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Countries across europe in asia. As the greek island of lesbos records its 1st infection its big news there locals fearing they wont be able to cope because of that huge overcrowded refugee camp on the island. If it gets like italy will be doomed because the island only has one hospital this chris sligh but hes got a lot of people here you dont know we school. Hi there good evening thanks ever so much for watching tonight this is our to International Live from moscow and a world news h. Q. Kevin owen here for the next 30 minutes and coronavirus making the headlines again maybe no surprises there is like to do so for the forseeable future too in the latest ramifications u. S. Stocks have risen slightly friday after several wall street indices she suffered their worst shocks in decades of affairs the coronavirus pandemic is tipping the world towards recession the bad spot came after the Federal Reserve pledged to inject 1. 00 trillion dollars into the markets to try to ease the. Strain now on thursday the Dow Jones Industrial average fell 10 percent in a single day marking the biggest decline since black monday back in 1987 other major american indices also closed significantly lower to donald trump giving the Rare Oval Office address to the nation but it failed to come investors nerves about the economic damage covert 19 is causing and is going to cause this is not a financial crisis this is just a temporary moment of time that we will overcome together as a nation and as a world. Hard to judge exactly whats going to happen but our experts are gathered on boom bust give a good try to try and where the stock market rollercoaster is going to head as well as covert 19 of course another factors at play thats which is saying a price drop and supply surge if you watch the program its in full on to dot com and our you tube channel. This is the beginning of the greatest financial crisis in u. S. History the financial crisis of u. S. Of 2008 will pale in comparison as will the severity of this recession the summer when we look back to these numbers its going to look externally graham i think differ with with my friend peter is actually think its possible that we could get out of this thing pretty quickly come the fall in the winter i think peter has a bit of an apocalyptic view to talk about the coronavirus thats not the problem no the coronavirus is just the pin the debt bubble is the problem it doesnt matter the coronavirus can be cured the damage is already gone the debt bubble is imploding you know if it wasnt a coronavirus it would have been Something Else this bubble has been looking for a pin for years and it finally found one the u. S. Has done everything wrong this stimulus package is is is utterly pointless the this is just government officials trying to make headlines and make news and do what they think theyre supposed to do but it Means Nothing the fiscal stimulus would mean nothing but i think were faced with with the short term deflation as weve seen from from virtually prices and everything from financials to oil to the fiscal stimulus is going to make the situation worse the u. S. Is broke the dear is no money to stimulate the economy all we could do is print money were going to crank up the Printing Presses were effectively dropping money from helicopters but if the coronavirus does anything its going to reduce the supply of goods so after this initial decline in prices prices are going to go up because theres not going to be very much to buy the supply of goods is going to go down meanwhile the supply of money is going to go through the roof so more headlines for you the World Health Organization more code 19. 00 cases and being recalled in europe each day that in china at the height of the break its direct to general cold in countries everyone had to take aggressive measures to slow the spread of the illness. Europe has now become the epicenter of the pun demick wheeze more reported cases and theres this than the rest of the world combined apart from china more cases out of now being reported every day than were reported in china at the highest of its epidemic at the height of its appeal to me. Well before that working in europe u. S. President donald trump already placed a ban on foreigners flying into the u. S. From 26 european nations public figures of course not a beauty either the canadian Prime Minister is self isolating for 14 days after his wife tested positive for covert 19 following a visit to the u. K. Round the world more than 130000 infections have been registered with the death toll 5000 countries are clamping down on people mixing in Public Schools and workplaces have been sheltered in major sports fixtures perspire but with also spreading just as fast as the virus is also providing opportunities for the unscrupulous to covering that side of it is not enough to worry about shallow doob and ski. With panic in short supply coronavirus here and for some enterprising individuals well shysters to be more precise being concocting a variety of scams to make a quick buck now were all well aware that the 1st line of defense against the virus is toll watched her when youre out in the boat touching everything from. Handrails to picking up things in shops its a bit difficult to run into a bathroom to scrub. Every time well thank goodness of course those little travel sized bottles of her Hand Sanitizer to fight those nasty germs and that is of course if you can still find debbie the phones dont stop printing this morning we had the schools the