Berlin this is the day. Its also of course good leverage your veto your even your secret u. S. Its a little like the regular flu this week flu shots for have a look at the web thats a good question the water. Never down the face of the earth friends again the president expressed calm there is damning proof. That donald trump lied. Well i think if you said in order to reduce panic perhaps thats. Also coming up what does u. K. Prime minister Boris Johnson want most for christmas millions and millions of coronavirus tests and no 2nd lockdown with new infections increasing is that wish list wishful thinking. And everything comes together it may be possible even for some of the most difficult sectors like the theaters to have life much closer to normal before christmas. Once of our viewers on p. B. S. In the United States and all around the world welcome weve begin the day with explosive revelations about u. S. President donald trump and what he did and didnt do at the start of the coronavirus pandemic veteran washington reporter bob woodward interviewed the president 18 times for his latest book about the Trump Administration those talks were recorded and have now been made public the words of donald trump unfiltered undeniable and unnerving the u. S. President knew in early february about the dangers of the corona virus but he chose to downplay those dangers to the public he knew the virus was spreading through the air yet he continued holding rallies with thousands of people indoors no masks no warnings 190000 people in the u. S. Have died from the virus and the outbreak in america is still not under control 40000 new cases are reported every day yet trump is defending his record saying he said what he said when he did in order to prevent a national plan. Where he needed. To down play for the. Well i think if you said in order to reduce panic perhaps that cell effect is im a cheerleader for this country i love our country and i dont want people to be frightened i dont want to create panic as you say and certainly im not going to drive. This country or the world into a friend. We want to Show Confidence we want to show strength we want to show strength as a nation and thats what ive done and weve done very well weve done well from any standard you look at our numbers compared to other countries other parts of the world its been an amazing job that weve done the u. S. President speaking there are critics such as democratic president ial candidate joe biden say that the president is guilty of unprecedented negligence that he failed to protect the people take a listen to what u. S. Senator Chuck Schumer and House Speaker nancy pelosi said about the revelations we all know President Trump puts himself 1st but this time the consequences were deadly and when i think about how many people in my state died in february and march and april it just makes me angry i cannot believe he deceived the American People the way he did how many people would still be alive today if he just told americans the truth he had not been a geisha and to tell them the truth ex post facto he comes up with excuses they dont carry any weight its the truth that matters especially when its life and death and this is a tragedy beyond words what the president did showed him yes and those comments showed his contempt contempt for the American People and their health contempt push science can and contempt for any real effort to crush the virus contempt for his supporters their children their parents he hid the facts and refused to take the threat seriously leaving the entire country exposed and unprepared if they want to cause a panic what i thought the stock market. All right richard painter joins me now from minneapolis hes a law professor and hes a former chief white house ethics lawyer mr painter its good to have you on the program we wanted to talk to you because these already are recordings they speak not only to the truth about what the president was thinking in saying but also to the ethics of the u. S. Presidency what did you think when you heard these audio recordings terrorist are numbers the United States are are not work harbors that much of western europe including germany and countries that dealt with it brought a virus crisis quickly decisively without lying to the top and the fact that weve had hundreds of thousands of americans die of the cross of virus is directly attributed back to our government did not respond at times with a president who knows about the dangers of this virus is it made it an take that he knew about the years and yet he isnt lying to the American Public and that is tragic and this idea that he didnt want to create a document makes absolutely no sense this is not trying to prevent a stock market crash or financial crises were panic might be relevant this is a Public Health emergency and the sooner a country gets on top of the situation and deals with it the better and that is why our numbers in our states are death toll is much higher than it was in so much of western europe japan korea the list goes on and on the countries that dealt with this war at the hands fendi in august things went on line to the bacon its a misprint id like for you do take a listen to what leading republicans in washington said today when they were asked about these odio recordings and then i want to get your reaction take a listen. You know well 1st let me ask you about the kobe that he downplayed the seriousness of the coronavirus despite telling woodward privately that he knows how deadly it is im not this is the 1st ive heard of that so im not the bombshell had to be your response to the allegation is reported in Bob Woodwards book i think on tape i havent read the book the president on tape says i always wanted to play it down the coronavirus i still like playing it down was the president lying to the American People who then died because their president was downplaying a