Welcome to the program of terms are underway to track hundreds of people across the world who may have been infected with corona virus during a religious gathering in malaysia its now been revealed the event was attended by more than 1500 International Guests from 26 countries florence levy reports. Hours before malaysia shut its borders thousands of malaysian workers who normally commute to work in singapore every day brushed to lean students also formed long lines at bus terminals as confusion over whether campuses which shut prompted many to try to leave 2 police stations were crowded after people were told they would require permits for intestate travel only for police to temporarily withdraw the order even after the partial lockdown was imposed social distancing was forgotten as by is rushed to supermarkets to stock up on essential i mean rushing in the lobby of. The difference. Even if. We should be more Infectious Diseases experts have watched with alarm at whats happening here the director general of health has warned of a possible 3rd wave of infections if people dont obey the governments order to restrict their movements malaysia has confirmed its 1st decades and reported a sudden spike in covert 19 cases in the last few days many linked to a 4 day gathering of muslim missionaries at a mosque near kuala lumpur 16000 people from malaysia and abroad were there the government says its managed to trace more than 8000. 00 of them so far but already those who attended the event have carried the virus back to 6 of the Southeast Asian countries elsewhere astray as Prime Minister made an unprecedented announcement we are writing the travel ban on the strivings to level 4 for the entire world that is the 1st time that has ever happened in australias history the travel advice to every astride him is do not travel abroad do not go on the surface. The australian governments also banned all nonessential indoor gatherings of more than 100 people but from who bay province in china the origin of the corona Virus Outbreak more cause for optimism medical workers from other provinces whove been helping to cope with the crisis are going home as the number of new cases continues to fall south korea reported fewer than 100 new daily cases for the 4th day in a row both china and south korea apparently demonstrating how they are winning the war albeit with different methods china by placing severe restrictions for everyone and south korea with aggressive testing fluently aljazeera. Wall street lockdowns that are in place across much of europe and the effect is very clear take a look at these shots are just coming to us from central paris the past couple of hours. And not a soul to be seen on the streets not a car on the road but that was just after 1 oclock the peak lunch time there the plasterer concourse teeming with visitors. Cafes are closed. And nobody is Walking Around those streets are popular attractions and head towards the loof and the shoals of these say. On any given day of course this area would usually be teeming with tourists is that you listening. Absolutely no one there thats the picture certainly in france lawrence lee joins me now from our london Broadcast Center interesting to see those pictures lawrence because those pictures are reflected not just in france but also now in parts of spain and definitely large parts of italy the french Prime Minister for example very clear about following europes model of confinement because if you dont youll be kept away and are sort of a veiled warning to the u. K. Yes i mean france like like italy and spain are obviously taking it very very seriously now the police the amount of money the French Police now are able to find people on the spot if you go out without the right piece of paper in the end and explanation as to why youve gone outside they can now find people 375. 00 euros which is sort of 4. 00 or so on the spot and so its it is sort of being enforced and put and sort of volunteered that bit at the same time but the French Health minister said that they hope that within 8. 00 to 12. 00 days of this then the numbers of cases in france will start to fall and so the method as as florence who was saying in her report and in china the mass confinements of people coupled with loads and loads of testing of people to that as you can find people who test positive does appear to get results and obviously the french are demanding these enormous sacrifices from their people as are the other European Countries and it does explain why theres such a level of irritation with the u. K. As you said. Here wednesdays Prime Ministers questions the chant was almost empty because all the empty state away in terms of distancing apart from those who are asking the question of the Prime Minister but nobody else a single question about whether were going to get the sort of lock down that the french demond and so consequently it does appear that france is now threatening to take matters into its own hands is what the french Prime Minister said earlier on so you for your little quibble if we want to be coherent all those who within the european zone need to adopt coherent methods and processes to fight the epidemic italy france spain and maybe tomorrow other states have chosen to be in confinement it goes without saying that if other countries especially neighboring countries for example the United Kingdom stay in a logic in which they do not apply these measures that it would be difficult for us to accept british nationals within our territory who could move freely within the country and then come to france. Lawrence there are other interesting statements coming out both from the e. U. And also from the u. K. Prime minister talking about sort of the development of vaccines and that potential availability in the future. Yes it looks like the scientists i mean they