Of another humanitarian disaster. Unfold gail welcome to the program u. S. Senator Bernie Sanders has ended his bid for the Democratic Partys nomination in novembers president ial election is announcement clears the way for joe biden to challenge President Trump a 78 year old scientist performed well in the primaries but later fell behind biden who built a substantial lead in the race for the tickets. I wish i could give you better news but i think you know the truth and that is that we are now some 300 delegates behind Vice President biden and the path of victory is virtually impossible so while we are winning the ideological bow and while were winning the support of so many young people and working people throughout the country i have concluded that this for the democratic nomination will not be successful and so today i am announcing the spring of my campaign. So its your database washington correspondent Stephan Simmons welcome stefan was this expected. Yes and no yes it was expected that it comes at some point and furthermore it was hoped for that comes rather earlier than later. Mr sanders took the lay there evan you but did it still early enough for heavyweight democrats now to be able to really behind joe biden and this is going to happen for sure the clintons bill Clinton Hillary clinton the obama and many many other heavyweight democrats democrats will now come out of the woodwork and are free and able to throw their weight behind a Biden Campaign that wasnt possible before so i think democrats are largely relief that banners Bernie Sanders took this action today he seemed to start so well but then seem to run out of steam why. Well he couldnt capitalize on the africanamerican democratic vote he couldnt have the lies on h. And older democrats they were failing from the. Start convinced that the electability of Bernie Sanders who wasnt there. He wasnt the one they thought who can beat donald trump joe biden on the other hand he kept allies on this and he got the africanamerican vote he got. Older and made a democrats in their corner and then lets not forget they were the endorsements of Elizabeth Warren and all the others who dropped out of the race earlier than Bernie Sanders now so super tuesday biden steamrolled Bernie Sanders and that was the beginning of the end ok so this speech tonight then is good news for joe biden it is good news for Joe Biden Joe biden will now hopefully im sure he will cooperate with Bernie SandersBernie Sanders has said he will cooperate with joe biden thats important he made this a lure to having a really really broad Grassroots Movement rather than just a campaign and then he was that he won the ideological battle not so sure about this but nevertheless a lot of young people and to the yes the newcomers to politics are sanders supporters and they want significant change and if sanders can bring this into the campaign and into the democratic platforms into the Democratic Party then thats a good thing for joe biden and will only increase his chances to against. Donald trump in november good talking to you thanks for that the stuff and simmons and washington. Now let me take you through some of the latest developments in the corona virus a pandemic sweeping the world the global death toll is now more than 83000 with nearly a 1000000 and a half confirmed infections since the outbreak began a new finance ministers a failed civil grid joint plan to ease the pandemics Economic Impact and the biggest stumbling block is the issue of socalled corona of bonds favored by southern Member States like spain and italy but opposed by the northern countries led by germany the number of confirmed cases in africa has passed 10000 this according to figures compiled by the World Health Organization well there are growing concerns of the pandemic could set off another humanitarian disaster in it live the last battlefield in syrias civil war a shaky cease fire has been holding that with aid organizations are warning that the province where more than 3000000 people live is wholly unprepared for an outbreak d. W. Reporting team has been keeping in touch with people that enable it and here is the story they brought back. Whats it like to live in a live in constant fear of assads approaching forces in constant fear the Aerial Bombardments will resume. For weeks now 26 year old students are has been sending us their impressions images from the last rebel held city in syria where the coronavirus is on everyones lips of us and im taking it seriously but its difficult when i go outside i try to wear a mask and gloves i worry that my family or i will get infected im not any the ceasefire has been holding an ad lib for 4 weeks now the city is coming back to life and the streets and markets a bustling but just as people savor the sweet taste of freedom the threat of the coronavirus is looming. In other countries but the coronavirus people are cocooning the town here in nobody is taking the danger seriously everyones going shopping nobodys taking any precautions. In the refugee camps around the corona virus seems a distant threat to hundreds of thousands of people live here and die a conditions essential Health Measures such as keeping a safe distance or washing hands are impossible in many of the camps Health Workers are trying to raise the alarm however they can really require you will have to understand help dangerous the situation is we as doctors have extremely limited means at our disposal to tackle this pandemic. Dr catto is an anesthesiologist and general manager at one of the few hospitals still operating in adelaide province hes trying to prepare the clinic even though it only has 2 intensive care beds and a single ventilator there are only 95 ventilators for the whole region with a population of more than 3000000 dr says it could get worse than an italy. Or the euro soon we will have to make some really terrible decisions here there who should get a chance to live and who should be let die. Because we have no people in there no gloves and above all no ventilators or in the clinic staff posted this photo on facebook will stay here for you you stay at home for us but the appeal has fallen on deaf ears to has stopped wearing a mask when she leaves the house she says she cant stand being stared at and laughed at anymore. More tough times are ahead. A report was produced by beckett a soldier who joins the well welcome back gator tell us more about why people in their lives arent taking the threat from coronavirus more seriously. To understand that we have to see what they have gone through 3 months of heart aerial bombardment that left 1000000. 