for weeks now paris's main landmarks have been quiet. silenced by a virus that's wreaked havoc across france. since march the 17th people ordered to stay home lockdown rules further tightened at the beginning of april when all outdoor activities in paris were banned. but still the number of deaths from corona virus continued to rise. health care workers on the front line among the dead. so tonight our country has reached a symbolic and particularly painful mile star with more than $20000.00 deaths. as the growing need for food banks is shown the lockdown has also highlighted france's inequalities. in mid april civil unrest broke out in paris is northern suburbs over claims that police were using heavy handed tactics against minorities. the economy has also been hit hard by the knock down. france is officially in recession with its biggest contraction since the end of the 2nd world war. with pressure mounting it's no wonder politicians have been so desperate to begin opening up the country once again. never in the history of our country h

the streets of paris looking more like their bustling selves on monday morning after 8 weeks under a strict lockdown french citizens are finally back on the streets a tentative reopening with most shops allowed to welcome customers and many people returning to work. i think it's still very risky for the population but costs are rising for companies so we need to go back to work. or you. know i'm not afraid everything should be fine if people respect the distancing growth i took the metro this morning and people were really cautious. the young. traffic on the paris metro is lighter than normal masts are now mandatory on all public transport and signs advise commuters on how to maintain social distancing citizens are now allowed to travel up to 100 kilometers without filling out a form to explain why primary schools will also begin to reopen this week the loosening of restrictions is based on encouraging numbers like the decline in daily coronavirus deaths but authorities warn that restrictions could be imposed again. to the use of these virus would it get out of control again as oppos

thanks so much live from paris this morning. or across the channel british prime minister boris johnson is set to provide more details on his plan to reopen society on sunday dress the nation to announce a roadmap for phasing out and democrats directions but opposition politicians union leaders and business groups are calling for more clarity they say johnson speech only succeeded in sowing confusion. to lock down must continue that was the key message behind prime minister boris johnson's address on sunday as he warned the british public to stay alert. and thanks to you we protected our n.h.s. and saved many thousands of lives and so i know you know that it would be madness not to throw away that achievement by allowing a 2nd spike with the government criticized for its slow reaction to the outbreak opposition members despite this update as a mixed message scotland wales and northern ireland have set their lockdown rules will remain johnson stressed the importance of maintaining lock down possible taney asli introducing cautiou

it's bringing in days every correspondent lisa lewis who is standing by for us in paris. this is a snow reopening of the country it's not all happening at once. absolutely as you mentioned as was mentioned in the piece we just saw before hand france is now divided into green and red zones one red zone is the overseas territory my york where no restrictions have been lifted so far here in paris there is an additional rule in the morning rush hour and in the evening so 6 hours a day you need to have an additional certificate saying that you need to take public transport if you want to take it otherwise you have to pay a fine of 135 years and that's also because here in paris the spread of the virus is still quite fast and authorities are quite worried about the situation. so how did things go today. quite smoothly i must say according to a recent poll 2 thirds of the french are quite right about the lifting of restrictions and you could see that most of the public transport network was not actually at cracking point there were only a few people taking the metro taking the t

lisa lewis reporting there in paris thank you. let's check in on some other stories making headlines around the world around half of all german hotels and restaurants cut jobs in april according to the country's a full insitute in the auto sector nearly 40 percent of businesses laid off workers with a similar figure for travel agencies that is despite the government spending billions of euros in aid to stem job losses. there have been renewed anti-government protests in iraq just days after the appointment of new prime minister was stuff i'll cut the meat demonstrations against rampant government corruption 1st erupted in the country last year one of his 1st acts in office was to order the release of anti-government protesters from prison. shanghai disneyland is the 1st disney park to reopen worldwide i'll be under strict conditions visitors have to show and up to date health certificate to get in the coronavirus crisis has hit the disney group hard with theme park closures slashing income by $1400000000.00 in the 1st quarter of t

