the show is popular among middle—aged and elderly south koreans. ve in the closest village to the north korean border. but the show has also been controversial. kang myong—do runs a north korean restaurant in seoul. he was a regular on the show for more than two years. he has now left. but the programme makers say they go through various layers of fact—checking before putting out an episode. nara has been in south korea for five years now. the social media persona she has created is based on her north korean heritage, but it's something she hopes she can eventually escape. life as a north korean celebrity means travelling to wherever the bookings are. this evening, hyun—joo is at a local town hall three hours from the capital, seoul. hello there. yesterday was a warmer kind of day. again, plenty of sunshine for most of us, withjust a little bit of high cloud crossing the skies. we had some rather dramatic skylines, for example, in the shropshire area. now, it was the north—east of the uk that had the day's highest temperatures. durham and parts of a

this and it's something a phenomenon that we 1st saw in woo hansch in china but as far as the south koreans are concerned i think it's the possibility of reinfection which is their priority at the moment we know that the outbreak has pretty much been action chained here in south korea and the the worry is it really importing re infections and again this is borne out by a new daily low of the number of cases here only 25 cases and 16 of those were in torches i think the focus here for the moment in south korea will be really on the possibility of reinfection 22 small that before it happens all right thanks so much from right there china has reported its highest number of new coronavirus cases namo thinks weeks authorities say 108 people were infected over the past day mostly travelers returning from abroad while that number is low adding to concerns or a possible 2nd wave of cases plant joins us now live from hong kong so quite a rise in the number of cases there's this start to draw some proof to the theories of a 2nd wave. well certainly this is the concern that china has with looking at t

the show is popular among middle—aged and elderly south koreans. live in the closest village to the north korean border. but the show has also been controversial. kang myong—do runs a north korean restaurant in seoul. he was a regular on the show for more than two years. he has now left. but the programme makers say they go through various layers of fact—checking before putting out an episode. nara has been in south korea for five years now. the social media persona she has created is based on her north korean heritage, but it's something she hopes she can eventually escape. life as a north korean celebrity means travelling to wherever the bookings are. this evening, hyun—joo is at a local town hall three hours from the capital, seoul. hello there. the weather is set to change through the second half of this easter weekend. after a couple of very warm days, things are going to be turning cooler. initially in northern areas through easter sunday and then all of us much cooler by easter monday. there'll be a few showers along the way as well. this is

the show is popular among middle—aged and elderly south koreans. live in the closest village to the north korean border. but the show has also been controversial. kang myong—do runs a north korean restaurant in seoul. he was a regular on the show for more than two years. he has now left. but the programme makers say they go through various layers of fact—checking before putting out an episode. nara has been in south korea for five years now. the social media persona she has created is based on her north korean heritage, but it's something she hopes she can eventually escape. life as a north korean celebrity means travelling to wherever the bookings are. this evening, hyun—joo is at a local town hall three hours from the capital, seoul. hello there. we saw a big cooldown in the weather over the easter period. sunday, the hottest day of the year so far, with temperatures up to 25 degrees celsius. well, that's more than hot enough to melt some of those chocolate easter eggs. by monday, though, temperatures certainly dropped away significantly for many

also a south korean army lieutenant who grew up in china, educated in japan, so conversant in mandarin, japanese-korean. two second-generation japanese-americans. first lieutenant thomas shirasuke from salinas, california, and private wakagawa of honolulu. i found this particular ap article in the very shame archival footnote as bartlett's lectures. this never actually made it to press. i believe that the u.s. military officials decided to censor this article in part because fuji essentially reveals the labor involved and the numerous contingent variables involved in the production of a single interrogation report. and i would argue that the most important variable was the supposed consent and desire on the part of the japanese-american interrogator to fulfill his own role within this kind of racialized hierarchy of labor. and it's very key also to note that whoever was the head of an interrogation team, that person was always marked as either white or caucasian. so let me introduce you to sam yamamoto. when sam yamamoto arrived at the unc camp number 1 on the island of kote, he was in

