Biden ahead of super tuesday after any close are and people drop out of the president ial race. Continuum and 19 is physically and must remain the top priority. Countries the w. H. O. Says containment is key emit a surge of infections outside china and warnings the coronavirus could have Global Economic growth. Hello Benjamin Netanyahu is claiming victory in israels general election although it appears his fall in one or 2 seats sort of a parliamentary majority exit polls suggest thats an yahoos look good party and its right wing allies have around half the 120. 00 seats in the knesset so its the 3rd time israelis have gone to the polls in less than a year after 2. Failed attempts at forming a coalition well the chief palestinian negotiator has said the early results from israels election show annexation has won this is what saw about a cock sweetie its obvious that settlements occupation and apartheid have won the israeli elections thats a new Whose Campaign was about the continuation of the occupation and conflict which will force the people of the region to live by the sword a continuation of violence extremism and chaos. Lets bring in harry foster whos joining us now from Benjamin Netanyahu his Party Headquarters over in town of even and harry in the exit polls are accurate even though he got he may have gotten the largest number of seats and thats it now will still fall sort of for a parliamentary majority. Thats right hes is the could party almost certainly has got the largest of any single party in this election most of the polls suggest 36 and 37 but as you say the mass dont quite line up for a functioning Coalition Government at this stage it requires at least 61. 00 seats and Israeli Parliament the knesset to claim that the now it looks like hes got 60 all those numbers can change and they have change in the cost between exit polls and final results and even the the indicative results from the overnight counting at tonights could still be changed when in a few days time soldiers votes and the like a finally counted but make no mistake this is a real victory for netanyahu a real comeback from what has been a year of a failure and defeat and indictment in 3 separate Corruption Cases dont forget that benny gantz has been making a huge play on that front saying that israel cannot be led by an indicted Prime Minister trying and ultimately failing to convince israeli votes as of that point instead netanyahu has been using this campaign rather than warning his supporters of imminent defeat he used today to say were nearly there and using that as the motivation to try to get them to turn out and whatever happens in terms of the of the government formation it is a big endorsement of him by israeli voters just 2 weeks before he goes to trial in that Corruption Case and so when said we expect to see the effects on results and just talk us through what happens next. Well were expecting that and you know its a come here and speak to his supporters within the next few minutes it was the last hour or so that we heard that he had left his base to come here from jerusalem to television to speak to his supporters and they are of course very expectant here were also expecting to hear from benny gantz at a very different situation in his Party Headquarters also in television which is much more subdued many people of already gone home were hearing. He has tweeted saying that he will continue the struggle but more than a 1000000 people voted for his blue and White Alliance and he will continue to fight for those supporters but really this does represent a pretty massive blow to his political 2 situation a year into his political career. All right harry fossa will speak to later thank you. Greece has denied turkeys allegations that its Border Forces fired on migrants attempting to cross from turkey calling it gross sun deliberate misinformation greece has expanded its security presence both its land and sea borders off to turkey said it would no longer try to stop refugees johnson rubble us reports on the greek island of lesbos which once again finds itself on the frontline of the refugee crisis. Asylum seekers stranded on the north shores of lesbos some have spent the night out in the open the police cant process them at the only refugee camp on the island in moria its been blockaded by angry islanders who want to shut down but moreas occupants arent happy to be here either. This was the latest of many riots this year asylum processing is slow and many have been living in tents under the olive trees for a year really very dark said it didnt sound very good doctor named saying oh yes this is very difficult for everyone here said it really not that i got pregnant but the good ones are going to need the doctor and this is very important hundreds of morias Asylum Seekers recently much down to the port after receiving misleading or mistaken messages that the government was evacuating them to Athens Police had to turn them back this tense situation is likely to become worse as turkey has opened its border and is advice and refugees on its soil to go to europe thats the reason why this 15 year old from afghanistan is here he says. I have been in turkey for 2 months the smuggler called me in the night and said the boat is ready get ready to cross over he said the border was open i could not cross for 2 months because the border was closed this video released by the turkish government suggests that the greek coast guard is no longer conducting