where does ursula von der leyen see this lack of solidarity now?eorg: let me give you two examples. one is the export of those essential masks, but also protective gear for doctors. and that export did not take place. italy for instance needed those masks, and they did not get them from a fellow eu member state, but in the end they got them from china. another example is the closure of national borders at a time of crisis, creating traffic jams, risking the frequent flow of goods in the internal market. and that is why ursula von der leyen has said let's coordinate all of this, let's make a european stockpile, let's also make sure we close the external borders so that internal borders can remain open. brent: ok, those are her suggestions. what came out of the videoconference today? were there any solutions that were offered? georg: it looks like we are having a rout here over the financial means to help in the corona crisis.s. in other words, help the economy. there's a draft conclusion of thisis virtualal summit, and in, it says the european stabi

brent: eu commission president ursula von der leyen vowing to help greece to deal with thousands of refugees. greece has been blocking thousands of them trying to cross its border from neighboring turkey. as the coronavirus continues to spread around the world, we will meet a hong kong family that has been told to self bar. we will say how they and others like them are dealing with the isolation. ♪ brent: i'm brent goff. to our viewers on pbs in the united states and around the world, welcome. we start tonight in the united states where millions of people are casting ballots in the country super tuesday primaries. it is the biggest day of the camping -- campaign calendar for the democratic candidates still left in the race for the presidential nomination. what's crucial about super tuesday is that 14 states are holding primaries today, under the system, the more votes a candidate gets in each state, the more delegates they are awarded. the states with the most democratic delegates up for grabs our california, with 415, and there you see in the south, texas 228. once the results are in, it co

i do want to point out what ursula von der leyen just said, it is guidance from the european commissionit could only happen if european leaders agree. the timing is interesting because tomorrow european leaders will have an emergency call. they will get together and if they deem it necessary, they will go ahead with the ban. this means if you're trying to visit europe, planning on getting on a plane deciding to come on holiday in europe, which seemed unlikely anyway, you would be prevented from getting on the plane and coming here unless there is a very strong exception for that. you are thinking health and medical equipment. as -- at this point it is just guidance. the final decision will come down to european leaders. alix: what is the consensus? how broadly are they discussing this and will they agree? maria: there is a number of issues at stake. when you speak to officials, they are aware the situation is now very serious. they are aware the situation is not just about italy, it is really affecting every member state on a different scale, but the virus has been spreading around euro

greta thunberg work today met -- greta thunberg today met ursula von der leyen.tting to 0 -- but greta said the plan was inadequate, that europe needs to stop pretending it is leading the world on climate while still building new fossil fuel plants. this is the u.s. state of tennessee has declared a state of emergency after suffering its deadliest tornadoes in a long time. the worst hit were areas around the capital city, nashville. we are in the united states. the super tuesday primary results are coming in. super results for farmer vice president -- former vice president joe biden. he has taken the lead. joe biden now has 453 delegates after winning 10 of the super tuesday races. the race is not over for bernie sanders. his four wins put him at 382 delegates and we are waiting for results from california. to clinch the party nomination, the candidate needs 1991 delegates. the candidate mike bloomberg struggled. he only won one primary, that was in america samoa. he has quit the race. today he quit the race a and he endorsed biden. reporter: super tuesday proved

ursula von der leyen says this undermines europe's joint response. >> we'll share this responsibilityne of us can do it alone and no member state can handle this crisis on their own. because of this crisis and in our union more generally, it is only by helping each other that we can help ourselves. reporter: in paris, health workers are conducting drive-through testing in the streets. 28%ce's death toll rose by thursday. tracing the spread is vital for controlling it. president macron is one of several leaders joining g20 talks remotely hoping for a global approach to the pandemic. the russian president vladimir putin as well. he believes russia can defeat the pandemic in -- the virus within three months. moscow will close all shops accept pharmacies and grocery stores -- except pharmacies and grocery stores. work is continuing to convert a massive exhibition call into -- exhibition hall into an emergency hospital in london or the number has jumped -- in london. dyson has joined a growing number of technology companies delivering -- creating ventilators to help the health care system.

the eu commission chief ursula von der leyen says that number could increase to 25 billion euros.oday, european union council president shared a rare get-together of leaders by videoconference. the eu is coming under fire for its noticeable silence since this outbreak began. the coronavirus is set to cause unprecedented disruption to german football with some matches being played without fans for the first time. that is going to hit one of the biggest clashes in the june -- german bundesliga, which will now take place behind closed doors on saturday. before that, gladbach will play cologne on wednesday, also in an empty stadium. reporter: german football is known for attracting a sea of supporters. last week, some fans in gladbach took precautions against the coronavirus. but the same seats will be empty dung their next home match against rival cologne. setting a historical precedent for the top-flight in germany. >> it primarily affects the fans, but of course it will also hit the teams hard. as you can imagine, there are financial consequences. we will have to see whether it is

