criticized the response of certain member states to the pandemic well arty's europe correspondent peter oliver joins me now with. that peter so division between the u.k. and the but also within the limits self. well that's right in brussels they're currently well they've been debating the plan that's being put forward it's being called the new marshall plan the marshall plan of course what was put in place post world war 2 to rebuild europe after that conflict they're suggesting and certainly it was mentioned in the parliament chamber on thursday that they wouldn't be rubble buildings for generations to come but that this coronavirus this covert 19 pandemic would have a lasting effect on europe and that measures need to be put in place now one of those measures includes the the bulk buying the joint buying and distribution of medical equipment things like masks globes and of course those all important ventilators now lawmakers in europe gone to london and said you could be part of this if you want to well it does seem at the downing street have said no they don't want but they're going to go i

between ankara and athens that's left tens of thousands stranded at the frontier and across live to peter oliver peter what have european officials been saying. well there was no joint press conference between the e.u. side and the turkish side following this meeting but we did hear from sharp michele the european council president and on the line the european commission president mr michel well he said that this was a step forward that had been taken in relations between the e.u. in turkey that these talks were important in establishing progress in the short to medium to long term he said that the slack would now be taken up by. the high representative for foreign affairs who'd be working closely with the turkish foreign minister to try and get will come to a solution to the current impasse over the 2016 e.u. turkey refugee deal he also said that there would be constant contact over the coming days between the e.u. sides and president one of turkey. on the line for her part she said that it was important that there was lines of communication still open pretty much that's where we are at the mom

keep its mortality rate far lower than in spain with more on this here's our europe correspondent peter oliver. here in berlin we haven't seen the type of lockdown that's being put in place in other parts of europe although social distancing itself isolation being practiced germany thankfully hasn't seen the type of cases and fatalities of covert 19 that have been seen in countries like italy and los recently spain patients are having to lie on the floor as there simply aren't enough beds to treat them in hospitals while in the car but twist of necessity this ice rink normally a place of enjoyment is having to be used as a makeshift mortuary so far spain is the 2nd hardest hit in europe madrid has been the epicenter of the spanish outbreak authorities have had to put in place the strictest measures in an attempt to stop the spread of the momo library waves come and 1000000000 of the difficult days are coming that's are going to test on one of the very limited capacity of resources. that about without doubt balance as a society the corona virus has overwhelmed some of spain's medical facilities

standoff between ankara and athens that's left tens of thousands stranded at the frontier now peter oliver joins us live now peter what have european officials been saying oh. well it wrapped a problem day evening with that meeting between the top european officials and president of turkey with the turkish president leaving without taking part in any joint press conference that fell to the european commission president. and the european council president charles michel to take to the podium they give their thoughts on that michelle said yes to. this meeting of being a good thing because it allowed them to share their different opinions on the situation that border between turkey and greece but of course also the border between turkey and the european union east. said that these types of meetings allowed them to make progress towards the short middle in the long term of the future relationship between the 2 blocs he said that your support early high representative for foreign affairs would be in constant contact with the turkish foreign minister to drive forward this progress there would be

buy favor for beijing uncompromised the research conducted there your show europe correspondent peter oliver. when is funding for education anything but it's a good thing or when the money comes from the chinese government's apparently one of germany's premier institute's of high you learning has come under fire for accepting donations from the chinese government 1000000000 authorities of the free university of to reconsider a half a 1000000 you wrote donation to set up a chinese teacher training program they say it could stop academics being critical of china the university themselves though say it has no influence whatsoever so far the free university has in no way been restricted in its actions all comments regarding chinese government policy or academic freedom in china as a result of the funding from hand see no skepticism is nothing new there is an ever growing list of high profile cases where western nations that become uncomfortable of a perceived creeping chinese influence. i think every college should be aware of what these institutes are used for and and that they are in fact to c

on the commercial sale of euthanasia but critics fear the right to die be exploited for profit peter oliver reports. almost 5 years after it was banned the highest court in germany has ruled that blocking assisted suicide is unconstitutional and making its ruling on wednesday the constitutional court in college shuras said everyone has a right to live and a right to die article 217 of the german criminal code outlawed euthanasia as well as the advertising of the services what this ruling from the constitutional court means is that that's being overturned and not only could companies offer euthanasia but that advertising for the deaf could also stop being seeing the thinking behind wednesday's court ruling is that this will allow those in extreme paying and suffering from terminal illnesses to end their lives on their terms however senior voices within palliative care are warning that this could perhaps only to the normalization and indeed the commodification of suicide in society now the facilitation of suicide for the sick and tired of life is turning into a normal service anyone who allow

diplomatic standoff between ankara and athens that has left tens of thousands stranded the frontier peter oliver has more. potentially combative meeting with the turkish president mr de wine later on monday. what we're expecting to hear from the line after this meeting is pretty much what we've heard from her as she heads into it she's been saying that turkey must take back the refugees and migrants it told were able to cross its border and try and enter into the european union and that there was a real need for action from ankara to deescalate the situation finding a solution to this situation should we cry or are we leaving the pressure that is put on the fortune and ensuring that the individual rights to ask for asylum is respected and it requires supporting both greece and turkey to deal with the pressure they are and well for his part president has sent a message to the greek government in which he said don't worry about these refugees and migrants heading to your borders open up your doors let them in because ultimately in the opinion of mr to one they don't want to stay in greece they wan

protection against infection may well trump concern about the climate for the forseeable future peter oliver our team building. let's go back to that breaking news story coming out of the u.k. where the prime minister has tested positive for 19 boris johnson is 55 posted a video announcement on twitter. i've developed modeled symptoms of the corona virus that's to say a temperature and a persistent cough and on the advice of the chief medical officer i've taken a test that has come out positive so i am working from home i'm so for isolating and that's entirely the right thing to do but be in no doubt that i can continue thanks to the with the reborn technology to communicate with all my top team to lead the national fight back against corona. ok i'll be back with the news updates for you on that story and plenty more at the top of the hour. is you'll be via reflection of reality. in a world transformed. what will make you feel safe. heis a nation full community. are you going the right way or are you being led so. direct. what is true what is faith. in a world corrupted you need to descend.

