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To ease restrictions after a coronavirus lockdown there. And then other news from hong kong the Police Complaints was dont want to the terrorists being dragged into an era of terrorism. The u. S. House of representatives right now debating a 3 trillion dollar aid package to tackle before lout from the global coronavirus pandemic it is a huge figure to take on an Enormous Economic challenge these pictures coming to us live from washington more than 36000000 people are out your work and they are claiming benefits that figure expected to climb towards 45000000 over the coming weeks sales are down by a record 16. 4 percent for the month of april will stay with these live pictures will also talk to our White House Correspondent kimberly healthcare so bad data the dow jones opening done kimberly must be focusing minds there on the floor of the house. Just like. Yeah watching very carefully what is debated in this legislation its pretty certain that this is going to pass the house of representatives controlled by democrats this is a democrat drawn up still it didnt go through a lot of the committees that legislation normally goes through and thats whats making this part of the problem in terms of this legislation is that even if it passes the house of representatives its current form its unlikely to pass the house u. S. Senate that is controlled by republicans and the president says hes not signing in fact he called it dead on arrival earlier this week now the problem with this legislation isnt just that it has some kinks in it that havent been worked out but republicans also seem to ignore kind of the premise or rather disagree with the premise of this legislation essentially what theyre accusing democrats of is just giving people more money to stay home their argument is we cant pay for people to stay home and definitely what we need to do is reopen the economy and thats what we should be focusing on so theres not a lot of hope for this legislation also because of its very high price tag the concern being that the amount of debt this country is getting into is now hitting wartime levels or is approaching that as so the feeling is that this country simply cant afford to keep paying this price tag president heading to camp david this weekend i mean is he licking his wounds because theres been a lot of negative pushback particularly over those comments running on social media what in the past 18 hours or so with mr trump seem to suggest stop testing before you dont know about the disease therefore maybe the disease goes away. Yeah i think the wording he said was Something Like overrated which really shocked a lot of people because as youre making the argument for reopening your economy one of the key components of it from his own Coronavirus Task force was testing that that is an essential piece of the puzzle youre trying to assemble for moving this country out of the problem in the stalemate its in right now so what the president is trying to do really is pivot from some of those negative headlines particularly also some of the criticisms of his handling of the current a virus Pandemic Response thus far what we expect from him moving forward today in advance of his trip to camp david will be an event in the rose garden that will be on Vaccine Development this is another key component for trying to reopen the economy but again the prospect had a bleak there because the outlook is that even if things are accelerated on Vaccine Development things are going well it could be at least 18 months to 2 years another say there may never be a vaccine to get the sense where you are there the white house can believe that maybe mr trumps advice is going to have to rethink the way that he is clearly pushing for the 3rd quarter it will come good financially in the 3rd quarter if youve got the doug jones opening day of today if youve got heading for 45000000. 00 people unemployed if you got 3 trillion dollars of a stimulus package from a fiscal point of view you simply nobody could turn that around by the 3rd quarter come be done. You know and i think what youve really nailed down on our drill down thats important in all of this is that when the president talks about things being rosy in the 3rd quarter of the 4th quarter and also he talks about next year that comes after the u. S. Election what hes really saying in all of this in an Election Year for a jobs frezza the saw all of his jobs wiped out that had this historically strong u. S. Economy gone this was what was going to hinge him on reelection and he was banking on it all of thats wiped out what is now saying is if you want to go back to come back to elect me reelect me thats whats really hit it in that message well people say you know theres some reason for optimism look at these numbers what theyre really saying and all of that is if you want that to come back i need to be president for 4 more years kimberly will talk to you later im sure in the meantime thanks very much. Across the atlantic to the u. K. Bush government giving a 2nd company the green light to produce a coronavirus Antibody Test that follows approval for a test produced in switzerland which scientists claim is 100 percent accurate the test shows whether theres ever been covert 1000. 