that is john hendren live from chicago thank you. israel's prime minister benjamin netanyahu and his main rival benny gantz have agreed to form an emergency coalition government it and a year long for this crisis and prevents a fulfilling action the past say that will stand the country through the coronavirus outbreak the government will last for 3 years with netanyahu serving as prime minister for the 1st half they can't for the 2nd half netanyahu has to stand trial for corruption and denies all charges. you're watching on g.'s there are these all the top stories in the u.s. president donald trump says he will sign an executive order to temporarily suspend immigration into the u.s. he says it's to protect american jobs after the coronavirus pandemic left at least 22000000 people applying for unemployment benefits. for the 1st time in history u.s. oil prices have crashed below 0 dollars this produces a fast running out of space to store their oil early trading in asian stock markets has seen it rise slightly sitting at just $2.00 a b

hendren in chicago john thank you for the updates. now for the 1st time in history u.s. oil prices crashed below 0 dollars into negative territory on monday it's just rebounded in asian markets to around $2.00 a barrel a drastic reduction in global energy demand because of the pandemic and lock down measures means the world now has more crude oil and it can stall is on the ballot. at the beginning of 2020 a barrel of u.s. crude oil cost around $60.00 then came the coronavirus pandemic forcing states toward a lockdown emptying streets closing businesses and shuttering factories across the nation demand dried up and the price fell to $18.00 on monday things took a catastrophic turn for the 1st time in history u.s. oil went into negative territory a doomsday scenario for the entire industry president trump called the drop interesting despite the crash hitting the stock market were filling up our national petroleum reserves through dziedzic you know the strategic reserves. and we're looking to put as much as $75000000.00 barrels into the

hendren thank you very much indeed. so you've been watching the news conference there was the president dating his assessment of the coronavirus response so far saying that they've done the right thing and the timing has been very good. those are the top stories we're news for you in around half an hour by. as the world battles the coronavirus pandemic we'll bring you the latest developments from around the world. with updates about travel restrictions and how to protect yourself. the bureau the virus pandemic special coverage on al-jazeera. in 1998 the good friday agreement was signed brokering a peace deal between republicans and unionists in northern ireland. nearly a decade later al-jazeera visited belfast to explore ongoing divisions in the city . the film you're about to see was 1st broadcast in 2007. there's not be a lot.

so the oil industry waits and worries until all the pumps return to service john hendren al-jazeera chicago the pandemic and the fall and global oil prices have damaged iraq's economy poverty is on the rise and daily wage earners are being forced to stay at home because the restrictions now some students have found ways to help families struggling without an income from back that has to modify their story. a bottle of oil a small bag of beans pasta and the can of tomato paste it doesn't seem like much but these volunteers hope it will offer some responds to iraq's most needy families struggling to get fired during the coronavirus pandemic this group of university students and recent graduates has raised private contributions through social media to fill the gaps in iraq social safety net what you might not get much of it not enough we don't rely on the government we depend on ourselves and the generous people who donate to us a few days ago we went to the houses of those in need we checked how many they are and what they need sometimes they don't need food they need medicine so based on the

lauren: john hendren, thank you. race for mores violence after one post after -- one protester died in clashes security forces over the country's deteriorating economy. demonstrations began in october. in january, a new government was formed and tasked with reversing the economic downturn. protests in beirut and tripoli were triggered by a crash in food prices and the economy. correspondent: hunger and hopelessness drive the lebanese to the streets. the economy close to collapsing. protesters direct anger at banks for preventing people from accessing their training. the political elite is blamed for mismanagement and corruption. in recent days, the local currency has sharply devalued against the dollar. there are more protesters among protesters and soldiers during confrontations that began monday. >> people went to the streets because there are no jobs. children ask their parents for food and they don't have money to buy any. the young man who was martyred was a father who had nothing to lose. if his daughter asked

hendren is joining us now from chicago john we were hearing at the press conference that president trump was holding part of the coronavirus task force regular press conferences that we've been seeing that he is very keen that the economy should be restarted as soon as possible but he is getting some pushback from his medical experts. that's right today the tone as it's always been was optimism in a more than 2 hour presidential news conference he can't pushing to open the economy in his words very very soon and by open i mean end the restrictions that require people to stay home and begin allowing those businesses the non-essential businesses to reopen throughout the united states he said that on a day in which the death toll worldwide crossed 100000 he said he hopes to keep the u.s. death toll below that number and he's talking about numbers like 526-5000 dead ideally in his words those are horrific numbers more than all of the americans who have died in all of the wars since since korea in the 1950 s. however it would be much less than the $2200000.00 eat pointed out who would have di

