of solidarity among states which has not been seen for. the longest established latino organization in the united states the league of united latin american citizens has warned of significant irregularities in u.s. democratic primary voting including close story located polling stations and extremely long queues in a better new side the gray zone an antiwar group code pink of also question why continental corporation body the organization of american states did not send any of service. the u.s. must send an emergency election monitoring team to the united states to ensure independent scrutiny of a presidential primary that has been marred by clear regularities and this is an highly discriminatory up struction of citizens right to vote in the united states what we actually have witnessed are major discrepancies between exit polling data in the democratic 2020 primary and the final computer count which is being conducted in a very opaque fashion we've seen in minority and poor communities people having to wait in line for 5 hours just to vote in the state of texas 750 polling places have been removed since 2012 that means there is one polli

lines that's according to the league of united latin american citizens without the views of independent news site the gray zone who said the organization of american states should perhaps look at the claims. the u.s. must send an emergency election monitoring team to the united states to ensure independent scrutiny of a presidential primary that has been marred by clear regularities and the systematic and high need to scream and through obstruction of citizen's right to vote in the united states what we actually have witnessed are major discrepancies between exit polling data in the democratic 2020 primary and the final computer count which is being conducted in a very opaque fashion we've seen in minority and poor communities people having to wait in line for 5 hours just to vote in the state of texas 750 polling places have been removed since 2012 that means there is one polling place for every 7700 people and this is particularly an acute problem in latino and african-american areas why are there no election monitors in the u.s. why does the oas only send election monitors to places like bolivia to falsely allege fraud and trigger military coups if te

organization has reelected its secretary general sparking concern of continued alleged misreporting grow as a former your going on foreign minister during his time as secretary general of the organization of american states has called into question a number of elections and latin american countries at odds with washington including the most recent and bolivia. i want to denounce to the bolivian people and the entire world what is taking place as you know brothers of the press which is a coup to tone or against a democratically elected government. was a can franco bolivia's former ambassador to brazil told us reelection is a dangerous sign for the continent. i think that the real action of micro means more tragedy for our nations he does not represent the needs of our peoples overcoming poverty and injustice in achieving development he represents the interests of us imperialism for some time micro was a supporter of social groups that suffer from poverty and injustice but unfortunately he could not stay true to those principles something happened and he lost his principles and bowed to the interests of the us gov not. at all for this hour news wise but if you're looking for more it head on over to our web

great deal of renewed state by lance and review protests at a time where we're looking at a very disappointing and worrisome status quo. catherine heard of a talking organization of american states thank you so much do appreciate it thank you for having. well coronavirus iran's supreme leader says iranians will overcome the pandemic and the economic fallout in his address at the start of the persian new year ayatollah come in a call for the lifting of u.s. sanctions to allow him to live or ease of medical supplies iranian government says 1400 people have died with nearly 20000 infected it's too noisy has become the latest country to order a national lockdown the measures will stop people leaving their homes and from traveling between cities cafes and restaurants in all major cities will also be closed it was a 72 year old woman who became the 1st virus linked death in tunisia that was on thursday to jordan and a nationwide curfew will start from saturday morning to combat the spread people are being told not to leave their houses unless it's absolutely necessary all shops across the kingdom have been ordered to close and information minister says those violating the curfe

the general assembly of the organization of american states has reelected its secretary general . was challenged by former ecuadorian defense minister and the peruvian ambassador to the u.s. during his 1st 5 year term on margaux tackled issues such as venezuela's humanitarian crisis migration and economic crises venezuela had been a key focus in the run up to the votes. well catherine let a bird as director at the endian information network think tank she says listen my girl had powerful supports i don't think it was much of a challenge to the incumbent because he had strong u.s. backing the u.s. government the trump administration pressured the group in government which it submitted an alternative candidate but publicly and privately in order to get them to withdraw their candidate if you know it was not a diverse election there were not a lot of options and the us lobby behind almagro is by erratic behavior and very problematic attitudes and stances was definitive in this case that doesn't bode well or reach a consensus building in a time where we are faced with an massive healt

bolivia's elections last october -- refuting a widely touted accusation that was used b by te organization of american states, the u.s. government, and others, to justify supporting the coup that removed president evo morales and put in place an unelected right-wing government. anti-indigenous right-wing government. in israel, voting is under way for the third national election in less than a year, pitting prime minister benjamin netanyahu against former army chief benny gantz. neither netanyahu's likud party nor gantz's blue and white party have been able to win an outright majority or form governing coalitions in the two prior elections. the prime minister benjamin netatanyahu's trial for corruptn will begin to weeks after the election. greek forces attacked migrants with tear gas and stun grenades as thousands of refugees arrived at the turkish border with greece after ankara announced it would no longer try to prevent entry into europe. thousands, including families with young children, are now stuck at the border. this is a syrian refugee describing the scene this weekend. >> we have been here for two d