00 infection but its not yet clear whether the antibodies provide permanent immunity a spokesman for the Prime Minister Boris Johnson said the tests are quote a potential game changer as a way to ease restrictions in england only some workers have been allowed to go back and people can also spend more time of sight but there are concerns that moving too fast could spark a 2nd wave of infections the u. K. Is one of the hardest hit countries in the world with more than 33000 reported thats just one home has more from london. The concern is now quite widespread that this is happening far too soon to talk too fast albeit these are only the very slightest teasings of the lock down and only here in england the devolved administrations in Northern Ireland scotland and wales have continued to be cautious theyre not taking the steps just yet but here as of the beginning of this week if you worked in a if you werent able to do your job from home but you do work or are able to work in a socially distanced coded friendly environment you were encouraged to go back to work that affected mainly sort of construction and manufacturing environments disproportionately perhaps affecting lower skilled lower paid low skilled workers there are also greater freedoms of movements in the countries parks and recreation spaces the governments messaging has changed from stay home to stay alert on the central piece of guidance big offer does exercise common sense as you go about your business in terms of maintaining social distancing its all provoked no shortage of criticism and confusion about just what this new policy actually means are people supposed to in general continue to stay at home and observe the lock down and continue to inhibit the pathways to infection in the spread of the virus or can they more or less freely now go about outsiders long as they exercise common sense and anecdotally i can tell you here in london theres a lot of evidence of small shops independent cafes coffee shops small restaurants opening up for takeaways you know clearly testing the waters of the limits of this guidance. A number of countries have started reopening their borders but with heavy restrictions latvia and estonia an hour allowing their people to travel between the 3 countries and what is the 1st of the travel bubbles socalled while austria has agreed to open its borders with germany switzerland and at least from china in the middle of next month germany is preparing to relax entry rules for all travelers from within the e. U. The schengen travel zone and the u. K. Interior Ministry Says quarantine will only be recommended if people are coming from countries with high numbers of infections travelers from known e. U. Countries will still face a 2 week quarantine dominic kane is in berlin. 1st thing from the interior Ministry Point of view is they want to loosen border restrictions as far as possible as quickly as possible but as safely as possible and its the safety angle which is being the prime angle as far as theyre concerned on wednesday of this week the interior minister himself foreseeable for a variant conservative a key ally of angle americal these days say it was talking about which border restrictions could be eased 1st where they could be and that sort of thing and one of his comments alluded to this suggestion that the schengen zone would allow that that being in the shinkansen would mean that quarantine 2 weeks of quarantine that every traveler from a country coming to germany has had to sign a form on arrival at an airport saying they would go to a nomination address and stay there in that place for 2 weeks not go arent aware of the fact that if they did then they would be subject to some form of of Disciplinary Procedure as it were all vashtis what it appears is being waived so the ministry is appearing to say that within the course of the next few days theyre going to abandon that requirement for quarantine that instead people coming from e. U. Countries and indeed people can from the United Kingdom will be able to travel to germany and not have to undergo that quarantine the details of exactly when it will be it will happen and indeed what places you wont be able to travel from to germany without going into currency where theyre not quite. Yet the independent Police Complaints council in hong kong in other news calling for a review of guidelines on these to tear gas during protests the watchdog is investigating allegations of Police Brutality during antigovernment demonstrations last year it says further training for officers dealing with protesters needs to be studied and the council was born in the territory it risks getting dragged into what is calling an era of terrorism. Now in the past 8 months we have seen in fact protests which original peace or event the generator into violent protests using all kinds in fact against police and others property was destroyed and this is the situation that our police force was faced with in their face with this situation of course they have to enforce the law and they have to protect us or joshua was a Student Activist whos been a key player in the prodemocracy movement he says the report will make the relationship between the authorities and the protest Movement Even worse. Unfortunately the report released today will just be a key factor or trick up topic this content to the government and the police force because when more than 8000 people were arrested the especially even 1st aider journalist religious leader the target that during the protest High School Student being fired fired by life wrong none of the producers were mentioned or profiled by the report but always claimed that is the fault of the pop right and proper all painted by its so was proof that there is a report from the police just dont wish its not really a ballot no as the one being arrested for 8 climbs and being jailed for 3 times since last summer the pope has experienced a crackdown on protests by unconquerable canister or gas and rubber bullets and even some of their citizen or than they receive this and they just hang out with their friends and family including me to some of the Shopping Mall we need to place their response. So perhaps before last summer always police might just pocket the act was all hotline protests but. Later on even gangs are some of the elderlys arrest that we out and in that you give a reason and it also explains why the arrest that people would since last some opponents play youngest one at the age of 11 and the oldest one is at the age of 84 and when the hong kong polish calling them the. Way to conduct moscow rest up indiscriminately is just more and more people angry how come some