Im god of us welcome to the program u. S. Presence donald trump and his democratic challenger joe biden have faced off for the final t. V. Debate less than 2 weeks before election day the exchange with a lot more civil than the ill tempered 1st debates the coronavirus pandemic dominated the agenda along with Race Relations taxes and the economy. Republicans in longwood florida were thrilled with their candidates performance we love and adore him and tonight he was doing a fabulous job back in 2016 i voted against hillary not necessarily for trump but now im a 100 percent on board the trunk train but biden supporters seemed equally satisfied i think its hard to sum up is how do you move against someone like john legend. He held his own he made great a glowing and very different tone and pace to find this head to head between the president ial hopefuls gone with the chaos and constant interruptions of their 1st meeting this was more of a conventional debate with a coronavirus pandemic given the most minutes on the clock. Skirting around the dire covered 900. 00 situation offered a rosy view. It will go away and as i say were rounding the turn where rounding the corner its going away we have a vaccine thats coming its ready its going to be announced within weeks and its going to be delivered cost of shutdown biden condemned trumps record of dealing with a crisis few 120000 americans dead and he want his response to that many deaths should not remain as president of the United States of america were going to the issue of race was also in focus. Fact of the matter is there is institutional racism in america and we have always said weve never lived up to it that we hold these truths to be selfevident all men and women are created equal guess what we have never ever lived up to put it weve always constantly been moving the needle further and further to inclusion not exclusion this is the 1st president to come along and says thats the end of that nobody has done more for the black community. And if you look with the exception of Abraham Lincoln possible exception a claim that has been repeatedly challenged by critics as patently false nonetheless voters finally got something resembling a substantive debate but it may be too late to have a major impact on the election result a Record Number of americans have voted early and polls show most remaining voters had already decided how theyll fill in their ballot. Washington correspondent. Joins us now all of a clear winner in this debate. Well most of the polls here see a joe biden as the winner of bought off course the pictures a very different one if you look at right wing media then trump is getting a lot of praise here for being less aggressive that perhaps in part also because of the new rule the mute button that was introduced last night for the 1st time also he might have listened to his advisors who warned him to change his temper in this 2nd debate biden in contrast was not particularly strong but he did come across president ial as a unifier and he did not make any major mistakes they are at this debate what stood out though is that when looking at President Trumps claims that a lot of them were either misleading were taken out of context or even straight all false thats what we also heard a lot of Fact Checkers and biden also made several false claims but certainly not to the extent that the president did so so a lot of conspiracy theories among them that may work well for trump and his vote trumps voter base in particular but many voters in america are increasingly growing tired by this kind of rhetoric. With just 11 days to go live until the election of any undecided voters left that could have been swayed by these forms. We are looking at a very polarized society right now a majority of the voters made their minds up already before we even got close to these debates in a general wisdom on the on these debates also is that they have very little impact on voters decision that said trump took a hit in the 1st debate when he crests of lee interrupted joe biden frequently and yesterday we went out a bit better for him he made his points in fact the problem for him will be though and we heard that in the report as well and that is of early voting and were looking at Record Numbers rodolph 50000000 American Voters have cast their ballots already and they can all change their mind of course on a different subject all about did score a Foreign Policy success today didnt. See a saddam in israel are taking up diplomatic relations as of course a very important achievement for the Trump Administration is a were getting closer to election day because remember for a long time President Trump was not successful at all in Foreign Policy think of north korea think oh falso iran off russia if you take a closer look to the deal made here it looks very much like a deal was made in fact because sudan at the same time was taken off a sponsor of terrorism list so it very much looks like economic advantages for sudan in exchange for a Foreign PolicySuccess Story although saddam stresses that the does not have anything to do with each other but it looks like a move in order to strengthen president toms position as he moves closer to the election all of us on the thank you. And heres the rest of the days news libyas 2 warring factions have signed a cease fire deal ended ending almost a decade of conflict Effective Immediately the agreement comes after 5 days of