we'll be doubly correspondent lisa lewis is in paris we asked her how this 1st day go. quite smoothly i must say according to recent poll 2 thirds of the french are quite worried about the lifting of restrictions and you could see that most of the public transport network was not actually at cracking point there were only a few people taking the metro taking the trains there were some exceptions though for example online 13 which flings cents on the new francis pursed department to the center of paris and where many people actually have to go back to work on that line additionally there was a technical problem this morning that's why the 1st few trains were really popped about apart from that most trains were quite empty people have been reporting that there are only a few people taking to protect taking trains and most of them being mosques and trying to keep a distance from each other. he's a nurse in paris we're just crossing this channel from france a british prime minister barak's johnson has published his government's plans for easing the lockdown in england and i

paris and surrounding areas still have infection rates that are too high.hey are classified as a red zone and strict conditions will continue to apply there. the president calledor a progressive unwinding of the lockdown. >> in light of the data from our health services gathered in the last few days, the gradual lift of lockdown can commence from the monday, the 1h of may. this is good news for france on the french people. from monday, we will introduce a high progressive process which will allow the country to exit smoothly from the lockdown we experienced, along with a large part of the world, since march 17. host: the paris metro is preparing for commuters to use the service again. workers have been putting up stickers to explain how people should be socially distancing. what do people think? our correspondent is in central france. >> we already have 5 million passengers using the metro. i think we must tell parisians to be careful because there is going to be, i think, a lot of people. >> what can i say? it will be difficult because public transport is

anchor: our reporter is at the manufacturing plalant near pari.ther: the unions largest renault plant in france, 2600 employees, they met behind to follow communication from top management about the future of the company. it is going to close its doors at other plants not far from here. that activity will be moved here in this plant. unionists regret the other plant will close. they say it is a good thing the activity will be coming here. they are worried management has confirmed the current cars being produced year will carry on being produced to the end of their life cycle in 2024, but they are not saying a new car will be produced here afterwards. this is what the unions want to fight for. they want to ask renault management to produce an actual car in this plant. one of the unionists was telling me if there is not a new car produceded here,e, that would be beginning of the end of the plant. anchor: france is easing cororonavirus lockdown measures. restaurants will be allowed to reopen next week but restrictions will remain in place in paris. p

amid fears that things could take off in paris. country is green, and the difference between green and red is pretty marginal. all of the country is going through this process of deconfinement on monday, but those in the red zones, some schools will not open. and some elementary schools, primary schools will open you can see the difference between the red in the green zones is marginal. the big point is everyone will be moving on monday, and the keyissue will be moving on monday, and the key issue will be paris. here in the uk, plans are also being drawn up to begin relaxing the coronavirus lockdown in england. today we heard from foreign minister dominic raab that the total coronavirus death toll in the uk in all settings has risen to 30,615. this is after a further 539 people died, having testing positive. dominic raab said the r level, that's the rate of infection our political correspondent iain watson has been looking at what relaxing the lockdown in england might look like. this is a message from the government... one familia

an ebook like a few months back even better her hometown for tunis who was 3 kilometers outside of paris picked up over half the bill as part of a program to promote cycling to everybody i meet you there about i used to take public transport to paris but i have now decided to always cycle downtown i'm too worried to take the metro it's impossible to keep a safe distance from other passengers but i feel much more secure on my bike you know you know and cycling is getting easier here paris is carving out 50 kilometers of new temporary bike paths and banning cars from certain streets cities and regions across france are doing the same setting aside fountains of kilometers for to be traffic. if you keep it in these new lanes are really well done and i'd like them to become permanent it's so good not to depend on the timetables of public transport and you're not being held up by the frequent delays on the metro the only tour. what's more the central government is putting 20000000 euros on the table to subsidize bike repairs by as much as 50 years. its effort is bearing fruit this spike repair

