A very warm welcome to the program on this saturday evening at 8 pm here in the russian capital lets get started with your live news update. First we have the latest numbers on the corona virus which has now claimed nearly 12000 lives worldwide the number of confirmed cases now exceeds 290000. Italy suffered its highest number of corona virus deaths in a single day on friday with 627 people losing their lives and all the pandemic has now killed over 4000 talents in ph and one of the worst hit provinces the large scale loss of life has put a strain on humoral homes and some criminal route have warned it may not be able to take more people into lack of space. And oversee this situation creates an abnormal amount bringing us to an emergency phase making us very likely to hold for a few days in order to be able to recover some space. Force to use on premises dedicated for the final farewell as you can see this farewell room has become a provisional space. As dramatic as this iteration in italy may currently be there still some room for some positive stories one doctor from the city of bear comeau who like thousands of his colleagues across the country is battling the disease recently became a father for the 3rd time. I was on duty in the covered 19 ward when my wife who herself had previously tested positive for the corona virus went into labor but i still tried to stay in touch with her as much so i could and i heard from her until the moment she was taken for a c section my friends and colleagues from the hospital she was at let me know as soon as my daughter anna was born they told me both she and my wife were right my biggest fear at the time was that my wife would have a risperidone crisis during the delivery and would end up in intensive care fortunately that didnt happen we were very lucky my little girl was tested for covidien 900 and the result was negative we will tell our daughter that she was born in a very difficult time for europe but that she was holding out like a real warrior and we will tell her how much we love. Meanwhile as adelaide remains on lockdown folgers are patrolling the empty streets of palermo and physically they have been deployed to help police other cities and regions are also considering hauling in army patrols about check out and fractious disease specialists believe the lockdown needs to continue to prevent even worse the task of. The epidemic is a dramatic and we are facing a very big epidemic we should keep very strict measures will lock down in order to reduce their literary skills reading the virus at the same extent that in the center of things in the in this one part that of the so you have to remember that is pressuring the north the reason a shortage of person in such as a physician nurses able to face of these epidemic very few Infectious Disease experts are available now a day and that is a hole so the fact that a considerable number of Health Care Worker has been contaminated and they are not working up. The mystic view is a defective that day by day the constant percentage of the increase. In respect of the total number of the target our goal is to reach as soon as possible the level or below 10 which means the transmission has celebrated and we can look at the did who share with a little more hope persians have paid tribute to the doctors and nurses on the frontline of the battle against the deadly virus applause was heard from barclays across the capital on friday night. More than 12600. 00 cases have been confirmed in france 450. 00 dead all regions are now affected despite a nationwide locked out of French Health system is under a lot of strange strain and a french union shared with r. T. For a statement from one medic who volunteered to work with her on a virus infected patients. My 1st day in intensive care for coronavirus patients. On tired 12 hours in closed premises i want to share my feelings today ive seen terrible things and ive never in my life seen such images. Ive seen people in Critical Condition are called. Because of everything that could take care of yourself take care of your Family Friends until everyone. Meanwhile Police Officers enforcing the lockdown in france are threatening to strike they claim they dont have the basic equipment needed to protect themselves from the virus are to charlotte n. C. Reports. As millions of people in from own saw in confinement there is a cool group of workers who are continuing the daily grind including police offices. Yet many continue to fly out these regulations despite hefty fines and the risk of being locked up in jail. While. The authorities are tearing their hair out over frances citizens known compliance with the confinement restrictions. There are people who think theyre modern day heroes by breaking the rules while they are in fact. When i see people still going to the park to get together or heading to the beach or to open markets they seem not to understand the message from the authorities a lot of our fellow citizens are still taking this too likely but as they blame people for not abiding by the rules the authorities themselves are being accused of not taking proper care of those they placed on the front line unions are furious that the ministry of interior hasnt provided offices with basic equipment such as face mosques so much so the Biggest Police union has warned its members will walk out unless such things are made available there is no reason why we should be victims of a government failure to plan we want to carry out our duties to their fullest but need to be able to guarantee. Our own safety if the police themselves become contaminated or strike who will monitor the streets seducer Security Offices police and other people who are pulled