The freeman foundation. By judy and peter blum kler foundation; pursuing solutions for americas neglected need and by contributions to this pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. America. Reporting from new york city, im laura trevelyan. Tbrazil now has secondmost infections in the world. The death toll is rising fast. In seattle, the president threatens to call in the military. Against coronaviru far, butle the islands economy is suffering as tourismanes. Another view of iran. Gets rare access to iconic cultural sites. For those of you watching on pbs and around the globe, welcome to bbc world news america. Sbrazil outbreak has become one along with the u. S. And t u. K. President bolsonaro continues to downay the dangers of incoronavirus, fthose who disagree with him. Our south america porrespondent rts. Reporter another covid callout in brazils biggest city, and the epicenter of the pandemic. Traffic is lighter these days beuse of quarantine, buthis is still a city of 22on milli, and the roads are as bad as ever. 70 of calls are not related to the fire is. The virus. In these uncertain times, people dont know if this might be the final goodbye. The patients wl make it to hospitals are the lucky ones. The team says three times as many people are dying and home compared to life before the pandemic. How we were doing was restering. All we were doing was registering. People would go to sleep and would not woke up. They never had a chance. Reporter a colleague many in the force looked up to past to l vid19 in april. They know many wt survive the pandemic. This isat difficult sin, but as we say every ti, we wont only believe when the number shows it, for now it is an invisipoe disease. Er in eastern sao plo, one of the worst hit areas, the virus is all too visible. Antonio and kelly are two of the faces behind the numbers. Dadad anhter. They live together and last week admitted to theospital the same day, together in intensive care, then passing away within a day of each other. He told us he wouler die than very his daughter. Mourns them, cities like sao paulo and Rio De Janeiro are starting to reopen despite the rising death toll. Every day, more people die from tcovid19 here mon anyone else in the world. It is serving as a wakeupall. The president continues to downplay the virus. Hes ironically becoming more and more isolated internationay every coming y. France is also feeling ilated. He has notugd his son in over two months. This is what has to make do for now. [speaking foreign language] missou so much. Bye, bye. Laura for more on brazils Coronavirus Crisis plus the few compared to america, i am joined by the director of the Harvard Global health institute. Thank you for being with us. Do you see parallels between brazil and the u. S. , where both president s have downplay social distancing, and now we are seeing an increase in cases . Thanks for having me on. Indeed, i think there are parallels in both instances. The president s not just downplayed it, but they use similar nguage, referring to the virus as a flu, and it is much worse than a flu. E. S. Was able to get the virus at least somewhat under ntrol. I am very worried that brazil is andt is going to infect ande run kill a lot mor people with really no end in sight. Laura here in the u. S. , we have seen both florida and texas report their highest daily totals of new Coronavirus Infections. Is it a second wave or the first one continuing . For many states in the u. S. , this reallyir is just the with continuing. Many of the states were not hit as the numbers increase, they still opened up without waiting for the numbers to really decline, now we are starting to see 20 states across the country where the numbers are thincreasing, some o alarmingly so. Laura you have m warned thate than 200,000 people con d die here ie u. S. By september. Tha can we do to stop that would be a very grim milestone, if we achieve that by september. Whether we do are not is completely up to u or not is completely up to us in the u. We need a government that is really engaged. It feels that the federal government has walked away from the response of the virus. We hav to get people to understand the value of wearing masks, and we have to continue social distan we can prevent many of those deaths. Laura we finally got everything today from the cdc, the first ofll one in about three months. What did you makhe guidance . It is nice to see them reengaged. I did not real sense from them the urgency that i and most Public Health people are feeling as we are looking across the country,is but ireat and they still have great scientists. Their guance is helpful. Want to see the cdc aid lot morey daily, providing updates to the people about the state of the pandemic. Laura thanks so much for joining us. Thank you. Laur in seattle, protesters calling an economist zone autonomous zone. The Police Precinct has been vacated of officers. Our reporter has me. Reporter the capitol hill a taunus autonomous zone has been rechristened by the mayor. This has sparked global contests and reenergizmathe black lives tter. Movement. Seattles police chief and the video in the video to her Department Unit of picture painted a picture of general lawlessness. Vi l the precinct was not i asked you to sthat line to protect it day in and day out. To be pelted with projectiles, to be screened that, threatened, then hurt. Ses heard. Than to have a change of course two weeks in, it seems like an insult to you under immunity. Reporter resident trump has told the mayor to take back the city, tweeting that if you dont, i will. She said the threats were unwelcome