Clinics desperate for supplies after years of blockade. Also ahead after 9 years of war in syria the 1st trial linked to alleged state sponsored torture kicks off today in germany. Install the n. F. L. Draft gets ready to go virtual the games best Young Players will be selected remotely with millions of fans watching on. Lets get going beginning this news in the United States where figures just paint a devastating picture of the state of the economy in just 5 weeks all of the jobs created since the end of the 2009 recession have been wiped out here are the numbers last week another 4400000 americans filed for Unemployment Benefits. Thats fewer than the week before when more than 5300000 registered for jobless support but the speed of the rise in those figures is unprecedented in all more than 26000000 americans have now applied for Unemployment Benefits since the end of march that was when President Donald Trump made the 1st of his covert 19 outbreak declarations lets talk now to our White House Correspondent kimberly hellcats joining us from washington so staggering staggering the fingers figures kimberly. Yeah they are staggering but not unexpected we know that for some time there is estimated to be at least 46000000 americans that instantly became unemployed as a result of these stay at home orders in the United States and so the reason that we see these significant climbs week after week is that this is the Unemployment Insurance offices across the country processing these claims as quickly as they can but not able to do it all at once so what we know is that Many Americans had struggled to get through on the website these are antiquated systems that just are just designed for this kind of demand and so as a result we know that these numbers will continue to climb for a number of weeks but this peter is a reason why this u. S. President is so eager to reopen the economy the numbers are staggering as you point out and they hit across all sectors especially hard hit is the Hospitality Industry restaurants and hotels but also construction so the u. S. President had been the jobs president he brought on a platform as he campaigned in 20162017 the promise to create jobs and for the most part he delivered it but all of those gains have evaporated this is a president trying to run for reelection so this is why you hear the tone from the u. S. President very eager to reopen this economy but again these numbers make that especially challenging when it comes to the election in november when it comes to the votes is because what were seeing here as well is a direct impact on people who did not have any fiscal saving safety net they dont have savings they go to the mortgage they go to the car payments and if the. Street they dont have any money for 4 weeks theyre financially very very hold water. Yes and youll remember that enormous rescue package that came out of the u. S. Congress that 2 trillion dollar package that allowed for Many Americans to get a check of roughly 1200. 00 u. S. Dollars i can tell you in major cities Like Washington d. C. Chicago los angeles that doesnt go very far that barely pays the rent for a very small sized single room apartment so this is hardly going to be adequate for even just a Single Person to try and manage not just for 4 weeks but potentially for 4 months because what were being told is that many of these jobs arent coming back and that is what Many Americans are starting to come to grips with peter i can tell you the lineups for the food banks here are historic in terms of the need that is out there there is a tremendous amount of suffering and its only going to continue still this president is trying very hard to cheerlead he is saying that there is a grand reopening of state soon that will be happening he says roughly 20 percent or rather 20 states 40 percent of the population but we know this is going to be a very measured reopening in fact there isnt is conflict right now between the state of georgia and the u. S. President that this governor may be opening a little bit too soon in may be in conflict with some of the federal guidance that calls for a very phased opening the very quickly peter i can tell you there is an effort on capitol hill to try and bring about even more help for the states that is coming in the form of a legislative package that has already passed the senate now has to go through the house of representatives significant because this will allow Small Businesses to keep some of those employees on their payroll the 1st rollout of this very successful in the neighborhood of 350000000000. 00 but it ran out so now theyre looking for more money theyve got the money its just a matter now of voting on it the president signing it into law and also significant in that package will be money for National Testing something that will also allow workers to begin to go back to work. It comes to making sure people have enough money literally to live the kimberley is there more pressure coming this is ministration from people like boeing were reporting on that today they just about to lose 4 of what we assume 10 percent of their plane Building Division and theyre going to go to the trumpet ministrations say look youve got to give us a bailout thats not loose change in somebodys back pocket thats going to be a multi 1000000 multibillion dollar request on their part yes and right now sort of the underlying tone in washington thats not being talked about is how is the United States