threat to them. I didnt look at the woodward book i will later but i havent even seen what youre referring to you know clearly thats a question for the white house anyway the question for the white house do you agree with Mitch Mcconnell is to painter is this a question so leave for the white house now i was 38 years i certainly dont rush it but distraction. And lets not rip up im already im whats all right for as lying to the american. With hundreds of thousands are there other d this is the response oh not just the president but a call 1st including Mitch Mcconnell who presided over an 8000 donald trump for his attempts to extort him praying to the election well and the senate had a responsibility to have a real good so theyre really just covering residence which is very attractive whats going to have this president talking over much of the Republican Party may suffer because of this well. And serve as you said in the white house if you can you imagine what the mood must be like inside the white house tonight. I have no idea whats going on and the Trump White House this is america Bush White House the Obama White House they just received that rule of law as white house is. Screaming at everything is the president s reelection d and then wonder why did america d. We have as they are of our but of justice every our both our government turning what our president Little Campaign and i later found out shot list of serious violations and it says i dont live up to the American People those on and on a lot so i cant imagine what the loot is in the white house in fleece the types of thief then i certainly wouldnt want to have in any way if. I think we were supporting president drop the waste but i think its very dangerous. You say that there are lies coming out of the white house yet the doctor found she who is the us is tough Public Health official he he has said just yesterday that he does not think that there was any distortion in the communication about the pandemic from the White House Task force or coming from the white house. You know you as an ethics expert what do you think dr felt she is trying to do there. I have no idea why he saying that because for the several months and this and that he was very clear that we did to address. That so a 19 crisis of what he says is way out ahead of the white house he disagreed with the white house keepers being fired by donald trump now apparently wants to try to save his job by or speaking out with the president about his representations that obviously we know a full well consult with record that art is oh yes agree with the president particularly in the early states that march april may with respect to the dangerous as cyrus is so. Its very very tragic the United States as we cant focus on sots and solve problems by response was supposedly woke up and yet you know president was perpetually take note not only about our Foreign Policy it was like the russians and so forth for the final series that requires it as well as a sense of what a 1000 americans lost do you think mr bring to the doctors in the white house the White House Task force they did not contradict the president in public very often if at all do you think that theyve failed in their responsibility to protect the Public Health to me should they have said in front of the president no mr president what youre saying is not true. Well wait perhaps a or c. Would have fire and we wouldnt have any doctors at all to deal with this. Problem when the president United States has the power to fire one mobile. Or ordered out article 2 of our cost to just fire people at their jobs because they disagree with that we have Public Health officials and others he shouts out as president feeling that they could do more public goods day in their job to kowtow. Rather than standing up to them and the rule i believe this is very dangerous for our democracy because as you team is different if we run out of time you are republican you say that the Republican Party is also in crisis do you see these revelations being Strong Enough to impact the results of the vote on election day in the event or do you think this could ensure that donald trump is not reelected. Well well see what happens. I was republican for 30 years i left the Republican Party 2000 i think because i simply cannot stand when lots coming from donald trump and i cant imagine the American People who dont want to send 4 more years and this is on top of Everything Else thats happened everything well its rush praying for the fire as if i was going to turn in the middle of criminal investigations laras the public right left the secretary of state over jerusalem and basically giving him. While he supposedly conducting middle east policy file a shit about how much act it goes on it and i think the American People have seen enough and we really need a fresh start to settle just by him or them again unless. This is this has been a disastrous president s for United States and i believe the best majority of American Voters will realize that im a legend. Richard painter former chief white house ethics lawyer for former president george bush mr pena we appreciate your time and your insights tonight valuable insights thank you thank you very much. Like the United States germany has been building a fence along its border but the aim here is to keep out african swine fever which is widespread now in neighboring poland now the 1st case of the disease has been confirmed here in germany in a wild boar the Infectious Disease is not dangerous to humans but it is deadly for pigs and authorities have been preparing containment measures to protect the countrys pork industry which is europes biggest. This electric fence was unable to keep african swine flu from crossing into germany from poland a dead wild boar found near the border tested positive for the virus that prompted the state to take quick action. Essence einstein can this 