Schooling in the philippines children from vulnerable communities suffer as Distance Learning is put in place. 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 the whole communities and blanketed cities in smoke from San Francisco to seattle 5 small towns in central are going to 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 with significant damage and devastating 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 law of scale destruction back in 2018 of being forced to evacuate once again and Washington State is experiencing the west fire as in over a decade and the town of more than 80 percent of the infrastructure has been lost. 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 a mobile Home Community reducing it to a burned out hell scape of ash and twisted metal resident regina hill lost everything she own and. What youre wearing right now. 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 it was so weak that no crying but there will be tears the smoke and ash in the atmosphere cast a blow 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 brewing heat wave in recent days and above all Holly Seasonal winds blowing down from the mountains provide a singular recipe for disaster robert oulds los angeles and there are large fires in brazils amazon rain forest which have begun spreading into untouched areas joining the 1st week of september more than 8000. 00 blazes were reported only 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 is twice the number registered during the same period last year and thought to be a 10 year high and they report commissioned by u. S. Financial regulators says the costs of Climate Change poses a big threat to markets they are not amounting as diaz is the editor of that report he says action is needed. 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 and those assets have to be protected or they will begin to affect the value of loans and stocks and all 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 that is also a threat that has to be borne against the poor thing but this report is 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 asked 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 of finance 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 1st and trump has admitted he knowingly played down the threat of the coronavirus even though he knew it was deadly the admission is made in a series of interviews with Journalist Bob Woodward for a book to be released later this month his opponent in the best 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 briefed about the dangers of the coronavirus by the tiny 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 it goes through air but thats always tougher than the touch another touch you dont have to touch things right but the air you just read 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 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 the 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 mont the president tells would with the paul owing well i think really 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 dismissed as the 3 thinning insisting the president s 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 suitor 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 also certain to feel the debate about president crumps response to the by wrists old lack of 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. A whistleblower from the Us Department of Homeland Security says im lists were told to alter intelligence reports before presenting them to donald trump brian murphy says he was demoted for refusing to downplay threats posed by White Nationalist and russian interference a copy of his complaint was released by the House Intelligence Committee on wednesday which is investigating the claims. 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 are blaming them for starting the fires officials believe refugees who were forced to sell violate after testing positive may have committed arson in protest of this report. 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 here out there today far far. Far worse. To. Thousands of people became homeless once again precious family belongings hastily bundled together to form a 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 a call for 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 that live in money or 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. Shoulder. 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 president s and migrants was no where 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 lesbos. Lots more to come here not just here including demanding higher paying Police Officers in argentina say theyre forced to rely on themselves for protective equipment during the pandemic and why people in northern ethiopia have voted in an election that the federal government says was a legal status. And mostly house and dr coles across much of the middle east what we have seen in the last several days is yet more showers and thunderstorms across the fossils and west of yemen and have a look at this because this is in the fall northwest on the rains have been particularly heavy and also a very prolonged and has led to widespread flooding as you can see him now there are a few more showers in the forecast as we go through thursday will see as a cloud developing across saudi and those showers likely running all the way down at the western side to the north is still very hot the temperatures acca up into the high fortys across into baghdad but the winds a generally fairly light but at least finally the. Just beginning to slowly come down across into jerusalem now central africa. But for the next couple of days its really going to be coastal areas where we see the heaviest rains in the showers coastal areas across eastern madagascar and then really old the way from mozambique up through a tons of air right the way along to all somalia another front just sliding by the south of south africa so again bringing a few showers there and quite a a difference in temperatures sunny warm day in capetown on friday you can see here for the next few days plenty of sunshine maybe cooler on sunday with one or 2 showers and generally staying fine and dry round into port elizabeth. Jump into the stream and julian on Global Community this generation will have to create its own democracy with social media on hand will online be part of the debate any criticism you keep