of winning the battle against coronavirus south koreans cast their ballots in the head of next week's general election. european leaders agree on a 590000000000 dollar rescue plan to help countries hit by the pandemic. resurrecting the. special good friday mass a year after the iconic cathedral devastated by a fire. now the death toll from the coronavirus across the u.s. has now passed 16 and a half 1000 in new york there are signs of improvement with a drop in hospital admissions but it's still the worst affected state had a record number of deaths for a 3rd straight day or pictures have emerged of mass burials as morgues run out of space kristen salumi reports. hart island is new york city's potter's field where those with no family or means to arrange a funeral are laid to rest they used to bury 25 people a week here in the age of the coronavirus it's about that number every day counting the dead is now part of the daily routine for the gov 911 was supposed to be the darkest day in new york for a generation we lose 2753 lives on 911 we've lost over 7000 lives through this crisis. t

when it comes to the south korean presidential adviser, when it comes to the south korean presidentialadviser kimjong—un is actually gone further. he has said kim jong—un is alive and well and at his resort in one sam. however it is worth noting that his adviser is not a memberof the worth noting that his adviser is not a member of the presidential team, and he is not privy to any intelligence briefings. what about the rumour that kim jong un was injured in a missle test? no evidence of that. or that he's quarantined because a bodyguard has covid—19? no evidence on that either. and then we need to look at the chinese angle. over the weekend, reuters cited unnamed sources saying that a team of chinese doctors had travelled to north korea to provide kim with medical assistance. reuters is of course very reliable — but even if we could be certain of the story, that in itself only tells us so much. and if you want to know what the chinese are saying publicly — here you go. translation: i want to say that i don't know the source of the information. i have nothing to offer, in terms of the detailed

military would look at the south korean p.o.w.'s for the north koreans and said okay we do not know what to do exactly here. so then everybody became p.o.w.'s. you actually had south korean military officials as p.o.w.'s. that is very important to note. another thing that was important to note is that after the entrance of the chinese volunteer forces in to the conflict and the u.s. military is being pushed back down towards the 38th parallel there comes a new informal policy where the u.s. military is allowed to round up entire villages. then you can actually have three generations of a family behind the barbed wire fence. this is all really important to note because it is a population for whom the u.s. military was supposedly going to very easily just ask yes or no, do you want to go back to your homeland? obviously, for this kind of population, the question of where is home is a little bit complicated, and also it really highlights how in 1952, the 38th parallel is also not considered to be a natural permanent order. it is reall

a senior south korean official says north korean leader kim jong-un is alive and well despite a u.s. media report that reported he e was in grave dang after surgery. moon jae-in is a former adviser to t the south koreaean preside he told fox news on sunday that kim has beenen staying in an eastern city since april 13th. a cnn report last week claimed the u u.s. w was monitoring intelligence about kim's health. north korean media have not reported on his activities for about two weeks. south korean unification industry said on monday its view has not changed, that nothing is unusual is happening in the north. an expert at south korean think tank also cast doubt on the health rumors. they said if kim was gravely ill, he would have been transferred immediately to pyongyang. they say kim is expected to make a public appearance soon. >>> as coronavirus infections have spread in u.s. nursing home readmitting recovering residents has reemerged as a contentious issue. clusters have occurred at many nursing homes as tallied by a private donation showing that more than 10,000 home care resident

and a sign of winning the battle against the virus south koreans cast their ballots in an early voters ahead of next week's general election. paul the wild is now nearing 100000 deaths from the coronavirus the us saw its

administration official have reports from our own nbc news suggesting the south korean presidential office don't believe that there is anything to the story. they are telling us kwoetquote,o not detect evidence to support speculation about ill health of the north korean leader. >> so tough to get accurate information out of north korea thank you. >> when "early today" returns janessa will update us on aforts to flatten the curve >>nd jon gruden surprises an online stats class after a little lesson on zoom. breathe freely fast, with vicks sinex. my congestion's gone. i can breathe again! ahhhh! i can breathe again! ughh! vicks sinex. breathe on. t minus ten seconds eggo homestyle waffles. we are go for... lift off. now that they're crispier and fluffier. i think this one's a solo mission. i understand. would you let go of your eggo? nivea essentially enriched body challenglotion with can be. nourishing serum deeply nourishes skin, because soft can be powerful, just like you. nivea. try new nivea body wash with nourishing serum. laso you can enjoy it even ifst you're sensitive. se. yet some

