-- n95. that and 95 masks nationwide —— n95. that means we secured nearly four times as many n95 masks in recent weeks. over a matter of a couple of weeks. you are watching bbc news. you are with president trump at the white house. over a couple of weeks. moreover, we are bringing supply chains back home and we have learned a lot about supply chains. we have learned that it is nice to make things in the us. i have been saying that for a long time. one of the reasons iranfor a long time. one of the reasons i ran for office because we started making things everywhere but here, and if one thing comes out of this, more than anything else, is that we should make product in the united states, and the supply chains, they sound wonderful, but it one country has a problem, the whole chain is ruined, andi problem, the whole chain is ruined, and i have been saying for a long time. i ran partially on that. i ran on
that and run very strongly against china and then we made against china and then we made a great trade deal where they buy $250 billion, they are supposed to, and they are paying tariffs, they pay as tens of billions of dollars, they have given i2,000,000,001 year, 16 billion they have given 12,000,000,001 year, 16 billion another year and 19 billion to ourfarmers and 19 billion to ourfarmers and ranchers who were targeted. iran on china and other countries the way they were ripping us off, they were ripping us off, they were ripping off our country. china understood that angina understood that angina understood that. —— matt and china. they are big, strong, smart people and i wasn't friendly and it wasn't a friendly and it wasn't a friendly situation and we ended up friendly situation and we ended up making an incredible deal with china for tens of billions of dollars of products, a0 to $50 billion to the farmers, the most ever sent —— spent was 15 to 16. now they are supposed to
spend 50 to 60. of course the virus came along and i am not happy, iam not virus came along and i am not happy, i am not happy and virus came along and i am not happy, iam not happy and i virus came along and i am not happy, i am not happy and i let them know i am not happy. so we had a great relationship, we had a great relationship, we had a great relationship, we had a very bad relationship with china and then we had a good relationship because we made a good deal. but we are not happy, this is not a good thing that happened. it came out of china so we are not in a position where we are going to say much yet, but the deal itself is great, the deal will put many people to work in our country, but all of that has to be taken into account when you look at all the people that are dying in our country, but all over the world. all over the world, people are dying. i had ag7 world, people are dying. i had a g7 call and their economies are in tatters, shattered, the g7 countries. japan and germany and france. the different
countries, italy, look at what happened to italy. look at what happened to italy. look at what happened to italy. look at what happened to these countries. look at what happened to spain and how incredible. it has just been shattered, and so many other countries are shattered. so nobody ever thought this could have happened, a thing like this. it is very, very sad. but if we have learned something, it is about supply chains. ijust saw something, it is about supply chains. i just saw yesterday when the auto industry gets back, they have a problem because a supply chain going through a different country, and this has been going on for yea rs, and this has been going on for years, decades. ialways and this has been going on for years, decades. i always said it was no good. why do you need a supply chain? very simple, make your parts here. it is all over the place. if one country has a problem, you have no car oi’ has a problem, you have no car or whatever it is you are making. so we have learnt a good lesson. i think a lot of smart people knew that before.
