Reopen businesses intensifies in the us despite advice from medical experts who say its way too soon will start. And then the u. S. And israel denounce the launch of what iran says is its vast military satellite into the atmosphere. And out to communities in canadas isolated north look for ways to protect themselves from the ground of violence. Now u. S. President has dismissed the possibility of a severe 2nd wave of corona virus infections later in the year during his Daily Briefing he asked the director of the u. S. Centers for Disease Control and prevention to clarify his earlier mogs that another bout of infections during the flu season could be far worse than whats being witnessed now now around 840000. 00 people have been infected in the u. S. And nearly 50000. 00 have died those are the highest numbers anywhere in the world. We were not good you could have some veggies are grown in a big food system and if they are. By using come together they come together its not great but we will not go through what we went through for the last 2 months as it is a correction. I understand that the United States will serve a new pair of them but how can you say that you know it wont come back in the same level that it has today what it is estimated might not come back at all jeff it may not come back at all he should get about a worst Case Scenario where you have a big flu and you have some corona and if it does come back its not going to come back and ive spoken to 10 different people not going to be like it was. Trumps comments come on a day when the World Health Organization says the pandemic is far from over and that in some halls of the world outbreaks up are only just beginning most of the year peter mix in western europe appears to be stable or declining although numbers are low we see warning upward trend you know africa central and south america and Eastern Europe most countries are still in the early stages of their epidemics and that we are affected only in the pundit got to know starting to see a resurgence in cases make no mistake we have a long way to go this virus will be with us for a long time and other developments the e. U. Says it wants to build what it calls a humanitarian aid bridge to move essential aid and equipment to parts of africa hit hardest by the virus well thats now speak to mike hanna hes been following that press conference for us in washington d. C. Mike it seems the white house very keen to set the record straight on the c. D. C. s position despite what appear to be some pretty inherent contradictions about the administrations approach to the pandemic. Well it was essentially a rather uncomfortable moment when President Trump introduced the director of the centers for Disease Control having described the report in the local newspaper as fake news described as misquoting at the director well the director got up and made it very clear that he had not prima squirted in the body of the initial report he did have some argument about the headline itself but its yet another example of president countering his scientists now not only the director of the c. D. C. But also dr anthony fancy the chief medical adviser to the white house saying that hes absolutely convinced that the coronavirus will come back in the fall and that is his position President Trump as you heard there saying it may not come back at all but the c. D. C. Director speaking to the briefing made very clear that he was talking about the confluence of flu and a coronavirus at the same time making it more complicated as he put it this current wave of coronavirus occurred after the flu season but the director of the c. D. C. Is making very clear his belief that its the confluence of flu and coronavirus in the fall or winter would make it very very difficult to deal with this is what he had to say. When i commented yesterday that there was a possibility of the 4 winter. Next for winter could be more difficult difficult or complicated and we had 2 respiratory illnesses circulated the same time influenza in the coronavirus 19 but i think its really important to emphasize what i didnt say i didnt say that this was going to be worse i said it was going to be were complicate are more difficult and potentially complicated because well have flu in coronavirus circulated soon turn and my fav also saying over the last few weeks President Trumps supporting these anti lock down protests that have emerged but now hes also criticizing session governors for reopening too quickly while a d. D. S. Said that governors the governor of georgia who many observers believed actually opened up certain aspects because he thought that was what President Trump wanted him to do as you correctly state President Trump having supported and tweeted out support for a number of anti lock down protesters in a number of states but president in the course of this news briefing criticized the governor for opening up certain aspects such as tattoo parlors and various other aspects of normal daily life the President Trump insisting that this is too soon to do this but interestingly enough he said that well thats what the governor wants to do i cant do anything about it this from the president who says he has all the power to do what ever he needs to direct the governors to do so once again theres different many messages coming not only from the white house about from the president himself mike hanna there for us in washington d. C. Thank you very much mike. Well tensions between iran and the United States have intensified off to tehran successfully launched its 1st military satellite irans revolutionary guard says theyre now able to monitor the wild from