As the defender of law and order and. The most important election in us history also coming up the embattled president of the roost turns to russia for help protests continue in the capital despite a crackdown 20 journalists are among those detained including a reporter. Hello im terry martin welcome to the Program Donald Trump has accepted the u. S. Republican partys nomination during a hour long speech on the south lawn of the white house the u. S. President s acceptance of the nomination closed the convention and simmering tension over Police Shootings and racism this week the republicans have pitched themselves as the party of law and order a point that drove home repeatedly in his address. This election will decide whether we save the American Dream or whether we allow a socialist agenda to demolish our cherished destiny. Thanks it will decide whether we rapidly create millions of high paying jobs or whether we crush our industries and said millions of these jobs overseas as has foolishly been done for many decades. Your vote will decide whether we protect law abiding americans or whether we give free rein. To violent and our kids and agitators and criminals who threaten our citizens. And this election will decide whether we will defend the american way of life or whether we will allow a radical movement to completely dismantle and destroy that wont happen. Our correspondent in his poll is in washington was following trumps speech in his how is Donald Trumps nomination speech going down in america i tarried really depends who you ask why its like all the liberal media call it a far too long speech full off lice and. Beloved brought casa fox news says president bruce says chances off of the littering one of his best speeches they call this a trump big night. Twi to agree in as did donald trump used his speech to reach out to voters beyond his traditional base. I think it was a very effective speech she reached out to his base and just played everything they wanted to hear if you can say so but he also made some remarkable convincing points i think reaching out to possible swing voters when he talked about his plan really bringing back the economy specially when he talked about how this holiday strongly he will fight china so there were some moments which probably went down pretty well also for those who would rather have thought there will never be able to vote for donald trump ok now both the democrats and the republicans have their nominees in place what can we expect from their campaigns as we move toward the november election no. Right so normally we would see many many rally is right but because of the pandemic this wont happen so its extra exciting to watch both the Vice President s and all the Vice President and the Vice President candidates coming to harris and the president and joe biden during the debates and its possible that coming to help her is kind of mike pence but its interesting to see how the 2 biden i answer is to this very strong and kind of. President told trump in his take you very much good to see you. In this poll in washington. Well donald trump of course launched numerous attacks on his democratic opponent joe biden heres an example. Joe biden is not a savior of americas soul he is the destroyer of americas jobs and if given the chance he will be the destroyer of american greatness for 47. Years joe biden took the donations of Blue Collar Workers gave them hundreds and even kisses. The on the owner told them he felt their pain. And then he flew back to washington and voted to ship our jobs to china and many other distant lands. Joining me in the studio for some analysis is peter a lot of dollars from a us Elections Team good to see you again peter so does joe biden have more reason to be concerned now i think the short answer is yes absolutely i mean his his lead is narrowed in the polls over the past and if theres one thing weve really learned over the past 4 years with donald trump is to never count out trump and he really proved that with this speech you might even say that he acted president ial something that we dont see all the time from. A father who cares deeply about america and americans bidens big challenge is that you know despite decades of washington being a prominent politician Vice President many voters say they dont really feel like they know him what he stands for and trump my thing managed to make it quite compelling case for what he stands for it but didnt speak advantage at the same time is that trump is often his own worst enemy and so the big question is how long will trump be able to stay on message. And how long until he maybe has another meltdown on twitter reminds people that theres that side to him as well what about the message just talk about the vision what sort of vision is trump offering for his 2nd term as president is that much of the same or something there no its really a mix i think i mean its still very much america 1st it restoring law and order as we saw but its also a promise to you know build a more united a more just an inclusive america not certainly new. And that is also a message that is directed squarely. Awards black voters i think he promised to restore american prosperity to create 10000000 jobs within the next 10 months he guaranteed health care something that republicans you have actively tried to you know do obamacare more than 70 attempts to repeal obamacare and you also you know he spoke of the pen demick absolutely many were looking for a clear plan in this is what he had to offer. To save as many lives as possible we are focusing on the science the facts and the data we are aggressively sheltering those at highest risk especially the elderly allowing low risk americans to safely return to work and to school and we want to see so many of those great states be open by democrats we want them to be open they have to be open they have to get back to work. We will have a safe and effective vaccine this year and