but we have distributed many hundreds of millions of mask. this pandemic has underscored the vital importance of reassuring our supply chains and bringing them back into the us where they belong, where they should have never left. what happens if you are in a war where you have a supply chain and half the supplies are giving to you by other countries? who other people who thought of this? these are it doesn't work. it certainly doesn't work. it certainly doesn't work. it certainly doesn't work during rough times, bad times or dangerous times. we are going to continue to fight the virus. we are talking to china, we spoke to them a long time ago about going in, we want to go in and see what is going on. and we we re see what is going on. and we were not exactly invited, i can tell you that. if you look at some of the investigations that are going on in terms of world health organization, and i will
ta ke health organization, and i will take it a step further, world trade organisation, world trade. years ago. years ago. many years ago. from the day china came in, thatis from the day china came in, that is when china bloomed. that is president from delivering the latest news conference, the daily news conference, the daily news conference from the white house. the president has been speaking for about a0 minutes. just to give you a summary of what he has been saying. he said republicans in congress are getting closer to a deal with democrats on another potential stimulus deal to rescue the economy. —— they will stay in touch with governors and he said he is prepared to use the defence production act two compel medicals of then—president trump has given a number of figures. he said the united states is procuring 100,000 ventilators and descending some to mexico. he also said that more than a million tests been carried out. it is worth saying
thatjohns hopkins university would have been monitoring deaths in america says that ai,000 deaths in america says that a1,000 people in america have died from the virus. that is more than any other country. the latest official figures for the united kingdom show that there were 596 deaths reported in hospitals in the last 2a hours. that takes overall number who have died in hospitals in the uk to 16,060. on sunday the government was under pressure going over the supply of personal protective equipment for healthcare staff, particular the downturns in the intensive care. a delivery from turkey that had been due to arrive on sunday is not expected late on monday. a vital consignment of masks and other personal protective equipment arrives from china at prestwick airport near glasgow this weekend. it's ready for distribution to health and care workers around scotland at a time when the kit, known as ppe, is in short supply in different parts of the uk.
some hospitals in england have warned they're down to their last few days of supplies of gowns used in intensive care. a plane—load of equipment due in from turkey did not arrive as expected today. shortages of ppe have been reported by frontline staff for several weeks now. i raised the issue at the downing street media briefing. can you comment on reports today that stocks of ppe were allowed to run down in the couple of years before the pandemic, and why was more not done to get hold of more ppe in march and early february, including using british companies? it is important to remember that, although there may be elements of distribution problems across the uk at different times and in different places, this is a huge pull on services which we have never seen before. and we have managed, actually, despite signalling many potential shortfalls,
to continue to supply going forward. ministers said they were doing everything they could to bring in ppe from across the globe, but labour said more should be done to find supplies in the uk. every mp‘s inbox, certainly my inbox, is awash with small firms across the country saying they have tried to help the government with ppe, they've tried to tell the government they can manufacture ppe, and they've hit a brick wall — they don't get anything back from the government whatsoever. stephen was a community mental health nurse who'd worked for the nhs for 30 years. he died with coronavirus last weekend. other members of the family were infected. his daughter made this plea to the public. please stay at home while you can. i mean, my dad couldn't, and he lost his life. so, if you can, i know it's horrible, no—one wants to be stuck at home 2a hours of the day every day, but it is what we need to do right now, and if it saves one
life by staying in the house, then it's absolutely worth it. with social distancing in force and empty streets, speculation and debate about when the lockdown will be eased intensifies. there have been reports today that some schools might reopen in the middle of may. i want nothing more than to see schools back. get them back to normal, make sure that children are sat around, learning and experiencing the joy of being at school. but i can't give you a date. and at the new temporary nightingale hospital in london's docklands, their first patient to be successfully treated for covid—19 was moved to another hospital to continue his recovery. applause there was applause from the staff who volunteered to move to work there. hugh pym, bbc news. more protests are being held in several cities across the us, calling for state governors
to ease the economic restrictions which were put in place to stop the spread of covid—19. rallies like this one in denver in colorado are being held in arizona, washington state and in several other locations. president trump has signalled his support for the demonstrations. the us reported more than 20,000 new cases on sunday, and there have been more than a0,000 coronavirus—related deaths. spain's prime minister says he hopes to relax some rules of the country's lockdown so that children can go outside. weeks of stringent measures for the country are set to continue despite a drop in daily deaths. other parts of europe too are considering the way forward out of lockdown, as reged ahmad reports. nurses at la paz hospital, in madrid... applause ..ppaying tribute to their chief of surgery, —— . . paying tribute to their chief of surgery, from covid—19, after being
infected at his own hospital. as heavily protected intensive care nurses give a thumbs up, it's a stark reminder of the sacrifices made and the toll the coronavirus has taken on european health systems. it's also why the decisions around how to reduce lockdown measures are so important and difficult. although spain believes it's over the peak of infections, the prime minister is seeking to extend the country's lockdown for now, with an exception. translation: from the 27th of april, the spanish government will take measures to alleviate the lockdown — if i can call it that — of our children, so they can go out and benefit from those statistical improvements that we are seeing in the evolution of this pandemic. france, too, says it's seeing a slow improvement in the number of serious cases, although the health crisis remains. even so, the french president has already set a may date
for the end of lockdown. italy, though, is still considering its next move. entering its seventh week of strict measures, with the highest death toll in europe, the country is seeing fines for illegal outdoor activity increasing, as people are wooed by the warmer weather. for some, though, the journey through this pandemic may bejust beginning. russia has registered another sharp rise in infections. officials say it's due to an increase in testing. president putin said the situation was in hand. translation: all levels of government are working methodically, smoothly and responsibly. the situation is under complete control. perhaps a sign of germany's improved situation as it prepares tentative steps out of lockdown, the country took some unaccompanied migrants from greece. overall, virus cases in greece remain relatively low, but some mainland refugee camps have had to be quarantined.
