Weeks and rescued from the rubble 3 days after an earthquake rocked the turkish city of is me or a 3 Year Old Girl is pulled alive from the wreckage. I bring golf its good to have you with its tonight u. S. President down with trump and his challenger joe biden are making their final pitches to the voters with election day now just hours away trump is making a whistle stop tour of 4 swing states in fayetteville North Carolina the president said that he will win again despite what he called the fate homes predicting his defeat trumps kept a religious schedule over the past few days appearing nonstop at campaign rallies. Joe biden sticking to a much more low key approach focusing on ohio and pennsylvania for the final hours of this race hes told voters its time to end the chaos of the past 4 years. Are joining me now is our Washington Bureau chief in his poll on this election eve good evening to you so the numbers are impressive right 96000000 people have already cast their vote so how much of a difference then can this last minute campaigning really make right for in this is actually 70 percent of the total vote in 10. 00 to 16. 00 so one could indeed i think it wouldnt matter so much anymore but we have to keep in mind that it could be a couple of 1000 votes which might decide the outcome of this years election because of the specific electoral system here in the United States to remember ourselves in the year 2000 it came down to only 500 votes in florida which finally decided the elections and 4 years ago donald trump won the important thing said of pennsylvania of this only 45000 votes so every literally every vote counts and what about the Political Parties in his me what are we seeing what are they doing to try to ensure that we have an outcome that we can talk about on tuesday night. Well there is an expectation that whoever is declared the victor of the very night the other party will dispute the outcome to give our International Audience a little bit of context in key swing states in the midwest and many pollsters have said that when the results come in trump might look ahead early because many of the Republican Voters will be voting in person but when mail in ballots are counted later that lead will quickly dwindle and even show that biden might be in fact the winner so the concern for democrats is that the president might claim victory before all the votes are counted and which could indeed lead to confusion and disinformation to run wild so if this is the case we might have to prepare for not only a violent even ng but violent days to come really hurt the doesnt happen but we are looking at a possibility of vote counting lasting longer than into tuesday night to be held long do we think were going to have to wait. Right brain so for voters and takes me also viewers who are hoping to know who the next president will be by tomorrow night or even early wednesday morning i think we will most likely not have any result and they might be disappointed the results of this election hangs on only a very few states and with so much of the electorate deciding to use mail in ballot ing people are going to have to be patient because i mean i wasnt and millions of ballots will be counted and. Only are on top of the states has elected to vote in person tomorrow and im sure its going to take a lot of time a lot of manpower actually to move through these millions of men and mail in ballots even if these people are working on 24 hour shifts so be prepared for a long time before we will finally know who the next president of the United States will be thats right i think everyones patience will definitely be trusted in the next 24 to 48 hours that is for sure in this poll on the story in washington thank you. And heres a look now at some of the other stories that are making news around the world in tanzania an opposition leader. Has been released after a brief detention by police thats according to his shot dame a party earlier on monday police for old planned protests against last weeks election which the opposition say was rigged several other high ranking members of the opposition have also been taken into custody at least 22. 00 people have been killed after gunmen stormed Kabul University during in rainy and book fair officials from iran and afghanistan have been expected to attend witnesses say the attackers targeted students the Islamic State militant group has claimed responsibility a huge cleanup is underway in the philippines after it was hit by typhoon goni over the weekend at least 20 people were killed and tens of thousands of homes damaged or destroyed the worst hit areas have been left without communications and electricity and the army has appealed for more troops to assist the relief operation a Buddhist Monk has surrendered to police in myanmar after 18 months on the run 3 author who was wanted for sedition after allegedly making inflammatory remarks about leader Aung Sun Suu Kyi his surrender comes days before parliamentary elections and analysts say his reappearance could be an attempt to influence the vote against su cheese party. But german chancellor Angela Merkel has urged people to abide by new rules designed to slow a rapid increase in covert 19 infections beginning today restaurants bars and Leisure Facilities will be closed for a month the chancellor told a News Conference today that measures are necessary to prevent Germanys Health care system from being overwhelmed the country has recently seen a surge of covert 1000 patients in intensive care a whit start to germanys new partial lockdown. Early morning in berlin as cool children have to class they are some of the few whose routine wont change that much with the new measures the new restrictions on effect shops schools or day cares the German Government says it will prioritize childrens education something it says is better achieved with in person lessons. What does appear different is the street usually bustling with tourists and locals now quiet and empty its many bars and cafes