Evanston its good to have you with us. A sharp jump in coronavirus cases in italy has prompted authorities to cancel the final days of carnival in venice several towns in northern italy have also been put on lockdown after 2 people are reported to have died from the disease south korea is also on high alert following a sharp jump in corona virus cases there with the total number reaching more than 600 the virus has now spread from china to more than 25 countries. Scenes like these from china citys in lockdown are now becoming familiar across the globe following new deaths caused by the novel coronavirus. Maser remains the continent hardest hit by the outbreak on sunday south korea raised its disease alert level to the highest possible there are hundreds of registered cases in the country and the number of new infections is still surging meanwhile the coded 19 commonly known as the corona virus is becoming increasingly political in iran the Supreme Leader ayatollah ali how many accused irans enemies of spreading propaganda about the virus online in order to stifle voting in saturdays parliamentary election. You know how massively they worked using various platforms to lower voter turnout how to nasm you know how during the last pretext they resorted to was this coronavirus which has scared many. Could usually do bone. Iranians accuse their leadership of hiding the real scope of the outbreak. We dont know whats true and whats false since the government is constantly lying to us. Health experts say maintaining a healthy immune system is key to fighting off the virus protective masks are now the dominant picture of residents on alert. In italy residents of northern towns prepared for a weeklong koren team nerves began to fray among locals facing new lockdown measures. There is nothing else we can do only is the means at our disposal like masks and stay isolated and well see. Italian authorities confirmed on sunday that the famed venice carnival as well as sporting events in the coming weeks will be canceled. And for the latest on the corona Virus Outbreak in italy were joined now from rome by a correspondent seem hello to you seem so italy is the 1st country in europe to take such drastic preventative measures what does it mean for daily life in italy. Well just looking at specifically those 10 so towns in the d. C. That have been on this lockdown thats the red zone if you like and its affecting some 50000 or so residents and they really are not allowed to leave that area and no ones allowed to and anyone breaking this provision faeces or rissa fine voice well arrested being sent to prison so the authorities are tapping down hard on its restaurants businesses museums have all been closed and were looking at specifically the regions of lawn but d. C. As well as spend it along but where weve seen the highest number of cases up until now its really is said to have 132 inspections the largest coming from long but the day theyve decided to close who for the entire region for a week and that includes universities as well and the same goes for the belt so a region syria or 1st Division Football games have been canceled in those particular regions and as you mentioned then until the region which sees 25 infections and this is where venice is located theyve made the decision that as off this evening venice accountable activities will be suspended while it is still apparently unclear how exactly people got infected due time Health Authorities have any clues on this. Well weve just heard from the authorities from the Civil Protection services earlier today here it broke saying that essentially they still dont know who patient 0 is not patient 0 force its crucial to know the 1st person brought the virus into the context of these northern italian regions initially it was thoughts that it was a manager that the travel from china to its elite and had infected the socalled patient one thats a 38 year old man who is currently still in hospital but it turns out that that patient 0 tested negative twice book called with 19 virus and so it appears that isnt the cause of the infection so the authorities have said they still dont know bishan 0 is why is that important because by knowing patient 0 they will be able to track the part of the virus and of course the rate of the defection which is important for the moment though the authorities are doing everything they can to contain the infection breaks in any case to those areas affected theyve carried out some 3000. 00 or so swore sort of people to find out that they do indeed have the virus but those results are the Prime Minister has said that the situation is serious they are doing taking all the necessary precautions but there really is no need right now people to panic because they need to be working together to deal with this issue stephen govt are reporting for us from rome we thank you very much for that update all right lets turn our attention to our other top story now and u. S. Senator Bernie Sanders has pulled ahead of Nevadas Democratic Party president ial caucuses as jayanta leave places him at the forefront of the race to become the democrats nominated challenge donald trump the Democratic Candidates are now looking ahead to the South Carolina primary next week and then super tuesday on march 3rd. So far so successful for Bernie Sanders such for his confidence of winning in nevada hed already moved on to another battleground texas one of the key super tuesday states in no time at all we have just put together got a multigenerational multi ridge Racial Coalition ringback which is going up not only win in nevada its going to sweep this country. Ah. The father is the most diverse state to have its say in the contest so far polling suggested saan this had done well with hispanic votes this his plans for universal health care also resonated with many i hes now