Visit the soup kitchens in argentina slums that are helping put a meal on the table for those living under lockdown and in other news under pressure venezuelas Opposition Leader is accused of a coup attempt and several of his associates are detained. Thank you very much for joining us tonight and state says using wartime powers to get urgently needed equipment out of out to desperate hospitals is just seen as highest number of coronavirus this in a single day 1200 more on those say president signed a defense production act ordering the private companies to make masks ventilators and other medical gear new yorks mayor is urging people to wear face masks in public as the city remains americas kovi 1000 hot spot a quarter of the 1000000 cases worldwide come from the u. S. Our White House Correspondent Kimberly Hockett has more from washington. As the number of coronavirus cases in the United States continues to rise so does historic unemployment as a result the u. S. President announcing 350000000000 in Small Business loans to help Small Businesses retain employees who are staying at home right now as a result 1 of social distancing the u. S. President also saying americans can expect guidance soon whether or not they should be wearing face masks when they leave their homes now there is in the midst of all this still strict social distancing guidelines and stay at home orders in a majority of u. S. States that is something that is in place to try and help stop the spread but it is not just the United States that to struggle in with the increasing number of coronavirus cases iran of course is also being hit hard i asked the u. S. President whether he thought this might be a time to ease tough economic sanctions on iran in order to help the people fight the virus he said. Eva braun you see he will continue to stand with the people of iran given the fact theyre so hard hit with chronic fire theyre very hard so theres a lot of ways they are there. With their economy with their military and with obviously the virus a very hard it would you consider easing sanctions to allow medical supplies to get. Distributed but we know that sanctions hit the people not the government will have anything as to if they want to retain word love d to me and would love to settle the whole thing but i doubt theyll bateson realistically how does a person in tehran pick on a colleague i think they love america i think the iranians love america i think theyd love to be free i think theyd love to have just some of the things that we have you know i remember many years ago friends of mine were always in around they were doing real estate deals in a room they were building beautiful buildings. All over an apartment house as it was they were very successful and then one day there came to an end but you know one of the people of the d red they remember that was a long time ago but not so long ago they remember it and ill tell you they love america they love what we stand for. And were not looking for shit were not looking for government to take over government changing no this countrys been through that many times that doesnt work people do encourage other countries to who are maybe concerned about what i write is what i did as you know i put it out very publicly with respect to iran and said if they need help with respect to the virus wed love to sit with the greatest medical professionals in the world would let their cities are you encouraging perhaps to to lend their support because there are many countries that feeling courage in this case and. Theyve been a very hostile country they made a deal that president obama should have never made it was a short term deal giving a 150000000000. 00 giving them 1800000000. 00 in cash greenfeld theres room for us to go up and more responsibility will be easier if you. Have a moral responsibility to help them if they ask if they if they needed help i would certainly consider different anything she says they need help with us up to the United Nations im talking about us and what happens is if they want to help because they have a very big case of virus a very very big case it one of the worst on earth if you believe what youre reading and i happen to believe what i see and what i know and if they wanted help we give them help even as President Trump pushes back on the suggestion of easing sanctions the calls to do just that are growing in the United States the latest coming from former Vice President joe biden who insists that now is the time to ease sanctions in order to make sure that the people of iran get the medical supplies they need. Now concerns about a resurgence of infections in the at the center of the corona Virus Outbreak in china has prompted a warning to people in the city of one hon to stay indoors and in hong kong bars and clubs will shut down from friday after a spike in cases the city has 802 confirmed infections and the government says dozens of cases have been linked to bars that speak to clock in hong kong for a solid start with whats going on in china and despite an easing of restrictions were high on the epicenter of this corona Virus Outbreak is not out of the woods yet thats right fall into us an update on the latest figures coming from china we have 31 new cases on friday and the government this is 29 of those are imported cases of the crown of ours in fiction of course there are questions about the calculations the genuine nature or accuracy of those figures of the chinese denying its concealed numbers of the past few months that were had residents have been told to protect themselves in this of course is the fear of a 2nd round of the infection coming back into china parts of where you have people are allowed to move now if they considered to have a Good Health Status theyve been given the green status which means i can move around people allowed to enter the city but theyre not allowed to leave until i feel