June so you can see how little room we have to work with it. Also coming up tonight a special report from war torn yemen where soldiers and civilians now fear a fever just as much as they fear their phone. Officially theres only one case of covert 19 and in reality there may be many more thats bad news for this troubled country. And to our viewers on p. B. S. In the United States and all around the world welcome we begin the day with a meeting of g 7 leaders and the very different accounts of what was said today the u. S. Hosted the Video Conference of leaders from the g. 7 group of industrialized nations later in a statement the white house announced that the g 7 is calling for a review and reform of the World Health Organization and here is part of that statement g 7 nations contribute more than a 1000000000. 00 annually to the World Health Organization much of the conversation centered on a lack of transparency and chronic mismanagement of the pandemic by the w. H. O. The statement goes on with leaders called for a thorough review and reform process of the organization as you see it right there. That does not confirm what other g 7 members are reporting the German Chancellors Office saying that until americal defended the w. H. O. In todays call the European Union also issued a statement with no mention of the World Health Organization for all right are we dealing with some spin about that in a lot more im joined tonight by ian bremmer hes president of the global Risk Assessment group eurasia and jeezy media he joins me from new york city even its good to have you back on the the day to be as important i guess to remind our viewers that donald trump has accused the w. H. O. This week of failing to warn the world in time about the 10 demick hes been accused of scapegoating the w. H. O. Trying to deflect blame that he waited too long to prepare for the outbreak is this statement Trump White House spin. Theres a lot of spin going on and there lets be clear theres a lot theres more than enough blame to go around for all all of these organizations the World Health Organization is not perfect it was carrying water for china in the early days when when the Chinese Government was perking up the human to human transmission the World Health Organization was passing along chinese data. In an uncritical fashion and they know better but its hard for them because china is also a major donor to the w. H. O. Of course the trumpet ministration has had more than its share of mistakes in the way theyve handled this i mean everyone got the same information from china at the same time right but the south korean and german responses to the pandemic or a lot more effective than the american response you want how come all trumps going to blame obama or hes going to blame the governors or the mayors but hes not going to blame himself you look and lets also keep in mind that this is an election period and trump has been playing a lot of defense in the last few years in terms of hearings in washington 1st that most of our investigation and then of course the impeachment proceedings the next few months is going to play off and were going to see hearings against both china and hearings against the World Health Organization on the help in washington and both of those are much more useful for a President Trump the trying to flex any blame away from himself i want to pick up on germany for a moment the economy here in germany will reopening next monday im i want you to take a listen to how the chancellor has explained her thinking to the public take a listen. Hoddle the curve has become flatter they must not overload the Health System and we have looked a calculation showing we are currently as a transmission rate of one meaning one person infects one other person thats an average and is true for only one infection chain but its approximately one infecting one other person. Then we if we get to the point that where every person in fact 1 point one others then by october our Health Care System reached capacity with the assumed number of intensive cap that. If we get to 1. 2 people so everyone is infecting trying to percent more meaning out of 5 people wanting facts to others and for people who infect one other person then we will reach the limits of our Health Care System in july. Here and if it gets to 1. 3 people then we will reach the limits of our Health Care System in june. So you can see how little room we have to work with you. When you hear that does it strike you have different the german chancellor communicates with her public compared to the way the u. S. President communicates with his public. You mean you mean to say that you dont think that those are identical slightly different. But there is a big difference right they are things are they are very different but it is important to recognize that even though President Trump free wheels with facts exaggerates all the time doesnt really have a lot of empathy and certainly isnt oriented toward science hes also not the person thats calling the shots not reopening the economy or closing at the purse place thats the governors in the United States and i would argue that if you listen to some of the governors in the United States like new york or ohio or california or Washington State on a very effective job in responding to this crisis they sound a lot more like the german chancellor but i also think that people like dr fouchier and doctor who are so open up there on this on the stage before and more importantly have been out there talking to the media and theyre certainly not muzzled by the american president like i would say the average american is even though theyre dealing with the craziness of the president directly theyre also ultimately getting pretty decent and balanced information about this pandemic in a way that say they werent about the impeachment and they werent about russian intervention in the u. S. Election so science is actually getting through here look at science through things to the women i want to talk about the ladies for a moment here weve got the german chancellor Angela Merkel weve got new zealands Prime Minister weve got the president of taiwan these are all women loners who are being praised for how theyve handled this pandemic do you think that it matters that theyre Women Leaders or is that making the difference. I think it would be better if you had more diversity i think its a problem that politics is run by a lot of older white men who tend to be all ready to become president it usually requires a strong level of narcissism a strong level of im in charge im number one so i mean youre already bringing in personality traits that make it hard to listen to a broader constellation of experts and in dealing with this crisis experts he says what you really need so i mean i dont think its necessarily just because theyre women but i do think that there are a bunch of personality traits that we dont usually find among people that run countries. Some of the women that have managed to make it to that to that level have been more effective than a lot of the guys were so you know thats a good way to put it lets talk about you know nice to have because i mean i dont think that i would be out there banging on on how wonderful i am if i was president but i have no interest in being president so maybe this part of the problem does thats part of the problem exactly what about the United States what happens today weve learned today that 22000000. 