A sense of whats happened as we were trying to fill we stopped this my cameraman being school teacher. Looks like a military person. So i got to brief one of the next thanks for watching out International Live from a world view center here in moscow im kevin awareness and here for the next 30 minutes the 1st the race for the white house in the United States and the latest twists and turns on the Mike Bloomberg has announced hes ending his run for democratic 2020 president ial nominee after suffering a wipe out in super tuesday voting the billionaire and former new york mayor has now thrown his support behind joe biden who made a stunning comeback in the biggest contest of the primary season for Vice President biden won 10 out of 14 states that voted yesterday while the progressive senator Bernie Sanders. Claim for including a big one california the state with the most delegates up for grabs following super tuesday as voted by snow the clear Democratic Front runner it would look set to be a day here a 2 man race breaking down latest developments tonight for caleb maupin. After a poor showing on super tuesday when 14 different us states voted in the president ial primary Michael Bloomberg seems to be ending his campaign now this is after spending roughly half a 1000000000. 00 on his president ial campaign the most expensive primary campaign in the history of the United States and many looked on and saw the amount of money bloomberg was spending the fact that he had advertisements on the super bowl and on many different places just the ads were popping up all over social media etc then joked about it but many also worry that it appeared almost that Michael Bloomberg was attempting to buy the democratic nomination lets take a listen. To mayor bloomberg. We. See not at all look your doctored up gardner selection was lumbered certainly had his detractors donald trump was known for criticizing bloomberg for his height calling him mini mike many others im in the democratic camp are critical of his policies when he was the new york city mayor they pointed out issues like Police Brutality stop and frisk that took place under his administration furthermore revelations about sexism and activities in his businesses and some of the culture of Sexual Harassment when he worked in the business sector in the private sector out of that was pointed out as well and at this point as hes dropped out it seems like hes giving his supporters a message this is what he had to say 3 months ago on into the race for president to do if you dont know trump to day im leaving the race for the same reason to do if you dont know trump because it is clear to me that staying in would make that shooting that go more difficult Mike Bloomberg followed the pattern of other recent drop outs of the democratic primary putting all his weight by. Joe biden take a listen i am ending my campaign and endorsing joe biden in that i am looking for a president who will draw out what is best in each of us and im encouraging everybody whos part of my compete to join me because we have found a leader in Vice President soon to be President Joe Biden now at this point weve got many figures in the democratic establishment or lining up behind it jill biden many observers are viewing this as a sensually an effort to defeat and stop Bernie Sanders the upsurge of support for Bernie Sanders is seen as a threat to the Democratic Party establishment lets take a review of the efforts to defeat burning sanders its been a long winter for the democrats theyve been feeling the cold burn oh you know we know you believe it was going to hear your primary was 43. Years with no one that it was but now as the spring rolls in the party has descended into panic i think its a little late to stop and i think thats the problem the game it is pretty much over reading last night about the fall of france in the summer of 940. 00 and then general reno cause of churchill and says its over can either coronavirus or Bernie Sanders be stopped totally transform society with firing squads dungeon torture and exile so hes been pretty clear thats what he supports morning standards but stopping the burning machine is not an easy task after all most rank and file democrats more or less agree with his policies so heres how the operation has moved forward. The reds are coming trigger those cold war terrorists socialism is a threat to American Freedom see that hammer and sickle and be afraid be very very afraid i believe castro and in the reds had won the cold war there were the executions and such a party and i might have been one of the ones getting executed and certain other people would be there cheering lets not forget that Bernie Sanders once praised cubas achievements in terms of literacy and health care were very opposed to be authoritarian they tour of cuba but you know its unfair to simply say everything goes but you know when fidel castro came into office you know what he did he had a Massive Literacy Program its not a bad thing after 4 years of looking on in horror as trump cozied up to dictators we need a president who will be extremely clear in standing against regimes that violate human rights abroad we cant risk nominating someone who doesnt recognize this fidel castro and if a dog and i can see it forced labor camps religious repression widespread poverty firing squads and the murder of thousands of his own people. Lets talk about his Literacy Program but most millennia dont even remember the cold war communism doesnt really scare them in socialism certainly doesnt so time for plan b. Now Bernie Sanders is accused of splitting an already weak and fractured Democratic Party why we would risk this extraordinary opportunity by nominating somebody who has a tendency to divide their own side is beyond me furthermore sanders is accused of having views that just wont fly in a general election the face of the democratic policy might be spouting things thats absolutely nothing but you know votes but this narrative doesnt seem to work either. So now Bernie Sanders is accused of being a russian plot to undermine american democracy this claim is repeated by other president ial candidates as well as rob. But obrien