coming steve you when no topic is off the table is taking on all the systemic problems that people of color have suffered not only now but for decades we are going to be to transform lives the way we can see which way to do business if were going to adapt to climate break down this street on out is the. Welcome back a good amount of our top stories here this hour fire 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 washington are the worst affected. Newly released audio recordings reveal u. S. President donald trump admitted downplaying the threat from covert 19 in public that he knew how deadly bores the recordings are from interviews with Journalist Bob Woodward in march. And fires are again burning close to a greek refugee camp that was all but destroyed by overnight places thousands of refugees have been left homeless morea 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 and in durban reports now from a. 14 year old marketeer is loves art specially drawing happy faces but the last few months were spent not inside the classroom but in the fields of bangle province in the central philippines. He is farming every day just so he can save 150. 00 to buy a cell phone he needs for the newly implemented rule of Distance Learning but they have no money no work and they further research will do the itas 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 stop on the walk is a village of about 900 people and just like most indigenous communities across the country they have suffered dispossession and this placement 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 or the country scary or the 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. Duggan aljazeera manila. Well the easy fame goal is the chief of education of unicef philippines he says intervention is helping but just isnt enough. This School Closure has been afflicted 28000000 children in defeat bins and the department of the nation has to be fairly early on 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 relocation and also distribution of bringing materials serious. Concern. Got that an increase because right now the private schools already started with the new school year and by League School will wait until the official start which is october in fact so you need say he said ok good will to start he says will not force you or not be lazy for there or soft we we are also advocating for face to face nearly a lot reese areas in the area we ok so so we think that that the source who also with the safety and health on today shows that thats a possibility that if i heard of once you are u. S. Secretary of state might pompei or has accused beijing of not respecting Democratic Values and urged asean nations to act against its influence in the region Foreign Ministers from the 10 nation block ive been holding a delayed summit online is being hosted by vietnam the us china rivalry has dominated discussions along with the coronavirus pandemic and the territorial feud in the South China Sea. Issuing doesnt respect the fundamental Democratic Values or those that sure im in the us the un shirt independent sovereignty quality there are 2 real integrity and National Identity today today i say keep going dont just speak up but act we consider business dealings with a very Student Companies that really are doing goes all states in the South China Sea all of the Chinese Communist party walk over us and our people. The u. S. State departments top official for the middle east says there may be progress in resolving the 3 year blockade of qatar David Schenker says he expects movement on the issue in a matter of weeks in 2017 the u. S. Saudi arabia bahrain and egypt all 7 ties with cattle the u. S. And kuwait have been trying to mediate an end to the rift. Argentinas president is urging Police Officers to stop protesting over their work conditions and under the demands of fair and its necessary for the government to answer them many officers say theyve been struggling to make ends meet as the country battled through its 3rd year of recession drags about reports now from one of. These Police Officers belong to the Largest Force in argentina. They have been protesting for days demanding better salaries and work conditions and one peter has been an officer for 16 years she says her family can barely survive because of. That i mean i make 43000 pesos a month this is a wage that leaves my family below the poverty line before the pandemic we were able to make some extras but now we dont have any extra money and its tough to sustain my family base officer who did not want his name mentioned says he needs to pay for his own equipment. This gives us some money for our clothes but the price is 4 times what they give us we have expired bullet proof jackets everything is wrong. So this week for the 1st time Police Officers are taking to the streets there demanding a 56 percent salary increase. With 19 having praised their pressure on Government Employees like doctors the police and all the others who say theyre working nonstop and cannot make ends meet i didnt tina has one of the highest inflation rates in the world even the economic crisis and thats why this people here say they didnt need to wait government officials told aljazeera that some of those involved in the protest are under him. A geisha for crimes committed during service and could be suspended and thats why they were trying to create chaos. A group of officers showed up outside the president ial residence many perceived their presence there as a threat to argentinas institutions. Precedent for them and they said this is not the time to put security at risk and then now as he was redistributing National Resources to assist the province of when i. Look at. What i am thinking is how many citizens are no left without security or how many are left at the mercy of those who commit crimes this is not the way i tell you honestly i hope you reflect and stop this and i am sensitive to the demands of these officers because it is clear that they have been left behind in regards to their salaries and we must give them an answer. But the protesters say they just need better wages and a time when hardship has become the norm. And one aside its. Been protests in colombias capital after a man died when police repeatedly shocked him with a stun gun demonstrators gathered in a Police Station and bata the citys mayor has called Police Brutality unacceptable dunn has died hours after