space. Has moved from tehran. On wednesday morning the will to news of a secret operation carried out by the Islamic Revolutionary guards from a launch site in iran central desert it successfully used a 2 stage rocket to put its 1st military satellite in space. The newer or light is now 425 kilometers above us orbiting earth the head of the revolutionary guards says it gives irans military new strategic advantages or that. It is a necessity for such powerful Defense Forces like the revolutionary guard to have access to advanced capabilities today the powerful armies of the world have no comprehensive defense plan if they dont have a place in space today we can monitor the world from space and it means boosting strategic data for the i. R. G. C. Putting the satellite into orbit gives us a technological advantage and its also a powerful asset in the intelligence war. Iran has put satellites in space before but the success of the noor comes after several failures in recent years its expected to be used for intelligence gathering secure military Communications Navigation and reconnaissance whatever leaders need to support from the sky irans military assets on earth and the satellite isnt the days only technological development. The difference between the satellite and previous ones is that its propulsion the uses a combined solid and liquid fuel only a few superpowers have this capability and only a few countries the rest are consumers of this technology. Its a proud moment for irans revolutionary guards. The group suffered a major setback to its reputation after the accidental shoot down in january of Ukraine InternationalAirlines Flight 752 all 176 people on board were killed since the beginning of the 21st century iran despite diplomatic and economic isolation has managed to develop the technology nesa. Serry to elbow its way into an elite club along with rivals like the United States and israel as well as allies like russia china india iran is one of only a dozen countries in the world with the homegrown Rocket Technology to launch its own satellites into space seen bus robbi old 0 to one and the u. S. President has been talking about iran satellite norms just this past hour during his Daily Briefing our White House Correspondent kelly halkett was there kimberly i see you managed to get in a question about the launch yeah the u. S. President was asked 1st of all about his tweet early on wednesday with regard to what prompted it and if he had a warning for rod the president doubled down on his message saying in fact that if there were as any harassment by iranian ships or at ronnie and fast boats toward u. S. Ships in the persian gulf that in his words the United States would shoot those boats out of the water if they get close to our boats he wanted to project the message that the United States is 100 percent ready in terms of any potential engagement i did have the opportunity to also follow up on the satellite launch by the i. R. G. C. And heres what the u. S. President had to say they say also said it was for television does anybody really believe that they would have Better Television in iran so they say they were watching iran very closely very closely we know more about iran than they do right now we know more than they do so we know all about it we watched it we knew it was going on we followed it very closely they say it was for television. Now what the president wouldnt answer is whether or not he was concerned about optics the fact that there has been an outbreak of coronavirus on the u. S. S. Roosevelt or even the fact that he has been consumed by dealing with the quote a virus in the United States and whether or not this projecting any concerns about military readiness and whether or not iran may be viewing this as a potential opportunity the u. S. President would not answer that question however it is worth noting that the u. S. President did make a call today to the amir of qatar and while both readouts from both sides do not explicitly mention iran by any means they do say that they discussed issues in the region so certainly it is safe to presume that this is on the mind of the u. S. President certainly a concern candy how compare our White House Correspondent thank you candy postell ahead on aljazeera admiring from a bomb why not i want you to trees a favorite. Hello there across much of japan you can see the cloud on the supplies and also as a fairly gusty winds bringing those systems and weve got more of this rain across southern and central areas of china particularly have you say further to the south also that does mean northern vietnam seeing some heavy downpours at times and all this rain keeping the temperatures down side is a bit cooler in hong kong for the next couple of days 28 by friday dipping down to 20 celsius and all the while that rain pretty heavy to take a feather to the south across into as well as showers across into taiwan. Really 3 central areas of honshu touches a little bit lower than me perhaps like to see just 18 celsius and the rains are back in the forecast across much of indonesia heavy again across areas of borneo and developing nation across much of sumatra southern sections of them a peninsula some heavy downpours for you and again were going to see more in the way of rain across into laos vietnam and eventually some showers across into cambodia and areas of the thailand and still the rain very much in the full cost of the far north east of india and still very heavy at times across areas of bangladesh and. The rain really just sitting off the coast but eventually coming onshore into areas of west bengal and a similar story on friday was shown as