have to shut down and can only offer takeout. German chancellor Angela Merkel acknowledged that the new measures are hard but said that they are necessary to limit social contacts and bring the pandemic back under control. Were going to do it and of course this means that for the next 4 weeks well have to go without a lot of the things that make life worthwhile and we all know that the state premiers as well as we in the government we spent a long time considering whether there was a better or moderate way but we did not see one thats why with heavy hearts we decided on these measures and. The government has also urged those who can to work from home and asked employers to facilitate the transition with more people staying home fewer commuters should trains and buses. At lunch time clients lined up outside restaurants not to wait for a table but to order takeout a buffer for many Restaurant Owners but not enough to make up for the lost income. This is really a service to customers but its not much more than that i assume that i will have to accept some losses this month in. A difficult november lies ahead the hope now for germans is that the next 4 weeks will be enough to curb the spread of the virus. Fired for more on this im joined now by our Political Correspondent clearly good evening to you and you we understand that this press Conference Today was called with very very short notice which is unusual for the chancellor what does that tell us about the Current Situation here in germany. This press conference was absolutely out of the ordinary brand usually im going im actually comes to this venue to meet the press once a year for the Summer Press Conference all the other press conferences are at the chancellery so with only a few i was warning this was really unusual and 1st of all it shows the deep concern off the chancellor of the situation in germany the numbness the infection numbers have been on the rise here yes and i countries and your and the growth has become exponential this is what worries underlying mantle and advises this is why she said we now have to take stats and not a little bit of this and a little bit of that and variations of measures we already had implemented before and she said its not the time for ha has its hands because the virus punish is how heartedness so at the core of all this is that there is the reduction of contacts whether in restaurants for sports clubs or the ages and when calling because if its not unfit to leave shops in business but take restaurants out of business she said she wanted to try it with this slightly softer approach and made it very clear that its either that this partial lockdown will everything. She and she made it clear today that were looking very lowly november but that may have to be the price if we dont want to have a lonely december and a lonely christmas do you think people are buying back. A survey off last week shows that the majority of people in germany are quite content with this and about a 3rd of people and said they would appreciate an even tougher stance which we become that which we get now and 90 percent said they would appreciate mandatory face loss and want every class and indeed if you go out in the streets in berlin you can see more people wearing face masks in areas where it is not required but the chance to know is that people who dont follow her people who get tired and so she said everybody is in there everybody is responsible we have to pull through all together and she said the light at the end of the tunnel is still very far away yeah very sobering words there w. s on your collar with the latest headlines here in berlin and you thank you. Rescue workers have pulled 2 girls from collapsed buildings in the turkish province of izmir a 3 year old was brought to safety nearly 3 days after a strong earthquake struck the region a 14 year old was freed hours earlier but hopes of finding others are fading the quake killed dozens of people and injured hundreds. Of 3 years old and nearly 3 days under the rubble. One. Of the firefighters who got young and the 3 inject out from her collapsed house said her rescue was a miracle. If when i saw a leaf lying on her back she was between her bed and the closet i stretched out my hands to clean her face and she grabbed my finger and opened her eyes at the. Because right before that moment i had asked my team for a blanket and a body bag while looking at a leaf is a tiny little kid. Its been a rare piece of good news in the aftermath of the quake it struck friday below the aegean sea off the Turkish Coast it triggered a small tsunami which inundated streets on the greek island of samaras while tremors also cause widespread damage. Hundreds of families now homeless are living in tents they described scenes of terror and deprivation to d. W. After to be killed everything in the house was falling on me and i knew i couldnt stand upright or should i thought i was going to die right there there was nothing we could do. I couldnt get out after the shaking start. It was a terrible feeling. Did you notice it its the tense get very cold at night i hope life will return to normal as soon as possible god bless us all when i go home to get necessities i still feel the aftershocks because the money behind them is a touch the hearts of. Turkish police have arrested several people as part of an investigation into why dozens of buildings were so heavy leaf damaged. Youre watching t w news live from berlin ill be back at the top of the hour with more world news followed by the day i hope to see you there. Combating the pandemic. Where does research stand. What are scientists learning. Background information and news. Hour carona. Coded 19 special next on d w. If it is for me. Is for. Beethoven is for. Beethoven is for. Beethoven is for covering. Beethoven 2020. 