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Hello and welcome to audiences in the uk and around the world. As the coronavirus pandemic worsens across large areas of the United States, new york for a long time the epicentre of the disease in the us has announced it will quarantine arrivals from other states experiencing a surge in infections. And theyre not the only ones. New jersey and connecticut are taking the same measures at a time when officials in southern and southwestern states which have posted record spikes in recent days are asking residents to take precautions. Lets speak to our north america correspondent, david willis. The first thing that strikes you is what a turnaround, david . Absolutely. Itjust seemed last month this country had got a handle on the coronavirus but now new figures show a sharp spike in a number of southern states, taking for example arizona. 20 rise there in recent days. Ditto florida, texas, california and so on. New york and the neighbouring states of new Jersey New York and the neighbouring
Out their gains by reopening too quickly . Theres a lot of question and criticism at the local level in certain states about reopening too quickly. Heres what we do know. Were learning more about bhooz getting infected, more young people. And we knew about underlying conditions, the elderly and those morbidly obese. The cdc saying anyone with a bmi of 30 or higher is at higher risk and thats some 42 of the population. Reporter in the nations three most population states, things are going from bad to worse. I dont think the history is going to look back kindly on americans going through this. Reporter Governor Greg Abbott pausing additional reopening in texas where hospitalization records are being set too. At Texas Medical Center there are just two available icu beds in the greater houston area. Two out of more than 1300. Were running out of that time with the runway short and our Health Care System is filling up. And we need to do everything we can as a community to fight this pandemi
Now its time for hardtalk. Welcome to hardtalk. I am stephen sackur. No one better epitomises any strongman style of leadership then president Rodrigo Duterte, of the philippines. He has a visceral dislike of independentjournalism and no one knows that better than my guest today, maria ressa, founder of the rappler online news website. She has just been convicted of cyberlibel in a manila court room, so, is president Rodrigo Dutertes populism strangling press freedom . Maria ressa in manila, thank you for joining hardtalk. Thank you, stephen. Starting with your personal situation, earlier this month you we re situation, earlier this month you were convicted on this charge of cyberlibel, as they called it. Has it change things for you . Aside from the emotional rollercoaster and the fa ct we the emotional rollercoaster and the fact we have crossed yet another divide, i think im on the same rate i have been on for the last four yea rs, i have been on for the last four years, which is rea
Quid pro quo outside the phone call, that would be very disturbing. That interview was recorded on tuesday. Guess what happened just two days later . Acting white house chief of staff Nick Mulvaney publicly admitted to a quid pro quo. I wouldnt send them a bunch of money and have them waste it . Did he also mention to me in the past the corruption related to the dnc server . Absolutely. No question about that. But thats it. Thats why we held up the money what you just described the a quid pro quo. It is funding will not flow unless the investigation into the democrats server happened as well. We do that all the time with Foreign Policy. He in a sense tried to walk that back. You just heard him in his own word, i will go straight out to cnns jeremy dimon at the white house. So what is graham saying now . Reporter well, its interesting to hear those comments from senator lindsay graham. Of course, he has been a staunch defender of the president including through this impeachment inquiry.