Them going to commit attacks from azerbaijan as International Mediators are to meet in geneva. Police move against tens of thousands were rallying in indonesia angry about the law they say will harm workers and the environment. Hes been condemned for jailing opponents threatening martial law and the heavy handed war on drugs why the philippine president s popularity is still at a record high. And joining us roscoe with the sports ill have the latest from the womens semifinals at the french open plus one on one of the histories of the last 4 at Roland Garros after being made to work hard 7 by public arena in paris. In the last donald trump has said he will not take part in the 2nd u. S. President ial debate if its held virtually the Debate Commission has changed the format because of covert 19 and said it wanted to protect the health of all people involved in the Event Next WeekPresident Trump is still recovering from his covert infection. I heard that the commissioner a little while ago changed the debate style. Thats not acceptable to beat him easily in the 1st debate according to the polls that ive seen but i beat him easily and i felt theyd beat him easily i think he felt it too now im not going to waste my time in a virtual debate thats not what debating is all about you sit behind a computer and do it debates ridiculous and then they cut you off whenever they want ok this is still developing Committee Health care tracking it for us out of washington kimberly i mean the commission on debates and im seeing just in the past couple of hours the next debate would be held virtually mr trump says no not with him there wont be. Yeah heres the deal the president is still recovering from covert 19 his own doctors say that there is a real potential that he could have a relapse so out of an abundance of caution it appears that the president ial commission on the president ial debates has decided look its probably safest for everyone if we do this virtually you have to remember that joe biden is vast an age there is a lot of risk for both men so this seems like a reasonable announcement but its one that the president isnt taking well now we should point out that joe biden has said he will accept these conditions but donald trump in a Campaign Statement has not only accused the moderators of being biased but has also accused his opponent joe biden of being pathetic essentially saying that you know any acknowledgment of risk is weak this is something that he has continued to sort of hammer down is that he confronted covert 19 hes not afraid of it but his opponent is now in regards to the Campaign Statement they say virtually is not how this is done hes for it tested negative repeatedly and he wants to go head to head hes not been given that option so he says hes pulling out and instead will hold a Campaign Rally but we should also point out very quickly that peter when the president says that he won the last debate thats not really the assessment of most people that watched that 1st president ial debate just the opposite they felt the president s handling of the debate and the way he argued interrupted was unpresident ial so its surprising the president doesnt want an opportunity to clean that up but its appears that hes taken a different tact ok he did give the 1st interview this morning since he got to go to the hospital was a reading of her sons. He sounds like the donald trump that were familiar with he was combative he went on for a very long time the last check was we were going on the air it was more than a 47 minute interview i dont know if it continued after that but what i can tell you is that was on a raw wide range of topics these sort of sprawling interviews tend to be a trademark of donald trump and so it certainly was that but at the same time that were still awaiting an update from his doctor the last one that we got the president had been symptom free for 24 hours and he hadnt had a fever for 4 days but again theres the possibility because these Underlying Health conditions peter that he could get sick once again just as hes saying that he wants to hit the campaign trail now we had the v. P. Debates last night whats the reaction to that be like. Well it was a lot more subdued than the 1st president ial debate the takeaway is that both candidates did what they needed to do and that was not make a huge mistake that would harm their candidate in any way and if thats the bar they both did well obviously there was some advantages that mike pence had given the fact that not only is he the incumbent but also that he has handled these types of debates before so many people feel that he had a slight edge overcome a harris but at the same time many say that she did very very well given her inexperience at these type of debates at this level now having said that both of them needed to kind of answer some tough questions and what they both did was not answer the questions when it came to come to harris she refused to answer whether or not her candidacy would allow for a packing of the court the Supreme Court thats a big issue and when it came to mike pence as head of the court of virus task force he did not answer the question about that super spreader event in the rose garden why it happened and why he allowed it as head of the task force what we really saw in all of this peter was a clear choice 2 very different agendas that the americans will have to now look at when it comes to these 2 different candidates and the choice that theyll make on november 3rd as rob reynolds reports senator harrison Vice President pence thank you for