i can thats when the airport reminds all starts reopens i should say on flights resume but the citys communist party chief is warning that the epidemic return of this epidemic is high and as a result he only wants people to move or leave their homes if necessary now another news on friday weve got to china has announced a national day of mourning on saturday this is where though put the flags at half mast not just in china but globally they consulates and embassies and people are being told to dissipate in a 3 minute silence all Recreational Activities will be suspended so certainly china is not out of the woods yet and the residents will have been told only to leave their premises if necessary and new restrictions in hong kong way you are star. Yes the Hong Kong Government on thursday evening announced the closure of all bars and pubs are theyve been under pressure to make this ruling they tried to make this ruling last friday but theres a lot of resistance from the the liquid liquor industry to keep those areas open as you mentioned has been an escalation of the number of cases associated with these particular areas where the bars in the pubs are we had 62 cases linked to one particular area called line by phone and this is as a result of people being number one the bands and guests at those particular premises now this will stay in place now for 2 weeks we cant have a number of various social distancing measures in place weve got time manys and cinemas theyll be closed for another week but as you mentioned weve got 802 cases so far but the concern once again like china is theyll be a 2nd round of the infections as a result of people moving back into the city and the bars and clubs and pubs remaining open and as a result the government increased or escalated those measures to try and curb a spike sorry clock in hong kong thank you sara for that update now europe has reached another grim milestone with the death toll now passing 30000 Health Systems across the continent are increasingly under pressure with many overwhelmed needs baka hazily its. A window on the worsening crisis in this paris intensive care unit its a race against time to save lives. Workers of the screen hospitals are overwhelmed. The french militaries airlifted some patients to other regions and even neighboring germany and switzerland spain hits another grim milestone on thursday as the number of deaths there past 10000 the countrys cut 900000 jobs since impose strict measures to fight the virus. In hard hit northern italy a deep cleans on the way by specialist teams from russia moscow sent plane loads of aid to the country a kremlin p. R. Exercise almost certainly but one thats raised questions about the e. U. s ability to support Member States meanwhile in moscow red square was off limits a surrounding street was sprayed clean president putins ordered people to stay off work until the end of april to control the spread. Responded to mounting pressure for help on thursday with a proposal to borrow more than 100000000000. 00 to protect jobs the commission chief said it was time for an economic Marshall Plan for europe Many Companies are now left with no income and if we do nothing they have to lay off their workers the employees. And this has as a consequence when the engine will restart when the World Economy will restart they will not have the Skilled Workforce they need to take the office so we will lose markets and this will limit our recovery in the u. K. No longer and. Theres been a surge in the number of people relying on emergency food banks 950000 people have applied for welfare support 10 times the average over a 2 week period this is British Airways says it was suspending 80 percent of its workforce thats 32000. 00 cabin and ground crew who will now have most of their salaries paid by the government more than a quarter of all british firms have now cant start this is a crisis within a crisis some of the biggest economies in europe or men knees ill prepared for this on relenting virus leave barca out. Now coup ship with sick passengers on board has docked in the u. S. State of florida after it was initially turned away at least 2 of the 4 deaths on board were from covert 19 around 200 a showing influenza like symptoms and its sister vessel came ashore in Fort Lauderdale after days of frantic negotiations and began again reports some miami. The Holland America Cruise Line Company called the plight of its passengers a humanitarian situation but after days of uncertainty the zon dominant sister ship the rotterdam a finally docked in florida is on doms journey began in argentina in early march but after passengers began to get sick chile and several other nations refused to let them disembark almost 200. 00 people now have flu like symptoms for elderly passengers died on board at least 2 testing positive for covert 19 well good afternoon initially officials in florida cited Health Concerns the states governor saying foreign nationals were not welcome following coordination with several agencies it was finally agreed to at the ships into u. S. Waters there are also many other people on board who need our help or maybe not the americans that are human beings and they also need help returning to their country. This is. Such a great country lets hold the principles that make us a great nation and be compassionate you mean. Healthy passengers were transferred to the rotterdam those with symptoms of the corona virus will be treated at local hospitals others are flying back to their respective countries on chartered flights in all there were around 2 and a half 1000 passengers and crew earlier this week u. S. President donald trump spoke about the stranded travelers lot of canadians a lot of british on the ship and theyre coming to take the people that are on the ship back to their home and the carriage is coming in the u. K. Is coming and we have a lot of and we have americas we have some people that are quite sick for these people this is the end of a nightmarish journey that was supposed to last 2 weeks saw some passengers will remain on board while theyre treated others are not so lucky crew ships have now become a symbol of fear ever since the coronavirus pandemic was announced the grand princess was stranded off the coast of california for days while officials squabbled over its fate while those on dom on the rotterdam have now been allowed to disembark here in florida its estimated 9000. 