For schooling in the philippines children from vulnerable communities suffer as Distance Learning is put in place. Welcome to the program 6 people including a one year old baby have been killed in wildfires on the u. S. West coast several states are now battling blazes which have consumed whole communities and billowed smoke from San Francisco to seattle 5 small towns in Central Oregon have been destroyed more than 80000 people in the city of medford have been told to leave their homes the state governors warning it could be the deadliest season. Over the last 24 hours oregon has experienced unprecedented fire was significant damage and devastated consequences across the entire state. I want to be upfront in saying that we expect to see a great deal of loss both in structures and in human lives this could be the greatest loss of human lives and property due to wildfire in our States History. Well california is already experiencing the most severe while fos season and its modern history several communities that face la scale destruction back in 2018 are being forced to evacuate once again and Washington State is experiencing the worst fires and over a decade and the town of mold and 80 percent of the infrastructure has been lost as rob reynolds is in los angeles and begins our coverage. From montana to the mexico border huge swaths of the western u. S. Are burning hundreds of thousands of square kilometers have burned in california colorado arizona montana oregon utah and washington what were experiencing this year is simply without precedent the small town of malden in Eastern Washington was almost completely incinerated by a wind driven wildfire authorities are searching the rubble unsure whether all of the towns approximately 300. 00 residents made it out alive in medford oregon a fire swept through of mobile Home Community reducing it to a burned out health scape of ash and twisted metal resident regina hill lost everything she owned. You know what youre wearing right now this is. Powerful winds are spreading the oregon fires the governor invoked Emergency Powers to marshal more resources in california high winds are also fanning the flames 14000 firefighters are out on the front lines in california where 28 major fires have scorched over 100000 hectors tens of thousands of people have been evacuated from several of the largest fires in the States History a big fire in San Diego County is moving dangerously close to Populated Areas we have a Sleeping Giant that is in the back country California National guard helicopters flew hundreds of. Stranded campers and back country residents to safety relatives welcomed the rescued after an anxious night long wait. For it but no crying but there will be tears the smoke and ash in the atmosphere cast a glow over San Francisco in an eerie orange light air quality in parts of the bay area was labeled hazardous whats behind the many conflagrations bone dry brush and trees following years of intermittent drought low humidity combined with a broiling heat wave in recent days and above all high seasonal winds blowing down from the mountains provide a singular recipe for disaster rob reynolds aljazeera los angeles. And there are large fires and brazils amazon rain forest which have begun spreading into untouched areas during the 1st week of september more than 8000. 00 blazes were reported many a 3rd of those are in areas that have not been recently cleared or being used as farmland where its easier to contain the spread its twice the number registered to in the same period last year and thought to be a 10 year high. When a report commissioned by u. S. Financial regulators says the cost of Climate Change poses a big threat to markets they are not a Martinez Diaz is the editor of that report he says action is needed for. The commission came up with conclusions the 1st is that the u. S. Financial system is vulnerable to the kinds of impacts that we just heard about and wildfires on hurricanes and floods in those assets have to be protected or they will begin to affect the value of loans and stocks you know the Financial Instruments that are so important but it also says that there is a risk that companies will not adapt quickly enough to a transition to a low carbon Carbon Economy and there is also a threat that has to be borne against the poor thing with this record its not just coming from economists or the world bank its coming from 34. 00 members who come from the private sector including some of the largest american banks asset owners and thats managers and environmental n. G. O. S as well so business is sending a very clear signal this is not a political this is a fundamental threat to the business fine and the subcommittee makes it clear that corona virus has made the whole system less resilient more susceptible to taking blows and less able to question those those impacts and therefore it brings the alarm that this issue has to be looked at it also concludes that congress and the congress and the regulators already have the authorities the power to address the problem if they have the political will to do so. President trump has admitted he knowingly played down the threat of the corona virus even though he knew it was deadly the admission is made in a series of interviews with the Journalist Bob Woodward for a book to be released later this month his opponent in the vendors election joe biden has accused the president of lying to the American People michaela reports from washington d. C. The white house is once again at the center of a political storm as it emerges that President Trump whats were you wary about the dangers of the coronavirus by the