REPORTS. %
>> HEY, THERE, %
ALISON. %
GUYS ARE MAKING %
SPACE FOR THE
REPORT THAT YOU %
ARE ABOUT TO %
SEE. %
YEMEN IS ON THE %
BRINK OF COLLAPSE
. AND IT IS SO %
HARD TO EVEN GET %
INFORMATION LET %
ALONE CHOOSE %
FROM THERE. %
WE WORKED WITH %
UNICEF AND SAVE %
THE CHILDREN %
BECAUSE YOU %
CAN’T GO TO THE %
COUNTRY TO GET %
THIS REPORTING %
OUT OF THE %
COUNTRY. %
AND IT IS
SOMETHING THAT %
WE ARE %
RESPONSIBLE FOR. %
JUST LAST YEAR, %
PRESIDENT TRUMP %
BE TOLD A %
BIPARTISAN BILL %
THAT WOULD HAVE
-- SUPPORT FOR %
THE GULF %
COUNTRIES THAT %
ARE WAGING WAR. %
IN YEMEN TO AND %
THAT DEATH TOLL %
IS TERRIFYING %
ALREADY.
100,000 YEMENIS
HAVE DIED.
UNICEF
PREDICTING THAT
6600 CHILDREN
COULD DIE IN THE %
NEXT SIX MONTHS.
EVEN BEFORE %
CORONAVIRUS, FEW %
SEEMED TO CARE
ABOUT YEMEN. HALF A DECADE OF
HALF A DECADE OF
CIVIL WAR.
FIELD %
INTERVENTION %
FROM AMERICA’S %
ALLIES, SAUDI %
ARABIA. %
ALL ALLOWED TO %
DIRECT ON. %
NOW, SHUTTERED %
FROM THE HORROR %
OF BOMBS AND %
BULLETS, A %
HUMANITARIAN
NIGHTMARE. %
YEMENIS FIGHT %
FOR SURVIVAL %
AGAINST THE NEW %
KIND OF DEATH.
THE SILENT AND
INVISIBLE KILLER.
>> WE TALK ABOUT %
CORONAVIRUS
HITTING %
POTENTIALLY %
PEOPLE WITH PRE-%
EXISTING %
CONDITIONS.
IN YEMEN, THE
ENTIRE COUNTRY %
HAS A PRE-%
EXISTING
CONDITION
>> BE
>> YOU’RE %
TALKING ABOUT A %
SITUATION WHERE %
PEOPLE ARE READY %
FOR. %
BELOW THE %
POVERTY LINE. %
>> MONTH OLD %
AMEERA IS ONE OF %
THEM.
THE WORLD WITH
IN LOCKDOWN, %
EIGHT 150 MILE %
JOURNEY ACROSS %
THE DESERT BY
BUS. %
HIS MOTHER TO
THE HOSPITAL.
>> HIS DIARRHEA %
WAS GETTING %
WORSE AND HE WAS
LOSING WEIGHT.
AMIR IS %
SUFFERING FROM %
MALNUTRITION.
THE DOCTOR TELLS %
US HE IS LUCKY %
HE MADE IT %
THROUGH A %
HOSPITAL.
IT ALREADY SHUT %
DOWN BY THE
CORONAVIRUS %
CRISIS.
MANY WHO HAVE
BEEN CLOSED AND %
USED FOR %
QUARANTINE, HE %
SAYS. %
USE TO TAKE CARE %
OF CHILDREN. %
SURGERIES AND
INTERNAL %
MEDICINE. %
IT IS A REAL %
PROBLEM.
IT IS NOT JUST %
THE CHILDREN. %
LIKE SO MANY %
AROUND THE %
WORLD, THIS
CORONAVIRUS %
PATIENT IS IN AN %
ISOLATION UNIT. %
THIS IS RARE FOR %
YEMEN.
NOT BECAUSE %
THERE ARE FEW %
INFECTIONS HERE. %
BUT BECAUSE %
THERE ARE SO FEW %
PLACES TO %
TREATMENT AND %
TESTING. %
HAVE BEEN %
INFECTIONS THERE %
ARE IS VIRTUALLY %
IMPOSSIBLE TO %
KNOW.
NOBODY IS
COUNTING. %
BUT THE ROWS AND %
ROWS, MIGHT BE A
TERRIBLE CLUE.
