Been seriously injured and tens of thousands of people forced to leave their homes the Weather Service describes fire conditions there as the most dangerous this year. People in germany are bracing for strict new rules aimed at slowing the spread of cold with 19 amid a big surge in infections chancellor merkel and state leaders will reveal on wednesday which for a stretch and theyll impose and whats being called a lock down light. As the day that we found our land follow us on twitter and instagram acting that way and it is our visit our website dot com. For. Corona virus cases are exploding on both sides of the atlantic more people are getting sick and hospital intensive care units are filling up the surge so strong here in europe that we could soon become the epicenter of this pandemic yet again to slow the spread ireland has started a total lockdown for a 2nd time in france and spain there are evening curfews again and in italy anger police clashing with protesters who say if the virus doesnt kill is this time the new lockdowns will bring golf in berlin this is the day. It used to be normal for everyone to stay with their families but now its not normal now theyre messing with their heads glued to the sun weve been forced to close at 6 in the evening in the morning thousands of people can get on crowded metros and buses police want to pull the tourists have all disappeared it. Completely finished i think were going to have to close down in a week to get it done i just its not right because if you want to close you should close everything otherwise you shouldnt close anything you dont do you dont have an income how can you survive. Also coming up she is exactly what u. S. President trump wanted a macone barrett is joining the u. S. Supreme court cementing its conservative majority if the court is asked to rule on the disputed. President ial election will judge perry give the president what he wants the oath that i have solidly taken tonight means at its core that i will do my job without any fear or favor. And that i will do so independently of both the political branches and of my own preferences. But to our viewers watching on p. B. S. In the United States and to all of you around the world welcome we begin the day with corona virus cases surging all across europe threatening to make the continent the epicenter of the pandemic once again in the last week more than 1300000 people in europe tested positive for the virus that is the highest weekly some since the pandemic began the numbers are increasing at such an alarming rate that governments are reimposing severe restrictions on when state leaders here in germany are expected to agree on a new set of measures that are being called to lock down lights france is also bracing for tougher restrictions during the cases there are now topping 50000 and a state of emergency has been declared for all of spain europeans have been through all of this before especially italians we remember the images of overcrowded intensive care units hospitals full of patients all being kept alive on ventilators in order to avoid a repeat italys Prime Minister has just approved new restrictions that will bring public life in the country to a standstill beginning at sunset every day for the next month the news triggered more than just frustration and fear we have this report. It began as an angry protest the chanted for freedom in turin. But it quickly descended into a violent game of cat and mouse local media reports the group was made up of hardcore football fans newness outrageous riot police fire at kid gas and water cannon to send them home. Design a shops were targeted to and milan Police Clashed with protesters tear gas and pyrotechnics and plentiful supply several arrests were made as the caribbean yairi try to restore order to the citys otherwise quiet street. The unrest was taken knighted by new rules forcing the countrys Hospitality Industry to close its doors at 6 pm. Italys late night dining culture as Restaurant Owners locked up many feared this would be the beginning of the end. Because one chip youll. Have disappeared and lunch time is empty as well with 75 percent of the employees walking from home. In fact were done with this job i mean i think were going to close in a week. To get. In a room industry workers poor discipline is that we end protest. A place that is that if you dont do what youre seeing here is just a pox of our supplies that weve had to throw away and sacrifice i have already paid for it instead of setting it to our customers our friends were forced to throw on the ground and as weve already done in the past. The peaceful gathering and shot contrast to scenes elsewhere but as italy tightens restrictions the sense of anxiety here every bit as strong. Well italians once again being asked to go inside and to wait. Night im joined by sylvia bacardi she is a journalist in milan good evening to you what more do we know about these protests and the protesters are we talking about nationwide anger here. Yes we are the protests started a few days ago in naples and now they have spread everywhere. And there are more than 20900. 