talks in geneva hosted by the United Nations the body hailed the deal as a historic turning point for peace and stability in the region. The streets of nigerias biggest city lagos were relatively calm friday after days of unrest it follows followed tuesdays shooting of peaceful demonstrators protesting against Police BrutalityAmnesty International says the military and Police Killed at least 12 people in his 1st comments the countrys president warned protesters against quote undermining national security. The head of the World Health Organization has warned that some countries face the prospect of their Health Services collapsing during the coronavirus pandemic w h os director general says too many countries are seeing an exponential rise in covert 19 cases and is urged leaders to take immediate action to prevent further unnecessary deaths. Hospital staff in belgium have taken part in a flash mob in brussels to protest against their working conditions the country currently has the 2nd highest infection rate in europe authorities have wanted intensive care units in 9 out of 10 provinces could hit their capacity by mid november. To chile now where this sunday millions of voters will make a decision that could dramatically reshape the country protests in recent years have forced chilean leaders to schedule a referendum on whether to rewrite the constitution thats a document that dates back to the rule of dictator Augusto Pinochet it its a momentous votes taking place in one of the regions which is nations but one struggling with spiraling inequality. The route to chiles referendum went through this subway station. Students mostly protesting a rise in fares. The heavy handed response from security personnel led to stunning scenes of mass protest in the streets of santiago and other chilean cities. Dozens died during riots arson and looting that caused extensive damage and prompted a military presence on the streets. But the Peaceful Protesters persevered calling for an overhaul of she lay social and economic model and gaining a key demand a vote on whether to toss out the old magna carta the constitution adopted during the brutal 17 year dictatorship of general Augusto Pinochet which ended in 1900 a period when thousands were tortured killed or they were disappeared. This will be a historic event for the 1st time in the history of the republic we will be consulted on whether or not we want a new constitution and who should draft it. The subway stations were cleaned up after the demonstrations in writing a year ago but emotions have been peaking again. Peaceful antigovernment demonstrations last sunday were marred by the burning of churches vandals cheering the collapse of a church spire not what those promoting a yes vote on a change to the constitution want their protests to be remembered for. Anyone who comes to look were not going to change health care in the same pensions thats what were fighting for for more than a year our pensions are wages or education everything but i dont see any change. After a year of the social upheaval im out in the street because i want changes to our health system. And the other side thousands that hit the streets to protest against change no they say to a rewrite of the constitution. By shifting to a new constitution were in great danger of falling into Something Like what happened to venezuela if it happened to venezuela why would it happen to us. Well keep the same constitution and make the necessary reforms to it. No voters insist the government working within the present constitution will help those left behind since the magna carta was adopted yes voters say start from scratch with the participation of the people and let the world see what chilean democracy 2. 0 looks like. Im told it was not at all more about the referendum is the reporter benjamin of our as group of benjamin why are people so dissatisfied how sin is run they are dissatisfied and this is the dissatisfaction that has been growing over the years its not just with the current government because on one side you have to chile that has been praised internationally as a key leader off latin america when you look into development for example when you look at other indicators thats one side but the other side of the story is this increasing inequality when it comes to Public Health care system when it comes to education so those are a lot of problems that are currently in the Chilean Society and a lot of them are just fed up and we have this price hike on. The public transport system that started this protest in october of last year and now they want to see real changes all this a lot of hope for this new constitution referendum that will take place on sunday but the current constitution dates back to when the country was a dictatorship run by subpoena shit until 990 is sundays vote chance to really start over its it will be a new framework its important to note what a constitution would look like and its important to know what the current constitution is lacking and that is the legitimacy of origin it was drafted as you mentioned during the pinochet dictatorship later on it was approved with another referendum better referendum without free press and without any ridges role in votes so the problem is someone could vote 2 or 3 times and thats a really big problem off the current constitution the other one is that you need a really high quorum to do this reforms and of course thats why the constitution