time the president in the phone conversation on the 6th of february this is part of the compensation recorded by Journalist Bob Woodward for his book the following day as it goes through air thats always tougher than the touch another touch you dont have to touch things right but the air you just breathe the air thats how its passed and so thats a very tricky one thats a very delicate one is also more deadly than your you know your even your strenuous flues you know people dont realize we lose 25030000 people a year here who would never think that right i know it doesnt work for you guys like that i was very well really i believe the same thing for this is more deadly this is 5 per you know this is 5 percent versus one percent and less than one percent you know so this is deadly stuff 3 days later president competent the American Public that the virus theyre working hard looks like by april you know in theory when it gets a little warmer it miraculously goes away hope thats true in another recording on the 17th of march the president tells would with the poll owing well i think bob really had to be honest were here i want you to i wanted to. I wanted to always play it down i still like playing it down yes because i dont want to create a panic president who counted the job biden dismisses the 3 thinning insisting the president has done guilty of lying to the American People you had your permission he knew how dangerous he was while this deadly disease ripped through our nation he failed to do his job on purpose. It was a life or death betrayal of the American People experts say if youd acted just just one week shooter 36000 people would have been saved if you acted 2 weeks suter back in march 54000 lives would have been spared march and april alone but now all President Trump continues to insist he saw and sees his role as a killer the last thing you want to do is create a panic in the country this was a horrible thing it was sent to us by china should not have happened should never have happened this is a disgusting terrible situation that was foisted upon us and we have to show we just dont want to use the best word is panic we dont want to have to show panic were not going to show panic and thats exactly what i did as the death toll in the United States 200000 the latest revelations all certain to people the debate about president crumps response to the buyer is old lock up it it can no longer be argued that President Trump did not know of the dangers posed by the virus and the response of an American People that have been publicly misled may well be measured in the november poll mike hanna aljazeera washington. Fires are again burning near a refugee camp in greece which was all but destroyed by overnight blazes its left thousands of people without shelter but locals up blaming them for starting the fire as officials believe refugees who were forced to self isolate after testing positive for corona virus may have committed in protest John Psaropoulos reports. This was one of europes largest refugee camps morea on the greek island of lesbos fires have torn through tents and dilapidated structures they were thought to have been deliberately lit by people fed up with that desperate existence compounded by corona fires they are out there. Today for parts for. The few there are. Hundreds of thousands of people became homeless once again precious family belongings hastily bundled together to form makeshift bedding there were no fatalities but these are lives thrust even deeper now into limbo is very very very unfair to very very different chord. Is very broad. Corporate put forward you know has come 3rd where if you dont want to go is living here because this problem but if i may be dead now it is you know the camp had housed more than 12000 people in cramped unsanitary conditions designed for a quarter of that number of conditions in which coronavirus could easily flourish we are extremely worried not only 4 to 40 percent children even muddier who are currently on the streets but in particular we need to think also more than 200 people live in the camp who are at particular risk for it either because of their age or because of comorbidities that would mean that if they get infected the will be much more sick than the rest of the population and so as far as we know right now those 200. 00 are mixed in the big group of 30000. 00 who are basically at loss in the streets in 20152016 hundreds of thousands of people risk to the mediterranean crossing in small boats from turkey to greek islands like lesbos they fled war persecution and poverty the European Union eventually closed its doors but the refugees kept coming many ending their journey here in moria camp a problem the greek government has long said it shouldnt have to. We dont. Believe that a bad experience can quickly turn into an opportunity for a better reality and this will happen in less boss once a damaging maria has been assessed and in consultation with the European Commission we will take concrete initiatives our Party Remains the health and safety of Vice President s and migrants with nowhere else to go there was little to do but sit and wait. The government says that as many as 300000. 