the world shattering national health systems and economies a global response to help pick up the pieces has never been more central but international cooperation has sagged under the weight of the coronavirus united nations the world health organization and the g 20 all unable to take the lead. countries have closed themselves off each locked into a contest to secure supplies of limited resources like face masks protective clothing and medication. but how it is now is not how it has to be deepened them it remains a chance for countries to come together and create opportunity from crisis so. how will the world look after all this. welcome took over 19 special here on the news i'm chris cuomo and it is good to have you with us now when looking at the what the future might bring is good to remember what shakespeare once it passed. meaning looking back can help one look ahead now the duchess story rivkah bregman has made a career looking at the great crises of the past millennium he's concluded that they've always lead to major interventions and eventually beneficial shifts for him the coronavirus calamity has shown the kind of solidarity that humanity is capable of heralding positive changes for greater society. so let's bring in the ma

the world shattering national health systems and economies a global response to help pick up the pieces has never been more central but international corporation has sagged under the weight of the coronavirus united nations the world health organization and the g 20 all unable to take the lead. countries have closed themselves off each locked into a contest to secure supplies of limited resources like face masks protective clothing and medication. but how it is now is not how it has to be make remains a chance for countries to come together and create opportunity from crisis so will the how will the world look after all this. welcome to overnight in special here. it is good to have you with us now when looking at the what the future might bring is good to remember what shakespeare wants that past is prologue meaning looking back can help one look ahead of the duchesse story bregman has made a career of looking at the great crises of the past millenia he's concluded that they've always lead to major interventions and eventually beneficial shifts for him the coronavirus. the kind of solidarity that humanity is capable of heralding positive changes for greater society. 6. so let's bring in the man himself historian bregman it's good to

a diplomatic sting james shock and exasperate shin within the united nations in the united nations system remember the world health organization is the u.n. agency responsible for medical and humanitarian support there is only one w.h.o. created in part by the u.s. at the end of world war 2 and it's the only agency that can coordinate among all the countries in a pan debt demick of this sort and the real worry i think is where things go next in the world because it just happens that some of the most sophisticated countries on earth some of the richest countries on earth have been hit 1st and hardest flag here at half mast at u.n. headquarters for those that have lost their lives here in new york one of the world's richest cities but of course the places that haven't been hit yet and they're hoping won't be hit hard but the very worried are parts of the developing world particularly africa particularly conflict zones in the middle east there's a real worry about that and that's why they are so shocked and i think privately pretty angry about what president trump has done. and also though i guess on the slightly more bright side

united states the single biggest contributor is. the bill in the foundation. which has a very close relationship to ours. and has goals that are almost lined with free so why is the united nation. the world health organization forced to rely on a private organization for such a significant portion of its funding according to global health watch the fundamental challenge at play here is a chronic funding crisis a lack of public funding has made the w.h.o. turn to private sources and while in the early period after the organization's formation required contributions from u.n. member states where the majority of its budget by 20162017 that number had fallen to 20 percent even the former w.h.o. director general has noted in the past that her budget is driven by what she calls donor interests the w.h.o. needs money and it gets it where it can including from private organizations but it's only once donor control is broken that a global institution like the w.h.o. conserve its intended purpose for the news of rick sanchez michele greenstein are interesting like everybody else they need money they keep running thanks so much to show good stuff you want your money. on your favorite provider for free on the portable

united on that because the evidence is overwhelming. lou: the evidence is overwhelming, and the absurdity that the united nations, the world health organizationere so late to take any action, responsible action. and now we are hearing from a number of people who are part of if you will the international medical public health government public health agencies. they are clamoring for the president to restore funding to just ignore all that has transpired the past three months, whether it be the actions of china in unleashing this pandemic on the world or the world health organization doing so pitifully little for others around the world. >> lou, one of the things that troubles me the most is while china was hiding behind the shield of the world health organization, not letting the world know the seriousness of this. it was going systematically around the world vacuuming up all the personal protective equipment that people would need to defend themselves. they bought 2 billion masks between january 24 and the end of february alone. you and i both know that that kind of thing is tragic by historic proportions. for anybody to defend the w.h.o.'s a