the National Security advisor and his sources are named though these reports that they they want Bernie Sanders to get elected president thats no surprise he had a moment in moscow and it turns out that in fact Bernie Sanders once even visited russia you know years ago back when it was called the soviet union yeah thats pretty old news scraping the barrel lets go on to plan d. Time to unite behind joe candidates are dropping out perhaps a bit prematurely and putting their Energy Behind joe biden does come up a little bit and i dont know whats happened early i think theyre trying to take it away from him i dont know if thats fair but i guess its politics when you get right down to it whats fair why throw in the towel so early well theyve got to do everything in their power to defeat Bernie Sanders in 2016 leaked emails revealed by wiki leaks show that the d. N. C. Went guns blazing to end his bid for the white house now will they be so lucky the 2nd time caleb mop and archie new york you know come but some more the next story though its not covering for you this is supposed to be of course a big towards peace between the u. S. And the taliban right now but appeared to unravel big time early wednesday washington has conducted an strike against the Islamist Group in Afghanistans Helmand province of the series of deadly taliban attacks overnight last night which killed more than 20 Afghan Soldiers and Police Offices with calls barely drawn the huge much vaunted piece of coal just a few days ago rif motion is the latest for you tonight. A historic peace deal we heard that will pave the way to peace and prosperity in afghanistan we heard it took 19 years to come to this point and of course needless to say the world expected a lot plus just hours before donald trump was on a phone call with the talibans leader and the groups chief negotiator. But i thought a 35 minute conversation and here i can agree of truly historic moment a direct contact between a u. S. Leader and his senior taliban official heres donald trump talking about we had a very good conversation with the leader of the taliban today. Theyre looking to get this and were looking to get it and we had a good. You know they want to seize the violence and now we see the u. S. Responding with an airstrike that they present as a move of self defense unclear why since the taliban never attacked the americans that it is agreement include they withdraw all of u. S. Troops and its nato allies from afghanistan there are still 12012000 soldiers and officers stationed in afghanistan and that is seen as a positive move by so many as a trust Building Measure as they said the taliban was promised to see 5000 common Political Prisoners released promised by who by washington so what basically happened is that washington promised something it can not guarantee and plus it has your authority to do the result you get a government does not seem to agree. There is no commitment to release 5000. 00 prisoners i have shared this with dr colleagues this is the right and the decision of the people of afghanistan that they have requested it so it could be included in the agenda of the interim afghan talks but it cannot be a prerequisite for talks. It sounds like a person for a parallel reality you know another world and you have to remember that the again a crisis is a very complex one there are many sides involved and what is desperate in the need for peace and prosperity is to see all these parties involved on the same page and this is by the way something that has been trying to do so many times bringing all these parties including the government the tally burn to more school. To seat and talk and discuss you know the agreement so most group also was very happy to see this you know finally historic peace deal and dont trump was not the only one this peace deal was praised as a victorious one disagreement. With interest in the british to proceed City Government in comprehensive are we this is for peace on the ground. So what we can see is that the situation on the ground in afghanistan is get more more dramatic its a skill late in the violence is escalating and if this is a victory i dont know what the defeat should look like. Your correspondent. Middle east expert in cheerless a response to this too he thinks the Afghan Government might leverage the taxi to its advantage. But i think it is very undermining i think to the final recall if you would lawyer when it comes to deal making the president trying trying to strew projects being a deal maker but actually i think that he has attempted to make up a lot just might be that there are divisions within not and those who are against just agreement went ahead with these attacks in order to sabotage any possible progress which could have been made up until now the talks have been forecast on america with not only a ban excluding are going to go up and down that very much and the atlanta government so i think that we are learning a government now will also take the opportunity to criticize and this. Can not be trusted and also you have many government look elsewhere or others maybe to play a more Important Role in the arctic process russia be a china beauty iran because as i said the american metropolis trenchant has proven that it. Would be should while in going there are any progress in the situation. The hot spot to keep an eye on in europe the weve been looking at for the last couple of days now clashes a broken out at the border between greece and turkey with greek police using tear gas and stun grenades to drive back Asylum Seekers desperately tense across into the e. U. According to turkish officials one person was killed and 5 others wounded by live fire from the greek side thats the athens is fiercely denying tonight it must be said thousands of displaced people are massing along the border after turkey said it would no longer prevent refugees from attempting to head to europe greece has said its going to turn back migrants that would tend to the crosses borders illegally and controversially has suspended asylum applications for a month with sensuality bensky a roving correspond. Good to drive along the border last my juvenile to see the