and that any such action would be illegal. In an interview,cre renewed his icism. I saw her breakdown. I saw her lea. I saw her with absolutely noco rol. I saw her make a lot of bad decisions, including dont do anything that is going to affect anybody. Toughness sometimes is the most compassionate. Reporter protesters say they have no intention of leaving and are reportedly limiting access to the area. I would love to see the Police Department return to a youth center. If it goes back to normal, they defeat the possesspun defeats those. It defeats the purpose. We are going to stand on here foreve reporter critics, including the president , are saying they are anarchists and terrorists. Dividg just how americ america is showing just how divided america is on police reform. Laura joining us is houstons police chief, who was at George Floyds funeral this week. The president said today he thought chokeholds should be ended in most cases. Do you think that is right . Do you agree . I do. Most of my colleagues across the country agree that chokeholds should not be trained a anymore, th very dangerous. The carotid controld h works, but unfortunately, they are utilizing the dynamic and violent situations. The problem is it is leading to death. Outside from a fight for your life as a police officer, where deadly force should be authorized because you are fighting for your life, they should be banned. I think you will get a lot ss consensus ache nation. Laura in houston, your own officers have killed six people in recent weeks. You joined this push for accountability. Would you released a video of those killings . It is really important that the media plays a role. Unfortunately, the media will tell you there have been six color, but they will not tell of you those individuals were armed or engaged in violence. The short term, we will release the videos wopn it is apprate to do so. We have shown the videos to the families that have asked to see them. A lot of those families do not want the videos released, because they dont want the loved ones, in the way that they died, sometimes the worst moments of their life, to be out there on the internet and on cyberspace forever. National discussion ina terms of video r and with the policy needs to be. We certainly want to have a voice for the families of the once and have lost f aily member well. Laura when you see what is happening in seattle, where a poli precinct has been abandoned, what goes through your mind as a police chief . I know carmen, she is a great ader, dear friend. My heart goes out to her and the people of seattle. The peoplef seattle and their wishes are represented by more than just the people that have decided t turn that area into whatever they are calling it. It is disheartening, because you have to wonder how many people take te to vote, to actually be engaged, actuallyse this great nation, the power of the vote to hold it at that officials feet to the fire. To actuallyed become infon the issues, and without exception, without missing, always vote and participate in our democracy, that ae ended up wiot better outcomes. Like Martin Luther king did, without any violence, he was able to pass great legislation that led to me being the police chief. Without him, that would have never happened. Laura that all calls there are calls to defund the police. Money to deal with homelessness and addiction, etc. . It is also mental health. They will find out that that is really a false equivalence. It is not a matter of getting rid of funding for th police to fund these other programs. The truth of the matter is, they are going to find, like the police has found, there is no to ke individuals that are suffering from severe addiction and and u on the streets. There is no where take people suffering from psychological distress and psychological emergencies, when they y,basica if you are lucky to find a bed, they are there for two to three days, and they end up back on the streets eeuntreated. Weto fund both. Im glad the americapeople including the communities mostly impacted the greatest by the disproportionality of services anmental health, and education, that ar dsaying, no, not want to give up good policing, we do not want less policing, we want both good policing, safety, securit and the government and the country to address all these systemic failures in terms of our social service, economic opportunities, and education. Laura i guess a much for being with us, houstons police chief. Thank you so much for being with us, houstons policehief. Cuba has claimed some success in battling theoronavirus. The economicmpt, however, is so dependent on tourism, the efcact is signifi. Rwe haveeports. Reporter military vehicles leave the streets of old havana. The cuban governments successful drive to contain the spread of cuba 19. Normally, these streets would be filled of toists. This will not occur until august, tough news for cubas economy, which will drop by 6 this year, especially the private sector. The next economic the Obama Administration was confident more private business would bring more change to the island. Now, o economists predict in three cuban private businesses may close from the pandemic. This japanese restaurant in have anna has cut their prices have anna havana have cut their pric in half to stay loat. We hope to have profits with these offers. We are hoping to keep the business running. Maintain the workers, having some support, some cash. Less work, less salary, but it is something. Better than nothing. Reporter n he employ some, but many businesses cant innovate some are offering accommodations to taxi drivers, whose income