nations of the world met to form the united nations in 1945, one of the first things they discussed was establishing an organization to protect and promote the health of the world's people. the who,ts that desire health is one of the fundamental rights of every human being without distinction of race, religion, political belief, economic or social condition. that creed remains our vision today. america hastates of been a long-standing and generous friend to who, and we hope it will continue to be so. we regret the decision of the president of the united states to order a halt in funding to the world health organization with support from the people and government of the united states, who works to improve the health of many of the world's poorest .nd most vulnerable people who is not only fighting covid-19, we are also working to address polio, measles, malaria, tuberculosis, malnutrition, cancer, diabetes, mental health, and many other diseases and conditions. we also work with countries to andngthen health systems improve access to life-saving health services. who is reviewing the impact of withdrawal ofny u.s. funding, and we work to address any

united nations. the world health organization firing back after president trump burton to cut funding after its reactionic. >> please don't politicize this virus. if you don't want many more body bags then you will refrain from politicizing it. no need to use covid to score political points. >> bill: so the president saying yesterday the organization has been too cozy with china and to slow

united nations. the world health organization firing back after president trump burton to cut funding after its reaction during the global pandemic. >> please don't politicize this virus. if you don't want many more body bags then you will refrain from politicizing it. no need to use covid to score political points. >> bill: so the president saying yesterday the organization has been too cozy with china and to slow to sound the alarm on covid-19. beijing claims it's been open and transparent about the virus. china has reported around 82,000 cases and fewer than 4,000 deaths. compare that to the u.s. cases have soared past 400,000, deaths have now topped 13,000. i want to bring in our team. gordon shane, susan li who has lived and worked in hong kong. a good afternoon to both of you. gordon, let's begin. you don't think the criticism yesterday went far enough, why not? >> the world health organization helped spread this disease around china. on january 14th that sent out a tweet saying that based on the information i got from china they saw no evidence of human to human transmissions of covid-19. well th

the united nations and james just how disruptive would a cut in u.s. funding be to the u.n. agencies. there is shock exasperate shin here at the united nations because the world health organization is a big part of the u.n. it's the part of the u.n. that is the technical agency dealing with global health care at the time of a global pandemic you need the world health organization there is only one world health organization there's also some book reviews from and from officials i've spoken to who say that president trump is here blaming the w.h.o. for not being tough enough on china and when you look at president trump's own comments and he is actually praised for its transparency it's also worth telling you that he says the w.h.o. wasn't telling the world enough about the spread of all of this while i was in switzerland in geneva in february at the time when president trump in washington was playing down the virus even comparing it with the flu dr ted ras the head of the w.h.o. in february was having almost daily briefings telling the world how worried he was about the situation or while some countries are pulling out of joint u.n. efforts others trying to push forward particula

world health officials ignored credible information in december of last year that the virus can be transmitted from human to human, but madeleine albright was also ambassador to the united nations which oversees the world health organization, said pulling all the funding is a bad idea. >> we need to figure out what we need to pay but it is a real mistake because you have no influence over what you need to do it the you and if you're not at the table. >> reporter: antonio gutierrez says it is not the time to explain but to continue fully supporting who and its experts around the globe. the washington post obtained leaked cables from the state department showing in 2018 us embassy officials warned a laboratory in wuhan was conducting risky research on coronavirus from bats. there is no firm evidence proving that was the source of the virus but a month ago the theory was being dismissed and now it is gaining traction. foreign affairs expert gordon chang said many chinese believe the virus was deliberately released or accidentally escaped from the wuhan labs. the chinese government is under intense scrutiny over the origin of the virus in the communist party is telling scientists their research must be approved by the governm

