Some not so good news from other countries china for example south korea is another example of countries where they seem to be getting over that proverbial or infamous hump or curve. Other countries not so much the United Nations is now declaring they did so today that quote humanity faces its greatest challenge since world war 2 this is the United Nations thats what they put out meanwhile here in the United States as we report to you just a block away from the white house where were situated here the new prediction for how Many Americans will actually die is now up 2240240000 but here. I want to i want you to keep something in mind as i give you that number because it does sound very big right you know how many people most of them elderly die annually in the United States on average 2800000. Of course the difference is that they die of everything from Heart Disease to cancer and many other ailments and their deaths are spread out over a longer period of time i can try inches but with corona virus that death toll is going to occur in a shorter period of time and they will generally all die of the same thing of ours so whats the concern then right youre asking ok so whats the difference here is the difference the concern is that because of that sudden illness and so many people die and dying within a short period of time our Health Care System is going to be swapped. By so many sick people all at once i just want to make sure i shared that with you because i would see what that does is it it provides a context to this pandemic that we need to somehow demystify so we can live our lives and better understand what were going through right now and why. This is the news with rick sanchez where we try to provide this type of context and clarity because we do believe by golly its time to do news again. Ok lets get going for this hour heres a list of the questions we think youll be asking tomorrow why has it taken so long to provide coronavirus tests whats the real reason will virus will leave fell new york city turned the tide on covert 19 and how is latin america handling coronavirus pandemic. All this week were going to be bringing you our special coverage of the corona virus with updates from around the world and everything that you need to know ok. Thats just a few pitted few but its past 3 pm here on the east coast of the United States of america before we do anything else lets head over to our global coronavirus update desk ben swan is manning and for us and hes going to pick up the very latest for us what is the latest. Lets take the latest about an hour ago out of florida the governor of florida run the center has issued a stay at home order for the entire state rick were talking about him joining from up 30 other states that have issued these orders across the country but what makes florida interesting as you know its been a big holdout so far florida has not taken these steps so far because the republican governor there is kind of downplayed the virus to an extent hes got a lot of heat for that also as you know especially from democrats in the state well now hes joined as i said about 30 other states issuing the stay at home order it will last. There for about 30 days all right lets move on from there over to new york the state of new york has issued an order requesting help from prisoners at Rikers Island get this to be paid 6. 00 an hour to help dig mass graves zoom its kind of an incredible story its a little creepy isnt it yeah yeah yeah so theres so what youre what did i just hear you say that were going to be putting the prisoners to work for the eventuality that there may be a lot of deaths in that area well thats what it sounds like look at apparently this already happens to Rikers Island its an area called a heart island in new york where they already dig graves on a somewhat regular basis theyve never been asked that i can find to dig mass graves before thats a big change here the other change is that part of this this memo that went out requesting this help essentially says that they would be given p p e personal protective equipment now the city of new york says yes they have done this but its not covert 19 related but is it because that t. P. Either that specific term is a covert term thats used when you have special gear that you wear protective medical care that you wear in order to not contract the coronavirus of the act that was included here and it has not been in the past indicates this is 1000 can call me crazy but if im hearing you say this im going to myself with millions of americans out of work nothing against prisoners i mean they deserve whatever they get as well but why are we having prisoners do the work when we could just hire americans and give them a couple day a couple bucks to do this well so good start on that is 6. 00 an hour it would not be enough for the average person obviously to do this kind of manual labor its actually quite a bit more than what prisoners would normally be paid they normally get you know a dollar an hour 2 dollars an hour at the most and so in this case it would be a little bit more youre not going to get people to come out and do that for you. Know one more for you here and this is a big one also just kind of from the sports world wimbledon has announced today that it has officially been canceled this year there will be. The wimbledon tournament this year it is the 1st time thats happened since world war 2 and since 877. 