hendren in chicago for us john so another grim milestone in the u.s. the rising number of krona virus says is quite alarming. as rightfully 500000 cases half a 1000000 and a 3rd of them alone in new york state that is 172 cases there now has only 0.15 percent of the u.s. population that's 327000000 but really we don't have a comprehensive testing system here in the u.s. so that is probably just a fraction of the actual number but we do know that so far 18000 people have died as you mentioned that crossed the 2000 mark on a daily basis for the 1st time on friday the 1st case just to take you back happened in washington state on january 20th and that viruses moved quickly the administration estimated on friday that it would be peak on easter sunday that is that this coming sunday since march 26th the u.s. has had more cases than any other country on earth and by march 31st president trump made a grim estimate saying 100-002-2400 extension 00 americans would die before the coronavirus pandemic was over now that's less than the $2200000.00 that the adminis

john hendren joins us now live from chicago so john we had earlier there from president donald trump what else did he have to say. well the president was very aggressive in defending himself there been a couple of developments over the past couple of days that have gotten under is skin the new york times just late last week did a story in which they end numerated a specific email chain of senior executives and senior officials in the trumpet ministration who is called the red dawn e-mail chain named after a movie that sort of apocalyptic movie and in that e-mail chain one official after another warned the president that this pandemic that began in china could become a major problem here in the united states and could conceivably overwhelm the health care system and peter navarro the president's trade aide also suggested that it could hurt the economy here in the u.s. and it was not until march until the president suggested shutting down businesses and keeping people in their homes and there's a lot of criticism for that but he continually pointed to the fact that in january he shut d

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hendren joins me now live from chicago john new york state is still the worst hit and the head boxing continues with the federal government as we heard there but also between those 2 leaders who were at the station and the sea levels. that's right for weeks now the mayor of new york city and the governor of new york state of been playing a kind of good come bad cop with president donald trump with mayor bill de blasio being confrontational and critical and governor andrew cuomo being essentially cooperative and saying nice things about the president but now they seem to be going on the same page you've got to blasio especially criticizing the lack of tests saying it's hard to send people back to work when we can't test them and tell who has been sick and who is vulnerable and then you've got the governor of new york state saying that need the money has been misallocated from the federal government that states like new york which have been especially hard hit should get more of the money that's been spent he and other governors are asking for another $500000000000.00 to be sent to the

with john hendren is live for us in chicago john we're going to talk in a moment about it from are you defending himself can you hear me now john have you got me yes i can tell so we'll talk a minute in a minute about defending himself against those criticisms but 1st let's talk about the picture he's giving giving nationally and about the flattening of that curve as it's known. that's right president trump his long been the voice of optimism within his administration he once said that he was a cheerleader at the beginning of this pandemic he seemed to be pretty dismissive of it at one point he he said that it would go away in april with the warm weather magically he said and then as he began to take things more seriously he has still presented a very positive picture about how things would go from there on originally wanted businesses to open back up on easter sunday that was a day ago and then he'd been talking about some time by may and now he has got a new council that he plans to announce on tuesday which will be a number of administration officials and business officials who woul

but john hendren is live for us in chicago or so john as i mentioned that trump is giving a fairly optimistic picture about the situation national a what more can you tell us that's why the president has been the voice of optimism throughout this pandemic it one point said he was supposed to be the cheerleader and that's really the role he has been playing he's been widely criticized for responding late and not aggressively and and he really swung back at that in a wide ranging news conference that ran about 2 and a half hours in which the president expressed expressed his peak at news organizations individual reporters but in the end he said that things were actually looking lovely said the press simply wasn't noticing this he said our country is going to be opened in it will be successfully open he's recently convened a council of a group of people he calls the you know open our country council and it consists of a number of officials who he plans to announce on tuesday but their goal is to reopen businesses it has been said that the president's goal is may 1st he would not say today that t

hendren joins me now live from chicago john so even in new york's a twit shows he said is the worst part of the country the head passing continues. that's right kim it's been a somber easter across the u.s. but especially in new york new york has had 7000 deaths out of the 21000 in the u.s. as one out of every 3 they've got about one in every 5 cases of coronavirus in new york state and they're crying out for help the criticism has been rising especially from the mayor of new york city bill de blasio says they don't have the tests they need and they don't have all of the funding and support from the federal government this is a little of what he had to say. we pleaded for weeks and weeks for the federal government provide testing up front in the kind of quantity that could have helped us contain this crisis and change the whole course of that we never got that help we continue to plead for more testing still has not come any anywhere near the numbers that we need but we will not stop we're continuing the conversations with the white house would seem demanding the testing we are the

