walk us through the reporting the trump organization looking for help on the rent from the trump administrationreement that the trump organization signed several years ago to get this federal building to transform into a hotel. they agreed payments of $268,000 a month. because of the coronavirus, the trump organization with many other businesses has really fallen on tough times. hotels are closed. golf courses are closed. the trump organization is doing everything it can to get a break where ever it can. one place it's turning to is the federal government. its landlord. it requested whatever breaks the general services administration, the arm of the government that handles this, is giving to anyone. the trump organization wants a piece of that. >> eric trump says in a statement. treat us the same. whatever that may be is fine. isn't that exactly the same as any other company? >> not every other company is run by the president of the united states. so one of the really serious concerns that critics have been voicing since he was elected. if he's in charge of the federal government having him con

trump organization owns and operates the hotel but it's in a federally owned building, the old post office building. rent goes to the gsa, the general services administration. eric trump, the president's son, tells "the times" the company has asked about possible changes to the terms of the lease, which could include adjustments to future monthly payments. that all creates an interesting situation since the gsa, of course, is part of the administration. with that, let's bring in our leadoff discussion guests on a tuesday night. with that, we welcome to the broadcast jonathan karl, who hasn't been on before because he happens to be chief white house correspondent for abc news and the current president of the white house correspondents association even though the president predicted he'd never make it. he was in today's white house briefing as he is most days. he's the author of a new book you should add to your quarantine reading list as we have, "front row at the trump show indication. also with us tonight, kimberly atki atkins, senior correspondent for -- and dr. kavita patel is back with

government has in the beginning the trump organization has slept through this or has actually denied it to be a crisis or potential crisis you heard the sound bites from president trump saying this will all go away by itself and in the beginning he was actually criticized for downplaying under playing the potential threats of this crisis and now we're in the middle of it as you said $1000000.00 cases in the u.s. and growing this is not the end we're still in the middle of this and the problem is now that the hospitals are not overwhelmed anymore have enough ventilators but what about testing we need testing testing testing otherwise there's no way of the united states this government anybody the local governments telling on how much the virus has infiltrated the society here in america. this 1000000 mark president trump says the he has everything under control it does make you wonder though how good this crisis management really is and we want to pull up a picture showing the u.s. vice president now he was visiting coronavirus cases at the mayo clinic in minnesota and we're going to p

i called up the number for the trump organization. just a general number. i didn't know donald trump or have any connection to him whatsoever had only been at the post seven or eight months as a new reporter in town and i called the number and said can i talk to donald trump? [laughter] i was connected to his gatekeeper at the time long time press secretary actually a member of the trump family she was right outside his office on the 26 floor and every went through on - - everything went through norma i said i have a story to pitch to mr. trump. what is it? why were the most famous newlyweds in the world want to have their honeymoon at trump tower? she passed it on i got a call back almost immediately from trump himself. i didn't know how he would respond but he said come over and come now. [laughter] so i am at the new york post office going down to midtown manhattan used to be lower manhattan at the time on the other side of chinatown. i tell my editor i have this they said great and send me with a photographer so we get to the police core door and we are

the new york post," so how can i get a piece of the story so i called up this number for the trump organization. i didn't know donald trump or have any connection whatsoever. i had only been at the post for seven or eight months. i was connected to his gatekeeper at the time and long-term price secretary that had a desk outside of trump tower on the 26th floor. i said i have a story to pitch to mr. trump. why would the most famous newlyweds in the world want to have their honeymoon at trump tower? she passed on and i got a call back almost immediately from trump himself and he said come on over to. lower manhattan, south street. they send me with a photographer and we hustle our way to midto midtown. there is a photo in the book. you look like the kid you were at that point and i remember at the time with me show you around and why they are here and we have a picture of the front page article about the hideaway for michael and lisa marie and we have five pages of. we went around and met his body guard. he showed the secret tunnels they called in and out of the tunnel. they showed me their secre