00 jobs theyve been lost in just the last month and the funding for Small Business loans funding is one allan are you bracing for another Great Depression. No but this recession is deeper and will be longer than anything weve had since the Great Depression and youve seen what marco was discussing in germany i mean when you reopen this economy youre going to start with bakeries and bike shops and then you move to Larger Stores and malls and eventually into restaurants and who knows when you get things like sporting facilities rated movie theaters this is going to take a very long time you close the economy with a sledgehammer and you open it with a scalpel and if you start it because theres not much room as merkel said with the Health Care System youre going to be very careful and its not a waltz its tango youll take a couple steps one direction youll have to come back even in china where they have vastly more surveillance and near 100 percent compliance with their directives they open the movie theaters they shut them down now they open tourist facilities they shut them down right so i mean given that and the lack of political coordination inside countries across the world this is going to take a very long time so i mean i think we can get our hands around the human the direct human cost of the virus and its very painful but we can deal with it we can get through it i think the Economic Cost is something that we havent yet really understood just how much damage when you take 10 percent of the working population out of the economy in advanced industrial countries and you cant bring them bad you cant give them something productive to do for years how do you pay for that what does that do to your society what does it do to your politics what it do to the values that you hold as a country i dont think were close to answering those questions weve been seeing images today of people in the United States protesting for an end to these stay at home orders at the same time we are testing for the virus is nowhere near the levels that it should be do you understand why arent people protesting and demanding more testing. Well testing is getting there i mean right now american tests per 1000000 a population is about where your is on average better than france in the u. K. Its not as good as germany thats been a significant surge that the americans have done in the last few weeks including tests that are actually can be done very quickly a lot of innovation from Abbott Laboratories and others that have come on that front and because the americans are one and have 2 weeks behind the europeans in terms of caseload and where we are in the curve on the pandemic that actually implies that in the weeks and a half time the americans will probably be in a better position on testing then europe is so i dont think that thats the demand the americans need to make what they need to make our demands on masks we need and 95 masks we need every every person and american not Just Health Care workers the ability to ensure that youre not infecting other people and theyre not infecting you and if you dont have enough masks for the Health Care Workers you cant tell the average american go and buy those masks because you create a panic you create a run on them but were in so we have them its going to be very hard to get people back to the work place ive actually focused on the mass. I want to ask you lets get beyond the masterless talk about what were hearing from china but there are more reports about the origin of the corona virus that may be the result of a Lab Experiment vets went wrong and move on china for example i mean we wont know until we find the viral reservoir or a patient 0 in the pandemic so with that in mind what do you think would be the best way forward sudanese suspicions and conspiracy theories out there should china be forced to pay in some way for this pandemic. Force to pay i mean right now. If the americans told the chinese they need to pay the chinese would tell the americans to go scratch i mean you do understand that get into even a limited phase one trade deal but quite an awful lot of back and forth between the 2 countries and the cooperation level was limited i think much more importantly is that this this relationship which has no trust chinese do not trust the americans at all the americans do not trust the chinese at all that was true under obama true its true under time but at least there was a lot of interdependence we needed each other and because we needed that we didnt want conflict within one confrontation were very concerned about that well now we already see that in the Technology Area ai the cloud 5 g. American Tech Companies cant invest in china like amazon and google Chinese Companies cant invest in the u. S. And will tell our allies like germany you get to work with wallowing right and youre seeing manufacturing youre seeing a services the just in time supply chain got disrupted a lot of companies are going to start pulling that back away from china closer to the customers especially when they get bailouts and the america 1st policy is if were giving you taxpayer money you better hire americans. And then were blaming the chinese the chinese are blaming us or its going to amaze terse how as many chinese come to american universities in other words what were doing is were significantly reducing the interdependence between the United States and china and that means the likelihood of confrontation between the 2 largest economies in the world is going up a lot and i think we should all be very concerned about that especially on the back of a pandemic which is already causing more than its share of volatility uncertainty and risk in the Global Economy its actually the great decoupling and the pandemic at the same time in burma its always good to talk with you he appreciates your insights thank you. Well it has taken to bring about a truce in the war in yemen last week saudi arabia declared a 2 week unilateral ceasefire in yemen citing fears that there. Might spread in the country and for the past 5 years the rebels backed by iran have fought Government Forces backed by saudi arabia the country has been devastated leaving people dependent on wards which have been repeatedly blocked by a humanitarian disaster no match against the. Lining up to test for the coronavirus anyone who has a fever has to stand outside a checkpoint outside of sanaa its to protect the metropolis of millions from an outbreak. Transfer people who are suspected to have coronavirus to the hospital or various hotels suitable for quarantine. Officially theres only one case of covert 19 in yemen in reality there may be many more thats bad news for this troubled country 5 years of war between the saudi military coalition and the hoody rebels have devastated the countrys infrastructure. Almost 50 percent of all hospitals have been destroyed saudi arabia has declared a cease fire but its a fragile one people dont have enough food water electricity or medicine and many people are suffering hardship and hunger washing their hands is almost impossible. The sign out hospital in sanaa is still operating. It is one of 2 with intensive care beds for coronavirus patients there are only 6 respirators here there are 12 in total in the whole capital. The graphic is large and located in a sparsely populated area thats why it was chosen to fight the disease to start nothing more the u. N. Has warned that the delivery of urgently needed aid is considerably more difficult because of the sea and air blockade of saudi arabia that supplies which the United Nations are trying to bring into the country lifesaving supplies i. C. U. Supplies the medicines that are needed its been difficult to do them because of the blockade. Cholera and diphtheria waves have weakened millions of people in recent years this makes becoming seriously ill with covert 19 even more likely deficiencies also in pharmacies masks and disinfectants are not available or only at extortionate prices will come of march i cant find a mass wherever i look there are none 1st they cost 23. 