Lawmakers push for a cross party rescue deal to save the economy as the pandemic leaves markets dealing with their worst week since the 2008 financial crisis. To. A warm welcome as r. T. International with the biggest stories of the past 7 days on the karen good to have you with us 1st to croatia earlier today a 5. 3 magnitude earthquake and 2 aftershocks that struck north of the captain saw group know a local media say that a 15 year old who was found in the rubble of a building is critical in hospital several other people are reported to have been hurt. About it was the moment the 1st tremors kicked in apparently caught by c. C. T. V. Inside a shop the streets across the city are littered with daybreak and theres. In significant damage to several buildings quake is reported to be the strongest in the region in the past 140 years among the damage the top of one of the spy is on the citys iconic cathedral collapsed there are also Power Outages and problems with Water Supplies in some areas but the at quake still worried citizens come out onto the streets despite current advice to stay indoors to tackle the coronavirus the cooperation on the is set to help the city to come the quake soft enough when we talk to one zagreb resident who said her experience with us. I dont have electricity in my off martin so i have to come to a part of my sister to be able to now with the quick use i was sleeping and then i felt that in my earthquake here in my bed so of course i went out from my apartment but you know when youre in this corona generation and everybody are saying that you are not allowed to go all who are you are thinking what to do besides go out and them are my neighbors were all so in front of the building policemen were also outside and what you were what we will do will we be together you know our room we keep this. Horrible situation this morning i want an escape from the show dominating everyones thoughts at the moment coronavirus the latest on that is that its now claimed to have 813000 lives worldwide with the number of confirmed cases that more than 314000 italy reached a grim milestone this week surpassing china as the country to have suffered the most face how it is currently more than 4800 people on saturday alone almost 800. 00 succumbed to the disease at least shutting down whole production of non essential goods. The European Union stilled itself off to travelers from outside of europe this week as part of wide ranging efforts to stop the spread of covert 90. 2 limits to support of the very good bill if we agreed to enforce external borders both closed and a coordinated temporary wish to action of essential travel to the e. U. For period or so to do this france has put the entire nation of 67000000 people on lockdown army trucks have been seen in the streets of paris while large numbers of Police Officers have been deployed to ensure compliance you can see now the effect of the measures on the city of toulouse in the countrys southwest normally thronged with tourists the streets are totally deserted our correspondent sheila dubinsky reports on the nationwide quarantine. France is now we all looked down to correct lockdown that would be in poor the government has talked about deploying 100000. 00 Police Officers to set up fixed points to check people who are in their vehicles the word from the government everybody in france is to self isolate president mark was was incredibly clear when he came to the president ial address old monday night in fact the one thing that came through and that is the problem is that. We are at war i dont want to be sure were not fighting another army new another nation but the enemies that are invisible and elusive. That decision came to the french took the calls to stay at home and self oyster late too lightly in fact while balls in restaurants were being closed all around them many here in paris came out to the parks to picnic to meet their friends all to sit by the senate and do the same but no more. The government has announced new measures to limit new infections by limiting contact between people as much as possible to amplify the impact of this measures paris parks and gardens will be close to. The restriction these are really centered around self isolation so people have been told that they can leave their homes for very specific reasons that could be too good for a medical appointment it could be to top up on Food Supplies or it could be to go for a walk for Health Reasons anybody leaving their property has also been told that they need to look at this in pakistan so to say why maybe even some of those reasons that i just outlined anybody who is cool flouting that law or court going out for a walk just socialize with their friends rather than for Health Reasons could face a fine of up to 135 years. Old the message is clear stay at home these are containment measures similar to those in spain and italy all persons travelling must be able to justify their movements each person will have to carry a document certifying the reason for his or her journey. Another casualty of the new stricter regime is the 2nd round the ring is a collection which will no be postponed but many had already criticize the government for allowing the 1st run to take place while sproles was under a partial lockdown. The makris are pushing the limits you do not say to 67000000 french people stay at home for an indefinite period on saturday evening but then on sunday morning leave your house and put your health and those of others in danger if the Health Situation got this bad was in thursday in today to the point of closing almost all businesses in makes no sense to hold these municipal elections they must be postponed because they cannot be held fairly. Holding the municipal elections is completely incomprehensible and contradicts the measures announced by the Prime Minister i hope that the government will take responsibility and change its mind as the lockdown began and many played the city possibly going to some of the homes here to stay friends and family anything to want to be isolated in this time of a merge and see here