Crossing a bridge from turkey to greece refugees are risking their lives for a chance at a new life and europe. And thousands of Asylum Seekers are kicked out of the u. S. And told to wait for the airport hearings in makeshift camps across the Mexican Border. A state of emergency has been declared in california after the u. S. State recorded its 1st death from kroner virus there are now 53 confirmed cases and california a 71 year old man who had recently returned from in a while in cruise died wednesday a california man is the 1st u. S. Patients die outside the state of washington where 10 people have died the Crown Princess cruise ship the man was aboard is now skipping its trip to mexico and has been ordered to return to San Francisco liberal Health Officials are investigating a small cluster of chronic virus cases connected to the ships mid feb voyage weve had a number of incidences throughout the state of california no longer north now in Southern California we have cordingley with this new. I. C. U. Patient passed away entered into this next phase that is required me under the circumstances to advance a proclamation. Of a state of emergency in the state of california and yes congress has approved major funding to fight the virus mike hanna has the latest developments from washington. Political differences are put aside in the face of the Novel Coronavirus the u. S. House of representatives agrees to allocate 8300000000. 00 the bulk of funds going to the agencies dealing directly with the crisis congress is acting with the seriousness and sense of urgency there coronavirus threat to President Trump held a meeting with the airline c. E. O. s to discuss the impact of the virus on the travel industry the Vice President was a few civil about missions he says the president has taken to protect u. S. Citizens the American People deserve to know the warning or explain. The risk to the average american and contract coronavirus remains low and thats marginally owing to your decision for us to suspend all. Those who want to know all americans that are returning and attempted reassuring words to from the administrations response coordinator ensuring that you touched anything you go and wash your hands and get 20 seconds with so hand sanitizers at work but i think i was very reassuring to hear the Airline Staff about their procedures and their 3 levels of procedure because they will be reassuring the american and i am in touch my face and weeks and weeks i miss it a number of u. S. Schools have been closed as a precautionary measure authorities stressing that its because of the flu season rather than a direct response to the corona virus and soldiers arriving for basic training are being screened as yet none have tested positive but as recorded deaths from the coronavirus move into double figures the center for Disease Control says it has heightened concerns and its broadened the criteria for doctors to legally enforce the testing of patients for the virus. My come out aljazeera washington only will close all schools and universities until mid march as it battles to contain the spread of the corona virus the number of those killed across the country has risen to 107 the largest death toll outside china john hall has the details. Contagion is spreading quickly across europe and the world and that means anxiety as much as the covered 900. 00 virus itself staff at the worlds most Famous Museum the louvre in paris shut it down for 3 days this week demanding better protection against the virus tourists went to new used there isnt a place in the world that its not going to get to and you cant just shut down the world you can though shut down parts of it battling europes most prolific outbreak so far italy will close all schools and universities until mid march in an effort to stem the tide of infections and a rising death toll japan did the same last week and france has also ordered the closure of some schools affecting an estimated 35000. 00 pupils. As dramatic for some italys decision to hold all sporting fixtures in empty stadiums spain has done so to life across the globe is changing fast the World Health Organization continues to stress the importance of containment in places with few infections in the hope of delaying the spread of the disease and to give Health Systems time to prepare there is no doubt that things will get worse. And if the w. H. O. Isnt yet prepared to declare a pandemic germany it appears is. A Virus Outbreak said the Health Minister has become a Global Pandemic amid a worldwide shortage of goggles masks and gloves germany has banned the export of medical protective gear they want it all to be available for use at home and other shortages have provoked concern this time in australia over toilet paper. Some countries are taking matters steadily further india has extended the screening of passengers to all those arriving on International Flights the authorities in saudi arabia have banned citizens and foreigners from making the pilgrimage to mecca in israel Prime Minister netanyahu. Suggested the common handshake be replaced by the indian greeting no mistake while italians have been asked to stop kissing and hugging with the coded 19 virus reaching more and more countries each day it is possible that no corner of the world will be spared even as european Health Ministers prepare to meet on friday one infection was registered inside the European Council building itself not just towns and cities now but the seats of government and parliament are in its path jonah how aljazeera. His countrys grapple with. This part of the credit virus appears to be slowing in china or that. Us live