impact for a self to bring to you of what its like to be so desperate to get across the border to the e. U. Come further down south we still own the greeks so i did the border with turkey where no town called fairies and i just want you to get a sense of the action thats happening all around us were just outside the town hall the local Mayors Office and it looks like people are gathering here in the anticipation of going to wards the Turkish Border and forming some kind of human chain tonight to ensure that there are no illegal crossings from turkey we know that since saturday more than 24000 people have attempted to cross the border so we didnt get to speak to them he wasnt hit but we did get to speak to many of the people who were taking part in the sachin and they all seemed to be pretty tense knew the mood was full of tension in fact one guy said to me you can feel it. Everybody is here tonight because we want to help greece protect its borders from any kind of illegal migration we see people from bangladesh afghanistan anywhere from places that have nothing to do with war and they come to our country essentially the e. U. We think europe should change its stance and contribute to send a strong message to turkey the largest political policies of previous years that these people to enter a country without carrying any permit documents would have a very big mistake and created issues of inequality greece is not alone it is european country but europe should support it because until now greece is not going supported weve left the town the whole now were driving out towards the front in the hope of getting a sense. To happen. Overnight to get a sense of what this human chain to protect the greek border. Trying to cross illegally its. Going to be line so were just coming up to a checkpoint now where theyre stopping us. Yes. We have to turn around ok so were being told we have to turn around we cant go any further. Not far out from ferris we spoke the greek on me in what looks like Illegal Migrants on this side of the road. Weve had a chat with the offices they said we cant film but they have confirmed that they found the 2 Illegal Immigrants trying to cross the software we are in the script land behind and they told us that 2 individuals from afghanistan to receive an update from the volunteers who are not securing the greek food and the affair is a video showing the migrants camped out on the border. As we were trying to film. We were stopped this my cameraman being scooped it up by well looks like a military personnel to watch the border. So just an update on that situation all thats been smooth but we have moved away from the border because we dont want to create more tension with the security personnel that are there but it gives you a sense of how much tension there is here given the fact that the volunteers are out willing to be in the middle of nowhere in the way to secure their borders the fact that we were told not to come anywhere near the border that the greek Prime Minister said this week that his. Tree wouldnt be blackmailed by church he said that they would do Everything Possible to stop an invasion of migrants crossing the border illegally and that is exactly what we seeing in towns like this that ability for people to take up their own on this and to go to the borders to push text grease for anybody trying to cross even ski r. T. In ferris. Promises kobo the race for the white house the latest twists and turns out of super tuesday while joe biden was propelled into a pole position super tuesday senator lizabeth warrens campaign was dealt a crippling blow she failed to place in the top 2 in any of the 40 voting states and is under pressure from Bernie Sanders supporters to drop out of the competition to avoid splitting the progressive vote present from couldnt resist another day another trump pertwee taking a dig either so selfish or Elizabeth Warren to stay in the race she has 0 chance of even coming close to winning but her Bernie Bradley so much for their wonderful liberal friendship will never speak to her again she cost to massachusetts and came in 3rd he shouldnt or wars disappointment is likely going to be compounded by the fact that she finished a distant 3rd in her home state of massachusetts supporters of Bernie Sanders claim that her decision to stay in the race for now at least cost the selfstyled democratic socialist victories in 3. 00 states bigger wins in several others have also pointed out parallels with the 2016 race as well which warren accused the green partys jill stein you remember that of helping to sway the election in Donald Trumps favor. Anything you do that helps donald trump get one inch closer to the white house is a danger charl of us vote 1st time moves donald trump closer to the white house would love to see the venn diagram of people who are still mad at jill stein for being a spoiler in 2016 and those now insisting the war on one be helping by the name she states in the race for the record if youre blaming warren for tonights results maybe you should reconsider your defense of 14 for jill stein if a vote for jewel stein in 2016 was a vote for trump then a vote for warren today is a vote for joe biden sorry i dont make the rules. Of reverberations the 2016 coming back up to 2020 that took it away lets cross to a jam oh but hes political analyst i was the Green Party Nominee for Vice President in 2016 hello sir clegg serve make of the todd be with us so when i think about Elizabeth Warren the time to drop out now she didnt do well or told that she you know that feels like take us through it i guess for Elizabeth Warren this is kind of carmel but what weve seen is the general chaos in the in the Democratic Party is quite clear that the democratic establishment are they have a plan their plan is to is to dance a socalled centrist and thats exactly what they did coming out of South Carolina they use. Bidens win of South Carolina 2 to create momentum into encourage new jersey and color and amy. To from minnesota to drop out so that all of the fire can be directed toward Bernie Sanders and a little bit want to play the role in that state in the race so so the crowd. Started talk