For the former Vice President convincing super tuesday victories. Turkeys boil tensions boil over in Turkeys Parliament over its offensive in syria politicians angry after 2 more turkish troops are killed in italy. And the group of artists branching out into the world of nature to leave an important message. A state of emergency has been declared in california after the u. S. State reported its 1st death from the corona virus there are now 53 confirmed cases in california a 71 year old man who had recently returned from a wine cruise died wednesday a california man is the 1st u. S. Patient to die outside the state of washington where 10 people are have died the grand princess cruise ship the man was aboard is now skipping its trip to mexico and has been ordered to return to San Francisco sheratons reports on how california authorities are now trying to determine if others on board the cruise ship are in fact a. This cruise ship appears to be a potentially another major vector for the coronavirus to spread this man who was elderly had Underlying Health problems which is what we often see in people who die from the coronavirus but he was all in this ship and he does some bug having already felt symptoms off the coronavirus he went home and finally he called my mom one got to help got tested was tested positive but that died at least one other person from that same cruise ship also just in a bog is potentially is presumptively thought to have the current virus but i want him to the other 2500 people who got off the cruise ship at the same time as these 2 people so clearly authorities are concerned as to where those folks are according to the california governor at least half come from california where we didnt explicitly connected to the state of emergency but clearly these are concerns of the californians and now that cruise ship is still is now been parked outside off the coast of california selectively in quarantine because 60 people also from that original crew stayed on the boat and then they were joined by another 2500. 00 passengers and then went off on a cruise to hawaii so clearly theres lots of potential there for this to be a vector of for the credit virus tests are now being added lifted onto that ship so that people can be tested its not being allowed to. Reach port in San Francisco for the moment but these seem to be connected to that statement by the governor and governor newsome that a state of emergency has been declared that means he gets to get lots of emergency funding its also make sure that the price gouging concert that they can get more readily available supplies they can get more Health Workers from out of state but this is what the governor had to say we have a number of passengers and crew members that have developed symptoms on this cruise. Ship grand princess cruise ship as a consequence we are going to be flying testing kits to the cruise ship so that plenty of questions on california as to where those others from that cruise ship are currently now and clearly the california governor he says they tried the administration is trying to reach them and i cant i has further developments from washington. Political differences are put aside in the face of the Novel Coronavirus the u. S. House of representatives agrees to allocate 8300000000. 00 the bulk of funds going to the agencies dealing directly with the crisis congress is acting with the seriousness and sense of urgency there coronavirus threat demands President Trump held a meeting with the airline c. E. O. s to discuss the impact of the virus on the travel industry the Vice President was a few civil about measures he says the president has taken to protect u. S. Citizens the American People deserve to know the warning or explain. The risk to the average american and contract coronavirus remains low and thats marginally owing to your decision for us to suspend all. Those you want to know all americans that are returning and attempted reassuring words to from the administrations response coordinator ensuring that you touched anything you go and wash your hands and get 20 seconds with so hand sanitizers at work but i think i was very reassuring to hear the Airline Staff about their procedures and their 3 levels of procedure because i think that will be reassuring to the american and i havent touched my face and weeks and weeks you may miss it a number of u. S. Schools have been closed as a precautionary measure authorities stressing that its because of the flu season rather than a direct response to the corona virus and soldiers arriving for basic training are being screened as yet none have tested positive but as recorded deaths from the coronavirus move into double figures the center for Disease Control says it has heightened concerns and its broadened the criteria for doctors to legally enforce the testing of patients for the virus. Maicon aljazeera washington and italy will close all schools and universities until mid march as it battles to contain the spread of the growing a virus the number of those killed across the country has risen to 107 the largest death toll outside china john hall has the details. Contagion is spreading quickly across europe and the world and that means anxiety as much as the covered 900. 00 virus itself staff at the worlds most Famous Museum the louvre in paris shut it down for 3 days this week demanding better protection against the virus tourists went to news there isnt a place in the world that its not going to get to and you cant just shut down the world you can though shut down parts of it battling europes most prolific outbreak so far italy will close all schools and universities until mid march in an effort to stem the tide of infections and a rising death toll japan did the same last week and france has also ordered the closure of some schools affecting an estimated 35000. 