now from hong kong that if you know what i know about about why it is slowing in china. Thats right rachele the number of rates of infection daily weight of infection say has been slowing down on wednesday it was 139 most of those cases in who bay province which is the epicenter of the virus now the Chinese Government says this is because they are able to enforce drastic measures like putting that whole province in lockdown that a 60000000 people so imagine a population the size of the u. K. Not being able to move around freely they have been able to contain it mainly because of the nature of the Chinese Government where they can give directives and people have to listen to them without opposition but china still is trying to get life back to normal in the streets and is very eager to do that given the fact that the chinese economy has been hit so hard by this coronavirus and people are trying to trying to the government is trying to encourage people to go back to work in fact 90 percent of the state firms are back in business but many scientists and experts warn that this should be done with caution because china is far from out of the woods yet for one thing its the counting method they use its changed several times as far as infections go at the moment theyre not counting whats being called a symptomatic that means people have tested positive for the corona virus but arent showing any symptoms so thats not part of the tally at the moment also there has been a case which was reported in china but very quickly scrubbed up by state media and now its being reported in other parts of the world about a 13 my 9 year old man in one province who had been discharged or 36 year old men who had been discharged and then died a few days later and then there are also cases of re infections people who have been discharged and once again being admitted back into Health Facilities so you know experts are warning that very little is still known about this disease and while china is trying to get life back on track and its showing that the numbers are dropping there still is a lot to be cautious about so dear where you are in hong kong there are some residents from hong kong they had been stranded but theyre actually returning home now tell us how thats going. Thats right between wednesday and thursday about 500 people will be in for charging to fly for hong kong residents they have been tested before getting on those flights they would have been coronavirus negative theyll be brought back to hong kong which is also trying to get back to normal many government offices in english or Centers Opening they will be brought back to hong kong and be put in quarantine for 14 days now the go Hong Kong Government also stresses that they are very much keeping a lot of their measures in place but trying to get the city back to normal back to business did they go pollard live in hong kong thank you the field of Democratic Candidates contesting to take on donald trump in novembers president ial election has narrowed just for a surge in support for former Vice President joe biden made him the big winner on super tuesday and that put him ahead of Bernie Sanders in the battle for the democratic nomination earlier on wednesday billionaire Mike Bloomberg ended his campaign and indorsed biden has more. Appearing confident and relaxed joe biden listed the states he won on super tuesday with victories in texas Virginia North carolina arkansas alabama tennessee oklahoma. Going to go to massachusetts and just sort of we heard we won maine as well right. Michael bloomberg dropped out of the race and endorsed by offering financial and Organizational Support to the former Vice President ive always believed that the feeding donald trump starts 1000000 knighting behind the candidate with the best shot to do it and after yesterdays vote is clear that candidate is my friend and a Great American joe biden. The 3 quarter 1000000000. 00 price tag for his president ial ambitions one bloomberg 0 states although he was victorious in the territory of American Samoa well i think he underestimated the degree to which politically he was just not acceptable enough to a broad enough swath of democrats Bernie Sanders who won 4 states including california vowed to press on so the American People have got to on this lamp that this is a conflict about ideas about a record about a vision for where we go forward. And id like to you know is a decent guy and i do not want this campaign to generate into a trump type if it were attacking his fellow analysts say sanders may have peaked as a candidate i think were also seeing is that there is a natural limit to sanders appeal to the Democratic Party writ large without mentioning sanders by name biden also called for civility you know what we cant let happen in the next few weeks is that this primary turning into a campaign of negative attacks the only thing that can do is help donald trump get it done do any help any one of the candidates are left to campaign try to keep our eye in the ball. As through Elizabeth Warren her failure to win even in massachusetts the state she represents in the senate left the future of her campaign in grave doubt a Campaign Official said warren is assessing the path forward bidens campaign declared that he had joementum moving forward and hell need that in the next phase of the contest when 6 states vote on march 10th including michigan a big industrialized midwestern state that is key to democrats hopes to unseating President Trump in the fall rob reynolds aljazeera los angeles and this is what some of our new sanders colleagues in the senate had to say about super tuesday. I