00 people will have to be really housed in tents municipal facilities and on board ships but just 24 hours after the fire that destroyed the official morea camp a new fire was lit and the numbers of people in need of shelter are now likely to be far higher. Aljazeera less. Time for a short break here not just here but when we come back demanding higher pay Police Officers in argentina say theyre forced to rely on themselves for protective equipment here in the pandemic. And why people in northern ethiopia have voted in an election that the federal government says was illegal for in that status. And that usually across most southern and eastern sections of the United States with this massive cloud you can see here not just rain weve had very heavy snow of course in the last couple of days it began of the coaches this is south dakota as much as 30 centimeters of snow came down across some areas of the state then of course it worked its way southward across into colorado as you can see here but as this was happening it was still about the fires out across the west this is Washington State continuing to fight these days is very close to seattle and then in california just of the devastation some areas left looking like they said any takes 15 millimeters of rain just. Stop a fost biting and it takes 50 millimeters of rain to actually push out a fortune theres no such rain in the full cost how much is still remain very high that cold still sinking south but damage is beginning to increase over the next few days the sun just how much is still above average but nowhere near as wholesome as they were in denver sunday by saturday sunny skies and it will be dry but theres that rain as you can see exciting for the south it could have some heavy downpours across into texas maybe even the chance of wanted to severe thunderstorms and all the while this line had this front line down the east coast and again some very heavy rain for the next couple days particularly around washington d. C. A passion for supporting local communities. And pioneering inoperative african science and Technology Projects is child beautiful. Stories are all of us on this planet just africa out to sierra as a leading back chemist determined to use his scientific knowledge to africa women make science from the lab to the field on aljazeera. Welcome back a quick reminder of our top stories here on aljazeera file warnings are in place along the entire west coast of north america from mexico to canada 6 people have died in the last 24 hours the states of california oregon and washington are the worst affected. New or newly released audio recordings reveal u. S. President donald trump admitted downplaying the threat from coburg 9000 public that he knew how deadly voice recordings are from interviews with Journalist Bob Woodward in march and fires are again burning close to a brick refugee camp that was all but destroyed by overnight blazes thousands of refugees and left homeless at maria camp on the island of lesbos. Now schools in the philippines are struggling to provide children with education as the Global Pandemic continues kids from poorer backgrounds are being disproportionately affected as jamila in dublin reports from london a. 14 year old marketeer is a love story specially trying happy faces. But the last few months were spent not inside the classroom but in the fields of bangor province in the central philippines. He is farming every day just so he can save a 150. 00 to buy a cell phone he needs for the newly implemented rule of Distance Learning but they have no money. And they further research. The idea is indigenous tribe is considered one of the earliest inhabitants in the philippines but for decades their population has dwindled and now live in scattered mountainous parts of the luzon region so the work is a village of about 900 people and just like most indigenous communities across the country they have suffered dispossession and displacement for decades but the coronavirus pandemic adds another layer of difficulty for the ita families here. The Philippine Government has implemented a Distance Learning program for all schools to help stop the spread of coronavirus education Officials Say it is unlikely that schools will reopen until a vaccine is available which means filipino children will have to study from home with electricity a laptop and Internet Connection thats a major problem in a country where more than half of all families live below the poverty line and where millions of already lost their jobs because of the month long point lock down. Its an even bigger dilemma for indigenous tribes like the ideas long suffering from discrimination and abject poverty many live without electricity or Running Water to have a laptop and a working Internet Connection every day a tome is almost unimaginable for them in a healing potion and i mean you see it in the eunice people are far from the cities they dont have grown the way it was here so why should this just learning be entirely implemented here to history books here tell us that the ideas are the countrys carrier of culture and identity but for the parents here they say all they care about is the legacy of education they want to leave behind for their children jim duggan aljazeera manila so lets bring in d. C. Famed golden manilla hes the chief of education at unicef philippines look there are many more vulnerable communities in the philippines many who live below the poverty line and have no access to the internet how big is the scale of this problem where many children just wont go to school during this pandemic. Its a good morning daryn the top of. This School Closure has been afflicted 28000000 children in defeat bins and the department of the nation has prepare learning continue the plan that includes different more than 2 to reach children in different areas of the country so there is a part on an Online Learning or so there is t. V. A location or a location and also distribution of drinking materials some for uni said. They may break your eightys to reach the most disadvantaged children in the Indigenous Community r