1000 crisis. Our broadcast my director our studios in moscow this is our changing national and sean thomas glad to have you with us. All right several countries have declared an emergency on friday in response to the outbreak of covert 19 spain joined a number of other european nations which are struggling for containment measures and now donald trump has announced the u. S. Is stepping up its risk level and response. To unleash the full power of the federal government did this effort today i am officially declaring a National Emergency. 2 very big words. The action i am taking will open up access to up to 50000000000. 00 of. Very importantly very important and a large amount of. Money for states and. That is in our shared fight against this disease and we heard from trump you speaking in the white house rose garden surrounded by mike pence and other officials explaining the dramatic measures now being taken in the United States in response to the corona Virus Outbreak now so far in the United States we have 1800 confirmed cases as well as 41 deaths now when trump declared a National Emergency that freed up roughly 50 1000000000. 00 worth of funds that you can then use to take action and and set things up now trump describes how they are setting up these drive through Testing Centers that are being set up around the country in which people are able to be tested they dont get out of their car they just drive up theyll be tested and then drive away and that way theyre not getting out of their car theres no danger of them spreading it in the area in which the test is taking place trouble also took the opportunity to tout his travel ban to the European Union a band that has been criticized you know many pointed out it doesnt apply to certain countries but regardless touted and said it was an absolutely necessary measure and talked about the need for closing the borders and why closing the borders is very very important in a situation like this now trump was the only one who spoke and we also heard from different officials quite interesting remarks but it appears that in addition to measures that are being taken on a local level here in new york city in different parts of the country we see local states of emergency being declared local dramatic measures being taken states have schools closed their schools you know Public Events are being canceled all throughout the United States new york city at this point has outlawed any gathering of more than 500 people broadway has been closed down in addition to these local measures we now have the federal government of the United States under the leadership of President Donald Trump declaring a National Emergency on a federal level and action is being taken a number of u. S. Corporations such as. Marts and others were listed by the president as being involved in the efforts to to fight against iran a virus and get us through this crisis here in the United StatesDavid LindorffFounding Editor of the online news site this cant be happening believes the u. S. Is not ready to deal with the pandemic the horses are already left the barn in the United StatesTrump Administration had been lowballing the numbers and keep he kept a boat from landing because he didnt want to have the patients with coronavirus added to the totals because he was trying to say that he had stopped the. Pandemic in the United States states dont have a lot of money and they dont have a lot of personnel theres a lot of you know shortages that we have here its only a 1000000. 00 spittal beds for the whole United States with one of the lowest censuses of beds per 1000 people so were going to get overwhelmed pretty quickly the World Health Organization has warned that more covert 1000. 00 cases are now being recorded in europe each day than in china at the height of the outbreak there its director general called on countries everywhere to take aggressive measures to slow the spread of the illness. Europe has now become the epicenter of the pundit make we reported cases and done the rest of the combined product from china more cases of now being reported every day than we had reported in china the highest of its appeal to me. Before that worrying announcement for europe u. S. President donald trump had already placed a ban on foreigners flying into the u. S. From 26 year period nations public figures are not immune either the canadian Prime Minister is self isolating for 14 days after his wife tested positive for a covert 1000 following a visit to the u. K. Around the world more than 130000 infections have been registered with the death toll now at 5000 countries are clamping down on people mixing in Public Schools and workplaces are being closed and major Sports Events postponed but with anxiety spreading just as fast the virus is providing opportunities for the unscrupulous. Reports now from paris. With panic in no short supply coronavirus here and for some enterprising individuals shysters to be more precise being concocting a variety of scams to make a quick buck now were all well aware that the 1st line of defense against the virus is total watched her when youre out in the boat touching everything from. Handrails to picking up things in shops its a bit difficult to run into a both room to scrub. Every time well thank goodness of course those little travel sized bottles of her unsanitized to fight those. And that is of course if you can still find the phones dont stop ringing this morning we have the schools the town hall the Public Transport Company everybody wants gel we are under siege with demand far outstripping supply the coast of exponentially increased