have completely dried out. En the private sector has struggling anyway. It was very much the main beneficiar the bowman tourism, but it was already suffering boom in tourism, but it was already suffering. Reporter despite the mutual distrust, some private help the cuban state. To this artist andto scuhas spent the locked on producingpl around 10,000 astic face shields for local hospitals. We donated some of the plastic and pvc. The Raw Materials started to come from the Healthcare System itself. In a rare example of private and state partnership. Havanas famous sea wall, el malecon, lies empty. Entrepreneurs expect little support from the communist state permit the privatecuector in is resilient and has over come past crises, but this may prove one obstacle to great. Laura in other news, britains economy shrank by 2 in april, the first full month of lockdown. It is the largest monthly contraction on record. The pandemic affected every aspect of the economy. President trumps former he will publish a memoir highly critical of the u. S. Leader despite warnings from the white house that it contains classified information. John bolton argues mr. Trump committed impeachable offenses across a wide range of foreign licy. Mr. Trump has denied any wrongdoing. Reyou watching bbc world news america. Still to come, the queens Birthday Celebration will be subdued this weekend, but there is still time to get a haircut. They are on parade after months of lockdown. India now has the fourth highest number of Coronavirus Infections in the world. Nearly 300,000 cases. The restrictions on shopping malls have been lifted to help stimulate the economy. For two days in a row, we have had nearly 100 people dying of the infection. What is particularly distressing for a lot ofil fs here in mumbai, in the capital, delhi, and many major cities, if loved lones get sick, it is a r struggle to find a hospital bed. And even those who do sometimes get a regular bed, but what they really need is Critical Care t, why really need is an intensive care unit, those are not available. Over the past two weeks, ive spoken to so many people wholl have act lost members of their family before they could even get looked at by doctors. Laura ue thes official but the celebration will look different because of the outbreak. There is going to be a ceremony at windsor castle. Our correspondent reports on what thishe means forilitary horses that usually play a key role. Reporter putting the First World War guns into position, thes ceremonial occasion are punctuated by the kings troop. But with such events cancd sincmarch, much of theorses have been enjoying a quiet life. The decision has now been taken to get them back to the barracks. One of the first to return is ea10yold equinox. All he has been doing is eating grass and chilling out. He needs some exercise. Reporter and like many of us, he needs a haircut. We take their main stuff am manes off for safety reasons, because they can get tangled up. Reporter and getting back to work means the correct footwear. Hundreds of hours of practice would have been put in to make sure no mistakes are made on parade. The queen will be watching. The new recruits, like im for new recruits, like emma, it is disappointing to not partake this year. Its been different. We used to have more horses here. And looking forward to when it goes back to normal, to experience what it is really like with all the shows that we go to. That. Really itching to do all of porter here at the barracks, they are itching to get back out on parade. Humans and horses, ready to resume their official duties as soon as it is safe to do so. Laura when we report on iran, it is often about tensions with the u. S. , or the coronavirus outbreak there. But tonight, we would like totr look at the cs rich cultural history. Sameer ahmed was granted rare access into the countrys landscape. Reporter this is a lamb known by two names, the first is persia, a land of mighty temples and palaces built by powerful kings. A land of great beauty. The other is iran, proud, isolated, defiant. Especially of western interference. We have tended to think of iran only as a religious state it became after the 1979 islamic relution. But its history dates back 7000 years. Withany empires that predated the arrival of his lung. Of islam. Irere are 22 heritage sites here. Was keen for them to be seen. Such as this temple in the southwest. And this limestone statue of the third century emperor. Throyal mosque is famous for its echoes. This dome is over 100 feet high. It is the second there is a second exterior dumb beyond it. S itsponsible for all the echoes you can hear. Ew western tourists come here, but iranians flock to these places. Its not just monuments they cherish. We were given access to this rare 15thcentury illustrate coffee shotive this is one of the most beautiful in the world. The most important one, actually. Can i ask how itan feelsing it . I am flying. [laughter] reporter to walk through the bazaar isrs to undend how modern life sits alongside this countrys ancient tradition. Tensions exist, this focus on persian culture is a chance to grasp how iranians see themselves and their place in the world. Laura we see the public faceoff is also full of historic cultural sites. Any of us have been reminded iran locked on of how mans best friend is indeed a dog. Aithose have been unfold display on full display for this marked the day president george h. W. Bush was born. Along with thege i of the words miss you, but i am always by your side and spirit. Refused to leave ht by thehe casket. 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