paying for all of this weve seen some very creative arrangements that are taking place the Federal Reserve that typically monitors and that sort of controls Interest Rates and Monetary Policy now doing these unusual type of loans that we dont normally see washingtons become very creative for the sheer amount of money that its having out youve got to remember this is a country with an enormous double digit deficit this is what nobody is talking about right now is as they continue to try and prop up this economy in Election Year as they continue to try and help alleviate the real and genuine suffering that exists in this country theres no discussion about how we are going to pay all of this back we already knew that this debt that was a accumulate in the United States was going to be passed on for generations d this is republicans typically are fiscal conservatives thats not the conversation thats being have right now in washington and again we have to be cognizant of the fact this is an Election Year this is a u. S. President says he wants to rebuild the economy a 2nd time but given these enormous payouts that are happening not just for ordinary individuals but the corporations as you point out it seems that enormously hard to try and balance the books not just before this election but for the foreseeable future kimberly thanks very much. Lets talk now to air and so join a hes a labor economist and professor at the university of minnesota he has advised both the trump and obama administrations Aaron Sojourner welcome to the news hour here on aljazeera or what is this tell us about the state of the u. S. Economy. Its an unprecedented fall in point really rapid pace it means that you know were dealing with the Public Health challenges best we can given the limited tools we out. But we really need to deal with the Public Health threat head on and how will they do that i think we need one of 3 things we need a vaccine we need widespread treatment that works we dont have either of those things technically right now technologically proven the 3rd thing is wide scale testing which has been proven feasible in other places but we havent done it here and you know that allows you to relax the broad quarantine and allows you to tell apart these contagious and sick and make sure they get care from people who are well and can work and more safely and you know enables a lot of Public Health strategies like contact tree thing and other other mechanisms so we need to throw every productive resource we have at that ok and were talking about the economy as well just to interrupt your and the journal talk about the economy as well clearly what does this administration do now to make sure that when these figures are revisited in say 2 or 4 weeks 26000000 unemployed hasnt turned into being 30000000 unemployed or 35000000 unemployed. Im telling you theres no shortcut around the Public Health challenge theres no way to get around it other than. To develop Public Health strategies that can preserve lives while allowing people to get out of along with their regular Economic Activity you can try to take a short cut and people back to work without being able to tell whos contagious. But itll provoke a worse Health Crisis and were economic crisis so if you were advising reagan do me for interrupting you but if you were advising the people in the white house today would you be saying to them the states the individual states must not reopen because if you send people back to work to be able to say youve got them in a job you might end up with that 2nd coming flu season spike of the flu and the coronavirus blended into that as well yeah i think. That is a real risk and it needs to be managed with eyes wide open and you know clear sense of the costs and benefits so you know theres plenty of people who are working right now who are doing essential droughts Like Health Care and groceries and Public Safety and they are taking additional risks than they used to and you know were all grateful for that. So its a question of its not a light switch its a question of being smart and you know balancing the risks and benefits of work but. What i would advise them is to invest every productive resource you can in the meeting the Public Health challenge talk to the Public Health experts and give them everything they need to be successful. And at the same time i think the important question is how do we support families and Small Businesses through this time when were asking them and we need them to stop doing their usual 4 years of supporting themselves and give up that income and we need to find alternative ways to support them so that they dont deteriorate economically and help why isnt meant. So theyre ready to come back when the time comes that that can be done safely ok. Thank you very much. Turn our attention to europe where the german chancellor Angela Merkel has issued a call for Greater Unity in the fight against the virus during a speech to the German Parliament in berlin this is merkel emphasize both the need for International Cooperation and also within the European Union saying success can only come if the bloc can fight together with that in mind she called for a bigger budget and she said germany was ready to pay significantly more to help with economic recovery a uni disciplining a Virtual Meeting to discuss the economic response as for the break in germany will the rates of new infections has risen for a 3rd day mrs merkels warned they are nowhere