town hall the Public Transport Company everybody was gel we are under siege with demand far outstripping supply the cost of one gel exponentially increased the problem was considered so serious the french government stepped in an ounce to you that today we will take care of the degree regulating the prices of hierarchical again. Another precaution for many is to do on a face mask a tiny bit of cough covering your mouth and nose is this seasons must have it seems the face mask took over Paris Fashion Week so if you have the money instead of paying a couple of euros for one you can spend thousands if you like except that the type of mask available over the counter or even from a renowned fashion house is pretty useless against the virus thats at least according to the french government which at the same time is requisitioned all stocks and production all flasks for the next few months reserving them for Health Workers and those who are infected but the scammers have a new ploy france has you probably know a wolf famous ban or fully covering your face in public thats mainly aimed at conservative muslim women but some tricksters have twisted it to their advantage dressing as Police Officers theyve been told getting chinese visitors to paris who were wearing face masks telling them that they had broken the law and had to pay an oath in the sport following these students were 1st stupid 150 years and finds policeman for having broken the law that bans complete Face Covering in public spaces Police Investigation found the d. s police were pretending to be Police Wearing a mask for Health Reasons is absolutely not illegal and then there are those trying to pick on the weak and the elderly in the district around bordeaux there are reports of people selling door to door Decontamination Services for a snip at 1500 euros these con artists use a pressure washer to do a little bit of cleaning thats not all there up to this type of. Ambushing allows these crooks to enter your home check the presence of valuable objects or the presence of an alarm system or perform if they have the opportunity a robbery by trick the majority of the victims of robbery or elderly who are physically weaker tell your loved ones to take precautions and the scams it seems are gaining momentum the French National consumer and fraud office says its received thousands of reports of dog dealings were talking everything from magical lumps with disinfecting properties to antivirus purifiers the simple and most effective method to stay virus free is something that we should all been doing anyway and that is so early washing our hands with soap and water its that simple so remember to kiss well not physically as weve been told not to be used as such but the acronym keep it simple stupid and dont get caught. Arty paris well several countries have declared emergency status for their response to the covert 19 spain earlier joined a number of other european nations which is struggling for containment measures but the big news in this hour is what donald trump is just to say hes and so the u. S. Is stepping up its risk level response. To unleash the full power of the federal government to separate today i am officially declaring a National Emergency. 2 very big words. The action i am taking will open up access to up to 50000000000. 00 of. Very importantly very important. A large amount of money for states and territories are loco that is in our shared fight against this disease. Goshes and doubled from changes to dont this one over the last week or so from itll just go away to this new state of emergency tonight caleb maupin is across city new york city yet still speaking about this but the main message is america is in a state of emergency im not logistically means a lot more help in the kitty too doesnt it. Indeed we heard from trump you speaking in the white house rose garden surrounded by mike pants and other officials explaining the dramatic measures now being taken in the United States in response to the corona Virus Outbreak now so far in the United States we have 1800. 00 confirmed cases as well as 41. 00 deaths now when trump declared a National Emergency that freed up roughly 50000000000. 00 worth of funds that you can then use to take action and and set things up now trump describes how they are setting up these drive through Testing Centers that are being set up around the country in which people are able to be tested they dont get out of their car they just drive up theyll be tested and then drive away and that way theyre not getting out of their car theres no danger of them spreading it in the area in which the test is taking place trump also took the opportunity to tout his travel ban to the European Union a band that has been criticized you know many pointed out it doesnt apply to certain countries but regardless trump touted it and said it was an absolutely necessary measure and talked about the need for closing the borders and why closing the borders is. Very very important in a situation like this now trump wasnt the only one who spoke up we also heard from different officials quite interesting remarks but it appears that in addition to measures that are being taken to a local level here in new york city in different parts of the country we see local state of emergency being declared local dramatic measures being taken states have closed their schools you know Public Events are being canceled all throughout the United States new york city at this point has outlawed any gathering of more than 500 people broadway has been closed down in addition to these local measures we now have the federal government of the United States under the leadership of President Donald Trump declaring a National Emergency on a federal level and action is being taken a number of u. S. Corporations such as walmart and others were listed by the president as being involved in the efforts to to fight against her on a virus and get us through this crisis here in the United States all right kaleb from the update from where you are stateside here in russia let me update our viewers what the state of play is here well in russia 11 new cases of corona virus have been confirmed thus far this. Bringing the total number of people infected to 45. 