00. And in rome its the moment there are protests going on and we know that there are a group of people groups of people especially from the. Right wing extremists and who gets groups that. Are taking advantage of this situation to. To to push forward this kind of like violent protests we know that deaths from goodnight you know are not rising as quickly as the number of new cases and thats a good see are italians are they angry over what Restrictions Mean for Public Health service time or the angry over what these restrictions could do to the nations Economic Health so i think theyre more worried about the economic factor at the moment we have a situation that is. Getting worse and worse every day and there are more than 20000 positive cases a day and there are 7. The moment that are considered the red regions. Emergency regions but what people are worried the most is the economy at the moment we had a. Throng a strong situation in the past few months and people thought that they were going to. Be able to keep their activities open for a while but this is not the case anymore. After Prime Minister jews have begun to announce his decision about closing restaurants and bars after 6 pm did he say what the government will do to help ease this economic shock thats about to take place. To date today. Prime minister. Signed need to create that is allowing 5 more than 5000000000 euros into Financial Economic help for for companies and and surprises that have been. Heat by this new regulation and they should be able to provide them by november but i think this will will how to use. It in a way that i think people are also worried because there are some specific sector of the economy who are being hit. That are not being hit describe either reports people saying that they feel like theyre being unfairly targeted by these restrictions journalists joining us tonight from milan thank you thank you. Struggle to come to terms with new restrictions people here in germany will be doing the same very soon the number of new delhi cases could approach 20000 by the end of this week. Back much toss a. District this is one of 10 busy streets in the german capital where people now have to wear a face mask germany has seen record numbers of coronavirus cases has been particularly hard hit now all 12 districts here a considered hot spots pressure is growing here in germany politicians to introduce new stricter measures against the coronavirus especially as numbers continue to grow this is something that is being debated on a daily basis here in germany both on the streets but also in the german press the latest topic to be discussed is a possibility of introducing a socalled knock down light under this proposal which is reportedly favored by chancellor merkel schools on take a would remain open except in the worst hit areas restaurants and bars would have to shut and large events would be banned so far most pozen restaurants have to close only between 11 pm and 6 am for many new measures are necessary even if they mean fewer freedoms but others are more skeptical we all have to give ourselves a push now and see that it goes in the right direction. The numbers are always going up so you have to do your part to make them go down again the government gave me for the census and hope that we will be spared but unfortunately we cant rule the salt completely although im not sure if it would really help to contain the pandemic on the islands of the people for most people i assume that there will be new measures theres nothing you can do about it and we have to get the infection under control in this new fortunately the new restrictions are expected on wednesday after chancellor merkel meets with germanys 16 regional leaders. In the United States the confirmation of a macone barrett to the u. S. Supreme court has cemented the conservative majority in americas top court there it is the 3rd Supreme Court justice appointed by president truong she is promising to deliver justice with no bias sees or allegiances thats a hard sell for democrats who say barretts nomination was motivated purely by politics and by hopes of a conservative future. After a month in the spotlight she finally got to say these words. Judge economy barack is heading to the u. S. Supreme court. Its a privilege to be asked to serve my country and this office and i stand here tonight truly honored and humbled. President donald trump is on hand to celebrate one of his signature achievements locking in a conservative majority on the Supreme Court for many years to come. This is a momentous day for america for the United States constitution and for the fair and impartial rule of law. Barack took an oath at the white house eileen hour after the senate narrowly voted to secure the nomination order with only one republican not supporting the motion. Democrats strongly opposed to the confirmation saying a Supreme Court justice shouldnt be appointed this close to an election let the record show that tonight the Republican Senate majority decided to thwart the will of the people and confirm a lifetime appointment to the Supreme Court in the middle of a president ial election. Opponents of cannae barretts nomination say it paves the way for conservative rulings on abortion Rights Health care and. Rights karni barrett val that she will remain independent. Even though we judges dont face elections we still work for you. It is your constitution that establishes the rule of law and the Judicial Independence that is so central to it. Shell take the 2nd opportunity and if some choose date and a private ceremony which will allow her to begin official duties on the court. Are in for more now i want to bring in mary ziegler shes a professor of law at Florida State university shes also the author of abortion and the law in america roe versus wade to the present she joins us tonight from santa rosa theme ziegler its good to have you on the program id like to remind our viewers and and play part of judge barrett speech that she delivered last night after being sworn in by President Trump at the white house take a listen to what she said the oath that i have silently taken tonight means at its core that i will do my job without any fear or favor and that i will do so independently of both the political branches and of my own preferences. Do you believe judge bear im sure she believes what shes saying but i think all judges have. Situations where their politics