that's right i mean we see that with the numbers seem to bear out the fact that the south korean authorities are very much on top of this it would seem in the last few days we've had around about 10 cases new cases per day pretty much all of those cases have been from outside so very little new cases here in south korea and the concern is as elsewhere that certain fatigue sets in the south koreans rely upon rather than having mandating lockdowns and so on they rely upon public cooperation which they largely get but we are seeing signs of maybe larger crowds gathering next week for example we have a few public holidays coming while on top of each other and it does seem as though many south koreans although they can't travel outside of south korea very easily they are taking that opportunity to book holidays in resorts around south korea booking plane tickets so the concern for the or thirty's here is that as people do travel more they do congregate more that they do it safely thank you for that rob mcbride reporting live from seoul now hundreds of people have protested against coronavirus lon

it's run by kind of defectors here in south korea and it seeks to to paint the north korean regime in a very negative light so the south korean government a liberal government that seeks reproach not with north korea has has really kind of played those down at the same time we need to recognize that north korea is a very controlled state controlled media and even the foreign reporters that are allowed into north korea what they can report on is tightly controlled so the information that we get out of north korea you know is very very limited. what does this send to the main fest ability in the range and. while we need to recognize north korea is a dictatorial regime it has a very antagonistic relationship certainly with the united states and and the international community it is pursuing nuclear weapons it has a nuclear weapons program it's subject to sanctions from the united nations security council and north korea itself is something of a buffer state between south korea a strong u.s. ally with u.s. troops here and china any sort of instability in north korea is going to represent

may have heard about t south korean official who said kim jong-un was alive and well. responded, laura -- our correspondent, laura bicker, can help us with this. >> the advisor has gone even further. he saidd kim jong-un is alive well. it is worth noting the advisor is not a member of the presidential team and he is not privy to any ielligence ratings. -- intelligence briefings. >> what about the rumor kim jujong-un has been d in initial test or has been quarantined because his no evidence of that.19? we also need to look at the chinese angle. over the weekend, reuters cited unnamed sources saying a team of chinese doctors traled to north korea to provide them with medical assistance. reblers is very rel but even if we could be certain of that story, in itself, it only tells us souch. noif you want to kwhat the chinese are saying publicly, will, there you go -- well, there you >> i want to say thakn i don't the source of the information. i have nothing to offer in terms of detailed questions you ask. >> should also mention the satellite image from t 38 northws atlas s

the south korean government saw the necessary information. and this is what is necessary it is them you have you know that you know is that britain is going to like that south korea i'm not sure because i'm not in the government but as i understand in the media that some would then 100 countries have a repressive information and the sharing didn't know how and or so more than 100 countries the crescent to have some vision of health care. it's a particularly at test implant and the masks and this is what is necessary and this should be clear though and much cross up accordion ition and support between and among the countries now less in the country however powerful and resourceful maybe like you see in the case of the united states i think the lumber all through a case is as innocent. number of deaths in the united states in italy and spain i don't. understand the red. morse to source one of the worst of the top 2 countries say you plan. to let them have you made a pass at just the us does there was beck any border ethnicity and a raise or coun

this is one of the first things that the south korean officials look for. defense ministry doesn't have a comment at this point. but the blue hats, the presidential office here in seoul, does say that they have seen no abnormal activity within north korea, at this point. could be referring to military, as well. but they also said they have nothing to comment on when it comes to this reporting. but when it comes to the military, it is interesting that we have seen kim jong un quite -- quite present in recent weeks. up until the middle of april. daily nk, an online publication here, did report they believed that surgery was an april the 12th. and we did see a military drill on april 14th. this was when there were cruise missiles, short-range cruise missiles fired. and it is the sort of thing that kim jong un would usually be present at. it was interesting. afterwards, you wait a day or two to get the footage from north korea itself, but there has, to this day, been no images, no footage, reporting of that beyond the facts itself. of course, that is not proof