00 moves being made to clamp down on any further spread now Health Officials have announced flights to the European Union and also normally showing good nations of switzerland of norway thats new it will be reduced from this coming monday. Will be limited to traveling to Capital Cities only. The Coronavirus Crisis is posing unique difficulties for greece to one of the smaller islands outlying the one cases no been registered in lesbos but thats huge big news but of course thats the island that hosts densely. With more than 20000 living in diet conditions evangelise cips is a correspondent covering that for you tonight has been speaking to some of the island is there if he is. Im standing here in front of the refugee camp in the list below. Reese were about 20000 refugees are held in an area that was initially built for 2000 people area is not the best when it comes to fighting in the conditions are not the ideal for People Living in such a small area but now with the spread of corona virus around the world a lot of the people are concerned he went around and spoke to the locals to see what they had to say about a fear of a virus like that spreading among the camp and this is what. If it gets like italy will be doomed because the island only has one hospital it is good if they manage to isolate one or 2 of those infected with corona virus one of the feel and lead the infection spread further you can imagine what will happen to move them again there will be many issues and they will be big the virus is likely to spread very fast it will merely be maria thats affected but also mightily the whole island of lesbos will be in trouble i have family on the island and of course im afraid here we have our homes our farms our jobs they say many bad things about us but its us who are dealing with this issue but as the locals are raising concern about such a bit leaf iris on the island and jewels are ensuring that nothing of those cases have been confirmed here at the moria camp but as we went around it we spoke to refugees swore living in the scalp for many many years now they have a different opinion this place like witnessed. A lot of people here you dont know we saw somebody told me yesterday that 2 people have its yes men and good men and. Thats why im sick but theyre not even treating me nobodys paying any attention but these kind of viruses already here even if you are in the hospital it does not help much because you cannot be cured you know i sleep in a container with other people but. Lets check some other news tonight no way from coronavirus for a bit another whistle blowers called out the International Chemical weapons watchdog its now the 4th person in a matter of months all of them casting doubt on the o. P. C. Investigation into the alleged 2018 chemical attack in syrias duma enormous employ describe an atmosphere of fear within the organization. The threats of personal home is not an illusion or else many of those would have spoken out by now how many more whistleblowers have to come forward before we get the truth the full truth surrounding the o. P. C. W. s final report on the alleged duma chemical attack back when it had only 2 naysayers it was easy enough to dismiss them as a couple of lunatics inspectors a and b. Are not whistleblowers theyre individuals who could not accept that their views were not backed by evidence but after a 3rd came to their aid in february and now a 4th the o. P. C. W. s narrative that theyre just a bunch of rogue employees is starting to seem incredible and the organizations final report on dumas alleged chemical attack has some serious doubts to contend with the leaks publisher gray zone said it was able to verify the identity of this 4th employee but decided to leave them anonymous for their own protection heres what the leak had to say i was horrified and similar to the im surprised by recent events in the organization the mistreatment of 2 highly regarded in accomplished professionals can only be described as opponents i fully support their endeavors in that it is for the greater good and not for personal gain or in the name of any political agenda they are in fact trying to protect the integrity of the organization which has been hijacked and brought into shameful disrepute it was the o. P. C. W. s final report that was used to justify bombing runs by the us france and britain across syria the report cited claims that gas canisters were air dropped by Assads Air Force on buildings housing civilians but if the original whistleblowers revelations are true they change the picture entirely that would mean the final report was utterly mishandled the doom of Fact Finding Mission team was cut out of the drafting of the final Fact Finding Mission report the instruction of the chief of cabinet who then appointed the team and the head of the Fact Finding Mission to complete the task without any consultation with