None of the stuff we see moving in and more uncertainty in Sport English Premier League is the latest coronavirus casualty all games are off until april at the earliest. And the us president has declared a National Emergency over the coronavirus pandemic and says hell likely soon be tested him self after possibly being exposed. Announcement frees up 50000000000 dollars to address the growing crisis that hes been accused of previously downplaying hours earlier the World Health Organization said the epicenter had moved from china to europe or italy has the highest number of infections and deaths spain is deciding declaring rather an emergency as other in new countries close their borders all straight meanwhile roared back from huge losses the day before european stocks were also up capping a rollercoaster week lets begin our coverage with alan fischer in washington d. C. From the u. S. President a dramatic announcement officially. Emergency. 2 very big words with more than 40 dead and the number of infected growing the president has opened up funding include states to take important steps to blunt the spread of the virus merging every state to set up Emergency Operation centers Effective Immediately and also asking every hospital in this country to activate its Emergency Preparedness plan so that they can meet the needs of americans everywhere the hospitals are very engaged but the president refused to accept the crisis is know much greater because testing wasnt more widely available no i dont take responsibility at all because we were given a. A set of circumstances and we were given rules regulations and specifications from a different time wasnt meant for this kind of an event with the kind of numbers that were talking about. The trumpet ministration is planning to introduce drive through testing there will be a website to tell people if they need the test and we have to get it whats missing is when these new measures will kick in the governments top expert says he hopes these steps will shorten the epidemic speaker what you seen now with this order is that were going to be able to remove the constraints so that people at the state the local level the individual physician all the way up through the federal government will have as many constraints as possible removed for them to do everything they possibly can so that we can implement the things that weve been talking about across the city on capitol hill the house of representatives is working on a relief bill to help people impacted by the virus it will provide paid sick leave for those who have to skip work and provide free widespread testing the 3 most important parts of this bill are testing testing testing this legislation to sell a taste for a coronavirus testing for everyone who need to test including the uninsured. President trump was forced to take action his public life across america is being impacted with Sports Events canceled schools closed events push polling its a remarkable step from a man who initially clean coronavirus was being hyped to politically damn each him and his reelection effort thank you thank you for. Democrats the Democratic Party leadership there they have said that they have reached a deal to. To for a bill rather to deal with what is happening with the coronavirus deal that we dont know yet if its reached the president so where things stand what is in this package that the democrats want to pass alan. Well were still not entirely clear the democrats say that they have a deal theyve been speaking to steve and each one has been representing the administration we are told that they have been around 13 phone calls a number of conversations donald trump was asked about that specifically it is News Conference he said that there was no deal because the democrats he claimed without offering any evidence had gone back and some of the things that the greed there was a suggestion that they were asking for too much which that was outside the scope of dealing with the coronavirus but certainly in the last hour were hearing from the democrats that a deal has been reached no the democrats had said to the administration look we either get bipartisan support to pass this or we will take a majority in the house and then pass it so this is going to go through with bipartisan support were told what happens next well then it goes to the senate when are they going to vote on it not until early next week were not expecting Mitch Mcconnell back in his office until monday afternoon so its going to be monday evening at the at least unless for some reason he calls everyone back over the weekend and that is highly unlikely at that point it will go to the president s desk but it was seen in the past some bills have gone to the president s desk and he at the very last minute says im not signing this certainly the democrats in the last hour suggesting that there is a deal alan theres probably in the history but its going to be a lot a made of the moment where donald trump said that he did not take responsibility for how all of this has played out what is been their reaction to that practice that coming from a president in the middle of a global emergency. Well its certainly the most remarkable quote you remember that back in 2016 when Donald Trumps to the Republican National convention and accepted the nomination to run for president he told all of america that there were many malays is in the United States but he alone could fix it and here we are 4 years later saying its not his responsibility people have been drawing parallels with previous president s who said the buck stops here in the oval office and