Electric short circuit at an army depo that stored mortars there were no reports of casualties from the explosion which took place in a remote area any friday a government spokesman told state media. The 1st case of african swine fever has been confirmed in a wild boar in germany according to the countrys agriculture minister the disease is not dangerous to humans but is fatal to pigs authorities have prepared containment measures to protect the countrys pork industry. This is d. W. News from but then follow us on twitter and instagram at the news of visit our website w dot com. In early february us president knew how deadly the corona virus was yet in public he downplayed the dangers saying he didnt want anyone to panic 190000 people in the u. S. Have died from the virus and the pandemic rages on in america tonight reaction to trumps revelations republicans are reserved others are not some accusing the president of putting his political interests 1st the people last a man campaigning to win reelection even if it meant life or death i bring golf in berlin this is the day. The banks. Its all so forth good leverage your veto your even your secret us was this its at least its a little like the regular flu that we have flu shots for have a political weapon thats a good question why did the bring down favorite thanks once again the president expressed calm there is damning proof. That donald trump lie and think that well i think if you said im going to reduce panic perhaps thats. Also coming up what does u. K. Prime minister Boris Johnson want most for christmas millions and millions of corona virus 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. Lights of our viewers on p. B. S. In the United States and all around the world welcome we begin the day with explosive revelations about u. S. President donald trump and what he did and didnt do at the start of the corona virus 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 panic. Or are you. In need. To downplay. It in your. View. 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 view look at our numbers compared to other countries other parts of the world its been an amazing job that weve done it was the us president speaking there 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 where what the president did showed him yes in those comments showed his contempt contempt for the American People and their have contempt for science canat contempt for any real effort to crush the virus contempt for his supporters their children their parents he had the facts and refused to take the threat seriously making the entire country exposed in unprepared with the one across the panic walk of 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 a 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 are worse that much of western europe including jeremy and countries that dealt with it brought a virus crisis quickly decisively without lying to the top. On the fact weve had hundreds of thousands of americans die of the drop of virus is directly attributed to look back at our government did not respond at times to live a president who knows about the dangers of this virus is it made it an take that he knew about the dangers and yet he isnt lying to them their supper and that is tragic and this idea he didnt want to create a document makes absolutely no sense this is not trying to prevent a stock market crash or financial crises or panic might be relevant this is a Public Health emergency and the sooner a country gets on top of the situation and deals with the better and that is why our numbers in our states are death toll is much higher than it was say much of western europe japan korea the list goes on and on the countries that dealt with this war at the hands of the United States but not lying to the people 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 audio recordings and then i want to get your reaction take a listen. General well 1st let me ask you about the kobe that he downplayed the seriousness and i think coronavirus despite telling woodward privately that he knows how deadly it is. Not this is the 1st ive heard of that so im not the bombshell had to be a huge response to the allegations reported in Bob Woodwards book there has been 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. Didnt look at the woodward book will later but i havent even seen what youre referring to yet clearly thats a question for the white house anyway the question for the white house do you agree with Mitch Mcconnell mr painter is this a question so leave for the white house now i was 38 years of a certain age or dont rush it but distraction. And lets not throw up im already im whats all right for as wind of america. With hundreds of thousands are there other this is the response oh and not just the president but a call 1st including Mitch Mcconnell who presided over an 8000 donald trump for an attempt to extort him praying to the election. So the senate has a responsibility to have a real good so theyre really just covering president from which is very tragic whats going to happen president over much of the Republican Party may suffer as well 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. White house the Obama White House they just received the rulers law this white house is. Screaming at everything is our president Election Campaign and then what a lot of americans. That is they are are out of justice every arba our government turning what our president little can i mean if i later a list of serious violations and it says i dont lock the American People both on and on a lot so i cant imagine what the mood is in the white house in these the types of if then i certainly wouldnt want to have in any large if. They were supporting president of the ways they think its very dangerous. And you know you say that there are lies coming out of the white house yet the doctor found cheney who is the u. S. Is tough Public Health official he he has said just yesterday that he does not think there was any just or sion in the communication about the pandemic from the white house test 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 in this and thats it was very clear that we needed to address that so in 1000 crisis of what places his way out ahead of the white house he disagreed with the white house you risk being fired by donald trump now apparently wants to try to save his job by or speaking out for the president about his representations of obviously we know a quote welcomes Public Record that art is oh yes agree with the president particularly in the early states march april may with respect to how dangerous is cyrus d. Its very very tragic the United States as we cant focus on sots and solve problems based on starts supposedly broke out and yet you know a president was perpetually fake news not only about our Foreign Policy it was d the russians and so forth for the final salary that requires him as well as to set up 200000 american law do you think mr painter that those 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 they failed in their responsibility to protect the Public Health the move should they have said in front of the president no mr president what youre saying is not true. Well wait perhaps. Or see what a fire and we wouldnt have any doctors at all to deal with this. Problem when the president has the power to fire one little. Who are ordered out article 2 of our own to just fire people at their jobs because they disagree with those that we have Public Health officials and others who kowtow to this president believe that they could do more public goods thing in their jobs and kowtow. Rather than standing up to them and the rule at least this is very dangerous for our democracy. Which is as you see mr greenwood for 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 november do you think this could ensure that donald trump is not reelected. Well see what happens when i was republican for 30 years i left Republican Party in 2000 i think because i simply cannot spare one law something from donald trump and i cant imagine the American People who dont want to see 4 more years and this is on top of Everything Else thats happened everything well its rush praying the fire as if i was going to turn in the middle of criminal investigations laras the public right left the secretary of state went over to 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 civil have seen an up and we really need a fresh start settle dont buy him or them again unless tribal this has been a disastrous president s for United States i believe the best which are American Voters realize that some alexion. 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 where 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 selectric france 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 on 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 forest limitations or than 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. And. Into it and theyre also exposed to. 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 distant city because isnt the Farmers Association has demanded a call of wild boars. Britain is also struggling with a resurgence of covert 19 infections and Prime MinisterBoris Johnson has a plan to reverse the trend he calls it operation move shot it aims to test up to 10000000 people every day by the start of next year at a cost of 100000000000. 00 pail its our plan this moonshot that im describing will require a joint collaborative effort from government from business from Public Health professional scientists logistics experts and many many more work hes underway nano and we will get at pigs and 2 we get run the coal. And there was Boris Johnson there for more on the story lets cross now the car while in the u. K. And bring in dr John Campbell he also works as an independent Health Analyst sees generated a sizable following on social media to do his reasoned and rational insights into everything corona virus pandemic photogram was good to see you again lets give 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 interesting unfolding story which is part based on fact in part based on fiction of 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 texts a day that the entire population was going to be tested every week but its still based on a sort of into government sort of paper at the moment so to to be kind to the author all right as 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 a 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 the results when you get it now the more tests that you have the more likely it is to be a poor quality test so that could be lots 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 theyre 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 that 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 for false positives and their family that means about one and a half 1000000 people so far isolating that week just on false positives and it was 2 percent it could be twice that many its a very very impractical idea and you know you