the problem was considered so serious the french government stepped in an ounce to you that today we will take care of the degree regulating the prices of higher. Another precaution for many is to dorn a face mask a tiny bit of cough covering your mouth and is this seasons must have it seems the face mask took over Paris Fashion Week so if you have the money instead of paying a couple of euros for one you can spend thousands if you like except that the type of mask available over the counter or even from a renowned fashion house is pretty useless against the virus thats at least according to the french government which at the same time is requisitioned all stocks and production all flasks for the next few months reserving them for Health Workers and those who are infected but the scammers have a new ploy france has you probably know a woold famous ban or fully covering your face in public thats mainly aimed at conservative muslim women but some tricksters have twisted it to their advantage dressing as Police Officers theyve been told getting chinese visitors to paris who were wearing face masks telling them that they had broken the law and had to pay an on the spot following these students were 1st stupid 150 years and finds most policeman for having broken the law that bans complete Face Covering in public spaces Police Investigation found the d. C. Police were pretending to be Police Wearing a mask for Health Reasons is absolutely not illegal and then there are trying to pick on the weak and the elderly in the district around bordeaux there are reports of people selling door to door Decontamination Services for a snip at 1500 euros these con artists use a pressure washer to do a little bit of cleaning thats not all theyre up to this type of canvassing and. These crooks to enter your home check the presence of valuable objects with the presence of an alarm system or perform if they have the opportunity a robbery by trick the majority of the victims of robbery and elderly who are physically weaker tell your loved ones to take precautions and the scams it seems all gaining momentum the French National consumer and fraud office says its received thousands of reports over dealings were talking everything from magical lumps with disinfecting properties to empty barbarous purify is the simple and most effective method to stay virus free is something that we should all be doing anyway and that is our early washing our hands with soap and water its that simple so remember to kiss well physically as weve been told not to be is this such 6 but the acronym keep it simple stupid and dont get caught. R. T. Paris here in russia love a new cases of corona virus have been confirmed bringing the total number of people infected to 45 across the country moves are being made to clamp down on any further spread now Health Officials have announced flights to the European Union plus switzerland and norway will be reduced from monday passengers that will be limited to travelling to Capital Cities only the crisis is posing unique difficulties for one of greeces smaller outlying islands one case has now been registered on lesbos which is host to a densely packed refugee camp where more than 20000 are living in dire conditions evangelise has been speaking to some of the islanders. Im standing here in front of the laurier refugee camp in the lead schools reese were about 20000 refugees are held in an area that was initially built for 2000 people area its not the base when it comes to fighting in the conditions are not the ideal for People Living in such a small area but now with the spread of coronavirus around the world a lot of the people are concerned he went around and spoke to the locals to see what they had to say about a fear of fires like that spreading among the camp. If it gets like it too it will be doomed because the island only has one hospital it is good if they manage to isolate one or 2 of those infected with corona virus one of the feel and lead the infection spread further you can imagine what will happen. With them there will be many issues and theyll be big the virus is likely to spread very fast it will only be moria thats affected but also my touring the whole island of less boss will be in trouble i have family on the island of course im afraid here we have our homes our farms our jobs they say many bad things about us but its us theyre dealing with this issue but as the locals are raising concern about such a deadly virus on the island and jewels are ensuring that nothing of those cases have been confirmed here at the morea camp but as we went around and we spoke to refugee swore living in the scalp for many many years now they have a different opinion the spliffs life but at least. A lot of people here i dont know we saw somebody told me yesterday that 2 people have its yes men and good men just you know im sick but theyre not even treating me nobodys paying any attention on the virus whos already here even if you are in the hospital it does not help much because you cannot be cured you know i sleep in a container with other people. And of the coronavirus is driving a roller coaster on wall street as well u. S. Stocks recovered on friday after several indices suffered their worst shocks in decades over fears the pandemic is tipping the world towards recession the bounce back comes after the Federal Reserve pledged to inject 1. 