here we have donald trump saying this is nothing to do with me the point i suspect he was trying to make is that the plan that was in place really didnt cope with something on this scale a pandemic as big as this and he was asked about scrapping an office which would deal with the threat that a pandemic would bring and he said he didnt know anything about it yet 2 weeks ago told the New York Times that no one had expected something as big as this so its again though toms story is not quite matching up and him really just reacting to that moment to what he thinks will get the best answer but clearly the markets were slightly heartened by donald trump they had their best day in more than a week but whether or not the American People feel more assured certainly anecdotal evidence would be that most people are getting their information from their localities their counties their cities their states before theyre even looking to guidance from the federal authorities about whats the best thing they could do its just an interesting note to say that were getting updated figures more than 40 dead right in 2100 cases that would suggest in the last 2 or 3 days the number of cases has doubled which is exactly what the experts said would happen and theyre hoping that the measures announced by donald trump will blunt that rise significantly over the coming week or so ok alan fischer with the latest from washington allan thank you actually when i said merchants a physician a Public Health professor at George WashingtonUniversity Also the former balls were. City Health Commissioner she joins us via skype from the city of baltimore we appreciate your time very much so. Considering the position that you have had when there is a National Emergency what is it that you hear what this this mean for people in the Health Profession well im glad that the president declared a National Emergency because this is extremely serious its extremely serious down but were going to be expecting many tens of thousands of new cases in the coming weeks and to hear that level of gravity from the president is important we would expect as any local officials would resources to follow because this is going to be really very expensive we need resources to provide Health Insurance paid sick leave as you were speaking about we also need resources for local officials and Health Care Workers who are on the front lines and im hope that the president can also talk in coming days to not only about the need for testing which is so critical but also about the need for these aggressive social distancing measures and how much of a change this will be for peoples daily lives when its a very challenging time thats ahead those 2 things that you just mentioned though the president has not demonstrated either he is saying to hes been very cavalier about whether or not he actually personally will be tested and has even not stressed the importance of getting tests hes hes shaking everybodys hand so i think it bears repeating how significant those 2 things are it seems that the way that china and south korea finally got a handle on this was testing testing testing testing isnt that what we all need to be saying. Thats right testing testing testing combined with aggressive social distancing because this is a new disease a new virus for which there is no vaccine and no treatment which means that the only way that we can prevent person to person spread is by social distancing is by canceling these large events by taking matters into our own hands and not shaking hands. On low or sick having good hand in face hygiene staying 6 feet away from people testing ourselves isolating ourselves land we believe that we may have been in contact with people who could have the virus and who tested positive i mean individual actions make a big difference and the president and really all our leaders should be modeling that behavior what would you say right now so that perhaps we can do our part not to overwhelm the system we saying what is happening with a Hospital System in italy that its its its a burden its a could practically collapse are so many patients there and we know whats probably an about to come in the u. S. What would you say to somebody who is who is anxious that they may have sentence obviously obviously self isolate but your 1st reaction to want to be to rush to the emergency room is that what we should do. No although i do understand the fear that many people may have at this time the problem though is that we just dont have enough tests so if you have mild symptoms or no symptoms but are worried you cannot get a test because we just dont have enough and you certainly should not go to the hospital or the e. R. Because you will overwhelm the Healthcare System and youre not going to get a test anyway call your doctor if your concerns come up with a plan which your doctor hopefully in a short course will be able to get tests and that the other way that we can avoid overwhelming the Health Care System is knowing that the peak is not right now that peak is yet to come and the peak is going to be in a few weeks time which means that we can all help to reduce the rate of transmission and try to reduce that peak by preventing spread to each other keeping ourselves healthy and keeping our loved ones and those around us healthy too by voiding these Mass Gatherings right so basically were not totally helpless and this we can take a little bit of control dr wayne away and thank you very much and as dr when mentioned social distancing there were going to have much more on that later in the news hour for now u. S. Markets rally during President Trumps announcement the dow jones closed at 9. 