D by contributions to this pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Hello, welcome. You are watching outside source for our viewers in the u. K. And around the world. We are watching the Coronavirus Development here in britain and globally. The International Monetary fund has warned the world is facing a recess recession of 2008. E ba athat time, the g economy shrunk by. 1 . Right now in our baseline we are talking about growth at 3 . President or king . Governors accuse President Trump ofis surpassinguthority on lockdowns. And italy takes small steps toward easing its lockdown, as infection rates continue to fall. O hed a warm welcome to you. New Economic Projections say the coronavirus pandemic will push much of the recession this year. Phere is the startection from the imf, the International Monetary fund, talking about what it is calling the Great Lockdown to th Global Financial crisis in 2009. When it comes to jobs, you can see a prediction that unemployment will rise again for some countries to higher levels than after the financial crisis in 2008 and 2009. Bbcec spoke dy with a woman in charge of these Economic Projections. This is something that an have not seeof our lifetimes. The last crises, tth major crises Global Financial crisis. At that time, thGlobal Economy shrunk by. 1 . Right now in our baseline, we are talking about growt at 3 . This is the worst since the great depression. Our Business Reporter joins us from new york. You spoke with the imf chief economist. Talk us through these dire projections. Everyone was prepared for grim numbersimoming from the but evenconomists there were struck by what they were seeing. Yes, we are talking about a contraction of 3 this remember, a few months ago, the imfctas preg the Global Economy would grow by 3. 3 this year. So this is an abrupt turnaround. Ooif youat individual economies, they expect the u. K. Economy to shrink by 6. 5 . They are looking at the United States. The economy here will shrink by 5. 9 . In total, the imf is estimating 9 trilliony worth of moill have been lost in the Global Economy. These are just staggering figures. Absolutely aggering, you are right. There was some partial recoveries rejected for 2021. Edid the imf give any m details on how the earthan recover from this . If you look at their predictions for how the Global Economy will recover, it looks pretty good. Grthe imf is predictinth in 2021 will be 5. 8 . For the United States, they project that to be 4 , similar. The u what they were very quick to make clear was that these are just projections. In his projections that economists are basing on health, the changing landscape with regard to this virus. Th need to be nimble in their projections, as well as governments need to be nimble, how they address the ecomic disaster that th is. Because this is such a moving target, eing really depends on just how well the economies weather the health crisis. Thank you so much. Our thanks, live from new york. Lets stay in the United States. President trump is coming under increasing scrutiny over his handling of the crisis. We will get into the details of this in a moment. Lets bring up to date is up to date with the latest figures. More than 20,000 people are known to have died across the u. S. The number ofes confirmed cs almost 600,000, three times more than any other country. Those figures are from the johns study in october l yearsed a assessg how epared countries re to deal with the threat of an epidemic or pandemic. It found america was more prepared than any other country, but that is not how it has turned out. At mondays briefing, a cbs News Reporter asked the president at went wrong. I saved tens of thousands, maybe hundredsf thousands the argument is youe uy yourselfme and you did not use it to ramp up hospitals and testing. You are so disgraceful the way that you say that. That you bought . E time you know you are a fake. You know that. The hallway that you cover in his fake. That was from the monday briefing. The reporter who you se was the cbs White House Correspondent paul the raid. She spoke to the bbc earlier toy. Up to a presshow briefing to make friends, you try to get answers. We could not get answers from the president yesterday. Often, when he doesnt have an answer or does not like her question, he resorts to attacks, even personal attacks. This has resonated with his base over the past few years, calling us big news. People can see this crisis is not fake. Calling us fake news. Many people know people that have died from coronavirus, and it not, they know someone that has been nd is not clear if these attacks will have the in effect. That was not the only controversy to come out of t briefing. The president falsely claimed he had a total power to end the lockdown and reopened the country. I will put it simply. The president of the united what the president herity to do authority to do which is very powerful. The president of the United States calls the shots. The president may call the shots on some erings but not hing. The constitution gives the 50 individual states power to decide when lockdown orders are lifted. Here is the new york governors response to this. The president s position is absurd, it is not the law, the constitution. We dont have a king, we have a president. Many state governors are finding ways to corporate without the help of the federal government. Monday, seven statesord the northeast covid regional council. H on the side of the country, california, oregon, and washington stateav formed the western states pact. There is a tweet from the california governor gavin newsom. He says thwest coast is guided by science. We issd stayed at home orders to keep the Public Healthy. We will open our economies with the same guiding principle. California, oregon, and washington will work on a shared vision on health, not politics. Lets bring in our washington