00 when wimbledon was 1st established reg its only happened now 3 times this would be one the other 2 times world war one and world war 2 kind of gives you an idea you were talking about context a minute ago the context of the scope of this thing its like sports is dead all over the world. Great stuff we appreciate the update well keep coming to you every hour on the hour lets do this now the big question why why dont we have enough medications why dont we have enough ventilators and maybe the most important question why dont we even have enough test kits for this strain of the coronavirus and let me give you an example of what im talking about in the time it took south korea to test 4000 for every 1000000 people the u. S. Was only able to test about 5 americans for every 1000000 people at the outset why well we could argue that the c. D. C. Had flawed test kits true we could argue the f. D. A. Took too long to approve the test true we could argue that the president had states made way too many conflicting statements about whether there were there were not enough test kits out there also true but in the end the moral of the story is testing matters it matters most you know why because experts need that data to make the proper tactical and strategic Strategic Decisions and too often we make the mistake of relying on the hippo principle you know they have a principle is the highest paid persons opinion is what we trust we trust their gut we trust their intuition at my work in politics right listen to the big guy but when it comes to science what were learning from this experience is that data data numbers trump opinions joining us now a man who spent his entire career analyzing data doctors she jen is a scientist Global Expert and professor of Public Health at Yale University maybe you professor can make us better understand why data is so important and that we use it most when making all of our decisions moving forward. We are so sorry to say that once again we have lost our opportunity to talk to the professor as you can see his image is frozen there which means that what that essentially means by the way you dont know is that the satellite that something is the signal has frozen so as a result the picture that were trying to get from him does the same thing well try and see if we can fix that in the meantime this is the news of rick sanchez youre watching our special coverage of covert 19 and we will be right back. The world. Thinks. We fear to ask. Theyre just taking over all the alternatives. Taking and killing as i say the stage so the. Real choices the binary choice and only choices if you say to you know bar available both binary thing is not. The arab states with provide a new picture of by the cold start negotiations with. Israel if they dont invite. Them by to. Be put on the table. Micrographs friends arent slights against you know whites or men for example theres their slights against women or nonwhites so its always you know the idea is that statements that directed toward a Privileged Group are interpreted differently than a statement directed toward an oppressed group and so thats kind of the whole framework and its its a political framework thats used the result is of course focusing at least on certain kinds of minor slights and saying well rather than ignore them or them we need to call attention to them but its not all slights so its very political in this country and. I want to read to you as we come back something that the governor of new york said just a short time ago heres what the governor of new york said. We are running out of all basic supplies why we need help this is the governor of new york talking about supplies why is new york running out of basic supplies what is the situation there and what has come to be called ground 0 here in the United States for the coronavirus as you know we have correspondents covering all sides of the story were going to begin with Trinity Chavez our correspondent whos covering the very latest out of new york city. As the 2nd month of the coronavirus outbreak begins in the nation is bracing for the worst of it i want every american to be prepared for the hard days that lie ahead the number of deaths from coronavirus nearly doubling in the last 3 days new york being hit the hardest accounting for nearly half of all cases in the u. S. Hospitals and morgues hitting capacity this disturbing video showing several bodies being moved from a brooklyn hospital. Kovan 1000 patients the number of deaths expected to grow as we approach the anticipated apex the range on the apex is somewhere between. Lets say 7 to 21 days. Makeshift hospitals are wrecked to across new york city the Javits Center central park and now parts of the Tennis Center that host the u. S. Open transforming into medical facilities to help accommodate the influx of patients this particular bank of course is 6 courts and to be the 1st phase of construction for what ultimately be 350. 00 hospital beds in the indoor trade center the u. S. Navy ship comfort which is acting as an overflow hospital for treating people who do not have cold in 1000 already started seeing patients this as concerns grow that hospitals will soon run out of protective equipment for staff and medical supplies including those lifesaving ventilators which Governor Cuomo says are nearly impossible to get its like being on e bay with 50 other states bidding on a ventilator and you see the big go up because california big illinois bit florida bit new york bids california rebids thats what are we what we do in new york city mayor bill de blasio calling on all veterinarians and Plastic Surgeons to lend their ventilators but if youve got a ventilator in your office in your operating room we need it now it should not be sitting there doing nothing new york Plastic Surgeon ryan 19 hitting the mayors call for help there are many types of surgeries that still need to be done now you know patients who have certain types of cancer or life threatening infections or life threatening you know fractures those surgeries can be performed ventilators from offices like mine and the ventilators which could have been used for intensive care patients can now solely be used inside the care units. So we are able to provide a significant lifesaving resource that. While officials are still working to flatten the curb in new york Governor Cuomo believes the apex will hit the state at some point in april reporting in new york Trinity Chavez r t i want to take you now from new york to another part of the world this is interesting because while the rest of the world was already starting to see its signs of the coronavirus appearing obviously in the parts of asia and now in the United States latin america in the caribbean there hadnt been cases reported anyway theres a big difference between actual cases and cases reported but suddenly the very 1st cases started appearing in brazil this is around 3. 