Life well planned. The freeman foundation. By judy and Peter Blum Kovler foundation; pursuing solutions for americas neglecneeds. And by contributions to this pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. On with outside source. Donald trump is back in the white house. The president says he is feeling great and ready to take on joe biden. That is raising plenty of questions about whether the white house is following u. S. Guidelines. The list of white house staff testing positive is still growing. Also, were going to look at the pandemic elsewhere in the world. There has been a significant shift in the number of people being hospitalized. The World Health Organizations warning of pandemic fatigue in europe as populations get fed up with restrictions. And a report from kurdistan for the opposition has received power and the embattled resident suggesd he is ready to step down after violent protests. President trumps doctors say he is doing very well and arrived back to the white house yesterday. He released ts video not long afterwards. We are going to beat it. You. We have the best medical equipment and best medicine. First welcome lets look at the state of the presides health. Doctors are saying he is not yet out of the woods and it is likely that he remains infectious. Here is one doctor who has been treating patients in the u. K. We are led to believe he contracted it on thursday and is still infectious. In the u. K. , our guidelines are the first 10 days is when you are deemed to be infection infectious. Him not having a mask puts them at risk. Its worth pointg out the President Trump had access to groundbreaking drugs most cannot access, including antibody therapy. Numerous doctors have sounded warnings. For instance, this u. S. Public health expert. He is on a steroid which anyone can tell you causes mania and psychosis. At a minimum, it makes you feel really good. It can mask symptoms of illness so there are two very strong reasonshy him saying he feels good does not mean he is out of the woods. We also have a comment from dr. Anthony fauci, saying sometimes when youre five days in you will have a reversal. Its unlikely but they need to be heads up there it slips take a look at the political reaction. President trump is urging americans not to be afraid. Many critics point out 210,000 people or more have lost their lives. One councilmember to thousand start wall donald trump was in the hospital and some criticism has come from republicans. Heres part of video from a group of antitrump republicans. I left Walter Reed Medical Center and its very special and i learned so much about coronavirus. One thing that is certain, dont let it dominate you. Dont be afraid of it. Mike you can see the point they are trying to make. Health care worker died of covid19 in july. Heres how they responded. It is so hard to watch and go to the hospital out of the question remeasure your say with Chris Christie eared my mom, Health Care Worker who put h life at risk every single day did not want to go to the hospital because it was worse there. Because it was full and she would not get the care that she needed. She spent two days looking for a testing site because there was not one available and this is a Health Care Worker. The day that she died she argued with my brother and said please dont call an ambulance. It will be too expensive. My brother did it anyway and by the time she was put on the gurney, she lost her pulse. So it doesnt seem fair and fair for him toeneralize is kind of treatment and privilege because there are so me people out there who will never get the same kind of treatment he did. Trump supporters have been defending his actions in a range of ways heres a tweet from a new york those columnist, sent it President Trump had spent the pandemic hiding in the basement like joe biden it would have been disastrous for america. He also compared covid19 to the flu, writing flu season is coming up. Many die from the flu. Are we going to close down our country . We have learned to live with it just like we are learning to live with covid. As you can see, that has been flagged by twitter is a tweet spreading misleading or harmful information. That is for a range of reasons, in part because more than 200,000 people have died in the pandemic will between october 2019 and april, flu caused that maximum 62,000 deaths according to u. S. Government figures. At the white hou, 16 staff at recent visitors have now tested positive and in the last hour it has emerged that a number of leaders have been ordered 14 xray top official tested positive. This includes mark wiley, chairman of the joint chiefs of staff. The Biden Campaign has also put out a range of messaging, criticizing the president for removing his mask in the video he tweeted after arriving back in the white house. Joe biden tweeted this video. Here is what the candidate said at townhall meeting eared meeting. I would hope that the president would communicate the right lessons to the american people. Masks matter. They save lives and prevent the spread of the disease. Lets hear from our washington correspondent on what the president may do now. The president has not followed the guidelines ever since they were introduced and bear in mind there are not really any federal instructions only guidelines in this case. He has resisted for the large part wearing masks. He has resisted any kind of social distancing at his campaign events, pleaded any social distancing at his official event here at the white house. Insisted avoiding handshaking. So he has not really followed any of those guidelines in any case. What we saw what heeturned when he returned in that famous picture was a really clear message. If you think i have changed because i have covid, you are wrong. Quickly update us on the state of the race im guessing one reason he wants to get back t there is he knows he is in a bit of trouble. He is. We have got the National Polls of limited value at