hendren who's joining us from chicago so what are the latest figures tell us john. well during we cross the 500000 case mark here in the united states on friday and it seems like every day we reach a grim new milestone and indeed today it's that 20000 deaths that you mentioned earlier with the u.s. overtaking italy as the country with the highest number of deaths due to coronavirus more than italy being a country one 5th the size of the u.s. still far more devastated but you can see the wave of the coronavirus move now here into north america and where as the 1st wave struck the coastal states like new york california washington state it is now sweeping over the u.s. the new hot spot that the midwest rather that new hot spots are here in chicago down in new orleans in louisiana and also in detroit and the state of michigan has now been hit so hard that the governor there gretchen whitmer has issued the most strict order of any state in the united states keeping people in their homes except for essential tasks in places like here in illinois you can go out for a walk

hendren 0 chicago. brazilian president both on our has fired his health minister they've been clashing for weeks over how to handle the corona virus outbreak that the president has repeatedly played down the risk calling it a little flu and opposing social distancing advice while the former health minister pushed for w.h.o. guidelines to be put in place brazil has lost in america's west outbreak with nearly 2000 reported deaths and like many countries health workers are putting themselves at risk while battling the pandemic al-jazeera joined a team of paramedics in sao paolo has that story. from this operations room the fight against corona virus begins here emergency services receive calls from families of victims and cases are prioritized by severity she did is legal and keep repeating we have nurses to receive calls provide directions and the says a severity and in a case we find a suspected case of corona virus we will send the ambulance team directly to. the team moves after receiving a dispatch ev

it's but despite that the world is still oversupplied 5th prices could fall of john hendren reports. across american oil country the pumps are shutting down since the coronavirus lost much of the western world in their homes the floor has dropped out of the oil market is a gas station selling gasoline for 99 cents a gallon now you would think was great and anybody going to run and there was a line of people there still because of the question is where you're going to go the price of the benchmark american crude west texas intermediate has collapsed from $60.00 a barrel in january to below 20 in the past week across the u.s. the price at the pump is lower than it's been in years rick even at rush hour if you are vying the international energy agency says the world's appetite for oil hasn't been this low since 1905 especially hit hard the fracking industry that turned the u.s. oil industry into a net exporter since 2011 fracking companies which break rocks to find fuel meet oil above $30.00 a barrel to make a profit it's not it's not just that it will come you know it's the oil service

john hendren chicago. and latin america editor losin human reports on how hard hit nations across the region. in haiti the government has ordered a total lockdown but in the capital of the western hemisphere's poorest country some catholics ventured outside to the shuttered gates of this catholic church to hear the easter sunday service not everyone had internet to listen to the mass online so the probably wasn't for corona virus the church would be full of people there wouldn't be room for all of us today is the day of jesus' resurrection a great victory over death and it is fundamental to christianity others could not be consult them for women were still up in the morning we are seeing the end of the world so why can't we put our hands together and pray we can't great each other it's the end of the world the end of times. throughout latin america home to more than 40 percent of the world's roman catholics millions renounced tradition in the name of public health where they could catholics watched religio

hendren is standing by for us in chicago to tell us more about the flaws of the aviation industry but 1st let's go to a white house forest correspondent kimberly hellcats. kimberly these quarter one g.d.p. figures today suggest that the slowdown was beginning before the lockdown began. yeah you know there's no question that there is a suggestion of that but well there were stay at home or is going into effect at the tail end of that quarter what we know is that the next quarter is going to be particularly dismal so this is kind of a snapshot the numbers that we have right now for the projection of things to come because that's when we will see the full brunt of a quarter where there have been almost across the board some impact on every single industry in the united states as a result of operational shutdowns people staying at home and also just simply the poll back in consumer spending which is particularly hard hitting given the fact that this is a mostly service based economy so well this administer a sion has been optimistic saying this is only a short term pain things will bounce

hendren in chicago about this john a lot of people try to stop this election from going forward how did it go and what can we expect from the results. well foley maybe a charitable way to put it is chaotic other people have been calling this election a number of different things one of them is undemocratic and other is irresponsible undemocratic because the way it was carried out there will be a number of people whose votes alternately probably will not be counted irresponsible because the republican legislature in order to gain an advantage in this election forced people to go out in the rain exposing themselves to the coronavirus by gathering together in order to hold this in person election today you spoke about people trying to stop that that that happened yesterday when the governor tony even has issued a declaration he's a democrat saying this vote cannot go forward the state supreme court countermanded him say yes it will you don't have the authority to do that and then the u.s. supreme court weighed in saying in fact you can't even allow people to send in mail in ballots aft

hendren elgin's era chicago. the head of the roman catholic church pope francis is holding easter celebrations in a practically empty st peter's basilica it's the most unusual celebration of the week in history the event's usually held with thousands of people filling the square outside the united nations is worried latin america could become a major covert 19 hot spot the un's economic commission says the effects of the pandemic are likely to push millions more into poverty the virus was slow to hit there but the number of infections jumped sharply in march our correspondent out of send the m.p.'s the reports on the situation from bogota. very very worrying numbers coming from braised really get this pipe's these concerns are the despite the spike in new infections there the president of brazil he had both been out of keeps meaning my seeing the impact that these will have in brazil he continues to say that he's more worried about the economic impact there and so he is attacking mayors and governors who have imp