together we will crush the virus. So promising about seeing promising to crush the virus what do you think peter did President Trump make a convincing case for his handling of the corona crisis Coronavirus Crisis so far well if you take his word for it absolutely the problem is you know the question is whether voters will buy it the picture that he painted of how his that strain has been handling this crisis does not release square with the experience that most americans have. You know trump said for instance that he will that he will stick to science while hes actively fought sciences within his own administration the perfect example was his own speech over a 1000 guest no social distancing barely anyone was wearing a mask no test almost being done. So you know he very much painted a picture of america the way that he would like it to be the problem is hes the president he is many of the crisis that were facing right now in the u. S. Happened on his watch and the question is whether voters feel despite all this after this speech that he served the benefit of the doubt and 2nd chance peter thank you so much for instance peter little from the w. s us election to do what it takes. Now is take a look at some of the other stories making headlines around the world today Recovery Efforts are underway in the southern u. S. After one of the most powerful storms in years hurricane laura left at least 6 people dead after smashing into louisiana with winds of 240 kilometers an hour meteorologists downgraded it to a Tropical Storm that threatens to bring strong winds rain and tornadoes as it moves northeast. Japans Prime Minister shinzo has decided to step down due to Health Issues thats according to local media reports follows weeks of speculation after he visited hospital several times this month is expected to announce his resignation later just days after he became japans longest serving Prime Minister. And a spokeswoman for russian Opposition Leader alexina bonnie says she is not optimistic about a recovery he remains in a coma in a serious condition he was airlifted to berlin for treatment after falling ill in siberia a week ago german doctors say he was poisoned findings the kremlin has disputed western leaders have called for a transparent investigation. Russias president Vladimir Putin says hes set up a police force to support the embattled leader of xandra Lukashenko Putin said he was responding to a request from lucas shank a gold though he said the force would only be used to the situation quote got out of control in the recent capital minsk police again arrested dozens of antigovernment protesters a number of journalists were also held including a d w reporter who was later released. Over the very latest now lets cross over to minsk where our correspondent Nick Connolly is covering developments there nick tell us more about the demonstrators whove been arrested on what grounds where they are they being held and how are they being treated. Good morning terry well this is a of a difficult to say at this point because telephones are routinely taken away from people brought in detained by police on the square protesting here this is interesting that so far as there havent been many arrests for the past week or 2 protesters had largely been allowed to go out but they were filmed by security so says yes the evening then a group of. Whats believed to got 70 to 80 people detained on Independence Square and interesting lead the authorities doing their best to prevent reporter filming reporting on this threatening reporters with detention if they were to film this and this is indeed what happened including to my colleague who spent about 6 hours into tension she was to provide access to her phone to provide she refused to do that and when she refused to that she was only released after they had confiscated her phone so really tempted to crackdown on protests and coverage of those protests. Its been almost 3 weeks now since the election and little has changed do you get the impression that the protest movement is losing momentum. Im not sure thats the case i think the crowd the big question is here where does this all go there is no roadmap for this kind of protest here and better is this is a country that essentially was without politics for a quarter century opposition politics was a very nice marginal activity and now suddenly you have 2300000 people coming out on the streets of means in a country of only 10000000 people so suddenly all over the place and people grasping for new forms of organization new kind of position council and people trying to work out who will lead this or if they even need a leader so i think that is the big question now where this goes but there doesnt seem to be any. Great fear on the part of the test is any great willingness to stay home and to stop coming out its just totally unclear for now how this would go on given that the government is refusing any kind of dialogue ok thats the protesters but what about how much support does he still have president lukashenko does he still have the full backing of the military for example. Seems for now that the top brass is on his side but there have been. Resignations from people the boots on the ground policeman army. Soldiers and people throughout. The structures who have left some of them left the country fare for part of reprisals off their decision to leave the Government Service i think the sheer numbers make it very difficult for the government to crack down fully. To 300000 people that is unprecedented and. Goes regime simply doesnt have enough people to put all these people behind bars so i think there is certain safety in numbers for now but whats going no one can say for now the confrontation continues nic thank you so much state of usenet connelly there in minutes. Youre watching d. W. News we have business coming up for you next with Monica Genzyme TerryMartin Thanks for being with us. And. Language courses. And. Time