The freeman foundation. By judy r d peter blum kovundation; and by contributions to this pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. America. Reporting from new york city, im laura trevelyan. Az now has the secondmost infections in the world. The death toll is rising fast. In seattle, the president threatens to call in the military. Cuba maybe winning the battle against coronavirus so far, but the islands economy is suffering as tourism wanes. Another view of iran. The bbc gets rare access to iconic cultural sites. For those of you watching on pbs and around the globe, welcome to bbc world news america. Brazils outbreak has become one of the deadliest on the planet. U. K. H the u. S. And the president bolsonaro continues to downay the dangers of coronavirus, firing those who disagree with him. Our south america correspondent reports. Reporter anoth covid callout in brazils biggest city, and the epicenter of the pandemic. Traffic is lighter these days use of quarantine, but this is still a city of 22 million, and the roads are as bad as ever. 70 of calls are not related to the fire is. The virus. In these uncertain times, people dont kw if this might be the manal goodbye. The patients wil it to hospitals are the lucky ones. The team says three tiars as many peodying and home compared to life before the pandemic. How we were doing was registering. All we were doing was registering. Peop would go to sleep and would not woke up. They never had a chance. Reporter ain colleague many the force look up to past to they know many will not survive the pandemic. If this is acult situation, but as we say every time we wont only believe when the number shows it, for now itd is an invisiblease. Reporter in eastern sao paulo, one of t virus is all too visible. Antonio and kelly are two of the faces behind the numbers. Dad and daughter. They live together a last week that together. Admitted to the hospital the same day, together in intensive care, then passing away within a day of each other. He told us he would rather die than very his daughter. Reporter while the family mourns them, cities like sao paulo and Rio De Janeiro are starting to reopen despite the l. Sing death t every day, more people die from covid19 here more than anyone else in the world. It is serving as a wakeup call. The president continues to downplay the virus he is ironically becoming more and more isolatedev internationallery coming day. Ifrance is also feelilated. He has not hugged his son in over two mths. This is what has tmake do for now. [speaking foreign language] miss you so much. Bye, bye. Laura for more on brazils coronavirus isis plus the few compared to america, i a joined by the director of the Harvard Global health institute. Thank you for being with us. Do you see parallels between brazil and the u. S. , where both president s have downplayed social distancing,ndow we are seeing an increase in cases . Thanks for having me on. Indeed, i think there are pas in both instances. The psidents not just downplayed it, but they useua similar la, referring to the virus as a flu, and it is much worse than a flu. E. S. Was able to get the virus at least somrohat under co i am very worried that brazil is going to just let this virus run going to infect and kill a lot more people with real no end in sight. Laura here in the u. S. , we have teseen both florida ans report their highest daily totals of new coronavirus infectns. Is it a second wave or the first one continuing . This really is just the first. , with continuing. Many of the statesatere not hit ard initially. As the numbersncrease, they still opened up without waiting for the numbers to really decline, now we are starting to see 20 states across the country where the numbers are increasing, some of them alarmingly so. Laura you have warned that more than 200,000ul people codie here in the u. S. By september. What can we do to stop that . Wo thad be a very grim milestone, if we achieve that by september. Whether we do are not is completely up to us or not is completely up to us in the u. S. We need a government thats really engaged. It feels that the federal government has walked away from the response of the virus. We have to get people to understand the value oing masks, and we have to continue social distancing. We can prevent many of those deaths. Laura we finally got everything today from the cdc, the first full one in about three months. What did you make of the guidance . It is nice to see them reengaged. I did not really sense fromhem the urgey that i and most Public Health people aree eeling as we oking across the country, but it is great and they still have great scieists. Their guidance is helpful. I want to see thedc a lot more, ideay daily, providing updates to the people about the state of the pandemic. Laura thanks so much s. R joining thank you. Laura in seattle, erotesters haablish what they are calling an economist zone autonomous zone. The Police Precinct has been vacated of officers. Our reporter has more. Reporter the capitol hill a taunus autonomous zone has been rechristened by the mayor. This has sparked global contests and reenergize black lives matter. Movement. Seattles polivi chief and the o in the video to her Department Unit of pture painted a picture of general lawlessness. Leaving the precinct was not my decision. I asked you to snd on that line to protect it day in and day out. To be pelted with projectiles, to bscreened that, threatened, then in some cases heard. Then hurt. Than to have a change of course two weeks init seems like an sult to you under immunity. Reporter President Trump has told the mayor to take bati the