4 percent recouping losses on thursday and london the footsie 100 mishal a surged 8 percent but again subsided in the afternoon trading finishing up 2 and a half percent but there wasnt any bounce back in asia tokyos nikkei index fell another 6 percent Christian Salome has more from new york. This press conference was timed shortly before the markets closed less than an hour before markets closed President Trump made his remarks pushing all 3 of the major stock indices up over 9 percent regaining most of what they lost on thursday i think there were a couple things that the president did and said that investors found particularly reassuring the 1st was talking about increasing Testing Capacity in the United States that was a big concern. Across the board and in this country and with investors in particular and he did this surrounded by not only Health Officials but corporate c. E. O. s representing Companies Like walmart and google and walgreens talking about what was being done to increase Testing Capacity and showing that businesses are going to be part of that solution i think thats something that investors in particular will find very reassuring he also announced that the Energy Department would be buying up strategic would be buying up oil to top off the Strategic Oil reserves for the country that was also something that the markets found very reassuring oil prices which had been plummeting went up a bit today Energy Stocks which also had been suffering as a result of lower demand and a price war between the russians and the saudis they went up today as well so there was good news there for investors brazils president says he has tested negative for corona virus in a Facebook Post shareable sonora says hes been given the all clear despite brazilian and some u. S. Media as well as his own son saying he had contracted the illness also in met several u. S. Officials over the weekend including president and Vice President mike pence one of most an hour as they caught the virus during the trip and is now in quarantine. European countries sitting on the continent thats the new at the center are pulling up drawbridges denmark is blocking entry to most foreigners while others states impose order checks as in the hayward reports spain has declared a state of emergency. Closing for the foreseeable future spain is in the grip of the Coronavirus Crisis and didnt madrid restaurants and shops are being told theyll have to shot only pharmacies and supermarkets will be open from saturday across space a state of emergency. Room until the new the state of emergency is a legal tool recognized in our constitution to confront a crisis as extraordinary as that which now faces the entire world and our own country in italy where public life has come to a standstill an entire nation some 60000000 people remain under quarantine but the spirits are important one of these the desperation to not tell pass we must have hope for we must be strong and white. Experts from china have arrived in italy to help bring in 30 tons of Vital Equipment from shanghai and experience on how they battle the outbreak. Europe has now become the epicenter of the pandemic wes more reported cases and is done the rest of the world combined apart from china across the rest of europe measures to stop the spread of the corona virus are being ramped up a ban on public gatherings of more than 100 people is being introduced in france schools universe is a nursery as well from monday in the u. K. Top flight football including the permian has been suspended until the beginning of april after several players a manager has tested positive for corona virus or are in self isolation and in a continent which prides itself on being some European UnionMember States and now imposing tight restrictions on. Introducing border checks all as in the case of the Czech Republic stopping power and travel together of course we all want to protect our citizens from the spread of advice so lets look together at how we can do that and how we can do it most effectively. Certain controls may be justified but general travel bans are not seen as being the most effective by the World Health Organization its no surprise then that businesses are already taking a hit the Airline British Airways has more jobs will go as it prepares to deal with fewer people traveling attempting to put the brakes on this piracy it seems its getting harder every day and he would aljazeera the mayor of the italian city of florence. One of millions living under quarantine he says officials are doing everything they can to encourage people to stay home even if its difficult to do so. So in the past all right. Central tuscany now we have. 40 busy 470 people infected. But the situation is under control is not serious as the 30 baht only way to stop the contagion is to stay at home and not to move in fact the tuscan government and Italian Government promoted by state are told me youre a stock i like it and be banned now we have betty has focused to push people to to stay get told and told the school troll. Story everywhere around Security Forces will clear the streets of major cities within the next 24 hours in a renewed effort to fight the spread of the virus state media says shops streets and roads will be emptied iran is one of the countrys worst affected by this pandemic with the death toll of 514 and more than 11400 infections the country is struggling with the lack of life saving equipment and has asked for an emergency 5000000000. 00 loan from the International Monetary fund in misrata joins us live from tehran t