>> the south korean government has a determined pain, pursuing to show that the north korean leader istermined -- it raises suspicions. his whole policy is dependent on kim jong un reciprocating gestures soul, because he wants to abolish south korea. unify the korean states. i think what they're trying to do, act like a reliable partner and they can't do it if he has a cardiac procedure. >> tucker: hard to do that if he is dead. gordon chang, great to see you tonight. thank you for that. >> thank you, tucker. >> tucker: one small business owner in new york city is defying his leaders orders to shut down. he joins us next to explain why. ♪ and spray... and spray... and spray. well, we used to. with new ortho home defense max indoor insect barrier, one simple application kills and prevents bugs in your home for up to a year without odors, stains or fuss. it's the modern way to keep bugs away. new ortho home defense max. bugs gone. stress gone. ♪ ♪ working on the front lines, and here's one small way that you can help them in return. complete your 2020 census today. 2020 census data helps

>> the south korean government has a determined plan, pursuing to show that the north korean leader isit raises suspicions. his whole policy is dependent on kim jong un reciprocating gestures soel, because he wants to abolish south korea. unify the korean states. i think what they're trying to do, act like a reliable partner and they can't do it if he has a cardiac procedure. >> tucker: hard to do that if he is dead. gordon chang, great to see you tonight. thank you for that. >> thank you, tucker. >> tucker: one small business owner in new york city is defying his leaders ordersrs to shut down. he joins us next to explain why. ♪ in 1986, the late reverend david wilkerson founder of times square church told mike evans... number one new york times best-selling author, mike evans, has written an astonishing book on it, called... for the full prophesy by david wilkerson and the book by mike evans go to www.foz.org ♪ >> sean: for more thanan a month now, new york has forced "nonessential businesses" to close. what are nonessential? i'll tell you what is essential. liquor stores are very muc

south korean government officials are playing down speculation about the health of north korean leader kim jong il and saying he is alive and well kim has not been seen in public for more than 2 weeks and there have been unconfirmed reports that he is seriously ill following heart surgery. kim jong own is usually front and center of north korea's state propaganda his usual omnipresence has fueled speculation that he is ill or even dead after he failed to attend birthday celebrations for his grandfather kim il sung on april 15th the ceremony honoring the now deceased founder of the north korean state is the country's most important annual event. according to a network of north korean defectors kim has undergone cardiovascular surgery on the 36 year old is reportedly in poor physical shape due to obesity and heavy smoking. but the south korean government says that rumors surrounding the dictator's health cannot be confirmed. our government has enough information gathering capability confidently that there's nothing unusual to. tweak. officials in seoul do not rule out that kim is ill but

to collect unemployment forms for the 1st time in weeks no new cases have been reported in the south korean city of daegu at the heart of the country's corona virus outbreak a number of new infections across the country continues to decline just 27 cases were confirmed in the past 24 hours south korea has reported more than $10000.00 cases so far more than half of them in daegu south korea is the 1st major country to hold the general election during the covert 19 crisis president mungy in cast his ballot while suitably protected has been praised for getting one of the world's worst outbreaks under control but it's helped his democratic party of career regain support following an economic slowdown corruption scandals and tensions with north korea that speak now to rob mcbride he joins us live from seoul so no more new cases in diago do officials believe this crisis is now ending. they're certainly very encouraging signs very encouraging numbers in fact this week has been a week of milestones for the 1st time we have seen the daily number of new infections dropped to below 50 and stay below 5

on santa maria and this is the world news from al-jazeera an election in the time of a pandemic south koreans had to the ballot box with their masks gloves and sanitizer and also how global financial shock is threatening to under half a century of economic growth and stability in latin america. everyone accusing it of failing its basic duty u.s. president on trampas halted his country's financial contributions to the world health organization he says the w.h.o. not only mishandled the outbreak but even covered up how it was spreading out of china the un though says it is the worst possible moment for money to be withheld and drums critics insist he is attempting to shift blame away from himself we'll start with this from mike hanna in washington. in what has become a pattern president trump used his podium to break reporters if you keep talking i'll leave and you can have it out with the rest of these people if you keep talking i'm going to leave and you could have it out with that. just allowed me to introduce a number of prominent members of big business the construction labor workforce int