the duma team the drug. The subsequent we reversed the findings and wrote conclusions without explaining why we simply do not understand what new facts science medical opinion and engineering and what subsequent analysis justified the stern round whistle blower number 4 even suggests that this situation is only part of a larger problem is that the o. P. C. W. Working in the organization has been no eye opener and the cause of the professional shame when i became aware of how a key element of the organization was and clearly continues to be mismanaged i am one of many who was stunned and frightened into silence by the reality of how the organization operates the letters and demands a full investigation into the whistleblowers allegations but based on the way the organizations handled criticism so far many think such a demand is more like a pipe dream. In other news the developments coming of the middle east this evening iraqis announces going to complain to the Un Security Council over u. S. Led air strikes that left 6 iraqi citizens dead overnight earlier friday the british the american ambassadors was summoned for questioning in baghdad its seen iraq take a firm stance so far stating that relations with washington have been affected and its actions wont be forgotten. The u. S. Bombing of Government Security and civilian headquarters undermines counterterrorism efforts and disrupt the agreement between iraq and the global coalition. So the pentagon claims it was targeting the iran back to the type of hezbollah militia which it accuses of carrying out a deadly rocket attack against Coalition Personnel 2 days earlier the u. S. Has said its for tele tree strikes were aimed at taking out 5 of the paramilitary groups weapons storage facilities. In response to this attack on an iraqi base that hosts Coalition Forces supporting the iraqi fight against isis we carried out precision defensive strikes to degrade and destroy it vance conventional weapons that have been provided to keep it conceived as by by there are any and backers we are in iraq to support the people of iraq in their fight against isis however we always reserve the right to defend our forces whenever they were attacked or threatened but the iraqi authorities have got another story they say that the socalled precision attack actually killed 3 regular soldiers 2 Police Offices and a civilian and then finish the airport in the holy city of karbala was also damaged and the attacks are seen protests break out in the capital over it and i think i had to marvel at the about it we condemned the attacks on popular move through the sites and the rock iraq has become a war zone for internal and external wars and now rick in the run of fighting one of them threatens to be out there and ultimately iraqis are the ones who think to. Schools are being settled between america and iran and it is happening there now soil it while. It wily towel right now we are calling for the United Nations to intervene. But. I am surprised that the government is ignoring such actions as you condemn both sides iran and america their actions violate iraqs sovereignty which has become a joke among countries in the region and around the world. Dr ahmed rashid is a Foreign Policy adviser to the Iraqi Parliament he told us earlier that the own going d u. S. Military presence is proving to be extremely harmful for his country. Its ties the what here for iraq its also a job or ties the life of iraqis but does not forget the american attacks actually killed iraqis just civilians and policeman so at the end iraqis always are the victims i dont think the americans will withdraw it will not happen by themselves what the actually they paid trillions of dollars since 2003 its its not its my thought is that there is no sense of withdraw from iraq without getting anything from iraq it can be happen if the iraqi political blocs and the iraqi People United together and say to iran and to the United States ok thats it we will not accept you when you are destroying our country you are killing our civilians so of that way i think only on that way we can change the situation in iraq. A corona ling story next now the u. S. Democrats race to name a president ial candidate has been put on hold because of with the state of louisiana becoming the 1st to perspire and its primary over coronavirus fee is still going on the cards the hopefuls joe biden and Bernie Sanders will go head to head this sunday in another t. V. Debate but with serious restrictions not only is the debate be moved from arizona to washington d. C. But theyll also be no studio audience lot of shows in the us go without an audience right now one of the moderators is also pulled over medical concerns as for the candidates themselves sanders who is no trailing well behind biden believes nonetheless she still in with a chance. Donald trump must be defeated and i will do everything in my power to make that happens on sunday night in the 1st one on one debate of this campaign the American People will have the opportunity to see which candidate is best positioned to accomplish that goal. Although since his son does come pains be praised than for reaching out to disaffected young people nonetheless he still needs to do much better in the remaining primaries if he wants to turn his fortunes around kalam opens reporting on it the last day of democratic primary voting did not go too well for Bernie Sanders and now many voices are calling for him to drop out of the race and clear the road for joe biden however sander says he is not willing to give up just