The power base of u. S. Politics and. This is a very very scary virus you dont it that people are going to go back to work and there could be worried about texting. Infections in mexico near their peak but our official numbers concealing the real extent of the crisis. Could have you with us welcome to the program saudi arabia has announced tough new austerity measures aimed at shoring up state finances which have been battered by low oil prices and the coronavirus pandemic from july the 1st itll raise value added tax from 5 to 15 percent it will also cut up to 26000000000. 00 from government infrastructure upgrades including crown Prince Mohammed bin salons vision of the 2030 project and to from the beginning of next month is suspending a cost of living allowance for workers more on that story as it develops through the day. We go to china now where its also continuing to take steps to reopen its economy even as it reports a rise in new coronavirus cases Chinese Health authorities announced a 17 year infections the highest daily increase since late april as the Disneyland Park in shanghai reopened its stores after being closed for more than 3 months katrina you is live for us in beijing with the very latest lets just start with these numbers on the slight increase in corona virus cases in. Thats what it is significant for the last few days we have been seeing early single digit increases but the last 24 hours there were 17 new cases officially reported so thats a significant uptick so of those 17 cases a 7 of these imported cases in 10 of these a local transmissions now theres a bit of a hotspot northeast china in julian province that there are a few cases there but in the at the center of china as outbreak in 160. 00 there were 5 new cases reported and thats the 1st time weve seen a jump like that in the con since much so quite significant indeed so the total of quoting to the government in terms of official numbers of current virus cases is 82918 cases and the death toll is a 4633 so that up to gives a bit of a concern because we had been seeing a steady downward trend and then it does spock some concerns that there could be a 2nd wave of infections here in china and of course on a brighter note a small brights in those major attraction opening up for at least the chinese public to go to. Thats right so if there is any concerns about this its not going to be perceived in shanghai today disneyland in that city or opened its doors for the 1st time in months just about 2 hours ago thousands of people streaming in and its not exactly business as usual though because of the current of ours the usual capacity of shanghai is disneyland 80000. 00 people but the government has mandated that all venues have a 30 percent cap so disneyland says that only allowed up to 24000. 00 and because its the 1st day today even less than that but tickets went on sale for disneyland on friday at 8 am local time and they sold out almost instantly in 3 minutes there were nor more tickets so that really shores the appetite for people wanting to go to disneyland more strides will be orphan but there are some coronavirus caveats for example theyll be social distancing measures for people lining up people have to wear masks at all times and some parades and performances will also be cancelled and for the Chinese Government as you mentioned so while this is good news theyre trying to sew a sort of use this reopening as a symbolic measure to say that china really has the upper hand over the virus now and trying to express some confidence not only towards the people here in china but also the world trying to sort of set itself as an example of how the economy can recover after curren a virus measures have been pulled back katrina you for the update thanks very much katrina correspondent there in beijing. Lets go back to our top story in saudi arabias tough austerity measures aimed at shoring up her states finances after battered low oil price is joining me now is. The director of the institute for gulf as joins me via skype from washington d. C. Good to have you with us on the program so i mean how expected or unexpected does this move been by the government. It is expected in fact i tweeted about it over 8 days ago. The government can i mean saudi arabia has been under a lot of stress that there is why the government would draw 23000000000. 00 from the reserves in march this is the largest withdrawal from the reserves ever in the history of the country so and then moodys obviously downgraded saudi just a few weeks ago so were looking at continuous back in 0. Problems facing the economy and hurdles and not only corona has blocked or stopped there and im other than you have but one and a half 1000000 people coming to america and medina during ramadan also had been canceled in addition obviously to the oil prices being decimated by saudi arabia itself indeed its policy of course and all that money coming in from foreign visitors for religious pilgrimage is obviously not going to happen in 2020 now lets just talk about the cost of living allowance which is being discontinued sale tax being tripled from 5 percent to 15 this is going to whole hurt the ordinary saudi residents they are not going to be happy by the way the government has acted what you think the reaction is going to be on the ground. The action would be a lot of isnt meant obviously and we will see departure by a lot of foreign experts because the cases of koran or cold which has exploded today is the highest number of ports that mostly 80 percent plus are among expats border countries so you will see departure from that. From saudi arabia and maybe some other countries due to judys cannot make a problem and due to the explosion of koran or