administration's response, saying the state needs 30,000 ventilators, far more than the government is offering. as the number of american cases grows, the world health organization is now warning that the united states could be the next epicenter of the pandemic. but president trump is increasingly anxious about the economic toll of the unprecedented nationwide shutdown and now talking about having businesses reopen by easter sunday. he says he wants churches full, despite warnings from top health officials. let's begin in los angeles right now. cnn's nick watt is on the scene for us. nick, more disturbing developments right now. >> reporter: absolutely, wolf, that first confirmation of a person under the age of 18 dying. now, we have just heard from the county health department. they say this is not a small child. we do not know the age yet. and they also say they are still investigating to find out how this person contracted the virus and also whether there were any underlying health conditions that could be a factor. this fight is now nationwide. but as you mentioned, wolf, the front line for now is up there in the northeast. we knew new york was bad. turns o

of americans states and to businesses struggling amid the crisis. police have arrested thousands for violating a countrywide curfew meant to contain the spread of the virus and the world health organization says norway and spain will be the 1st countries to start testing drugs to fight covert 19 health officials are testing for medicines considered to offer the most promising combating the new disease the chinese city where the global pandemic began has eased travel restrictions the city of wuhan partially reopened after more than 2 months of almost total isolation the city was put on lockdown in january as for over $1000.00 cases soar life is returning to hahn with trains allowed to enter half a dozen subway lines reopening and the buses up and running again but once people arrive at one station they haven't made it yet 1st they need to register at the health reception points. the green code on a mobile app shows whether they are considered to be healthy. trains have been fully booked in advance for many people it's the 1st chance to see their loved ones again after months of lockdown. this young man meets his mother again for the 1st time in 3 months. makes me very happy to see my fami

of our top story: president trump says he hopes american businesses will be back up and running by easter, despite a surge in the number of cases. that's as the world health organization warned that the united statesdemic. a three—week lockdown has come into force in india, the world's second most populous country. the prime minister says it is essential to prevent the country being set back decades economically and that it's the responsibility of every individual to ensure that doesn't happen. that's just about it from us. you can reach me on twitter, i'm @sipusey. for now, thanks a lot for watching. do stay tuned. remember, you can go to our website, bbc.co.uk/news. thanks very much for watching. bye— bye. hello. tuesday brought us the warmest day of the year so far. the warmest place was rhyl in north wales, where the temperature nudged just a shade above 19 degrees celsius. i think we'll see quite a bit of warm weather across particularly the southern half of the uk again today. high pressure is to thank, and it's feeding air into the uk all the way from the core of europe. towards the north—west, though, we do have a weather front in play that's bringing more cloud. there'll ne further outbre

of stalled talks today may be the day lawmakers are are able to reach a deal. and this coronavirus crisis and trying to get aid to americans which comes as the world health organization predicts the united states has the potential to be the next epicenter of the coronavirus pandemic camila bernal is in washington with the very latest. >>the coronavirus pandemic forcing about a 3rd of the world's population into some kind of lockdown in the united states more than 40% of people are under sea at home orders we think we have the chance to significantly reduce the spread of the coronavirus some companies changing their business models to help americans, pizza hut amazon and walmart are just some of the businesses hiring more workers. ford is working with other companies to produce mass and ventilators equipment medical professionals desperately need it by the middle of many. >>we could be making a hundreds of thousands of these of their leaders. >>on capitol hill, the white house and congress seriously negotiating a stimulus package to help people cope with the pandemic. >>it's the most serious threat to americans health and over a century. >>the roughly trillion plan would provide a jolt to the e

the nato allies for a better set of american allies but i cannot find a better set of american allies and that leaves you with a choice, does the united states organize everybody, my never up, challenge everybody to do better, shame everybody into doing more than they do or do we step back in the hopes that others will step forward? people who step forward are not going to do it on the terms that we want them to do it on and it is so much less expensive to sustain a largely beneficial environment than to allow us to corrode and reestablish it. >> people are stepping up more effectively. previous presidents of given mixed messages, you guys need to do more. will always be there for you and do what it takes, donald trump said you need to do more and if you don't do more i might not be there and everyone is like that is a good point. it is instinctive the way this president pursues foreign policy which he doesn't get credit for. >> the fundamental purpose of nato is to deter russian invasion of european allies, codified in article 5. i understand the desire to get our allies to pay more particularly germany but the mistake was to tie the effort to artic

