The freeman foundation. By judy and Peter Blum Kovler foundation; pursuing solutionsor americas neglected needs. And by contributions to this s station from viewers like you. Thank you. Welcome outside source. Well start byalking about covid19. There is worthat the situation europe is very serious. In the u. K. , the biggest regional lockdown weve seeyet start said midnight. 2 Million People in thed orth of engle affected. And police on the gre island have started to move migrants to a new camp after the old one last week burned down. The whole thing exposes crocs in the ee migration policy. Massive special report from steve rosen on the fires moving across sibia. And a close look at a subject weve returned to counsel countless times on outside , exit and the Irish Parliament brexit e Irish Parliament. We have a stark warning from the rld Health Organization for europe. It says the covid19 situation is very serious, and this is why. Weekly cases have now pandemic first peaked in europe in march. Last week, the regions weekly tally exceeded 300,000 patients. Saying half the countries in europe have seen their cases double over the past two weeks. In the spring and ear summer, there was 80 impact of Strict Lockdown measures. Ourr efforts, sacrifices, paid off. In june, cases hit an alltime low. The september case numbers, ahowever, should sera wakeup call for all of us. Althou these numbers have reflect more comprehensive testing, also shows alarming rates of transmission across the region. So what should European Countries do next . I spoke to the doctor a few minutes ago. Leadership and communication instills public trust an clarity and society will share these measures. Would you agree that perhaps europe made mistake in pursuing a normal summer andlo ng so many people to move around the continent so freely . On one hand, when National Lockdowns or implement it, we saw a decrease in the number of cases, but it had a very high toll on mental health, and econom loss. So its really a balance. In that sense, the key issue is to learn how to live with the virus among us. Can your help viewers understand the difference between where we were in march and april and where. E are n are we seeing a repeat . Today in september is not yesterday in february. We have betterospital in intensive care unity, more personal protective equipment, we have so learned a lesson, for example, it if schools are to be close, its often localized. So we are in a much better position. We know what has to be done. We saw in the first wave, spee of the besles in the class had a very tough time. The key is to stand together or an effort to implement what we know isng. . And can i ask about winter, certainly in the u. K. The weather is unseasonably warm, very long. t stay that way for lder i hopeful, but is what also concerned that were going to see some increased mortality at different tim seanality, but a lot depends on us. As weve seen throughout the pandemic, higher rates of transmission are often followed quicklug by r restrictions, and thats whats happening in the northeast of england, where new rules were aboutto to come ffect. Heres the health secretary. Gateshead resident should not socialize with other people outside their own households. Hospitality for food and drink will be restricted to Table Service only, and latenight restrictions will bentroduced. So leisure and Entertainment Venues must close between 10 00 p. M. And 5 00 a. M. Around 2 Million People will be affected by these new restrictions. The blue bars represent the number of wkly cases and in all these counties, there has been a spike in the last two weeks. The city of sunderland is a particular concern. Three cases per 10000 people. Oss theparison, right a u. K. Is 55 cases across per 100,000. Force johnson told the Sun Newspaper force johnson said the only way to make sure the icountryable to enjoy christmas is to be tough now. Heres the labor health spokesperson. At just the point when many fear we are on the cusp of a thcond deadly spikeprime minister admits we dont have enough capacity, and rather than fixing testing, the secretary of state is restricting texting. We lood at covid19 in europe even tooshe u. S. , is to reaching 200,000 coronavirus deaths. 100 97,000 have died so far and there have been more than 6 million confirmed cases. That has prompted the head of thesu centers to this renewed plea to aricans. Face mask are the most important Public Health tool that we have. I will continue to appeal for all americans, all individuals in our country to embrace these i might even go so far as to say this face mask is me guaranteed to protect me against covidd then when i take the co vaccine, because the immunogenicityay be 70 , and if i dont get an immune response, the vaccine is notte going to p me. This face mask will. For mosf the pandemic, President Trump has not been as enusiastic about masks, but he is enthusiastic about the prospect of a vaccine. He said one could be ready as soon as the election, which directly director of the cdc said yesterday. I think there will be a vaccine that will initially be available sometime between november and december, but init very l supply and will have to be prioritized. If youre asking me wh it will be generally available to the to take advantage of a vaccine to get back to our regular life, inthink we are probably lo at late Second Quarter or thirdu ter of 2021. Bea in mind, thats the top official at the top body that deals d withease control in the u. S. As you are bearing that in mind, here is what the president said when he was asked about those quotes a few hours later. President trump i think he meant a mistake when he said ctat, just incor informatio i called him, and he didnt tell me, i think he got the message maybe confused. We are ready to go immediately the vaccine is announced, and octobld be announced in or after october, but once