particular cross into kerala. Iran and discover how such a. Refugee community. Believe and identity. Id like to move to the world. I will be able to prove myself and my townsmen. And myself. Its like child. Can unite on aljazeera. I and the and. Hello again im the star and a reminder of our top stories this hour u. S. President donald trump has signed the executive order suspending immigration for 60 days hes also dismissed the possibility of a severe 2nd wave of corona virus infections and they say in the comments follow the World Health Organization saying the pandemic is far from over a mass in some parts of the wild outbreaks out of a new just beginning. Irans revolutionary guard says theyve successfully launched a military satellite into orbit a fast time its drawing criticism from the u. S. Which says irans Space Program is a cover for missile development. Now people across europe are still contracting the coronavirus even as some countries ease restrictions in the u. K. Where more than 18000 people have already died the government is facing increasing criticism over its approach and reaction to the pandemic so an ego has more on the situation across the continent. The house of commons normally rowdy for wednesdays Prime Ministers questions resumed its business with social distancing firmly in place without Boris Johnson at the helm in his place the foreign secretary since the start of the outbreak weve delivered 1000000000 items of personal protective equipment and tens of millions have been distributed father devolved administrations but the government has been under fire over its coronavirus can demonstrate ag. By the end of the month the Health Secretary had promised the u. K. Would be conducting a 100000. 00 tests a day it is currently carrying out 18000. 00 per day with a capacity 440000 here stop fact seized on by the new Opposition Labor Party leader of the pattern emerging here we were slow in to look slow on testing slower protective equipment but now slow to take up these offers from british i dont accept this premise that we can slide were being joined by the scientific advice the chief scientific advisor the chief medical officer i thought every step along this way the number of deaths in the u. K. Continues to rise with more than 800000 recorded at hospitals around the country the Health Secretary has said that the country has reached the peak of the pandemic but no one is contemplating lifting the lockdown soon in spain officials in madrid gathered to close a makeshift morgue set up by the rice rink in the capital the country has seen the 2nd highest number of deaths from covert 1000 in europe during the worst face to date the military had been transferring bodies here on a daily basis now the government is about to loosen the lockdown to allow children accompanied by parents to go out for the 1st time in weeks but this is not a rushed maneuver the restrictions will remain in place until the middle of may and if the epidemic worsens. Government will impose them again but the worry of a financial meltdown here is still prevalent with the Prime Minister better sanchez calling on the European Council to get Financial Aid to countries like. The European Council must boken the financial package approved by the euro group and demand the completion of the project work so that the instruments are implemented by june the 1st this is the key for europe and consequently for our country but i. Swedens decision to stay open had been criticised by its neighboring countries pushing the economy over Public Health 2000 people have died there from cave at 19 but even without going into lock down its export dependent upon me has been hit hard state relief measures are being put in place but even with that hate it will still see a financial slump like everywhere else affected by the pandemic so did i ever. Well speaking of reopening and the deep political divide has opened up in the u. S. Over whether reopening the economy right now would undermine efforts to slow the pandemic crowds of mostly conservative demonstrators have been protesting against lockdown measures in more than a dozen states Many Republican that Southern States have announced plans to reopen soon georgia is the one taking the most drastic leap opening most businesses that includes gyms and restaurants by monday but with some of the lowest testing rates experts fear that cases that could rebound quickly president tom himself says he disapproves of the. I told the governor of georgia brian camp that i disagree strongly with his decision to open certain facilities which are in violation of the phase one guidelines for. The incredible people of georgia at the same time he was do what he thinks is right and want to do what he thinks is right but i disagree with him on what hes doing what i want to let the government still govern see something totally agree just totally out of line ill do but i think spas and beauty salons and tattoo parlors and barbershops in phase one going to phase 2 very soon is just too soon i think is too soon while he has told governors that they can decide on their own whether their states are ready to reopen but thats just a is after president tom declared he had total authority over the decision well for more on this lets speak to eric hand in washington d. C. Hes a political analyst and author of the book the g. O. P. Civil war erick im confused weve had so many Different Things coming out of the white house over whether lockdown sit be listed a man who is really in charge what does the administration really want. Well the administration unequivocally wants to see the economy back to work to back open and people