00 trillion dollars into the markets to ease the strain now it has been a wild ride for investors over the past week on thursday the Dow Jones Industrial average fell 10 percent in a single day marking the biggest decline since black monday in 1907 it then recovered over 9 percent or nearly 2000 points on friday President Trump gave a Rare Oval Office address to the nation on the coronavirus but failed to calm investors nerves about the economic damage it is causing. This is not a financial crisis this is just a temporary moment of time that we will overcome together as a nation and as a world. Arties boom bust has gathered expert analysis trying to map out where the stock market is heading besides covert 19 another factor at play is oil which is seeing a price drop and a supply surge can watch the program in full on our 2 dot com and on our you tube channel heres a quick preview. This is the beginning of the greatest financial crisis in u. S. History the financial crisis of us of 2008 will pale in comparison as will the severity of this recession the summer when we look back to these numbers its going to look really graham i think i differ with with my friend peter is actually think its possible that we could get out of this thing pretty quickly come the fall in the winter i think peter has a bit of an apocalyptic view talk about the coronavirus thats not the problem no the coronavirus is just the pin the debt bubble is the problem it doesnt matter the coronavirus can be cured the damage is already gone the debt bubble is imploding you know if it wasnt a coronavirus it would have been Something Else this bubble has been looking for in 3 years and it finally found one the u. S. Has done everything wrong this stimulus package is is is utterly pointless the this is just government officials trying to make headlines and make news and do what they think theyre supposed to do but it Means Nothing the fiscal stimulus would mean nothing but i think were faced with with the short term deflation as weve seen from from virtually prices and everything from financials to oil to the fiscal stimulus is going to make the situation worse the u. S. Is broke the dear is no money to stimulate the economy all we could do is print money were going to crank up the Printing Presses were effectively dropping money from helicopters but its no coronavirus does anything its going to reduce the supply of goods so after this initial decline in prices prices are going to go up because theres not going to be very much to buy the supply of goods is going to go down meanwhile the supply. Money is going to go through the roof. Another whistleblower has called the International Chemical weapons watchdog is now the 4th person in a matter of months all of them casting doubt on the o. P. C. W. s investigation into the alleged 2800. 00 chemical attack in syrias duma the Anonymous Employee described an atmosphere of fear within the organization. The threats of personal home is not an illusion or else many of those would have spoken out by now how many more whistleblowers have to come forward before we get the truth the full truth surrounding the o. P. C. W. s final report on the alleged duma chemical attack back when it had only 2 naysayers it was easy enough to dismiss them as a couple of lunatics inspectors a and b. Are not whistleblowers theyre individuals who could not accept that their views were not backed by evidence but after a 3rd came to their aid in february and now a 4th the o. P. C. W. s narrative that theyre just a bunch of rogue employees is starting to seem incredible and the organizations final report on dumas alleged chemical attack has some serious doubts to contend with the leaks publisher gray zone said it was able to verify the identity of this 4th employee but decided to leave them anonymous for their own protection heres what the leak had to say i was horrified in similar im surprised by recent events in the organization the mistreatment of 2 highly regarded in accomplished professionals can only be described as opponents i fully support their endeavors in that it is for the greater good and not for personal gain or in the name of any political agenda they are in fact trying to protect the integrity of the organization which has been hijacked and brought into shameful disrepute it was the o. P. C. W. s final report that was used to justify bombing runs by the us france and britain across syria the report cited claims that gas canisters were air dropped by Assads Air Force on buildings housing civilians but if the original whistleblowers revelations are true they change the picture entirely that would mean the final report was utterly mishandled the doom of Fact Finding Mission team was cut out of the drafting of the final Fact Finding Mission report the instruction of the chief of cabinet who then appointed the team and the head of the Fact Finding Mission to complete the task without any consultation with the duma team the drug. To subsequent we reversed the findings and wrote conclusions without explaining why we simply do not understand what new facts science medical opinion and engineering and what subsequent analysis justified the stern round whistleblower number 4 even suggests that this situation is only part of a larger problem is that the o p c w working in the organization has been knowing open and the cause of the professional shame when i became aware of how a key element of the organization was and clearly continues to be mismanaged im one of many who was stunned and frightened into silence by the reality of how the organization operates the letters and demands a full investigation into the whistleblowers allegations but based on the way the organizations handled criticism so far many think such a demand is more like a pipe dream. Russia has already reacted calling on the watchdog not to dis