near the end of the pandemic newmont with the government nobody likes to hear it but its the truth were not living in the final phase of the pandemic but still at the beginning we will have to live with the virus for a long time. Ok lets get more on the Virtual Meeting of the e. U. Leaders our correspondent following that story. In france and sasha is the e. U. Playing catch up here. Well theres no doubt the European Union leaders have come under quite a bit of criticism from other european leaders some us a criticism amongst their own counterparts because many of said the europe has simply been too slow to react to the current of ours pandemic now what we have today is a youth leaders meeting via a virtual Video Conference because they cant meet together of course and they are looking at trying to. Talk about how the e. U. Can survive economically and what its own people its a recovery that has been called a recovery by the pope that means different leaders consecrate on exactly how this Recovery Plan should be funded youre looking at a continent thats been absolutely factor tens of thousands of people have lost their lives a quantum e. S. Have come to a standstill in many countries because a lot down including. How europe pulls out of that how your tries and gets through what will be a recession in the future thats really the question but somebody really does the saying look what we need is solidarity france italy and spain for example are saying we need to get together we need a mutual ised a joint approach to this we need for example joint corona bonds we dont need all countries to come on board there are other countries though including germany the netherlands well see more fiscally conservative countries that are worried that if they join in some joint mutual eyes debt that they may be taking on too great a burden or financing the recovery of the continent in the future so those are the really the real divisions that exist on the table as that meeting is as the leaders meet by Video Conference today natasha thanks very much. Well across the English Channel the u. K. s chief medical officer says social distancing measures could be in place until the end of this year thats 8 months away correspondent joins us now from london so its tough being lost and thats precisely i guess the message that people do not want to hear that they may have more of the same kind of stuff imposed on them until the end of this year christmas time. Yeah the same kind of stuff but were not really being told get any specifics about exactly what measures might be continues until the end of the year and what might be lifted sooner than that but i think the message that were starting to hear from people like chris witty the chief medical officer of the u. K. Angela merkel the chancellor in germany Nicholas Stern the 1st minister of scotland is that this is not going away any time soon and dont expect for life to return to normal in a few weeks time the u. K. Has this kind of 3 week rolling lockdown review every 3 weeks it comes up for examination as the lead is in the scientists decide whether theyre going to prolong it so people are kind of having this how the end of every 3 period maybe start getting some kind of relaxation and it is true that we might do we might have say. Premises opening for business again we might get. A gradual loosening up so putting restaurants that kind of thing but for the most Vulnerable People in society particularly elderly people people with preexisting medical conditions. Kind of social distancing measures. Perhaps the ones theyre going to last the longest the u. K. At the moment is looking at whether its going to make these things. Yes facemasks not this particular specific one and also that the more lightweight fabric ones whether those are going to be made mandates shreeves this Scientific Advisory group for emergencies has met has made its recommendation to the governments the government has acknowledged that it received this recommendation without actually saying what that recommendation is the expectation is though that the u. K. Is probably going to pull back a little bit from making face masks mandatory in public that the Science Behind whether or not theyre actually that advisable thing to do is in clear enough cuts and that if theres a big run on these things then they will be denied to the people who need them most the people who are already sick and also the medics who need them to do their day to day jobs thank you very much. And well have more on the coronavirus pandemic shortly but 1st lets look at some other world news for you here on the news out to syrian suspected of being former intelligence officials officers are going on trial in germany the men are accused of committing crimes against humanity during the early days of the war in syria its the 1st court case linked to alleged state sponsored torture by president Bashar Al Assads government dominic cain is in berlin. The case against these individuals is that in different capacities at the start of the Syrian Civil War they were part of the intelligence and Security Apparatus of president Bashar Assads government and in those capacities they either carried out or were complicit in the carrying out of multiple murders of torture theres one allegation of rape and other serious Violent Attacks against the Syrian People as i say at the start of the Syrian Civil War whats interesting about this is these individuals came to germany at diffe