think if the tough guy told the president that i think joe bidens got a you know good reputation then hed be tough hed be more moderate than bernie but i still think hes trying to lose senator sanders has argued all along that his campaign and his candidacy will bring out a Record Number of voters who hadnt participated previously the numbers last night show differently they show that the candidate who turned out Record Numbers was joe biden and the candidate who didnt meet his numbers from 2016 was bernie sam still out on al jazeera. Tensions boil over in Turkeys Parliament over its offensive in syria politicians angry after 2 more turkish troops are killed in it live. In the desperate search for survivors as mudslides hit brazil. Hello the winds are set to increase across northern sections of the middle east now in the south like you can see its a fairly clear picture weve got a bit of a cloud system working its way into western turkey and also another taking rain and snow across much of pakistan but really it between those 2 areas and its mostly clear and dry the way does not see about the been fairly brisk so the last few days 26 ounces the high in 25 across in riyadh but things are set to change by friday some very strong winds in the forecast though really funnel their way through northern sections of africa through the eastern end of the med and push right away across these northern sections of saudi and also these more southern and central areas of iraq so we could well see some dust and sand storms pretty strong at times rain showers as well through the eastern med so probably a damned end to the week for jerusalem damascus beirut 18 degrees celsius with their showers and widely scattered showers as well throughout much of turkey it is the quanta picture throughout much of Southern Africa some of those heavy rains that weve seen lately across into namibia they are beginning to still have got some heaviest falls into the sort of the Northeast Area pushing of course right there cross into zambia and also lighter rains across into madagascar for the next couple of days me one in south africa it stays dry and very warm in cape town with a high of 30 celsius. As a weapon of war leaves the very deepest scars. Scars so roar that the victims men and women can barely talk about it. They are the only witnesses who can help bring about justice algis 0 dollars human rights campaigners in libya investigating since the 2011 revolution. Libya unspeakable crime on aljazeera. And watching out there are these are the top stories right now a state of emergency has been declared in california after it reported its 1st death from corona virus a 71 year old man who recently returned from hawaii and crews died wednesday he is the 1st u. S. Patient to die outside the state of washington that only has the highest death toll outside china and now its closing schools universities and centers until mid march sporting events will continue but without spectators. Former 2 term u. N. Chief javier has to quaoar has died at the age of 100. 00 and his home of country of peru champion peace agreements most notably one that ended an 8 year war between iran and iraq in the 1980 s. Presently are also steered him india to independence from south africa which he considered his greatest accomplishment came out of retirement later in life to help reestablish democracy in peru. Turkeys parliament descended into chaos after tense discussions over the countrys military role in syria m. P. s got into a shoving match after one opposition member accused the president of disrespecting turkish troops who have been killed in syria but a type of one was also labelled irresponsible for sending troops into the conflict allegedly without proper air cover turkey has sent thousands of soldiers into syria to try to stop a government offensive in the last rebel controlled province the brawl follow the deaths of 2 turkish troops during an attack and it limp Turkish Forces also suffered heavy losses last week when 34. 00 soldiers were killed in air strikes a total of 59. 00 troops have now been killed in Northern Syria or one is due to meet lattimer putin in moscow on thursday to discuss a cease fire but it may in time darkeys president has vowed to continue the offensive. Or. None of our martyrs none of our veterans and none of their blood none of their drops of blood will be in vain we are going to continue our struggle as we aimed and hopefully with the help of god were going to build a strong turkish republic. Turkish accusations that a shot and killed a migrant who was trying to cross into its territory great police obvious tear gas and water cannon against refugees and migrants at the border with turkey thousands have been trying to cross or percents last week when hard to settle with no longer stop people from trying to enter the. And only a few of the refugees who have been allowed to leave turkey have managed to get into greece ankara says more than 130000 have left just since last friday but the greek government says only 1500 and then have crossed over illegally as a success of reports from the turkey crace border. Struggling to find their slippery footing they made their way across the dam barefoot stone by stone. One man slips and his bag bobs away with a Swift Current of the river. Desperation and despair are growing as refugees and migrants take advantage of turkeys open border with greece and both carry out some are taking dangerous risks for the chance to reach the european union. I dont know how to swim while walking i was thinking you cross or you die those are the only 2 options earlier this week the Turkish Police began blocking refugees were walking across this bridge to get closer to the checkpoint with greece now people are resorting to risking their lives by crossing this below. On the other side of the river bank cold and wet refugees were met by villagers looking to make a profit those who still had money in their pockets were asked to pay 2. 