's uprising it is the 1st court case linked to alleged state sponsored torture by president bashar al assad's government came following the trial for us from berlin. the case against these individuals is that in different capacities at the start of the syrian civil war they were part of the intelligence and security apparatus of president bashar assad's government and in those capacities they either carried out or were complicit in the carrying out of multiple murders of torture there's one allegation of rape and other serious violent attacks against the syrian people as i say at the start of the syrian civil war what's interesting about this is these individuals came to germany at different times and pr

and as the models show this number is increasing by the hour mike hanna al-jazeera washington. pastor in florida has been arrested for defying public health orders aimed at stopping the spread of the virus the state has more than 5000 confirmed cases and at least 63 deaths and a gallon has more. there is no. more then the constitution of the united states of america on sunday worship us packed into the river at tampa bay church despite health warnings strict social distancing guidelines and a notice to close all but essential services its pastor rodney howard brown received several warnings from police before he was arrested on monday the authorities say his actions are a reckless disregard for human life shame on this pastor their legal staff and the leaders of this church for forcing us to do our job that's not what we want to do dorna declared state of emergency the church says it's building is sanitized and they can't push it as a pont but the lifestream of sunday service shows people breaking guidelines meant to prevent the spread of the coronavirus florida limits gatherin

even the president's action against the world health organization can distract from mike hanna al-jazeera washington charlie angela joins us then live from london within the last hour charlie the world health organization gave a press briefing the director general said that he regrets the decision by the u.s. president to put a hold on funding to the world health organization what else did he say. when he did take a very diplomatic tone very dignified obviously trying to avoid any escalation perhaps hoping in some way that this decision by president could be reversible. give being a little history lesson of the formation of the united nations and the w.h.o. really explaining its mission and its mandate which is enjoyment of the highest attainable standards of health is a fundamental human right regardless of race and religion and that is their mission he also said that the u.s. has been a very close longstanding friend and he does regret the decision of the president and he was asked at numerous times by a number of journalists how this cut in funding will affect their programs remember it's not jus

and night to draft the executive order and clarify exactly what the president means mike hanna al-jazeera washington. john h. jones as a political strategist he thinks trump's plan to suspend immigration is more about politics than helping struggling americans presidents from have not been shy by the fact that he's going to govern by tweeting you can see that how the announced this . effort to spend immigration has already been scaled back to green cars anyone. who's ever gone through the process can tell you that's already out then the process to begin with to announce an across the board immigration suspension will in many ways just to begin be able live american arms are who are busy with the effort under this pandemic making sure american state bed so i think look the president from speaking to his campaign promises that he may back into the. base speaking to the electorate and you can see right now that this is a way of all that has really been drawn out at. he plays the immigration car. hire and time again because time and time again it has worked for him in terms of rallying its base but righ

even president trump action against the world health organization can distract from mike hanna al-jazeera washington president transco little rivals at home were quick to react the u.s. democratic national committee put out a statement here's part of it trump is willing to put global health further risk to trying to deflect blame from his own failures the american people know the truth it was trump who ignored warnings for months. we'll leave the us there for now look at russia where the outbreak is expanding rapidly for the 4th straight day there has been a record day in the rise in new infections more than 3300 of them in fact bringing the total to nearly $25000.00 the government says at least $198.00 russians have died health authorities say they could run out of hospital beds over the next few weeks we'll update that situation now with lawrence lee in london good morning lawrence russia not a country i would say that's in the headlines as much as others on coronavirus but these numbers are worrying. well yeah i mean so the total number of cases is going up very sharply though the number of death

mike hanna al-jazeera washington chammy kunene deck is a public count thanks fred who would guidelines under the obama administration's law the u.s. government should respond to a pandemic he says the tramp why house has disregarded that advice what it contained was a sort of checklist a set of triggers to identify when the disease was posing a risk and when the united states government should begin triggering preparedness and things like coronavirus novel coronavirus were specifically cited in there the risk of a respiratory virus with the fish and human to human transmission and a significant significant fatality rate was specifically cited in there as a concern and then it listed a number of things that the country should begin to do work on diagnostic testing check the p.p. supply and make sure p.p. supply is sufficient begin planning for mass casualty events in our hospital system you know all of that was in there all of that based on that playbook should have been triggered by the january on the january 30 date when the public health emergency of international concern was declare

hospital in a downtown church hoping against call predictions that it will not be needed mike hanna al-jazeera washington. well iran's supreme leader ayatollah ali khamenei has accused western countries of mishandling the pandemic accusing them of being arrogant in their dealings with iran in a televised address he said the situation has proven to be a big test for both people and governments he also praised his country's health sector of all jews even if the apex of our national pride is from health sector putting their health on the line and they have been suffering while being away from their families even during the holidays they were not able to be with their families and have to deal with this turn numerous errors and lack of sleep oh let's not bring in the on skype from tehran for us then this was supposed to an annual religious address but the supreme leader spent a substantial part of his speech talking about the coronavirus and also the importance of upholding islamic values at this particular time was there a particular public health message in the. well we really this is a significant occasio