cannot be the only solution that need to be several of the reforms to that will the next question the referring to is only a 1st step is it the other things need to have it is in a new constitution will not change all the problems that the Chilean Society has right that if we go to talk about poverty if we talk about equality if we talk about education of the pension systems there are several reforms that need to be done and one of them a really really important reform is the one of the security and of the police of the National Police lets remember that kind of nettles has more than 8500 accusations of Human Rights Violations only last year that have been shown by several International Organizations so as some people are claiming and wanting to have chile with peace its important to know that for a long standing peace the only chance is to have also long standing justice and in the Current System that we have in chile right now thats not the case unfortunately benjamin of us thank you very much for companies to use it welcome. 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Cooling to use the environmental series including 3000 on t. W. And on my. Love whether youre a skeptic or a true believer who cries during the vows weddings bring us together and celebration of Family Community and love but these days before the happy couple can even make it down the aisle coven 1000 is changing our rituals from forcing cancel travel to trimming the guest list and even forcing us to make new rules to minimize risk. In portugal new Restrictions Mean that only 50 guests are allowed a wedding and here in jerusalem a hospital even allowed a couple to get married on its grounds so that the grooms father a covert patient could watch the wedding from his room. Ceremonies and parties that were months or years in the making are now changing significantly or being canceled altogether. What does that mean for how we celebrate the most important events in our lives. This is the coven 1000 special or welcome to the show im stephen theres a in berlin well be it a wedding or a birthday everyone likes a good celebration but no one wants the virus as a guest and thats when many people are changing their event plans if some do move forward heres one communitys take on a wedding and the time of corona. Ok the joy is infectious among these wedding guests but no one wants to spoil the occasion with a corona virus outbreak. Precaution is now part of the production and authorities have put strict limits on gatherings and families are having to drastically trim their guest lists. We were expecting to have a gathering of more than 800 people but unfortunately due to the spending we do to discourage 19 i would guess the guest list has been shot in a 2510150 only. It will still take an army of cooks to assemble the west sun and elaborate kashmiri marriage feast of up to 30 courses but the wedding business and the rest of region is hurting after a double hit from the security clampdown and now the pandemic oh my god was bigger we had hopes that we do Good Business this year with your 3rd one but ive suffered a loss of about 80 percent of what were doing. And a pandemic era wedding means some other updates to old traditions waiters decked out in hazmat suits and individual servings. Trying to wasnt there were forward everything went nicely but we could not enjoy your food traditionally eating on a copper platter for 4 which dates back 300 years we still enjoyed the feast but we missed the traditional way. But some things will never change the. Oh. The anticipation the excitement as 2 families joined together to witness a new family began. And im joined now by joe went to feel and shes a professor of Clinical Psychology at Stony Brook University in new york city too and its good to have you on the show how important are rituals like weddings and birthdays for our lives theyre extremely important they really provide us with ways to come together and get support from the people we care about they support our relationships they are fun things to do that take us away from the sort of monotony of every day life so they can be really really important for us in our lives through these are opportunities for family wider family to gather around are there opportunities in what were seeing now are some creativity for couples trying to have these rituals or trying to have something in place of these rituals yeah absolutely i mean we see people doing this kind of stuff already we see people to things like drive by birthdays or you know soon get togethers all of which are really important and really helpful for people and i think we have to work really hard to appreciate what we can get from these kinds of rituals and if we get really stuck with the idea that theres only one way to celebrate and things wont be good unless we do it that way then were going to be disappointed in this this pandemic time so we do have to be creative and i dont mean creative in the sense of like you know come up with entire new ideas about how we do things but just really thinking about what it is that we need and what we want to get and finding ways to get that in smaller ways than were used to and appreciating what we can get from those smaller ways. Do you get the sense that some people are waiting until this is all over you know one of the phrases you constantly hear until they have some of these rituals again these big birthdays or weddings yeah