of the older than the repressive progress then for area were arrested but the charges will get you meant to me 84 years in the east would join into any kind of riots which is really insane and also proof that how this. Its. Still to come here on aljazeera fears the virus could spread as thousands of filipinos sick shelter from storm damage. Its like something out of the movies like a horror story. And what its like to be one of the many jobless in Atlantic City the american resort reliant on casinos hospitality and hotels. But. We got more heavy rain into southern parts of chart of the seasonal downpours these of course just pushing out to the southwest of china in sioux the eastern side of the country rolling across the East China Sea and heading towards the Korean Peninsula and also into japan so theres that west of weather that conveyor of heavy downpours which will push their way into the southern half of japan much of honshu seeing some rather wet weather now on the cool side for take a at around 20 degrees celsius on sas they often ones out nicely as it brightens up on sunday the sun bursts through temperatures getting up to around 27 celsius so i was continuing into southern parts laci warm hot and dry further north of the far north east of china can expect to see some rather heavy rain at times still looking at some very heavy rain across northern parts of the philippines typhoon for makes its way further north which we thing now turning into a Tropical Storm more rain events than a wind event but still some damaging Winds Continuing here for a time watching out for another system which may well develop into a Tropical Storm tropical cycle in the by a ping going see that massive cloud here southwestern parts of india on the other hand certainly saying some wet weather but keep it on the show us as we go on through this week. As the world fights the corona pandemic were learning more about this every day the new passenger and join our Global Community its up to us on how we come together to fight im sorry your questions can i just ask you think this is me directly thats coming on on you tube as you were saying im concerned about the front line phone thats a great question that keeping you up to date im using countries beating back and beating back successfully the stream on 00. Youre watching aljazeera a reminder of our top stories this hour the u. S. House of representatives is debating a new 3 trillion dollar stimulus bill to help revive an economy ravaged by the coronavirus pandemic but the president has called package dead on arrival he is expected to reject it. Germany is preparing to relax entry rules for travelers from the e. U. The Schengen Area and the bill of results a quarantine of coming from a country with high infection numbers some other e. U. Countries are also border restrictions. Independent Police Complaints council in hong kong says the force generally acted within guidelines during last years process though it said there was room for improvement store watchdog has been looking into allegations of misconduct and brutality. China has gone for months without announcing any new deaths from the coronavirus and it reported just 4 new cases as of friday was also significant to boost in production as the economy shows signs of picking up katrina you has more from beijing. So the Chinese Government here is at pains to emphasize that the momentum is looking good that there is a steady recovery and that these figures are better than expected but of course the devil is in the detail and what we are seeing we look deeper into these figures that is that the chinese economy is still struggling to recover from the core of a 19 standstill so Industrial Production has rebounded that is up 3. 9 percent year on year and up from a 1 point one percent for in march so those numbers a looking good retail sales unfortunately are down they fell by 7. 5 percent which is even worse than what some analysts forecast and they forecast at a 6 percent fall and thats key because the chinese economy is very much powered by domestic consumption fixed Asset Investment was also down people are buying property here its 10. 3 percent lower and urban unemployment rose slightly thats at 6 percent and thats up 0 point one percent from march now that figure in particular is want to Pay Attention to unemployment is a big issue here in china because the government sees it as key to social stability but at the same time its very difficult to get accurate data on unemployment figures here analysts say urban unemployment could be spiking and we could see about 22000000 people lose their jobs and thats just in cities of course china has a huge Migrant Worker population and some estimates are saying that there could be as many as 80 to 100000000 people losing their jobs across china and that would spell a lot of trouble. Thailand is further easing restrictions to get its economy moving once again Department Stores Shopping Centers and food courts will begin reopening on sunday the nightly curfew has also been reduced but International Flights remain banned which is bad news for the vital Tourism Industry the u. K. Government is facing condemnation over the number of coronavirus deaths in care homes new figures show that more than 12000 care home residents have died from the outbreak in england and wales alone the government in london is being accused of not doing enough to keep them safe key workers are also at risk with statistics showing more than one of the half 1000000 have Health Conditions that make them more vulnerable to the virus around 10000000 people work in essential sectors of the economy with more than a 3rd of those in the Health Industry ruth is done is head of health influencing the British Charity and Advocacy Group aged u. K. She says care homes were particularly vulnerable to the outbreak and more needs to be done to keep people safe. I think the picture that weve seen in care homes is that are they a crisis of really