An online to let you know if youve been in contact with someone whos infected. The u. S. Now has the highest number of coronavirus deaths in the world 20000 people thats tally past italy on friday across the u. S. At least half a 1000000 people are infected more than half of the u. S. Deaths are in 3 States New York new jersey and michigan the epicenter remains new york the surge of deaths there has overwhelmed Funeral Homes and the city is using a mass burial site but the state governor says for the 1st time theres been a drop in intensive care admissions new york city has decided to shut Public Schools for the rest of the academic year. You can see that the numbers somewhat. Stabilizing but it is stabilizing at and horrific rate. 783 people 777799 these are just incredible numbers depicting incredible loss and pain john hendren is joining us now from chicago under cuomo there saying that these are incredible numbers what does this mean for the u. S. Well rob every day we seem to hit a new grim milestone on friday it was at the United States had crossed 500000 recorded cases of the coronavirus on saturday is that the u. S. Is now registered 20000 deaths more than any other country including italy and as you point out one 3rd of those cases was from new york state alone new York New Jersey and michigan being the hardest hit of all states so far and u. S. Health Officials Say they believe the infection are going to peak on Easter Sunday this coming sunday that was originally a date when President Trump is that he one of the u. S. To come out of this shelter in place orders and want to business to be back and moving again that is no longer happening that date seems to moved to may 1st and there are a lot of Public Health officials who are skeptical even about that date but there are places here in the United States where pastors are keeping churches open most states 43 states have locked down orders 7 of them do not but of the states that have lockdown orders Something Like 515 of them allow an exemption for Church Services so there is some fear that here on Easter Sunday there will be places where massive amounts of people will be gathering but and then he found the head of the National Institutes of health here in the United States says that there wont be a sense of normalcy here in the u. S. Rob until Something Like november and that of course is when President Trump is up for reelection john you mentioned michigan there and i understand its bringing in some of its strictest coronavirus laws of pretty much any state whats behind that. Thats right because the virus is hitting michigan right now in the midwest here in chicago where i am and the state of michigan both been hit pretty hard the governor there Gretchen Whitmer has issued a new order and that requires people to stay in their homes except for essential tasks like getting groceries and they are barred even from visiting their own vacation homes that a lot of people in michigan have them so michigan is cracking down just trying to keep people indoors in a way that no other state really is but the problem here in the United States is is that some states have strict orders some dont so the virus is sort of like pollution it doesnt respect state borders and governors are trying to get together on this but there are a number of them that continue to resist stricter orders so whether this helps the state of michigan or or whether those cases continue to flood over those borders is an open question because people from other states are still going to be allowed to visit their own vacation homes in michigan even while residents of michigan cannot dont under bring us up to date from chicago don thanks a lot. Or the number of confirmed cases in the u. S. Has risen dramatically in the 4 weeks since the crisis was declared a pandemic and critics of President Donald Trump say his slow response is largely to blame his White House CorrespondentKimberly Hauck that he has betrayed our National Security when the u. S. Recorded its 1st coronavirus case on january 20th the United States was in the midst of another crisis the senate will convene as a court of impeachment the impeachment trial against President Donald Trump something he said was a distraction for the country. But did the Political Drama also leave the president distracted from leaving a response to the covert 19 outbreak hitting the United States trump says he took the virus seriously from the start i felt it was a pandemic long before it was called a pandemic all you had to do is look at other countries but his public statements suggest otherwise in january is the World Health Organization warned of a Global Crisis and coronavirus cases in china grew trump bad chinese citizens from traveling to the u. S. But continue to downplay the threat we have a totally under control one person coming in from china he suggested it would go away by april as lawmakers expressed fears the u. S. Was unprepared im deeply concerned that we are way behind the fondness by late february as Rotavirus Group states Like Washington and california lawmakers on capitol hill publicly questioned ministration specials regarding whether or not resources have been stockpiled to deal with the crisis we do have in the Strategic National stockpile ventilators we have masks we have enough for part well of course not or we wouldnt be asking for a supplemental to seek more money to procure more of that but by march tom why did travel restrictions to include some