just search and rescue missions but actively repelling boatloads of migrants greek coast guard vessels can be seen driving perilously close to a small dinghy. At another point it appears shots are fired into the water greece has released video that appears to show Turkish Coast guard vessels accompanying migrant boats to greek waters rather than holding them back until now greece and turkey were both working to keep undocumented migrants out of europe turkeys suspension of that arrangement has led to the suspension of other International Norms greece has declared emergency measures it says it will stop receiving asylum applications for one month and in many cases it will turn around on documented migrants and send them home without the usual reception and identification procedures so it will be as though these people were never here gree says these new arrivals on to individual applicants but part of an organized policy so International Asylum law doesnt apply to them as intended with so many islands so close to the turkish mainland greece has a difficult task defending its maritime border but the biggest losers in all this seem to be the Asylum Seekers jumps at all plus aljazeera lesbos well turkeys president has been accused by european leaders of fusing the refugee crisis to pressurise them to support his military operation in syria live rounds of tiber go on says turkey will continue to target Syrian Army Positions in the province after 34 of its soldiers were killed there on thursday the escalating tension has meant that turkey and russia have come closer than ever to direct confrontation in syria both sides have sought to ease tensions. Because our sister. I like to call on russia and iran one more time we do not have any problem with you and syria. But if the Syrian Government says do not withdraw turkey has determined as soon as possible they will not have a heat lift on their shoulders. While Syrian Government forces have been trying to retake it lead the last rebel held area since december on monday they entered parts of the strategic town a soccer but turkeys drones have been hitting their positions russias military is back in damascus and says its police have also and to be area due to its importance for security has in mind but as it had say in turkey with more on president ergo ons military operation this explains why hes been defiant today saying that Operation Spring shield will continue warning the Syrian Government against tough retaliation if they continue their offensive and asking them to pull out from behind the Demilitarized Zone so the Turkish Military is continuing its operation particularly in the province but however i think this is going to be a chance also for took each president to see whether the russians are willing for some sort of a compromise and this explains why the president of the land was saying today that if the cease fire was to be implemented in the syrian troops pulled behind the Demilitarized Zone that could be conducive to a new deescalation and you political settlement that will put an end to the escalation of that weve been seeing over the last few days in the area so on one hand he had to show how aggressive he is when it comes to Operation Spring shilled and that this is going to continue in the upcoming days but at the same time he was reaching out to president Vladimir Putin saying that this could be our last chance when we meet on the 5th over march to try to diffuse the tension. Plenty more ahead on the aljazeera news hour including the leader of the church at the center of the coronaVirus Outbreak in south korea publicly apologizing. Nowhere to turn muslims in delhi say theyre being targeted and that the police have done little to help. Or why this former liverpool striker is blaming companies for the suspension from football. Now to the democratic president ial race and any closer has followed by dropping out its potentially boosting joe bidens campaign ahead of super tuesday thats when 14 u. S. States head to the polls to choose the democratic challenger to trump close our says shell support the former Vice President s the x south bend mayor suspended his campaign on sunday and hes also expected to throw his weight behind biden lets bring in john hendren in Charlotte North Carolina about as one of the States Holding primaries on tuesday john so effectively does it look like this is becoming a 2 man race going into super tuesday biden and sanders. Well to some extent it is definitely at least a 2 person race one of the interesting things is with those 2 candidates out gabbert is the only candidate whos not over 70 years old and shes polling in the very low Single Digits there was a poll here taken in North Carolina just released today by Point University that found the top 3 candidates were in fact Bernie Sanders then Mike Bloomberg whos standing out in front of and then joe biden so its not really down to a 2 person race right at this point so but all those polls of course are meaningless because the judges supporters and supporters will now be allocated among all of the other candidates so those numbers that weve been seeing in the polls arent really any good anymore we dont know what is going to happen on super tuesday thats what makes this a bit more exciting than it was just days ago so ive got someone here who is joining me he is a volunteer for the Mike Bloomberg campaign this is lester quinn thank you for joining us lester thank you let me ask you 1st off Mike