south korean president mon jane's ruling party is projected to win a majority in the parliamentary election his support has been held by his government's handling of the current virus outbreak it's the screen now stay with us. we understand the differences and similarities of cultures across the land. so no matter what you see how does not bring you the nice and kind of things that matter. how does iraq. welcome to the stream i'm femi oke i more and more people on the sting africa to reconnect with that past and it's helping inspire them in the present today we look at how the african diaspora is really examining the culture achievements and struggles of the ad sisters through travel and how it's empowering them you can join the conversation through twitter and each. to know where you're going you have to know where you have come from that is the loose translation of sun cofa it is a gun.

and put us birthday party has been postponed south koreans will have to wait until next month to celebrate. we begin in the united states where the economic numbers just keep getting worse the u.s. labor department as released yet another bleak unemployment report more than 3800000 americans filed for benefits in just the past week taking the total number of jobless to more than the $30000000.00 over the last 6 weeks the unemployment rate hovered around 3 and a half percent between december and separate but in march it jumped to a 2 and a half year high of 4.4 percent that's roughly more than 7000000 people. state governments now begin to restart their economies easing lockdown measures more than hoff of the 50 states including florida partially reopened by the end of this week as the johns hopkins dash board shows at least 1000000 people in the u.s. have contracted the virus and nearly 61000 people have died a white house correspondent kimberly how could this in washington she says the unemployment rate is likely to keep growing the number is expected to continue to rise in terms of the m

and election in the time of a pandemic south koreans carefully head to the ballot box also. a kind of leadership doesn't just belong in our state capitals and mayor's office belongs in the white house. former u.s. president barack obama breaks his silence and endorses joe biden. u.s. president donald trump says he will suspend funding to the world health organization the u.s. sends 402500 1000000 dollars a year to the w.h.r. trump says the organization botched the initial response to the corona virus outbreak and spread what he called this information from china which made things worse the u.s. is the chose biggest fund. we have deep concerns whether america's generosity has been put to the best use possible. the reality is that the w.h.o. failed to adequately obtain vet and share information in a timely and transparent fashion the world depends on the w.h.o. to work with countries to ensure that accurate information about international health threats is shared in a timely manner and if it's not to independently tell the world the truth about what is happening the w.h.o. fai

all elections until now tell young ho used to be the north korean deputy ambassador in london until his defection and has now won election in south korea's most affluent district gangnam everything is buried by the quiet maintain our brick and north korean issue national security issues are no exceptions to this current situation the leader of a minority opposition party and charles sue a medical doctor by training volunteered to help out in the daegu epicenter for 2 weeks and his party's popularity has improved version. and president who in jail in was lagging in the opinion polls with domestic scandals and poor economic performance until his handling of the outbreak which has been widely viewed as a success one of them led i got more interested in this election because of coronavirus and i'm looking at how politicians are responding to us. on the tone and president moon has handled the outbreak well i'll vote accordingly. a majority of the electorate it seems agreed this ballot giving moons governing democratic party a convincing win and giving south koreans a further milestone in the long struggle back to normal life robert br

right now nobody is really in a good position to say listen to us except the south koreans and the taiwanese. go ahead kori. >> i'd like to reenforce gyms gyms for a good point. the united states has been in negotiations with south korea about cost-sharing of the deployment for 35,000 or so american troops that are stationed in south korea. on just about the very day president trump wrote to the president of south korea asking for them to ship us medical equipment because president trump was also demanding a fivefold increase in what south korea pays united states. we were turning away the south koreans who work on american military bases making them less militarily capable and making us really bad allies at the same time we were asking the south koreans to give us what we need. if i could make one other point in answer to your question it has been a real surprise to me and i like the point that james made between personal authoritarianism and the ability to work the machinery of government. it has been genuinely astonishing to me that president trump and the presidents men who could then so

