A Syrian Civil War being his residence on the brink of a possible humanitarian disaster. Time coronavirus that is shut down rivers famous beaches but rubble surface conference just blew out of the way. Im phil gallo welcome to the program u. S. Senator Bernie Sanders has ended his bid for the Democratic Partys nomination in novembers president ial election is announcement clears the way for joe biden to challenge President Trump the 78 year old performed well in the early primaries but then fell behind biden who has built a substantial lead in the race for delegates. I wish i could give you better news but i think you know the truth and that is that we are now some 300 delegates behind Vice President biden and the past point victory is virtually impossible so while we are winning the ideological battle and while we are winning the support of so many young people and working people throughout the country i have concluded that this is for the democratic nomination will not be successful and so today i am announcing with the spring from my campaign straight to washington correspondent stephan seamans welcome stuff how surprising was this decision. Not really surprising to many many many had hoped for that to happen a little bit earlier than now but Bernie Sanders took his sweet time went to his most senior staff and prominent supporters financiers of his campaign and they had a long think and a long talk and now they have it the math just didnt add up impossible for him to get the delegates in the remaining primary votes which will or will not happen in one way or another due to the Current Crisis here so. I think there are great party is more or less very very relieved that its came to this not because now the full weight of the entire party in every wing and every section of the party can go behind the Biden Campaign to him gave him the best chance in their view of course to stand out against donald trump in november he seemed to start really well but then run out of steam one. Bernie sanders had always a way with very young with very enthusiastic voters with young voters who came new to politics so sander stands for the progressive wing of the Democratic Party the problem was a the young people he was so proud of having gathered in his campaign and supporting him didnt really show up in big numbers at the at the. Primaries number one number 2 biden really capitalized on the moderate democrats and on the africanamerican vote they went in droves to joe biden because they saw joe biden and do think joe biden is more electable than Bernie Sanders in a fight with donald trump and they have it Bernie Sanders didnt get the numbers biden has the broader support biden is the candidate so joe biden clearly pleased about this bill will sign the supporters necessarily flock to him. Yeah thats a little bit thats a very good question and theres a big question mark about this i think they will maybe well largely hopefully at least hopefully in the sense of that by the needs to reach out to needs to have all all wings and all different sections of the party under his wing so to speak of the progress its have to kind of if biden wants to have a solid chance against donald trump in november i have to go in his direction and have to support his agenda by nobody reacted to Bernie Sanders announcement said you are important your followers are important and you can see in the last few weeks that joe Biden Campaign made a lorries and a ferrets to. What Bernie Sanders stands for the more progressive ideas that the will and and strays from significant change in the society so this is going to be very very interesting in how much and how well joe biden can capitalize on the senders campaign and the senators left over so to speak thanks for that stuff and siemens in washington now take a look at some of the latest developments in the coronavirus pandemic the global death toll is now more than 83000 nearly half a 1000000 with nearly a 1000000 and a half confirmed infections since the outbreak began Financial Institutions have agreed to provide 1800000000 euros in emergency funding to the german but used to operate it too early to help the company through the crisis south african president s are on opposing has put his Communications Minister on special leave for 2 months breaking the rules of the countrys lockdown by having lunch with a former official and the number of confirmed cases in africa has passed a 10000 according to figures from the World Health Organization. Well the european commissions urging e. U. Member states to extend the current ban on nonessential travel into its passport free zone until at least the 15th of may the ban was agreed on the 17th of march for an initial 30 days in an effort to contain the pandemic its up to Member States however to decide to go along with the proposed extension some European Countries are starting to relax down restrictions while others are tightening them. Silence reigns in europe paris is like a city deserted france is 3 weeks into its coronavirus lockdown and there are signs its finally beginning to work. Like italy and spain france has seen a slight decline in the rate of new infections but the fight against coded 19 is far from over and attempts to ease restrictions on public life could be disastrous warns the World Health Organization. No not. Measures it is that once again. Efforts. The whole support. Several