1st of all limits on foot and vehicle traffic inside the specified area where african swine fever has been found 2nd blocking off the restricted area. 3rd limitations on or an outright ban on hunting for its limitations or a ban on agriculture in the area the virus spreads by direct contact between animals via animal blood and through improperly disposed of contaminated food it can survive for months or even years and meet eventually if the economic consequences are that producers in the affected areas will be cut off from the market and put under strict restrictions and germany as a whole wouldnt be able to export pork to countries outside the e. U. He. Expects. An export ban could only be lifted after 6 months from now the highest priority is to contain the virus and that means were prepared to support farming operations that have been affected so in districts and typical friends and the Farmers Association has demanded a call of wild boars. Britain is also struggling with a resurgence of covert 19 infections and Prime Minister Boris Johnson has a plan to reverse the trend he calls it operation. It aims to test up to 10000000. 00 people every day by the start of next year at a cost of 100000000000. 00 pail its all planned this moonshot that im describing will require a joint collaborative effort from government business from Public Health professional scientists the just 6 experts and many many more. Work is under way now and we will get home at pace and 2 we get run the clock and there is Boris Johnson there for more on this story lets cross now to carlisle in the u. K. And bring in dr John Campbell he also works as an independent Health Analysts he has generated a sizable following on social media to do his reasoned and rational insights into everything corona virus pandemic kemas good to see you again lets leave and lets look at the numbers here 10000000 tests a day now if you look at the population of the u. K. You could test the whole population of britain in about a week and have most of sunday off is this a sensible idea. This is an interesting unfolding story which is part based on fact in part based on fiction the factual pot is the Prime Ministers briefing last night at the regular downing street briefing where we talked about this saying there was going to be a trial of this new method in sulphide in the u. K. But then there was a leak occurred earlier on today where the British Government was communicating with the Scottish Government and somewhere along the way this story leaked out and was picked up by the british medical journal and they got hold of these ideas that there was going to be 10000000. 00 tests that day that the entire population was going to be tested every week but its still based on the sort of in to go home and sort of paper at the moment so to to be kind to the author which is i think we could describe this is the government thinking aloud because theres many reasons why this idea really is a complete nonstarter i mean the costs of completely absurd the practicality practicalities of it really are not there its described as a 1000000 technologies you know that was the technologies we dont really have yet it would require a very simple test like a saliva test and the governments have said the result will be back in 20 to 90 minutes but then what are you going to do with. Results when you get it now the more tests that you have the more likely it is to be a poor quality test so there could be loss of false negatives and that means that people could get a false sense of security that they think that negative then they go out and theyre actually not to be positive the next day could be spreading the virus all over the place thinking the negative and as well as not people that assent to nazi would still need to self isolate as well even if they tested negative and then of course they can be false positives one or 2 percent false positives quite easily could even be 3 percent false positives and even if its only one percent false positives that is 660000. 00 people a week who would have to isolate who are testing befalls politics and their family that means about one and a half 1000000 people so if isolating that week just on false positives and it was 2 percent it could be twice that many its a very very impractical idea yeah and you know you say this depends on technology that doesnt exist and weve heard that before from Boris Johnson in reference to reg sit in health to deal with the border between Northern Ireland in the republic of ireland so this is a recurring theme in this government let me ask you about the number of people in the u. K. Who are currently being tested help many are being tested and how is the Contact Tracing how is that going in the country. The official capacity for testing at the moment is about 350000. 00 tests per day hoping to round not just about half a 1000000 test by next month in practice on a good day were getting about 200000 tests very often its only about 87190000 tests today now the system that we actually know the works with which is the test and trace system and we know this works in numerous other countries south korea taiwan taiwan to places where we know this works not only reaching at the moment 70 percent of contacts so when someone has definitely been diagnosed were currently only reaching 70 percent of their contacts so this is where we really need to improve the who could improve test and trace then all those people could isolate we really need that to be a minimum of 80 percent and at the moment its 70 so we need to focus on that because this all depends on compliance this is only working if the people that i contacted in told the been in contact with someone a positive a bay the self isolation rules and at the moment theyre not and another complication if this was to be rolled out more widely would have to have some accreditation system to show that someone had tested