00 alls now its a 1000. Shortage in need or already in normal state of affairs in yemen a coronavirus epidemic could dramatically worsen the desperate situation of millions of people. The. First reports. Unloading the catch of the day. In this market. Fresh meat and seafood it. Thought to be the source of the disease. Most markets have now reopened to the dismay of International Health experts and politicians. Many locals are less worried. I sold it all and i think its ok to go to the Seafood Market this virus wont affect our eating habits because its a special case and there is a lot we dont know for instance we havent confirmed that it comes from the e. U. Nonsense food market shortage that we have eaten wild animals for thousands of years you know what they may have had some problems during processing so we should be more careful with that by cooking them more in checking if theyre fresh and cool off to the mail to see how. The markets are a traditional and affordable way of shopping in china and customers offer tending. Oh this is similar to supermarkets so its relatively safe that was so good and if its unsafe because supermarkets are more expensive still vendors complain that business is slow as many shoppers now prefer more expensive hygienic supermarkets as some return to the markets for affordable food office fare getting more than they fog and. If youre watching us from home chances are that is where you have spent most of your time in recent weeks that also means you will have front row seats to a special show this coming saturday the one world together at home will be. The around the world rally support for frontline workers and the World Health Organization the goal is to boost investments in Global Health and it will be a star studded event with lady gaga Paul Mccartney elton john and taylor swift performing from their home. The biggest since the pandemic began and for a very important calls talk about that im joined now by shes the germany director of global citizens the organization putting this show together is good to have you on the show talk to me i mean youve got a star studded lineup here on talk to me what are we going to see during this show. Yes thanks so much for having me one well together to really be a moment for all of us to come together as a Global Community to honor and support those people who are currently working on the front lines of this go look pandemic against corporate 19 but also for all of us to enjoy some Great Entertainment was still at home practicing social distancing so youve already mentioned some of the mainstream we excited that of well you know artists have joined us but this lady got our they got our assault has helped us to correct the show and now it will be over 100. 00 artists who will all be playing from that living brings including. Stevie wonder. Highness bit and many more and we will also have some you know how experts on the show and about how the stories of how about lets you know it sounds very good you know you were present germany and germany is considered a country that has managed this pandemic better than most others we know that germany will begin reopening its a clone of me on one day is that good or bad the timing for this weekends show. I think were still in terms of the timing you know were only going to have some slow openings next week i think the restrictions and. Meeting of the people as they are quite tight so i think actually this is really good timing for our show because i think so many other feeling like within and this for a really long time but at the same time its also in marathon right and we have we are yet to marry miss out and so what we want to do with the show is to give people ive been jamey but also around the world some giant somehow to keep going continue to social distance as much of the boat but also equally importantly its a crucial moment in time at the moment to make sure that our response to this and that may well be well be soft and well on that so what we want to do with one world together at home is to talk to support both locally as both globally locally who have a range of battered organizations who will support people who need it the most but through child as well as as health care and there were things some of the money and globally with supporting efforts are about how harmonization you have the World Health Organization let me pick up on that we know that the u. S. Presidency has accused the w. H. O. Of lots of mistakes this week will this show will it be a form of a rebuttal to those accusations. Well we believe that the global how permanent multiple agonise ation is really best placed to respond to this to it to respond to this crisis they have to reach the Public Knowledge and what they really need is the ponding so we really want to encourage everybody to get behind the mission. And what about the people watching you know we were talking about a vaccine were talking about testing what about the Mental Health of each and every one of us living in walk down now for weeks on then. Yes i think thats a really important point on Mental Health and thats actually one of the reasons why we started our regular Concert Series that shes kind of the lead up to the concert on this weekend in the 1st place a few weeks. Because we really want to get people who might feel very isolated thats kind of sense of community and so on and you know and also options to to do something and to support about how organization and are the workers are really at the. Unfortunate had to interrupt because were almost out of time but i wanted to say thank you and we look forward to the show this weekend thank you very much for talking with us tonight. All right the day is almost done the conversation continues online we will see you tomorrow everybodys. Environmentally conscious live in. With maximum comfort. From tanzania is helping make it possible he started with sustainable ideas in his own home. Now hes inspiring others to innovate at his invention school for. Next on t. W. His legacy the establishment of one of the most brutal dictatorships. Robert mugabe dictator of zimbabwe. He could have gone down in history as a freedom fighter. 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