jordan this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up an election in the town of a pandemic south koreans carefully head to the ballot box plus. this is a crisis like no other international monetary fund says the coronavirus is sending the world towards the worst financial downturn since the great depression. and fears the corona virus is spreading through palestinian neighborhoods undetected. u.s. president donald trump has announced he'll hold funding for the world health organization that's the top u.n. body at the forefront of a global response to the coronavirus pandemic what trump is accusing the w.h.o. of both a coverup and debauching the national response to the outbreak he says the group has been spreading disinformation from china where the virus was 1st detected which he said made things worse. we have deep concerns whether america's generosity has been put to the best use possible the reality is that the w.h.o. failed to adequately obtain vet and share information in a timely and transparent fashion the world depends on the w.h.o. to work with countries to ensure that accurate

some south korean companies are taking particular interest it is a question the world wants to know right now. eunice joins us to talk about it has there been any developments about the can't whereabouts of jong-un? >> there have been more developments but unfortunately, they don't give us any answers south korean companies want to position themselves if there are any changes in the north officials there have said they know of kim's location but they haven't detected any unusual movement the south korean minister of north korean affairs told parliament that it is very likely that kim is self-isolating and that he missed his great grandfather's birthday celebration because of the coronavirus. the foreign minister acknowledged that seoul had passed information about kim to trump. and that he was told about kim's condition but not where he is. north korean state media it in to fan speculation about kim's health status. the press has published a letter which they say has been penned by kim to the south african president congratulating the president for a holiday there called freedom day but t

south korean president in his ruling party are projected to win a major majority in the parliamentary election win support has been helped by his government's handling of the covert 19 outbreak. international energy agency is warning war oil producers that no cuts in output can fully offset the recent falls in the market the agency has forecast a drop in demand of 9300000 barrels a day the world's largest oil producers agreed to the biggest output count in history on sunday amid the falling demand on the saudi oil giant around co seeking $10000000000.00 in loans to buy a major chemical company it wants a 70 percent stake in saudi basic interests industries coal which is currently owned by saudi arabia's sovereign wealth fund according to reuters the acquisition is a crucial part of around close future expansion plans says that's my lot for today thank you for your company more news in half an hour with sammy but coming up next inside story. what impact is corona virus having on the world's climate and with planes grounded industrial production reduced and emissions decline are there l

and south korean officials.re we at when it comes to where kim jong-un is and how his health, how he is doing so far? >> the latest we heard, south korean officials were -- president moon jae-in's personal advisor spoke to cnn and fox news saying kim jong-un is alive and well. he is saying the reports surrounding kim jong-un being ill having been treated by foreign doctors are just short of rumors. reportss to show recent amongst the north korean watchers are very conflicting. we are seeing satellite imagery , saying they have spotted a special train by a coastal area where a lot of north korea's missile launches have taken place. nhis is the home of where a icbm launch took place. and if he were to launch one now, it would directly the offensive towards donald trump because when they met in hanoi and in singapore, they made a not to beromising launching icbm's. that would be a detailed money north korean watchers could be focusing on. -- many north korean watchers could be focusing on. haidi: we are still tryin

however, the south korean government says reports are not true.s north korea have been speculating about kim's health after he missed meetings in ical recent days. the world health organization is warning against virus optimism aying the worst may be yet to come. the director spoke as countries discuss how and when to open their economies. he says the crisis is not over worst is ahead saying many politicians and advisors do ot understand the nature and danger of covid-19. singapore's saw its highest of virus cases on monday, 1,400 new infections, the figure illness among my grant workers in dormitories and indonesia is imposing urgent new testing and tighter social restrictions as infections there quadrupled since the start of april. highest toll is the outside of china. in the new york state where the since the start of the month showing a sixth daily decline. governor mario cuomo indicates the infection peak may have passed. however, president trump's top pandemic expert anthony fauci is warning people protesting against the lockdown and reopeni

