Flares again in lebanon 19 is pushing the economy closer to the brink of collapse. And the 2 kilometer wide asteroid from the depths of our solar system is due to zip past within a few hours. More lives have not be lost to the corona virus pandemic on u. S. Soil than ole of the americans killed during the war in vietnam a tally by Johns HopkinsUniversity Shows the death toll is beyond 58300 and more than 1000000 people have been infected lets go live now to washington and our correspondent mike hanna so another grim milestone of a statistic mike. Indeed yes. Membrane to that that death toll in vietnam was over a 10 year period whereas the death toll in the pandemic has been within a 2 to 3 month period so certainly a very grim statistic over 1000000. 00 americans infected what that means is that roughly one in every 330. 00 americans contracted the virus but observers point out too that the figure could be far far higher because this is just those who actually tested for the virus and many are infected who never tested at any point so some Health Experts say that that infection figure could be as much as 10 times as high very very grim statistics indeed but from the white house still mixed messages the Vice President mike pence went to the mayo clinic in rochester in the course of the day and to the surprise of many he did not wear a face mask video footage from the who group with him revealed that he was the only person there not wearing a mask now a spokesperson for mr penn says that he tests for the virus once a week and therefore is not likely to have contracted it therefore he does not need to wear a mask experts point out though that its very easy to contract the virus in between medical check ups his spokesperson also said that the Vice President want to look the Health Workers properly in the eye to thank them for their work but the fact remains that President Trump has stated categorically he will not wear a mask the Vice President is out in public with a number of Senior Health officials not wearing a mask this despite the fact that the federal guidelines are is that everybody wears a mask in public so he has got a situation where the president and Vice President are completely flaunting the very guidelines that they established and michael as well were getting this news in the last what mr trump has. Signed the paperwork compelling meet factory workers to go back to work just to be clear is it just asking them strongly to go back to work or have they got to go back to work by law i mean is this like an executive order that he signed. Well its in terms of the defense procurement act it is on the face of it an order to go back to work but what it is most importantly about is to grant the employers some form of legal and liability precedent troublemaking very clear earlier in the day that the employers are in a situation where they could be sued by their employees forcing them to go back to work in a situation where they could contract the virus part of this executive order is absolving the employers of any legal blame for what happens but the bottom line is that was done in consultation with the meatpacking companies it was a major supply crisis in terms of supplies coming through massive drops in the production of pork and beef. On the face of the order is meant to a tory it is still very much in association with the companies themselves and of course the employees have to decide whether to continue their jobs to go back to work and run the risk of a virus or not to go to work and quite possibly lose their jobs very clear diet lever for those working in the meat packing plants which have of course been a focal point of many viral outbreaks in recent weeks at least 13 plants had closed across the country because of the high rate of infection in the plants now youve got a situation where the president signed an executive order which is strictly speaking is mandate 3 the plans have to reopen but it is done at this particular stage in consultation with the employers however once again the sorts must go out to those who actually work in the plants who now have to take a decision about whether to endangered their health by going back to work or by not going back to work and possibly losing their employment mark thank you so much. From the epicenter of the u. S. Break. The courtenay did fly over by us air force and navy planes over new york city a display of gratitude for Health Care Workers and 1st responders here in what is the epicenter of the u. S. Krone by risk crisis a crisis that has put more than 20000000. 00 americans out of work in only one month and at one point had more than 300000000. 00 americans under stay at home warders transforming even the busiest cities like new york into ghost towns the crisis has now hit a new milestone over 1000000 cases in the u. S. President trump is accused of being slow to take over 1000 seriously in late january when the 1st cases were in the u. S. He said it was under control and repeated similar sentiments for many weeks the risk to the American People remains very low fast forward 2 months and that forecast has proven to be spectacularly wrong as a country and economy shutdown trump and america as a whole were forced to face the stark reality there were numerous missed opportunities in the long term investing in public out the budgets for Public Health in significantly decreased over the years and this would only way american public. Has really needed in our ability to respond in the more short term while most of those 1000000 confirmed cases in the u. S. Have been relatively mild many thousands more have not more than 50000 lives have been lost to cope at 19 and many thousands more expected on tuesday trump was asked about his earlier predictions in the light of the new milestone will go down to 0 ultimately and you have to understand when it comes to cases we do much more testing than anybody else so we could go to some of these other countries. You know as an example china if you test youre going to show many more cases the United States and particularly new york are a long way from being over this Health Crisis and with persistent worries about large gatherings the streets could remain mostly empty through the end of the year leaving time for people to ponder questions such as when will this be over what will america be like when it is and what went wrong. Gabriels andro new york. Was staying in the u. S. For posting a 2200000000. 