biden they may decide to stay home and voted all which wouldn't be helping the democrats ok stephanie simmons in washington we'll leave it there for now thank you still in the u.s. president donald trump says the country has a very good chance of beating the original projections on the number of coronavirus deaths expected across the country it comes as the state of new york reported a new single day high of coronavirus deaths nearly 800 in the last 24 hours and that brings the state's overall death toll to more than 6000 as we mourn the terrible loss of life for this. and from this. grave pandemic we're seeing signs that our aggressive strategy to slow the spread is working the number of new cases are stabilizing the numbers are changing and they're changing rapidly and soon will be over that curve will be over the top and will be headed in the right direction i feel strongly about that. some terrible days ahead but we're going to have some some wonderful days ahead. and we're going to get this behind us . countries react to the pandemic with travel bans and lock downs on industrial shutdown

s washington correspondents jeff and simmons is following the story for us stephanie how surprising is this decision by bennett sound as depends on who you ask there are many many people out there was surprising that he does it now there are more out there was like we were actually surprised that he didn't do it earlier the math didn't add up for bernie sanders and he finally. got to grips about around this he got his head around this have no chance of of winning enough delegates to be joe biden and that triggered the decision today he also mentioned that he has another job to do which really needs attention and that is being a senator in the face of this coronavirus crisis we have here in the u.s. if you look back he started well but then seem to have run out of steam why's that . you know he never could mark 2 allies the moderate democratic crowd and the african-american vote he centers were strong with progressive but not with moderates he was strong with young people and the 2nd problem is he then failed to really mobilize the young people who weren't his rallies by the thousands t

coronavirus crisis and well they can't and are not very happy with the administration ok thank you stephanie simmons in washington. in russia president vladimir putin has warned that the country's coronavirus pandemic has not yet peat he knows that the current lockdown would be extended until may 11th although restrictions may be eased after that russia has reported a significant increase in the number of cases with an additional $6400.00 infections in one day bring in the nationwide total to almost $94000.00 and the health care system is reaching its limits. this ambulance is rushing to sing petersburg approach ski hospital many health care workers and russia are doing their utmost to cope with the coronavirus epidemic but they are reaching their limits more and more medical workers are now testing positive themselves. who should if there are 32 coronavirus patients in our unit and 10 of them are medical workers yes you didn't mishear me you know all of our employees are now infected. russian president vladimir putin now acknowledged the problem during a televised meeting with his ministers you kno

well let's go now to our correspondent stephanie simmons in washington d.c. jeff on president trump has halted funding for the world health organization what reason did he give for this decision and does he have the authority to actually do that. as a number one he gave a very lengthy. explanation for those he basically says let me quote that he will hold funding while a review is conducted by his administration quote to assess the w h o's role in severely mismanaging and covering up covering up the spread of the corona virus that's the reason he gave now can he do that can he hold the funding and we're talking about $400.00 to $500000000.00 every year yes you can but as you can see in the wording here he leaves themselves a back door he says he will review the matter and we thought actually here in washington d.c. that this is going to happen because he had to work through this last week already so here you have a review will be conducted by an administration and the outcome might be maybe that the us is now as a major funder for the w.h.o. not paying any mo

biden they may decide to stay home and voted all which wouldn't be helping the democrats ok stephanie simmons in washington we'll leave it there for now thank you. still in the u.s. president donald trump says the country has a very good chance of beating the original projections on the number of corona virus deaths expected across the country it comes as the state of new york reported a new single day high of coronavirus deaths nearly 800 in the last 24 hours and that brings the state's overall death toll to more than 6000 as we mourn the terrible loss of life for this. and from this. grave pandemic we're seeing that our aggressive strategy to slow the spread is working the number of new cases is stabilizing the numbers are changing and they're changing rapidly and soon will be over that curve will be over the top we headed in the right direction i feel strongly about that. some terrible days ahead but we're going to have some some wonderful days ahead. and we're going to get this behind. countries react to the pandemic with travel bans lockdowns and industrial shutdowns the effect on nation

s washington correspondents jeff and simmons is following the story for us stephanie how surprising is this decision by bennett sound as depends on who you ask there are many many people out there was surprising that he doesn't know there are more out there was like we were actually surprised that he didn't do it earlier the math didn't add up for bernie sanders and he finally. got to grips about around this and got his head around he would have no chance of winning enough delegates to beat joe biden and that triggered the decision today he also mentioned that he has another job to do which really needs attention and that is being a senator in the face of this coronavirus crisis we have here in the u.s. if you look back he started well but then seem to have run out of steam why's that . yeah you never could mark 2 allies the moderate democratic crowd and the african-american vote he sent us were strong with progressives but not with moderates he was strong with young people and the 2nd problem is he then failed to really mobilize the young people who were at his rallies by the thousand

stephanie? >> just think about how important tourism is in italy, especially this time of year. let's head to the uk where keir simmons is standing by. clinical trials are set to begin today for a coronavirus vaccine. what's going on? >> that's right. and the focus behind this hopeful vaccine have been extraordinarily positive in the time i've been speaking to them over the past few weeks, steph, describing themselves as 80% hopeful that the vaccine will work. part of the reason for that is because they've already got experience with ebola, for example. they've already done some trials. they have some idea of how it works with human beings. that said, the british government which is backing this itself describing the vaccinations as an uncertain science. and this is really interesting. a number of others doing this, too, they are preparing the manufacturing at the same time as doing the testing so that by september they could have a million vaccinations ready if it works. that's the big if. if it works. >> if it works, a million ready. that would be good news. keir, thank you. >>> let's bring in ian bremer president o