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 control their borders at a very crucial phase quickly unleashing the contagion around the world the us is now the worst affected country worldwide with more cases and more deaths than anywhere else white house critics believe mo

the league of nations considered issues but after the second world war the united nations conference drew up a plan for an separate international health body. >> in september 1947, when cholera broke out in egypt, the world health organizationprang into action. it could not afford to wait for its formal constitution, which was signed on april 7, 1948. the day since has been celebrated as world health day. in june 1948, the first world health assembly opened in geneva with 53 countries represented. >> the suffering of millions of human beings and scores of countries will be alleviated, and many, many thousands of lives will be saved. [applause] >> quarantine regulations were drawn up to curb the spread of communicable diseases, but the root causes of ill health also had to be tackled. >> the only enemies worth fighting are ill health, poverty, and ignorance. >> malaria, a widespread fatal disease, was one of the top priorities facing the new organization. in the early 1950's, spectacular successes were achieved through systematic spraying of ddt. in 1955, fearful that the mosquitoes would develop resistance to the spraying, the world health organization launched a global campaign to eradicate malaria. the dream was not to be

united nations violating a u.n. resolution, how much support will there be for reaction against iran. >> crickets. the iranians -- the united nations has shown itself to be a feckless organization. where were they when the pandemic started. the world healthrganization works for the united nations. as a result of what they have done and their incompetence we have a worldwide pandemic. if we are going to criticize anybody other than israel and the united states? not in current times. it could maneuver itself into the leadership of these world organizations are not worth much to the united states or the democracies of the world. lou: the issue of firing on those boats. it happened particularly in the obama years when our sailors were taken without reaction and without response. and the idea that we would permit -- the u.s. navy would permit one of these vessels carrying high explosives or any number of things in them and let them get within 30 feet of a u.s. warship. i'm so proud the president stood up and said this will not be tolerated. >> the way he did it is very effective. he put two more ships in the south china sea so china gets the message. and he said make my day. anything they want to do, they will be met swiftly and they will not

. >> and john heilemann, the united nations has said they do want to take a look at how the world health organizationed 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. lawrence, i think that you know, as ron -- the things ron was saying all make a lot of sense i think on the face of them. i think that when the history of this is all written, what we've seen now -- it's now april. if you look back at the first three months, the trump -- donald trump's reaction to this can be kind of neatly characterized as shifting from one mode to another. the early mode, the january, february to the middle of march mode was the downplaying mode and many people including my colleagues at the recount have done vivid examples shown by the -- colindrically the number of days that trump downplayed the virus throughout january, february, all the way to the middle of march and as soon ease got to the point that he declared it's a war. this is now a war. it's now a pandemic. i'm shift

the organization. worldn the nations of the met to form the united nations in 1945, to the first things they discussed was establishing an organization to protect and promote the health of the world's people. the expressed the desire in constitution of the who, that the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of health is one of the fundamental rights of every human being without distinction of race, religion, political belief, economic or social condition. that creed remains our vision today. america hastates of been a long-standing and generous friend to who. and, we hope it will continue to be so. of theet the decision president of the united states to order a halt in funding to the world health organization. -- with support from the people and government of the united states, the who works to improve the health of many of the world's poorest and most vulnerable people. not only fighting covid-19. we are also working to address malaria, ebola, hiv, tuberculosis, malnutrition, cancer, diabetes, mental health and many other diseases and conditions. we also work with countries to strengthen health systems and improve access to life-saving health services. who is reviewing the

figures that not even the president's action against the world health organization can distract from mike hanna out of washington well the united nations says this is the worst possible moment to cut funds to the world health organization and sentiments that have been echoed by many around the world china for example urging washington to fulfill its obligations beijing says the decision to cut funding will affect all countries remain as we heard trump accuse the agency of favoring china as the world battled the virus the european union it's saying there's no jurisdiction justification i should say for the decision at this moment when their efforts are needed more than ever and germany says strengthening the world health organization is one of the best investments our diplomatic editor james is now open about early on this story from the united nations in new york james it's classic trump if he doesn't like something he pulls the united states out of it how is the united nations responded. well i think there was shock and exasperate among those here at the u.n. and as you heard around the world at this time the time the 1st time in a ce

point the fingers as he did to the world health organization but now we have the world health organization to add a statement from the secretary general of the united nations say this is not the time for finger pointing we're still dealing with this pandemic response and the world health organization we should point out also in its briefing saying rather vigorously that it has been working and pushing back on the criticisms that may have been too slow to respond or has not had an adequate response right and his numbers rise in the united states member of the coronavirus toss also spoke to and he felt she he's been talking about the time when americans will emerge from the woods. yeah they certainly those numbers continue to rise i've just checked them again fresh numbers we have more than 401000 infections in the united states and almost 13000 deaths the bottom line in all of this as we've been told repeatedly this week is not going to be a good week in the united states particularly when we see that hardest hit state of new york still grappling as the epicenter but we've seen other states start to pop up in louisiana is one of those states so there is thi

