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Relations. Is the biggest get was. The measures we take in decisions we make here will calm the region and our 2 countries. Also coming up she was known as the democratic president ial candidate with a plan to solve almost Everything Everything except her own defeat today Elizabeth Warren ended her run for the white house and she offered no indorsement. I was told at the beginning of this whole underclass. There are 2 world a progressive one thought. The incumbent for all moderate. On common pork and theres no room for anyone else the month. That was applied. Well obviously. But to our viewers on p. B. S. In the United States and all around the world welcome we begin the day with a ceasefire in the last patch of syria where rebel forces still dared to defy the rule of president Bashar Al Assad it lived province the ruins of buildings are outnumbered only by ruined lives hundreds of thousands have been forced to flee the latest wave of refugees now the dividing lines are clear rebels have support from the Turkish Military Syrian Forces enjoy a massive cover from russian fighter jets last week turkey said that Syrian Forces attacked and killed 34 of its soldiers today in an emergency meeting the president s of russia and turkey agreed to a cease fire now it is unclear how long this truce will last what is clear is that just like in 2015 hundreds of thousands of syrians are fleeing their homes hoping to cross into turkey. With this vehicle serving as both a getaway car and a home tarps are the only shield against the cold families live cook and sleep crowded together. At this camp north of aleppo 200 families are stranded in no mans land. And his 5 brothers are among those who fled bombing and destruction. We live here in this 3 wheeler we dont have anything else left we hope someone can help us. Not a day goes by without fresh attacks suffering and death and itll province as syrian and russian fighter jets prepare the ground for advancing government troops. Islamist militias bitterly fight back with the help of turkey which has been bombing Syrian Army Positions for days. These satellite images show escalation at the expense of the most vulnerable who are now forced to live in cramped conditions a year earlier this region in northern italy was almost completely deserted. The situation here is tragic theres no medical aid no medicine no clinic near here. We have nothing here. The families have even set up their tents on train tracks to protect themselves from flooding and insects its an improvised refuge in what the u. N. Sense is the most dire crisis and the world going on. And for more tonight im joined here at the b. Table by middle east Analyst Daniel good to see you again so lets talk about whats whats happened today russia in turkey theyve agreed to this ceasefire in libya and theyve promised humanitarian aid for civilians is there any reason to believe that aid will reach the people who need it. Well yes i think it is totally possible that aid is going to reach certain people certainly not all of those in need but i think the russians and the turks were really serious today we have seen cease fire negotiations and deescalation zones for the last couple of years didnt hold for long as this one different well look i think and a half i cannot figure out why the turks have agreed to this but something really interesting has come up today and i was very surprised to read this weve been talking for the last months about a highway the m 5 which is leading from the moscow to aleppo which is considered by the Syrian Regime as the useful syria that the axis of central syria and theres been a lot of fighting going on going on on this highway because the Syrian Regime wanted to secure this highway with Russian Support and push that rebels now there is an agreement according to which the russians and the turks want to join paper troll and create a safe zone alongside another highway which is leading from the coastal city of latakia to aleppo and this would mean that by this safe zone and these joint patrols russia and turkey would split the rebel controlled areas into 2 this would be a major success for russian the Syrian Regime because they could divide the red. Territory and progressively conquer the south which will be cut off from the other parts of it live and its actually its quite interesting because this is what the Syrian Regime has been trying to achieve for a long time by military means but couldnt push back the rebels so why do you think that both sides or open to it now well i can only come up with one conclusion one is that turkey really needed an arrangement because it couldnt go on like this the turks have been losing a lot of people i mean they have been invested massively they have struck the Syrian Regime with all the had artillery you drones air force but the turks have been has come under severe pressure and they want to somehow find a face saving temporary solution here and so do the russians i mean the russians havent suffered much but they have recently in the last couple of days they didnt know what to make of this escalation then they started to put in all their packets all the air force and support the Syrian Regime it seems like they really wanted to come to a conclusion and demonstrate to the entire world we are in control the 2 of us put in and out on we are the ones were striking the deals with this is not a meeting of 2 equals is it i mean you know i was describing them earlier today is these are 2 leaders who would like to be monarchs but he certainly has king like powers in authority everyone does not. Im not so sure about that im not an expert in russian domestic politics but i think advani and putin both are uncontested but at the same time are under strong domestic pressure and russia wants to somehow get rid of this problem sooner or