this stage of the race but he is also seeing gaps open up and some of thkey battlegrounds and swing states. He does need some Game Changing moments in the last four weeks of this campaign. One could be thursday when the second debate is due. We know what happened during the last one and bear mind that was week ago. But he will hope that Something Like that can change the weather politically. Joe biden has said he would be prepared to take part if a scientist said it was safe. Lets update you on the coronavirus elsewhere. In england, a sharp rise in the number of people admitted to hospital. The figure has risen by a quarter in just one day. Cases arising fastest in Northern England despite the number of local lockdowns in a range of places. Here is the bbc medical editor. If we look at hotspots for covid in the north of england, manchester had 529 cases per 100,000 liverpool, 487 and newcastle 435. Contrast that with cities in the south. Bristol had 36 cases, norwich 32 and london 60. What about those who are getting covid . In the northwest of england, the highest rates are among people in their 20s. You can see how sharply it has risen in recent weeks. In older age groups, it has risen their as it has among people in their 70s and 80 plus. Rates of infectiontinue to rise elsewhere in europe. To be clear, the numbers are lower than they were in the spring. This Financial Times graph shows the eu is on course to overtake the u. S. In the average number of coronavirus cases. That has not been the case since the early days of the operating. In germany new infections now regularly exceed 2000. Here is more from jenny hill. Europes leaders, masked in the second wave. Angela merkel admits she is worried. Case numbers are rising though significantly lower than those of france, spain and britain. There is obviously a chance things might get out of control. I think it is really down to how effectively the Public Health institutions can track cases. So far, they have been doing a pretty good job. As the season changes, new concerns arrive. Life is about to move back doors indoors. Across the country, officials are trying to work out how to keep infections under control. There is lots of debate. Should masks be worn . Should alcohol sales be banned at night . But all agree on this germany simply cannot afford a second lucked out. Lockdown. Harris is now on maximum alert meaning ours gyms soon pools are closed. We know that paces cases in paris are rising particularly quickly among young people. If you go out this morning as i would normally do have a coffee down the road, i will find a cafe shot because the reckoning is that bars of the problem. Bars and other things are where young people tend to congregate there being promiscuous in the french sense, meaning mingling and that is how the virus is spreading. What you will find is that all of the bistro places arent going to be open and if you can show you are mostly a purveyor of food and have a serviceable kitchen and the rest you can ay open but with new regulations and thats in response to the big outcry from the hospitality trade which is in really dire straits and has managed to bring this concession. One potential issue is that people in europe have been living under restrictions of one type or another for months and the who is warning of what it calls pandemic fatigue. The director for europe say citizens have made some sacrifices and its easy to feel apathetic or unmotivated we spoke to a professor who has been advising the u. K. Government on its covid restrictions here is her reaction to those comments. They are defining fatigue as a lack of motivation and certainly when you look at the u. K. Figures, what you see is that people are still overwhelmingly adhering to the majority of the guidance and that this is not diminishing over time. When one is looking at behavior, it is not just thinking about motivation but do people have the knowledge and understanding and the support for their behavior. There isnt strong evidence at all that the reason for example transmission is going up isnt that people are adhering to guidelines is that people arent adhering to guidelines but that people are confused as to to the complexity of advice so the confidence in knowing what they are meant to be doing goes down. People are not citing the reasons why they may not isolate when they have symptoms where they have been contacted because they have been in contact with somebody who has symptoms. Its that they dont have the Financial Support or that they have to go out of the house to look after other people or they need to go out and get food and medicines. Next, lets turn to part of the world we nt talk about very often. On sunday, curtis had parliamentary elections but the results have now been annulled. The opposition has seized power at their Prime Minister has been appointed. These pictures are from overnight police used Water Cannons against protesters and hundreds were injured. Protesters stormed parliament. These documents are being thrown out of the windows. Parties with close ties won the election protesters said the vote was rigged in the last few hours parliament has agreed to transfer power power to the opposition the president is accusing the opposition of an attempted to. Heres our editors update from the capital. It is still unclear how this all works because the president is still legitimately in power. He had an inclusive interview with the bbc yesterday and stated he is in power though he is ready to work with leaders and their Coordination Council the opposition created. We will see in the coming days it is still unclear if he will step down or start a discussion. The Security Forces are fully controlled by the opposition now. The president usually has control over Security Forces but once the protesters stormed parliament, it looks like the Security Forces have stepped down and are now in the hands of the opposition. When we return, we will look at