british prime minister paris johnson details his government's plan to loosen the lockdown in england following a national dress that was criticised as confusing. germany fights a flare up any factions as it further loosens lockdown district shouldn't i'm frustration builds in some circles over the government's handling of the crisis. and east africa battles the pandemic and a plague of locusts a devastating crops across the region experts warned the 2nd wave this year focuses on unprecedented threats to food security. welcome to the program france has begun to lift its coronavirus lockdown after 8 weeks of restrictions people are now allowed to leave their homes without a permit most shops and businesses have reopened and many children will soon be sent to school with 26000 fatalities france as the world's 5th highest coffin 1000 death toll. the streets of paris is starting to look more like the usual crowded selves after 8 weeks in lockdown french citizens are venturing out again it's been a cautious reopening with most shops welcoming customers and many people returning to work. i

molly hunt hadder reports from paris. >> reporter: paris has a lot challenges ahead. and a lot are same as other big cities are facing in europe. and the top of the list is schools, education, getting kids back in the classroom. it's easier to get the work force back. and parents are doing something a different differently with education. take a listen. >> we left sided of course, schools should be a helping people who needs to go to work, a solution for the children. >> the other thing is transportation. how to move people around. paris is doubling down on buses. they are turning big thoroughfares into a bike highway. and the other thing i talked to the deputy mayor ab, all the things that the tourists make paris paris. and parisians, a lot of the charm, molly hunter, nbc news, paris. >>> a look a the latest nationwide case tally across the united states. and more than 1.3 million reported cases. the country reached another grim milestone. 80,000 people have now died from the virus. many are wondering what the next few months will look like. today's "meet press," a b

ordinarily police is a restaurant in central paris. millet's being transformed into a little market stocked with regional products. going to local people lined up to buy them from. who normally earns her living as one of the top chefs in paris. yeah you do. the supply and here's the demand they don't just bring the 2 together people imagine if my restaurant was closed anyway because i started with the cookies then i found the guy with the least preserves and little by little. at 1st i only opened in the morning so now i mention all day i don't know that there are customers that they can buy locally sourced french foods here. the chain is just crazy you buy products that come from far away and don't even necessarily that good stead of supporting local producers can make great products right here you know a new delivery has just arrived and then helps bring in the project's. long barrow he comes to paris twice a week with his freshly picked vegetables normally he only supplies restaurants like um indians but the crisis has changed everyt

patton's third army angled to -- toward points just east and south of paris.y flanking the third. the seventh now was moving up swiftly from the south. 10 days after the landings in southern france, paris was liberated after four years of nazi occupation. ♪ the liberation of paris, like the liberation of rome less than three months before, was a cause for rejoicing, and the psychological effect was reflected throughout the free world. among our troops, who paraded so proudly down the champs elysee, were some whose fathers had followed the same flag down that famous avenue a quarter of a century before, celebrating another victory, which they too had won in the best tradition of the american fighting man, and who had come there not for conquest, but to liberate. plus, the men of our fighting forces knew that there was only one more important milestone along the rugged road to victory. allied armies held bridgeheads all along the line of the seine. in the south of france, they they captured toulonne. and marseille. the british and canadians took brussels and the

for that list turn to cnn's melissa bell joining us now live in paris.lissa, hello to you. >> reporter: natalie, good morning. it is the 1st of may here. normally it is a celebration of workers in france observed by the unions. last year by the yellow vests. this year of course none of those investigations are taking place. they have said they could make as much noise as they want expressing their rights. everyone has acted as amplifiers. differences are more carefully hidden. here in france you have the geography and history, paris is clearly defined and then it's outskirts. what we're seeing is not that there are two very different confinements living side by side but also how much paris is defined by its suburbs. for some, france's stay at home order means living in fear. one of the 600 people who live in a social housing complex just outside of paris said that covid-19 arrived here in early march. one apartment is being disinfected after its occupant suspected of having coronavirus was found dead inside. many were sick with covid symptoms and told to

paris losing face masks. most shops and businesses are reopening but some restrictions will remain.lso on the program. british prime minister boris johnson details his governments plan to loosen the lockdown in england. an address that was criticized as confusing. germany fights a flareup of infections as it loosens lockdown restrictions. and frustration builds in some areas over the government's handling of the crisis. east africa battles the pandemic and the plague. locusts are devastating crops. experts warn the second wave poses an unprecedented threat to food security. ♪ >> welcome to the program. france has begun to lift its coronavirus lockdown after eight weeks of restrictions. people are allowed to leave theirs homes without a permit and most shops and businesses will reopen. many children will soon return to school. with 26,000 fatalities, france has the world's fifth highest death toll. >> the streets of paris are starting to look like their usual crowded selves. after eight weeks on lockdown, fresh citizens are venturing out again. it has been a cautious reopening. with