later they want to stay in syria they want to have leverage and control over syria but they dont want the situation just like to go on like this and they know they cant kill every single hardest every single revel in it live and for adults on this is a matter of life and death politically so of course youre right they are not equal but i think they want to demonstrate one thing they understand each other very well in the understand the domestic needs for charades and for spectacular Foreign Policy and therefore i think the russians can sometimes torture out alone with like the political and technical is never jealous of they know each other they read each other psychologically that is certainly true for putin leading out of on but i think to a certain extent its also the same way the other way around when you look at what everyone has done particularly with this past week that you know a 1000000 refugees were headed for the border with europe good trying to put pressure on europe hoping that the e. U. And nato would come to his aid. That hasnt happened i mean hes gotten a lot of pushback from the European Union do you think he miscalculated with this. Well yes and no of course he knows that the europeans response is a slow they are not as emotional as his response is but sometimes also emotions play a major role and specially if we see that what happened at the greek Turkish Border we look at the turkish t. V. They are also like trying to to to to exploit the situation to show the gruesome immoral hypocritical europeans trying to fend off a few few migrants from the borders at the same time we know that the bilateral relationship between turkey and greece is really at an all time low but the turks know that emotions also are important to the european politicians european audience no but lets. Lets not be too emotional ourselves but lets look at whats happening behind the behind the scene i think the european governments especially on a professional level those that have to work with the turks there is very much high hopes that the turks are going to somehow sold the situation out and i think there is no one without even having to be native into it yes while the nato nato can can support turkey but the turks so far as far as i understand have not asked nato to intervene on their side in syria which would be unrealistic but i think when i talk to Foreign Policy thats a professionals in western European Countries i think there is a certain to a certain degree still an unbroken solidarity with turkey to the extent that they say like it makes absolutely no sense to alienate the turks and to believe that we can do anything without at least having the turks aside or at least having to turkish support for a certain extent it didnt feel like as always its great to get your insights we appreciate it thank you thank you for. The end we sold today had its beginnings last summer that was when democratic president ial candidate Elizabeth Warren emerged as the front runner among what was an unprecedented field of contenders in size gender and diversity looking back it becomes clear that peaked much too early in the fall in the winter they were not kind to her campaign and this week joe biden he stunned everyone with his super tuesday wins today Elizabeth Warren called it quits leaving joe biden and Bernie Sanders to fight it out for the democratic president ial nomination a bitter moment for the most successful female candidate in the race. My name is Elizabeth Warren and im the woman who is going to be donald trump. It was that. I will work every single day to make sure that this country is living its values i will do my best as president to make you proud of the United States of america over. One of the hardest parts of this is all those promises and all those little girls who are going to have to wait 4 more years. Thats going to be hard so i dont know if it was lisbon in there lets take the story now and our correspondents to fonzie once hes following a force from washington d. C. You can even do you stuff i mean you know regardless of your politics you have to admire Elizabeth Warrens tenacity and you know and her the fire that she that she has in head but at the end of the day she really had no choice but to quit right. Right you nailed it yes she had no choice she got screeched squeezed out by Bernie Sanders standing for the progressive left. Wing or crowd in the Democratic Party and by joe biden standing for the moderate voters democratic voters within the party and she had no chance and you have those right she was the campaign she led a campaign which was and a jedi and progress if 1st last d year in the summer in the fall and that fell all apart with the dismissal of this abysmal performances in the primaries from 3rd place to 4th place to 5th place and then lately and lastly losing her own states to a contender and with that it was over they had to be very bitter for her but you know she did not offer any indorsement today she didnt sanders and she didnt offer one to biden is this a case of sour grapes or or do you think that warren is is truly torn between these 2 candidates stand for. Yeah i dont think its star grapes i think. Miss warren is known for taking her time and doing some solid soul searching and she has to kind of do this now especially now because you know if she puts her organization and all the data voters and followers who she gathered during her campaign into the sanders came thats good for Bernie Sanders of course and it would reinforce his stance of he is the progress if antidote and Counter Point to donald trump of course but also to joe biden is he going to throw it over to joe biden then there is a different scenario opening up and then there is the big picture who and thats what she has to decide and thats a tough call for you as a bit of warren who is going to be the better choice and option