city, tw that if you she said the threae unwelcome and that any such action would be illegal. In an interview, he renewed his criticism. I saw h breakdown. I saw her leave. I saw her with absolutely no control. I saw her make a lot of bad decisions, including dont do anything that is going to affect anyby. Toughness sometimes is the most compassionate. Porter protesters say they have no intention of leaving and are reportedly limiting access to the area. I would love to see the Police Department return to a youth cter. If it goes back to normal, they defeat tde possessioats the purpose. It defeats the purpose. We are going to stand r. Here foreve reporter critics, including the president , are saying they are anarchists and terrorists. Showing just how americ divided america is diowing just how ded america is on police reform. Laura joining us is houstons police chief, who was at George Floyds funeral thi week. The president said today he thought chokeholds should be ended in most cases. Do you think that is right . Do you agree . I do. Most of my colleagues across the country agree that chokeholds should not be trained amore, they are very dangerous. The carotid control hold works, but unfortunately, they are utizing the dynamic and violent situations. The problem is it is leading to death. Outside from ar fight for y life as a police officer, where deadly force should be authorized because you are fighting for your life, they should be banned. Ink you will get a lot consensus across the nation. Laura in houston, your own officers have killed six people in recent weeks. You joinac this push for untability. Would you released a video of those killings . It is really important that the media plays a role. Unfortunately, the media will tell you there have been six shoongs involvi people of color, but they will not tell of you those individuals were armed or enged in violence. The answer to that question, in the short term, we will release the videos when it is appropriate to do so. We have shown theo videos tthe families that have asked to see them. A lot of those families do not want the videos released, loved ones, in the way that they died, sometimes, the worst momeous of their life, to be there on the internet and on cyberspace forever. O i think we needve a inional discussion terms of video release and with the policy needs to be. We certainly want to have a voice for the families of the once and have lost family members, as well. Laura when you see what is happening in seattle, where a Police Precinct has been abanned, what goes through your mind as a police chief . I know carmen, shes a great leader, dear friend. My heart goes out to her and the people of seattle. F the people seattle and their es are represented by mo than just the people that have decided to turn that area intoe whatever they lling it. It is disheartening, because you have to wonder how manye eople take t vote, to actually be engaged, actually use this great nation, the power of the vote to hold it at that officials feet to the fire. To actually become informed on the issues, and withoutut exception, wit missing, always vote and participate in our democracy, that we ended up with a lot better outcomes. Like Martin Luther king did, without anviolence, he was le to pass great legislation that l to me being the police chief. Without him, that would have never happened. Laura that all calls there are calls to defund the police. What social workers have re money to deal with homelessness and addiction, etc. . It is also mental health. They will find out that that is really a false equivalence. It is not a matter of getting rid of funding for the polic to fund these other programs. The truth of the matter is, they are going to find, like the police has found, there is no to take individuals that are and and up on the streets. Ion there is no where takpeople suffering from psychological distress and psychological emergencies, when they basically, if you are lucky to find a bed, they are there for two to three days, and they end up backunn the streets eated. We need to fund both. Im glad the americapeople including the communitiemostly impacted the greatest by the disproportionality of services education, that arng, no, we do not want to give up good policing, we do not policing, we want both good licing, safety, securit and the government and the country to address all these systemic failures in terms of our social servic economic opportunities, and education. Laura i guess a much for being with us, houstons policehief. Thank you so much for being withhis, houstons police. Orba has claimed some success in battling theavirus. Theconomic impact, however, is so dependent on tourism the effect is significant. We have reports. Reporter military vehicles leave the streets of old havana. The cuban governments successful drive to contain the spread of cuba 19. Normally, these streets would be filled of tourists. This will not occur until august, tough news for cubas ecomy, which will drop by 6 this year, especially the private sector. The next economic he Obama Administration was confident more private business would island. E change to the now, economists predict one in may close from theandemic. Sses this japanese restaurant in have anna has cut their prices have anna havana have cun their priceslf to stay afloat. We hope toave profits with ese offers. We are hoping to keep the business running. Maintain the workers, having so support, some cash. Less work, less salary, but it is something. Better than nothi. Reporter he can employ some, but many businesses cant innovate. Some are offering accommodationt i drivers, whose