how the video app tiktok is being drawn into the u. S. Election. New coronavirus restrictions will come into force in scotland tomorrow. E rate of infection continues to rise. Lets hear from our scotland editor. Tomorrow, youre going to get the details of restrictions that will be brought in later. We dont know exactly what they will be but bars and pubs across scotland are braced for bad news. We know it wont be a return to total lockdown, people wont be told to stay in their homes and schools will be closed and its that that the government tried to use what will be known as a circuit breaker. Two weeks of tight regulations to try and stem the rise in infection rates. So it could be that restaurants, bars and pubs will be towed told to close or will be severely restricted and how they are told to operate. Nicola sturgeon says this is the most difficult Decision Point in the crisis so far. Here in the bbc newsroom. Our lead story comes from washington. Donald trump back in the white house. The president says he is feeling well and wants to debate joe biden next week. Now armenians Prime Minister has told the bbc that the Ethnic Armenians are facingenocide. You as may you may have seen fighting has been the fiercest in decades and both sides are blame each other. According to international law, is part of azerbaijan but it has been run by Ethnic Armenians who have declared independence. Jenna fischer has been speaking to armenians Prime Minister who uses the armenian name. Here is the defense of the ongoing occupation of the land. Yes it is armenia blend of armenia because 80 plus of the people there have been armenians. Today, that is the case. So what is the problem with it . They want armenians not to live there, and thats what the health of terrorists they are attacking. So what is anyones proposal . That the armenians are going to say you are terrorists therefore we give up on our roots . That is not going to happen. Under international law, armenia has not been that has been illegally occupying armenia has been illegally occupying for more than 25 years. Thats not true. It is true. Look at the u. N. General simile resoluons. But you see again, many people unfortunately if you will allow me, there is no such international law. You have consulted Vladimir Putin four times since the started. If armenianerritory is attacked, will russia support you militarily . There is a contractual entreaty framework. This treaties set out that indeed the territories of the republic of armenia in case of an imminent threat, pressure shall uphold certain security commitments. Just to be clear, and your discussions over the last week or so, he has reaffirmed the commitment that if territory is hit, armenia will get Russian Military support . I cannot answer your question in political terms the weight the Russian Federation has assured their ways in which they are defined treaties, it will uphold the. Dutch uphold them uphold them. Nella switch back to the u. S. Election and focus on tiktoks role. Donald trump has spent the last few months threatening to shut down tiktoks u. S. Business and it now looks there is a court needed effort to support h or it this is the account of a protrunk group that has 1. 5 of the biggest politicalg it one accounts it began publishing videos directing users to download the app and encouraging them to sign up for text alerts. And to do so using a special code. What did he say . [stuttering] here is sophia smith gala who has brought us the story. In order to text the Trump Campaign you need to do so with a recognized keycode that will have been internally programmed by the text defend team. It is not gobbledygook, it is an acronym for the high house. Andhen you texted in, it is a high code. There is something going on within the Trump Campaign that is marketing speak for testing which messages register best. When a user sees that, theyre not only getting the campaign their phone number, the campaign will then ask for their zip code. It will know their tiktok user. It is microtargeting. Next, lets look at the byington account run by volunteers who describe themselves as campaign, adjacent. We know the official campaign has been in touch with them. The video was posted after the first president ial debate has been viewed more than 12 million times. [offbeat singing] unlike facebooknd google, tiktok does not allow political ads but as long as no money is exchanged viewers can express support however they choose. We assume they arent paid. It would violate Community Guidelines which express paid political advertising is not allowed on the app, executive you say grassroots organizations can freely post procandidate tiktok if they so wish. And if they take the digital coalition, they told me tiktok has given them the highest engagement. That tells you how useful a platform it can be when campaign send out messaging that resonates well with gen z. Thats interesting because i was assumed tiktok was a place you went to escape politics. A creative space, not a little space. That is what tiktok would like you to think and a lot of their messaging since they are a home for lighthearted entertainment but over the last year, have become a real home for social expression and social justice. Black lives matter absolute catapulted on the platform and so it really has been home for political opinion just as much as it or dancing, lipsynch send the rest. And the rest. A quick update from donald trump who has just tweeted he has been dealing with nancy pelosi about this potential bailout for the economy. He says she is not negotiating in good faith and rejecting her request. I have constructed my representative to stop negotiating until after the election. Im sure nancy pelos narrator funding for this presentation of this program is provided by. Language speciists teaching spanish, french and more. Raymond james. The freeman foundation. By judy and Peter Blum Kovler foundation; pursuing solutions for america