back to work and we do know that this is something that not only does the Administration Want to see happen but also many of our sources evan warmness that the president a Campaign Team certainly wants to see this as well a President Donald Trump has been taking a massive hit politically as a result of the administrations handling of the code 1000 by recess continuing to grip the country and fact were seeing the president s Approval Rating not only falling percipient asli nationwide but in many of those key states that the president will need to win hes also down in fact these down by as many as 8 points in penn and pennsylvania florida and wisconsin and so the president doesnt want to see the economy back open but clearly what were seeing take place and many of these states is that particularly in states like georgia South Carolina and florida it appears as though they are moving a little too fast in terms of how theyre beginning to open things up right now erick we saw those tweets from President Trump saying that he wanted certain states liberated and i says that all of those states have democratic governors and theres obviously as weve been talking about the election naming in november is this essentially playing politics and the middle of a Global Pandemic and how does that play out with voters in the u. S. Sure it certainly seems as though politics are now front and center as the as a virus continues to grow and spread across the country in fact if you contrast what were seeing take place in a state like georgia you take another state like michigan which is also considered a hot spot with more than 25000 confirmed cases of corona virus in fact just yesterday we know one of the youngest people to have contracted the virus in michigan actually died a 5 Year Old Girl but the governor a democrat governor Gretchen Whitman at whitmer has said that. Bowling alley nelson was barber shops and things like that would be the last businesses that would open in the state of michigan so clearly were saying a very different direction that states being run by democratic governors operating in versus not only what were seeing from red state governors but also states along the along the south and if this is playing politics show any if it up down left and we do theorists agence of the crowd a virus thats not going to help president tom simply of all raising. Well know its not the president is certainly taking a huge gamble right now but again the president s of poll numbers are continuing to drop and also when you consider that 22000000 people lost their jobs in march this is a president who ran on his ability to handle the economy for nearly 4 years the president has touted the stock market and the low unemployment in the United States and that was to be the president s goal and that would actually get him over the hump for reelection but now hes heading into an election with a candidate who is seeking to resurge right now a candidate in Vice President joe biden who why the rate raised nearly 50000000. 00 just in march alone but in addition to that youve got an economy that looks like its heading into a recession and of course the virus continuing to grip gripped the nation so the president is trying to figure a way out and hes got it and he figures the economy is the way for him to do it so erick just briefly i do want to ask you because notable Health Experts and scientists and warning that lockdowns potentially need to remain in place in one form or another until theres actually a vaccine so how does that pipe and if they can given the timing of the election well again if you just look at what took place with the stimulus 3. 5 that the Senate Just Passed a day ago one of the major sticking points was democrats wanted a National Testing operation whereas republicans did not one of the reasons republicans did not want that is because they saw it as something that democrats get used to blame the president with and so clearly what were seeing here is an administration thats trying to issue as much of the responsibility for this virus as. Eric ham that speaking to us from washington d. C. A political analyst and author thank you eric always good to have you on out of there you bet thank you. Now brazils a Financial Hub cell paolo is planning to reopen its economy by may 11th but Health Care Systems and many other regions are struggling menow says a city of 2000000 people in the heart of the amazon rain forest has been hit particularly hard the number of burials in the region has more than doubled from around 30 before the pandemic to 100 every day and the city is having to dig mass graves to cope Health Officials have issued multiple calls for help last week when all their intensive care beds and ventilators were in use while the vost octave territory of none of it in Northern Canada is one of the few places in the wilds largely untouched by private 19 it has isolation on its side because its lack of access to Health Care Makes it vulnerable to any outbreak daniel lak reports. Nunavut his home to just under 40000 people scattered across an arctic landscape the size of western europe most are indigenous in a week and they live in preparing his conditions few jobs expensive housing and by the standards of a rich country like canada Minimal Health services in the remote hamlet of igloolik north of hudsons bay theres only a 4 bed Health Center to serve 2000 people we have house system that is already at asset beyond capacity really you know and that it can really earn much more and so when Something Like this comes to play it really. Even in the territories largest town of cali weed there are just 7 ventilators in