00 passengers on 10 crew ships remain at sea and the gallacher aljazeera miami florida. The commander of a u. S. Aircraft carrier has been fired from his polls after raising the alarm about an outbreak onboard more than 100. 00 sailors on the u. S. S. Theodore roosevelt tested positive and captain breck cozier asks for permission to isolate most of the 5000. 00 crew acting Navy Secretary thomas moggi said the captain was removed for demonstrating extremely poor judgment and still ahead on al jazeera how big of an effect will coronavirus have on the upcoming u. S. Election plus well look at the consequences of australias ban on foreign visitors to stop the spread of the virus. Welcome back lets take a look at weather conditions across the americas weve got one weather system towards the eastern seaboard another one which is just developing across central areas there across the west where High Pressure is there dominating things across much of the u. S. At least so look at fine day in San Francisco further north in Seattle Washington state we could see some rain activity from up to cue the system you see the rain extending down through parts of the upper midwest through into the Southern Plains and then towards the south some heavy showers likely here thunderstorms are likely im out system along the eastern seaboard is close enough to give the threat of rain for new york and washington at least during friday but by such it should be turning some more dry this system expected to continue its going to weaken the for a time but we could still see some heavy showers in parts of the south lets head down into the caribbean weve got a weather front which is just moving across the other is clearing through the bahamas by to conditions here but for eastern parts of cuba would like to see some showers through the course of friday and those extending across the island of hispaniola during the course of the day as a move the forecast through into saturday brought to conditions coming across the island city through the. Lets just look in largely fine cancun should be dry with highs of 28 and from mexico city we should see a dry picture here with maximum temperatures of 25 degrees celsius. But. To his supporters hungarys Prime Minister is a guardian of europes borders manning the ramparts against migrant told. To others viktor orban is an authoritarian demagogue whose far right agenda poses a significant threat to Democratic Values people in power investigates the leader taking his country to extremes hungary europes bad boy on a jazeera. Welcome back our top stories on algis iraq the u. S. Is using wartime powers to get urgently needed equipment out to desperate hospitals it recorded its highly daily death toll of coronavirus cases nearly 1200 people died new york citys mayor is urging people to with face masks in public to stop the spread of the fires and economic fallout continues to deepen with an unprecedented 10000000 americans losing their jobs in the past 2 weeks the u. S. Has a quarter of the worlds 1000000 cases of the virus and theres been a new warning for people in the chinese studio behind the epicenter of the corner virus on break theyve been told to stay vigilant and stay in their homes to prevent a resurgent of infections in hong kong is shutting its bars and crops from friday after a spike in cases there. Now u. S. Democrats have postponed nominating their candidate to take on donald trump in the president ial election major this year theyve pushed the Democratic National convention back by 5 weeks saying it was believed july would be too early to hold a safe in person gathering the event is now scheduled for august 17th 2 Democratic Candidates are still in the race to take on trump in november former Vice President joe biden and vermont senator Bernie Sanders speak to get it see about this shes an associate professor of Political Science at Emory University and is via skype from Atlanta Georgia thank you very much andrea for being with us on aljazeera so this outbreak has clearly completely changed the president ial campaign the Democratic Convention now just a week before the republican one in august and the democrats weve seen have had to suspend their Campaign Rallies Holding Virtual ones instead how much is this going to hurt the Democratic Party come november. Well i mean this is definitely a short term loss for the democrats joe biden who at this point is the leading president ial candidate was gaining momentum from those early contests that were held in february and in early march and so his march towards the nomination has kind of stopped in its tracks and been postponed until elections can resume so there will still be elections next week unless they change between now and then but a lot of contests have been postponed until may and until june so joe biden when they actually win the number of delegates that he would actually need to secure the nomination until june. Both parties hold primaries or hold their conventions they usually hold them rain or shine in peace time and in war time so the idea of postponing am and a convention is not unusual and i think given the Public Health that it sees that have been raised by qubit 19 this is certainly a wise step its not delaying it so much that it wont start the traditional general Election Campaign cycle which historically in the United States started after labor