Bloomberg hasnt been on the ballot in the previous 4 states his 1st debut is going to be on super tuesday tomorrow why do you like him. Michael bloomberg because he supports my core values. In the Insurance Industry he wants to build on what created to have the Affordable Care act and instead of dismantling and trying to do medicare for all or health care for all we can build on that one aspect of what Michael Bloomberg stands for so so you want to keep the current private insurance system i should point out that you are an Insurance Broker yourself let me ask you a tougher question has had to apologize for the stop and frisk policy in new york where about 5000000 people were stopped. Hes been very clear about apologizing d and saying he made a mistake does that that bothered a lot of africanamericans for you. To yourself and other africanamericans that you know is that a problem but no it isnt because once a man makes amends that much more is he department to reconcile and so the reconciliation reconciliation aspect of it is whats important to me because now that hes had it out there hes apologized i think hell do more you know just because of that so i give the man his just due i mean when he says sorry hey im all in for so that doesnt put a wedge between me and my values and last point my Michael Bloomberg was asked recently by a reporter if americans wanted to see 2 billionaires battling it out and his answer was whos the other billionaire a reference to the fact that donald trump hasnt released his taxes but let me ask you does america want to see 2 rich guys battle it out for the presidency well you know you have to look at it 2 ways you know you have one thats a selfmade billionaire you have one depor claims to be at the end so are we really looking at that 2 billionaires i was looking at a billionaire just once that noles really whats really going on because technically donald trump is from new york Michael Bloomberg was the mayor of new york when new york city another they really know so its important to see its not you know the moneys not the most important aspect of it its what 1 may know of the other and so im im to support Michael Bloomberg because i believe he is the only candidate dechen dethroned or take over at the white house and the next 4 years are i would North Carolina did vote for a new yorker last time around the bad news for your g. M. Is that it was donald trump do you think this time a democrat can win North Carolina and you think only bloomberg could do it. Democrat democrat all day every day. Running you know hitting the ground not going to endorse and make a phone call and you know were trying to fire up the base basically you know and thats not only just. Michael joe biden you know were really trying to get the message out today that we cant take another 4 years got it well less frequent thank you very much for joining us hes a volunteer for Mike Bloomberg i should point out the North Carolina is a mixed state theyve only had 2 republican governors theyve had democratic governors for most of this century so there is the possibility in november that this state could go blue thats only happened recently in 2800 barack obama all right john hendren thank you for that update from North Carolina so as were mentioning mentioning tomorrow a super tuesday thats when voters in 14 states as well as American Samoa will decide who should run against donald trump in november more than 1300 delegates are up for grabs and a big win in texas could give the candidate a big boost to win the partys nomination alan sesar reports from austin were going to win the democratic primary attack. While you have. The 1st School Nominee to contest it over the big fields heavy t. V. Advertising and Media Attention but they provide just 5 percent of the delegates super tuesday is super important. A 3rd of the delegates are know for a real test of Public Opinion from north to south coast to coast and beyond california has moved its primary up to join the super tuesday when you take that and the other states and added to the already rich delegate count available here in texas there are 1357 delegates up for grabs thats almost a 3rd of the entire total so a good super tuesday gives the candidate the 3 ms media money and momentum. In short this will bring clarity to the democratic race for president we have very rich delegate states like california and texas that are going to be hugely important and we kind of need to know whats going to happen in those states as well as the alabamas and other smaller states to kind of get a sense ability about whether what were seeing in those early states is reflective of a general sensibility this super tuesday also threw up Something Different its the 1st time Michael Bloomberg will appear on the ballot middle class kid who built a Global Company from scratch the former new york mayor has bombarded the airwaves with ads spent millions of dollars on his campaign this will be the 1st test of his electability the strategy that mayor bloomberg is putting into place is a very unorthodox one and super tuesday is really going to tell us whether he is going to have the support nationwide even given spending half a 1000000000. 00 so far to win the nomination a candidate has to win 1991 delegates no one can seal the deal on super tuesday but a good performance certainly move someone farther along the road on the number of candidates will drop out putting common sense of accountability of course the nominating