26 since then there have been more cases so now what we want to do is try and bring you a sense of whats going on there in latin america in the caribbean particularly with the poor here now our Team Correspondent john harvey from. The coronavirus was slow to hit latin america but the rate of infection is expanding there as well. In brazil the pot being protests continue throughout the country against president i are both who in the initial stages of the Global Pandemic deny the extent of it brazil now has the most cases of corona virus in south america with more than 5800 confirmed 1000 cases and growing in Rio De Janeiro hundreds of men women and children stood on a line to get food and water the countrys poorest are among the most vulnerable on now shifting his stance and his rhetoric and calling the Coronavirus Fight the quote biggest challenge of our generation also naro continues though to take a hard line stance about shutting down the entire country to most women so we have a mission. Was input on one side we need to be cautious and precautions with the old and those who preexisting conditions on the other wanted to fly unemployment which was rapidly. But especially among the poor and concerns about the impact of the coronavirus on the poor resonate throughout latin america particularly the smaller island countries in the caribbean cuba now has close to 200. 00 cases the Dominican Republic oh most 1300 and purdah ricoh close to 300 it doesnt sound like much but the number of cases has increased dramatically on many of these islands in the last 14 days much like other parts of the world and its a serious economic and social threat for places like puerto rico that rely heavily on tourism puerto rico has essentially shut down for business while residents there have been locked down for several weeks now all ready for the news with rick sanchez john hardy. Fresh from all over the world have been coming down with the corona virus so if isolating because of the corona virus or coming under scrutiny from the media for potentially being infected well today russian president Vladimir Putin is coming under the microscope but let me tell you why see that guy right there thats dennis saying go hes been in charge of relaying all d coronavirus information to the public in large measure while working at a hospital that was recently visited by president putin so about a week ago as you can see in this photo the 2 men are seen there shaking hands since that trend ago has tested positive for coated 19 and heres what sources in the kremlin are saying they say that the president is aware and hes being tested regularly for the corona virus and that so far quote so far everything is fine but theyll keep testing and meanwhile russian medical supplies are now headed to the United States to help its adversary deal with the coronavirus it is somewhat startling and possibly historic agreement between these 2 countries marty correspondent igor donavon reports from us for us today from moscow. Century russia. Is following its own pattern of helping those countries that have been by this covert 19 pandemic the worst the United States being the worlds absurdly lead in the number of cases to this category of this particular batch of help. Was preagreed a by lattimer putin and donald trump as the 2 president s spoke over the phone this tuesday and within 24 hours Russian Military jets were route to the United States carrying medical masks and necessary medical equipment and now russia is essentially saying is sending the message here that the whole world is in this pandemic together and each country should be able to be helping out other countries to the extent. That it can afford to heres what brush or what the russian president s spokesman has said about this when the existing situation affects everyone without exception and is global in character there is no alternative but to act together in this spirit of partnership and mutual assistance in the United States the total number of cases is rapidly reaching 200000 people for instance more than 4000 lives have been claimed already by kohlberg 19 on the territory of the United States and medics on the ground have been reporting alarming shortage of the very necessary medical equipment necessary meaning for them to efficiently fight of this disease they have been understaffed they have been working long hours the u. S. Military even had to use tools but also to what ships to help deal with this pandemic with a number of cases experts are all source saying that by most optimistic projections the pandemic can claim more than 200000 lives in the United States and pessimists well they put these numbers in the millions so essentially any bit of help any. Aid that the United States is getting right now is welcomed there i have to say weve had great relationships with a lot of countries. China sent us some stuff which was terrific russia said as a very