day so after the 1st weekend in september but its certainly requires a certain level of nimbleness what about the the election day itself how do you see the crisis affecting election day in november if thats a polling stations like no its because of a Public Health concern. Well. According to legal scholars only congress can actually move the date of the election there are people who are thinking about what happens if this Public Health crisis is actually still in effect in the fall or if there is a resurgence in the fall and what youre seeing happen including legislation thats actually being proposed in congress is to try to make it easier for citizens to vote by mail so that they dont actually have to turn out to vote in person in places where they might actually be able to easily transmit the virus all right lets talk about President Trump now and of course his handling of this pandemic and you know the its impact on the economy woes for sure determine the outcome of the vote with seen him appear on television every day with his news briefing on the Coronavirus Crisis how do you think this will affect his standing come november. So there are 2 things that i think come from this so one is the thing that most obviously disadvantages democrats so because President Trump is the incumbent because he is president he already has a certain built in incumbency advantage you know he even though Bernie Sanders and joe biden are very widely known in our household names in the United States president has the bully pulpit so he is in fact the man of the hour and he can use that to his advantage we have seen President Trumps approval ratings. Bump up slightly even though its still within the statistical margin of error and its in part because of his. Daily press briefings where he appears and so hes given the opportunity to to look president ial because he isnt that the president of the United States so that is what is hurting the Campaign Efforts of the democrats because they just dont have the same platform by which to demonstrate authority and to be able to act now that the risk for President Trump is twofold so part of it is the project management side of managing the Public Health part of the crisis and then there is the question of how the Economic Impact of climate 19 would actually be blamed on President Trump so historically there is a correlation between Economic Growth in the United States and the popular vote for the president and so in models where we try to predict what the popular vote is going to look like if the country is in a recession and we think that thats actually going to hurt the incumbent president or the incoming the president s party so given you know the fact that the economy is at a standstill that could hurt him but i think its a bigger question of whether or not the management of the crisis actually makes the president look like a really strong leader so if more people die than expected it looks like they were bungling is that that could hurt him and whether the economy really matters if this crisis gets worse if the health care aspects of this crisis get worse come in november. That part of it but then it could also look like if there are management problems to save people dont get their stimulus checks or so. If people dont get unemployment in a timely fashion or if it looks like the stimulus package was not enough there are ways that president ial could be blamed for that even though there are other actors who are involved in those decisions and are a very good on this thank you very much for joining us andra. From Atlanta Georgia now the virus is hitting communities hard in argentinas capital the lock down in size means people are out of work and out of food tourists a boy has been meeting some of those who are struggling. These are busy days for father. He runs a parish in the slum in when a site is people like him are on the front line in the fight against the spread of call 1000 argentinas poorest areas. There is a lot of need here but its never met the good side is the change in mentality that shows us that people no longer think only about themselves and it is only as a community that we can survive whats going on its imperative we help each other out especially for the future. Is part of a group of slum priests that have historically worked with pope francis before he became the leader of the Catholic Church this parish has a kindergarten a school and over 8 soup kitchens in the slum of 70000 people gloria cooks every day to feed the elderly even though shes 70 herself she says its about helping her community demand for food has increased sharply in recent weeks. That we miss our freedom and now we are in prison and this makes us feel bad we cant work a concept we cant go to church and hug each other everyone is that argentina has imposed a mandatory lockdown that will last almost a month a drastic measure that aims to control the spread of covert 1000. 00. Thousands of people have been detained for violating the quarantine but in places like this one the situation is different staying indoors is not an option for many of those living in the slums of want to hide it because they have to come to parishes like this one to find and daily meal most of those living here have lost their jobs because of the current lock down and that means that they depend on the government to survive. In spite of a Major Economic crisis on the possibility of default on the sovereign debt argentinas cash strapped government has increased financial handouts to help those in need the government says theres been an increase of 3000000 people in need of government assistance and he works in construction but he has been without a job for weeks couple hours we dont have work we cant do anything theres no money and were trying to find some help with food and things for my 3 children were trying to stay at home but its very very difficult for us