i called up this number for the trump organization it was just a general number. i didn't know donald trump or have any connection whatsoever i was only at the post for seven or eight months as a new reporter in town i called the number and said can i talk to donald trump? and i was connected to his gatekeeper at the time the long time press secretary presumably an old member of the family and everything went through normal. i didn't know this at the time so i said i have a story to pitch to mr. trump. why would the most famous newlyweds in the world want to have their honeymoon at trump tower? she passed it on i got a call back almost immediately from trump himself i didn't know how he would respond but he said come over and can you come now? [laughter] i'm at the new york post office at that point they were in lower manhattan on the other side of chinatown i tell my editor i got this and they say great and they send me with photographers and we hustled our way to midtown we were immediately let through trump was there we were brought up to his office and there is

i called up this number for the trump organization is just a general number i didn't know donald trump i didn't have any connection to donald trump oc young reported ointment at the poster seven or eight months i was a new reporter in town on a call the number and i said can i talk to donald trump. [laughter] i was connected to norma who was as a gatekeeper at the time his long-time press secretary practically a member of the trump family. she had the desk right outside of his office there on the 206th floor of 12 trump tower. everything went there norma i didn't know to the time she was a voice on the end of the phone i said i've got a story to pitch to mr. trump i said why with the most famous newlyweds in the world want to have their honeymoon it trump tower? and she passed it on. i got a call back almost immediately from trump himself. i didn't know how he would respond but he said come on over, can you come now? so i am at the "new york post" office and you know manhattan at that point it was down so that's lower manhattan so lower manhattan, south street other side of chinatown.

no mystery that the trump organization, from its beginning, has demonized the immigrant community in so many ways. first, coming down during the campaign, he said, mexico is only sending murderers and drug dealers. since then, there has been an assault on the immigrant community, in addition to minorities in particular. by asking african-americans, what do you have to lose? there is so many things going on with this presidency that are just not right. many people in this country know it. even republicans know it. we go live to the white house now where president trump is about to brief reporters on the coronavirus. joining him will be mike pence. president trump: thank you very much. thank you. this is a holy week where religious believers across the nation will observe passover. of jewish families begin passover at sundown tonight. a sacred, unbroken tradition that traces back to the ancient land of egypt. on sunday, we celebrate our beautiful, wonderful easter.

organization that failed to warn the u.s. and other countries soon enough. millions on hold president trump claims the world health organization did not warn the world enough >> barely miss managing and covering up the spread of the coronavirus. the w.h.o. failed in this basic duty and should be held accountable. >> cutting funding to the w.h.o. in the midst of the pandemic is nothing short of insanity. >> the u.s. provides nearly 15% of the budget. nearly $60 million and other special guidance this comes after draft guidance on reopening schools, child care, summer camp and restaurants by may 1 >> the day will be very close. certain states, as you know, are in much different condition and place than other states. >> the president pushing in a phased in approach for different dates backing off his claim of total authority. >> the best way i'm talking now from a manager standpoint to let different governors handle different states and come to us if they need help. >> the states seem to have their acts together more than the administration >> and stimulus checks expected to hit bank accounts

president's decision to cut funding to the world health organization donald trump is accusing the body of mishandling the covert 19 pandemic but in the last hour the head of the world health organization says that his organization is vital for handling this crisis but other major health issues. we regret the decision of the president of the united states to order to hold in funding to the world health organization deadly choice of reviewing the impact of our work of any withdrawal of u.s. funding and we'll work with our partners to feel any financial gaps we face and to eat sure our work continues and interrupted when we divided the virus exploits the cracks between us for an hour since we have 2 correspondents on the story kimberly how could a standing by for us in washington d.c. charlie angela is live for us in london but 1st we'll hear from our series mike hanna on trump's threats to cut funding to the organization. in what has become a pattern president used his podium to parade reporters if you keep talking i'll leave and you can have it out with the rest of these people if you k