hendren in chicago john so a rather ominous tweet from the president what more is he been saying. that's right there in excuse me distracting wind here but i'm in chicago and they don't call it the windy city for nothing and the president issued this tweet in the dark of night and he seemed to do that for good reason he could have made this announcement at his daily news conference where he talks about the coronavirus and all of the actions the administration is taking but by issuing this mysterious choice late on a monday night he gets the morning news cycles where the newspapers in the morning shows talk about what he's had to say. and then in the afternoon he gets another round where he explains what his policy is and then it gets to gestate and analyzed again and the president wants to show that he's doing something the centers for disease control just a month ago in a little known action. issued an order that allowed the united states to stop people at the border who didn't have the proper papers and because of a health problem in the country because of the pandemic that orde

hendren reports. a flotilla of saudi oil tankers is slowly steaming toward the united states and into a chilly welcome for a u.s. ally is indicative of how desperate these petro states are port to sell their oil to find a place to take me to find a place to place their oil with a coronavirus driving oil prices to historic lows all u.s. oil storage is expected to be filled in the next month this saudi move to occupy much of that precious storage space on the u.s. gulf coast has been called by some industry insiders an economic pearl harbor a hostile attack on u.s. soil a coalition of 13 u.s. senators from energy states goes even further calling it economic warfare texas senator ted cruz writes on twitter 20 tankers filled with 40000000 barrels of saudi oil are headed to the u.s. this is 7 times the typical monthly flow my message to the saudis turn the tankers the hell around cruz says the longtime u.s. ally is exploiting a pandemic to kill the rival american shale oil industry some analysts say he's r

ensign's condition in just a moment 1st let's go to john hendren who's joining us from chicago john just a few moments ago the press conference by the corona tasca force in the us at the white house was concluded president something they're being as usual very positive and trying to be very upbeat about the situation but against this backdrop of these enormous numbers of joblessness coming out of the u.s. . that's right it was quite a contrast rob the president came out saying that the u.s. was at the top of the hill when it comes to the coronavirus and in some cases going downward but that's not the case when it comes to the economy of and of course that's a lagging indicator here 6600000 new jobless claims 17000000 over the past 4 weeks out of work and filing new jobless claims and an unemployment rate of 1213 percent that's a level not seen since the great depression forecasters are saying they expect that to go up to at least 15 percent and $1.00 to $1.00 said that this is really essentially the great depression 2 here in the united states one sign of that is the trouble of the u.s.

more now on the growing economic impacts of covert 19 john hendren reports on huge losses reported by the world's 2 big plane makers. buffeted by a global pandemic in a crisis of its own making boeing is plunging deep into negative territory the company has been scrambling for more than a year to get its most lucrative plane this 737 max back in the air after it was grounded following 2 crashes that killed 346 people then the coronavirus emptied planes in airports with passenger travel down an unprecedented 95 percent boeing reported a loss of 6 $141000000.00 and now plans about $16000.00 layoffs 110th of its global workforce light all shut not just europe and united states but pretty much everywhere in the world the ramifications are. for the most part the industry is not interested in taking delivery of airplanes at the moment or paying against contracts that we have been here and so as a risk. well there is this moment in time. frozen striking jen with the dramatic reductions southwest and other airlines are cutting their orders for the 737 max and with fewer long haul travelers bo

economy reopens death toll there is now approaching 24000 as the world's highest john hendren reports from chicago. president donald trump is determined to open american homes and businesses even over the objections of some states when somebody is the president of the united states the authority is total and that's so it's got to be hoed 36 total it's the states closed the governors of new york and illinois dispute that saying they want to end shelter at home orders based on science and they say the science isn't clear on that yet we want to get things back to more normal as soon as we can but one thing that we have to pay attention to is what direction are these curves going and what are the what is the advice that we're getting from again the scientists and the doctors who know more about immunology and about you know all the issues of covert 19 then you know then a an elected official is not a doctor you know fiery 2 and a half hour news conference president trump excoriated journalists you know you're a fake so whatever they're doing it smirked as he showed a montage of news repor