yet now sanders says his campaign actually has the upper hand over his rival when it comes to the youth but it is not just the ideological debate. That. Is what. We need the generational. Change. In the future you need to. Preserve the future oh country now the polls confirm what Bernie Sanders says young people like him more than they like joe biden and one of the goals of the Bernie Sanders campaign is to get them more involved in the electoral process but its not as easy as it sounds how weve been as successful as i would hope in Brigham Young people and the answer is no but why young people aged 20 to 35 approximately adds up to roughly 60 sand 1000000 people if they all signed up to vote sanders would have quite the edge but they havent done that turnout among Younger Voters remains comparatively low some blame the procedure for registering to vote for the 1st time for students who are going to school in another state registering to vote can get quite complicated some said that the Electoral College and the Party Primary process is very confusing and complicated and the quality of education on civic matters is quite low we decided to talk to some younger people here in new york city and find out why the numbers of young people going out to vote is so low did you vote in the last election now do you plan to vote in the upcoming primary vote maybe. Maybe Better Believe it why might you not vote. It just doesnt make sense that the publics opinion doesnt even matter when it comes to a president ial election now why do you think a lot of Young Americans dont vote. Cause it doesnt make any sense to close the most the defense of the. People sometimes the lines are really long but. Not as long as adults do thats what younger people just either dont think its important as are so many people voting or they just. I dont know. Why i feel like a lot of them probably think that their vote doesnt make a difference as what i hear from a lot of my friends who can vote so thats probably the devil is what happened last election as well i dont think they feel that their voices heard it is one of the reasons that i dont think that they really understand what a difference it makes in our democracy today are you going to vote for sanders or biden. Sand is to keep that to myself i guess i like both of them i go to. Buy the i think as i stand right now is leaning more toward sanders now the Sanders Campaign has been reaching out to Younger Voters with catchy slogans and internet memes some say this could hurt him with older voters who dont like the resentful towner radicalism coming from the Sanders Campaign on the other hand its the Younger Generation struggling with historic levels of debt and lack of health care who have the most to gain or lose people in my age Group Younger and older than me like you want to people like are working a lot or the rest school or or both they just dont have time for politics and theres also a lot of political apathy student debt but its also. Health care and its jobs the 3 main thing a lot of people in my generation in generations they are theres almost no future for us a lot of these people who might bite him just want to keep things the way they are although all the people the older generations they have their pensions they have this and that they dont see anything already being in our i mean i have to most people think that all the military actions that the u. S. Has done in the past 20 years has been justified thats just gives people to a lot of middle upper middle class liberal types bitin reminds them of things or everything was fine and back to normal even though for the only one or more overwhelming majority of the population of the us things werent normal for people worst. Struggling to get by. There are few places on earth where a sense of identity is more keenly felt that in jerusalem in the east of the. See though this fear right now among palestinians living there and how washington refers to them in a new human rights report they describe them as arab residents all non Israeli Citizens a middle east correspondent paula sleigh has been gauging more reaction to it in the city than. Whats in a name a lot if you live in East Jerusalem and a palestinian but washington has decided to simply ditch the palestinian identity of those who live here in East Jerusalem the state department now considers them arab residents or non Israeli Citizens the move has infuriated many with palestinian leaders saying its an attempt to wipe out their National Identity its just playing with fire and may not as he stands Means Nothing to us and by the way resent us from iran that Means Nothing to us we out of the old United People of the palestinians when i say im pretty soon going in some places they dont like they dont want us to say we are israelis and if i am palestinian who is trying to say anything this is our land our country our state the state of palestine im not going to leave this nationality while Freedom Fighters here. Give some rights to decide our life and he says its hot air this land is for the arabs its our land we were born here in israel this is East Jerusalem which israel captured in the 1967 war its latent mixed area and a move that is still not recognized internationally more than 360000 palestinians or non Israeli Citizens live here most of them hold israeli residency permits the very few have Israeli Citizenship theyve long sought to make this area they kept the change in american terminology comes amid increased wrangling over the contest of city the american President Donald Trump