30 states in just 2 weeks chinese state media have criticized donald trump's decision to cut off funding to the wild health organization the global times called it a move against humanity to distract from the trumps mismanagement of the pandemic katrina you has more from beijing. state media newspaper global times launched a scathing attack on president trump today saying that his decision was a move against humanity and setting a horrible precedent at a time when the world really should be rallying behind the world health organization it also accused trump of using this move to really put aside situation as ammo to try to bolster his chances of being reelected at the end of this year and also that that this really is just a scapegoat for president trump that he's shifting blame away from himself from his administration to the world health organization in an attempt to divert attention from his own mismanagement of the outbreak back home of the pandemic will cause asia's economic growth to stall at 0 percent for the 1st time in 60 years that's the latest dire projection from the international monetary fund the outbreak

no mystery that the trump organization, from its beginning, has demonized the immigrant community in so many ways. first, coming down during the campaign, he said, mexico is only sending murderers and drug dealers. since then, there has been an assault on the immigrant community, in addition to minorities in particular. by asking african-americans, what do you have to lose? there is so many things going on with this presidency that are just not right. many people in this country know it. even republicans know it. they are now taking it seriously. no they are not. office,sident obama in they had 60 senators in congress that voted for a complete, bill.hensive immigration the house would not even consider it. when you had 60 senators bowling for it, john boehner would not even consider it. host: bring up a lot of issues. i want to let camila dechalus jump in. we have seen since the trump administration came into office, trying to and programs like daca and other immigration policies. when we see him trying to end certain programs, the response by congress was trying to put forward bills

pressure on him to blame china, and they are able to do that through the world health organization because donald trump for taking what china said about the virus at "face value." the united states is the biggest when it comes to membership dues to the world health organization, but president trump wants to cut act funding. a remains to be seen if he can even do that. the membership dues are authorized by congress, and already we have democrats coming out and saying the president has no authority to do this. that it is up to congress, and he is delaying dues to the world health organization as a tactic. we have not heard from the world health organization, but the u.n. secretary general says now is not the time to reduce these resources to the w.h.o. he says later on is when we will do an investigation into the spread of the pandemic. francine: what can you tell us about polls? how is he doing versus joe biden? annmarie: right now president say joe bidenld is doing well when you look at what happened over the weekend, and the polls from wisconsin. he and wisconsin is able to beat bernie sanders, bernie

world health organization calls for unity after trump cuts its funding. >> we regret the decision of e president of the united states to order a hold and funding to the world health organization. >> the u.k. pledges to do more sting as anger grows over deaths icare homes. children return to school in denmark as more countries in europe relax their lockdowns. welcome. another gr statistic of our more than 2 micaion confirmed s of coronavirus globally. that is t accordi figures from john hopkins. in the u.k., there were 761 deaths in the last 24 hours. most of those in hospitals. more on that a little later. in the u.s., almost 27 thousand people have died from covid-19. donald h trump been criticized for holding funding for the world health organization. >> i am instructing my administration to ht funding of the world health organievtion while aw is conducted to assess the world health organization role in mismanaging and covering uphe spread of the coronavirus. >> this is a time for us to be united. the virus exploits the cracks between us. we are committed to serving. with the resour

the trump organization the german lender about $340 million -- the trump organization owed the germanender about $340 million. opec+ has organized a meeting organize an try and output cut. it is open to all producers, not just opec and its allies. one delegate telling bloomberg a cut of 10 million barrels a day is realistic. that is your bloomberg business flash. alix: thanks so much. for more on oil, we are joined now by christyan malek, jp morgan head of the maa -- head of em ea oil and gas research. christyan: i think the entire opec+ group underestimated the impact on demand, but let's be clear, the saudis are looking for market share. they are looking for capitulation across the cost curve. so whatever this deal is, it will fall short of the point where everyone can come back. we are still looking for entrenchment of volume and capex by u.s. shale in the majors. whatever this deal is, it will still ensure the base case market share plan is intact. alix: the saudis have been very strict in terms of we will not cut unless others are with us. does that others now extend to the u.s.?