negative and that would presumably mean some sort of electronic Communication System some sort of electronic passport to say that were negative and unfortunately our. Past history on making outs in this country is not that good and we still dont have an effective opt in england although there is one in ireland thats working reasonably well we know that the government has limited social gatherings now to just 6 people but in defections new infections are on the rock is now Boris Johnson says that the u. K. Strategy and im quoting here he says its world beating. Whats gone wrong here. I think whats gone wrong really is is partly this testing traces not working but what weve seen and this is just not the u. K. Thats affected here weve seen this company in france even more cases in spain that theres been a lot of i think to some extent the guard has been let down over some of theres been quite a bit of socializing people havent necessarily being a bearing all the rules mask wearing is getting fairly good now but theres been a lot of socializing especially in younger people and theres been the spread of the virus in younger people and another infection dr this been identified in the u. K. As one family visiting another family so home to home transmission put all these things together and thats giving as an increasing rate and as well as the schools are going back now and this is a no the source of concern because weve got new data from the covered symptom track iraq today that showed about 33 percent of children that are infected are actually going to be asymptomatic so this is another potential great driver of infection and of course universities are in the process of going back as well which could be a big driver as well so there are really significant figures in quite a few places in europe for a significant 2nd where you from belgium is a notable exception its doing very well at the moment that theyve got quite a few things like shopping alone restriction the bubble size all the simple things the things i think we need to focus on lets get the simple things right 1st lets do the common Public Health measures 1st that we all know about and then what we about these high tech things later arent dr John Campbell as always our campbell its good talking with you we appreciate your time in your valuable insights tonight thank you. Thank you. Right now to mexico where construction crews have unearthed a graveyard of ice age mammoths archeologists say the saw each of a new Airport North of mexico city could be one of the Worlds Largest deposits of mammoth skeleton. Officials knew it was a good spot to build an airport but it wasnt until they got digging that i realized what it used to be good for to. The bones that discovered tell tiles that may have been buried for some 24000 years. This is enough to know that this place would have been like paradise but with warm great pitfall the money banks of the lake. And the story obviously repeated itself over and over again the animals venture too far out got stuck and were killed by either other animals by man. Scientists say theyve discovered more than 100 mammoth skeletons here spread across nearly 200 excavation sites. Theyre now working to piece together these animal stories and cite i cant stress enough the importance of the find. Great relevance of mexican researches. In that i mean especially those taking part in this take up. At the end. We still dont know why these animals became extinct. But the site is not just one on if not the eve Worlds Largest concentration of mammoth remains its also a bound to offer all kinds of insights into other ice age mammals who lived in the like surrounds big soko city. In mexico the day is almost done well see tomorrow everybody. Move. Move move move. Move. Move move move move. Into the conflict zone team sebastian. China is roiling the west and europe along with the u. S. In many cultures is pushing back hard at issue a growing list of Human Rights Concerns including homos new security law my guest this week from beijing is one cool yeah why is this country speaking so many fights means both aware of a new media complex so for. 90 minutes. To be our fighters want to start families to become farmers or engineers every one of our supply mcguiness for you should. Care nothing is just on the children who have already been the boy and those that will follow are part of a new process. They could be the future of collaboration and. Granting opportunities global news that matters d. W. Made from minds. Has a virus spread. Why do we panic and when will all this. Just through the tax and weekly radio show its called spectrum if you would like and the information on the crown of virus or any other science topic you should really check out our podcast you can get it wherever you get your podcast you can also find us at. Science. Beethoven insane jazz did you did do. Did is it does a dot in 16 might be. Rocknroll. So many romance of stolen beethoven. And of course the subconscious always one thing is clear to me to just mildly popular. I see a sure shot i love you sure. But how would the world sound with the biggest composer of all time i cant even begin to imagine a world class horn player singer willis on a musical journey of discovery. Without a token to september 16th on g. W. This is the w. News live from berlin the homeless not once but twice europe scrambling to help the thousands of migrants of. More than 12000 are homeless and hungry after a fire destroyed greeces largest refugee camp the greek government is sending help but what about the rest of the European Union also coming up donald trump on the defensive for playing down the threat of the corona virus did thousands of innocent people die because the president refused to warn them of the danger plus big groups poor drops in flames again a month after a massive explosion leveled parts of the city trish huge new fire prompts panic as well as fresh questions about government negligence. Im burnt off its good to have you with us tonight european governments are racing against the clock and the elements to find shelter for thousands of displaced migrants from greeces refugee camp a massive fire destroyed the camp tuesday night leaving some 12000 people homeless greece is sending 3 ships to house thousands of the refugees for the past 2 nights most of them have slept outside they are struggling to get enough food in 1. 