we, are ready. Donald trumps rival for the presidency, joe biden, saying the president line is being guided by politics, not science. Let me be car. I trust vaccines. I trust the scientists, but i dont trust donald trump. At this moment, the American People cant either. So decidedly mixed messages coming on the vaccine. Mark meadows, Donald Trumps chief of staff, echoing nald trump to say that robert didnt have the latest loop and information, but then you talk to drug manufacturers and they kind of echo what redfield is saying, that there could be a vaccinen the next month or so, but it could all sobey be stretching well into 2021. Thats why you see people like joe biden saying there is litical motivation behind Donald Trumps announcement because its talk hes lking about it happening right before election day, and if there is a return to normalcy, that probably wod help donald trump politically. Es be clear, all politicians try to line uphi positives to announce before election so donald trump isot alone in doing something that is life and death like this vaccine, theak are that much higher. You have to look at Donald Trumps record over the course ofhis year, being overly optimistic about what was going to happen with the coronavirus, downplaying and saying that debts would dro down to zero, ying there could be a new cure with the hydrochloric line, so when you view it in that context , its more difficult to look at what donald trump is saying about vaccines and not see a particular political spin on it. Next wrn to greece,y. Specifically the island of less posts, l where , whereesbos lesbos. Any have been sleeping andel makeshift rs on the roadside. This morni, police woke him up early to move them onto their new homes. These pictures have been released by police. This is ae fem officer flown in to organize the transfer of women and children to this cp. Single men are not allowed in yet. A Government Official said 1800 people have been moved by early thursday. Theres a great deal of being moved to a new camp rather than a more longterm solution off the island. Greece has accuse wealthier nortiorn n in the e. U. To share the burden of people that are arriving. Its a very difficult, divisive question. What we do know is that this week, the head of the european coission said that she was going to reform the european asylum process. She called onopean states to show solidarity with each other. She said migration was a european challen and she says she wants to try and reform the regulation which i the system that works at the moment whereby people are supposed to apply for asylum inirhe you state at arrive in. It was intended to prevent European Union countries, but many critics say the result of this is thatik countries greece and italy are bearing the brunt of dealing with th migrants who arrived there firsa , and northe eastern European Countries are not having to deal with it. We understand that those plans will be released sometime next week, but i thinkheres a lot of skepticism, certainly from where i am now in central and eastern europe, countries have been very adamant that they dont want to take in refugees or people requesting asylum. Lets turn our attention to florida, because thousands of ople are caugh up in this, a huge storm which is been diluting not just florida but other southeastern states as well. We will get the full update. Gimore now on the al lockdown in thest north of england. From midnight, more than two moon people will see their movements and lifestyle restricted. Authorities in theio r are largely supportive, as you will see in this report. Fiona they actually aed for more immediate testing. 40,0 students are expected here in the next few weeks. We understand that has not been forthcoming. Also reports of people queuing up outsi the Testing Center in sunderland, but no tests were available. Global ahorities also asked for less,hey did more friends or families involved in childcare arrangements to be included in the household rule, that they are. Local authorities pressed for these measures because they dont want a full lockdown in the region, they cant afford it. Has the highest Unemployment Rate in the country. Its a difficult balancing act. The economy is worked worth 340 Million Pounds ine. Newcaste al thanks for joining me for outside source. Our lead story today concerns covid19 and alarming rates of virus transmission in europe. Saying it should serve as a wakeup call. Wildfires are affecting several regions around the world. We have an exclusive report from siberia in russia in a moment. First to the u. S. , where farme are still burning along the west coast. This is a map from the california fire departme, calfire. These are aerial shots from boon another community is threatened in the San Gabriel Valley and evacuations are in place around the an at least 36eople have been killed since the fires began in august. Cafornia and oregon are badlyed affe some regions have such bad air is beyond the scale for bad air measurement. T hits close to home, this is our backyard. We have friends who have been displaced and neighboring partments that we provide mutual aid to who have lost their communities and their fire stations or fire engines, and places that we would take our children camping, or going visit. Go and visit. We have seen those alted permanently. E we wont ose places look the same probably in my lifetime. This image was tweeted by the National Weather service in new york. Allhows the smoke reaching the way across the country and the smoke is now visible in new york a washington, d. C. A journalist tweeted this picture saying crazy, smoke from the western wildfires seen over the lcoln morrill. The smoke is caught up in the jet stream, we are told, and moving overhead at about 25,000 feet. In south america fires continue to rage in one of the Worlds Largest wetlands in brazil. It host thet bio