state under bill clinton, madeleine albright who is also an investor to the united nations which oversees the world health organization told dana perino pulling all the funding is a bad idea. watch her. >> i think we need to figure out how much we need to pay, but i think it is a real mistake because you have no influence over what you need to do with the u.n. if you're not a at the table. >> u.n. secretary general antonio good terrace said now is not the time to place blame but to support two and the experts around the globe. in the meantime "the washington post" has obtained leaked cables from the state department showing in 2018 u.s. embassy officials warned that a laboratory in wuhan was conducting risky research on coronavirus from bats. there is no firm evidence proving that was the source of the virus, but a month ago the theory was being dismissed and now it is gaining traction. in foreign affairs expert gordon jane told fox experts many chinese believe it was either deliberately released or escaped from the wuhan lab. clearly the chinese government is under intense scrutiny of the origin of the virus, now the

prominent role in event like this if it is headed by the world health organization al jazeera has reached out to the u.s. to the u.s. mission to the united nations in geneva where that world health organization is based we got this email back a short time ago from a spokes person in geneva it says they'll be no u.s. official participation in the event we were informed of the event last week and we look forward to learning more about this initiative as soon as possible so holding e-mail from a spokes person but i don't thing that stops the fact that there is a glaring absence at this event. james obviously as we've covered in the past donald trump very critical of the way that the w.h.o. has been handling certainly the alleys stages of this pandemic and yet we're seeing now that the w.h.o. is getting funding from bill and melinda gates foundation we know that china has said that it is going to ramp up its funding as well are we seeing let me put it this way is it too simplistic to suggest that this is in some way i sidelining of the u.s. with the w.h.o. and its supporters saying right fine we're going to go on our own. i think certainly there are

necessary is to have global leadership by the united states and the united states has absented itself, whether it be the world health organization, the united nationsies in order of leading the world and responding to the pandemic. i think we should be thinking about that more than punishing china right now. >> all right. we are going to stick to our theme of new jersey politicians. senator menendez, we're going to thank you. i'm going to return to trenton, new jersey, where my co-anchor, katy tur is standing by with the state's governor. the time is yours. >> reporter: let's get right to it. governor murphy, first of all, thank you very much for joining us today. i think the question on everyone's mind is, you've laid out this six-point plan, what is the time frame you're looking at in order to reopen the state? >> too early to tell, honestly. we just announced over 400 fatalities today. admittedly, that's a little bit of catch-up over the weekend, but still, these are blessed lives, each and every one of them. we've made a lot of progress in the sense that hospitalizations are down, the positive test curve is flattening, icu beds, ventilator use

figures that not even the president's action against the world health organization can distract from mike hanna al-jazeera washington the united nations says it's the worst possible moment to cut funds to the world health organization and countries around the world have echoed that sentiment china is urging washington to fulfill its obligations to the w.h.o. beijing says the decision to cut funding will affect all countries trump accuse the agency of favoring china as the world battled the virus new zealand's prime minister is in there and says her government will continue to support the health germany says strengthening the world health organization one of the best investments. our diplomatic editor james bays joins us now from the united nations in new york and james how much of a hit with the w.h.o. take from any u.s. funding cut well certainly the w.h.o. and the wider u.n. system have been shocked by this they've gone into crisis management mode straight away after president trump's comments it took a couple of hours for the secretary general antonio good terrace to put out a statement where he didn't criticize president trump but

there are international entities whether it's the united nations, the world health organization, there'sice, there are actually trees that govern the interactions of countries as it relates to infectious disease. you've got the american but you have to get around the foreign sovreign immunity act and if you get around that you've got proof problems. how is an individual american supposed to get information from china when the rest of the world cannot? the trump adminitration doesn't need to go to court to hold china accountable. you can hit them where it hurts the most. you can ostricize them on the world stage and quit letting their students come here and study. you can make them a pariah, but most importantly you can start deducting the amount of money we owe them and other countries owe them to dock deduct our costs but all of the other costs start deducting that and see what china's reaction is. steve: well that's one way to do it. you know, but congressman, so many people have been blaming china over the last couple of weeks. hey, why didn't you tell us back in january, what was act