it was a religious holiday fraught with perhaps more meaning than it's had in years john hendren and you 0 chicago. italy has ordered about $150.00 migrants on to a quarantine ship they were 1st rescued by a german charity that's only a system they've been refused access to italy's ports of the fears of corona virus infections the migrants mainly from africa and the middle east and on the go health checks but no decision has been made about their final destination italy has banned all charity boats until at least july the 31st life was tough for indigenous subsistence farmers in malaysia before the coronavirus now they can't sell their produce and these rich normal a speaking people have a higher risk of catching any disease because of their impoverished lifestyles florence louis has the story. keep out the signs say indigenous communities in the laser have set up roadblocks preventing outsiders from entering their villages these are photos and videos we obtained from the center for our concerns a local non-governmental organization that works for indigenous people the only ascii whi

hendren reports. across american oil country the pumps are shutting down since the coronavirus lost much of the western world in their homes the floor has dropped out of the oil market is a gas station selling gasoline to 99 cents a gallon now you would think was great and anybody running there was a line of people there to record the question is were you going to allow the price of the benchmark american crude west texas intermediate has collapsed from $60.00 a barrel in january to below 20 in the past week across the u.s. the price at the pump is lower than it's been in years rick even at rush hour if you are vying the international energy agency says the world's appetite for oil hasn't been this low since $995.00. especially hit hard the fracking industry that turned the u.s. oil industry into a net exporter since 2011 fracking companies which break rocks to find fuel need oil above $30.00 a barrel to make a profit it's not it's not just that it was a company you know it's the oil service companies

john hendren al-jazeera chicago the un's chemical weapons warsong has blamed the syrian government for a series of deadly sarin and chlorine gas attacks against civilians are diplomatic editor james baker reports the saw good of the use of chemical weapons in syria has been long and horrific but now finally the results of a technical investigation that finds the assad regime responsible the inquiry by the international chemical weapons body the o.p.c. w finds that the mena in hamma governorates was attacked 3 times in march 27th teen over a week long period twice the syrian air force used bombs containing sarin this is the off the mark of the other occasion patients being treated for breathing difficulties after an improvised barrel bomb containing chlorine was dropped from the syrian helicopter into the hospital in the town. the report will be delivered to the u.n. secretary general antonio good terrorists so off to such clear findings is he now prepared to directly condemn the assad government that secretary general his position is unchanged that any it is. intolerable that anyone an

hendren al-jazeera chicago. a tiger at a new york zoo has tested positive for cope with 19 the bronx zoo said nadia is a 4 year old female the lion tiger had developed a dry cough and was tested as a precaution so officials said 6 other tigers and 3 lions also develop symptoms it's believed they were infected by as you employee. pick up the headlines right now for you on al-jazeera a total of almost $9000.00 people have now died from kroner virus and france that's after more than $800.00 people died on sunday that is the highest daily death toll there so far more than 74000 people are infected across the country britain's prime minister boris johnson is undergoing tests in hospital 10 days after being diagnosed with chronic virus he tweeted that he is in good spirits despite suffering continuing sentence and u.k. foreign secretary reassured the british public that johnson is still leading the country as you know last night the prime minister was admitted to hospital for tests following advice from his doctor thi

it was a religious holiday fraught with perhaps more meaning than it's had in years john hendren and would you 0 chicago. easter sunday celebrations around the world have been muted because of the pandemic latin america bitterness in human reports on how hard hit nations across the region mark the important religious event. in haiti the government has ordered a total lockdown but in the capital of the western hemisphere's poorest country some catholics ventured outside to the shuttered gates of this catholic church to hear the easter sunday service not everyone had internet to listen to the mass online so the probably wasn't for corona virus the church would be full of people there wouldn't be room for all of us today is the day of jesus' resurrection a great victory over death and it is fundamental to christianity others could not be consult them for women were still up in the morning we are seeing the end of the world so why can't we put our hands together and pray we can't great each other it's the end of the world the end of times. throughout latin america home to more than 40 pe

hendren thank you very much indeed. and i'm lebanese troops braced for more violence after one protester died in clashes with security forces of the country's deteriorating economy violent demonstrations started in october and the 2 promise to saad hariri is resignation in january and new government headed by her sunday was formed tasked with reversing the worst economic downturn in decades and this week protests intensified in beirut and the 2nd largest city tripoli triggered by a crash in the national currency and a surge in food prices so you know how to reports from aaa. 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 protesters and soldiers during confrontations that began monday night. went to the s

hendren and you 0 chicago. italy is ordered about $150.00 migrants on to a quarantine ship they were 1st rescued by a german charity vessel. but they've been refused access to italy's holds over fears of corona virus infections and migrants mainly from africa and the middle east along to go health checks but no decision has been made about their final destination italy has banned all charity about until at least july the 31st now turkey's president got to talk about it the wind has rejected his interior minister's resignation. you tried to quit after enforcing a 48 hour curfew a short notice the lockdown sparked panic buying in major cities and has since been lifted thousands of people flooded shops many without wearing mandatory face masks nearly 2000 people have died from the virus in turkey nearly 57000 cases have been confirmed. russia is facing a shortage of beds and doctors after years of medical layoffs and hospital demolitions many fear the decision to save money could have a serious impact on covert pa