00 pupils. As dramatic for some italys decision to hold all sporting fixtures in empty stadiums spain has done so to life across the globe is changing fast the World Health Organization continues to stress the importance of containment in places with few infections in the hope of delaying the spread of the disease and to give Health Systems time to prepare there is no doubt that things will get worse. And if the w. H. O. Isnt yet prepared to declare a pandemic germany it appears is. The corona Virus Outbreak said the Health Minister has become a Global Pandemic amid a worldwide shortage of goggles masks and gloves germany has banned the export of medical protective gear they want it all to be available for use at home and other shortages have provoked concern this time in australia over toilet paper. Some countries are taking matters steadily further india has extended the screening of passengers to all those arriving on International Flights the authorities in saudi arabia have banned citizens and foreigners from making the pilgrimage to mecca in israel Prime Minister netanyahu. Suggested the common handshake be replaced by the indian greeting no mistake while italians have been asked to stop kissing and hugging with the coded 19 virus reaching more and more countries each day it is possible that no corner of the world will be spared even as european Health Ministers prepare to meet on friday one infection was registered inside the European Council building itself not just towns and cities now but the seats of government and parliament are in its path journal how aljazeera. Countries grapple with the infection suspected the current virus appears to be slowing in china or that he joins us live now from hong kong so what do we know about the status of the numbers in china and why they appear to be going down. Thats right richelle just to update you quickly there were 139 new cases as of wednesday 31 new debt deaths most of them at what they were calling the epicenter of the virus which is wall han thats where its believed to have originated and yes china saying that the rate of infection are slowing down in fact beijing officials today government officials had given a press conference on their cooperation with the rest of the world and they clearly stated that to do is because of chinas political socialist economic communist system as you as they call it is the reason why chinas been able to control the rate of Infection Control the spread of the virus they can tell a city to lock down and it has to lock down people have to listen to those directives and they can take action against those who didnt and if for instance the city of higher than tar province of who bay where will harness if in can complete Lockdown People are not moving around there thats a population around 16000000 people thats the population of the United Kingdom so china is able to take such a grand action like that against corona virus and give such a massive directives but going back to china yes china the rate of increase has slowed down but many scientists and experts are warning that the china is far from out of the woods now trying to change the way that counts are tallies those infection rates several times and at the moment it doesnt include what theyre calling asymptomatic which is people tested positive for the corona virus disease but are not showing symptoms so we could still see rates yet rice but nevertheless china wants to bring life back to normal there 90 percent of state firms are back to Business People are back in the streets in many cities outside of course of a province the chinese economy has taken a massive hit from this corona virus and so the government is. Eager to get people back into the workplaces not let me quickly bring you here to hong kong where life is also slowly coming back to normal calm has been very good at containing the virus here mainly because of its previous experience with sars in 2013 people are back on the streets here many government offices are opening ive seen traffic for the 1st time in weeks but the government and experts are also warning that those numbers could rise again because 500 people from our hong kong residents are due back in hong kong between yesterday and today there are people who have tested negative for corona virus but have been stranded in who bay province theyre being their hong kong residents being brought back home and they will be in isolation and in quarantine over the next 14 days. With a wrap up there from Hong Kong David thank you the democratic field of candidates to take on total trump in november president ial election is narrowed to just for a surge and support for former Vice President joe biden made him the big winner on super tuesday putting him ahead of Bernie Sanders in the battle for the democratic nomination earlier on wednesday billionaire Mike Bloomberg ended his campaign and endorsed by rob runnels has more. Appearing confident and relaxed joe biden listed the states he won on super tuesday with victories in texas Virginia North carolina arkansas alabama tennessee oklahoma. Going to go to massachusetts and who had just sort of we heard we won maine as well right. Michael bloomberg dropped out of the race and endorsed by offering financial and Organizational Support to the former Vice President ive always believed that the feeding donald trump starts 1000000 knighting behind the candidate with the best shot to do it and after yesterdays vote is clear that candidate is my friend and a Great American joe biden. The 3 quarter 1000000000. 