the head of the european commission, ursula von der leyen, proposed the plan, which has yet to be confirmedaid it would stop non—essential travel, but that returning eu citizens, workers who commute across borders and people delivering goods would be exempt. vauxhall‘s parent company will shut all of its european manufacturing plants this week until at least the 27th of march. in a statement, the psa group said it had seen a "significant" drop in demand and disruption to supply chains. other manufacturers such as ford, nissan and fiat chrysler have also suspended work at factories in spain and italy due to coronavirus. a man who stockpiled nearly 18,000 bottles of hand sanitiser has given it all to charity, according to reports. matt colvin, from tennessee, who was the subject of a new york times article, is being investigated for price gouging after he tried selling the sanitiser of an inflated price on amazon. the actor idris elba has announced he's tested positive for the coronavirus. the star, who's been isolated since he found out about his possible exposure, said on twitter that he do

spread of the new coronavirus. to limit the spread the president of the european commission, ursula von der leyenhas annonced measures to pool resources among member states. in spain, a state of emergency is now in force to protect residents from what is the second biggest outbreak in europe, after italy. there are nearly 8,000 reported infections in spain, with almost 300 deaths. 0ur correspondent damian grammaticas is in madrid — and a warning, you might find some of his report, particuarly the start, distressing. she's gasping, grief—stricken, and infected with the virus. last night, in this hospital, her husband died. today, doctors have told her to go home. there aren't enough beds to treat her — she's not sick enough, not yet. around her, trying to calm her, are her children, now at extreme risk too. they warn us to wear masks, keep a distance. spain is in the grip of the virus. everywhere, it's close at hand. milagros tells me the medics working double shifts are overwhelmed and fearful of being infected themselves. translation: it's so hard, you go home and you cannot get close to your ch

meanwhile, the head of the european commission, ursula von der leyen, has launched a ‘corona response and control had raised the risk level in europe. ecdc has announced today that the risk level has risen from moderate to high for people in the european union. in other words, the virus continues to spread. we all know that the many, many different actions that are needed to address coronavirus, are very multifaceted, they are very manyfold, and since eight weeks we are working intensively on these different work strands. the commission has been addressing all the strands. we have a situation that is very complex and it requires on one side very swift action and on the other side a strong coordination on all the levels and all the different sectors, not only on the european level but of course on the national level, and then a very comprehensive and coherent approach towards the topic from all 27 member states and the european union. that is 0sella von der leyen. —— 0sella. our health correspondent, nick triggle is here. co nsta ntly constantly moving pictures bring us up constantly m

ursula von der leyen, president of the european commission, confirming that on a temporary basis, thell ease slight use rules. these are rules that mean that if you don't use a slot out of an airport, you lose it. the airlines that i have been talking to have been clamoring for this. it now looks as if they are going to get it. we are waiting to see if we will see further relief for the airlines. we are also trying to figure out if the u.s. is going to include the airline sector within its package of measures coming out. for more on this, george ferguson joining us from princeton come apart of our bloomberg intelligence team. in terms of the slot rule, how important is that that the european union has done that for carriers? george: i think it is extremely important. you have to operate those slots 70%, 80% of the time. i don't of the number exactly, time, theof the constituent airlines and all , that is part of their competitive advantage. inclinedhey would be to try to operate in those spots to make sure they don't use them . with demand falling off so badly in these airlines cuttin

that travel ban was announced by ursula von der leyen yesterday.ple that don't have a reason to come into the continent will not be able to do so. a lot of people are reading this as retaliation to trump. a has more to do with having one line policy by all member states when it comes to keeping the borders shut. yousef: i am listening to boris johnson, mr. macron, in both cases, it was hard not to get depressed. very serious and dark speech that we heard. what about the economic measures? are they starting to filter through? are there sort of green shoots? >> we don't have green shoots. veryials tell you it is likely that we will see a recession, not just in italy, by the way, but the whole of europe, potentially in. 2020 we had a emmanuel macron announced a huge credit line, almost a hundred billion euros for companies. he is saying that the goal is no almost 800 billion euros for companies. he is saying that the goal is no company go bankrupt. rome is saying we can leverage 300 billion euros to get the economy going. the italian economy has been

here's european commission president ursula von der leyen.mportance is that neighbouring countries harmonise their measures, so that this is the same, strong message to the people, that the member states are conveying, because here, this increases then the certainty for people to know that it is, yes difficult at the moment, but it is for the best of their health and, for the moment, this is necessary. this still needs to be approved by eu member states. their leaders meeting tomorrow. katya adler has more on the proposals. the commission is one thing so of course the proposal has come from the commission president, she has proposed this measure, but it is the individual eu national leaders that then have to sign up to it. now, you could ask why she has proposed it because from a public health perspective, coronavirus is already well and truly here in europe, the world health organization already described europe as the epicentre right now of the pandemic, travel restrictions, scientists say have a limited value in preventing the spread of th

among them were european commission president ursula von der leyen, and president of the eu council charlest. of european solidarity and support to greece. 0ur‘s solidarity and support to greece. 0ur ‘s first priority is making sure order is maintained at the greek external border, which is also european border, and fully committed to mobilising all the necessary operational support to the greek authorities. many migrants have gathered in turkey‘s western province of edirne. because of that, roads leading to a key border crossing on the evros river are closed, and the situation on the border is tense. these are migrants waiting with their belongings on the banks of the river. the greek government says it‘s stopped 211,000 people from crossing just since saturday. these are clashes from the weekend. migrants threw rocks over the border at greek police, who responded with tear gas and water cannon. another route into the eu is by boat. this is the island of lesbos. one child died on monday while trying to reach lesbos. those who reach lesbos are then moved to camps. one of those camps is call