and giving south koreans a further milestone in the struggle back to normal life.n will be imposed in libya for 10 days on friday for the spread of the coronavirus. restrictions will allow people to be outside on foot for four hours each morning to purchase basic supplies. areas under control of khalifa haftar have loosened restrictions. libya has reported 35 infections and one death. russian investigators have released dramatic new video of a train crcrash that happepened at a year ago. the plane had to make an emergency landing in may, 2019. only 30 minutes after taking off. airliner,ulfed the killing 41 of the 78 people on board narrator: on this episode of "earth focus," climate change is forcing traditional dairy producers to look for more sustainable methods. in central california, farmers have found wayays to reduce and evenen reue methane gas, while in eastern africa, drought is creating a market for an unexpected source of milk.

south korean officials are taking a cautious approach to the intelligence. defense ministry spokesperson declined to comment, and a presidential palace spokesperson says no unusual signs have been detected in the country. the japanese government also declined to comment on the matter. the chief cabinet secretary weighed in on tuesday. >> translator: japan is collecting and analyzing information on north korea's moves with great interest. i would like to refrain from commenting on the reports. japan will continue to gather and examine relevant information in close cooperation with the u.s. and other countries. >>> switching gears now to a check on the world weather. residents of the northeastern united states are looking at the possibility of strong storms for tuesday. our meteorologist jonathan oh has the details. jonathan, what's the latest? >> hello. yes, we are talking about the storms of impact in the southern united states moving their way up toward the north. and as we go through tuesday, we'll talk about the possibility of seeing some strong winds and

south koreans voted today with masks and gloves, so it can be done. en, it's great to have you back. we will talk again soon. in the meantime on the financial front john roberts mentioned there is concern the small business relief program could run out of money by the end of this week and that staggering. 1.4 million loans have been approved with more than $300 billion, which means you got about $50 billion left in them. and what do you think america is going to need? >> the program is popular and successful, and there were a few speed bumps along the way. and they are keeping workers employed and if you want those jobs to be there and businesses to be there, all it takes is we need to top off that account. it's a very simple vote in the united states senate. as of right now the democrats are objecting to it as has been their custom into trying to get a bunch of other stuff through this. as of right now we have to be focused on the crisis. the crisis at hand is the ppp fund is running out of money and it needs to simply increase that funding authority

in south korean towns, many people can be seen carrying around large stacks of cardboard boxes.hese people make a living picking up the discarded boxes, but they're not homeless. a majority of them are seniors over the age of 65 who held full-time jobs until they retired. poveverty among south korea's elderly population has become a serious problem. many receive little preparation due to their lack of preparation for retiremenent or delays in t social welfare systems. some 60% of them are entirely without aid. old age prevents them from getting other jobs, leaving many to gather recycleables like cardboard. around 66,000 senior citizens resort to collecting these scraps to survive. these citizens seek financial stability any way they can. this episode follows their efforts to get by in a society that has let them down. with a population of three million, south korea's third largest city is incheon. one man sets out gathering cardboard boxes on the streets. he turned 69 earlier this year. it has many competitors in collecting the recycleables. some people hide cardboard in design

i think south koreans have actually dealt with it really well.mpliance here has been pretty high. you don't see the kind of stuff that you've seen in the us, people going to the beaches, people refusing to stay off subways and stuff like that. i mean, south koreans have actually really responded really well. and that's why the curve hasd flattened, right? i mean, the cases are down now to, like, only 100 a day. so it's actually been pretty successful. sorry, my kids are... no, no! you must never — that is one thing you can never apologise for now. it's part of the scene, isn't it, it's what we expect. but in a sense, also, we're living in a world, robert, now, where working from home, that tele—working phenomenon, is something we all have to deal with. people see this, they might have laughed and loved what they saw a couple of years ago, they can empathise now. this is a new way of working. and i guess it's transformational? yeah, i mean, it's pretty tough for us. as you can, see it's very difficult. and i put this on twitter too, right, that em