diverse ecosystem in the world, and it is at risk. A Record Number fires have been reported in september. There have been more tha 5600 just this month. Environmental groups are blaming cattle farmers and ranchers. Iehere is one ist with more on why it is happening. E the rains get in the state, come from the amazon. With increasing deforestation the amazon, other regions in south america will also suffer we are seeing this extreme drought because many more fires than we have ever seen. Results president says brazils president said there are disproportionate criticisms of zea. California is burning with fire and africa has more fires than brazilth may be true, but scientists have pointed out that in the past, the nuer fires across africa remain consistent yeartoyear. In contrast, in the southern part of the amazon, the fires are worse than they have been 14 years. Now to siberia in russia, into its second serious fire season in a row. What links all the fires is that they are setting records for severity and dame. The arctic fires in siberia are burning carbon rich peatlands. They released 34 more carbon than they did last year, and last year was a record. Steve rosenberg and his crew are the fit foreign team to be allowed into the region and this is the report theyve made. Steve in siberia therefore is thelungs o the planet. If thats true, our planet is in big trouble. We were given a birdseye view of a climate emergency. From thefo air, siberiast fires look like armageddon. A heat wave has been fueling them, and they are releasing record amounts of carbon. Because of the vastness of siberia, fightingis the incredibly difficult. This region alone is 13 times the size of britain. Whats happening here in siberia as consequences for the whole world. Nt scts believe that these forest fires are producing huge amounts of Greenhouse Gases that are changing the climate of the planet. Russia has 1 5 of the worlds forests. Ar if theeurning, the fallout is global. Switched transport and had in with the forest rangers. Its slow going. This is a real siberian forest path. Its not easy to get down, its going to take us a while to get to the fire. But we are on the right track. It soon becomes car thaep fire has swthrough here, destroying lge and super birch larch, and turningarts of this fairytale forest into a waeland. When we catch up with the flames, the forest rangers do ytheir best with what thve got. But no sooner is one fire out, it is sibers equivalent of david versus goliath. Siberia. Rg, bbc news, were going to turn back to the u. S. Because thousands of people in the southeasternl states there won need to be on the move as rising waters caused by Tropical Storm sally in alibaba alabama, louisiana and georgia pensacola flora was badly hit. Fluting flooding reach. 5 meters, making it the third worst storm surge everecorded. In orange beach, alabama, one person has died and another is missing. This map shows how the storm has left many people in the dark. Alabama has 200 90,000 without electricit florida, 220,000. This picture shows the storm heading toward georgia and the carolinas. It has been downgraded to a totropical, but it remains huge and powerful. The satellite images show the storm battering the coast. You can also see that gray band smoke that has drifted east from the california wildfires. And more Tropical Storms are stacking up, threatening o parts of the gulf coast. Alere i spoke with the meteorologist for the washington post. He has just got back from the gulf coast. Matthew it really was incredible. This one was moving so incredibly slowly, onl about three kilometers per hour, which means we were in that they cook things for hours at a time. We had four hours in a row with rain gusting, more than half a meter worth of rainfall where i was. I park my vehicle on the sidewalk, but other people lost their cars tolooding in the parking lot of the hotel i was at. We got to the i80 and you could onlyic hear ts and tree frogs we got to theeye. You can still see sallys remnants out the wrydow, with trong thunderstorms producing tornadoes over the carolinas. One of the stories we focused on over the week, we turn to a subject we a discussost more than any other in the last four years. One puzzle thats been there from the start of the brexit story. Theresa may lo her job trying to solve it. Bori johnson wants to break International Law to address it, and everyone isak tg an interest. H dont mess we good friday accords. Lets look at why the irish border question wont away. The challenge has always been to reconcile three things. The first is the new Single Market, it allows free marke Free Movement of goods, services , andapital. The people protect it. Anything going in or out is checked. The second thing was captured by Boris Johnson in 2013. Be our countrydependencey can day. Leading the new Single Market leads us to the third thing, and this is complicated. If the people leaves the Single Market, the question is where to put the checks . This then becomes about history and about geography. Northern ireland is part of the u. K. A violent conflict played out between nationalists who wanted to be part of the replalican and unionists who wanted to stay in the u. K. In 1998, the good friday agreement ended that conflict. It also ended military checks on nce then, military checks of any kind on the border are politically unthinkable. The map points you toward checks in the receipt. With the u. K. Government agreed to that . In 2018, the ee floated theid. Theresa may famouslyte rep, no u. K. Prime minister could ever agree to this. Instead she proposed a backstop until a new trade de w done. No, said brexiteer mps, and soon theresa may was gone. Oris johnson arrived with a big shift thatin few saw c in 2019, he hadn offer to accept some in the our receipt. He got a deal with the ee you, forced and won an election payment was a huge polit