unfolded as the infection rate has just risen much much more quickly than in the general population and weve seen every widespread number of outbreaks in cairns because of course that the absolute perfect environment we have a group of people who by definition that older they have underlying many underlying Health Conditions and they live in a communal setting where infections can spread very very quickly were not careful and unfortunately we havent been as quick as that its we need to be in in terms of making sure that best testing rolled out to carry residents and to start working in that sector access for staff to essential protective equipment all of these things have contributed i think to the really shocking numbers that were seeing today well the good news is that the infection rate on the fatality rate is starting to come down in care homes so it doesnt look like repulse the worst of it however having said that there are new outbreaks happening so clearly theres still a long way to go and we still are in the grip of this crisis so it is very important its hard to overstate how important it is to get on top of those continued issues and we have there has been a lot of progress but there are still continued issues tell us about accessing testing accessing testing quickly enough in fact and getting the results back quickly enough and also theres still those really important ongoing issues about access to protective equipment where many are still struggling without access to the supplies that they need ok lets wrap up some other top stories for you dozens of Palestinians Holding friday prayers were injured after Israeli Forces fired tear gas it happened in so well village in the occupied west bank the crowd were praying in an area threatened by an explosion illegal israeli settlements have already been built and much of the area around the village. Its 72 years since hundreds of thousands of palestinians were forcibly evicted or fled from their land to make way for the creation of israel today is known as al not all the catastrophe for palestinians unlike previous years no rallies or protests are happening because of the coronavirus pandemic you know abraham has more now from ramallah in the occupied west bank as there is a ban on gatherings palestinians are not going to be going to that amala downtown as has been the habit every year and theyve been instead asked to commemorate the day on social media sharing stories videos of people who survived the neck but who are still alive until now or their children or grandchildren to tell stories of how palestinians will keep valuing the right of return and that they will never forget that they have lands and houses that they have been either evicted from or that they have to flee from because of the war back but now looking at the current political situation the dreams of refugees seem to be fading away with israel not only rejecting them the whole idea of return but also that israel is looking now for grabbing more land we are expecting an Israeli Government in the next few days and an extension of parts of the Jordan Valley and the illegal israeli settlements in the occupied west bank at high on its agenda its worth mentioning that this is the 2nd anniversary of the u. S. Moving its embassy from tel aviv to jerusalem it was a big sign and a big support big move of support by the u. S. To israel announce that they recognize jerusalem to be rated capital of course palestinians a long set that they have United Nations Security Council resolutions saying that this is their land but also that the jerusalem is their capital. Restrictions have been eased in australias most populous state for 2 months locked on public gatherings of up to 10 people are now allowed in New South Wales and restaurants and cafes have been reopening the authorities have urged people to maintain social distancing the state record of 8 new cases in the past day that brings the total the to just over 3000. 00 new york state governor has extended its stay at home order for another month but industries in less Populated Areas are allowed to start reopening that includes some areas of construction manufacturing and shops except in new york city where more than 20000. 00 people have died in what is the u. S. Epicenter of the virus as we mentioned earlier more than 36000000 people have filed unemployment claims in the u. S. And the middle of march 1 state hit particularly hard is new jersey bordering new york it has the 2nd highest number of cases and fatalities in the u. S. Aljazeera elizondo reports now from Atlantic City. The massive Caesars Hotel and casino sits empty all over Atlantic City casino floors are silent shows cancelled hotels locked up its been 2 months since the governor abruptly ordered casinos closed in response to the corona Virus Outbreak in new jersey its taken its toll on the employees like jeff payne who has worked for over 30 years at caesars most recently as a host in the high rollers diamond Lounge Restaurant he was furloughed well thats my restaurant we have we have pried off 45 in that particular location in our restaurant but in the building i say we have probably about 800 employees 800 all of them all of them gone all of them into atlanta city the once thriving gambling capital of americas east coast was in the midst of a revival in recent years that brought new hotels and Entertainment Venues and more jobs until the pandemic hit and the sea the city like this. I never never but imagine a would come to the us that there be no one working. I mean it its. Its like something out of a movie its like a horror story you know theres no want to around. And is really sad really sad to say the state of new jersey has more than 1000000 people unemployed just here in this state athletic city has been hit particularly hard because this is a city where almost everyone works in the gaming or Hospitality Industry which has been completely shut down because a coronavirus at the nearby food pantry