law and order in the country need to be protected out of this parse does not distinguish between Police Medics and other citizens were not even sure that we Police Officers not potentially infecting people when we do our checks so we need mosques and other pretext for equipment to keep us safe and others. If the police get infected who will be able to keep the peace to morrow as force is quarantined drags along each day the list of what citizens can do is being tightened the police are called part of keeping order here if they walk out if an infection takes hold within the ranks sones could face an uphill battle to carry out its plans in the war on code 19 so much even ski r. T. Pairs economic ramifications of the virus are starting to hit Major Companies the worlds biggest carmaker volkswagen is suspending production worldwide the company which owns brands like scott adi and porsche but more than 10000000. 00 vehicles just last year given the present significant deterioration in the sale situation and the heightened uncertainty regarding parts supplies to our plants production is to be suspended in the near future factories operated by a group bronze. That decision follow similar moves by other auto manufacturers toyota b. M. W. Are not and are among those who have shut their plants during the crisis in the e. U. Alone the sector is responsible for around 14000000. 00 jobs in the latest episode of artes boom bust automated expert the car coach mourn fix the Auto Industry will take a long time to recover from the difficulties caused by the crisis. For the Auto Industry a global basis were looking at a huge impact with every single manufacturer pretty much shutting down production were not just talking about high end cars but every day cars weve already seen a huge negative downturn when it comes to china theyre off by about 80 percent so far for the 1st quarter but that may change theyre starting to get back on line but here in the u. S. Were looking at last years sales at 17100000 cars. Is recommending and theyre stating there are some around 14900000 we have not seen a downturn like this since 2008 this is going to impact a lot of us because if you look at the dow jones half of it is impacted by the Auto Industry either by a supplier or something that supports the Auto Industry so this is going to be a huge impact and its going to go a long time for us to recover. I dont to be too doom and gloom here but we have had guest after gas telling us we are already facing a recession maybe even a depression is coming will all of these auto manufacturers the giants will they make it out of this crisis or we could see consolidation what is going to happen moving forward. So i think youre going to see some consolidation it makes sense that Companies Partner to Share Technology to share platforms to share drive trains everybody makes it to a leader turbo engine if more people start sharing that technology what thats going to do is allow them to make it personalized when it comes to the vehicle the features themselves so i think youre going to see a lot of consolidation i dont think were going to see them going out of business but the impact to the stocks is going to be a long time to turn around theres also some talk about the Auto Industry wanting to delay the implementation of the u. S. Embassy a trade deal known as the new nafta do you know whats going on there. Yeah the u. S. N. C. A. A. Supposed to start on june 1st but everyones now off no ones working and so this is a problem so they cant get the regulations in place so theyre asking to push it back to delay because thats going to make 75 percent of cars being built here for north america using north american components which is good for restarting the industry but we dont have the regulations in place so theyre asking to push it back just a little bit supposed to go in place june 1st and that all depends on this pandemic and how long it takes for us to start recovering. The pandemic is starting to show up in the u. S. Job market figures for the countrys Unemployment Rate seeing one of the largest spikes on record u. S. Labor department has reported several 100000. 00 claims being filed recently we spoke with Jeffrey Tucker editorial director at the American Institute for Economic Research and he warns that the Global Economy is under severe strain. Because there were not i dont even think economists have agreed that its not recession its not rushing its its its unimaginable levels of of shock and the data are going to its like that i cant even give you a clear prediction what the unemployment numbers are going to look like that were going to be seeing soon but i almost certain that millions have already lost their jobs and this just cannot go on much longer without dismantling everything we call civilized life it just it just cannot go so the pressure is growing by the day by the hour by the minute or for the politicians to line up their decisions Public Policy decisions with the actual documented health risks which are becoming ever clearer as testing has is going on. A number of u. S. Senators have been accused of exploiting their privilege access to information about the pandemic to make a quick buck after they sold off a large number of shares right before the markets plunged among them is richard burr hes the head of the Intelligence Committee and sold stocks worth around 1700000. 