hendren has their story. in the home of the u.s. auto industry michigan residents naturally took to the road to voice their rank. operation gridlock also spilled out into the streets of michigan's capital calling for an end to one of the strictest lockdowns in the united states in a new beginning for businesses that have been shuttered for weeks this arbitrary blanket spread of shutting down businesses about putting all of these workers out of business is just it's a disaster but michigan is also one of the fastest growing coronavirus hotspots in the nation and governor gretchen whitmer who has banned residents even from traveling to their own vacation homes isn't backing down i know that people are angry and that's ok and if you want to take it out and send it my way makes you feel better that's fine i support your right to free speech and i respect your opinions. i just urge you all don't put yourself at risk and don't put others at risk either in one of the nation's newest hot spots south dakota more than

hendren thank you. the turkish president has a tie vote on has rejected his interior minister's resignation he offered to quit after abruptly enforcing a coronavirus curfew that then sparked panic buying in major cities so iran sorry lou said he was responsible for the poorly timed 48 hour curfew which came into effect in 31 cities on friday night with 2 hours notice thousands of people flooded shops many without wearing mandatory face masks 1198 people have died from the virus with nearly 57000 confirmed cases here said in kosovo a clue with more from istanbul on why the curfew has announced so abruptly as today monsoon opposed to that he's taking dole hole responsibility for the chaos and that was lived in the turkish economy capital city is stumble on friday night on friday night at the late hours the interior minister announced a temporary looked on for a 48 hours that will be valid in sirte to one cities they're in and it was because of the good weather because for the last couple of days it turks

incredible it with with no exceptions it's looking like it's low john hendren has this update from chicago. 500000 cases half a 1000000 and a 3rd of them alone in new york state that is $172.00 cases there now that's only 0.15 percent of the u.s. population that's 327000000 but really we don't have a comprehensive testing system here in the u.s. so that is probably just a fraction of the actual number but we do know that some of our 18000 people have died as you mentioned that crossed the 2000 mark on a daily basis for the 1st time on friday the 1st case just to take you back happened in washington state on january 20th and that viruses moved quickly the administration estimated on friday that it would be on easter sunday that is this coming sunday since march 26th the u.s. has had more cases than any other country on earth and by march 31st president made a grim estimate saying 100-002-2400 extension 00 americans would die before the coronavirus pandemic was over now that's less than the $2200000.00 that the administration estimates would have died had nothing been done no state wide shut

hendren reports from chicago. as the corona virus spreads around the globe so is a series of equally viral scams cashing in on the crisis there are dozens and dozens and dozens of unique and difference coronavirus cyber attacks that are happening right now tor excel is a malware researcher in seattle he found this step which promises to alert android users when they're in a coronavirus hotspot instead the program locks the phone and demands a ransom from the user so far we've uncovered over $68000.00 domains and that number is growing daily there are also offers for vaccines in home tests and a $50.00 patch that immunizes you from the virus that we're in fact there is no vaccine no in home test no patch the scam artists are coming out of the woodwork very area here in michigan attorney general dana nestle tells al-jazeera she has fielded 4200 consumer complaints when people want you reserve your home. they are desperate anger or. any kind of scare in one scam callers as consumers who are desperate for government s

john hendren al-jazeera chicago. there's always more news on our web site al jazeera dot com the very latest on the coronavirus pandemic on their al-jazeera doc . again i'm fully battle with the headlines on al-jazeera president donald trump is doubling down on his criticism of the world health organization he says the agency has been unfair by a to the wild by taking decisions that favor china has to stop politicizing the kohen virus and that. we're losing more bloody bags i think we would have done. and he would have been much better serving the people that he's supposed to serve if they gave a correct analysis and everything was as said china centric everything was going to be fine no human to human keep the borders open he wanted me to keep the borders open and close the borders despite him and that was a hard decision to make at the time we're all together later decision against the world health organisation i can't believe he's talking about politics when you look at the relationship they have to china so china

hendren reports. a flotilla of saudi oil tankers is slowly steaming toward the united states and into a chilly welcome for a u.s. ally it's indicative of how desperate these petro states are to sell their oil to find a place physically to find a place to plant their oil with the coronavirus driving all prices to historic lows all u.s. oil storage is expected to be filled in the next month the saudi move to occupy much of that precious storage space on the u.s. gulf coast has been called by some industry insiders an economic pearl harbor a hostile attack on u.s. soil a coalition of 13 u.s. senators from energy state goes even further calling it economic warfare texas senator ted cruz writes on twitter 20 tankers filled with 40000000 barrels of saudi oil are headed to the u.s. this is 7 times the typical monthly flow my message to the saudis turn the tankers the hell around cruz says the longtime u.s. ally is exploiting a pandemic to kill the rival american shale oil industry some analysts say he's righ