to be the tenant in the new 10 a Democratic Senate in the house behind me come in november you know given there were so many qualified key to that is to have dropped out of the race to make room for what basically we have now are 2 politicians of the establishment is donald trump is he responsible for that. I think to a last degree you have basically what it came to look at is there were 20 such thing. Contenders in the democratic president ial race down to 2 and they are old and theyre all whites and theyre all male so thats thats quite a turnaround you know a 180 degrees from what it was before he stole trump partly responsible for this yes because he polarizes and polarization is not only something we experience every day here in the political discourse in america but also in every party except in the Republican Party but in the Democratic Party you have this polarization you have the progressive we want to change everything this revolution. Bernie sanders and the moderates moderates who say like we dont need this we need somebody who can fight donald trump and still the polarization is there the infighting is there and thats not going to change its rights revolution or results of what theyve been saying or it agrees bunged of funds he wants on this work force in washington stefan thank you. For the rapid spread of the corona virus is posing enormous challenges for governments around the world lawmakers have to come up with policies to slow down transmissions even though much about the virus remains unknown millions of people have been put into quarantine Mass Gatherings have been called off travel restrictions have been put into place in many countries in the u. S. Congress has passed an emergency spending bill totaling more than 8000000000 dollars to help deal with the crisis the funds will be used to help authorities prepare for and respond to the coronavirus threat and that includes ramping up testing and working on vaccines and other potential treatments Vice President mike pence he is leading the white house response to the coronavirus this take a listen to his assessment of the situation to listen. The American People can take some comfort that the reality is today that the risk of the coronavirus to the average american remains low and as we continue to take these steps as americans continue to take commonsense practices to protect their own health the health of their family. Or work to keep it there i think you know there was you as Vice President mike pence speaking there lets cross now to dr William Schaffner he is a professor of preventative medicine at Vanderbilt University Medical Center in the state of tennessee in nashville dr its good to see you again so weve got u. S. Vice president mike pence hes leading the White House Coronavirus task force a lot of people around the world i have been perplexed by that how do you feel you as a medical professional how do you feel about a politician with no medical training heading this task force. Well brant i think the good news is that he has surrounded himself with absolutely solid professional persons from the c. D. C. And from the National Institutes of health so i think hes getting very very solid advice tends to have told the American Public that the risk to the average american from the virus remains low do you agree with them. Yes i do i do agree with that but you have to be careful to not just walk on the sunny side of the street if we still dont know the exact extent of the corona virus across the United States because we havent been doing sufficient testing thats just beginning to resolve itself but the others the estimates of how many people will be tested have been that weve heard in the last several days have been overly generous most of us as professionals know this is going to roll out much more slowly yeah i mean its rolling out slowly. Pince says the the u. S. Does not have enough coronavirus tests to meet the anticipation to demand when you put all that together should the public be worried. Well i think the republic that the public ought to be observant and watch whats happening i know the professionals are working very hard to roll out these tests so that every state laboratory will after Testing Capacity and then furthermore private laboratories are getting their tests submitted to the food and Drug Administration for approval they will be coming online also gradually in the next couple 3 weeks and once that happens well have a much larger testing to pass city and well need to see whether coronavirus is right spread in the United States or whether its focal here and there you know here in europe weve had somewhat of of them in a more lead way than youve had in the United States and in watching this crisis weve seen what happened in china in asia and then we saw what happened here in europe with italy and now we see whats happening in the United States do you think that americans have been adequately informed about basic measures that they can under take to prevent the spread of the corona virus. I think the communication about those basic measures has been pretty clear and i think it has been well received because we increasingly learn about people who are considering or we considering large meetings and such and whether they need to be held is travel really essential and senate ties or cant be bought anymore because theyre off the shelves of all the supermarkets so people are getting the word about what it is that they can do to protect themselves and their families and yet we have the same situation here its impossible to buy Hand Sanitizer right now here in berlin let me ask you about the Health Care System the insurance system in the United States here in europe and we look at the United States you know were always concerned about the risks that are posed by a system where you have millions of people in the u. S. Without medical