correspondent. We spoke about that particular pact already. We are seeing that while states are looking at themsves individually when it comes to deciding how to tackle the lockdown, covid, but we saw that really intense spat during the briefing on monday evening. What is happening with t states . It is interesting to see. Donald trump obviously wants to be the one to take control and sayhat he is ordering states to open up, but these pacts are forming as resistance to president ial authority. Keandrew cuomo tabout the potential constitutional crisis emerging if there is some sort of disagreement between the governors and the preside. This morning, donald trump tweeted out a couple of thingo comparing itmutiny, also went on to say the federal states, and if they want thatthe aid, they should heed his he is backing of his blanket yauthor, but it will be a challenge to try to reopen busi across the country. Tes how to do that, when to do that, and you ll have multiple different politicians trying to figure out how best to do it, and they will not always be in agreement. We are going to try t btest your linause it is breaking up a little bit. One more thing i want your perspective on is the Presumptive Democratic nominee for president , joe biden. He has been taking a dig at donald trump, saying that he is not runng for king of america. He says leadership is about collaboration and coming together in a crisis,ng fin common ground. On monday, he receive the endorsement of his opponent Bernie Sanders. Edtoday, he pip another big endorsement. Arguably, this one was never in doubt. He kind of leadership that has guid my knowledge and experience, honesty, humility, empathy and grace. That kind of leadership does not just along in our state citals and mayors offices, it belongs in the white house. That is why im so proud to endorse joe biden as president at of the united. We never doubted that, but lets go back to anthony. Barack obama adding to bernie biden. Pporting joe iwas always a question of timing. We knew that barack obama would endorse joe biden. Clearly, b whatack obama decided to do was to throw his support behind him after bernie nders had already endorsed. Four years aall of this is kind of educated about what happeneden four years ago Hillary Clinton lost. Four years agobarack obama endorsed Hillary Clinton before Bernie Sanders got on board, and perhaps there was somese ment between the supporters. Barack obama wanted to avoid, hold off, and then come in as a uniter after a contentious binary toe donald trump. Time will tell whether that is succsful or not. Great to get your perspective on this, anthony. Joining us from washington. Lots more comingsop on outside ce. We will beooking at a new gures from england and wales. A new suggestion that many more coronavirus than the numbers that are being released daily from the british government. The death toll in scotland has passed 60 with 40 deaths confirmed in thet p hours. At the daily briefing, the Scottish First minister Nicola Sturgeon adjust claims that the nhs in england is being prioritized for personal protection equipment, head of that in scotland. We dont yet have any evidence that this is somethngg that is birected by nhs and, although we want assurances from the government on that. O if we get impetition with each other, i dont think that is in anybodys interest. Cenly, if there is any sense that supplies are being diverted of the u. K. Automaticallyr part without any discussionatbout whether s part of a cooperative approach, that would be a worry. Take the issue seriously. Everngne is fa real constraints on supplies, unduly worry for all of us in government, unduly worry for everyone on the front lines. We are working incredibly hard to maintain supply. Welcome. You are watching outside source from the bbc. Our main focus is the imf addicting the World Economy will shrink by 3 this year, pushing the Global Economy into its deepest recession in a century. Across the u. K. , there were 778 deaths from coronavirus reported in the last 24 hours. Most of those in hospital. Official figures in england and wales suggest many more people are dying from the virus then the numbers being released daily by the british government. According to the National Office of statistics, me than 16,000 deaths were rorded. This is the highest number since date of this kindis was first pud in 2005. The figure is 6000 higher than the average for this time of year, whenst debts normallt calling after the flu season. So the department of health has confirmed there have been outbreaks in more than 2000 care the charity says the virus is spreading like wildfire. Ca home figures have proven controversial because the u. K. , unlike some european countries, does not include people who die from coravirus in their homes in the daily death toll announced to the public. Alex has been speaking to the family of one homecare resident. My mom was a peoples persone toryone that she loved them. Everyone loved her. Rose mitchell was a familiar face on her street in south london. So much so, her neighbors stood ctoutside to pay their reson hearing that she had passed away. She passed away in her care he after contracting coronavirus. Her daughter in the rest of the family on the other end of the phone. We could hear her breathing. We playedanny boy, her favorite song. We all told her that we loved hergo and saibye. Karenin says what is happ in homes cannot be overlooked. K can only say to them th you. Over the last week,hat has brought us incredible comfort, to know that she was notlone. One families exrience. The potentially devasthting impact ocoronavirus crisis on the u. K. Economy has been spelled out byhe independent tax and spending watchdog. The office warns it a lockdown lasts for three months, with another three months of partial lifting, the u. K. Economy could shrink by 35 between april and june