100 wins a 2nd one to find has burned the morning a refugee camp beyond all recognition. Leaving behind a human catastrophe which is now unfolding on the streets of lesbos. Among the homeless thousands of exhausted men women and children. Some of whom were born in the now destroyed morea camp. We do if it were free if im definitely you know ive no doing nothing really and yet we do the world with a big youll. Know but. No money put up that lets us. Know we will sleep on the street what can we do if we dont have food and if we dont have anything what can we do. Meanwhile officials point the finger of blame for the fire at residents angry over strict coronavirus corn team measures. Im not modis all these this want to since because i recognize the difficult conditions however nothing can become an excuse for violent reactions to Health Checks and even more so for such extensive on race this is not his. Amid the ruins of what was more his notoriously crowded camp aid workers say the tragedy has been a long time coming. We had our shock of. The situation the. Greeks back into its little. 5 years of progress finally taking the parties to run by the government as much as you know. During story homes mores displaced is under way 400 unaccompanied children boarded a flight to mainland greece on wednesday the miners were placed in quarantine facilities in the city of to saloniki for the families left behind to wait continues their fate in the hands of leaders their futures uncertain. While were correspondent alexandra phenomena she is near the charred rubble of the maria refugee camp on the greek island of lesbos earlier i asked her to describe what is happening to the people there on the ground. But its so we have oh its 5 kilometers away from moria and what the situation is you can sense it best when we show you around our cameraman everyone can show you whats behind and next to me you see people who are stranded here who are going to spend the night here again many of them families and what i found very disturbing is that you see a lot of kids even babies many people told me that they have a house trouble ends that there really needs help not getting any i spoke with that pregnant woman hes about to deliver her 1st baby and of more she wants to get to the hospital shes afraid that shes going to have her baby here on the streets unbelievable unbelievable we assume that what we see there with the people that that is all that they own what what support what help that is being given to these migrants i mean were talking about more than 12000 people. Couldnt really hear you there the connection is very bad. But if you ask that people arent getting any help then we talk to n. G. O. S who are providing the refugees with food with water we also been told stat the government has at least once a day a Food Distribution to greek authorities he promised to help the people with water and food also with housing but when you look around there are only a few tense here and we still waiting for for those ships that are supposed to be sent in to take people in alexandra do we know what will be done with the remains of the burned camp or are they going to rebuild their well at least the greek authorities they seem to be determined to rebuild they can maybe in a different form but of course it depends on the next stage whats going to happen here because we also know that the locals here people residents of the island they still with land saying that the situation has been unbearable for so such a long time that that something has to change that to the islands cannot take all the refugees in and were also waiting for a European Union secure hold greece and maybe to try to find a different solution but as for now as i understand it we can all thirtys. Are saying that they are determined to rebuild. Always center of phenomena on the greek island of was opposed to 9 tell xander thank you. German chancellor Angela Merkel and french president emmanuel microloan have agreed to resettle 400 refugee children from the. The netherlands has also pledged to take another 100 migrants but the german chancellor admits that the European Union is struggling to speak about migration with one voice oh and this isnt. We have in mind for a long time that people that were living in inhumane conditions and not be that. The fire has shown us like a magnifying glass what the problem is that. Nobody in this country can use this point we can only solve this problem together if the fast path is the offer to grace the underwriter refugees. And most steps must follow a full connective responsibility. Germany is committed to this responsibility but we cannot be satisfied with europes migration policy there isnt one at the moment so. There was the german chancellor Angela Merkel lets have a look now at some of the other stories that are making headlines around the world the World Wildlife fund says that wildlife populations have shrunk by 2 thirds since 1970 due to force being cleared for agriculture in food groups living planet report warns that continued natural habitat loss increases the risk of more pandemics as humans expand their presence closer to wild animals at least 7 people are dead and hundreds injured after violent protests erupted in the colombian capital bogota the unrest follows the death of a man in Police Custody a video of Officers Holding down in tasing the man went viral on social media. In the u. S. At least 7 people have died in wildfires in the west coast states of california oregon and washington hundreds of homes in oregon have been destroyed the governor there is warning that it could be the biggest loss of life in property that the state has ever seen. Listing in the u. S. President donald trump is under fire again for his handling of the corona virus caught pandemic in a new book veteran Journalist Bob Woodward says that trump deliberately downplayed the danger posed by the buyers and there is an audio recording of the president admitting as much trump has defended his actions he maintained that he was not lying to the public insisting he did not want to kohls canot more than 190000 americans have died so far from the virus on thursday the Senate Republican coronavirus bill providing around 300000000000. 