france this idea of self isolation is something that many people fear many people who live below the idea of not having enough social contact to preschool a 15 day period is something that they dreading in fact Something Else that they dreading is the fact that the government has said its a 15 day minimum and that these could be extended but many people here. Just have no idea when their lives are going to return to normal charlotte you can ski. In paris during the lockdown. After china where the outbreak of originated the tight seems to be turning the countrys just recorded a domestically transmitted case this sunday but that comes after 4 days without any the World Health Organization say 7 nations could learn from chinas example or report later on how strict measures can make a difference. In the u. S. Senate is due to vote on a stimulus package later this sunday to inject stability into the economy off the 2 weeks of plummeting stocks and mass layoffs a bipartisan deal hasnt been reached yet spread is reportedly getting close to Top Congress Leaders will get together for their final discussions later President Trump revealed the initial plan on tuesday. By making shared sacrifices in temporary changes we can protect the health of our people and we can protect our economy because i think our economy will come back very rapidly one day well be standing possibly appear well. Say well we won and were going to say that sure if youre sitting there were going to say that again were going to win and i think were going to win faster than people think i hope among the trillion dollar plus emergency measures on the table are tax rebates and measures to help struggling Small Businesses one of the president s core ideas is to directly mail checks to americans because she does have also apparently agreed to boost paid sick leave a suggestion made by the democrats which have remained a Sticking Point between them and the republicans markets reacted positively to the news on tuesday with shares jumping slightly mostly though those markets spent the week struggling with fridays closure marking the worst week since the 2008 financial crisis of our Senior Correspondent explains whats going on in the world economy. Unless you majored in finance everything thats happening may seem a little overwhelming what is going on why are markets melting down while the bankers whirling around like headless chickens and a few minutes with this monopoly set ill explain why everything seems to be crashing and burning what the hell is a fiscal stimulus and why is everyone crazy about rate cuts 1st that said the pieces here are investors meaning millionaires youre middle class with modest savings your pension is here all of them have some money saved up these days you keep your money under your mattress you want to return it right interest a pretty good pension so you take this money and you put it in the banks depending how smart they are all how greedy they are they promise you x. Amount of profit per month the banks then go ahead and loan out this money to whoever needs it they drive our entire economy the new hotel built in your city the new jet purchased by British Airways the new hips the bar bill down the road from you your mortgage to buy your house comes from the bank so all this money goes into the economy to keep things running and here is how it runs every month these people make payments to the bank here every month the same payment goes back to the bank the bank then pays the investors the investors then put the money back into the bank this is obviously simplifying things but you get the gist of it its a cycle it all works great while it works but then something unforeseen happens like a mortgage crisis or a pandemic virus clubs and pubs are to be closed along with theatres museums do Sports Centers and Similar Establishments and retailers with specific. Sanctions. Now is the time to take extra steps were ordering the suspension of all retail activities with the exception of groceries pharmacies and other outlets selling fancy goods that suddenly mass shut down quarantine factories businesses come to a standstill people lose jobs stop paying mortgages suddenly people arent paying the banks back and the investors the markets your pension manager they start panicking that is their money stuck potentially lost they see the news pandemic they call the bank they say they want their money out all my money out of the markets out of the dow jones out of b. P. Out of up all the markets crash but the banks dont have it here is where the government step in before this mass panic and a run on the banks the government say the magic word play loud Fiscal Relief lots of words but its the same thing the government pulls money out of thin air the money presses and gives it to the banks so that they can keep paying investors its all pretend play they just simulating that everythings fine by printing ridiculous amounts of money and passing it back and forth between each other the real economy the factories in the businesses these guys are in quarantine and shut down but the entire point of this little show is temporary live this illusion has to work for a little while weeks months to allow the economy to recover to prevent the banks from going bankrupt and recalling all this debt to help these guys get back on their feet and start paying their debts back you dont need to be new to the economist or an economist to realize how how fickle how fragile this illusion is the collapse of the markets is a clear. Very profound statement that the entire Investment Community which is not the small people who have a few shares im talking about the people who manage ancient ones who manage bank what follows and so on have a massive loss of confidence in the government of the United States or in the private economy to get out of this disaster were running on borrowed time they cant keep printing money for too long or inflation goes through the roof money becomes worthless the illusion will eventually wear off even the most optimistic investors can only live in denial for so long and will realize that