European Countries are not planning to heed that warning austria is set to become the 1st e. U. Country to scale back its lockdown rules the conservative led government has announced that some nonessential businesses will reopen next week. Optimism is not the prevailing mood in the u. K. Where the daily death toll from the virus is on the rise Prime Minister blair as johnson spent a 2nd night in intensive care fighting the virus and handing the reins over to foreign secretary tommy robb pressure is building on London Hospitals as they take on more and more coded 19 patients patients like iran hamid. Help that it is. Actually hits you and. Absolutely. Everybody to listen to the government. And people to the British Government is due to review lockdown restrictions next week. Well this growing concern of the pandemic could set off another humanitarian disaster in the last front in syrias civil war a shaky cease fire has been holding but aid organizations are warning that the province which is home to more than 3000000 people is wholly unprepared for an outbreak has been keeping in touch with People Living that this is their story. Whats it like to live in it live in constant fear of assads approaching forces in constant fear the Aerial Bombardments will resume. For weeks now 26 year old students are hazaar tour has been sending us their impressions images from the last rebel held city in syria where the coronavirus is on everyones lips of us and im taking it seriously but its difficult when i go outside i try to wear a mask and gloves i worry that my family or i will get infected im not any the ceasefire has been holding and it lived for 4 weeks now the city is coming back to life and the streets and markets a bustling but just as people savor the sweet taste of freedom the threat of the corona virus is looming. In other countries but the coronavirus people are cocooning the town here in italy nobody is taking the danger seriously everyones going shopping nobodys taking any precautions. In the refugee camps around the corona virus seems a distant threat to hundreds of thousands of people live here and die a conditions essential Health Measures such as keeping a safe distance or washing hands are impossible in many of the camps Health Workers are trying to raise the alarm however they can. Require you will have to understand help dangerous the situation is we as doctors have extremely limited means at our disposal to tackle this pandemic. Dr catto is an anesthesiologist and general manager at one of the few hospitals still operating in edge in a province hes trying to prepare the clinic even though it only has 2 intensive care beds and a single ventilator there are only 95 ventilators for the whole region with a population of more than 3000000 dr says it could get worse than an italy. There could be right soon we will have to make some really terrible decisions here you who should get a chance to live and who should be let die. Because we have no people no gloves and above all no ventilators of drugs or in the clinic staff posted this photo on facebook will stay here for you you stay at home for us but the appeal has fallen on deaf ears sa too has stopped wearing a mask when she leaves the house she says she cant stand being stared at and laughed at anymore. More tough times are ahead. A report was produced by beckett a soldier who joins me now welcome to gator tell us more about why people in their lives arent taking the threat from coronavirus more seriously. Trying to stand that we have to see what they have gone through 3 months of hard aerial bombardment that left 1000000. 00 people homeless and now theres a cease fire and the people have to go out they have to work to feed their families theres nothing like a welfare system in eclipse so the people they have to rely on themself and if they stay home to be safe because of the coronavirus their families will stay hungry you mentioned in your report 95 ventilators for a region of 3000000 people so what happens if there is an outbreak. The sad truth is that the doctors really cant do much we yesterday talked to dr drew about this topic and he told us that around 75000. 00 beds woods will be needed intent of intensive care beds but they only have 200 so that shows that they really cant do a lot for patients but they still they try whatever they can they sterilize their hospitals every day they check on patients when they come in and they try to train their stuff but their doctors are really very very bird about what is lies ahead so what needs to happen then to prevent catastrophic outbreak that in italy. 