health agencies all around the world were not calling this a pandemic because they were waiting on the world health organization. your thoughts? >> the world health organization comes under the united nationsy claim to have sovereign immunity under the 1946 new york agreement. so some people in the w.h.o. which i visited think they can do whatever they be want without consequences. that theory may not be legally correct. under some circumstances both dr. tedros as director joined the u.n. system and the world health organization itself could be sued in court or politically punished by a vote of the general assembly or the u.n. security council. that's why the american investigation ordered by president trump of exactly what happened, this will have real consequences for the w.h.o. secretary director general as well as the organization. they made serious errors, and there are ways to hold them politically accountable. lindsey graham and the president first had gone to this idea which is good as far as it goes of cutting off funding for the time being. it looks like the issue is much deeper. they are embedded in 14 other settingized agencies. -- these specialized agencies. they hid five of t

barking ] >> neil: if you think the world health organization was dragging its -- in interest on the coronavirus situation, we should tell you what's happening in the united nations the way, this is south dakota governor outlining her plans for this limited lockdown they have an effect. this is a very, very big story. whatever problems we've had with the world health organization, it's more important to think that only today, the united nations security council is taking up the covid-19 issue at all. maybe better late than never, i don't know. that's a head-scratcher. what's going on? >> they can't do anything, neil. expect absolutely nothing. they're going to have a virtual conference. the big thing is will they mention that it came from china? it's important to remember that it came from china. it came from the communist party's failure to contain what was obviously a threat. this we are seeing right now, a dramatic failure of the u.n. on every front. the w.h.o. has been the catalyst catastrophic and expect nothing of use from the security counc council. >> neil: so what would happen to this? it's a little late. we reached the apex or we hope that a lot of stat

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bring up is the way that his gloves are very clearly off in regard to the world health organization and no lover of the united nations know that in any case. he does refer essentially to the world health organization's timeline of instituting emergency measures and its treatment, response to china? yes, that is right. the president over the last few days now has gone on the offensive against the world health organization. he is parroting to an extent lines from conservative commentators and some republican members of the senate. making the point today that the united states devotes about $450 million a year to the funding of the world health organization, compare that to china, he said, and they contribute about $40 million. the point is being made that he does not believe they are getting bang for their back, if you like, and now threatening to withhold funding —— buck. questionable whether he can do that, congress has already approved a substantial amount of money to fund the two over the next fiscal year but anyway, the president is saying he wants an investigation and what went wrong —— the who. meanwhile, the di

the world health organization is the united nations agency responsible for global public health last year the united states contributed 15 percent of w.h.o. funding the most of any single donor in total the u.s. paid nearly 900000000 dollars china contributions about 10 percent of that in the coronavirus pandemic the w.h.o. has worked with researches and those on the frontline to understand the virus and to provide guidance to countries about how to contain it the w.h.o. got $5600000000.00 in global funding and $2191.00 quarter of that went to polio eradication 12 percent to improving access to health care all 5 percent went to the prevention and control of breaks like covert 19 half of all funds were spent in the continent of africa and war torn countries like yemen iraq and afghanistan. for its constant is a professor of at georgetown university rather and the director of the w.i. chose collaborating center on national and global health law he joins us now from washington d.c. thank you for your time 1st off what do you make of trump's comments this evening that the w.h.o. failed i

the one body that has been sharing expertise and guidance is the world health organization, an agency of the united nationsrtesy of the president of the united states. today i am instructing my administration to halt funding of the world health organization while a review is conducted to assess the world health organization's role in severely mismanaging and covering up the spread of the coronavirus. mr trump's criticism focused on the organisation's handling of the national outbreak in wuhan, accusing it of failing to get experts in early enough and failing to challenge china's apparent lack of transparency. all of which, the president claimed, have cost thousands of lives and worldwide economic damage. in china, the foreign ministry spokesman said his government were seriously concerned. the current global epidemic situation is grim. it is at a critical moment. this us decision will weaken the world health organization's capacities and undermine the international cooperation against the epidemic. the world health organization has faced criticism for initially playing down the possibility of human—to—huma