president trump today saying that his decision was a move against humanity and setting a horrible precedent at a time when the world really should be rallying behind the world health organization it also accused trump of using this move to really put aside situation as ammo to try to bolster his chances of being reelected at the end of this year and also that that this really is just a scapegoat for president trump that he's shifting blame away from himself from his administration to the world health organization an attempt to divert attention from his own mismanagement of the outbreak back home and unsurprisingly china has painted it so the chinese state media has painted china's response as as that of one of the lead helping to fight this global fight against the pandemic pointing to the fact that china donated $20000000.00 to the world health organization in march and that it's also been sending plane loads of aid medical supplies and also teams of medical experts to various countries in recent weeks to help fight this pandemic katrina there's also been i mean plenty of speculation around china's transparency throughout this outbreak in your on the ground there in beijing a

trump's decision to freeze u.s. funding of the world health organization. ump, who has been under fire for his handling of the pandemic , is accusing the agency of failing in its response to the outbreak. the who is defending itself, saying it issued strong and timely warnings. >> the who failed in its basic duty to save lives, those were the words of president trump as he announced a freeze on funding. >> today i'm instructing my administration to halt funding of the world health organization while a review is conducted. the united states has a duty to insist on full accountability. >> trump has repeatedly criticized the who, this time claiming its bias towards china is responsible for the virus' rapid spread to other parts of the world. >> had the who done its job to get medical experts into china to assess the situation on the ground and to call out china's lack of transparency, the outbreak could have been contained at its source with very little death. >> trump says the roughly 400 million dollars in annual contributions will be paused. the decision dre

president's decision to cut the funding of the world health organization donald trump has accused the accusing the body of mishandling the covert 19 pandemic but the head of the w.h.o. says that his organization is vital for handling this crisis and other major health issues. we regret the decision of the president of the united states to order the hold in funding to the world health organization the choice of reviewing the impact of our work of any of us funding and we work with our partners to feel any financial gaps we face and to eat sure our work continues and interrupted when we divided the virus exploits the cracks between has 2 of our correspondents following reaction to this company how could a standing by for us in washington d.c. but we'll start with the charlie angela in london what else did the director general have to say in his briefing charlie when he was trying to be very diplomatic was a very dignified response to pretty unprecedented attacks from president traps he's hoping they can avoid an escalation that might be some reversal in this decision by the president he

trump's decision to freeze u.s. funding of the world health organization president trump has himself been under fire for his handling of the pandemic and he accused the u.n. body of failing and its response to the coronavirus outbreak for its part the w.h.o. a specialized agency of the united nations says it regrets trumps move. the world health organizations response to the white house when the study was clear the world's most vulnerable by now be at greater risk. w. towards to improve the world over many over the world this poorest and most people. bluto is not only fighting corbett 9 to trump's decision to cut w.h.o. funding amid a pandemic has stunned the global community and drawn criticism from experts back home. you know credible. concerns. absolutely can be raised right now from that. perspective we believe that the president should reconsider its decision despite the backlash trump on wednesday reiterated his concerns over the w h o's handling of the early stages of the outbreak. and you see what happened in italy you see what happened to spain you see what happened to france w h o's guidance had failed to

organization. this is very consistent what president trump said since the beginning of his campaign. organizations have to work. they have to deliver the out comes for which they were intended and, we need to make sure that not only the world health organization but every international organization we take taxpayer money and give it to them for the benefit of america, we need to make sure it is delivering on the taxpayer dollars. the world healthorg saying is no different in that respect. they have to execute on the mission they are designed to achieve and we've seen with respect to the world health organization, here we are. we have, it hasn't accomplished what it was intended to deliver. reporter: mr. secretary, you said handful of staffers tested positive. will they get the hydroxychlorquine treatment? will that be made available to personnel overseas? >> i don't know the answer to that. but know that we'll deliver the best medical care every place we can. some are in difficult places where there is not a lot of medical help. we done our best to move medical assistance forward to t

trump's decision to freeze u.s. funding of the world health organization president trump accuses the u.n. body of failing its response to the coronavirus pandemic u.n. secretary general antonio good terrorists responded by saying that now it's not the time and to end support of the w.h.o. as its work is absolutely critical to the global effort to defeat covered 19 president trump who has himself faced criticism for his handling of the pandemic and the w.h.o. should have done a better job of investigating initial reports from china. the w.h.o. failed in its basic duty to save lives those were the words of president trump it's united states freeze on funding for the u.n. agency today i'm instructing my administration to halt funding of the world health organization while a review is conducted as the organization's leading sponsor the united states has a duty to insist on full accountability trump has repeatedly criticized the w.h.o. throughout the pandemic this time claiming it's biased towards china is responsible for the viruses rapid spread to other parts of the world. had the w.h.o. don

