joining us by phone austin mayor, steve adler, i hope you are doing well, have you made any arrests? >> we have not. and thus far, there has not been cause to do so, and we're lucky we -- fortunate about, that i till you, w. we closed restaurant dining rooms and bars, raised eyebrows, but my governor in state of texas issue an order that did the same thing. statewide, it is more of a what everyone recognizes has to be done. >> are still far away from where san francisco is. with their shelter in place, right? >> yes. we're not doing sheller in place, you -- shelter in place this okay to go outside, probably health to go outside and walk around. but, try to minimize the number of people that gather in one group, because that is social spreading. is what enables this to really get out of hand. david: what about your homeless population, this is a population that is particularly vulnerable to this virus. >> you know, this say real concern. because very difficult to get any kind of social distancing in that environment. it comes at a time we were already trying to find better and safer p

joining me now is the mayor of austin steve adler from the pete buttigieg campaign. thank you for joining us. let me ask you, mr. adler, what is the strategy going forward? pete buttigieg didn't do well at all in south carolina. he's yet to win any of the primaries and caucuses he's in. he was in selma with us today, marched with us across the bridge. at what point does pete buttigieg have to wonder does he have to do what tom steyer and others have done and that's pull out? or do you think that somewhere down the road there will be a turn of events that will benefit his candidacy? >> reverend sharpton, thank you for the opportunity to be with you here this afternoon. when you take a look at what mayor pete has done, it's actually been pretty amazing. a year ago nobody knew who he was, nobody could pronounce his name. we've gone through the first four contests and he's either won or tied two of them. he's in the top three with delegate totals. i think he has his work cut out for him because he's introducing himself to people in ways that the other candidates have bee

katya adler in brussels, thank you. in spain, the government has announced sweeping measures allowing it to take over private healthcare providers and requisition equipment such as face masks as the number of cases there has risen to almost 9,500. 335 people have now died. spain declared a state of emergency on saturday, placing the country in lockdown and ordering people not to leave their homes unless they needed to buy food or medicine or go to work. damian grammaticas reports from madrid. this is spain on a warfooting, the military mobilised for this fight against the virus. instructing people to go back to their homes. keep apart, police warned people in madrid. day one of a state of emergency. those who don't have masks improvise. you are only meant to get out if you are heading to work or buying food. like these italian students, stuck here in spain indefinitely as all flights to italy have been grounded, but they think the lockdown is justified. do you think this is necessary, all of these measures? absolutely n

. >> it is a treat to be with mayor rawlings and mayor adler, great friends of our campaign, and an honor to be here with vice president biden. when i ran for president, we made it clear that the whole idea was about rallying the country together to defeat donald trump and win for the values we share. that was always a goal that was much bigger than me becoming president, and it is in the name of that very same goal that i am delighted to endorse and support joe biden for president. [applause] and, i do it with great pleasure, knowing just how much win,ed to do not only to which is so very important, and when i say win not just win back the white house but bring those vitally important house, senate and local races with us. but also, we've got to do it in a way that starts to change the toxic, divisive nature of our politics right now. we can't go on like this, and we've got a politics right now that makes it sound like being the loudest is tantamount to being right. we need a politics that's about decency, a politics that brings back dignity, and that is what we sought to practice in my

austin mayor steve adler. let's listen in now to new york governor andrew cuomo. >> back in the room, my daughter cara who is doing a great job. let's talk to you about what's going on today. first, what i try to communicate in these briefings are the facts of the situation. and facts can be up lifting. they can be depressing at times. they can be confusing at times. but i think facts are empowering. in a situation like this, not knowing the facts is worse because that's when you feel out of control or when you feel that you're getting selective facts or you're being deceived by the information you're getting. that's the worst situation. what i say to my people in every situation, give me the facts first and then let me understand what the situation and the reality is, and then we'll go from there. so that's what i try to do. the facts on the situation are increasingly important on two levels. public health, but also the economic facts. we've been focusing on the public health facts and the response of the pub

i'm joined now by austin mayor steve adler. mr. mayor, thank you for joining us. i note you're declaring a local disaster. there are no reported cases of coronavirus locally in austin yet. is this an administrative tool to ensure the cancellation of the festival? was that the reason for declaring the disaster? >> we have no present emergency because we have no cases yet here in central texas, but it was something that was necessary in order to prepare for the storm that we feel is coming and as well as to put us in the position to be able to effect the cancellation of south by. >> was that the issue? were you talking with south by southwest urging them to cancel and getting resistance? >> no. not at all. the folks at south by came to us early in the process and told us that they would comply with whatever it was that the city and the county thought was in the best public health interest of our community. >> just talk about your cumulative concerns there a little bit. we mentioned the statistics about tens of thousands of people interest all over the world would be