AND IT IS JUST %
THE BEGINNING. %
JOHNS HOPKINS %
FIGURES SHOW %
THAT 27% OF %
YEMENIS CONTRACT %
CORONAVIRUS ARE %
DYING.
FIVE TIMES THE
GLOBAL AVERAGE. %
>> MANY HAVE 16 %
MILLION YEMENIS %
COULD GET %
CORONAVIRUS.
>> 16 MILLION. %
>> 16 MILLION.
WHAT WE ARE %
TALKING ABOUT %
HERE IS REAL %
SURVIVAL. %
THEY DON’T HAVE %
A WATER. %
AND DID HAVE.. %
BUT ALMOST 10 %
BILLION PEOPLE %
WITHOUT ACCESS %
TO DRINKING %
WATER. % YOU CAN’T TALK
YOU CAN’T TALK
ABOUT COVID AND %
NOT TALK ABOUT %
WASHING YOUR %
HANDS WITH SOAP. %
>> IT, IN MARCH, %
THE TRUMP %
ADMINISTRATION %
SAID IT WAS %
QUITTING OF THE %
$73 MILLION IN %
AID. %
TO AREAS OF %
YEMEN TOLD BY %
THE UNION THAT. %
THE U.S. THE %
AGENCY’S %
NATIONAL %
DEVELOPMENT %
CALLING IT A, %
QUOTE, DIFFICULT %
DECISION. %
BUT IT MAY, %
AFTER AN OUTCRY %
FROM THE AGM, %
POMPEO, %
ANNOUNCED $225 %
MILLION IN %
EMERGENCY.
WHILE FOR FIVE %
YEARS, THE U.S. %
HAS SURVIVED %
MILITARY %
INTELLIGENCE AND %
LOGISTICAL
SUPPORT, ALLIES,
SONDRUP AND THE %
UNITED ARAB %
EMIRATES IN %
THEIR WAR %
AGAINST THE %
IRANIAN-BACKED %
HOUTHIS SUPPORT %
THAT HAS HAD
CAUGHT DEADLY %
CONSEQUENCES. %
IT 2018, A SAUDI %
WARPLANE DROPPED %
A BOMB ON A %
SCHOOL BUS IN %
NORTHERN YEMEN.
IT KILLED 44 %
CHILDREN.
IT IS A WAR THAT %
HAS TURNED YEMEN %
INTO THE %
GREATEST %
HUMANITARIAN %
CRISIS IN THE %
WORLD. %
AT NO CORONAVIRUS
COULD MEAN %
CATASTROPHE.
>> IN YEMEN, THE %
HEALTH, MORE %
THAN COPING. %
EVEN BEFORE
CORONAVIRUS %
ARRIVED.
>> EXACTLY. %
AND YOU HAVE NOW
A SYSTEM WHERE %
HEALTH WORKERS %
ARE NOT PAID.
YOU DON’T HAVE
THE %
INFRASTRUCTURE.
YOU DON’T HAVE %
THE EQUIPMENT %
AND SUPPLIES. %
AND SO WHAT WE %
ARE TALKING %
ABOUT HERE, IT %
IS SHEER LIFE %
AND DEATH. %
WHERE TALK ABOUT %
GRAPPLING TO %
ENSURE THAT WE %
CAN GRASP THESE, %
THESE CHILDREN, %
BEFORE IT IS TOO %
LATE FOR THEM. %
>> TO TOLL OF %
CORONAVIRUS, MAY %
NOT BE SEEN %
MEDICAL %
STATISTICS. %
BECAUSE THEY %
DON’T EXIST IN %
YEMEN. %
IN THOSE LINES %
OF NEWLY DUG %
GRAVES, %
LITTERING THE %
LANDSCAPE. %
THE COUNTRY %
ALREADY STARTED %
BY BOMBS NOW
TRAUMATIZE BY
MASS BURIALS.
>> NO, SO
IMPORTANT THAT %
EVEN WHILE WE %
ARE FOCUSED ON %
THE EFFECT OF %
CORONAVIRUS IN %
OUR OWN COUNTRY, %
TO LOOK OVERSEAS %
TO SEE WHAT IS %
HAPPENING AND %
HOW IT IS %
RAVAGING MANY
OTHER PLACES, %