and pope francis too showed a small sign of emerging from lockdown himself, delivering mass at an empty church away from the vatican for the first time in more than a month. his message was that selfish indifference was worse than the virus, warning that the recovery from covid—19 should not leave anyone behind — words many may consider as europe ponders its next steps. reged ahmad, bbc news. stay with us on bbc news. still to come: singing ringing out from their homes: how some of music's biggest names have celebrated healthcare workers around the world.
the stars and stripes at half—mast outside columbine high. the school sealed off, the bodies of the dead still inside. i never thought that they would actually go through with it. one of the most successful singer songwriters of all time, the american pop star prince has died at the age of 57. ijust i just couldn't believe ijust couldn't believe it, i can't believe it. for millions of americans, the death of richard nixon in a new york hospital has meant conflicting emotions. a national day of mourning next wednesday sitting somehow uneasily with the abiding memories of the shame of watergate. mission control: and lift-off of the space shuttle discovery with the hubble space telescope, our window on the universe.
this is bbc news. the latest headlines: as the uk hospital death toll passes 16,000, the government says it's doing all it can to get as much personal protective equipment for health workers as possible. a gunman has shot dead more than 10 people in a rural community in nova scotia, canada. here in the uk, the nhs blood and transplant has started approaching people who have recovered from the virus — asking them to donate blood for a trial of convalescent plasma therapy. the hope is that antibodies in that blood will help combat the virus in others. our science correspondent rebecca morelle has more. it's a race to save lives. and in the hunt for new treatments, blood may hold the key.
the energies is —— nhs is reaching out to people who have recovered from covid—19. their blood contains antibodies, which are produced by the immune system and destroy the virus. the hope is to start a clinical trial to see if these antibodies can help patients who are currently ill. scientists have welcomed the move, but say the uk has been too slow. in terms of the uk, i think there are many aspects of this pandemic we will look back on and say, i wonder why we didn't move a little bit faster? my hope would be that, within two weeks, we would see the first patients in the uk treated with convalescent plasma, having jumped over the various hurdles that need to bejumped in order to clear the path to do this. the technology for this treatment is straightforward. someone who's had coronavirus needs to have fully recovered. their blood is then collected and the red blood cells are removed. what's left behind is called plasma, and this contains the antibodies they've built up while fighting the virus. this is then given to someone who has covid—19.
the hope is that the donor's antibodies could help the patient to attack the virus. one person's plasma can be given to up to three other people. in the united states, doctors have been collecting plasma. injust three weeks, a nationwide project has been organised, involving 1,500 hospitals, and more than 600 patients have now been treated. it's very early days, but doctors say they are not seeing any safety issues, and some patients seem to be responding. we are going to learn more about what's in the plasma, the components, the antibody levels and other factors that are there as the weeks go on but sometimes, as a physician, you just have to try and take a shot on goal when you have a shot. plasma therapy isn't new. it was used more than 100 years ago to treat spanish flu, and more recently for ebola and sars, but it relies on people offering to donate. in new york though, which has been the epicentre of the pandemic in the states, there's no shortage of volunteers.