i've also had the pleasure of knowing mayor adler when i worked with mayor bill de blasio. austin is an important city. this is exactly what we're facing. i think i want to underscore what victoria said. mayor de blasio has begged for more tests. that's because as a city, if you're trying to figure out where the -- where you need to contain a problem in order to prevent more people from getting sick, it's because you can test and see where it's happening. here in new york we have -- we learned just this week that we have more -- almost 3,000 people in self-quarantine. 3,000. those are people who if we could test them might not need to be in quarantine. they might be able to go to school. they might be able to go to work knowing that they're not infecting anyone. so this notion of the test itself, its availability, critically important to every community, rural, urban, everywhere, in order to make sound decisions including to be able to not overreact. how can you be sure you're protecting your residents if you don't get trustworthy information, if you're not getting consiste

with us is the mayor of austin, texas, steve adler. one of the first people to take one of the drastic measures in canceling the south by southwest festival. good to have you with us on the program. you are one of the players in texas who put the stay-at-home order in place. how is that working out for the city of austin? >> ayman, good to be with you. thank you. south by seems to be a long time ago. it was an outlier when we did it, but not now. it's going well in austin. seeing pretty dramatic reductions in physical exchanges that we've had. i'm real proud that a lot of major cities and counties did it virtually all at the same time. dallas and ft. worth, houston, san antonio, all moving out at the same time, all seeing significant reductions. that's going to help our cities, going to help our state. i do wish we had a statewide policy because i'm concerned about the rest of the state right now not having any kind of order in place. >> let me get your thoughts really quickly on whether or not this can be effective if you do not have

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primary goal or do you think it's seeking support for its military operations in northern syria in adler province. do not think the government really believes to europe will assist in this fighting it leiber region in syria due to defect in italy you will find many. organizations close to it but also close to former al qaeda and this certainly is something that the europeans will not back and in. i think the. at least highest priority will be given to financial questions between european union and turkey not assistance otherwise do you think that strategy is going to work though because the european union has poured many millions into turkey for hosting those refugees it seems to have worked from 2016 almost until now and now we're seeing it deja vu really are we more moderates pouring across the border because of the offensive has this worked. it has worked as more or less soft and the situation is spatially in greece but also in other neighboring countries and we also have to admit that of course the situation now in italy produces or will produce some more. refugees migrants. people i

is not good right ok we'll leave it there we thank you very much dr sun id for speaking to us from adler thank you. thank you. let's bring in our panel now in beirut joining us via skype best school she's the middle east than eastern europe media manager for save the children also on skype from xenia a senior libya analyst at the international crisis group and a former policy advisor took us on salami who served as head of the u.n. support mission in libya welcome to you all thanks for joining us on inside story joe i start with you in the reporting nowadays has been mainly focused on countries in europe which the world health organization is describing is the epicenter of the virus but let's look at conflict zones in particularly the middle east region which countries are the most vulnerable when it comes to an outbreak of coronavirus the 2 most definitely syria yemen so far they haven't had just. yemen has shut down its. syria obviously it's a defense. case we have and i just say it and closes the school and i cases we just can't imagine the outcome for millions of people who have been

and serious idlib province after a cease fire agreed by turkey and russia takes effect seriously fred adler bar among refugees who say they feel like political pawns stuck and don't want to it's only used borders. my of i'm home he didn't and this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up japan faces anger over its decision to impose coronavirus travel restrictions on visitors from china and south korea and hope violence and protests over a controversial citizenship will of left thousands homeless in india. my. hope people in syria's edward province are describing a tense calm in the largely rebel held region after a cease fire sic affects turkey that backs opposition forces brokered the deal with russia. to the syrian government's president richard so i've heard one and blood amir peretz integrate the deal during hours of talks in moscow on thursday they said there was stablish a 12 kilometer wide security corridor along edwards m 4 highway that connects the government stronghold of latakia with syria's largest city aleppo where rival forces have been fighting for control of the m 4 and