i think south koreans have actually dealt with it really well.ere has been pretty high. you don't see the kind of stuff that you've seen in the us, people going to the beaches, people refusing to stay off subways and stuff like that. i mean, south koreans have actually really responded really well. and that's why the curve hasd flattened, right? i mean, the cases are down now to, like, only 100 a day. so it's actually been pretty successful. sorry, my kids are... no, no! you must never — that is one thing you can never apologise for now. it's part of the scene, isn't it, it's what we expect. but in a sense, also, we're living in a world, robert, now, where working from home, that tele—working phenomenon, is something we all have to deal with. people see this, they might have laughed and loved what they saw a couple of years ago, they can empathise now. this is a new way of working. and i guess it's transformational? yeah, i mean, it's pretty tough for us. as you can, see it's very difficult. and i put this on twitter too, right, that employers wh

south korea has denied media reports that north korean leader kim jong il is gravely ill off to heart surgery syl said it had seen no signs indicating that the 36 year old was in a c.d.s. condition speculation emerged after kim was not at celebrations last week for the birthday of his grandfather a key event honoring the nation's found that he'd never missed before. donna frank smith joins us now from seoul frank good to see you what do we actually know right now. well what we know is what you just mentioned that kim jong un skipped the anniversary of his grandfather's birth that's kim il sung on april 15th that's so important in north korea because the kim dynasty must be maintained and that made inside the dynasty is what kim jong un largely uses to legitimize his power so skipping that is a major thing that we need to look at we also need to look at the source here the source is what's called daily n.k. it's a web site here in south korea a media outlet that supported by a number of n.g.o.s and generally run by defectors that rely on sources inside north korea making phone calls us

a sign of winning the battle against coronavirus south koreans cost their ballots in an early vote ahead of next week's general election. european leaders agree on a 500000000000 dollar rescue plan to help countries hit hard by the pandemic. oil producers agree on the biggest cut in production ever but not everyone is yet ready to turn off the tap. and resurrecting a special good friday mass a year after the iconic cathedral was devastated by fire. of the u.s. says he tells al-jazeera about the difficulties it faces twisting your fleets and cell phones plus known for its inglese plans to put on the u.f.c. to $49.00 in california are stopped amid the coronavirus pandemic. now the death toll from the corona virus across the united states has now passed 16 and a half 1000 in new york they're all signs of improvement with a drop in hospital admissions but it's still the west affected state and had a record number of deaths for a 3rd straight day now pictures have been matched of mass burials as morgues run out of space christensen reports. hart island is new york city's potter's field where

in south korean elections which wrapped up when state evening fully 66 percent of the $44000000.00 eligible voters made it out to the polls breaking a 30 year record at polling stations with the risk of the spread of the coronavirus in mind everybody was wearing their masks they had their temperatures checked they were given hand sanitizer and were plastic gloves before they went into polling booths to cast their ballots in addition the those in self quarantine were given the opportunity to vote and 13000 of them were monitored after the polls officially closed at 60 to give them an hour to cast their ballots as well a couple of interesting races here in seoul taegu minh looks like he will become the 1st north korean defector to be directly elected to south korea's national assembly and former prime minister enough hyun looks like he's going to win a hotly contested riding here in the south korean capital seoul and position himself for perhaps a run at the presidency but the main thing people will be looking at as the votes are counted through thursday is whether the ruling liberal block wi

reports first emerged in the south korean media and now some south korean lawmakers say they can confirmhe is incapacitated.>> someone told me he had surgery for cardiovascular problems. this is from those who know best about north korea. kim is known to be a heavy smoker who lives heart disease. he also missed a major celebration of his grandfather's birthday last week. the information coming out of north korea is notoriously unreliable. kim's father died in 2011 and the intelligence agency didn't know about it until days later. the trump administration says it is working hard to get more information about kim's condition. >> there are a lot of watchmen on the tower that are keeping an eye on america's adversaries, to make sure the american people stay safe as we battle this coronavirus here at home.>> there is also heavy speculation about what the u.s. will do if kim does die. is a they would rely on china to step in and manage what happens in south korea. >> it seems to have been a family succession, we've at least had three leaders that were in the family. >> the south korean governm