people have been amazingly keen, coming out in droves. we've had hundreds and hundreds of donors, and we've been able to collect over 1,000 units already. it's really heart—warming to see the people who have gone through the infection in various degrees and now their main concern is, how can i now help others? plasma therapy won't be a magic bullet, and scientists still need to assess how effective it is. but, with no current treatments for covid—19, this could help until a vaccine is found. rebecca morelle, bbc news. while much of the global death toll has come from western western nations, concern is growing about the rise of cases elsewhere. developing nations with massive urban populations and under—resourced health systems could be particularly vulnerable. we'll be taking the view from japan, india, and south africa. starting with rupert wingfield—hayes injapan —
a developed nation which had thought it had dealt with the virus but is now facing a second wave. while much of the global death toll has come from western nations, concern is growing about the rise of cases elsewhere. developing nations with japan now looks like it is at the beginning of a major out make where you have seen more than 10,000 reported cases growing at about 500 a day, the worst hit area is here in tokyo where it looks like the healthcare system is starting to look like it may be overwhelmed. we have seen reports in recent days of people being turned away from multiple hospitals in the city. the whole of japan is under a state of emergency but that is not the sort of lockdown you are seeing in the uk, and japan, the government is not done
widespread testing despite that, it looked that japan might avoid the worst of the pandemic, but it now looks like the lack of tough action to suppress the covid—19 virus looks like it may have a serious price. india has more than 17,000 covid—19 cases so far, around 550 people have died of the infection. we are in our fourth week of a lockdown which is set to go on until may 3 at least. farming, fishing and not very populated areas are set to resume tomorrow because of the economic distress that the shutdown is causing. doctors have told me they do believe the measures have reduced the burden on hospitals to some extent, but they also say they can't really assess the scale of the outbreak in the country because it is not testing enough largely due to a shortage of testing kits. south africa has played a blinder so far, it has managed to hold down the rate of infection, just sa deaths in total confirmed so far, and like many other governments around the continent, people are trying to act early and aggressively against the virus. but still, there's a feeling here that the moment of reckoning is coming soon, perhaps in the next few weeks, and there is a real concern that fragile health systems in many poorer countries will be overwhelmed. but i think the bigger concern
right now is economic, the feeling that hundreds of millions of livelihoods are already being directly threatened. so, a real fear here of hunger, of hardship and possibly even of unrest. andrew hard in there. —— harden. more than 10 people have been killed by a gunman in the canadian province of nova scotia. the canadian prime minister, justin trudeau, described it as "a terrible situation" and nova scotia premier stephen mcneil told reporters "this is one of the most senseless acts of violence in our province's history." matt graveling reports. dressed as a police officer, he posed as a protector, even driving around in a marked car. but instead 51—year—old gabrielle wortman took a gun, shot and killed at least ten people, including a real police officer. the attack in nova scotia lasted for 12 hours and began on saturday night with police alerted to an incident involving firearms in the rural
town of portapique, police posted the gunman's locations online and said he may be wearing a royal canadian mounted police uniform despite not being employed by the service was not residents were advised to lock themselves indoors. the pony minister began his regular briefing on coronavirus by focusing on the shooting. -- the canadian prime minister. i want to touch briefly on the unfolding events in portapique, nova scotia. i know we have all been watching this on the news. my heart goes out to everyone affected in what is a terrible situation. i wa nt to what is a terrible situation. i want to thank the police for their hard work and people for cooperating with authorities. police said the suspects was driving what appeared to be a police car before changing to another vehicle. on twitter, they notify people of the car's registration plate was the police later informed people of the 12 hour rampage ended in a car chase on sunday and that the attacker is also dead. the
gunmen shot people across several locations in nova scotia meaning police are still trying to establish the final death toll. matt graveling, bbc news. some of the biggest names in music have joined forces in a globally televised concert to celebrate healthcare workers. lady gaga, sir paul mccartney and billie eilish were among those who performed from their homes while the rolling stones managed to play from four separate locations. our entertainment correspondent, colin paterson, was watching. # well, i saw her today at the reception # a glass of wine in her hand... one world: together at home has already been dubbed the living room live aid. the rolling stones filmed their parts individually on mobile phones. # was a footloose man # so i went down to the demonstration... charlie watts clearly didn't have a proper drum kit to hand.