and the drive to attract tourists back to one of the world's most visited cities we're in paris after the break more on that stay with us. hell of the flooding in michigan was a result of a burst dam or 2 were to but of course they have floodwaters behind them i'm pleased to say that's not the case in the forecast the stalls look for further west than the plains states and still more carolinas and in virginia now that's slowly improving the rates are falling as well but these showers still movie are becoming rather more substantial in texas maybe oklahoma missouri and they're all drifting slowly east was slow moving and fairly well scattered i think not particularly organized which means if they can forecast for somewhere like nashville you like to get thunderstorms in that focus at 30 degrees for saturday sunday and monday. substantial showers that we see recently heavy thunderstorms in cuber and bahamas there tends to move this direction that's the line that so culminates in nicaragua honduras area i think will be heavy rain flooding seemed likely here so 2 days for the seemed likel

paris. is premiering in the pentagon the. 30 dancers are getting ready for the performance. the company has purchased the entire production and important source of income for the 9 story building. its marble staircases and lavish decor demand a costly upkeep. legendary dancers of days gone by look down from the ceiling it was here that day god painted his famous ballet dancers and here that dancers would rendezvous with their well heeled admires. patty spirity a they're all is it the paris opera is one of the main centers of ballet concerts of history and tradition of any type it's your own hands on and. i feel very honored to be in such a place i want to contribute to visit venerable company as was i at 1st to a decent touchstones i could one of the companies i've worked with most often the dame is i need the company in me to me ship fast and bison galba to power. the performance isn't just taking place on stage the audience is engaged in its own performance while the dancers wait in the wings. madame. is a study of high society and fast morality but the production draws it

we have paris dennard who's a senior communications advisor for black media affairs to the republican national committee and a black voices for trump advisory board member in minneapolis linda saw cell she is an organized a civil rights activist and author of we are not here to be bystanders and in new haven jason stanley who is a professor of philosophy at the university and author of how fascism works welcome to the program all could have you here so the question we have today is the trump administration complicit or just unable to and what's being called systemic racism and police brutality in america linda that comes you trumps initial response on twitter as we mentioned there was to call the people protesting thought and he went on to say when the starts the shooting starts twitter has said that glorified violence he says walked it back saying it was a statement of facts what do you make of his response so far is his administration complicit in what we see today. thank you so much for having me trump is not the cause of what we're seeing in the protesting that we're seeing here i

and east toward paris.t was left of ten german divisions was knocked up by the very men were told they were not soldiers and would not fight. again, the aggressor has made a slight miscalculation. as the germans were meeting their enemies in northwestern france, the united states combat carter veterans in italy. they hit the beaches in southern france on the morning of august 15th. during that day, 50,000 men and their equipment were landed. the american sixth army corps pushed north along the rome river valley. other troops moved eastward toward the italian border. the drive into the heart of france happened now. patton's third army angled points just east and south of paris. the first army flanking the third. the seventh now is moving up swiftly from the south. ten days after the landings in southern france, paris was liberated after four years of nazi occupation. deliberation of paris, like deliberation of rome, less than three months before, it was a cause for rejoicing and the psychological effect was

other elements, push south and east, towards paris. what was left, of ten german divisions, was knocked off by the very men their fury their fury had told them were not soldiers, or fighters. again the aggressor had made a slight miscalculation. as the germans, we're in northwestern france, the united states seventh army, hit the beaches in southern france, on the morning of august 15th. during that day, -- men and equipment were landed. the americans six army corps push north, along the valley. and other troops moved moved eastward towards the italian border. the drive into the heart of france, while patents third army were just east and south of paris. the first flanking the third. the seventh, now was moving up swiftly from the south. ten days, after the landings in southern france, paris was liberated after four years of nazi occupation. deliberation of paris, like the liberation of rome, less than three months before, was cause for rejoicing and the psychological effect was felt throughout the free world. among our troops, paraded

