nonow, i know w that a bigger pt of thehem really wts to be i in diomede. they were h here 6 weeks ago, ad they were so happy. i want to be taking care of my parents. but i asked my mom. her tone of voice was she really neeeeds me here. knowing that they prefer native foods, i'm sending in the stuff they enjoy from diomede, 'cause i worry about them. tthese are a a mixture of fofoon oioil. this one is baby walrlru. this one is the breast milk of the walrus. this is oogook intestine. it's really rinsed clean, half-dried and cooked. baby walrus. the walrus skin, plus a little bit of the blubber. it's really y hard to dig in the barrel. your hands freeze going in. the oil is frozen, and you're digging. it's hard. you gotta be rereally tough f fr that. jjoe: yeah. ok. frances: sometimes cabin fever gets to you because diomede is so isolated. those moments i always call my alcatraz time, you know? 80% it is alcatraz, t t 20% it's paradise. sometimes i go down this one, pick cabbage along t this side, me up this w way... and then i g go down anonother ridge, spid

nonow the primeme minister trudu is talking abobout tightening gn rules s in canada.you could overall comment on what t this has meant for c cana most of there will be a news conference today where they will be r releasing the news information around this? >> i from the east coast of canada and still have family there so this did hit close to home for me. i think as an emergency room phphysician, we see the impactsf gunshot wounds anand we see the impacts of domomestic violencecs well. of course, in domestic violence situationsnshaving thehe availabibility o of a gun is a surefirere ingredient in the recipe for disaster. of course, as an emergencycy physician, i applaud the cacanadian government for doing what they can to impmprove gun control regulation. i don't know enough about the situation in nova scotia too comment vevery intelligently, bt in general with what we s see wh gun-related viviolence, it is obvious that even though canada does a better jobb than the uniteded states with gun contrt, there is still some way to go. canadian doctors have called for this i

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and nonow seeing what's hahappeg with new york-presbyterian, of course, we're afraid that my partner might not even be allowed d into the delivery roo, and we're having to think about what that could lookok like. amy: even before, talking about how you stayed fit and healthy going to yoga. how did thosose yoga classeses change with pregnant people? >> well, i mean, i think, like so many people, there's, you knowow, so many of us overer the last few weeeeks -- thingsgs are changingng so quickly, andnd t's a moment when yoyorealizize the world is different.. and for me, that came just under twtwo weeks ago, i g guess, whei went to my regegular prenatal ya class that i relied on to deal with those, you knknow, crazy aches and pains that can come withth pregnancy. and usualllly it is packed.. anand i walked in and therereas one e other person thehere and n one otheher person joined usus. and as trivial as it migight se, that w was sort of the moment tt i knew that the world was changing and that something that had feltlt like so o of this distant ththreat was now about o disrupt our live

nonow i i'm having the same experience as my fririends and family in h hue way province.i'm able t to undererstand a bi better how diffificult it is an how tough it t feels. >> rorter: then came the moment he had waited for, transportation to most of hubei resumed and on march 25th his month in limbo came to annd but while his parents andnd brother remained in g good heal, he'd soon discocovered the coronavirurus did hurt his fami. >> translator: my dad i guess has no income, even now.w. the pele who work fofor him and his busineness partnerer can't from wuhan, which means my dad is losg a lot t of money. >> reporter: li'wuwuhan mpusus remains closed, and w won'te able treturn until at asast may, but li isn't giving up on his dreams to become a lawyer and help people. he continues to study on his own and is applying for graduate school in japan. >> transnslator: after allll, t epidemic is temporary, and i still have a a lot of life to >>>> reporter: yai xinru, nhk world. >>> china is reacting to u.s. president donald trump's claim the world health organization is china-ce

nonow, these plalaces, camps, settlements, maybe traraps where the virus will thrive and humans will be very vulnerable. we a are working verery hard him afghanistan -- in afghanistan, iran and 30 other countries to provide more handwashing facilities, wire -- m more water and sanitation and more space for the refugees so they can have s some physicalal distance. maybe we will also be able to put up quarantine tents and the like but it is a race against the clock, we are overwhelmed, we are overstretched. >> let's look at business news. the german government and its funding start up with a rescue package with 2 billion euros. the finance ministers has many innovative young companies are already struggling -- says many innovative young companies are already struggling with liquidity. the german sportswear giant has retracted its decision to delay paying rent on retail stores forced to close because of coronavirus. the company had come under fire for taking advantage off government s support schcheme. the government said that the help was not intended for large, profitable companies. i