income have completely dried out. The private sector has been struggling anyway. It was verye much in beneficiary, the bowman tourism, but it was already suffering boom in tourism, but it was already suffering. Reporter despite the mutual distrust, some private businesses have pitched in to help the cuban state. Is artist and sculptor has spent the locked on producing around 10,000 plastic face shields for local hospitals. We donated some of the plastic and pvc. The Raw Materials started to come from the Healthcare System itself. In a rare example of private and state partnership. El malecon, lies empty. L, entrepreneurs expect little support from the communist state permit the private sector in cuba is resilient anhas over come past crises, but this may prove one obstacle to great. Laura n other news, britains economy shrank by 20 in april, the first full month of lockdown. It is the largesctmonthly contn on record. The pandemic affected every aspect of th economy. President trumps former National Securit adviser says he will publish a memoir highly critical of the u. S. Leader despite warnings from the white house that it contains classified information. John bolton argues mr. Trump committed impeachable offenses across a wide rangcyof foreign po mr. Trump has denied any wrongdoing. Youre watching bbc world news america. Still to come, the queens Birthday Celebration will be subdued this weekend, but there istill time to get a haircut. They are on rade after months of lockdown. India now has the fourth highest number of coronavis infections in the world. Nearly 300,000 cases. Theesictions on shopping malls have been lifted to help stimulate the economy. For two days in a row, we have had nearly 100 people dying of the infection. What is particular distressing for a lot of families here in mumbai, in the capital, delhi, and many major cities, if loveds et sick, it is a real struggle to find a hospital bed. And even those who do sometimes get a regular bed, but what they really need is critical care, what they really need is an intensive care unit, those are not available. Over the past two weeks, ive spoken to so many people who have actually lost members of their family before they could even get looked at by doctors. Laura the queens oicial but the celebrationreill look dif because of the outbreak. There is going to be a ceremony at windsor castle. Our correspondent reports on what this means for the military horses that usually play a key role. Reporter putting the First World War guns into position, the ceremonial occasions are punctuated by the kings troop. But with such eventsle can sincmarch, much of the horses have been enjoying a quiet life. The decision has now been taken to get them back to the barracks. E of the first to return is 10yearold equinox. All he has been doing is eating grass and chilling out. He needs some exercise. Reporter and like many of us, he needs a haircut. We take tir main stuff amnes of manes off for safety reasons, because they can get tangled up. Reporter and getting back to rk means the correct footwear. Hundreds of hours of practice wouldak have been put in to sure no mistakes are made on parade. The queen will be watching. Wthe ne recruits, like im for new recruits, like emma, it disappointi to not partake is year. Its been different. We used to have more horses here. And looking forward to when it goes back to normal, to experience what it is really like with all the shows that we go to. I am really itching to do all of that. Reporter here at the barracks, they are itching to get back out on parade. Humans and horses, ready to reme their official duties as soon as it is safe to do so. Laura wn we report on iran, it is often about tensions with the u. S. , or the coronavirus outbreak there. But tonight, we would like to look at the countrys rich history sameer ahm was granted rare access into the countrys reporter this is a lamb known by two names, the first is persia, a land of mighty temples and palaces built by powerful kings. A land of great beauty. The other is iran, proud, isolated, defiant. Especially of western interference. Hiwe have tended to tnk of iran only as a religious i state became after the 1979 islamic relution. Itbs history dates back 7000 years. With many empires that predated the arrival of his lung. Of islam. There are 22 heritage sites here. Iran was kee for them to be seen. Such as this temple in the southwest. And this limestone statue of the third century emperor. The royal mosque is famous for its echoes. This dome is over 100 feet high. It is theecond there is a second exterior dumb beyond it. It is responsible for all the echoes you can hear. Ewveryestern tourists come here, but iranians flock to these places. Hes not just monuments t cherish. We were given access to this rare 15thcentury illustrate illustrative coffee shop. This is one of the most beautiful in the world. The mo imptant one, actually. Can i ask how it feels handling it . I am flying. [laughter] reporter lk to wahrough the bazaar is to understand how modern life sits alongside thisr counys ancient tradition. And whatever International Tensions exist, this foc on rsian culture is a chance to grasp how iranians see themselves and their place in the world. Laura we see the public faceoff is also full of historic cultural sites. Iran locked on of how mans best friend is indeed a dog. Those traits have been unfold display on full display for one former president. This marked the day president george h. W. Bush was born. Along with the image of the words miss you, but i am always your side and spirit. 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