banks are living in a dream world then it all collapses see the world up until now has been weighing lives vs the economy for all the criticism and ridicule of the world through a child that they shut down everything sacrificed their own economy to keep the virus from spreading the west didnt the west ridiculed that dismiss chinas response as incompetent they tried to keep the markets happy rather than the people safe and what they got america and europe is the worst of both worlds and economy on the brink of collapse and the death toll fast eclipsing that of china also is coming away after this short break stay with us. Or a little bit messed up by our d. N. A. In some way or another look at you im bored that surely isnt such a great thing you know im sure you look better now than when you had hair come on its nice for you to say so but i do i went bald when i was 25 years most and some great. Welcome back now to another country being had to hit hard by the cove in 1000 pandemic iran where it supremely to have questioned americas motives to offer aid and said washington couldnt be trusted. Because your u. S. Officials have said on a number of occasions that they would be willing to help regarding medical supplies for the coronavirus you yourselves faced with a shortage judging by u. S. Media there are massive shortages you americans are suspected of having created this virus i do not know how real these accusations are but still they are circulating so who in their right mind would trust you to bring in medication or your medicine could be a way to spread the virus more if you are not trustworthy that according to Irans Health Ministry one person in the country dies every 10 minutes from the virus with the death toll now over 1500 and over 20000 infections and the iranian leaders latest address also apparently made reference to this offer from donald trump to help last month if we can help the iranians we have the greatest Health Care Professionals in the world and if we can help the iranians with this problem we are certainly willing to do so we would love to be able to help them. All they have to do is ask on saturday to run called on iranians living in the u. S. To attempt to send basic medical supplies to their relatives back home and then notify the u. S. State department if they succeed where theyre wrong saying that nothing is getting through Bank Transactions or humanitarian aid the Iranian ForeignMinistry Says its an attempt to refute washingtons claims that aid is not restricted by its sanctions regime lets now bring in our guest calls are some low an attorney and middle east specialist welcome to the program its great to have you with us now what do you make of the United States offer of aid to iran why doesnt it lift the sanctions for the duration of the pandemic. Thank you 1st of all for having me this is lets to set trumps hypocrisy at its best why because the americans are offering iran are offering iran to help iran but whereas as the Supreme Leader said if you follow the americans media most that we know that you can see that the americans themselves are the necessary items in order. To avoid the spread of coronavirus in order to avoid the spread of corner by us you need 3 items mass hanson advisor and blogs you have the governor of new york come of the governor of california going on t. V. Every night asking for her and to get those last. Hand sanitizer so that you are indians but dont need this because they already have it they want the sanctions to belief that in order to get medical medicine to get to iraq for other fields that coroner because we still havent find the remedy for kind of the way it was so this is just. Best he offered to you are you not that the iranians will do refuse it and he just stays because he has nothing to lose to say. What many would say condemned washingtons position on sanctions do you think its wrong for the iranian authorities to reject any offer of aid at this point i mean people will die if they dont accept it. As i said you have a lot of people like the Prime Minister of pakistan asking the u. S. The United States to lift the sanctions you have one congresswoman of michigan asking for the sanctions to be lifted her name is omar. Sought but the thing is its not if the ammeters going to help iran that its going to have iranians because even the americans dont have havent found their remedy yet they dont have in this story items to why void the spread of this virus and the coroner in their country so hard be they want we will not work so i think the iranians are right because they not the american he just for the enemy has to be to be great and say that we are. And there is no the remains the who refuse it and they know most important they know they can not be renewed government in any way shape or form irans Supreme Leader has said the u. S. Is not trance where they what do you think you meant by that. He meant by that because as i said many times you know when this. After when did administration change and about my left the presidency and. All of a sudden say ok we signed it but we dont we dont want to. Be more sought in other words what he meant is that the i mean no were not have no respect for their signatures have no respect for their words and they say they want to help and as as i said you know pins are a bit complicated because you hear you hear people say it might be brought. To china in order to spread them we dont know the origins of. But you know that. The idea is not that innocent people so i dont know if thats true or not but its better for a new record the iranians to refuse american help as long as we know that the american still. On the russian law and attorney and middle east specialist thank you for your time and. I chased a saw the World Health Organization 0 up director call on nation state the to take the strongest action possible to fight the pandemic lauding the example set by china. This is reduced to join and all the show that this thing and go back to precinct binds with social distancing measures and community will be safe when put in place quickly and effectively