# my fair shares of abuse... # who finds the money... there was a beatle via broadband, sir paul mccartney. let's tell our leaders that we need them to strengthen the health care systems all around the world so that a crisis like this never happens again. # i'm still standing betterthan i everdid... and sir eltonjohn's piano had been wheeled into the garden. # smile though your heart is breaking # smile even though it's aching... the event was curated by lady gaga, who opened the show with a charlie chaplin classic. # you'll get by... # i know delusion when i see it in the mirror... while taylor swift showed off some very natty wallpaper. hello and welcome to the show. the uk version was shown on bbc one this evening.
for an event encouraging people to stay at home, many on social media questioned the decision to have three presenters in the studio. # you've got to laugh a little # cry a little... the extra british performers included sir tom jones. # your touch alone is enough to knock me off my feet... and little mix, who chose a song with a title that no—one should obey — touch. calling it the wi—fi woodstock may be a bit of a stretch, but there won't be many more occasions when a beatle and the stones appear on the same bill. colin paterson, bbc news, his living room. who would you have in your home concert line—up and what would be on your playlist? my
suggestion is don't stand so close to me by via police —— by the police. you can reach me on twitter — i'm @jamesbbcnews. hello. although monday gets off toa hello. although monday gets off to a fairly chilly start, some temperatures are going to rebound. quite pleasant with plenty of sunshine out there, although we will need to take some shelterfrom a although we will need to take some shelter from a brisk easterly breeze. there is a lot of fine, easterly breeze. there is a lot offine, dry easterly breeze. there is a lot of fine, dry weather to come. high pressure in scandinavia is influencing the british isles, blocking any weather systems coming our way. and these are the starting numbers for monday morning, most of us above freezing but they will be a frost again across parts of highland scotland, again, those temperatures are going to rebound. while most assignee there is a bit of cloud around there is a bit of cloud around the channel islands, cornwall, the channel islands, cornwall, the hours of chilly, a shower can't be ruled out but most places will stay dry. average
speeds, and it's coming in from quite chilly in the north sea, temperatures are 7— nine degrees. you will notice that right along the north sea coast if you are out here, we are around 10— 1a degrees whereas elsewhere although there is still a breeze, you will notice temperatures will be rising mid to high teens and close to 20 celsius in the warmer spots here. as we go through monday night that stays with us, we are mainly clear, we have much of the uk sing a frost. again, frost as possible across parts of scotland. and the rain and showers may probe up towards the channel islands, parts of cornwall, and over to the hours of chilly. —— isles of scilly.
there is a contrast between the north sea coast and elsewhere. temperatures reaching close to 20 celsius. i suppose open up on thursday, the winds turn lighter and winds look to be turning warmer as well. by thursday, some spots will be in the mid—20s. proteins of the weekend, temperatures start to come down a few degrees. more cloud around, there is a chance of seeing some showers. but until then, it's another dry april week to come with plenty of sunshine and a brisk easterly breeze, especially along north sea coast.
this is bbc news. the headlines: the british government says a shipment of 8a tonnes of personal protective equipment, which should already have arrived from turkey, had been delayed till on monday. more than 16,000 people have now died in the uk from coronavirus—related conditions. more protests have been held in several cities across the us, calling for state governors to ease the economic restrictions, which were put in place to stop the spread of covid—19. president trump has signalled his support for the demonstrations. in other news: police in canada say a man has shot dead at least 13 —— 10 people in a rural community in nova scotia. reports say one police officer was killed and that the 51—year—old suspect is also dead after going on the run for hours. the prime minister has paid tribute to the response to the attack.