1st of all testing testing and more testing because we all know that the surrounding countries like turkey like lebanon they have already a lot of cowrote cases so its quite likely that the virus has already arrived in the clip province but nobody knows so they need tests and long times there was no testing at all but the World Health Organization now has sent over 6000 tests that the problem is in the whole the province is only one lab that can analyze the results of the test thank you for that were going to show. Right now i will take a look at small of the stories making headlines around the world Palestinian Health officials so the gaza strip has run out of Corona Virus Task its so essential the bara 3 has stopped testing gaza has reported 13 infections but concerns the virus could spread quickly in the densely populated coastal plain if. Chinas and its 2 and a half month lockdown in the city of new hardware the corona Virus Outbreak was 1st reported tens of thousands of people immediately took trains buses and planes out of the city when authorities allowed more freedom of movement. British Prime MinisterBoris Johnson is reporting hes responding to a treatment for corona virus according to a government spokesman mr jones was transferred to intensive care on monday so different from persistent symptoms hes been receiving oxygen support but hes not on a ventilator. U. S. State of new york has reported a new single day high of coronavirus deaths in 800 in the last 24 hours and sprints the states overall death toll to move 6000 despite this Governor Andrew Cuomo says the epidemic appears to be stabilizing. Most countries react to the coronavirus pandemic with travel bans lock downs and industrial shutdowns effects on National Economies is growing so great that the World Trade Organization has issued a dire warning about the Global Economy the deepest downturn of our lifetimes that is how the World Trade Organization assesses the economic damage caused by covert 19 this years spring outlook delivered via video by the w t o os director general. Chair the prudent for simply never region of the world and across all sectors of the economy you know not to miss that scenario or over economists see the 4 years of Global Trading doubling by 13 percent 2020 now if that and then nick is not brought all the governments to coordinate policy responses cloying could be 32. 00 croisset or more and you can see why with half the world now being asked to stay at Home Business of all kinds has shut down images of grounded planes like these symbolic of a Global Economy whose engine has simply fizzled out. And as disruption to supply chains leads even solid sectors like the Automobile Industry fearing for their survival governments around the world have been scrambling to limit the damage injecting billions sometimes trillions into rescue plans. Comparisons have already been made with the Great Depression and the financial meltdown of 2008. If crisis play human lives are not just capital are under threat the stakes could hardly be higher. This can move from 5 seconds from the yens course in new york welcome yes how is the u. S. Reacting to this bleak w w t o assessment and well im standing here on my local main shopping mile and as you might see in the background the 99 cent store is closed the dental center is closed restaurants are closed the Furniture Stores closed so its not hard to imagine what an Economic Impact coronavirus will have there are some estimates from analysts on wall street that we are actually going to see at least 4 consecutive quarters of negative Earnings Growth how much of a hit it will be to the economy overall is really tough to tell nobody can give a precise number sure economists like from the w. T. Always that job to come up with some figures but how steep this recession will be and nobody can really tell but he also did talk to some people on wall street and theyre saying that there are a couple of things that we actually do know and that is from past crises how to respond to Something Like that from the monetary sights of meaning the Federal Reserve how they are acting but then also out of d. C. All those multibillion trillion 1. 08 packages so that could also at least im help limit the pain of the economic pain quite a bit so we know the economy will take a big hit but its impossible to really come up there was a precise number and away from coronavirus how did wall street react to Bernie Sanders withdrawing from the president ial race. Well overall wall street is cheering that Bernie Sanders is out Bernie Sanders was pretty critical of 4 wall street youre critical of stock share buybacks are critical of corporations and some high ranking in your view towards not paying enough for texas so there was this fear sort of on wall street that there could be a left turn when it comes to politics in the United States and thats not going to happen either under joe biden or under President Donald Trump overall the market did very well here on wednesday blue chips up by almost 800 points of it in an increase of roughly 3 and a half percent. In new york thank you. Well the European Union struggling to find Common Ground as it tries to shore up its coronavirus a hit economist southern european members want the e. U. To do more to easy access to Financial Markets by creating a euro bonds will corrode of bonds as i think old but wealthy and northern nations such as germany the netherlands and finland are opposed to this idea of american talks on tuesday night failed the pressure is now on for a u. Finance ministers to do a deal on thursday. Spain versus the netherlands and rome vers berlin. The German Government believes existing tools are enough to protect the block from economic collapse. They include using hundreds of billions of euros in bailout funds parked in whats known as the european stability mechanism to shore up struggling Member States. And a 200000000000. 00 credit line at the European Investment bank for struggling small and Medium Sized Companies among the countries backing berlins position in the netherlands over the hill and. Weve come far but were not quite done either. We are of course talking to each