into supporting healthcare systems- and families that are strtrugglingg nonow china has been a really important player here it's one ofof the biggest investor afric. i data such went over forty billion dollarss to o africa one a lot so. favorable international institutions who usually ask for. the armrms in exchangege it's understood that beijing was reluctant to hold it all together as for example the international monetary fund earlier this week for twenty five copies of it. the rest of the year. the g. twenty payments and interest our current. repaid between twenty two and twenty twenty four. k. this is some ricich nations should. that the is s prepared o deal with this. absolutely because this factors what's really crude controversial here- emmanuel muckross told our sister radio station i thought that this debt that delay is a step toward debt forgiveness not quite there yet. the debt campaign is among doctorss who are sayingg t this deal keeps vital c cut money i n coununtries for now. this isis roland and become. debt crisis the other issues that a lot of countries owe money to

amy: from new york city,y, the epicenter of the pandemic in the united states, this is demococry nonow! >> it is literally frightening when you walk in there. you're spending have your brainpower worrying about if you're going to die. you're not concentrating on the patient. you're worried about not dying as you go in there. it is very difficult. amy: is the new york avenue told passes

i asked by -- i began by asking professor chomsky about what's happening g right nonow in thehe context of the 2020 elections and what you see possibly happening in november. reelected, it is indescribable disaster. itit means that the policies of the past four yeaears, which hae been extremely destructive to the american population, to the andd, will be continued probablyly accelerated. what this is going to mean for health is bad enough. i just mentioned the lancet figures. it will get worse. what this means for the environment or the threat of nuclear war, which no one is talking about but is extremely serious, is indescribable. suppose biden is elected. i would anticipate it would be essentially a continuation of obama -- nothing very great, but at least not totally destructive -- and opportunities for an organized public to change what is being done, to impose pressures. it's common to say now that the sanders campaign failed. i think that's a mistake. i think it was an extraordinary success, completely shifted the arena of debate and discussion. issues that were unthinkable a coup

amy: from new york city,y, the epicenter of the pandemic in the united states, this is demococry nonow! >> it is literally frightening when you walk in there. you're spending have your brainpower worrying about if you're going to die. you're not concentrating on the patient. you're worried about not dying as you go in there. it is very difficult. amy: is the new york avenue told passes 4000, hospitals are overflowing and medical workers are reporting using trash bags as protective gear. we will go outside harlem hospital to speak with a nurse treating infected patients inside but is s now protesting outside. in the numumber of infections hs exploded in prisons andd jails. >> today we are gaththered in te sociallyisistant andnd public hehealth conscioious way outsidf sising s sing correcectional fay juannon m monday, mararch 3 3 mascaro d died w with covid-19 n years old. at t 58 amy: ass callsls grow to release the incararcerated from c crowdd conditions whehere they can'n't possssibly practice warding off cocommunity spread, we e speak h a a man just releleased from ris island jail in

going up to start talking about inking not just how we deal with his immediate crisis, but how we can nonowinally, belatedly, takake scald of action to prevent the climate crisis from hitting us even harder and more devastating than this one. amy: thank you, robert weissman, president of public citizen, joining us from his home to protect against community spread. i hope you'll bear with the little glitches of sound and video. this is the price that is paid to get out serious, real, independent information in a time of a pandemic. this is democracy now! when we come back, we look at the global south. we will ststart with india, thee lalargest lockdown of a populatn in u.s. history. ♪ [music break] amy: "everything's ruined" by fountain of wayne. the band's co-founder, adam schlesinger, has died as a result of covid-19. he was 52 years old. this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. we are broadcasting from the epicenter of the pandemic in the united states, new york city. we are turning now to india, where 1.3 billion people have been locked down fo

amy: from new york city,y, the epicenter of the pandemic in the united states, this is demococry nonow! >> it is literally frightening when you walk in there. you're spending have your brainpower worrying about if you're going to die. you're not concentrating on the patient. you're worried about not dying as you go in there. it is very difficult. amy: is the new york avenue told passes