00 loss in the 1st quarter of this year and expecting to lose more than double that in the next coming quarter the automaker shutting down and u. S. Production last march of course bosses say its not clear when workers can return to work in the u. S. But there will be a gradual restart in the European Manufacturing set up but shuttle to Begin Next Week as all revenues have fallen 24 percent since the start of the year demand has been decimated as factories remain closed and planes ships and vehicles sit idle opec and other Oil Producers agreed to slash production by 10000000 barrels a day but analysts say that may not be enough to redress flooded markets. Violence has escalated during a 2nd night of protest in lebanons Northern City of tripoli demonstrators have been back out on the streets as the crisis hit economy crumbles further because of coronavirus protesters hold rocks and Security Forces who responded with tear gas and rubber bullets on monday one protester was killed during riots from tripoli al jazeera says in a hotter with more. Hunger and hopelessness are driving lebanese to the streets the economy is close to collapsing protesters vent their anger at banks for preventing people from accessing their savings and a long serving political elite is being blamed for mismanagement and corruption in recent days the local currency has sharply devalued against the dollar there were casualties among protests. Soldiers during confrontations that began monday night on this news that follows model went to the streets because there are no jobs children are asking the parents for food and they dont have money to buy them any the young man who has mounted it was a father he had nothing to lose if his daughter asks for food what will he give he had nothing to lose calls for a change in leadership are not new a protest Movement Began in october but the ruling elite has clung on to power. Apart from a few we have 128. 00 criminals in parliament they stole public funds and transferred billions of dollars outside lebanon even the Army Soldiers oppressed like this salary is now worth 300. 00. Officials acknowledge inflation has increased by 50 percent and 45 percent of the nation of 6000000 people live below the poverty line but they havent presented any plan to restore trust in the economy and fight corruption. We are hungry the revolution is against corruption all official say there is corruption but what have they done we dont see any thief in prison instead they are shooting at the people then rival politicians who have been in power for decades deny allegations of corruption and are blaming each other for the states near bankruptcy government leaders are accusing their opponents of trying to topple them by tampering with Financial Stability that fuels the anger of antigovernment protesters the leaderships opponents say those in power are trying to hold them accountable for years of corruption. The states finances are under immense pressure lebanon has a huge debt to pay and not enough foreign currency the government also doesnt have many friends abroad the scenes could be a warning of whats to come. Tripoli. More than 100000 people have been arrested in the philippines accused of breaking string. Rules and curfews the United Nations describing the countrys response as highly militarized and Rights Groups are sounding the alarm about abuse. Reports from manila. These were the last few moments of winston ragas life before he was shot dead by police they say the former soldier refused to follow their orders and was threatening to shoot them so they far detained. Twice. But witnesses deny this they say he posed no threat to anyone to remove those who spoke to the family says was suffering from posttraumatic stress disorder and this death is a huge loss for them. He was very thoughtful especially to his nieces and nephews here remember there were birthdays and he was a very generous man. Other videos that critics say show excessive use of force by police have gone viral too. We have everything here in my presence in this one a Police Officer forcefully tries to arrest a Foreign National jury a dispute over quarantine measures imposed by the government. And here another officer appears to break into a private condominium before threatening to arrest people using areas like a Swimming Pool the Philippine Government displaced around 50000000. 00 people under lockdown across the region designed to clamp down on the spread of the coronavirus thats nearly half of the countrys population just a few weeks ago president rodrigo to tear 2 or there domenici and police to shoot anyone who creates trouble. Police have denied allegations of wrongdoing and say they have arrested more than a 100000. 