European Countries also declared a National Emergency in the us. Still as grotta virus cases expanded trump continued to downplay the problem its going to disappear one day its like a miracle it will disappear. He accused his democratic opponents weaponized in coronavirus for political purposes and harming his reelection chances and this is their new home only as hundreds of new coronavirus cases emerge to process the us to the white house and now its National Social distancing guidelines it prompted closures of most u. S. Businesses overnight causing millions of americans to lose their jobs and a blitter a the once booming u. S. Economy looking for a scapegoat trump blame china generates instead of the net it comes from china and contradicting Public Health officials trump continued to project off to mr telling americans he wanted businesses reopened by easter but as cases of coronavirus rose truck reluctantly expanded Public Health restriction we will be extending our guidelines to april 30th. To slow the spread President Trump has justified the mixed messages from his crown of virus task force arguing hes the countrys cheerleader providing hope to americans in a difficult time but one analyst argues with the november president ial election on the horizon trumps response is driven by his desire to win a 2nd term as you know the saying goes never let a good crisis go to waste this is a president who has used every opportunity this crisis to to attempt to solidify himself solidify his base and solidify his reelection we appreciated very much from continues to praise white house response efforts giving himself a 10 out of 10 even his critics accuse him of failing to respond swiftly to save thousands of lives kimberly health hit aljazeera washington Jason Nichols is a political analyst and a lecturer at the university of maryland hes joining us now from etiquette city we appreciate your time so how would you characterize the way the donald trump has handled this. Well i think you know as we say here in maryland the proof is in the blood and i think that he has been horrendous number one his failure started about a year ago in the when he dismantled the Pandemic Response team which is part of the yes yes you are the n. S. C. Excuse me he has numerous times tried to cut the budget budget of the c. D. C. And and i handle these types of situations he called it a hoax he is one step to stop this was the stop him you know from china but we find out later on that this virus actually came to our country from where scuse me from from europe so he has failed at every turn testing thats been slow weve seen that south korea was able to test 66000 people in one week it took the United States of america the wealthiest country on the planet 3 weeks to test the same amount of people these point political games with ventilators and with american lives so its very frustrating to watch his response to this pandemic if we were facing a president ial election in november do you think that donald trump would have handled this differently. Honestly i would say you know i think donald trump in many cases is unprepared underprepared does not have the right people around him advising him i think he would not have taken this seriously regardless and i dont think that this has to do with an election coming up i think it has to do with incompetence so thats where i think this comes down to i really dont think that this is something some sort of political game he played from the beginning i think its that he was incompetent he has poor judgment he doesnt listen to good advice and he has bad advice and youre. We are nevertheless of course facing the election thats coming up in november do you think that this is going to have despite what youve said and i accept what you say that this is going to have any bearing on how people are likely to vote in november were not much sure hope so when i dont you know weve seen this president be impeached weve seen him do several scandals well domestic and international and he seems to be tough things seem to just kind of slip off for him i mean were facing a tough election coming up its going to be a close one but i still say that this is a really point and that the American People have had enough even with all of the debts were as you stated in your package about 20000 americans have said so coronavirus im not so certain that this is going to tip the scales in any major way but he still going to have his base make no excuses for him and he has sycophants in the media you know were always going to back him regardless even if it causes costs americans lives so will it have some effect couldnt push the needle. Perhaps but is it going to be some sort of landslide because of these dramatic failures i dont think so let me ask you this and if you dont mind if i could ask you to be brief because unfortunately time is slightly against us if this is not going to have any impact on the election in november we are talking about a significant number of people who have lost loved ones relatives Friends Family to this virus there are going to be those who will blame the white house for what has happened what action do you think they can take to show their displeasure if you dont think that this is going to have any bearing on the election in november. So again im not going to say that there will be any bearing i think in some states hopefully you know states like michigan there will be some barrier but i think hopefully what will happen regardless