. >>> the trump organization is reportedly losing more than $1 million in revenue every day during thisnal." and the "new york times" reports the company is exploring if it can delay payments on some of its loans and other obligations. >>> and two retail giants are taking new steps to protect customers and workers from the coronavirus. starting today a membership card will only get two people into costco at the same time. the chain is already restricting the number of shoppers inside a store. meanwhile, target is also limiting the number of people in stores. the retailer is also providing disposable face masks and gloves to workers. >>> we know how the humans feel about sheltering in place but your pet may need social distancing as well. >> the extra chaos may be stressing out your dog or cat. experts suggest creating people-free zones so they can cope. keep your eye out for any abnormal behavior. >> i saw a meme just yesterday, it was a cat, it was like, barbara, when are you getting out of my house? why are you here so much? >> oh my gosh, i can only imagine. for certain animals it mi

not that the world health organization has not made mistakes, they have. trumpade worse mistakes and ironically one of them was saying on february 24th, the world health organization was very smart and doing a very great job. so what's happening here, laurn lawrence, not that donald trump has criticisms in his eyes of the world health organization but trying to deflect blame for fail yeaures on testing and to quickly on testing. he wants to put blame someplace else. he said i take no responsibility for this and having failed in that defense, he's now just trying to you shall many tpush someplace else. >> the united nations wants to take a look how the world health organization has handled this after the fact once the dust has cleared and they have the time to do that. donald trump doesn't want anyone ticki taking a look after the fact or now how he handled this. >> lawrence, i think as ron -- the things ron said make a lot of sense on the face of them. i think that when the history of this is all written, what we've seen is now april. if you look back at the fir

it's not that the world health organization has not made mistakes. they have. it's that trumpworse mistakes. and ironically, one of those horrible mistakes was saying on february 24th that the world health organization was very smart and doing a very great job. so what's happening here, lawrence, is not that donald trump has any legitimate criticisms in his eyes of the world health organization. he's just trying to deflect the blame for his failures on testing, his failures to act promptly, his failures to get the protective gear in place. he wants to put the blame someplace else. he's the president who stood in the rose guarden and said i take no responsibility for this. and having failed in that defense, he's now just trying to push the blame someplace else. >> and john heilemann, the united nations has said they do want to take a look at how the world health organization has handled this after the fact once the dust has cleared, once they have the time to do that. donald trump doesn't want anyone taking a look after the fact or now at how he has handled this. >> right. lawr

trump is halting u.s. funding to the world health organization, reaction exploding around the globe. ith more from london >> good morning. so this is pretty big news overnight. president trump planning to halt u.s. funding to the w.h.o. pending a review of its response to the initial coronavirus outbreak now, president trump has accused the organizations of quote, severely mismanaging and covering up the coronavirus crisis this comes after the organization criticized president trump's restrictions on china and has seen some backlash already with the bill gates weighing in saying that halting funding for the w.h.o. during a world crisis is as dangerous as it sounds i want to highlight major league baseball is stepping up to the plate. they are joining the intention to stop the virus. very helpful efforts from the mlb. >> thank you >>> much more ahead including the heart warming sendoff for the world war ii veteran that beat coronavirus >> and the surprise serenade you're watching "early today." e your heart's ability to pump blood to the body. don't take entresto if pregnant; it can ca