patton's third army angled to points just east and south of paris. thefirst army flanking third. from the south. 10 days after the landings in southern france, paris was liberated after four years of nazi occupation. ♪ the liberation of paris, like the liberation of rome less than three months before, was a cause for rejoicing, and the psychological effect was reflected throughout the free world. among our troops, who paraded so proudly, were some whose fathers had followed the same flag down that famous avenue a quarter of a century before, celebrating another victory, which they too had won in the best tradition of the american fighting man, and who had come they're not for conquest, but to liberate. but the men of our fighting forces new it was only one more important milestone along the rugged road to victory -- our fighting forces new that there was only one more important milestone along the rugged road to victory. in the south of france, they captured too long. and marseille. tookritish and canadians brussels and the great force of antwerp. the first american army pushed a

applause for the paris after a ballet and john on my ass. backstage he can gradually it's the company. you. have this badly it is your reality so please. take care let it grow let it grow in move let yourself grow as artists when you do it ok i will be thinking of you and it can be any moment i may come back and see what you're doing this survey careful ok i could be there any moment. if he sees dance as a form of human expression and its purpose above all is to convey a feeling. i don't care if you miss one step plan i don't care if you fall down but eat because you have fantastic technique so it's not over a minimum is the equivalent of all of them is to is to project this this incredible pais inside it that you have this is a gift at the create hearing about this year. thank you michel thank you very much to thank you also. new meyers life is a whirlwind of premieres revivals and rehearsals his calendar is packed with engagements. today he's presenting his latest piece all feel really decent to the press ahead of its premiere in hamburg i

the third army angled towards points just east and south of paris. the first army flanking the third. the seventh now was moving up swiftly from the south. ten days after the landings in southern france, paris was liberated after four years of nazi occupation. the liberation of paris like the liberation of rome less than three months before was a cause of psychological adjusting and was the effect throughout the free world. among our troops were some whose fathers followed the same flag down the same avenue a quarter century before, celebrating another victory which they, too, had won in the best traditions of the american fighting man and who had come there not for conquest but to liberate. the men knew it was one more important milestone along the road to victory. allied armies held bridge heads fall along the line of the same. in the south of france, they captured tulan and marce. the first american army pushed across the bored near belgium and grove on. the third took their done. the third having crossed the muse river reached the mozel. now the

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correspondent lisa lewis is in paris and we asked her how this 1st day had gone. quite smoothly i must say according to a recent poll 2 thirds of the french are quite right about the lifting of restrictions and you could see that most of the public transport network was not actually at cracking point there were only a few people taking the metro taking the trains there were some exceptions though for example online 13 which clings cents on the knee france's poorest department to the center of parents and where many people actually have to go back to work on that line additionally there was a technical problem this morning that's why the 1st few trains were really packed about apart from that most trains were quite empty people have been reporting that only a few people take it created or to taking trains and there most of them bearing mosques and trying to keep a distance from each other. of the world health organization says it hopes that germany can bring a recent flare up of corona virus infections under control the country has been scrambling to contain locali

ordinarily the police is a restaurant in central paris. millet's been transformed into a little market stocked with regional products i'm. going to the local people line up to buy them from a mundane shine young who normally earns her living as one of the top chefs in paris. you know you do a lot of the supply and has the demand. well just bring the 2 together if you measure my restaurant as i was denny way. i started with the cookies then i found the guy with the lead preserves and little by little it's ground. but 1st i only opened in the morning so now i'm open all day now there are customers that they can buy locally sourced french foods here. all the chain is just crazy you buy products that come from far away and don't even necessarily that good stead of supporting local producers who make great products right here. the new delivery has just arrived didn't help spring in the projects. long barrow he comes to paris twice a week with his freshly picked vegetables normally he only supplies restaurants like um indians but the crisis has