their rebel the entire d. N. A. String of the virus very very quickly because technology nowadays allows them to do that and so theyve been trying to figure out his weak spots in the meantime there are lots of developments in europe and outside europe ideas you could use plasma from people whove had its and give it to people who still have it as a way of defeating its fuji in japan seems other flu a flu drug thats thats working in germany. Live on delay and the European Commission president said theyre working on a vaccine that they think might be ready before the autumn and in the same time in the u. K. The Prime Minister here Boris Johnson announced john provinces questions that they think the test might be quite soon. Vailable quite soon here that can tell you if you had it which in a country thats not doing very much testing of people is actually going to help at least find out how how far across the population its all spread so these are rare bits of good News Organisation by the time the german vaccine moderately ready its all the autumn and people in the meantime obviously going to have to get used to just staying at home and not doing very much but as leigh in our london Broadcast Center thanks very much lets just bring you some news coming in from chile that the country there is declared a state of National Emergency over the pandemic i think we can join our latin america editor now lucien human who joins me from santiago we were talking even what 24 hours ago about depressing numbers but. Chile has now decided it needs to take one step further. Absolutely the president has been under incredible pressure curiously enough from mares who are very influential in this country to do more to take more aggressive action and just a few minutes ago he announced that his state of National Catastrophe and emergency has been declared what does this mean it means that the army can go out onto the streets to assure that people do not gather in large numbers it also means the government now has the peron the tubes to. To put a price controls on essential items including hand sanitizers theres been incredible speculation with the prices of all these things needed to try to bring down to prevent this virus from spreading and a whole array of other actions that the government will now be able to take it also means that very large demonstrations that were planned for friday for example to mark a 5 month anniversary of the social outburst here in chile will likely be prohibited and that they will be able to see army to prevent them apart from that the mares as i said have been taking the initiative declared that all malls in this area where i am right now which is one of the busiest in the city will be shut or have been shut as of a few hours ago the government said that this was their pitch for all that his but theyre going ahead and doing it anyway and people are also calling for the whole city of santiago to be put under lockdown by the weekend at the latest because this is the part of the country that has the largest number of cases over the latest from chile listen human thanks very much. Well lets stay in the americas because the u. S. And canada are to close their shared border to nonessential travel its the Worlds Largest land border u. S. President donald trump tweeted the announcement saying and we quote we will be by Mutual Consent temporarily closing our northern border with canada he also went on to say that trade will not be affected details to follow lets try to get some more details from can really help get our White House Correspondent hes ready for us in washington d. C. Border closures and a trillion dollar stimulus package in less than 24 hours it seems to all be happening for the american president. Yeah lets start with the border im a canada u. S. Citizen so i know how much both countries really value this trade relationship this is the longest continuous Border Crossing in the world and the trade relationship just to give you some perspective 1600000000 in goods cross that border every day it is a lifeline for both countries in terms of trade relationship so that is remaining open for now but the fact that there has been a closure announced by this president but we should point out was really announced on monday by the canadian Prime Minister trudeau and we should also note that his wife sophie greg or has tested positive for corona virus gives us a bit of a sense of where things are headed in terms of how serious this really is so what were being told on the Border Closure is that the permanent residents and citizens of either country will be allowed to return but beyond that tourism Cross Border Shopping which is a big thing i can tell you will that will be taking place for now now the other thing you want to talk about here is that big rescue package thats being put forward by the white house to the u. S. Congress and looks like its on a fast track to be passed by the end of the week this is an enormous historical proportions one trillion dollars being asked for it would not only include Cash Payments for ordinary americans somewhere in the neighborhood of 1000. 00 to even 4500. 00 being talked about but also a rescue package for Major Industries like the airlines that have been hit really hard and what thing thats being asked for is we now have theres another package some 45000000000 in government funding that is being requested by the white house of congress to keep Government Agencies open so this is a lot of detail that we need to get on all of these various packages and were hoping to get that at the Upcoming Press covers the president talked about in a tweet this morning we believe that is the regular Coronavirus Task force briefing at the white house that will be taking place at 1530. 