Coronavirus as the trumpet ministration is accused of doing just that. French products pulled from shelves turkey backs a boycott on the telly ation for president s comments about islam. And a surprise discovery on the moon frozen water on the sunlit surface could be just the tonic from manned missions. Donald trumps pick for the u. S. Supreme Court Justice has been sworn in. Do you. Think. Amy Connie Barrett took the oath of office an hour ago at the white house shortly after the Senate Confirmed her nomination for appointment to gives the top court a conservative majority no nominee has ever been confirmed this close to a president ial election democrats were against a replacement and wanted it to happen after next months poll she replaces Ruth Bader Ginsburg who died last month alan fisher is joining us live from washington d. C. Donald trump had promised that he was going to do this and this gives him a victory so close to the election. 30 days from nomination to confirmation and remember the event where she was nominated was a super spreader event that didnt stop donald trump from going ahead with another event in the white house this evening just in the last hour with him equally about it sworn in as the new justice of the u. S. Supreme court but it all happened too quickly for the democrats they were arguing 1st of all that they should have been delayed pointing to the fact that 4 years ago when there was a Supreme Court vacancy 8 months before the election the republicans felt it was appropriate to wait till after the election so the democrats wanted that this time around pointing out that up to 30000000 people have already voted early in the u. S. President ial elections they also tried to get Public Opinion behind them suggesting that im equally bad it as a justice would turn against the Affordable Care act that she would scrap the law which are essentially offers a cover for preexisting conditions to millions of americans all of those efforts failed because in the end its the math that counts and the republicans had a majority in the senate and therefore were able to push through the nomination donald trump welcomed the decision he didnt make a political statement he was very president ial in his comments at the white house in the last hour or so as for him equally balanced well she tried to allay fears of democrats saying that the earth meant that it didnt matter what the the 2 branches of government that were involved in politics were concerned about she would sit on the on the on the Supreme Court as a justice who decided on the law it is your constitution that establishes the love law and the Judicial Independence that is so central to it. The oath that i have only 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. That was the constitutional oath she will take the judicial oath at the Supreme Court on tuesday it will be administered by chief Justice John Roberts and then she can get straight down to work which is going to be interesting because already just in the last few weeks the Supreme Court has had to decide on important questions of law over electoral law and it could well be that before the election on november the 3rd there are a few more cases they go to the Supreme Court equally bad it gets them to work immediately which is exactly what the republicans wanted alan thanks very much indeed that fisher talking to us from washington d. C. I want to bring in Bill Schneider hes a political analyst and a Public Policy professor at George Mason University hes joining us on skype from washington d. C. Its good to have you with us thank you very much indeed do you think that amy barretts comments the swearing in will go at least some way to quell in the fears of democrats know we are at the peak of the election season and democrats are extremely angry about her nomination and now her confirmation. Their worst fears may be realized and they are very angry about this this could drive a lot of democrats to the polls to vote against President Trump are we assuming too readily that there are no checks and balances essentially in the Supreme Court which is structured like this that the justices will always vote according to their own political and religious beliefs i would being too harsh on the independent minded or judicially minded elements of the decision. Well and here youre supposed to be too harsh in that judgment because it is believed has been for throughout American History that the judges are to exercise independent. Judicial judgment and that they dont bring in idiology to the court but in the last 50 years or so people have dismissed that idea they say they both the radiology the republican appoints them theyre likely to vote with the republicans the opposite with the democrats thats why democrats are so angry and republicans in the country are likely to see her confirmation as a consolation prize if President Trump is defeated at the polls given the fact that we are only a week away from the election date itself do you think as you mentioned briefly earlier on do you think that this will help to motivate voters both republican and democrats yes you are probably helped both sides it will heighten the division and the animosity that has polarized american politics because the Supreme Court has been the central player you know all the culture wars that have divided americans for p. P. Years since the 19 160. 00 s. This is these are the key issues and shell be is to pass judgment on them and there is now a solid conservative majority on the Supreme Court republicans will rush to celebrate trumps between the Supreme Court this means a lot to them and democrats would just be enraged in the event that we do see a biden presidency joe biden has referred to the fact that he may consider putting together some sort of some sort of commission some sort of investigation into the the Supreme Court avoiding the question of course of whether or not he would go as far as packing the Supreme Court do you think that if he goes ahead with this commission that he actually would lead to anything is there anything that actually the democrats could do even if they get a democrat president to the structure to rebalance as they would say at the structure of the Supreme Court. Not without packing the court which a lot of liberal democrats urging him to do thats about the only solution imaginable but you know what one thing we know about the Supreme Court is justices arent always predictable i cant be example of William Rehnquist who voted against the roe v wade decision in 1973 but the person time gave constitutional protection to abortion rights he was against it he was a conservative then when the issue came back to the court in 1992 rehnquist voted to uphold roe v wade and when he asked to be explanation he said he had a healthy respect for precedent and he would go to topple the president which would become the law of the land well see whether any brain has that amy barry has the same respect for precedent always good to get your thoughts on things that this book cited we appreciate your time thank you for joining us on our jazeera shirt the head of the World Health Organization says countries it shouldnt give up on the fight against corona virus the warning comes a day after President Trumps chief of staff said the administration had moved away from stamping the virus out governments should do its share and our citizen should do their share and do everything to minimize transmission so we should not give up and thats why we have a saying. Although we agree with the chief of staff that controlling the violet i mean protecting the vulnerable is important but giving giving up on control is dangerous and. Control should also be part of the strategy. President tom insists the virus will go away as in campaigns in key battleground states ahead of next weeks elections but cases continue to surge across the country and with no economic stimulus package