of american allies. that leaves you with the choice of did the united states organize everybody, line everybody up, challenge everybody to do better than they do and shame everybody into doing more than they do or do we step back in the hopes that others will step forward. i think dave is rightly outlined the problem with people who step forward are not going to do it on the terms that we are going to want them to do it on and it is so much less extensive to sustain largely beneficial environment that to allow it to corrode and have to reestablish it. >> [inaudible] one reason why people are stepping up more effectively in response to president in two previous presidents is because previous presidents have given mixed messages. they said you need to do more but will always be there for you and always do whatever it takes. president trump has said you need to do more and by the way, if you don't i might not be there but now suddenly everyone was like oh so there's a may be a incentive but a nuance and a subtle lead the way this president pursues foreign policy which i think he doesn't always get credit for. >

states. at the beginning of the story the united states didn't have a pacific coast. there was territory in organ that was disputed with britain and california belong to mexico. fremont encouraged the americanof oregon and took part in the american conquest of california just in time for the gold rush. he did play a real role in changing the map of the united states. >> npr morning edition host steve and skip on his book "in perfect union: how jesse and john fremont map the west" sunday night at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span q&a. the winners are in for this year's student cam video documentary competition. we ask students what issue do you most want the presidential candidates to address in the 2020 campaign. we received more than 2500 entries from 44 states with more than 5000 students participating. with winners telling us the most important issues are climate change, gun violence, college affordability committee opioid crisis mental health and immigration. it's time to announce all first prizewinners. our first prize middle school winners are eighth-graders Ãb and marissa boucher. from eastern middle school in silver spring maryland. the winning documentary is titled "blackout: misinformat

channels, of your american medical association, the public health service, and state and territorial health officers. this program, by the way, which is the result of the combined efforts of organized medicine, private industry, and education, is an excellent example of the type of public information and education we are setting up. in closing, i would like to urge you to make use of the new vaccine when it becomes available, knowing meanwhile that you will cooperate with the medical profession and the public health authorities if it becomes necessary to set up priorities for those groups responsible for public welfare and safety, and who must continue their important services if others of us are temporarily incapacitated by asian influenza. carl: dr. burney, i'm sure i speak for all who have been with us during this program when i say how much we appreciate all of you gentlemen taking your valuable time to come here so that we might be better informed on asian flu and what is being done about it. participants on tonight's show have been dr. leroy e. burney, surgeon general of the united states public health service, dr. james a. crabtree, associate dean of the university of pittsb

trump says he hopes american businesses will be back up and running by easter, despite a surge in the number of cases. that's as the world health organization warned that the united states could become the next epicenter of the pandemic. doctors have told the bbc that the recent surge in cases is only the beginning and that there are a number of young people among the most serious cases. the number of deaths in the uk has risen to more than 400. a three—week lockdown has come into force in india, the world's second most populous country. the prime minister says it is essential to prevent the country being set back decades economically and that it's the responsibility of every individual to ensure that doesn't happen. sport may have come to a halt because of coronavirus, but many teams are trying to remain active in their community. stevenage football club probably have more challenges than any other — they're bottom of the football league in england. but they are trying to lead the way in switching their resources as our sports correspondent joe wilson reports professional football, north hertfordshire... in adversity, what else to do but adapt? and so, stevenage fc‘s c

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of americans everywhere. the world health organization says europe is now the epicenter of the coronavirus demick with many countries going into lockdown denmark is the latest blocking entry to most foreigners all other states are imposing border checks and in spain a state of emergency has been declared. new zealand has just announced a mandatory 2 we quarantine the anyone entering the country that's on top of measures including the cancellation of a memorial service for the $51.00 victims of the mall shootings a year ago on friday hundreds gathered for a special prayer service in the city of christ church but with even larger crowds expected at sunday's planned event health officials called adults as a precaution. iran security forces will tear the streets of major cities within the next 24 hours and a renewed effort to fight the spread of the virus state media say shop streets and roads will be emptied iran is one of the country's most affected by the pandemic with a death toll of 514 and more than 11000 infections. and turkey and russia have agreed on the details of a cease fire in syria's in the bridge and the plan was finalized up to 4 days of talks and korea under the agreement turkish and russian fo