and night to draft the executive order and clarify exactly what the president means mike hanna al-jazeera washington. well the pandemics brought many tourism industries to a halt thailand for example which is estimated to lose $24000000.00 visitors this year because of travel restrictions and lock downs and the impact on talent elephant camps has been devastating owners are running out of money to even feed the animals scott hardly has a report now from canton ability. well the elephants of the tower we charge camp enjoy their morning river back washing away the dust cooling down from the searing thai summer but unaware that their future is uncertain. the mom or caretakers are keeping their routines as much as possible despite missing the last 3 weeks of the tourist high season like all non-essential businesses in thailand the government ordered the camp closed because of kobe had 19. don't run long so cohen has run the business since he took over from his father 20 years ago when it was started as a refuge for stray elephants the revenue from the visitors mostly foreigners usually covers the 30 $10

medical experts could well fear that he's also planting the seeds of misinformation mike hanna al-jazeera washington. we'll have more coronavirus news a little later but i do want to deal with some other news just now 2 syrians suspected of being former intelligence officers are going on trial in germany the men are accused of committing crimes against humanity during the early days of syria's revolution this is the 1st court case linked to alleged state sponsored torture by president bashar al assad's government is dominant came in berlin to tell us more on this so just bring us up to date dominic and also why this is happening in germany. when these individuals these defendants came to this country they presented themselves to the authority claiming to be refugees over the course of the next few months those same supposedly refugees are going to hear claims from prosecutors that they are in fact people who carried out very serious criminal offenses for a relatively long period at the start of the syrian civil war and the point that makes this interesting from the perspective you were alluding to i

hospital in a downtown church hoping against all predictions that it will not be needed mike hanna al-jazeera washington. now global trade is expected to expected to fall by up to a 3rd this year as the pandemic brings economic activity to a standstill they had of the world trade organization says this may be the deepest global recession in living memory worse than the financial crisis 12 years ago thousands of afghans stuck in pakistan are trying to return home before the borders close again pakistan open eastern talk calm border crossing point on monday for 4 days it had been closed to stop the spread of the coronavirus the afghan government has set up a quarantine center close to the crossing to screen travelers for call that 19 the saudi u.a.e. coalition has occurred a 2 week ceasefire in yemen amid the corona virus outbreak is set to come into effect on thursday the coalition has been fighting who the rebels since the war began in 2015 in the past 24 hours they have been reported attacks from both sides the un's chemical weapons watch strong has released its 1st report draining the syrian governmen

and night to draft the executive order and clarify exactly what the president means mike hanna al-jazeera washington in mexico non-essential services have been shut down until the end of may the government's move to what it calls phase 3 events emergency coronavirus response plans to further restrict movement because of a rise in the number of cases mexico's registered over 9000 infections almost 900 said. the virus death toll in the u.k. could be much higher than government figures indicate the office for national statistics says by april 10th there recorded more than 13000 deaths in england wales and 41 percent more than the government's tally of around $1000.00. the un warns that more than a quarter 1000000000 people could be pushed to the brink of starvation by the coronavirus pandemic the world food program says countries need to take immediate action or risk multiple famine a new harvard university study says there may be a link between pollution and the corona virus mortality rate the research shows the number of virus deaths was higher and more polluted areas in the united states south afric

medical experts could well fear that he's also planting the seeds of misinformation mike hanna al-jazeera washington. the world health organization says the pandemic is far from over now that in some parts of the world outbreaks are only just beginning the w h o director general says he hopes the u.s. will reconsider the freeze in funding for the agency in europe spain's parliament has approved an extension of the state of emergency for a further 2 weeks and in the u.k. the government's defending a proposal to test 100000 people a day by the middle of next week. turkey's imposed a 4 day lockdown of $31.00 provinces to try to stop the spread of the coronavirus istanbul is one of the major cities that shut down these latest restrictions coincide with the holy month of ramadan president one says the infection rate is starting to slow nearly all of south africa's soldiers are being deployed to enforce a nationwide lockdown more than $70000.00 troops will join the nearly $2300.00 personnel already on the streets there are more than 3600 cases of the virus in south africa 65 people have died iran's revolu