00 g. M. T. And of course well come back to full time with you about what happens kimberly thank you in washington d. C. Now china has wrote the reporting credentials of journalists from 3 major american newspapers the Foreign Ministry says its a Counter Measure against what it calls unreasonable oppression from the u. S. Is the latest in an escalating media feud between the chinese and the u. S. Governments treated you as more from beijing. To see and hear whats happening in one of the worlds most powerful and any countrys foreign media in china provide a window for the world that window has just been made smooth with the ousting of correspondents from 3 of americas best known newspapers the New York TimesWashington Post and the wall street journal chinas Foreign Ministry says the crackdown is in response to unfair treatment by the us. China is not one to start trouble but will not blink if trouble comes in that way at least 13 foreign journalists are affected that bad not only from reporting in Mainland China but in hong kong and macau as well u. S. Secretary of state mike compare is hoping beijing will reconsider the chinese will tell you that they want more information people to know more about the country yet they continue to take actions like the one you see today where they deny the world the capacity to know whats really going on inside other countries earlier this month the Us Government kept the number of chinese reporters working in the states for 5 state run outlets including c g t n China Global Television network or c g t n u. S. Based staff numbers but cut from 160 to 100 that followed the expulsion in february of 3 will street journal correspondence from beijing following an editorial titled china is the real sick man of asia that was seen as retaliation for the trump administrations decision to force Chinese Media firms to register as foreign entities in the u. S. Theres been a desire to get china to react to do something which will paint china in the International Eyes as the aggressor as a authoritarian government chinas Foreign Correspondents Club condemned the ban saying there are no winners in the use of journalists as diplomatic pawns journalists eliminate the world we live in china through this action is dimming itself. In the past 7 years the Chinese Government has revoked the these as of at least 9 foreign journalists but analysts say the expulsion happening now is the worst attack on press freedom says the days of nazi dolls the sound of communist china since coming to power president xi jinping has tightened his grip areas of Chinese SocietyMedia Outlets local and international no exception katrina aljazeera. Will still. Aljazeera a 10000000. 00 reward and he wont you can solve a 30 year old thats mistry that story after the break and. I know that the rain is still very much in the forecast in southern areas of china but it should just be one more day lots of cloud on the satellite streaming as you can see really to the east of japan weve had some very mild air in place here as well so thursday as a warm day 20 celsius for osaka the same across into tokyo 12 in sapporo and that is about 8 degrees above average for this time of year the rain showers still very much across the south but they are really beginning to die away but sunday into monday and hong kong the same across in taipei but a dry day generally on friday what we will see though is that a band of rain working its way east was staying to the east of honshu in japan but we will see some showers up into a kind of time it is a little bit lower but still above the average for this time of year plenty of rain showers across much of borneo again these are quite heavy at times that you place in the day you can see even some yellow areas indicating some very very torrential downpours and also very widespread through much of the marcha and Western Areas of java sim a story really on friday and then we could also say that more rain developing as you can see here through cumbia vietnam and across into thailand and then n. G. O. We have golson rain showers as well really the 3 most Central Regions but its a very warm couple of days 36 in our poor on thursday and 35. 00 on friday. Join me Steve Clemons on the bottom line for your weekly take on u. S. Politics and society im changing but the institutions frequently dont the system itself is set up to benefit those who understand that you have people who actually believe things that are not true that is a crisis for democracy is a crisis of concentration the bottom line on aljazeera because context these are the 3 indepth storytelling around the biggest issues weve done but had to do he should do it again. Welcome back youre watching aljazeera with me to home run the reminder of our top stories malaysia has closed its borders earns its 1st 2 coronavirus deaths were recorded as well as 790 infections nearly 2 thirds of the infections have been traced to an event at a mosque in kuala lumpur where people from 26 countries attended. Strict lock downs are now in place across much of europe streets across france italy and spain have emptied as governments turned to mandatory quarantine measures to stop the spread of the virus and u. S. President donald trump says the border with canada will be close in 2 nonessential travel over the coronavirus pandemic the trumpet ministration announced a trillion dollar package aimed at stabilizing the economic fallout. Lets take a look at economic fallout go straight to world wall street and find how the markets are reacting to some of the latest developments kristen slim is following the issue there for us of course a bumpy few days really has the president s hope really to help the nation that anything positive to the dow jones index. Its been a very tense morning with us stocks following in the footsteps of asian and european stocks there was a bit of a reprieve on tuesday stock prices were better as washington announced its plans for a stimulus package but theres just a lot of uncertainty out there still and the growing realization that the impacts of the coronavirus pandemic are going to be even more far reaching than anyone initially thought about and we have businesses and families starting to lose income now the 1st reports coming in of furloughed employees for the hotel chain mary odds of more flights being grounded people staying home kids not going to school in the real concern about people and businesses not being able to pay their bills is setting in so stocks are about 4 percent lower on the dow and basically analysts are saying you know just expect more of this up and down movement because theres so much uncertainty out there or Oil Prices Continue down now theres fear that they could drop below 20. 