the syrian protesters and the town of mayor rob and adler don't want turkish or russian troops in their area the 2 military powers are patrolling a section of the m 4 highway that's a ration was stopped after dozens of activists who oppose the russian presence and lip blocked the highway. we're here to send a clear message to the russians and the turks we will not open the road unless assad forces and russian militias withdraw isn't even enough they kill to displace us. the joint patrols are part of an agreement struck between russian president vladimir putin and the turkish later redshifts a far john during their meeting in moscow earlier this month. the deal is also expected to set up a security corps or the 16 kilometers north and south those dam for highway that connects to surat. but since sunday is the 9th anniversary of the syrian war there is heightened tension. so it's the 2nd day of our protest on its highway it's the anniversary of our revolution for 9 years we've suffered the regime's massacres we don't care about agreement we will not allow russians here they should get out

they have the free programming, it's like being at the adler -- >> that's we'll talk about that. >> when libraries is like a planetarium and to have that so unique, this library exemplifies everything you were talking about that libraries do. and there was a connection to this library with your books. >> this is interesting little sidetracked which is, the first time i ever came to rancho mirage was when i began working on this book because one of the most important sources for me was elizabeth tl men who come i don't know she is here in the audience, but she had been the head of central library at the time of the fire. and then she retired to rancho mirage within her plan to retire was foiled when she was persuaded to run the rancho mirage library. so, it is really a kind of poetic moment to be back here talking about the book when in a sense, i really began the book here. >> i made a little reference to -- you discovered and in telling the story of this particular library, you ran into quite a few characters. >> i did indeed. and when i began the book, of course books to me rise and fa

katya adler has more on the proposals. the commission is one thing so of course the proposal has come from the commission president, she has proposed this measure, but it is the individual eu national leaders that then have to sign up to it. now, you could ask why she has proposed it because from a public health perspective, coronavirus is already well and truly here in europe, the world health organization already described europe as the epicentre right now of the pandemic, travel restrictions, scientists say have a limited value in preventing the spread of the virus, certainly they would help european citizens feel they were being protected, but the number of exceptions that would go into this band mean that, for many of the countries that compose their own unilateral border measures, like germany, like the czech republic like poland, this fortress europe idea is unlikely to really go far enough and they are likely to insist on wanting to keep their own travel bans in place, and that goes against one of the real reasons

. >> also joining us, steve adler, austin's mayor. you were a pete buttigieg supporter. last night i think by all measures he gave an incredibly inspiring speech in his decision to step down. would you like to see him now supporting joe biden? >> you know, i think he's going to have to speak for himself in on this issue. and i was really proud to be able to introduce pete in south bend when he ran. but i've now spoken to the vice president and i'm going to endorse vice president biden in this racep a. and i think it's time for the party to consolidate. and i'm excited with the biden candidacy. made me very proud to see mayor pete last night, and his day will come. >> not to downplay the excitement for affection for the vice president, but how much of what we're seeing do you think is concern about bernie sanders and whether or not he can beat donald trump? >> well, i think those issues all play into effect. i'm in texas. there are nine house seats that i want to flip in my state in order to get democratic control. and i think that if biden is the head of the ticket, we'l

the syrian protesters and the town of my rob and adler don't want jerkish or russian troops in their area the 2 military powers are patrolling a section of the m 4 highway that's a ration was stopped after dozens of activists who oppose the russian presence and that blocked the highway. we're here to send a clear message to the russians and the turks we will not open the road unless assad forces and russian militias withdraw isn't even enough they killed displaced us. the joint patrols are part of an agreement struck between russian president vladimir putin and the turkish later rejects a far john during their meeting in moscow earlier this month. the deal is also expected to set up a security corps or that 16 kilometers north and south of the m 4 highway that connects latakia to surat. but since sunday is the 9th anniversary of the syrian war there is heightened tension but. it's the 2nd day of our protest honest highway it's the anniversary of our revolution for 9 years we've suffered the regime's massacres we don't care about agreement we will not allow russians here they should g

. >> reporter: taught acting in the 1950s by the great stella adler, he would serve as the dean of the drama school and his longtime dream one of his students would join him on stage someday. then in 1999 one of those acting students had a question for sean penn. >> hey, mr. penn, my name is bradley cooper, i'm a second year actor. did you have new discoveries after a ten-year hiatus? >> reporter: his subsequent appearance 12 years later in 2011 sparked an outpouring of grateful emotion. >> who was your basic technique teacher? >> reporter: pointing to his teacher in the crowd, elizabeth kemp. >> i was never able to relax in my life before her. [ applause ] >> reporter: james lipton died monday at the age of 93. remembered as a teacher whose curiosity about creativity could entertain and inspire. among those paying tribute to james lipton on social media, oscar winner barbra streisand who tweeted, he was interested in the actor's process which was so refreshing. game recognizes game, guys. >> it sure does. >> thank you, chris, for sharing that. he was something special. i understand in