of what goes on in the united states after that. but there's this huge push to get american women as part of this. there were other organizations. the brasero program. >> to allow workers to come work in the field. >> the agreement between the united states and mexico to allow laborers to come to the united states and work. this program goes from 1942 to 1951. so this is a huge program we'll talk about in another class. but they tried that to -- the government tried that to expand the number of laborers. they also go to convicts, prison labor, which had been used some in the past but gets expanded. they also use pow's. we had some in texas and in oklahoma and in different regions of the country where you would have german and italian pow's that would come to the united states and put them in the farms. let them be laborers. so you've got all these different groups. then this huge push, let's get more women to do this. some basic numbers for you. we end up with something like 3.5 million women working in the agricultural fields. which is a much bigger number than you think of. you think of world war ii, usually we think of rosie t

and this is just a multilateral organization that is completely out of control, has no accountability and the american people should know that secretary of statee pompeo and president donald trump will do everything to protect americans, to protect our servicemembers, to protect our diplomats, to protect intelligence of the community from rogue multinational political hack organizations like the icc. >> always have to ask at the end of the day what kind of skin in the game do they have? it is a little frustrating when we're trying to end the longest war in american history where it's pretty clear that the american public is tired of it, the world is tired of it. why are they even intervening, putting their nose in it? we know there will be skirmishes. no way there will be a smooth transition out there have. >> sure. charles: how much latitude do we have with the deal for an occasional spurt in violence over there? >> you know, charles, you hit the nail on the head when you talked about how people are tired of this war and the one thing that we often forget that gets left out of the conversation is that the people of afghanistan are tired of th

of americans everywhere. u.s. markets rallied during president trump stock liberation of a state of from urgency the dow jones closed up over 9 percent off their historic falls on thursday. the world health organization says any country not moving to take tough measures against the coronavirus pandemic is making a deadly mistake the number of deaths and infections across europe continues to rise europe has now become the a.p. send of the pundit me we reported cases and is done the rest of the will combine apart from china more cases out of now being reported every day then we reported in china the highest of its. iran security forces will clear the streets if its major cities within the next 24 hours in a renewed effort to fight the spread of the virus shop streets and roads will all be vacated. the coronavirus is having a major impact on sport across the globe the english premier league has now suspended matches until at least the start of april 2 more formula one races of also been called off you're up to date for the headlines on al-jazeera up next it's counting the cost thanks for watching but by. what's behind the recent tensions between pakistan and india we've given them the opportunity to. bu

of what i expressed. it will be very helpful if the federal government could be more aggressive and organized in helping us obtain these systems. unique system in the united states, it is the presidency. americans really respond to that. we have seen it a lot of times in american history. i think if the white house calls manufacturers across the country, all of them, to spring to this, to come to some relationship with the federal government, where we can make good priorities where these assets go and drive the hardest bargain with these sellers. it will not surprise you sellers are trying to get outrageous prices right now. the federal government can become the buyer. they have a lot better organ in power than just the state of washington. thet going to relay specifics of that call. can bem hopeful this considered and i know other governors take this view. >> seattle times. >> thanks. showing thehe graph slightlyases may be decreasing. where are we on the curve of actual cases rather than the rate? are we getting close to the peak? and how does that relate to our hospital system? gov. inslee: by the way, before i forget i want to mention a couple things. i thank the president and vice presiden

organization of american historians. interviewing him this evening is dr. paul finkelman, the oldest -- of the oldest independent institution of jewish learning in the united states. he has held a number of chairs as a tenured professor and visitor, including the chair of human rights law at the university of saskatchewan, the john hoeven franklin chair at duke law school, and the president william mckinley distinguished professor at albany law school. in 2017 he had the fulbright chair in human rights and social justice at the university ottawa johnl of law and was the lee merritt visiting professor at the university of pittsburgh school of law. he is the author of more than 200 scholarly articles and of the editor of more than 50 books. his most recent, supreme injustice, was published by harvard university press in 2018. please join me in a warm welcome for dr. spencer crew and dr. paul finkelman. [applause] >> good evening, paul. evening, spencer. >> we have and friends for a long time, i'm a little nervous. >> it's great to be here at in this amazing building with this amazing collection, here to educate all americans on parts of our past that most americans