00 to 3. 00 for a ride with a horse and cart a tractor or a van instead of walking the short distance to get closer to the checkpoint at the greek border. All who. Were also poor we dont have money and if we did we wouldnt. Doing this. The odds of people making it to greece and being allowed to stay looking creasing least lamb the greek government says only 1500. 00 migrants at most have entered since turkey opened its border gates last friday around 26000 have been stopped several men told us this was their 2nd attempt after theyd already been deported from greece but this was done just dick music. I made it to the other side and for 5 days i moved from place to place i have no food people give me food i eat i have no money left. Despite hunger exhaustion and frustration theyve summoned the determination to repeat the journey. Europe has to take us because only took a is taking care of immigrants to take us there will be good others will be following that also making the precarious track natasha getting bulges era a dern a near the border between turkey and greece. Under a controversial plan that names remain in mexico more than 60000. 00 Asylum Seekers had been denied entry into the United States after wait across the border while their cases are processed in u. S. Courts and the Mexican Border town of madame morris more than 2000 people are living in a tent camp between their hearings John Heilemann has more. In the mix can bank of the rio bravo is a tent camp of more than 2000 people over the other side the promise land the us. Most of from Central America especially on due to us and have been here for months there waiting for their asylum request to play out in a closed up u. S. System before they would have been kept stateside for that long process but a Year Old Program could n. P. P. Or remain in mexico changed things since then some 60000 people have been shipped across the border and told to wait here and they had only u. S. Officials told me that i was going to a shelter in mexico with security and food that we shouldnt be scared in reality they just left us at the bridge i asked mexican migration officials where i could stay because i was with my girls wherever you want they told me if you dont find anywhere you can just stay at the bottom of the steps and eventually they found their way to a camp thats turned into a sort of village residents provide some services the much morris town government takes care of the rubbish and International Organizations and churches many from the u. S. Provide food and other essentials. They come to matamoros a border town known for gang violence. Like many others here each of his family hardly ever set foot outside apart from to head across the river when they have a case hearing they dont see a judge face to face even then just across the border from the camp something thats new under this u. S. Administration they call and tang courts and this is where Asylum Seekers speak to judges who elsewhere in the united. States by video link up now what migrants rights advocates say is that these are quite secret and even hostile environments for Asylum Seekers were it becomes even more difficult for them to effectively present their cases. The study by sitting queues University Shows that less than one percent of asylum relief requests on the m. P. P. Have been approved its not helped say migrant rights attorneys by the complications of getting legal aid in the camp so there are very few attorneys that are willing to actually come into mexico and especially in the areas of Martha Morris i know so why well i dont know because of the level of dangerousness within within mexico itself last friday us did m. P. P. To hoped but then the same cool stayed pending fresh arguments it means that for now the policy continues to give them are already if we go back now what are we going back to weve been threatened whats going to be our story if we go back. Recently the numbers of arriving at the camp. But migrants rights advocates say thats only because the us is now sending some Asylum Seekers further away still under another new program all the way to guatemala john homan how does it or my tomatoes. But he Central Americans in mexico waiting for a decision on their asylum cases in the u. S. Are staying in the countrys most dangerous state Office Without borders has some of their patients in the way of all the raido a town in the state had been kidnapped or have suffered violence that report coming up in part 2 of our series on thursday. And saudi arabia are being accused of denying a detained saudi activists access to a lawyer who of all has been imprisoned since 2018 along with other prominent activists she had campaigned against the ban on women driving in the kingdom her sister raised the case during a human rights conference in geneva. She was in solitary confinement for 8 months without having any reason of why the try it was suspended and now they began with the trial again but there is nothing new and its a sick trial because all the procedures are violated but when she tries to to ask them for proof they wont do it when she tries to have to really give her defend the fence just stop her from talking so basically everything is on her rights are violated the u. S. Has carried out its 1st airstrike against the taliban since