absolutely i think everybodys waiting for those kinds of things you know the wedding industry is booking weddings out 234 years in advance people are sort of putting off the kinds of things that they might normally do in terms of parties and events and of course that makes sense there are many things that people see a special events that they want to celebrate in big ways when they can and the healthy part of that is it gives us something to look forward to the potential problem with that is if people sort of put off their lives cant live their lives cant feel so satisfied in the present with what they have then theyre really going to be struggling even more during this pandemic time a time when were already you know really our emotions are on edge and were not feeling like im getting what we need so. So its good for us in the for it too but we also want to be present in our lives now and in a celebrate in the way we can celebrate when we talk about relationships in general and how theyre fairing during a time of corona this seems like an amazing stress test for so many relationships are imagine. It absolutely is absolutely is for some people theyre spending so much more time together they have so many more responsibilities in terms of child care for example or to people who are working at home or even if one person is working at home that didnt used to work at home they have to make accommodations this is particularly hard for people who dont have the kind of Living Environment where this is easily done so theres so many more challenges that couples face these days that make it really hard for them. To. You know continue on in the way that they were before and have to ask do you think its more difficult for maybe younger couples who are just beginning that relationship together or for older couples who maybe sort of have an established routine yeah i think its i dont think its one of the other necessarily i think both kinds of couples can have advantages and have some risks as well so you know older couples have the benefit of some stability a level of commitment they know each other well they kind of know what to expect they may have. Maybe more tolerance in certain kinds of ways on the other hand they dont have access to the kinds of other things that theyre usually engaging in to sort of get away from the relationship they need to so that can be problematic younger couples might be at a stage of you know kind of early relationship bliss where this is a time to really just be together and bonds them at the same time if they dont know each other that well and suddenly theyre thrown together in this kind of way they may start learning stuff about one another that they dont necessarily like and then what do you do with that now that youre you know kind of stuck together in the stuck together so yeah. And the vila from sunnybrook university in new york thanks so much youre very welcome my pleasure thanks for having me. And now its time for your questions its the part of the show where our science correspondent Derrick Williams as the questions youve posted are you tube channel or did there. Just covert 19 transmission change depending on whether its in that or fatah try one of the great hopes last winter here in the Northern Hemisphere back in february and march that cove in 1000 would prove to be seasonal hasnt hasnt really panned out and in the last months a lot of researchers have come out with with often conflicting messages about about where and how environmental factors are influencing the spread of the disease any direct links between al gore temperatures and transmission of the virus seem to still be pretty pretty tenuous to me but increasingly researchers are coming to a more united conclusion that the humidity the amount of moisture in the air could be playing a pretty big role in the spread of sars to both those indoors and out in the evidence is mounting that dry air makes the virus spread more rapidly one new study out of australia claims that when a relative humidity falls just one percent in 1000 cases could rise by 7 to 8 percent and the explanation on offer is this moisture air causes the aerosols and droplets that an infected person coughs out to grow larger as they absorb water vapor which makes them sink to the ground faster but when the air is dry the opposite happens then the virus containing droplets shrink as their moisture is absorbed by the surrounding air that makes them lighter and more likely to drift around at. Head level and be inhaled by someone else another factor that could well be playing a role when the air is dry is that it also dries out your nasal passages and theyre your 1st line of defense im against airborne pathogens like like sars co 2 when they dry up it also makes it easier for those pathogens to gain a foothold. Or science correspondent their claims there and now we take our weekly look at how the new cover cases are developing around the world. Numbers show new cases doubling in 35 nations. And increasing in another 91 countries. And theyve stayed the same in 7 countries. 58 nations have seen their new positive coded 1000 cases decline while another 13 are down by at least half. And 6 countries have reported no new cases d. Heres the bar graph showing the statistics so far this year the fight against the corona virus will be over when that whole chart turns blue so theres still a way to go. 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