his arrest on wednesday for violating social distancing rules the officers involved have been suspended while the incident is investigated. Mexicos president says hes asked for an investigation into protests that turned violent in the Northern State of chihuahua near the u. S. Border at least 2 farmers died and hundreds were injured when a fight broke out between demonstrators and National Guard troops on tuesday the rally was held over the governments attempts to pay off its socalled water debt with the u. S. Farmers in the drought hit region say the treaty deprives them of water for their land. People in south africa paying tribute to the antiapartheid activist on long time lawyer to Nelson Mandela george bizos has died aged 92 these are represented mandela in the 964 rivonia trial i saw him sent to prison for 27 years he also played a key role in the legal fight to end apartheid and is credited for drafting a number of laws when the country transition to democracy in 994 you had an inside sieve legal mind and was also one of the architects. Of our constitution contributed immensely and he was sorely missed and we dip our heads in order of the contribution that george bizos as made to our democracy to ethiopia now where a local election has taken place in the tigre a region against the orders of the government its feared the vote could increase political tensions and even threaten the countrys unity as malcolm wittnauer reports. People in the to gray region of northern ethiopia voted in election years federal government said was on constitutional and illegal government postpone nationwide polls that were due last month because of the coronavirus pandemic. But some to grain voters being deprived of their democratic right. It was the had. I believe it is lawful toward elections every 5 years it isnt there a lot of it is very important because it means being governed by an idea to make government elected by the people. The ticker in Peoples Liberation front is widely supported here it dominates the Regional State council and thats not expected to change with the polls result the grains make up less than 5 percent of the o. P. s more than 100000000 people but the t. P. Left party has dominated ethiopian politics for most of the last 30 years. But that changed when Prime Minister came to power 2 years ago following years of antigovernment protests many tea p. L. F. Officials say that hes been squeezing them out of the central federal government last month Regional Security forces loyal to the t. P. L. F. Paraded in cities into gray in a show of strength. Abby ruled out sending the National Forces to stop the election to grand leaders said doing so would be a declaration of war. Tabbies Ruling Prosperity Party to recognize the election result. This is a very dangerous situation that appears if it is putting its. Mission because. Some minority to grand Political Parties think the region should secede for now officials are disgruntled they say they still believe in a united ethiopia they have been using tricks in the book. To. Sort of what extent it is they should be blamed for. What is the age of the west were not interested in declaring independence. To gray an election is the latest controversy and made rising tensions between central federal government leaders and some of the Regional States. Intil those tensions are resolved ethiopias unity and stability are at risk. Aljazeera. The cofounder of the funk group cool and the guy ronald bell has died at the age of 68 belles started the band along with his Brother Robert he cowrote hits like celebration reached number one in 981 colin the gang won a grammy 978 for their work on the soundtrack of saturday night from. The. Time for a quick check of the headlines here on aljazeera fire 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. Over the last 24 hours oregon has experienced unprecedented fire with significant damage and devastating 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 and there are large fires in brazils amazon rain forest which ive begun spreading into untouched areas during the 1st week of september more than 8000. 00 blazes were reported really a 3rd of those are in areas that have not been recently cleared or being used as farmland was easier to contain the spread is twice the number registered during the same period last year and thought to be a 10 year. Newly released audio recordings reveal us President Donald Trump admitted downplaying the threat from covert 19 in public that he knew how deadly it was the recordings are from interviews with Journalist Bob Woodward in february and march. A whistleblower from the u. S. Department of Homeland Security says im lists were told to intelligence reports before presenting them to donald trump. Brian murphy says he was demoted for refusing to downplay threats posed by White Nationalists and russian interference. Fires over again burning close to a greek refugee camp that was all but destroyed by overnight blazes thousands of refugees have been left homeless at maria camp a 4 month state of emergency has been declared. And the u. S. State departments top official for the middle east says there may be progress moves olding the 3 year blockade of cattle David Schenker says he expects movement on the issue in a matter of weeks 2017 the u. S. Saudi arabia bahrain and egypt all severed ties with cattle the u. S. And to wait and trying to mediate the rift. That been protests in colombias capital after a man died when police repeatedly shocked him with a stun gun or don as died hours after his arrest for violating social distancing rules well those were the headlines continue on aljazeera the street station thats watching. All the work to stay with most favored. The rest internment and mass indoctrination your children are now in the process of reeducation or chinese assimilation forced labor and the use of high tech surveillance were being complicit in the human rights abuses that are occurring in australian investigation into china systematic repression of the weakest tell the world on aljazeera. Im melissa chan and im guest hosting this stream home edition today were going to be talking about endangered languages there are some 50027000 languages out there depending on how you count it and 50 to 90 percent of it its estimated could be gone by the end of the century well take a look at why and speak to some of those who are working to preserve these languages as always on