hendren reports. president donald trump is determined to open american homes and businesses even over the objections of some states when somebody is the president of the united states the authority is total and that's so it's got to be home 36 total it's talk of the states closed the governors of new york and illinois dispute that saying they want to end shelter at home orders based on science and they say the science isn't clear on that yet we want to get things back to more normal as soon as we can but one thing that we have to pay attention to is what direction are these curves going and what are the what is the advice that we're getting from again the scientists and the doctors who know more about immunology and about you know all the issues of covert 19 then you know than an elected official is not a doctor in a fiery 2 and a half hour news conference president trump excoriated journalists you know you're a fake so whatever they're doing it smirked as he showed a montage of news reports that he s

hendren. chicago aid groups are concerned about the prospects of the pandemic reaching rebel held city in syria its population lives under extreme shortages of medicine and supplies and its hospitals have already been depleted by nearly a decade of war some an added city have taken matters into their own hands producing mosques and also creating much needed jobs so then closer earlier reports 5 years ago the war in syria khost mohammad al assad family members and his leg. now the latest advents by the syrian government forces has forced him from his home in sarah cape with other relatives and they are living in atlanta they face and in threat the coronavirus pandemic yet for him and his father it is also an opportunity they found much needed we're making masks. about one. there are no schools we used to study but now we can and i hope to return to the country my study of happy that i work. i'm also with friends so i'm getting used to this commission. ahmad ottawa mon often the smell of factory

hendren as the latest. across american oil country the pumps are shutting down since the coronavirus locked much of the western world in their homes the floor has dropped out of the oil market is a gas station selling gasoline for 99 cents a gallon now you would think wow that's great and your body will remember there was a line of people there to fill the course the question is where are you going to go the price of the benchmark american crude west texas intermediate has collapsed from $60.00 a barrel in january to below 20 in the past week across the u.s. the price at the pump is lower than it's been in years big even at rush hour if you are buying the international energy agency says the world's appetite for oil hasn't been this low since 1995. especially hit hard the fracking industry that turned the u.s. oil industry into a net exporter since 2011 fracking companies which break rocks to find fuel oil above $30.00 a barrel to make a profit but it's not it's not that just that it will come you know it's

at the same time and for the 1st time in history john hendren 1st wants to hear for the 1st time in history u.s. oil futures prices a crash below 0 and into negative territory there since back up to around $2.00 about more from our economics editor of italy we had a lot of stock come together at the same time which had a massive oil price is $1.00 of the problems was that it was a huge amounts of. oil which people would be higher than the prices currently and so we're going to see you know the next 3 days we're going to hear a lot about companies maybe investment banks who are in the market maybe trate have made huge losses the oil price crash caused the stock markets in asia to suffer $1.00 of their worst trading days in a month the nikkei in tokyo finished almost 2 percent lower and european stock markets have also opened lower yet the pan european stock $600.00 fell about one percent the start of trade also the footsie in london was off 1.7 percent the dax and the cas in paris also down 2 percent. the pandemic has forced a strenuous 2nd largest carrier into voluntary administration after

hendren with more now from chicago. the president issued this tweet in the dark of night and he seemed to do that for good reason he could have made his announcement at his daily news conference where he talks about the coronavirus and all of the actions the administration is taking but by issuing this mysterious tweet late on a monday night he gets the morning news cycles where the newspapers 'd in the morning shows talking about what he's had to say and then in the afternoon he gets another round where he explains what his policy is and then it gets to gestate in analyzed again and the president wants to show that he's doing something the centers for disease control just a month ago in a little known action. issued an order that allowed the united states to stop people at the border who didn't have the proper papers and because of the pandemic that order allows them to send people back similarily no court hearing no chance for asylum they're sent back automatically and now the president is expanding that to include an

hendren can tell us more at the supreme court in wisconsin disagrees with the governor john why. that's right it is supreme court said that the governor exceeded his authority that the authority to oversee the elections lies with the legislature so the governor's efforts have gone on he has asked the republican legislature in the past to postpone the election they said no he is a democrat they are republicans and then he went on to ask on friday if if they would allow it to be male only elections and then now on monday he's asked the state supreme court if it would just postpone the election until june 9th that court which is dominated by conservatives that is republican leni leaning appointees said no. and the political element to this is that true democrats there is a presidential primary here so most voters would choose between joe biden and bernie sanders but for all of the local officials this is also a general election so primary for the presidency general for local officials and republicans at least according to democrats have a cynical reason for wanting to go forward to