so we expect a lot of. I think tensions and of the service to come up especially if the government continues its its policy by trying to buy football clubs in the u. K. Or other basically businesses. While the country and the people are suffering economically indeed one of the elephant in the private sector and if one of the element to that is a Civil Servants they will have their allowances cut or certainly suspended for the time being i mean saudis can go anywhere you talk about expats you know who arent happy with the situation can leave the country but saudi residents cant they have to deal with the reality that is on their doorstep and it and it is a major reality for many who have had it easy but certainly have had a contented life if you work in the government ministries. If you work in the government you have some somewhat contented life but if you know you have a massive and employment problem the real numbers are over 30 percent if you talk about citizens over 30 percent among citizens so and with the departure of probably a couple of 1000000 experts you will have inflation and you will have economic stagnation add 2 to it in an unemployment and mismanagement of the economy you have a really positive cake here. Result in in violence or social upheavals mr allonby just just briefly mohamed bin film on the come prince has pinned his hopes internationally on the 2030 project and planning a mega city a Mega Development there are 2 tribal unrest in that area as well over sort of movement of people from the land itself how does this all factor into whether that project will ever be completed i dont think the project will ever start that a little long completed because they can all make realities have changed massively the oil prices about going to go back to where they were a year ago for a long time and that means that there are no money to do with to throw it out this project or other projects they need for their country are now greater and their resources are way less because of the policies really championed and led by so many cells were to see what happens for the moment. Director for the institute of gov thanks for joining us thank you. The u. S. Government pushes to reopen the economy it has growing concerns that the white house itself could be becoming an infection hotspot 3 members of the current virus taskforce of south isolating after coming into contact with someone who tested positive signs a number of white house staff have shown symptoms and been advised to work from home alan fischer as small as you know we give leeway to the governors as donald trump tries to get the American Economy moving again he faces in a break of corporate 19 on his own doorstep 2 white house staffers have tested positive for the virus the concern is they wont be the last 3 senior task force figures have no put themselves in quarantine best known Antony Funnell chee the man most Americans Trust because of a simple and direct explanations of whats going on the director of the center for Disease ControlRobert Redfield and the head of the food and Drug AdministrationStephen Hannah also impacted yes no thats right one of president trying to Top Economists admits those in the white house are warning this is a very very scary virus you know that people are going to go back to work and there have been worried about things and its going to take a while for things to get back to normal absolutely this is a preview of what nearly ahead for many getting back to work. At this building site in washington d. C. There are no temperature checks. And washing stations and more protective gear but even that might not be enough to keep workers completely safe for the most part we tried we in for social distancing but as you can see theres guys who cannot hurt their job or hurt its just not possible 100 percent of the time one Top Health Expert says there has to be a nationwide plan its the only way to get the economy up and running again we have to we cant stay locked down for 18 months but at the same time when you have cases increasing deaths increase in Health Care Workers out adequate protective equipment and. Were suddenly going back to what was once our normal lives thats not a safe place to be a states ease restrictions summer facing your surging cases a stark reminder moving your own creates greater risk or worse seeing in some way is which is why we like to revive the port on a very regular basis is that were just seeing more takers in there than expected in certain places donald trump sees a Strong Economy as the key to his reelection but a quieter west wing at the white house will serve as a reminder this week he still has a long way to go alan fischer aljazeera washington. Michele is a political advisor a conservative commentator and chief executive of the Global Partners joins me now via skype from washington d. C. Good to have you with us on the program again rena a valet a press secretary 3 senior medical advisors to the white house in isolation or quarantined and the president thinks that its all good whats the message to the people of america that at the moment. Well the message is that the white house certainly has no clue what its doing and i think its a testament frankly to the fact that the white house has not known what kind of waters its in and frankly it is uncharted territory so there is a bit. You know leeway the American People have given the president just by virtue of the fact that theres so much im known but this this is very clear that the virus has made its way into the house where it was the problem what led to this and its again very clear that this was something that resulted because of a lack of leadership in terms of the fact that there is a debate about