people line up for groceries vermin davis an immigrant from africa told me she was laid off from her job as a housekeeper i hope. The when i walk feed our deathbird everything gets better from in a city where the jobs left when the lights went out and there are no signs of them being turned back on anytime soon gabriels oddo aljazeera had lent tix city typhoon volume falling in the eastern philippines has forced tens of thousands of people into emergency shelters there are fears the evacuation could increase the spread of the virus is just a. Title von fong stormed in from the pacific 1st making a land fall in the eastern beside his region. When it struck the typhoon was a strong as a category 3 hurricane and brought with it destructive winds that downed power and communication lines to wrenshaw rain and threaten storm surges forced ports to close leaving many travelers and fishing boats stranded. In them and this a pallet sea of committees so were thousands are in government or in shelters. One in which we need to prepare hope each other cooperate and listen to the announcements follow over officials so overtone will be safe the typhoon comes as the government plans to slowly ease restrictions in the entire region of luzon after placing it on their quarantine for almost 2 months in an effort to curb the spread of coronavirus in the country local government leaders say they will impose social distancing in makeshift shelters masks will be distributed and doctors are on standby overcrowding in Evacuation Centers as long been a problem in the country often battered by natural disasters many are worried the shelters could become breeding grounds for the virus. The Philippine Government admits resources are stretched with socalled calamity funds for the entire year almost spent on easing the Economic Impact of the coronavirus spent demick the country is often battered by natural disasters such as earthquakes and volcanic eruptions and at least 20 typhoon see the for the p. C. H. Here. But the start of this typhoon season is particularly frightening the storm damage coupled with the pandemic threatens to cause more suffering for millions of filipino families. Dogon aljazeera manila the japanese government is searching the International Olympic committee to fully share the cost of perspire winning the tokyo 2020 games on thursday the i. O. C. Announced it was setting aside 800000000. 00 to deal with the effects of covert 19 but thats unlikely to be enough. At the meeting between the i. O. C. And the organizing committee on the 16th of april the i. O. C. And japan agreed to jointly deal with the effects of the postponement including cost and that we will jointly evaluate and hold discussions we will continue to pay close attention to the progress of discussions between the i. O. C. The organizing committee and tokyos metropolitan government. This is al jazeera these are your top stories so far the u. S. House of representatives is right now debating a new 3 trillion dollar stimulus bill to help revive the economy but President Trump has called the package dead on arrival and is expected to reject it our White House Correspondent kimberly health is there. Republicans also seem to ignore kind of the premise or rather disagree with the premise of this legislation essentially what theyre accusing democrats of is just giving people more money to stay home their argument is we cant paper evil to stay home and definitely what we need to do is reopen the economy and thats what we should be focusing on so theres not a lot of hope for this legislation also because of its very high price tag the concern being that the amount of debt this country is getting into is now hitting wartime levels or is approaching that and so the feeling is that this country simply cant afford to keep paying this price tag germany preparing to relax entry rules to travelers from the e. U. The schengen zone and the u. K. Will only be told to quarantine if coming from a country with high infection numbers. Other e. U. Countries are also loosening border restrictions lithuania latvia and estonia are allowing citizens to travel between the 3 countries and whats the use 1st of travel bubble austria has agreed to open its border with germany switzerland. In the middle of next month in other news the independent Police Complaints council in hong kong says the force generally acted within guidelines during last years protests though it said there was room for improvement as the watchdog has been looking into allegations of misconduct and brutality in thailand is to reopen Department Stores Shopping Centers and food courts as it winds down its restrictions there because of the virus the nightly curfew has also been reduced International Flights are still banned however straining the countrys Tourism Industry. Dozens of Palestinians Holding friday prayers were injured after Israeli Forces fired tear gas at them it happened in the sub while village area in the upper right west bank illegal israeli settlements have already been built in much of the area around the village those are your headlines the news continues here on aljazeera after the stream ill see you with another news from 10 g. Tomorrow here on out is here for the moment. What impact will come of it 19 on the drop in oil prices have on the race to the white house can donald trump survive these historic setbacks and does joe biden have what it takes to beat. The special coverage on aljazeera. I have any i can look into the streaming the home edition it is a show that is produced on the lockdown conditions and we focus on lockdown life around the world this is an Election Year in the United States this is also the coronavirus pandemic how republicans and democrats adapting for an election that will probably have to be socially distance that is a question that were going to be unpacking today if you have questions and thoughts and experiences and ideas wed love you to share them with us the you cheap chat is open