00 a barrel that has wide ranging implications so just just a lot of uncertainty there again washington d. C. Promising a stimulus package. Promising to get money into the hands of individual families and businesses that are being hard hit to help them weather the storm but how that all is going to play out still remains to be seen and until that works itself out theres a growing acceptance and growing and analysis that the Global Economy is heading for a recession and that is going to weigh heavily on investors indeed it is of course well have to wait to see what the president says later at the core of the virus meeting and press. Press later thanks very much Kristen Selena in new york. Joe biden has extended his lead in the race for the democratic president ial nomination the former u. S. Vice president defeated Bernie Sanders by big margins in the primaries in illinois arizona and florida and a gallup has more from miami. At polling stations in florida arizona and illinois wasnt just the democratic process officials were concerned about the rapid spread of the coronavirus saw low voter turnout furious cleaning and polling staff not manning the boobs over Health Concerns many voted early or by mail but those that turned out on tuesday were cautious. Here sexts a way other than us the best you can do all you can do is just try to stay clean wash your hands limit any public action if you can i mean im going to go home after this im not going to be out hanging out with people so officials in ohio declared a Health Emergency delaying their primary until june the states governor called it an Unprecedented Health crisis that left some voters disappointed i really want to vote you know i want to make sure my voice is heard especially you know for more years and theyre going to paris where we are you know africanamericans. Despite the confusion concerns and recommendations not to gather in large crowds the night belonged to joe biden the former Vice President now has the momentum delegate counts and is seen by many as best able to take on President Trump all this together. This is one for each of us to see and believe the best in everyone of us to look out for our neighbors understand the fear and stress and so many are feeling biden now has a net insurmountable lead over Bernie Sanders he didnt address his losses on tuesday instead appealing for more federal help for the pandemic we need to provide a direct emergency 2000. 00 cash payment every household in america every month for the duration of the crisis to provide them with the assistance they need to pay their bills and take care of their families in his remote address to the nation joe biden spoke directly to sunder supporters telling them i hear you Sanders Movement is still a powerful force and bidens appeal is perhaps a sign of things to come the former Vice President wants to unite both the country and the party and to do that hell need those supporters on board and he gallacher aljazeera Miami Florida irans president Hassan Rouhani has starred further retaliate against the u. S. For the assassination of general glosson siller money so while he was killed in a u. S. Drone strike in iraq in january he was a key figure in expanding irans influence in the region and was one of the most powerful men in the iranian leadership iran launched missile strikes on u. S. Bases shortly after the assassination but no soldiers were killed at a battle about it toto all you the americans assassinate our great commander and we retaliated and will further retaliate our armed forces made a Firm Response targeting an important u. S. Base in the region u. S. Will never forget this because it was the 1st time they received a Firm Response over a mistake they did. Even before the Coronavirus Crisis indias Financial Institutions were causing concern because of the large debt yes bank the 4th largest lender in india was taken over by the government this month the 3rd rescue this year elizabeth a report from new delhi. Some good news at last for us Bank Customers nearly 2 weeks after the government took all the indias 4th largest private. Withdrawn limit of 50000. 00 rupees 630. 00 imposed during the government takeover is due to end on wednesday was. Just. One particular bank so thats not easy for. Us. We will continue waiting for somebody else so. The government took control on march the 6th because the bank had too many bad debts and loans which were being repaid the takeover customers lining up to get their money out and the government imposing the withdrawal of limit. For the bailout the government of the reserve bank of india brought together 8 banks led by the state bank of india the largest in the country. The failure of us bank is again highlighting the banking crisis involving Financial Institutions with too many shadow banks which dont face the same regulations as the lenders and the indebted companies. Yes Bank Customers included some of indias biggest businesses including group a body was once one of indias richest people are the incremental big reason that it was going to already promoter who were. Before before were not able to pay back the bank. Like in the u. P. A. The previous regime. So that sort of turned out all the cronies ended up getting more loans to pay by. Earlier. The government has accused u. S. Banks found capone and his family of laundering around 600000000. 