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review is conducte to assess the world health organization's role in severely mismanaging and covering up the spread of the coronavirus. reporter: mr. trump'sticism focused on the organization's handling of the initial outbreak in wuhan. accusing it o failing to get experts in early enough and failing tona challenge c apparent lack of transparency. all of which the presidentad claimedost thousands of lives and worldwide econoc damage in china, theoreign ministry spokesman said his gernment was serioly concerned. >> the current global epidemic situation is grim. it is a critical moment. the u.s. decision will weaken the w.h.o.'sapacities and undermine the international cooperation against the epidemic. reporter: the world health organization has faced iticism for initially playing down the possibility of human to human transmission and for appearing unwillingcro icize china. but there was littleroupport acss the world for any cut in funding, which many said would make things worse. these u.netary general said it's my belief that the world alth organization must be supported. as it is absolutely critical to the world'so efforts win the war ag

point we're reevaluating our our funding with respect to the world health organization this is very consistent what president trump said since the beginning of his campaign. organizations have to work they have to deliver the outcomes for which they were intended president trump continued to endorse the use of the anti malaria drug hydroxy couric when ignoring the warning by many specialists that unsourced medical advice could prove dangerous zinc they say is ink the shit is zinc now and so it has to be recommended by doctors physicians but they say zinc i want to throw that out there because that's where they seem to be having the best. result and while the president was volunteering anecdotal medical advice new york city continued its preparations for what is to come. volunteers setting up a field hospital in a downtown church hoping against poor predictions that it will not be needed mike hanna al-jazeera washington now global trade is expected to fall by a 3rd up to a 3rd this year as the pandemic brings economic activity to a standstill and world trade organization describes results as ugly it says global mar

here from the trump organization, he knows the president pretty well, he grew up with him, donald trump jr. >> i'm doing well, how about yourself? >> sean: i used to say if your dad cured cancer they wouldn't give him credit. now i think i've been kind of proven right because there's never been a medical mobilization like that, they can't admit anything that he's done well. new york would be dead without donald trump's help, period. >> i agree and the revisionist history on everything as you pointed out so well is well is insane. the same people are saying he didn't act or the same people are saying he stopped the flights from wuhan china, stopping the flights from the epicenter of this outbreak, they said it was too aggressive, it was xenophobic, it was racist that it was too much. the fact that they are able to do this, they had statistics, 2 million americans were going to die. we are at one 40th of that, not one of those is acceptable but that's a pretty good response considering what they said we were up against and it's because he's gotten things done. he's worked well with the te

hear from the trump organization. he knows the president pretty well. grew up with him. donald trump jr. how are you, sarah? >> i'm doing well, sean. how about yourself? spew what i used to say if your dad cured cancer,ur they wouldnt give him credit. i've been proven right because there is never been a medical mobilization like that. they can't admit that he's done anything well. new yorkld would be dead without donald trump's help period. >> i agree. and the revisionist history on everything as you pointed out so well is so insane. the same people are saying he didn't act are the same people he said that him stopping the flights from wuhan, china, stopping the flights from literally the epicenter of this outbreak, they said it was too aggressive, xenophobic, racist, and it was too much. the fact they are able to do this, statistics that 2 million americans were going to die, we are at one 40th of that. not one of those are acceptable but that's a pretty good response considering what they said we were up against, and it's because he's gotten things done. she's worked we

trump is being accused of trying to hide its own. thing of the code nineteen crisis by. the world health organization trump told stand out after reading o of whitee house e accredited job. that wil leave a five hundred million dollar hole in the w. h. o. budget at a time when it's work it's never been more urgent. essential chop reacted. federal express by six now the death toll in the u. s. is over twenty seven thousand with the latest on this young lady. the wha's largest donor has pulled the plug. we regret the decision of the president of the united states to order a hold in funding to the world health organization this is a time for all of us to be united. in our core struggle. okay missed a common threat. the international body wants to focus on fighting coded in nineteen of fast and evaluate its performance later its director general stressed that memberer states as per usual can assess its what in june fourth not foster for the us president. donald trump uses the eight failing to recognize the urgency of the situation when the virurus was first found in china. the w. h. o. willingly took chin