and left tens of thousands stranded at the front to hear the details he's a europe correspondent peter oliver. all there was no joint press conference between the turkish european sides following this meeting it fell to the european council president charles michel and the european commission president. to meet the press she said that this meeting was a good thing essentially because it showed that there was still lines of communication open essentially one of the positives that she was taken was that turkey and the e.u. can still sit down and discuss things even if it does seem that all they can do at the moment is agree to disagree today's discussion focused on mapping the areas in which we can work both in the e.u.'s interests and in turkey's interest and indeed as you said a lot goes back to the e.u. turkey statement of 2016 which remains valid turkey's decision to tell migrants that they wouldn't try and stop them crossing into the e.u. has resulted in some incredibly tense scenes at the border that at times have spilled over into violence. era pig commission president was asked a questi

faster from the alternative for germany party had his car destroyed by arson in berlin artie's peter oliver reports now on the worrying trend . this street is the scene of what is potentially the latest in a growing number of politically motivated crimes in germany this time it's all the politician nicholas faced go up in flames last night a car caught fire in charlotte and borke the firefighters extinguished the blaze but could not save the car because of the suspicion of a possible political motivation we are handing the investigation over to a specialist unit yesterday morning. the police called told me that my car had been . set on fire 2 in the morning and. force really damaged faced as a member of the european parliament for the anti immigration alternative that germany party he's pretty adamant of who he thinks is behind the it's not the 1st conflict of this kind of arson attacks this is really the signature. of the anti far and therefore it's pretty clear of though they haven't really up to now they have claimed this arson attack yet but it's clear that there's a stance on t.v. for

criticized the response of certain member states to the pandemic artie's europe correspondent peter oliver has won the european parliament's been debating talking about these proposals that have been put through or put forward by the european commission to handle with the handle the immediate outcome from the coronavirus but also to deal with what will come in the future in fact this bundle of measures is being talked about as a new marshall plan of the marshall plan of course was used to rebuild europe after world war 2 and in fact in the chamber on thursday we heard. of the law and the european commission president talking about the effect that this could well have on generations in the future that they wouldn't see the rubble of crumbling buildings as we did post world war 2 but that there was still would be an effect there one of these things that was put forward is a decision to group together to buy important medical equipment we talked musk's we're talking gloves and it all important ventilators the offer was made to the united kingdom to get involved in that downing street though h

them as an alternative to toilet paper with more on the supermarket onslaught around the world peter oliver. it's called how mystic alpha in german literally translates as hamster buying but it doesn't mean that people here were leaning across the federal republic of being stocking up on adorable furry friends it means they've been panic buying essential in fear of the coronavirus empty shelves in supermarkets across berlin have become a common sight as people hoard fresh fruit and vege as well as nonperishable goods like pastor rice toilet paper hygiene products and other basics have been flying off shelves as people prepare for potential self isolation as the covert 19 crisis spreads around the world while emergency testing tents of being set up at hospitals to identify those with the virus the german government is being giving its assessments of the current situation or stick with it but he means you know china's coronavirus outbreak has become a global pandemic is always a question of finding the right balance on the one hand between the restrictions necessary to contain the virus and o

. >>> oliver pursche peter ceccini from ckanter fitzgerald >> last week you were saying, wow, those sinisterystematic traders that just used the machines to liquidate stocks into a weak market, and we got down 12% from the highs, and then you get into a new months and we've gone in reverse. some of that is the market absolutely overshot to the down side. >>> we had a climb max of the panic. from that moment on, concluded aha, the coast is clear. >> it's a really important point. the technical damage becomes so great that there are buys opportunities all over >> when the dust settles, and it will settle what it comes down to is corporate earnings we had effectively no corporate earnings growth last year. now it's questionable as to whether we're going to get some this year or no. >>> certain you want to focus on dividends that's where you gets the rise and so to us it's a question of valuations are still high. >> we're you will 1294 points on the dow all the of the major averages have recovered more than 40% of their losses since the 19th of february peter what does that scale tell you? are y

peter. >> he's going to have to fail to succeed. >> i'm telling you that i love madison, and that should be enough. >> i tried to fix it. i was trying to, like, extend an oliverter: so what happens next? not even peter knows. and overnight, hannah ann posting this pilot themed picture on instagram writing, flying solo. no turbulence accepted. period. while it's clear she's moving forward, only time will tell for peter and madison despite the obstacles they face. they're still hopeful love will win in the end, and i'm hopeful too. robin? george? >> thank you. >> just have to breathe. everybody, just exhale for a moment after that. that was -- that -- okay. >>> we're going to turn to more on the coronavirus. schools are shutting down all across the country. many families with young children forced to stay home for days, even weeks. "gma" parenting expert and contributor rachel simmons joins us now. some ways -- because parents are some ways -- because parents are going, wow. it's so much going on right now, but what do you do? you say it begins with structure. >> absolutely. we need routine, routine, routine because that makes kids feel safe. remember, they're