european commission president ursula von der leyen has also warned that eu countries imposing borderchains and increasing the risks of shortages. germany has become the latest eu country to close its borders in a bid to slow the spread of covid—19. thousands of bus drivers are stranded in parking lots, creating more health risks and disrupting our supply chain. if we don't take action now, shops will start facing difficulties in filling their shelves from products coming from the single market. in this crisis, it is of the utmost importance to keep our internal market going. in general, decisions taken at national level ca n general, decisions taken at national level can only be effective if they are coordinated with neighbouring countries, in particular in border regions. the european commission is working around the clock with the national governments on all these fronts. that was the eu commission president speaking in brussels earlier. just an update for you on the death toll from coronavirus. italy is now reporting it has risen from 1000, risen to 1809, to 14111. that was yester

president of the european commission, ursula von der leyen , president of the european council, united nations secretary-general antonio guterres, world health organization director, world ,ank president david malpass and the international monetary fund managing director c georgieva. group, but it is a great group. they were all there, every one of them. we talked about the problem. and hopefully won't be a problem for too much longer. the united states is working with our friends and partners around the world to stop the spread of the virus and coordinate our efforts. we discussed how vitally important it is for all of our nations to immediately share information and data, and we've been doing that to a large extent, but we will do it even -- iso and to inform our guess you could say inform each of us on the fight that we've got going one way or the other. it's a little bit different, but we are handling it a little bit in different ways. but there is great uniformity, i think. it was a terrific meeting. tremendous spirit among all of those countries. you had 20 countries, plus the ot

a live shot here of the eu's ursula von der leyen, saying they stand ready to do more if the situationo saying there ready for stimulus if needed and will take on more debt if needed. this is bloomberg. ♪ >> our projection is that we will see brent in the 20's a bit, and pitted julie in the teens. -- and potentially in the teens. it is going to be bad. joining me now is jeff currie, goldman sachs head of commodities research. goldman sees record crude surplus by april. bulltick's kathryn rooney vera with us as well. crude in the teens, can that really happen? jeff: crude somewhere in the world is likely to hit those numbers. it is critical to make the point that the market is going to be indiscriminate who gets hit. to understand whether this dynamic is likely to entail, we expect a crude build of 6 million barrels per day in april. we have never seen a build of this magnitude or this velocity, and as it hits the system, the ,uestion will be the logistics pipelines, storage facilities. if it hits a bottleneck somewhere along the way, where it hits the bottleneck is where you see the re

the joint statement from the president of the european council who chairs the eu summit and ursula von der leyenproved of this measure because it was a unilateral decision taken by america on its own and done with no consultation. then we got the press conference, the daily televised press conference with the chief spokesman of the european commission who read out the statement and then said, new journalists know as much as me, a european official because this has been sprung on the eu.” european official because this has been sprung on the eu. i don't want to be encouraging anything naughty. what's to stop someone in europe getting on the eurostar, going to london and flying from there? quite, iama london and flying from there? quite, i am a british citizen but have lived in belgium for two and have your switches in the schengen zone, i could do exactly as you describe, get a flight from heathrow to the west coast of the us on saturday. and they'd be none the wiser although i imagine us border guards will ask for your travel history. and if you tell them you've been in the schengen zone you wil

from that it is ultimately a travel ban for non—eu citizens that the european commission and ursula von der leyenle, there are a lot of sub—saharan africans in morocco dumb americans in spain for the fruit and vegetable picking season, that will be allowed to continue. they will need identification documents. —— —— moroccans in spain. 0ther need identification documents. —— —— moroccans in spain. other countries have closed their borders internally and said unless you are resident of our you cannot come in. the whole pillar of the eu, as we have talked about the freedom of movement of people, that‘s temporarily disintegrated. in about an hour's time, belgium is going to be on lockdown. is that right? in less than that, in 15 minutes‘ time at belgium follows the domino effect of countries that are taking the most strict approach. they call it sensitive quarantine, or basically constructive behaviour. here in belgium the prime minister has said basically other countries have shown that it may have started working in italy or spain where you need to have certificates or documents to be out on the st

the president of the european commission ursula von der leyen has confirmed that she's proposing a temporaryessential travel to the european union. why that? because we think nonessential travel should be reduced right now in order to not spread the virus further, be it within the european union or by leaving the european union. but also to avoid nonessential travels, not to have more potential strain on our health care system. of course, there will be exemptions. for example, for eu citizens coming back home. for health care workers like doctors and nurses but also scientists working on the solution of this health crisis. we do see but also people commuting on borders who are working on both sides of the forders. for example there will be exemptions. it is a restriction that should be in place for an initial period of 30 days and we have been talking about that with the g7 partners. our correspondent adam fleming is in brussels. the difficulty here, we have heard from the world health organization who are emphasising and really emphasising the importance of testing. and yet, different gover