00 people homeless and now theres a cease fire and the people have to go out they have to work to feed their families theres nothing like a welfare system in eclipse so the people they have to rely on themself and if they stay home to be safe because of the coronavirus their families will stay hungry you mentioned in your report 95 bands a license for a region of 3000000 people so what happens if there is an outbreak. The sad truth is that the doctors really cant do much we yesterday talked to dr drew about this topic and he told us that around 75000. 00 beds will be needed intent of intensive care beds but they only have 200 so that shows that they really cant do a lot for patients but they still they try whatever they can they sterilize their hospitals every day they check on patients when they come in and they try to train their stuff but the doctors are really very very verge about what is ahead so what needs to happen then to prevent catastrophic outbreak that it lead. 1st of all testing testing and more testing because we all know that the surrounding countries like turkey like lebanon they have already a lot of cowrote cases so its quite likely that the virus has already arrived in the province but nobody knows so they need tests and long times there was no testing at all but the World Health Organization now has sent over 6000 tests back to the problem is in the whole province is only one lab that can analyze the results of the test thank you for that. Lets take a look at some of the other stories making news around the world china has ended its 2 and a half month lockdown of the city of corona Virus Outbreak was 1st reported tens of thousands of people took trains buses and planes out of the city after all sources allowed more freedom of movement. Russian president Vladimir Putin has an arms additional measures to help businesses and workers cope with the consequences of the pandemic the government will provide more Financial Support to frontline medical workers and families and therell be help for small and Medium Sized Enterprises to reach actual that day. The German Government wants to make it harder for Foreign Companies to buy german firms its looking to change existing rules to give it a veto over any buyout of what it considers strategically Important Companies the plans predate the Current Crisis but come as berlin seeks to protect its industry from foreign takeovers well as countries react to the coronavirus pandemic with travel bans lockdowns and industrial shutdowns the effects on National Economies is grim so grim the World Trade Organization has been forced to issue a dial warning about the Global Economy. The deepest downturn of our lifetimes that is how the World Trade Organization assesses the economic damage caused by cope with 19 this years spring outlook delivered via video by the w t o os director general. Chair the treatment for steeply in memory region of the world and across all sectors of the economy you know not to miss that scenario or over economists before it was of Global TradingGood Standing by 13 percent or 2020 now if theyd been then it is not all the governments food to coordinate policy responses cloying could be 32 percent or more and you can see why with half the world now being asked to stay at Home Business of all kinds has shut down images of grounded planes like these symbolic of a Global Economy whose engine has simply fizzled out. And as disruption to supply chains leaves even solid sectors like the Automobile Industry fearing for their survival governments around the world have been scrambling to limit the damage injecting billions sometimes trillions into rescue plans. Comparisons have already been made with the Great Depression and the financial meltdown of 2008. But in this crisis where heman lives are not just capital are under threat the stakes could hardly be higher. Well the largest the brightest supermoon of 2020 rows of us cities around the world hushed by the coronavirus on tuesday sky watchers here in belgrade witnessed it rising of the citys not knox supermoon happens when a full moon is closest to me from its 28 they called it in London Underground the world the full moon appeared up to 14 percent bigger than usual. Is reminded off the top story u. S. Senator Bernie Sanders has ended his fate for the democratic process nomination in november his president ial election clearing the way for joe biden to challenge President Trump. This is deja vu more world news at the top of the hour and of course around the clock on the w dot com ill leave you now with an item of sad news american folk and country star john prine has died aged 73 due to complications from cough at 19 was known for his lyrical songwriting which of him Fraser Bob Dylan and johnny cash won him 2 Grammy Awards and passed away in nashville tennessee but his music as they say lives on. Down an old woman. Named sam. Oh man another. Jack. Or a last. Word. Go beyond beyond. That. Were all about the stories that matter to. Us. Whatever it takes. No running now