00 price tag for his president ial ambitions one bloomberg 0 states although he was victorious in the territory of American Samoa well i think he underestimated the degree to which politically he was just not acceptable enough to a broad enough swath of democrats Bernie Sanders who won 4 states including california vowed to press on so the American People have got to on this lamp that this is a conflict about ideas about a record about a vision for where we go forward. And id like to you know is a decent guy and i do not want this campaign to generate into a trump type if it were attacking each other analysts say sanders may have peaked as a candidate i think were also seeing is that there is a natural limit to sanders appeal to the Democratic Party writ large without mentioning sanders by name biden also called for civility you know what we cant let happen in the next few weeks is that this primary turning into a campaign of negative attacks the only thing that can do is help donald trump get it done do any help any one of the candidates are left in the campaign try to keep our eye in the ball. As for Elizabeth Warren her failure to win even in massachusetts the state she represents in the senate left the future of her campaign in grave doubt a Campaign Official said warren is assessing the path forward bidens campaign declared that he had joementum moving forward and hell need that in the next phase of the contest when 6 states vote on march 10th including michigan a big industrialized midwestern state that is key to democrats hopes to unseating President Trump in the fall rob reynolds aljazeera los angeles. Still ahead on al jazeera banned from crossing a bridge from turkey into greece refugees are risking their lives for a chance at a new life in europe. And the battle over abortion rights in the United States new faces in the Supreme Court could sway the long. Head over the winds are set to increase across northern sections of the middle east now the sutlej you can see its a fairly clear picture weve got a bit of a cloud system working its way into western turkey and also another taking rain and snow across much of pakistan but really it between those 2 areas mostly clear and dry the way does not seep out the been faded the last few days 26. 00. 25 across in riyadh but things are set to change by friday some very strong winds in the fall cause theyll really funnel their way through northern sections of africa through the eastern end of the med and push right across these northern sections of saudi and also these more southern and central areas of iraq so we could well see some dust and sand storms pretty strong at times rain showers as well through the eastern med so probably a damned end to the week for jerusalem damascus beirut 18 degrees celsius with their showers and widely scattered showers as well throughout much of turkey it is the quanta picture throughout much of Southern Africa some of those heavy rains that weve seen lately across into namibia they are beginning to still have some heaviest falls into the sort of the Northeast Area pushing of course right there cross into zambia and also a lighter rains across into madagascar for the next couple of days me one in south africa it stays dry and very warm in cape town with a high for 30 celsius. The u. N. Fact finders accused the bernese military of genocide this is the political that you see there. Do you believe there are no modi is a question. I just dont have all day. We dont know the recognize that both sides have legitimate grievances against the other let me just this is the foundation of Climate Action and that is why the palookas must face. Up. On aljazeera. Youre watching officer at these are at the top stories right now the number of People Killed by coronavirus in the United States has risen to 111 of them died in california where a state of emergency is now in place after a spike in the number of new cases and in italy which has the highest death toll outside china schools universities and cinemas have been shut until mid march sporting events will continue but they will be held without spectators. Tokyos olympic organizers say cancelling the games to crown a bias is not being considered good news for athletes including World Champion high jumper. The qatari won the silver medal at the rio games 4 years ago and is the favorite to win gold in july we told you earlier some sporting events are taking place behind closed doors without spectators arson told aljazeera he hopes that doesnt happen at the olympics. I think it takes so much of the joy and the beauty of sports clothes sport need to be celebrated in the new filled with people with audience you know to interact with the reaction from people and the support we get from the people on the job we give them its a big very very special relationship is a big part of sport that cannot be taken away. I dont know i actually feel rather it feels like more like training you know i dont want to go to the biggest event and coming to compete with an audience on the people of the end of the day health is the most important and whatever decision i mean the i. O. C. Or the people thats in charge going to take to make sure that we are safe and healthy and with it take his confidence that all will be ok is being matched by that of a lead by president thomas box as the games will start as scheduled on july 24th i will know that if you will to. The flame out for speculation by giving you a beer with your day job if you will be more. Our statement from yesterday where we give you we are fully committed