opening up america you both we heard my colleague allan fishers report just a moment there and its business as usual as the president would like it there is and has been for the past few weeks is pushed back by governors it is a very is it a delicate balancing act right now or is it very clear cut case when you still have the public some of the public saying we want all rights to move around freely. Well that lack of leadership i talk about is not purely an assault on the president it actually with a great many of the governors as well and as many of the viewers are familiar at this stage its complicate so much because in our system what we really essentially should have done i believe is said nationwide lets have a lockdown president chum chose to say he governors heads of your states you make the decisions you either want to call the shutdown the state of home orders or you want to say move about freely so what its resulted in is people being very confused and that lack of leadership coupled with a lack of comprehensive testing strategy of billiard to really essentially shut down disinformation thats ready at great high rates right now on our social Media Channels and across the world i know thats a problem but here in the states its genuinely complicated the case for a great many democrat governors who suffered the wrath of the president simply because they criticized him publicly so its become a political problem as well how much of a political problem is it to have 3 senior medical advisors in the white house all self isolating all withdrawing themselves you might say from public life for at least a fortnight or 7 days while they try and sort themselves out because the publics psyche at the moment in america is we are being advised by our politicians to go back out to venture back out either for work or play of the big question mark over whether the public might want to do that regard regarding their own safety. Well there 1st i should mention that theres no real reliable poll that we can look at right now on what percentage of the country wants to remain indoors and the other one saying ok lets just go out there if some of my state is opening up for example we dont know that yet it is certainly very troublesome that this same Coronavirus Task force that the president just a few days ago how politically let it be known that he thinking about disbanding those some member some of those members are now self appointed and theres a number of us that thought that this would have happened a few weeks ago actually so frankly its a bit surprising its happening right now but it really frankly should come as no surprise because the by house has not taken the social distancing measures that the c. D. C. Had long been recommending im talking months now they have not taken those measures seriously and to the point where the Vice President does not even wear a mask when he goes to facilities that have aged people and so we should not be surprised and we should expect that chaos will ensue in these next couple weeks probably as the white house struggles to find its footing because the messages right now theyre biting hard indeed rhenish always good to get your opinion thanks very much for joining us from washington d. C. Thank you thank you. Thank you still ahead here on aljazeera unlawful attacks on civilians with nowhere to go unless the international accuses syria and russia of committing war crimes in rebel held areas. Hello once again welcomes another look at the international forecast we still have some very cold air across parts of canada and the northeastern corner of the United States where we saw you know covering of snow relates a season snow coming through spring snow for a rare event that even in new york seen a fair bit of wet weather into florida and were going to see that heavy rain lingering across the far south of florida as we go on through monday drier brighter weather starts to push its way back in as we go on through the day still a few showers up towards the northeast temperatures are only slowly recovering here was to go on through the week is really going to be around thursday friday before we start to see temperatures edging anywhere near what they should be but at least come choose day it should be a largely dry bit of wet weather there into the Southern Plains northern texas oklahoma arkansas could see some wet weather and the chances of showers just around the Pacific Northwest for the west coast a little further south much of california will be dry but notice a few showers there to Northern Areas of california and that wet weather that we have around florida that stretches right across the gulf of mexico into the yucatan peninsula northern parts of cuba are also seeing some very heavy rain that rain stretches way across a good part of Central America aggression making its way for the southwards and eastwards. 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S. Government pushes to reopen the economy there are growing concerns the white house itself could be becoming an infection hotspot 3 members of the krona virus task force yourself isolating after coming into contact with someone who tested positive. As a whole to go into the days other news now and the battle for tripoli the capital of libya turkey says attacks on the countrys only functioning airport and Diplomatic Missions in which civilians have been killed amount to war crimes and its warning it will take action against forces loyal to warlord cleaver hafter turkey supports libyas un recognized government in tripoli which has now launched a counter offensive following saturdays attacks by have to force its planes were damaged and fuel tanks set alight after us forces also struck nearby resid