A lot of progress but divisions between east and west. Have you with us u. S. President donald trump is being treated at a Military Hospital after testing positive for covert 19 hes expected to remain at Walter Reed Medical Center for several days trumps doctor says he eats taking the drug year earlier white house officials said the hospitalization was only a precautionary measure and trump would continue his president ial duties. The 1st glimpses of the u. S. President since he shocked the world with his covert 1000 diagnosis. Here donald trump has been transferred to hospital with officials insisting its only a precautionary measure the white house said he was fatigued but in good spirits and experiencing mild symptoms before takeoff the president assured his supporters he was doing ok. Everybody for the tremendous support. I think. To make sure the. First lady is doing. So thank you very much appreciate it. The white house had been on high alert after news that a top aide was diagnosed with a virus on thursday. Hope pics seen here in the brown coat often travels with president trump. Now the race is on to trace and test the people who might have come in contact with the president and the potential pool of people is huge with an election to win trump has been on the road addressing voters and he hasnt always won a face mask or followed social distancing guidelines outside of walter reed Trump Supporters gathered to show their support for the president. But with a month until the election illness has thrown the campaign into uncharted territory. If donald trump sustain office hes going to have to beat the coronavirus 1st. Joining me now our washington correspondent meyer schwager meyer what do we know right now about the president s condition and the treatment that hes receiving. Well as weve heard his symptoms were at 1st described as just my old and then later in the day i said oh theyre actually moderates and according to the doctors that are attending to him hes taking pretty well to the cocktail of antibiotics that they have him on the 1st lady in the meantime has also been tested positive has quote a mild cough and headache the white house is really trying to project an image that you know hes still with it theres nothing to worry about hes working hes in good spirits hes energetic but at the end of the day we have media reports that hes actually pretty feverish and theres been no official briefings from any doctors we have only have the word of the White House Communications team to go on this white house has been very noncommunicative very untransparent about what the story is theyve been that way really about his medical history in general throughout his term when it came out that he was moving to the hospital congressional leaders came forward and said they had received no briefings as to his situation you know this is a white house that has spent the last months now of this pandemic gaslighting the public as to the severity of this disease and now with so Little Information out there theres a lot of misinformation thats been spreading. How serious is this situation. Yeah its been quite a blast radius shall we say i think were up to 8 people at least who have come forward and said that they have also tested positive going to look at my list to make sure i get this right we have former new Jersey Governor Chris Christie his former aide Kellyanne Conway his truck his Campaign Manager these are all people who are very close to the president least 2 senators also its spreading among the top d. C. Politicos but its not just the venom in the past week trump has traveled to 7 different states for various big rallies and fundraisers last saturday he was in pennsylvania for a big rally thousands of people attended and now the state Health Authority has come forward and said people who attended that rally need to get tested so its not just people in his close circle its potentially thousands of people across the country that former governor of new jersey Chris Christie you just mentioned just the other day said that he was helping the president prepare for his debate and nobody in the room was Wearing Masks its a very Interesting Development there. So the president s been hospitalized we know hell be out of commission for at least the next several days what does this mean for the election. This is another destabilizing moment in what has been an enormous shattering Campaign Season we know that he canceled or postponed all of his big rallies and the thing is these rallies are they are his campaign they are his hallmark his base loves them its where he gets his energy and if you believe the polls he is trailing rather badly in the polls behind his opponent joe biden so this is not a Good Development for his campaign now in terms of bite in biden has to balance not looking too crass or overly political about this illness thats spreading in washington when making a closing statement about his candidacy in the last 30 days that we now have before the election so you can bet that hes going to be hammering home his Health Care Plan his pandemic carvery plan his economic Recovery Plan and trying to draw a bright line between what he has and the trump approach which has been shall we say much more cavalier money schwager with the latest on whats been the extraordinary political season in the United States to say the least thank you. Turning now to some other stories making news around the world at this hour early voting has begun in new zealands general election Prime Minister just into dern was among the 1st to cast her ballot in the lead up to election day on october 17th the Labor Party Leader is expected to win a 2nd term thanks for her handling of the krona virus endemic and other crises hundreds have turned out for fresh protests in the indian capital delhi after now alleged gang rape victim died of her injuries to suite the family say she was cremated without their consent in the middle of the night protesters to choose authorities of trying to hush up the crime. Germany is marking the 30th anniversary of reunification an