150th anniversary here on. Herd immunity. Its usually achieved with a vaccine like for polio but in the fight against covered some countries gambled on natural herd immunity they allowed infection to spread claiming it would minimize harm and protect the economy. More Scientists Say its dangerous and may not even work it also reinforces to me just how morally unquote shit unconscionable and unfeasible the socalled natural hard to meet her team unity strategy is not only would it lead to millions more and necessarily does it would also lead to a significant number of people facing a full recovery. And its the most fun robel whod be hardest hit. You may remember the footage of mass graves in brazil the false promise of herd immunity or is there some truth to the strategy well talk to our science correspondent about it in a moment to an expert 1st the even more important question of how long a minute he actually lasts. As the covert 19 pandemic took hold scientists knew a vaccine would be the best protection against the virus but there was still the hope that those recovering would be immune as in the case of viruses like smallpox or polio when a 33 year old man in hong kong tested positive for a 2nd time those hopes were dealt a blow. Some people might ask. For the virus forever after you recover. Before but now its after your 1st infection theres always a chance youll get infected again. In their Research Paper the team at the university of hong kong says the 2nd infection was a different strain of the virus and that the patient was asymptomatic the study examines how often people whove had covert 19 are immune to new infections and for how long these questions have implications for Vaccine Development and decisions about returning to work school and social activities as many countries in europe and around the world went into lockdown earlier this year sweden went against the tide opting not to confine its population schools and restaurants remained open in the hope that infected people would become immune to continue their lives as normal and ultimately slowing the spread of the virus. Swedens infection rate and death per 1000000 was soon among the worst in europe and yet testing showed the country still fell a long way short of the infection rate which would create herd immunity. The w. H. O. Says that until the world has readily available vaccines the virus will continue to inflict significant changes on our lives. As a planet as a global population close to levels of the community required to stop this disease. And we need to focus on what we can actually do not to suppress transmission and not live in whole community been d right now that is not a solution its not a solution we should be looking to. And the immunity picture is looking increasingly complicated in the southern german town of. A study by germanys institute found that 40 percent of participants who had tested positive for the corona virus before the study began no longer had immune aglow binjie antibodies the most common type of antibody. The Robert Koch Institute is already conducting several regional studies as researchers around the world continue their work to create viable vaccines. Lets have a look at your questions now from our you tube channel is derek williams. What are the risks of the focused protection of price point out in the Great Barrington declaration. Since the very earliest days of this pandemic there have been those who believe that our responses to cope at 19 so the lock downs and all the other measures that they have actually caused more damage than the disease itself and they believe that we need to look for other options even without access to a vaccine since really wide scale infection would be at least theoretically a pathway to what we want which is herd immunity the concepts laid out in the highly controversial declaration that you mention was proposed several weeks ago by 3 scientists from the us and britain and its been signed by others it says that we need to only focus on protecting groups that it classifies as vulnerable especially the elderly and that urges a return to normal life immediately for everyone else that means they simply not trying to limit infections among those that it says are at minimal risk of death so what would be the dangers of going down that path there are some pretty major ones in the big flaw in the declarations reasoning a lot of experts say is the fundamental assumption that that people who appear to gain at least some immunity after surviving that disease will keep that immunity for extended periods. Weve already seen some cases of people who have gotten coated 19 a 2nd time though there is so far theyve thankfully been few and far between them still the coming months could see many many more another big question how exactly would you go about protecting vulnerable populations effectively in societies where the virus is basically raging unchecked is that even possible and in aspects that the declaration doesnt address at all is the potential long term damage that covert 19 can do to many younger people even those who survive then of course at least some people who arent classified as vulnerable will turn out to be very vulnerable took over 1000 after all and theyll die from it potentially even millions of people worldwide and people who wouldnt have died if social distancing measures remained in force until effective vaccines are available. Lets talk more about immunity with Valentino Gallo shes a neuro epidemiologist at the university of corning in the netherlands whats your take on the Great Barrington declaration. Right dan thank you very much for the invite so 1st of all i think the declaration. Is pointing towards a scientific divide which is not entirely that in fact its about a few scientists coming from a very prestigious. Organization that have put forth these idea claiming that there is a divide between scientists but its just that they are. Against the rest of the scientists which are more compact suggesting different types of approaches to their great rant and to the situation of we called it. In addition to these so they can they claim that these more. Recent with the fact that downs with it will bring a l