and their personal preferences have to come into play after all and the law is that clear the Supreme Court tends to be unanimous in cases dont tend to make it to the u. S. Supreme court in the 1st place so i think im sure justice faired is sincere but i think that what shes asking of herself is an Impossible Task all judges i think have moments where their politics creep in and thats the reason for example that restate or ginsburg didnt retire while donald trump was president or that Clarence Thomas wont retire if joe biden is president there is some political calculus that goes on and its an open secret in american politics do you think judge barrett is being judged mean we prematurely i mean im thinking of chief Justice Roberts he was also seen as a conservative when he was appointed but he has often sided with liberal judges on the court could judge barrett could she be a clause that case middle of the road to justice. Sure i mean theres always unpredictability when it comes to Supreme Court justices because after all these people have Lifetime Appointments which gives them a certain freedom to do what they want really without regard to the will of the people who nominated them and i think if were kind of trying to break down what kind of conservative different people on the Supreme Court are john roberts isnt necessarily in the middle i would say hes more concerned about the courts reputation in his own image which makes him kannur and attracted i think sometimes to rulings that avoid a possible popular backlash we dont know if tony barrett would be a justice like the chief justice at least by her own analysis she is more similar to Antonin Scalia who was very conservative and also i think sort of fashioned himself a principled justice who would do things that were very conservative even if or potentially even because they would upset people. And so if barretts to be believed shes more in the mold of scalia but of course we wont know for sure until she actually begins issuing decisions what do we know about Justice Barrett that leads her critics to warn that she will help the court overturn roe versus wade in the right to an abortion in america. Well i think probably the thing we know the most about judge barrett is that she was picked without human mind she was vetted by the Federalist Society for that purpose and President Trump has made no secret of his desire to see roe v wade overturned and to nominate people who would do just that she doesnt have a tremendously on track record as a judge shes been on the 7th Circuit Court of appeals for a very short time that in every decision she joined on that corner she would have voted to uphold abortion restrictions and to do so i think to some degree in the face of precedent on abortion so i think again shes not convinced that she doesnt seem to be convinced that there is a right to abortion and seems willing to reach that Conclusion Even when there is precedent that flies in the face of her how come if the president ial election next week is disputed and the Supreme Court is asked to rule on it what should judge barrett do and what will she in your opinion most likely do. Well i think she should recuse herself just from the stand point of optics one of theres no hard and fast rules about recusal in the United States but there certainly would be an appearance of impropriety which is one of the considerations judges are supposed to take into account i dont think she will recuse herself i think if the Supreme Court were tasked with functionally deciding the election donald trump and win the election and i think that outcome is exceedingly unlikely because it would really require a situation like we saw in 2000 in the United States in bush v gore or the election came down to very small margins in both the Electoral College and the popular vote and turned entirely on one state if polls are at all to be believed in the 2020 election that isnt likely to be true so while the Supreme Court has been doing a lot to essentially limit state efforts to extend the vote past election day or to have accommodations during the pandemic the court is obviously hostile to those kinds of become additions and will probably become more so with any county barrett on the court it seems less likely that the court will actually be the one deciding the election. Or writes mary ziegler professor of law at Florida StateUniversity Professor we appreciate your time in your insights tonight thank you thanks for having me. Our next story is about a young woman with a brilliant mind and a big heart ilwad elman has been awarded the german africa prize for her work in somali dedicated to reclaiming a generation that was almost lost to. Using the ocean and yoga to heal from trauma is new to many in somalia but its just one way ilwad elman helps form a child soldiers and rape survivors overcome their trauma she calls it your god issue a combination of yoga and to shoot the therapy aims to break down walls of silence and heal. And then asking people to jot comparisons between challenging. Challenging experiences like pushing your body to limits and testing yourself whens the last time you experience Something Like that and it resonated and theres a body of research thats available on these approaches and we want to see if that also fits in the context. Didnt expect global attention for her work when she returned to her home country 10 years ago she and her family were exiles in canada for many years she was 19 didnt speak the local language and wasnt directly exposed to every day life in a war torn country but her mother was already determined to go back out human rights activist. A fierce custodian of my fathers legacy. Raise my sisters and i. Decided to come back to somalia at the height of the conflict and. Fro