this year, before a liky recovery. In the model, experts predicted unemployment could rise to 10 of the working population. This would more than double on employment levels and incase the number of people without jobs by 2 million. Speaking at a news conferenc the chancelloraid that he was eply troubled by these figures. This is going to be hard, our economy will take a significant hit. That is not an abstract thing people will feel that in theme household in i hope the measures we have put in place will allow us to do exactly as we have said, bounceback. Lets hear from our Political Editor on how feasible that bounceback the cabncellor talked t actually is. The closed signs with act er. The report suggestulthe economy recover fast, but with 2 million extra people potentially out of work, labor fears todays productions. They are a good reflection of the situation we are likely to find ourselves in. Of t courss is down to the measures that can be put in place to sustain businesses and jobs. They are absolutely critical, not just now, but the future health of our economy. These numbers areueell informedes, not inked in, but the direction ir and this virus is driving the economy down. That affects not just tell ministers balance lifting restrictions in the weeks and months to come but when governments can and cannot pay for in the future, w much they borrow, and how much tax we pay. Two things running through todays daily press briefing. Lets bring in our political correspondent. Talk about the economy in a moment, but lets focus on this id government. Mes and the how are they ensuring that this it comes to the daily briefings we are hearing . This point it wants to report as accurately and as quickly the daily death toll fro coronavirus as time goes on. The easiest way to do that, the biggest number of people dying from coravirus, is in hospitals, at least as we know so far. That is why the government sayss it releasing the figures in the way it has done so to this point. But there has bee as you have been reflecting, increas scrutiny of those being infected in care homes, and dying either coronavirus in care Home Settings across the u. K. Increasing questions for the government about why those on a daily basis. Ng released today,hat News Conference where the chancelr was asked, as well as representatives from Public Health england, both said th were working with the office of National Statistics which reports deaths overall with the underlying causes on a weekly basis. It seems as if there is a move to report those figures on a daily basis as soon as possible. Y,certais opposition parties in westminster and others would gu that would give a more deaths from coronavirus in various health care settings, not just hospitals. The chancellor, as he put it, said the victims of coronavis in care homes, and those working in care homes had not been forgotten by the government. Also a lot of concern about the impact of the lockdown on the uks economy. Sis there agreement acr westminster that the huge is nec . S package being discussed yes, i think there is broadly speaking, not only within government, b as far as the opposition parties are concerned, as well. Labour welcome those announcements by the chancelloed they have ca in the time since then t for more to be done, more economic measures put in place to protect the economy, jobs, and businesses through this crisis, and beyond. We havseen criticism of the loan scheme offered to businesses, was not being made available quickly enough, and that some businesses are not getting the cash needed to se themhrough. In the days and weeks that have passed, the government has to good around the edges thatry and make scheme more accessible. In answer to your question, what the government had done was needed. Some would argue that it needs o further. As always, thank you for talking us through. Lets bring you uptodate with the situation across europe. Pain, the death toll has passed 18,000. There is some promising news. New infections have dropped to s lowest level sce the nationwide lockdowns came in last month. At its peak at the beginning of april, the daily death toll in spain was close to 1000. It has since flen, with 567 deaths reported on tuesday. The spanish Prime Minister says his country is still far from victory. My colleague is in madrid where the lockdown measures have been eased slightly. We have seen a return to work of nonessential workers, people in the construction sector, manufacturing, oth heavy industries since yesterday. As of today, the whole countr has finished its easter holiday, so we are seeing that impactf o return to work. Its been criticized by some members of the opposition who say it is a risky move, even reckless. But Prime Minister sanchez has insisted that this decision has taken with full caution, and the remainder of thatocown, which has been in place last four weeks will continue for at least another couple of weeks, probably more, and it will be tightly policed. S let turn to italy, the country that is the worst hit in europe, more than 20,000 people have died there. But fewer people are dying each day no and the number of patients in intensive care have dropped 10 days in a row. Certain shots are opening including booksellers, stationery shops, and sps selling baby clothes. A ty step toward unlocking italy. Camillas baby shop reopening today after five weeks, as this country dips itstoe back to normal life. An experiment to see how italians adjust to new rules. We are really glad, really excited. Of course, it is not normal times, so we are worried at the same time. We have to work. We have bills to pay, we have rent to pay, wages to pay. Avaving your business that you started is like g your baby. Customers, too, are adapting, welcoming reward without rachel reprehensib. We have to be happy and some are british. I am really pleased, says it in your old. I have