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. failed in this basic duty and must be held accountable. the international monetary fund meanwhile says the world is heading towards the worst economic downturn since the great depression of the 1930 s. the i.m.f. chief economist says lockdowns aimed at containing the pandemic could cost the

funding of the world health organization while. donald trump accuses the w.h.o. mishandling the coronavirus behind them of covering up the way it's spread from china. the u.n. says it's not the time for funding cuts countries show support for the global health agency. sam is a and this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up the un security council edges closer to backing a cease fire in global conflicts as the world tackles the pandemic. and russia reports a record rise in new code with 19 infections for the 4th day. the world is on the brink of reaching 2000000 confirmed cases of cope with 19 and as governments continue to grapple with the growing pandemic president donald trump has halted u.s. funding to the organization leading the fight the world health organization he accuses it of mishandling the outbreak its critics say those he's trying to deflect blame for his own failings like how the reports. and what has become a pattern president used his podium to break reporters if you keep talking i'll leave and you can have it out with the rest of these peop

trumps decision to freeze u.s. funding for the world health organization trump accuses the w.h.o. of mistakes that he says led to the loss of american lives in the pandemic and the flames of note. one year ago since fire almost reached the notre dame cathedral in paris restoration work is slow filmmakers are using virtual reality to remind us of how the church used to look how it will look once again. i'm burnt off it's good to have you with us germany is about to take the 1st steps to reopening its economy beginning next monday stores and shops in the country will be back in business that announcement came today from the german chancellor. she described the country's success against the coronavirus and to make as very fragile with a little room for maneuver and she stressed that any further relaxation of restrictions will depend on the rate of new infections in the country. it's been 3 weeks since chancellor angela merkel announced the initial restrictions on contact now that being largely extended social distancing rules will remain in place until may 3rd groups will remain limi

donald trump steps up as criticism of the world health organizations handling of the coronavirus pandemic. alone can then al this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up it's hour seen plenty of conifers cases on some people as young as in their twenty's we speak to a frontline doctor in the u.s. where the death toll has now climbed to of a $28000.00. how long will we need to keep social distance measures in place one study suggests much longer than most of us would like. back to class but with caution denmark becomes the 1st european country to reopen schools some parents are concerned. donald trump has declared that the number of new corona virus infections in the u.s. is slowing that's despite a record number of other 2300 americans killed by the virus in just the last 24 hours and for the 2nd day trump has continued his attack on the world health organization suggesting it deliberately misled the world in the early stages of the outbreak causing many deaths on wednesday he announced a halt in funding to the w.h.o. which is leading the global response to the pandemic tragically oth

president donald trump has announced hill halt funding for the world health organization a top u.n. body which is at the forefront of a global response to the coronavirus endemic trump is accusing the w.h.o. of both a cover up and of bolting the initial response to the un frick he says the group has been spreading disinformation from china but the virus was 1st detected which he says made things worse the us is its 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. failed in this basic duty and must be held accountable when the u.n. secretary general says now is not the time to reduce results is for the w.h.o. and thousands of its staff who are on the front lines of wha

meanwhile president donald trump has threatened to freeze funding to the world health organization at his daily white house briefing trump criticized the w.h.o. his handling of the crisis saying the u.n. body was china centric they called it wrong they call it wrong they really they missed the call they could have called it months earlier they would have known. they should've and they probably didn't so we'll be looking into that very carefully and we're going to put a hold on money spent to the w h o we're going to put a very powerful hold on it and we're going to see it's a great thing if it works but when they call every shot wrong that's. when all of a salad is following developments for us in washington all of a president trump and his coronavirus task force have given their daily briefing what were the highlights. well tell me you've just mentioned the president. essentially saying that he will put a hold on the u.s. funding to the world health organization that's a very bold move you heard the sound bite he said they missed the call so and he's partially right because the it wo

his other background which is in the real estate field and this business that he's run, the trump organization. so some of these people are his friends, people that he's known for quite some time. and those are the people that he feels comfortable getting other advice from. he does often stop in to the coronavirus task force briefings and then after the briefings every single day the vice president gives him a briefing about what has happened in that meeting. so he's kind of getting into this routine, as peter mentioned. he also very much likes coming out and talking after this briefing he's had is over, telling us what he's heard and thought for the day. >> robert costa, finally -- go ahead, robert. >> i had two interesting conversations, just to build on anita's reporting. one was senator harris, on the vp list for many democrats. she told me she's very disappointed that president trump has been so confusing in her eyes with the kind of information he provides to the public on the timeline. and that's a refrain i've heard from democratic governors and some republican governors like larry hog