as but events in brixton and the lights well as already mentioned in the Program China turned a corner this week for a while anyway and when favre quoted no new domestic infections for the 1st time since the outbreak began and that continued until earlier today we can report among 46 new declared cases all but one that came from abroad chinas tough response to contain the spread of the virus had initially been heavily criticized along the way but the thought of course reports many countries are now adopting similar measures. Remember when only china had to deal with the coronavirus the west had plenty to criticize about beijings handling of the crisis back then when europe and the us didnt have to get their hands dirty tricks measures should also be implemented with consideration to the publics willingness to comply with government control efforts now that the critics are in the same situation that china was in just a month ago it seems like they werent creative enough to come up with their own solutions after the coronavirus ravaged europe governments across the continent started in forcing lockdowns people confined to their homes streets virtually empty just like in china at the height of the outbreak the. Gatherings family get togethers and social functions will no longer be finished walking to meet friends in the park or on the streets will no longer be possible any elderly daredevils that venture out of their homes could face hefty fines or even a police baton and all the while militaries across the continent are mobilizing in switzerland its the biggest since world war 2 and in france army convoys are becoming a regular sight in the suburbs. To bomb front. Although its not like they have many places to go the entire European Unions closed its borders anyway and on top of that theyll be under the watchful eye of those dystopian Police Drones just like the chinese ones that frightened more than a few in the western media the country taking some extraordinary measures to contain this Outbreak Police are using drones equipped with a public address system to tell people to wear face masks and stay indoors to stop the spread of coronavirus and drones are flying up to people in public and yelling at them for not Wearing Masks in fact were hearing of mask shortages drones soldiers lockdowns whatever communist china does it the western media loves to call it all off thora tarion ism but what even makes these measures democratic or not at a time of crisis shouldnt people be focusing on which measures are the most effective. Well the most gomez office has warned about misinformation spreading across the internet regarding the pandemic and the measures to contain it but members refuted claims that the capitals metro would be closed or that the city will go into total lockdown and way short people about the supply of essential products in shops where you tell us to have tried to come concerns by releasing video of their warehouses some chains say that they have enough supplies to last at least 8 weeks and that includes the most popular items that are being hoarded the russian industry and trade ministry is also assuring the public the Grocery Stores will remain open supermarkets supermarket chains have reported an increase in demand for grain and Hygiene Products especially popular among russians is buckwheat because dan ive checked out the situation and one large moscow city market. Panic buying has become one of the key manifestations of the coronavirus scare all over the world so now weve come to one of most schools Largest Retail Stores parts of europe the shan chain just to get an idea as to how badly this thing is affecting the russians in fact were in the very same store that had previously introduced socalled apocalypse shopping carts preselected bundles of essential goods for about 45. 00 per cart was a one time auction but it turned out to be a clear success because those cards have been already swept and theyre nowhere to be found but now lets have a look as to how world this particular end a very large store is stocked itself. First stop is well good old soap and the situation here is quite interesting because all the cheaper ones they are gone like for instance here like 15 cents 30 cents buy they are not making up the prices these are actual prices on the soap here theyre gone but the more expensive stuff over here in abundance in fact let me show you. One thing you can literally if youre a if youre in a panic situation if you are in a panic mood you can literally buy soaps in canisters like this is liquid soap 5 releases of liquid soap but were going to be opting for Something Different something. So. Particularly sensitive subject lately toilet paper while. Any type of budget any type of skin theres clearly enough for everyone and i feel like a plenty at home but for the sake of the experiment lets get some why not. Well this is trouble all right because were in the poultry section and the well its been ransacked there are people all around filming on their phones because well together with us whats going on here but the store has put up a reassuring messages reassuring sign saying essentially that the products the products are on the way dont worry if you havent found what you wanted here it will be here we will restock it in the nearest future together with the supplies were doing everything to maintain the needed stockpile. Cheaper me like chicken or turkey more expensive mead like before you pour while its gone just some of the most expensive stuff is here but here nothing. Well judging by the amount of sweets next to me one thing can be said with certainty children are definitely not panicking and can be an example to us all. Well this is of course just a symbolic cut its not really serious but if i were to go all in and defy wanted to get everything that i needed for a Nuclear Winter scenario so to speak i would have had very very few problems with doing so and even with that said supply is have been talking a lot and posting photos and videos of their storage is really filled up to the brim with produce saying that there is little