. >> reporter: you heard from the world health organization as the state department works to bring home americans who are stuck abroad as a result ofel restrictions, there are close to 5000 american stuck in peru. lawmakers including marco rubio of florida taking action immediately as the white house announced overnight that donald trump will participate in a g 20 videoconference with leaders from around the world to ensure the united states is on the same page as everyone else as the world works to fight coronavirus. jillian: expanding on that, americans are brought home on the same plane used to deport illegal immigrants, 200 people taken back to the state on return flights to el salvador and hunters, both countries placed heavy travel restrictions amid the crisis. detained illegal immigrants to be released during the coronavirus abe, 13 migrants in california claim they are especially vulnerable to the disease, they say being behind bars make social distancing impossible. at least one detainee has tested positive for covid-19 in new jersey. empty chicago hotels may be filled with coronavirus patients, the city announcing a plan

state department organized one of largest and most complex international evacuation operations in americantory. mike pompeo has been working round the clock. a long with ambassador o'brien. since january 29, we have successfully repatriated over 25,000 americans from more than 50 countries. where they were literally stuck in some cases, locked in. i salute the public servants at department of state and their counterparts at dhs and hhs, who have played such an important role in this. you probably read about the young people in peru. young people in brazil. and they were absolutely stuck. we into th got them out, almoste is out now. back home with their parents and wives, husbands. i want every american to be prepared for hard days ahead, we'll go through a tough two weeks, then hopefully as experts predict as i think a lot of us predict, after studying it so hard, we'll see some real light at the end of the tunnel, it will be a very painful, very painful two weeks. when you look and see at night the kind of death that has been caused by this invisible enemy, it is incredible. i was watchin

organizations. what i think frightens the american people is that today, we have a president of the united states who does not even recognize the reality of climate understandingne that we have to work with the entire global community to address this crisis. perspectives as a united states senator, of what the government should be doing. now i want to get to some of the medical professionals and get their specialist perspective on the crisis. let's begin with dr. abdul el sayid. >> thank you, senator. i will be sparking specifically having been a health commissioner. focused on trying to understand the stages of epidemic response, and where they may have gone wrong and what it would look like if they had gone right. the first base is ascertainment there is something wrong. our countries focus on this has been framed around a global health security agenda, but that agenda was for an out of the ebola crisis but thankfully was marginally relegated to west africa because of the heroism of our u.s. public health service and our c.d.c. learning from that experience, we decided that we need to make sure we

he said he would use this giant organization for the rest of the year, all the folks he fired in 50 states including american that worked out that they would keep them through the rest of the year, through the election. they would k efforts to joe bid? that's a big thing to look for. >> joe biden's momentum, joementum, it started with clyburn's endorsement and major win in south carolina. how much is this going to propel him forward continuing to play out with the primary races? >> what an incredible would he can in politics for joe biden. he had an incredible three days. a big thing you can never forget about the importance of politics, primary politics, is the importance of momentum and joe biden has it now. he was counted out for dead, but the jim clyburn endorsement happens, he sweeps to a victory in south carolina, gets a bunch of endorsements from key rivals and sweeps ahead of the delegate count on super tuesday. definitely the momentum is behind him. he is the candidate to beat now. we will see how bernie sanders responds to that. >> let me ask you this real quick, nick, after last night's results wh

of the largest delegate state, california. joe biden surged among african american voters. bernie sanders dominated the latino vote. we'll speak sanders organizer chuck rocha, call the architect of satyrs campaign strategy to organize latinx. and we will host a roundtable with barbara ransby, william barber, and elie mystal. all that and more, coming up. welcome to democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. the biggest voting day of the democratic presidential primary campaign has ended in a two-peperson r race betwtween fr vi presisint joe biden and senator bernie sanders. on super tuesday, biden swept the south and midwest, winning virginia, north carolina, arkansas, alabama, tennessee, oklahoma, massachusetts, minnesota, and texas, propelled by huge majority of african-american voters in southern states. onewhile, bernie sanders his home state of vermont and scored victories in the west, winning colorado and utah, and according to the associated press, sanders won the grand prize of the night, california, with significant latinx support. binds strong showing him after the dinner at a party establishment -- d

organized and privately funded. like congress, state governments rarely allocated funds for disaster relief. announcer:'s you can watch these and other american history programs in our website, where all of video is archived. that's c-span.org/history. >> c-span, your unfiltered view of government. created by cable in 1979, and brought to you today by your television provider. >> next on the presidency, presidential rhetoric scholar robert rowland compares the speaking style and effectiveness of ronald reagan and barack obama. and details what they had in common. the dole institute of politics hosted this event.