the most basic of hospitals proper intensive care can only be accessed after a 3 hour flight south to the Canadian Capital ottawa the people of new interviewed are also far more likely than other canadians to have preexisting medical conditions that are aggravated by code 19 so higher levels of diabetes chronic lung disease. P. D. Chronic obstructive lung disease you know given crowd of ours tends to target people with Underlying Health conditions its very concerning so none of it has effectively gone into its own version of social isolation no casual outside visits are allowed returning residents can only come home after theyve cornered for 2 weeks travel between communities is only permitted for medical or other emergencies even a low number of covert 1000 cases would be catastrophic up here thats why theres a lot of local support for isolating the entire territory its not an easy position to be in so im very happy with what the leadership that weve seen on that the federal government that needs to step up from assists wilner own unit and provide the basic human rights that everybody is there and the territory. Even before this pandemic in the near shutdown of the Global Economy none of it had lower life expectancies and higher rates of poverty than most of canada remote and cut off at the best of times this is a land thats hoping that coated 19 leaves them alone with their existing problems even as it ravages the rest of the world daniel like hell just 0. The very from space as not one many on earth will say for themselves but now nasa is holding a competition that will help people experience out of this wild sides and their hotting has. Our planet hasnt looked at this healthy in decades with fewer people on the road our air and water has become cleaner and clearer and the effects are visible from space now says earth observatory has been documenting our world for decades 20 years of photos show the changes in the atmosphere land air and water from the himalayas to south america. Nasa has launched a competition for the public to vote on the top photos to celebrate 20 years of learning about our rounds around the sun as a way to commemorate earth day many of these images were taken by astronauts or satellites Scientists Say they are important in understanding our world we are. Going to a crisis also exacerbated by the fact that we have this been the me im now threatening human kind and making us feel really feel our fragile. And then we feel now not on the opportunity but the fragility too far environment voters can choose from lunar eclipses volcanic eruptions or water wonderlands the effects of Climate Change are also among the top snapshots of sun astronomy i know the uniqueness of our environment i know that there are billions and billions of planets held there but like the earth broady not many. Which makes our presence here now a miracle. So we have to preserve. The competition is now down to these 2 photos ocean stand behind from 2002 and reich ok are ups from 2019 the winner will be announced later this month. These images from space to show us how 7000000000 people impact our planet and how it continues to have an impact on us were harding aljazeera. Power again this is aljazeera and these are the headlines u. S. President donald trump has signed the executive order suspending immigration to 60 days hes also dismissed the possibility of a severe 2nd wave of corona virus infections they say this year trumps comments follow the World Health Organization saying the pandemic is far from over and that in some parts of the wild outbreaks or any just beginning. We will not cause you could have some leverage or grown and you can have a big flu system and if they combine your thing coming together they come together its not great but we will not go through what we went through for the list to get rid of because it is accurate. I understand that the United States surely youve heard of them but how can you say that you know it wont come back to the same level that it has today what it is estimated might not come back at all jeff it may not come back at all he should get about a worst Case Scenario where you have a big flu and you have some corona and if it does come back its not going to come back and ive spoken to 10 different people not going to be like it was. Irans revolutionary guard says theyve successfully launched a military satellites into orbit for the 1st time its drawing criticism from the u. S. Which says irans Space Program if they have a missile about it. In europe the Spains Parliament has a has approved an extension of the state of emergency for 2 more weeks and in the u. K. The governments been forced to defend a proposal to test 100000 people a day by the middle of next week nearly all of south africas soldiers are being deployed to enforce a nationwide lockdown more than 70000 troops will join the 2300 personnel already on the streets of major cities the move comes off to several. Oppose the south africas president announced a 26000000000. 00 virus rescue package on tuesday there are more than 3400. 00 cases of the virus in south africa 58. 00 people have died while those are the headlines inside story is next. Hes been determined to be the only player in libya but coming after us hopes now seem shattered forces loyal to the internationally recognized government are making significant gains so its tough talk about to lose the war this is inside story. I welcome to the program im Adrian Finnegan warlord wants to control libya his battle to do just that could be reaching a turning point but not in his favor he launched his offensive to capture the capital tripoli more than a year