being here sure pics change over the trumpet ministrations handling of the coronavirus pandemic started the debate whatever the Vice President is claiming the administration has done clearly it hasnt worked when youre looking at over 210000 dead bodies in our country american lives that have been lost families that are grieving that loss and you know the Vice President is the head of the task force but when you see what the American People have done over these last 8 months has worked. Its a great disservice to the 2nd feiss the American People of maine so lets talk about caring about the American People the American People have had to sacrifice far too much because of the incompetence of this administration pince dodged a question about the rose garden ceremony that became a super spreader event it was an outdoor event which all of our scientists regularly and routinely advise the difference here is President Trump and i trust the American People to make choices in the best interest of their health care is fired back lets talk about respecting the American People to respect the American People when you tell them the truth but look senator harris youre trying to do your own opinion but the candidates clashed over the economy taxes and sharply over Global Warming which harris called an existential threat we have seen a pattern with this administration which is they dont believe in finance and joes plan is about saying were going to deal with it but were also going to create jobs donald trump when asked about the wildfires in california and the question was you know the science is telling us this you know adama from set science doesnt know we dont need a massive 2 trillion dollar Green New Deal that would impose all new mandates on american businesses and American Families there were flashes reminiscent of the chaotic troubled biden debate as parents repeatedly interrupted and talked over harris but she remained calm mr Vice President speaking if you dont mind letting me finish we can have a conversation ok please ok senator harris other issues discussed included Racial Justice policing reform and the rise of White Supremacists i want everyone to know who puts on the uniform of Law Enforcement every day President Trump and i stand with you and the reality of this is that we are talking about an election in 27 days where last week the president of the United States took it to. Bates stage in front of 70000000 americans and refused to condemn White Supremacists whether any of the exchanges in this debate will change many voters minds remains to be seen meanwhile both parents and harris as well as biden will be campaigning on thursday in arizona a swing state where polls show biden is leading robber and also al jazeera salt lake city. Now that was the only Vice President ial debate but the question remains will there be the 2 more president ial debates as of right now the u. S. President says hes going to be holding rallies instead he feels that he wont have a fair shot and has accused the moderators of being biased so the president has said in this interview he has given to a National Morning show fox and friends that in fact he believes that he may have a rally is early as tonight and his campaign is that there may be one even in pittsburgh on monday but again the question becomes will the president be healthy enough he has not yet been cleared from his doctors and continues to recover at the white house from covert 19 kimberly thank you very much kimberly health at the reporting live from the bureau in washington lets bring in Michael Fauntroy hes acting director of the ronald w. Walters he did a ship and Public Policy center at Howard University he joins us from washington on skype Michael Fauntroy do you think mr trump has really genuinely pulled the plug on this virtual debate or is this just some sort of posturing on his part. I think ultimately he will protest kind of today because the commission hasnt he has concluded that its up to the candidates to disarm or they want to participate have they were holding debate in iraq and present trouble is cannot and will not allow 90 minutes of uninterrupted questions toward former Vice President so while hes giving us a lot of bluster right now about not just president i can imagine why he were given the fact that the commission has made it clear that the more contented during the interview with fox he did say he wants to hold a rally instead in his political mind as president can you accept or do you see why that make might might make perfect logic to him because whether he goes to a real debate as a virtual debate or holds a rally its always with him about getting his message to his base so if he holds a rally hes home free. Well not exactly yes it is a much friendlier venue he doesnt have to face any questions hard or otherwise and he just holds a rally but fewer people want rallies than watch debates and the likelihood is very high that the in person audience wont be very large i can imagine a lot of people coming to see how many factions president speak for which point the story becomes about how many people arent there rather than how many people were there or what he had to say so i think the president is making a really big tactical error by holding a rally so close to being affected with coronavirus and again i think this was hymns sort of thinking out loud i cant see why you might think this is a good idea ok is democracy now suffering in the United States because of covert 19 and coronavirus in as much as because of covert 19 we have a us president saying no to the 2nd