00 by receiving kickbacks for extending loans that couldnt be repaid kapoors lawyer says hes being made a scapegoat 5th largest private analysts say the toxic loans crisis goes beyond a few bad apples its the 3rd time in a year that indias reserve bank has intervened to rescue a lender the where are bad loans. Have plagued our economy our fanaticism the last 5 years. Had been hoping for a slower train wreck you know they want the problems that they were they were looking over but in this business that is north korean regular 3 indirect it will cause damage. Many are asking why the government didnt notice us banks massive growth of the economy was suffering a significant slowdown yes bank rescue comes at a bad time for indias economy which is growing at the slowest pace in over 6 years the government is now investigating why the take all the had to happen the financial analysts say on this the entire sept. 3rd biggest economy could deteriorate further elizabeth problem aljazeera. 30 years ago 2 burglars in boston carried out whats being called the heist of the century the men took 13 rare works including several by the dutch master. Theyve not been seen since. The autistic cold case at the Isabella StewartGardner Museum in boston a 30 year old mystery still brings pain and questions who bluffed their way into the museum tied up the guards and made off with 13 rare paintings drawings and objects where the works now. 2 of the most important works that were stolen the concert by their me are just one of 36 of his works in existence and christ in the storm on the sea of galilee by rembrandt his only painting featuring a seascape scene reports that the stolen items are worth 500000000. 00 or more and pragmatically thats a fair estimate however i like to to point out that the pieces that were stolen from the gardener really are the true definition of priceless ness because they can never be solved they can never be replaced a few years ago the f. B. I. Thought this Surveillance Video could solve the case it shows an unidentified man walking through the museum after hours just one night before the heist but that and other clues just werent enough to help investigators another problem it turns out both suspected robbers died a year after the theft the message to the public if you know something its ok to come forward we acknowledge the fact that any or all of these pieces could be in the hands of individuals who had nothing to do with the original theft or may not even know that theyre stolen 30 years on the museums 10000000 dollar reward sits unclaimed while curators and Law Enforcement hope these works one day will return to the gardners walls rosalyn jordan aljazeera washington. And what challenges there are with me as a whole robin remind of all top stories malaysia has closed its borders has its 1st 2 coronavirus deaths were recorded as well as 790 infections nearly 2 thirds of the infections have been traced to an event as a mole skin color the pool of people from 26 countries attended. U. S. President donald trump says the border with canada will be closing 2 nonessential travel over the coronavirus pandemic earlier the trumpet ministration announced a trillion dollar package aimed at stabilizing the economic fallout can be helped it has more on the us canada border announcement. From a canada us citizen so i know how much both countries really value this trade relationship this is the longest continuous Border Crossing in the world and the trade relationship just to give us some perspective 1600000000 in goods cross that border every day it is a lifeline for both countries in terms of that trade relationship so that is remaining open for now Global Stock Markets have slumped once again with major indices opening down the dow jones slid by about 5 percent as wall street opened a short while ago european and asian markets also saw similar losses. Chile has announced a state of emergency over the pandemic earlier protesters demanded shops to be forced to close because of the spread of the virus the number of cases in chile has risen by a 3rd in the past 24 hours to 328. 00 infections the most in any latin American Country strict lockdowns and in place across much of europe streets across france italy and spain have been emptied as governments turned to mandatory quarantine measures more stories in the aljazeera news hour with me in half an hour we return to the bottom line. We understand the differences in similarities have cultures across the wound sentimental value taking. Aljazeera. And Current Affairs that matter to you. Down to 0. Hi im Steve Clemons and i have a question as coronavirus challenges society and spreads across america whats the domino effect of keeping millions of students at home lets get to the bottom line. Across the u. S. So far about 5000 cases of coronavirus have been recorded and restrictions are going into effect one of the biggest decisions has been shutting down schools from coast to coast people more than happy to do what it takes to protect themselves and their families but no one knows how the School Shutdown will affect this generation of students and their parents what happens if the School Closures go beyond a few weeks does the entire term get written off what happens if it least one parent cant stay at home with the kids what happens to folks who depend on the free lunches and the breakfasts offered by the Public Schools and with all the talk about Distance Learning is america competent at scale to pull off such a feat so many