00 people since the lockdown was implemented more than a month ago Human Rights Watch has issued a statement urging the government to investigate reports of abuses and hold officers have committed Rights Violations accountable. I mean its really been. Very hard regulations regard reality situation. And that serious growing. Anger and frustration and. The government says its policies are necessary to fight the spread of the coronavirus but people here tell us the use of what they say easy heavy handed and violent response by police is creating fear and anxiety. Dugan algeria manila. Still to come here on aljazeera British Airways prepares to slash up to 12000 jobs predicts in passenger numbers will take years to recover. And a large scale prisoner swap is in the works in yemen will have exclusive details from the u. N. For. Hello largely we are now free of rain in east asia there is this cloud coming out of the final piece to china bear a little bit of rain towards northern japan but in turkey you go find 21 degree days is much the same in seoul its much warmer you could call it hot in beijing and in shanghai tempers are rising here as they have been in hong kong she will pick up i think in hong kong as a cloud in Southern China is building in there is rain coming in it starts further west but its certainly creeping eastwards the temperatures are on the high side beijing at 31 to 32 is well above average might even reach a record highs i think probably not going to change the month and therefore the record also because of a little bit but its sunshine and its much warmer than you might expect this time of year or. So so that and of course we should see the spread of rain it has been to thailand recently mostly its over the water in the forecast its a dry ish spell for vietnam cambodia thailand and laos many models are meanwhile the rain is falling fairly steadily and its also true in france to malays are k. L. Singapore. The 3 cities and likely to get daily sandstorms at the moment equally some pretty big thunderstorms in this eastern side of india and in bangladesh and they will keep growing. Becoming a Living Legend to the young age was simply not enough. He transformed his influence on the pitch into political clout the book piece to the ivory coast. Hosted by eric cantona football rebels begins with a look at the life of Didier Drogba the football who succeeded where politicians are not. Deviate from the ibori and civil war on al jazeera. Welcome back youre with aljazeera live from a reminder of our top stories this hour more lives of not be lost to the coronavirus pandemic on u. S. Soil than all of the americans killed during the vietnam war a tally by Johns HopkinsUniversity Shows the death toll has now gone beyond 58300 donald trump has signed an emergency order compelling meatpacking plants to stay open despite a string of concerns the supermarkets mean run out of supply lines. Violence escalated to a 2nd night of protests in lebanons Northern City of tripoli demonstrators a back up on the streets as the crisis hit connally crumbles further because of the. Lets get more on one of our top stories a u. K. Pilots union says be a star devastated after the carriers owner announced plans for up to 12000. 00 redundancies thats nearly a 3rd of the work force the company says it will likely take several years for past. To return to where they were at the very beginning of this year brendan sobe is founder of Aviation Industry consultancy he joins us from singapore brendan so be welcome back to aljazeera from a purely business point of view does this make sense. Its a prudent decision because the this crisis is going to be a long crisis and its going to be a very slow long recovery a couple of years at least and so tragically recovers and what a lot of airlines have been relying on in this interim period are these government subsidies or wages or Government Support schemes but these will expire the u. K. Wind right now is going to expire at the end of june the us one of the september singapore at the end of october so all these schemes are generally 3 to 6 months and they are you know this covers the period where we have 9095 percent. Reduction in line but it wont cover you know realistically 23 years of reduced black not 99 percent but maybe 30 percent and so if an airline thinks that their capacity is going to be down 30 percent over the long term the current thing is to start looking at cutting cutting jobs unfortunately and and some airlines more proactive about this and i guess British Airways is one of the 1st ones to be more proactive and start this process with consultation with us to make this happen and to cut their costs long term to try to reduce the losses over this prolonged downturn but for those 12000. 00 cabin crew and flight crew who are imminently just about to very probably lose their jobs because it may not quite to prove a being 12000 but itll certainly get close we understand they call and realistically start applying for all the airline related job so that the carriers because those other airlines are in just as much of a mess as be a is it. Yeah i mean its obviously a difficult and unfortunate situation we dont know the exact details because thats hasnt been announced and theyre consulting with the unions and governments not the process just starting. And so we dont know the details about you know what the numbers are when this will kick in and it might kick in after the subsidies. So so but yeah its a very difficult position you know that the industry is going to be down for a few years so that means that you know theres going to be a surplus of pilots and flight attendants wont usually be able to switch to other airlines im not the other airlines in other regions or different positions where maybe theyll be expanding. So there can be some opportunities but generally its going to be a down job market not only navy but overall because of the Economic Situation the other thing to point out here in the u. K. Theres somewhat known about you know with for example with Virgin Atlantic which is trying to get a bailout from the government you know theyre in a