about the come a bit there explain that a bit more so why is it karma for him to follow. Well there basically argue that you saw in the in the lead up that anybody who supported the green party and joel stein and myself they were in fact up and dancing donald trump know that argument is not coming back order thats why she does this pressure on her to get out of the race so that of the progresses can concentrate their power and try to resist and the corporate democrats so democrats may be a saw a what went wrong for the electorate why didnt she get the take she needed the vote she needed on super tuesday what went wrong including in a home state of course well i think that theres been some dissatisfaction but it was a warm coming out of a number of missteps including pretending that Bernie Sanders was the sexes making comments about her inability to win that office her stepping back somewhat it appeared from the commitment to medicare for all. What some people people never get past feeling uncomfortable what appears to be a kind of opportunism from this candidate so these factors came together and the voters said basically that they wanted to get behind someone who was offering a more radical vision if you will and that person was with Bernie Sanders even though she still had significant the votes that helped to undermine the ability of Bernie Sanders to. Be full if she bailed out before super tuesday would he have done better would have been a dead cert or maybe not well they figure seems that just he would have won in probably at least 3 states so those voters theyll be who voted for her in those states basically in some ways could be seen to be argued of voted for of her by. Some or say that warren cosigned to several states on super tuesday shells essentially not Michael Bloomberg out of the race as well gee agree with that. Other sheba completely devastated Michael Bloomberg but she also undermined Bernie Sanders of the the focus really should just be on Elizabeth Warren the focus should be on the kind of machinations coming from the Democratic Party to try to to to undermine Bernie Sanders because we all know is anybody but barely. A german baracoa out so we got time for so far thank you ever so much for being with us much appreciated well continue for these twists and turns a long way to go to november get away but thanks for being live on the program of a good day my pleasure. Now lets talk covert violence coronaviruses some updates there for you tonight italys covert 19 death toll is now overtaken irans giving it the highest number of fatalities outside china and theres other news in as well Italian Government cities closing schools and universities nationwide for 10 days they tend to try to contain the virus the World Health Organization says that more than 90000 people have been infected in 80 Countries Worldwide but some take a breath as well Health Officials at the w. H. O. Are also encouraging the public to avoid excessive personal contact the obvious stuff including handshakes and kisses on the cheek its republished advice illustrating that a foot shake all that elbow bump could perhaps replace more traditional greetings here are some u. S. Senators testing out said elbow alternative not to vigorously the course as they meet 2 women whod been cleared to leave quarantine while this measure will be effective there are other suggestions doing the rounds the to do all should be avoided. It is understandable that you may feel anxious about the outbreak to get the facts from reliable sources to help you accurately determine your risk so that you can take reasonable. So with so much misinformation advice overload cause no shortage of obvious anxiety that makes 2 we brought together Technology Consultant norman lewis and microbiology researcher Rochelle Patel to share their experience with us. Compared to other respiratory viruses such as influenza this is relatively novel in new to us related coronaviruses such as sars and murderers. Do you. Prevalence i think many countries have been caught off guard i dont think this was an expected thing that a lot of people were predicting i think you need balance if you take Something Like 2 colossus which is a very very low and dangerous virus illness and last year there were 1200000. 00 deaths from tuberculosis close is right for example in the u. K. Are going up i dont see anybody Wearing Masks about she says i dont see trains being stopped eventually cities being locked down in the world that we live in right now especially with their travel patterns that most people follow it becomes extremely difficult to contain. Such a virus especially one that transmitted respiratory really i think a lot of ordinary people are concerned about this and should be concerned i mean it is a very disease but its not and its not on the scale of some of the things that already exist i think the overreaction to this and if you want to see an overreaction just look at the stock markets 6 trillion dollars lost last year rights of selling of stock markets at the level of the Great Depression almost a century ago and the real impact of that is going to be far greater than anything this virus is going to do if your state stared home or in teaching. And i realize a lot of people are busy and some people cannot afford to stay home and theyre sick. I think some of the choices that some of these decisions that we have to make as a society come down to individual households with on the verge of march. Being in the lead as a way of contacting this is if 500000 people are going to die from this in the u. K. In the next couple of months this is not based on anything yet time to be granted take a breath wash your hands well and remember its all part of lifes rich tapestry that is ever right on topic covering the story you want more perspective on people of these latest gets across talking coronavirus where its like. After the break with more headlines. And thank you for watching. International. Join me every week on the alex salmond show and ill be speaking to guest of the world of politics sport im showbusiness ill see you then. A low end welcome to cross talk where all Things Considered im peter lavelle