debate and debates have been a vessel of democracy in action part of the Us Democratic political system since the early sixtys when kennedy famously scored a victory over nixon. Yeah well to be to be quite frank with you democracy has been struggling for a while in the United States and the unspoken truth about some of these president ial debates is that the candidates really dont want to do them because theyre the opportunity to mess up is far greater than the opportunity to score points and so present truck who had a horrific performance last week have probably has that in the back of his mind understanding that the message hes been trying to sell isnt really working so hes going to go down and try to sell it for a lot of answers rather than trying to convince people who might be on the threats or oppose him to come or come around his way thank you but to the audience this time around want the president ial debate in as much as theres always a a kind of a counter intuitive misconception particularly for outsiders looking in on the american president ial system whereby its clear if you watch the president ial debates people go to them and people watch them to have their own preset opinions enhanced by what they hear from their candidate as opposed to swinging the other way and voting for the other person. Well theres no question that these debates are confirmatory and many voters just want to see any drama or just see their candidates up close and in this particular rise there are not very many undecided voters and its not a lot of opportunity to convince people to come to your side. And by the way these debates do draw very large audiences even though in the past when last week was a smaller audience than the wanted 26 thing but but i think overall they do work they do hold some meaning in terms of being a tent pole for american democracy but there are so many other ways to get out messages and in the early 1960 s. There were only 3 channels in the United States now we have hundreds of Television Channels and social media and so many other ways to get out your message so the debates while still port dont really have the significance historically what they want to ok we have to leave it there michael thank you very much Michael Fauntroy there in washington d. C. Another big story for you on the news the covert pandemic coronavirus and there is a disturbing trend developing right across europe just before winter hits there infections are surging and in some places its worse than it has ever been austria has just recorded its highest number of daily cases ever more than 1200 now thats higher than march when the initial wave of infections was at its peak its the same story in slovakia with over 1000 cases a record figure for one day the u. K. Is having to consider implementing even more stringent covert 19 restrictions as the 2nd wave accelerates cases there are rising by roughly 14000 every 24 hours the situation in ukraine is looking increasingly dire as lock down measures are extended that a record 5000 people have been diagnosed with the virus in the past 24 hours and in germany there are warnings of the virus spreading uncontrollably with Health Officials concerned there soon could be 10000 cases a day nobody actually does it its the Current Situation worries me a lot we dont know how things will develop over the next few weeks its possible that we will see more than 10000 new cases a day its possible that the virus spreads uncontrollably ok lets go live to Berlin Germany correspondent Dominic Kane Tom good afternoon other medical people there at the hospitals the g. P. Practices that they all set up to deal with this. Certainly the narrative coming out of Health Professionals leading Health Professionals as we were hearing that the head of the robert cock institute has been that they have until recently it was very much controllable as it were and while theyre not saying that its not controllable now they are very concerned at the rise in cases because lets be clear about this the case the number of new infections has been rising steadily for many weeks right across the country but its in the last several days that its really surged in germany in several hotspots around the country notably berlin itself many districts in berlin are close to or already at what they call risk status here so what whats really causing concern to the leading officials and to the elected officials is there preparedness for this 2nd wave thats sweeping across the continent right now they have in this city at least they have a traffic light system of warnings of categories of coded which they monitor and with which they use to judge whether they need to introduce more restrictions social distancing curfews that sort of thing and there are some people who say that that should be adapted and then adopted around the country but it hasnt happened just yet and the Health Minister the federal Health Minister yen shan is not in favor of a nationwide lockdown just now but of course they are monitoring the developments very closely and its quite stunning dominate the way the numbers are stacking up in countries neighboring countries to germany from the u. K. To slovakia in the east. Yes you look at the map of western and Central Europe and germany is almost an outlier because although the numbers a surging here its not but theyre not in the same ratio as they are in neighboring countries and beyond that its ukraine for example where we know many many new infections happening every day and doctors in some hospitals saying that they are they have a catastrophic