00 in aid democrats say that that amount is simply too low the senator. Earlier i spoke to our correspondent. In washington minister if this could hurt these revolutions if they could hurt President Trumps reelection prospects the polls show biden leading trump in almost every category nationally but we have to remember this is donald trump he has dodged crisis after crisis throughout his political career on the day he announced his candidacy to run for president he called all mexicans rapists hes allowed for children to be taken away from their parents and put in cages hes facing multiple allegations of Sexual Assault and hes been impeached and there have been countless other moments where political analysts have truly believed you know what this is it he is done but he is still here hes in the oval Office Running for reelection and even knowing more than 190000 americans have died of covert 19 as knowingly minimize the severity of the outbreak we still cant be certain that this will be the end of dol tromped. And that was our correspondent. From washington now to beirut where firefighters have brought a massive fire in the citys Port District under control the blaze broke out in the same area that was devastated by a huge explosion just a month ago the latest fire touched off panic among the citys residents many of whom are still traumatized by last months blast that killed nearly 200 people. Smoke billowing again from beiruts destroyed port the fire sent a massive column of black smoke and flames over the warehouses firefighters battled the fire from the air and on the ground by evening the blaze was under control. The fire has reopened wounds for the people of beirut were still reeling from the devastating explosion that rocked the city last month. He was that it is very unfortunate that this has happened i lucillas with one problem and then another starts. I heard it was a normal fire. Its a bit premature may god help lebanon a fair argument. Theres something strange going on in beirut 1st last month and now this. The question is who is responsible for how it got there mysterious things that we do not know about of going to thought of for. The cause of this latest fire is still unclear. Lebanons president told Security Officials it could have been an intentional act of sabotage or an accident caused by human error those responsible he said must be held accountable. The red cross says the fire has destroyed a Warehouse Holding food aid and oil and could disrupt its humanitarian operation. Assistance that the lebanese desperately need as they grapple with this new setback. Earlier we spoke with a hoarse spondon torahs on selman in beirut and we asked her how people there are reacting to this 2nd fire in just a moment the captain isnt talking plates of pie nic. Witnesses that told us that when they were driving they slow cars that were reversing near the highway near the border and because they were scared they were panicking because the memories of that were an explosion came back to their minds and. Told us that they are through with the government and they need theirs and they think that they are unable to manage they can she and thats that is right here. They think that they could live with that theres a prison and they couldnt preserve the security of the competent and on social media the fair young of the even if the break here. Or lets go to bill of rights now a prominent Opposition Leader there has accused authorities of threatening to kill her if she refused to leave the country Maria Kolesnikov who is behind bars tonight has filed a criminal complaint against security agents who told her that they would remove her from. Quote alive or in pieces. The threats are part of a widening crackdown on opposition activists who have been leading protests against authoritarian president Alexander Lukashenko. This is the moment masked men broke into the offices of jailed opposition politician viktor buddy co. The belorussian banker was put in Police Custody last month and banned from participating in recent elections hes not the only Opposition Leader in detention. Seen here at antigovernment protests earlier this month was abducted and almost forcibly expelled from by the groups. Sure remains in jail in minsk kolesnik over claims security operatives threatened her life same shed be sent over the border in pieces if she didnt agree to leave. Protesters have taken to the streets on mass since last months election which some president Alexander Lukashenko reelected in a landslide for a 6th term. Opposition leaders and their International Allies and says the vote was likely raked. In a recent interview appeared to offer an olive branch to demonstrators. Its the school didnt stop book but i am inclined to conduct an early president ial election im not ruling this out. But the gesture was likely just for show. Recently urge state prosecutors to expand their crackdown on the fledgling opposition. Ive. Moved on. Since this one day in vienna in the footsteps of the race. In missouri. Town the fleet street
vimarsana.com © 2020. All Rights Reserved.