is that rules reinstatement of the Pandemic Response team that we will see are start replenished and we will always have the protective p. P. Either protective personal protective gear or are our Health Care Professionals and so regardless of the outcome of the election will be prepared for another pandemic gotta be one comes about what i think that it could push the needle slightly but i dont think its going to be a dramatic change one way or the other were very polarized nation and what you really get to get your thoughts on this Jason Nichols we appreciate your time so thank you very much indeed thank you rob well officials in the u. K. Say the outbreak is yet to reach its peak there as the death toll creeps closer 210000 the governments repeated its warning to the public to stick to the lockdown restrictions over the easter weekend even though the warm weather is forecast these start ficus highlight the gravity of this National Emergency the devastating impact took this virus and the unprecedented but necessary action that we are taking to tackle it is affecting every aspect of my daily lives but my message to anyone still refusing to do the right thing is clear if you dont pay your part of our selfless peace who are out there risking their own life to save others will be unafraid to act while the daily death toll in the u. K. Is expected to continue to rise but as many a muslim reports from london there does seem to be some hope. The numbers are still very high and theyre expected to increase further in the coming days and weeks actually this is in line with expectations as the emergency starts to reach its peak you can see the daily death toll reaching the 1000 level just there abouts here in the u. K. And in fact the last few days the u. K. Already surpassed and spain recording the highest number of daily deaths now interestingly you also hearing from the director of and it chess england Steven Powell and he was saying that there has also been a flattening in the number of confirmed cases and also in the number of hospitalizations and that is really important so and thats not just in london but also in other parts of the country but he did say that it will take some time for us to see the effect of that in the death toll think those because of this time lag with the virus it takes time for an infected person to start to show symptoms and then theres again time before they deteriorate to the point of needing to go to hospital and sadly they might die and so because of that time live you are likely to see a continued increase in the death toll in the coming days and probably this week iran has one of the countrys hardest hit by covert 19 it started reopening government offices after a brief nationwide locked on its got more than 70000 confirmed cases far more than 4300 people have died so basabe has more from tahar. Weeks into the pandemic Health Officials confirmed what many iranians feared the coronavirus had been spreading through the population undetected since january the month before the parliamentary election. There is little doubt now the election contributed to the spread of the virus days after the 1st cases were confirmed in the city of february 19th irans Deputy Health minister showed obvious symptoms during a Media Briefing later confirming he was infected in the days that followed kobe 1000 spread quickly through the ranks of government still president Hassan Rouhani initially downplayed the crisis during the 1st meeting of a task force he set up to respond to the outbreak he predicted the emergency would be over in a matter of days. Irans enemies apos him to scare off society and push the country towards a shutdown as of saturday everything should return to normal. 2 months in the government reports thousands are dead and tens of thousands infected iran has asked the International Monetary fund for a 5000000000. 00 emergency loan to fight the virus the government here says the white house is blocking it since day one of the outbreak irans leaders have had to weigh shutdowns for the sake of Public Health against the cost to an economy stifled by u. S. Sanctions. Foreign minister divides the reef has described americas maximum Pressure Campaign as an economic siege that makes it more difficult for iran to do its part to fight the global spread of the virus something that he says could make over 1000 a for ever pandemic even amid this pandemic the u. S. Government has vengefully refuse to lift its on law and collective punishment making it virtually impossible for us to even buy medicine and medical equipment the trumpet ministration reimposed economic sanctions after pulling out of the nuclear deal in 2018 Health Experts have warned the coronavirus remains a serious public threat but by order of the president life begins to return to normal in parts of iran this week the capital to the economic engine of the country is expected to see businesses reopen by the end of april its a country or small and Medium Enterprise make up a bulk of the economy and Financial Experts have warned president rouhani prolonged closures will make social unrest and street protests inevitable irans government is making a desperate choice at a time of a Global Crisis the health and safety of its people versus the wellbeing of its economy its a decision that many iranians say the country could afford to put off if it wasnt for the economic pressure from u. S. Sanctions zain bus ravioli just here at the. Researchers in china have discov