tomorrow on this day as evidence it's not clear whether this is a promise or threat mike hanna al-jazeera washington traumas also double down on his attack on the world health organization he suggests it deliberately misled the world in the early stages of the outbreak tragically other nations put their trust in the w.h.o. and they didn't do any form of ben and you see what happened to italy you see what happened to spain you see what happened to france w h o's guidance had failed to control their borders at a very crucial phase quickly unleashing the contagion around the world there was a horrible tragic mistake or perhaps they knew i'm sure they didn't know the gravity of it but perhaps they knew because if they knew the gravity that would be an even worse offense. chinese state media have criticised donald trump's decision to cut funding to the world health organization the global times it calls it a move against humanity to distract from trump's mismanagement of the pandemic the pandemic is going to cause asia's economic growth to stall at 0 percent for the 1st time in 60 years that's the latest

and as the models show this number is increasing by the hour mike hanna al-jazeera washington. and at least 100 sailors onboard a u.s. nuclear powered aircraft carrier have tested positive for corona virus the captain of the theodore roosevelt has told the pentagon that the virus is spreading uncontrollably and call for immediate help to quarantine its crew but defense secretary says it's not the right time to evacuate personnel on board the outbreak shows no sign of slowing down in europe spain and france recorded their highest single day death tolls on tuesday and more than $800.00 deaths have been reported in italy since the outbreak began the disease specialists are criticizing the mass spraying of disinfectant in the fight against corona virus footage emerged on sunday of a group of migrant workers in the indian state of for a day being washed on by men in protective suits the video has caused widespread anger in india and the local administrator has apologized saying no one was hurt in indonesia a special chambers have been set up to give people a quick blast with chemica

day tomorrow on this day's evidence it's not clear whether this is a promise or threat mike hanna al-jazeera washingtoni'm steve simon says the washington editor at large for the hill you also presents al-jazeera as weekly politics show the bottom line is joining us from his home in chester in maryland good to have you with us steve is the president actually able to force this through . well i don't think he's able to force it through if the governor is going to object but inside each of the states there is a group of businessmen and workers who are biting at the teeth to get back to work so it's become a political divide in the country just yesterday the pennsylvania state senate voted to override the governor there and the governor stay at home order saying we have to get back to work so it's opening up a new fissure in american politics the president does not have the power to tell everyone to go back to work that really will rest with the governors but there's a fight out there how do you think this is going to break down or come across the country do you think i know i'm being simplistic about thi

a 50 year old message that resonates in a world sheltering from pandemic mike hanna al-jazeera washington thanks for watching the news hour on al-jazeera back in just a moment we'll have much more oftentimes the news coming your way see you thanks. in a country beset by poverty and lack of infrastructure. sometimes we risk our lives in taking these boats with cattle saving lives is a dangerous job as a vaccine talks on a good 24 hours there are patients waiting for his mother who must be in pain lives worth risking a week ago one of the gang stops some vehicles on the road at that can do it with what for them. risking it all guinea on al-jazeera. one of the really special things about working for al-jazeera is that even as a camera woman i get to have so much and put in contribution to a story i feel we cover this region better than anyone else working for it is you know it's very challenging there but in a particular because you have a lot of people that are divided on political issues we are with the people we live to tell the real story so i'll just mandate is to deliver in-depth journ

day tomorrow on this day's evidence it's not clear whether this is a promise or threat mike hanna al jazeera washington elsewhere sweden has reported a shop increase in the number of covert 1900 tablets ease with 170 deaths on wednesday from 114 the previous day france in france nearly 700 sailors on board the aircraft carrier have tested positive for covert 19 many of them were on the carrier when it returned to port in tune on monday at least 31 saying this have been hospitalized i geria could be facing the worst recession in more than 30 years the international monetary fund projects that africa's largest economy will shrink by 3.4 percent this year and in other news more than 2 dozen rohingya have died on a boat that had been adrift for 2 months off the coast of bangladesh $400.00 refugees were on board the vessel they were rescued by bangladeshis course conte those are the headlines stay with us on al-jazeera. was more than shooting at supper them used to. deal you put on a moose is composed mostly of she. was supposed to shoot new kind of. distance from ny i teach both which i'm going to the mean

and night to draft the executive order and clarify exactly what the president means mike hanna al-jazeera washington setting the differences aside at least one afternoon president from for so stooges new york state governor andrew cuomo at the white house they agreed to work on doubling testing in the state of the epicenter of the outbreak in the u.s. more than 250000 people have been infected and 15000 have died mr cuomo and the president of recently accused each other of failing to respond properly. at least 7 people of thoughts were contracted the virus during the primary election in the u.s. state of wisconsin earlier this month they include 6 voters and one poll worker who were identified in the city of milwaukee officials say the number of election related infections could increase after more data becomes available wisconsin has so far 4620 known cases and nearly 250 deaths. australia is taking advantage of the u.s. oil crash spending $59000000.00 to buy it at a record low price of oil will help build up its emergency stockpile it'll be held in the u.s. reserve until storage space is made avai