hendren reports. with a choice between risking their health and casting their votes tens of thousands of wisconsinites arrived at the polls rather wait newsline hand in hand come together as an american to come exercises great god given freedom where they came with masks gloves and an abiding faith in democracy. and a rising fear of the leaders who put them at risk by compelling them to carry out an election amid a deadly global pandemic it was an election marked by a uncertainty and chaos it is a complete mess here in the city of milwaukee with 1000 registered voters there are only only places there are usually 180 voters did 2 metres apart in lines that stretched for blocks elections had been postponed no doubt no question the on again off again election began after a 24 hour whirlwind of judicial action on monday that began with a democratic governor tony even his calling the election off i cannot in good conscious a lot any types of gathering that would further of the spread of this to seize and t

let's get more now for you on the growing economic impacts of covert 19 john hendren reports on huge losses reported by the world's 2 big plane maker is. buffeted by a global pandemic and a crisis of its own making boeing is plunging deep into negative territory the company has been scrambling for more than a year to get its most lucrative plane this 737 max back in the air after it was grounded following 2 crashes that killed 346 people then the coronavirus emptied planes in airports with passenger travel down an unprecedented 95 percent boeing reported a loss of 6 $141000000.00 and now plans about $16000.00 layoffs 110th of its global workforce light all shut not just europe and united states pretty much everywhere in the world the ramifications are. for the most part the industry is not interested in taking delivery of airplanes at the moment and or. against contracts that we have in here and so as a result there is this moment in time for try to contend with the dramatic reductions southwest and other airlines are cutting their orders for the 737 max and with fewer long haul trav

hendren explains. a flotilla of saudi oil tankers is slowly steaming toward the united states and into which really welcome for a u.s. ally indicative of how desperate these at war states are forced to sell their oil to find a place directly to find a place to place their oil with the coronavirus driving oil prices to historic lows all u.s. oil storage is expected to be filled in the next month the saudi move to occupy much of that precious storage space on the u.s. gulf coast has been called by some industry insiders in economic pearl harbor a hostile attack on u.s. soil. a coalition of 13 u.s. senators from energy state goes even further calling it economic warfare texas senator ted cruz writes on twitter 20 tankers filled with 40000000 barrels of saudi oil are headed to the u.s. this is 7 times the typical monthly flow my message to the saudis turn the tankers the hell around cruz says the longtime u.s. ally is exploiting a pandemic to kill the rival american shale oil industry some analysts say he'

hendren has this report. detroit famed for its riches to rags to riches story is reeling. the coronavirus threatens to undermine the motor city's rapid recovery from a 2013 bankruptcy. detroit's t.t.'s center was scheduled to house in north american international auto show in june that was expected to bring in $400000000.00. now instead beginning thursday it will begin accepting patients of a 1000 bed emergency coronavirus hospital this facility because it's been told that . they're going to create negative pressure in here just like a little road so the patients can talk again if needed they will be for the other for the motor city is just the latest virus hotspot to make the demoralizing conversion from commercial hall to crisis medical center it's a model the u.s. army corps of engineers has pursued in coronavirus hot spots around the u.s. from new york's massive jacob javits convention center to illinois the largest city where engineers have been installing thousands of beds in a matter of days chicago's

hendren has a report. with a choice between risking their health and casting their votes tens of thousands of wisconsinites arrived at the polls i would rather wait newsline hand in hand come together as an american to come exercises great god given freedom write the book they came with masks gloves and an abiding faith in democracy i know and a rising fear for the leaders who put them at risk by compelling them to carry out an election amid a deadly global pandemic it was an election marked by a uncertainty and chaos it is a complete mess here in the city of milwaukee where there are 100000 registered voters there are only only places there are usually 180 voters did 2 metres apart in lines that stretched for blocks elections had been postponed no doubt no question the on again off again election began after a 24 hour whirlwind of judicial action on monday that began with a democratic governor tony even his calling the election off i cannot in good conscious a lot any types of gathering that would further

so the oil industry waits and worried until all the pumps return to service john hendren al-jazeera chicago coming up in this hour of news outrage in kurdistan after the government forces the doctor to apologize for complaining about lack of protective appointment. some shops have reopened in germany as europe's largest economy slowly restarts public life after a 4 week shutdown to stop the spread of coronavirus only small businesses have been given the all clear to open their doors as part of a deal between federal and state government the mccain has more now from berlin for many weeks germany has been in lockdown the possibility of inadvertent infection too high to allow most every day life to go on but now in some states many shops are open once more as here in cologne on monday the 1st step by the government to test how safe it is for economic life to resume. fits us sheer of course is difficult but if we now ease restrictions then we don't know exactly what the repercussions will be and that's why we have to take it slowly and to stop as a time it would be tragic if we knowingly relaps