the clear front runner but behind him the race is tightening it was a better night for this man joe biden have to disasters in iowa new hampshire. You know the criticism ready to clear people did pretty. Good youre alive you were going back you were odd law was still moderate democrats like biden and jets are concerned they worry sound as ideology plays into the hands of president tunnel trump but where they were before we rush to nominate senator sanders in our one shot to take on this president let us take a sober look at wasnt it stick for our party for our values and for those with the most to lose senator sanders believes in an inflexible ideological revolution that leaves out most democrats not to mention most americans. As if to prove the points trump tweeted his congratulations to quote crazy bernie are saying dont let them take us away from you at this stage the democratic contest appears very much sound as to loose the Washington Post a sigh of relief for 274. 00 migrants who have been stuck at sea in the mediterranean ocean the men women and children were found off the coast of libya by the rescue ship ocean viking the group has now been given the go ahead to disembark in italy to delhi a correspondent near drugs or it has been on board the ship for 2 weeks and he captured the moment the migrants heard the news. Really good that morning to. Believe the what the where you and all the fun bar or her own was 2 2. The one there for i hope for out there for you thank you rick. To the berlin wall and now and a film focusing on the berlin wall well at least the remaining pieces of it many of which have been scattered around the United States the filmmakers Courtney Stevens and poncho velez made a documentary called the american sector looking into this evolution the 3. 5 metre high concrete blocks can be found all over the u. S. Many were collected by american institutions and by Interested Individuals over the past 30 years with their story the filmmakers reflect on how our view of the past is shaped by the context of the present day. When the directors of the american sector join me now in the studio to talk a bit more about their documentaries courting stevenson passion of ellis thanks so much for being on our program courtney and like to start with you what gave you the idea to make this film so for both of us the fall of the berlin wall as one of these events that was one of the 1st times that we experienced as children history happening though you know it was your parents telling you the remember this for the rest of your life and i think recently we have had so much conversation about walls and about borders and ideas around freedom in this country and we found that the wall was something that allowed people to talk about those ideas displaced on to Something Else now pasha do people in the United States understand the significance of the berlin wall i mean how did they perceive it well so as we as you went around and talk to people we discovered that in each place people really a scribe of freedom to the wall this idea of freedom but what freedom means can vary so much so we went to the microsoft headquarters and they said yes this was about freedom its about the free market. We went to the state department in washington d. C. And they said yes its about freedom the freedom that a lot. This brings you the freedom of representative government. We went to a military base and we talked with one of the commanders there and he said yes this is about freedom this is about the freedom that the that the American Military you know ensures for the for the rest of the world and so it really it turned out that the wall was an open symbol in the u. S. And people would project their own ideologies and thoughts and feelings about about these abstract ideas onto onto this this piece of history and now why did use decide to call the film the american sector well of course for referencing the area of berlin that was controlled by the American Military but it was also a way of acknowledging that this film is really about america and it is not as much about telling the actual history of the wall as it is using it as a way to talk about the present. And what encounter surprised you the most or what surprised you most in making this film. Well so one thing that surprised us a good deal was how much the cold war still lives on in the american consciousness and how much people still think about the world and how the world is organized through the lens of the cold war so the east and west. You know free and unfree. These are still the sort of. The the binary through which so many people in the United States still think about about this sort of complicated International Situation that we find ourselves in and now youve had 2 screenings of your film so far at the berlin what was the response by audiences court weve been really thrilled to show the film here we are screenings have been sold out last night we showed it can go international which was of course the great. Berlin movie palace and so its incredible and also very humbling to receive questions from people here who actually lived with the wall so yeah it has been thrilling its also our 1st time not only in berlin but in germany and so this is very exciting for us you know were very glad that youre here Courtney Stevens and. Thank you so much for telling us about your wonderful documentary film you say thank you to have you. Here watching d. W. News coming to you from berlin the stay tuned for schecter living in the digital age america havent seen for me in the entire team thanks for watching. Where i come from we have to fight for a free press i was born and raised in a military dictatorship with just one to the shadow and if you newspapers what official information as a journalist i have work over the streets of many characters and their lives are all