00 but he denies the accusation of foul play amid calls for him to resign him up and has the story. Richard burr u. S. Senator and head of the senate Intelligence Committee reassured everyone that the Us Government had the coronavirus situation completely under control here is what he said back in march luckily we have a framework in place that says put is in a better position than any other country to respond to a Public Health threat like the coronavirus is word sounded quite calming especially from someone who receives daily briefings about the spread of the coronavirus although a few days earlier he was telling a group of wealthy donors and constituents of a very different story heres a secret recording of richard burr speaking at the Capitol Hill Club and. She was. Probably. Even offered some advice to his wealthy friends every company should be cognizant of the fact that you might have to alter your travel you might have to look at your employees and judge whether the trip theyre making to europe is essential or whether it can be done on a Video Conference why risk is needless to say accusations are now flying that richard burr used his capitol hill inside info to help out his pals financially you remember when the stock market tanked right and tonight stock market futures are pointing to a higher open after the biggest point drop in history the dow losing more than 2000 points today and lot of investors repriced out a little show off the crash we start in markets in the 2000 point swing on the dow fears over the coronavirus leading to the biggest point drop in History Today well richard burr was pretty well unaffected because the gun loaded up to 1700000 dollars of u. S. Stocks just a week before the plunge now he says this is not because of any Insider Information he had overnight solely on public news reports to guide my decision regarding the sale of stocks on february 13th but richard burr is not the only capitol hill do well or to make some slick stop. Market is at just the right time. As into tam and sent to bergen crowded branchings amount coronavirus weeks and then you know how bad it would be to tell the truth to him spouse adonis showing the public pay to be refined that she sold off 1600000 before the film he needs to resign senates a buzz should resign and prepared to spend some quality time with a federal grand jury that maybe theres an honest explanation for what he did if there is he should share it with the rest of us immediately otherwise he must resign from the senate and face prosecution for Insider Trading now all of them are saying they had no control over these Investment Decisions theyre also emphasizing that this was just good luck they had no insider knowledge he looks pretty bad especially for senators burr and laughlin who are pretty well connected of course senator byrd the chairman of the senate Intelligence Committee he was privy to you know secret briefings on the coronavirus and what the response to the coronavirus was going to be and how bad it might be all of that would be a big problem for him as for the new senator from georgia she has a no other problem and that her husband is the chairman of the New York Stock Exchange presumably pretty well connected and shes on a committee that oversees the Health Industry the Bigger Picture here is that we have Public Servants we have members of congress who are using their power and position not only in stock trades the problem is that the u. S. Government has to my. Goodies to give out so its impossible for these for some of these people to resist a minute ashville crisis americans want their political leaders to be solving problems managing the issues and getting things done it seems like theyre certainly doing that but on a more personal level caleb mopp and r. T. New york meanwhile the u. S. Secretary of state mike pompei o has accused several countries and clipping russia of spreading false information about the pen demick. Issue of disinformation is there any particular locus for this decision or mission or is it. Pretty diffused unfortunately but weve certainly seen it come from places like china and russia and iran but there are coordinated efforts to disparage what america is doing and activity to it to do all the things that present trying to set in motion here because theres well accusations against russia disinformation and thanks to corona virus present in europe and the whole world are a big disinformation and fake themselves lets take a look at the presumption of innocence is their occupations you need evidence with no evidence there can be any claims moreover it can be used as a part of such an aggressive informational competing earlier donald trump place the blame for the spread of the coronavirus chinas door alleging that the situation would now be better if hed known about the virus earlier the president added that the world was paying a very big price for beijing suppose that an action pump a 0 join in the blame game accusing china putting lives at risk a Chinese ForeignMinistry Spokesperson took to twitter to lash out at the accusations demanding that pump stop lying she noted that chinas efforts have actually saved lives citing the World Health Organization antiwar activist ken stone things washingtons accusations follow a long running pattern of blaming others for its mistakes. While the whole world has been looking at without admiration at the way socialist countries such as china and cuba have handled this pandemic. The Us Administration has been exposed completely as an apt in dealing with the corona virus trampas discovered that the easiest and most least controversial way to deal with a problem in the us is simply to blame that on russia or china. Still ahead if youre looking forward to Binge Watching a lot of shows during quarantine you may be disappointed explains why after this. As the democrats gear up to officially start their 2020 president ial primary it is fitting to assess Donald Trumps performance in office a report card of sorts where is he kept his promises a