event many thought would never happen east germans were hoping for a better life many found new opportunities and improve their standard of living but others found themselves in the midst of upheaval and were left behind even now 30 years later divisions remain between east and west. There was no master plan no example worldwide for this is turning event jam unfreezing case and. Not even a year before the bell and wall had come down after months of peaceful protest in the form. Of u. S. U. K. France and the soviet union gave the green light paving the way to unify the 2 germany. Those from the east had to adapt to many things new money and the Economic System and the new lifestyle soon the disillusionment kicked in. Missing. A. Few new. Financial called. The social medical. Connected with the client economic decline or germany and the u. S. Unemployment no ready measure before in east germany as many as 4000000 workers in the east saw their jobs disappear countless others had to take on the work that was below their qualifications many young and educated people left to look for a better life some areas feel the neglected to this day. There are rural areas where theres a lot of poverty and rip people feel left behind turning towards what they have which is often their National Identity or even their racial identities and the last National Elections the center right and center left parties were more popular in the west than germany the far left and extreme right in eastern germany. A celebration nevertheless takes place every year with good reason we have had 30 years of peace and prosperity for a lot of people we think of germany as such a stable and secure country i think its amazing when you look back at german history over 100 years germany went through from a monarchy to a failed democracy to a dictatorship to a communists system to a successful democracy inventor unifications a reinvention is the real headline for german history regardless of the differences we unify germany is often seen as an example of a stable and democratic country. Im joined now by florentine schmidt man historian from the light needs center for contemporary history in parts of them germany shes a specialist on communist east germany as well its nice to have you here on the set and let me start by asking you this what significance to you we unification have for younger germans today. I think that the Younger Generation takes the reunification for granted so its simply not possible to imagine this division for 40th and so i think reunification is. A celebration to do but its nothing that. Really impact its you always have to imagine how could it have been to 2 to not be able to maybe study in eastern germany or to live in west germany so its always a big part of imagination i suppose you could argue the young germans are not unlike young people in any country in that regard i suppose 30 years after the event would you say that the east in the west or on equal footing in other words would you say that theyve been able to realise equality. Well in terms of equal pay and. I think its not its not the same you can still really you have the difference between west and east if youre for example the public sector. But on the other hand i think that especially young the young generation has the same chances so i think yes in a way it is and we still have a little bit to go to really make it equal to equal pay but i think were on a good good way to go would you say that theres some resentment still however on the part of these tremendous. Sure sure and also on the point of west germans i mean its 40 years this is not not a very short time and its a whole generation maybe even 2 generations of people and those people are still working and now most of them. Theyre going to be retired one day and but they didnt have a lot in common i mean now for me now its clear that they are germans both but a long time it was and was not it was different it was 2 states coexisting in. Everyday life obviously for the typical east german radically transformed after reunification but im curious about how west germans perceive this is sort milestone. Thats an interesting point because i think that people in west germany you really have to. To make a difference if they were in contact with german people for example if they had relatives they. May be they they went on a regular basis there to visit with family and they really had understanding of how life in the g. D. R. Is but if you didnt have any contact with those people most of the west germans were not really interested so i think reunification for most of the people came very very surprising and as well we have the solidarity tax so there are some points where people say ah well money goes to that so its a lot of. Like just some thoughts that are not really. On the mind with with with substance its just something that you heard of and there are even people that have a visit to germany. Place even though its beautiful. So i think. You made it very clearly florentine schmidt its a pleasure to have you with us thanks so much. Im michael local in berlin up next our documentary series doc film looks at the historic 2 plus 4 treaty that made german unification possible stay with us for that. Can you hear me now oh yes were going to debut and how last years gentle soft sound will bring you back or as youve never have before surprise yourself with what is possible who is magical really what and move sad and want also to talk to people who follows along the way maurice and critics alike join us from eccles life stops. The cold war ended in moscow in 1990 bringing a new era of peace to europe a divide in germany was free to reunite the treaty that paved the way for german unity was signed here in moscow 30 years ago it was a historic victory for democracy and the deep rifts in europe were on the road to recovery. But a lot is we are still aware of was that this was the most important signature of my life the book. It wasnt an illusion it was a political project. We did a lot of things for a lot differently then when we won the cold war