argentina is a test on whether at all to look down will help prevent the spread of disease a major challenge in a country where millions of people are already need. One of. Israels Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is back in isolation after after the countrys Health Minister tested positive follicle that 19. Men and his wife was also confirmed to have the virus are in cornton or are said to be feeling well as had already quarantine for 2 weeks away and aids contracted called in 1000 he has tested negative. Now on to other world news and venezuelas Opposition Leader has refused to appear before prosecutors on charges of a coup were tend 5 of those associates have been detained in what is seen as an attempt to intimidate the opposition analysts say the arrests are in response to u. S. Pressure on Nicolas Maduro Us Government the sea and human reports. This video shows the news wailing she could Police Taking away and. One of 5 people close to Opposition Leader why the law and snatched from their homes on monday it was victim c. D. O. And garcia and Tuesday Morning 2 more members of the idols team were taken away only and that has been released. This was the lead up to a summons by prosecutors against why theyre all on suspicion of participating in an alleged coup attempt. A prosecutor general topic sob says why the law had been summoned to appear on thursday with guarding the seizure of a weapons cache in neighboring colombia that was supposedly to be smuggled into than israel and to overthrow the government. Lied all refused to appear at the summons and tweeted that he will remain firm despite what he calls the cowardly kidnapping of his Close Associates the increased pressure on the opposition comes just a week after the u. S. Justice department indicted president Nicolas Maduro for alleged drug trafficking. And now the white house has ordered enhanced counternarcotics operations in the caribbean just off the coast of venezuela to conduct these enhanced operations the president has directed the deployment of additional ships aircraft and Security Forces to the United States Southern Command area of responsibility to modernize information minister calls it an act of aggression. That we repudiate the statements from washington meant to distract attention from the covert 19 tragedy taking place in the United States and that i am steward take us with infamies and 3 and with tensions between washington and caracas escalating rapidly one wonders how far the United States will be willing to go to keep their man in venezuela. Out of prison you see in human aljazeera. Now the u. S. Has criticized a ruling by Pakistani Court to release the prime suspects in the killing of american journalist daniel pearl accord overturn the medic invention of Ahmed Omar Saeed share but found him guilty of daniel pearls kidnapping a u. S. Diplomats has called the decision an affront to victims of terrorism everywhere the wall street journal journalist was killed in 2002 while investigating a pakistani rebel group. Guineas ruling party has won a majority in last months disputed election the vote took place on the same day as a constitutional referendum which critics say paved the way for present day to stay in power for another 12 yes both poles were boycotted by the opposition the political crisis has led to months of violent protests in the west african country. Now again im fully back to deal with the headlines on aljazeera President Donald Trump is using wartime powers to get the needed equipment out to desperate hospitals the u. S. Has suffered its highest number of coronavirus deaths in a single day 1200 on thursday tom signed a defense production act ordering private companies to make mosques ventilators and other medical gear a quarter of the 1000000 cases of coronavirus worldwide are in the u. S. Were now conducting well over 100000 corona virus test per day over at that 100000. 00 test a day and these are accurate tests and theyre moving rapidly which is more than any other country in the world both in terms of the raw number and also on a per capita basis the most the f. D. A. Is also authorized the 1st coronavirus Antibody Test developed a cell execute step that will help identify people who have recovered and to understand their immune response and their immune system or the economic fallout continues to deepen with an unprecedented 10000000 americans losing their jobs in the past 2 weeks. Elsewhere hong kong bars and clubs will shut down from friday after a spike in corona virus cases the city has 802 confirmed infections and the government says dozens of cases have been linked to bars a new log down has been ordered in china after infections were reported near a province where the outbreak began that discovery has for the raise fears of a 2nd wave of infections in china the commander of a usa craft carrier has been fired from his post after raising the alarm about an outbreak onboard more than 100 sailors tested positive and the captain asked for permission to isolate most of the 505000 crew the acting Navy Secretary said the captain was removed for demonstrating extremely poor judgment. A pandemic has forced the postponement of International Climate talks which were to be held in scotland in 7 months a venue for novembers top cop 26. 00 meeting in glasgow is being turned into a temporary hospital those are the headlines on aljazeera people empowers next. Aljazeera. Well as a man. In his youth one carrying Prime Minister viktor orban was hailed as a champ read these days hes routinely been a phony as a migrant bashing nationalist is authoritarian agenda threatens democratic rule. In july 29 teen people in time went on i hungry see how there is a sense in the sense you know as open seeks almost unlimited was through long degree amidst the grand of ours crises where showing that we get
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