insurance could that be a problem when trying to stop this virus from spreading oh sure that could be a problem obviously all hospitals are obliged to provide charity care but thats still kind of a Shaky Foundation what we hope is that the new monies that are going to be appropriated by the congress and this it ministration some of that will go to Clinical Care of patients who dont have medical insurance that will we assure everyone. And before we run out of time doctor a vaccine weve heard that the earliest we can expect one to come out of trials and actually go onto the market would be the beginning of next summer late spring next next year is that the time horizon youre working with as well. Well i have my fingers crossed if this scientific evaluation of the vaccine continues in a Straight Line and everything is successful that will be an alleged big record for developing a vaccine but it will take that much time ok well lets hope that we are a limp dick cheney peons then next year this time dr William Schaffner joining us tonight from Vanderbilt University Medical Center in the state of tennessee for dr thank you we appreciate your time tonight. Ritas 8 feet is a few more coronavirus cases in south korea have now ballooned to more than 6000. 00 thats the most outside of china enough to fight the virus the country has deployed to keep weapons a rigorous testing system and disinfectant in the capital so cleaning teams are spring commuter trains in stations and forcing commuters to wear masks or correspondent frank smith since this report. So 3 is Transit Networks are using strong medicine to combat the deadly covert 90 epidemic special teams are working overtime to sanitize the entirety of so metro with stations prepared to shut down if anyone with the coronavirus is confirmed to have been there and theres a good bit of Public Outreach going on as well. Among the measures taken by small metro to prevent the spread of the virus are Public Service announcements in 4 languages promoting containment several times for our commuters are encouraged to wear their mess sanitize their hands and practice healthy safe hygiene. Subway authorities have brought in extra staff to cope with decontamination efforts there keeping a watchful eye on overall working conditions. The health of our workers is a top priority also in making sure they win mosques and fairly wash their hands and in the course of their work minimize unnecessary contact with passengers and to save you might cause those with a couple of listeners a subway rider ship in seoul has significantly drop since the onset of the virus but commuters have also changed their behavior cant be that long as all i find myself avoiding anyone whos coughing and doesnt have a mask on so using the subway has become a bit disturbing and i used to hold on to a handrail but not so much now everything has become more challenging than anything else. Kimani knowledgeable kind of there are few people on the subway now which makes it more comfortable to use but i think about the people who try to come out and how inconvenient that must be to be stuck condolences for your manhood down at. The National Railway has also seen its ridership and schedule drastically reduced with the government discouraging nonessential travel hygiene is a top priority there too with co real cleaning its trains several times a day and disinfecting stations on average twice a day. To prevent the spread of the coronavirus handrails tables response rooms and other areas that come into frequent contact with passengers authority disinfected in addition. As of monday we are selling window seats 1st to keep passengers as far apart as possible. Some government officials had earlier suggested locking down the city of daegu the source of the vast majority of cases now cleanliness containment and mitigation have come to define south koreas strategy against the coronavirus. Well the day is almost done but the conversation continues online youll find us on twitter either at news or you can follow me at brant goff t. V. And dont forget to use hash tag the day and remember whatever happens between now and then tomorrow is another day well see you that. Enter the conflict zone year after year the war in yemen goes on with no a current end in sight but whos really trying to stop its my guest this week here in munich is the countrys foreign minister Mohammed Abdullah on how germans of the thousands of civilian casualties of the enormous human suffering. From nothing. Complicates the food. Next on d. W. Had a real palate resides. I come from there not to people in fact more than a bit in the tooth of blood not just democracy to me thats one reason why im passionate and mocked. The land of aspirations and they can sense. The television reporters try checking but named after the for the fun in born and i remember thinking at the time if the battle in broken hill would anything could happen if people come together and unite for a call. When i do the news i often confront difficult situations for conflict between disaster and i see despite my job to confront tried to lead as an policies and development to put the spotlight on issues that matter most to security question nationalization. Or not has been achieved so much more needs to be jobs and i think people have to be at the heart of solutions my name is on the track shes on and i work in detail. The war is ugly more than 17000 civilians killed and injured since 2050 i would not give up the future of my children and their children so you can sleep at night have to come and talk peace soon year after year the war in yemen goes on with no apparent end in sight but whos really trying to stop it my guest this week here in munich is the countrys foreign minister Mohammad Abdullah and dreamy of the many thousands of civilian casualties and the enormous human suffering all being from nothing