against the sure. Soviet ambassador baddest mattera cough was here in moscow 30 years ago when the victorious powers of the 2nd world war determine. The fate of germany moscow looks back on this treaty with far more criticism than the west does. By me this i think listen see is speeches and champagne lift or rather trying to send annoying off to taste in new when you think about all of the problems that arose during the many negotiations about what to finally do with germany maybe. When you consider that a treaty was supposed to solve all problems once and for all that people had been fighting over for many decades. The local political decisions made back then it still affects the world today the great power struggles of the time could have thwarted german reunification or people forget today that this was something that there are a lots of things that could have gone wrong and so you wanted to try to move it forward theres rapidly but is securely as possible and the key driver for that was the people on the ground in germany. That auto 989. 00 was a time of euphoria in germany as the berlin wall crumbled the iron curtain in europe lifted. But how would moscow react most people thought soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev would never release east germany the soviet union had sacrificed so many people during the 2nd world war and east germany was compensation the day after the wall fell the people of berlin were celebrating the end of a divided germany with their chancellor helmut kohl an envoy from the kremlin would soon arrive in the west german capital bonn on a secret mission he was greeted at the chance to marry by horst chick helmut kohls form. Policy advisor. He was acting very secretively. Rich to do believe had important talks of the highest level and they discussed a lot of issues fear foreign to school to all the issues that some kind of connection to the topic of german unity to do too much. The other shouldnt i think that was a mistake on our part and to the ethical field actually come to talk about what could be done after the full of the wall to put the brakes on the reunification frozen it was built for us to calm the situation down this isnt an issue but he expressed that in a very unclear man a leader in the. Least in my report to the chancellor said that and they are starting to talk about german unity then its high time that we did too this was as of 2. Calls poll ratings were dire at the time township saw an opportunity to boost the chancellors popularity. Out there i told him this was a chance to announce his intentions for german reunification hurt for. That same night tel kickstarted drafting a 10 point plan to reunite germany but kohl kept it secret until november 28th when he presented his plan for reunification in the bundestag it came as a surprise even to their Coalition Partner the f. D. P. And foreign minister hans dietrich. This is the well for i know no child to shoot but we are also prepared to go on a major step further contra to develop a federal structures between the 2 german nations with the aim of creating a federation a federal state order in germany. To show off. The radio speech was momentous. We thought it would be another 5 to 10 years before germany was actually. When united said that. Cantor traveled to moscow the chancellors arbitrary 10 point plan had angered the victorious powers of the 2nd world war and sure had to apologize to gorbachev and ask for his understanding about west germanys desire to reunite them. And im glad it isnt because i have never taken part in a political discussion where one of the parties left their anger rage so out of control to. Get us out. Of the gorbachev accuse the chancellor of interfering in the internal affairs of east germany submission nasties and the space that was for me after that conversation i just couldnt imagine in the soviet union or graeme to a process that would allow the reunification of our country any time in the foreseeable future of safety for. The western allies were also concerned about the way things were developing in germany especially the british leader margaret thatcher. The politically the british Prime Minister was strictly against a reunification of germany its. Batches temperament who was germany was a hostile from the start she was very hostile it is a sleigh surely to the germans circle she never had any confidence in the germans as she said theyll betray you and they will be trailing. She had a conversation with the overtures through in the summer of 90 days you know in which she calls through and they both started to discuss their misgivings she had a couple of conversations with our mutual who share his skivvies initially indeed would say express them even more forcefully than she ever did because later gender equality is going to change his position will record that she did but at the beginning his views were. He was very very word toward a man thatll be for its always in the heart and i was at our initial french were both worried that germany would just play a hedge a modicum visions again it wasnt after all germanys g. D. P. With the same is france and britain but together they were thats as a stick there was a potential threat that arose. Plus french president francois mitterrand said straight away i mean she will if you want unite germany thats your business feel you can do that under above everything decisions you like i wouldnt interfere pull the shuffles if you want frances approval even you need to respect for the conditions. The order nice in order to heal and to see more of the denuclearization of germany and 3 of the really europe. Washington was also following this political earthquake in germany west germany had hoped that the powerful United States would support reunification. As a u. S. Was seen as a necessary indispensable a that would help to overcome resistance from the french and british sides which side foreign minister genscher travel to washington to discuss proceedings with u. S. Secretary of state james baker bakers colleagues already had precisely ideas about how the