the signing of a pulmonary peace deal last week military commanders say they were responding to attacks on afghan army positions in southern Helmand Province and northern afghanistan at least 19 soldiers and Police Officers were killed during 3 separate attacks and condors province 10 Afghan Border patrol officers have also been kidnapped the attacks happened hours after donald trump spoke with the talibans political leader mullah baradar its thought to be the 1st direct exchange between a us president and the taliban leadership sector and defense mark esper has told a Congressional Committee that the u. S. Is allowed to defend Afghan Forces under the agreement with the taliban then we continue to defend the afghan support them the taliban to there are honoring their peace but in terms of not not attacking u. S. And Coalition Forces but not in terms of sustaining a reduction in violence palestinian families whose houses are slated to be demolished by the Israeli Military are calling on activists to help defend their homes last month Israel Supreme Court rejected appeals to have the demolitions halted in the occupied west bank some of the homes of palestinian detainees accused of carrying out attacks against israelis last year Israeli Forces demolished 14 homes as a socalled punitive measure. The aim behind this policy is to increase the number of Israeli Settlers in the west bank on the expense of palestinians because they demolished the houses of palestinians in the same time they increases and expand the settlements for israeli settlements or settlers homes mere presence here in the occupied territory constitutes a crime. We talk about this israeli Supreme Court is a court of barred by laws in morals but in fact its one of israels occupation tools which implements its policies and decisions. 24 people have died and dozens are missing after heavy rain and landslides in southeast brazil the states of sao paulo and Rio De Janeiro are hardest hit. At 70. Has lost everything overnight a months worth of rain fell in a matter of hours in brazil state triggering landslides and burying homes and people with it. I lost my house i lost my daughter why doored more than anything in my life and my son in law firefighters the volunteers are racing against time to find dozens of people still missing at least 200 people are homeless and thats just in one out of 3 cities affected. By i think they want us to live but we can i gar i dont have anywhere to go are i dont have family i dont have anybody here its summer in brazil but since january theres been unusual bouts of rain floods and mudslides the Regional Government in sao paulo is blaming Climate Change as i want to mention that climate phenomenons are taking place in the south eastern regions of the country reaching levels that were not reached ever before it clearly shows that Climate Change is severe and demands the attention of the governments. But brazils far right kristen jari both snarl has been accused of ignoring these traits from Climate Change as families struggle to cope with this likely impact. Take out the headlines right now on aljazeera a state of emergency has been declared in california after a reported its 1st death from corona virus there are now 53 confirmed cases in california a 71 year old man who recently returned from and why in cruise died wednesday it becomes the 1st u. S. Patient to die outside of the state of washington where 10 people have died from the virus as the details the person who died was an elderly right Underlying Health conditions so far pretty much what weve consistent with what weve heard elsewhere in the world but he just hed returned from a cruise last month from california to to mexico and while he was on board he started feeling symptoms then when he got off their symptoms continued and finally he called mine well went to hospital he was tested he was positive and then he died while the person from the cruise was also tested positive so the question is what will the other people from that cruise the health of the group are really all from california and in italy which has the highest death toll outside china schools universities and sentiments have been shut until march sporting events that will continue but will be held without spectators billionaire might bloomberg has dropped out of the u. S. Democratic primary race and endorsed former Vice President joe biden performed poorly on super tuesday despite spending half a 1000000000. 00 on Television Advertising for his campaign. Turkeys parliament descended into chaos after tense discussions over the countrys military role in syria m. P. s got into a shoving match after one opposition member accused the president of disrespecting turkish troops who have been killed in syria type word one also was able to responsible for sending troops into the conflict allegedly without proper air cover turkey has sent thousands of soldiers into syria. Or saudi arabia are being accused of denying a detained saudi activists access to a lawyer will haunt all wall has been imprisoned since 2018 along with other prominent activists she campaigned against the ban on women driving in the kingdom or sister raised the case during a human rights conference in geneva the headlines keep it on aljazeera mourners to come lets turn it over to witness that is next. When a Prime Minister takes a lump of coal into his own parliament that call means a lot to the countrys fortunes we bring you the stories and developments that are rapidly changing the world we live in get breaks it was a slogan that whatever the problem is of course jokes and counting the cost on aljazeera. I think we have