very large plane load of things medical equipment which was very nice other countries said things that i was very surprised and very happily surprised we learned a lot were learning a lot so it looks like the United States are indeed counting on foreign aid to be able to more efficiently fight this covert 19 pandemic as for russia it is saying that when american manufacturers step up their own production when they become selfsufficient then more school expects reciprocity when or if need be this is a fascinating story igor thank you so russias sending medical supplies to the United States nato is canceling its military exercises intended to show russia whos boss and weve also learned that the u. S. Is offering to lift sanctions on ben as well although come to the caviar by the way that the venezuelan president must offer to share his power with his opponent but wait wait wait. We have just received another bulletin which kind of changes the emphasis of how we were actually going to were originally do this story because as you can see we were looking at all the signs that countries were starting to cooperate during this very difficult time but the president of the United States has just literally thrown a wrench into this story breaking news President Trump is now saying that iran is planning a sneak attack on u. S. Troops in iraq upon information and believe iran or its proxies are planning a sneak attack on u. S. Troops or assets and if this happens says the president iran will pay a very heavy price indeed and hes making this very important glow. Full announcement on twitter by the way. Joining us now former british m. P. And International Analyst for us a George Galloway whos a good enough to join us i guess you know its funny george i had planned to start this conversation with you about something you and i have been talking about this week and that is countries may be growing closer together because of the coronavirus but this bulletin just arrived from the present United States on something he tweeted what say if you do this. Well i suspect that this is a. Previous pronounced months about iran in the case of the assassination of the iranian general for example the whole world now knows the wars based on absolutely false information would be astounded if iran in the throes of the pandemic biting so hard into their copy would take any such risk. Donald trump spoiled the atmosphere which was coming along as you said really very well america is the war. Country in the world now and the whole world should come to the a dog america and the international that you and i were looking forward to in our conversation just the other day china. Are all over europe now there are chinese cuban. Medical car so now airplanes are arriving. Equipment protective equipment diagnostic equipment and so on being unloaded and previous entities have been melting away and new possibility all of. Was arriving and are rising and i very much hope it will continue because. No man is an island. No country is an island even and we geographically are an island no one is safe from the passage in space and the droplets of a hideous weapon which is nobodys weapon but is killing indiscriminately and harming indiscriminately even politicians royals doesnt make any exception for how much of a vi. But politics is politics and let me tell you something about politics in the United States if you dont know this george and i think you do it has a lot to do with money and it has a lot to do with people who give money to campaigns and one of the richest men in the world to Sheldon Adelson the casino magnate and i guarantee you that right now he is applauding this tweet by donald trump. Im sure thats true. I continue to believe not many of my fellow thinkers do Donald Trumps best instincts are not bad instincts as i listened to him there on your sure it sounded kind of like a big bluff naive american with his heart was in the right place and if donald trump would be free to act i think he ducked a lot better than he has been hes surrounded by people fund. And lieutenants like company or for example who is i think highly problematic in the u. S. Administration always turning up the volume of graw as we call it rather than turning it down i believe we have a situation where the democratic side of politics in your country russia and the republican side of politics in your country china another of that is doing anybody any good so i hope that will go with Donald Trumps better instincts not good to enjoy on his shoulder which says people are surprising me happily surprisingly with their openness with their willingness to help us and we embrace it and we will reciprocate it implicitly i think thats the way forward and this gives us a new opportunity we could wipe the slate clean you know after of this is over we can start 1st. When. Wrong in our societies why they were so defenseless such a highly predictable contagious disease people have been making movies about contagion for decades everyone knew that this kind of thing was possible and likely maybe highly likely yet nobody took any steps in your country or in mine to prepare themselves to defend against it George Galloway as usual thank you so much before we leave you theres one other update we just learned in the philippines the president has just told his Police Forces that if people resist after theyre told to go back inside hes telling Us Police Officers to shoot them dead. Philippine president. Thats our new summer trip shows stay safe stay connected with us on portable t. V. Well be here for you throughout the course of the day. Says she. Says. I cant show you my face but im going to teach you must. In 9093 this man was sentenced to death. 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