in sight stock markets took a tumble on monday and the gallagher reports. With all eyes focused on the president ial election its easy to overlook the economic suffering caused by the coronavirus pandemic in texas food banks like this one in houston seeing a sharp rise in the numbers of those in need of help voters may be out in record numbers casting their ballots early but many are dealing with more pressing issues and weve depleted our saving me head to death last week we taped over our light bill company because we cant afford to pay the light bill if i was away from the reality of a crippling pandemic President Trump continues to claim the us is turning a corner and the virus will soon be gone i had it and here i am is administrations facing sharp criticism louder now the trumps chief of staff conceded they are not trying to control the pandemic still with just days to go the president is urging supporters to make their voices heard get your friends get your family get your neighbors and get your coworkers and get the hell out of out play god you know what its going to be all over the country not just events of it you know its going to be a great read way there are a lot of god all of the show on wall street a metric the president often uses to point to his success stocks plunged investors fearing rising cases of covert 19 and inaction on a stimulus package to boost the economy a growing cautious over the past week the number of coronavirus cases is averaged close 270008 day in more than 20 states outbreaks a reaching record levels as. Winter approaches the messaging from both campaigns isnt changing the stakes are. Full of Vice President joe biden also in the crucial battleground state of pennsylvania says the president s covert claims a dangerous and irresponsible the bottom line to the top is the worst possible president or possible 1st priority this is pandemic and i dont think you just tell either dont have any idea what to do we just dont hear many of already made up their minds who is best to deal with the crisis and 60000000 voters have already cast their ballots the closing days of the campaign will see the candidates focus on battleground states that could decide who wins and agalloch aljazeera miami florida. Several countries in europe are also starting to controls live wires infections but hopes of a vaccine are growing in the u. K. With the British Government anticipating a mass rollout in the 1st half of next year as more. Hospitals across europe are under mounting strain in spain emergency wards are overrun with covert 19 sufferers many of them elderly the countrys followed france and belgium played in imposing nighttime curfews a response said Prime MinisterPedro Sanchez to an extreme situation. Countries are tightening restrictions from says been reporting record daily figures but a leading scientist who advises the french government believes the infection rate could be twice as high adding to calls for a full a short term lockdown. The virus is so present around us today we no longer have a choice we have to downsize a bit like what the irish and the welsh have done to reset a time or allow ourselves to reorganize and to stop the situation of intensive care units. In parts of russia doctors are understaffed and overwhelmed during the 1st wave this hospital in siberia handled only a few mild cases now its over a 3rd of hospital staff have tested positive. Its an ongoing war and we have daily losses as medics get sick and people get sick rushes racing against time to develop a vaccine its one of a dozen internationally in the final stages of testing in the u. K. The Oxford University astra zeneca vaccines reportedly shown an immune response in both young adults and the elderly thats encouraging news given the immune system weakens with age and the elderly a most at risk of dying from the virus. 10 thousands of people have been tested and we are quite optimistic that we will soon see the results of at least the 1st one of the 2 that scenes being published maybe even as early as december but effective vaccine would be a game changer in the battle against corona virus several could be available civil taney asli in the 1st half of next year but with a vaccine comes a big question over who should get it 1st europes bracing for a long winter but theres hope the aljazeera star had an aljazeera real look at the dire situation for afghans as the violence in Helmand Province escalates despite talks to end the war. As yet not see very much in the way of winter it is still the way a long way up here and temperatures are in single figures but not subzero in that part of china and that hes a nice time of the year throughout japan the Korean Peninsula most of china were hovering around the 20 degree mark the sun is out its disappearing behind the cloud in the far west of china but as though up in the Higher Ground but mostly were just talking about disappointment not so much the sunshine more the tide for some the active weather still in the south china say this was a tropical depression it made landfall as a large as a typhoon and its going to make landfall late tuesday or early wednesday in vietnam as the equipment to the catchcry one hurrican so its it is worthy of no wind damage big waves tidal swell about 250 minutes the rain seemed likely to hit is part of vietnam is pretty widespread rainfall where there is already flooding on the ground south of that where there are still plenty of showers around the quite well scattered to be honest the monsoon trough is heading south officially its still over land right about here on officially i think its gone further south and has left winter behind as winter approaches new delhis air conditioned air quality goes down once again. Amidst a climate of violence and paranoia. Theres still willing to dream. In honduras dennis seeks a Brighter Future for his son and community. Using art to reclaim the city. And transform the very symbol of past gratian. You find in latin america liberating a prison on aljazeera. The war in the war world war 2 or more. What you wrote is here a reminder of our top stories this hour the u. S. Supreme court has a new justice any county ballots was sworn in a short while ago after the Republican Controlled Senate approved her appointment this means the top courts now has a conservative majority of 6 to 3. The World Health Organization is warning some countries are on a dangerous track in their battles against new surges of Coronavirus Infections the agency admits a certain level of fatigue has set in but its cautioned against giving up on the. President out of one has called on talks to boycott french goods following president emanuel microns comments about islam and muslims michael wants tougher laws to prevent what he calls a separatism in French Society after a teacher was beheaded earlier this month mohamad vall reports from doha. Palestinian israeli protest against fast outside the french on both of those residents in tel aviv 6. Its a part of a wave of anger off the french president Manuel Mccraw refused to deny also controversial cartoons depicting islams prophet mohammed earlier this month french teachers from your party was beheaded by such an attack after he showed his students the cricketers during a class on freedom of expression muslims consider it to blasphemy to show any depiction of the prophet french officials insist its an act of freedom of speech. In serious war stricken city over it believe protestors made theyll head out. In dakar the capital of bangladesh they described mccrone as an enemy of peace but i was going to get the money. Thank you have no idea about the strains of muslims if we rise you will see that so be careful. Bangladeshi protesters held up signs with words from turkish president there is a plate of the one who has said president needs a Mental Health test for also recalled its ambassador to turkey in protest accusing him of even failing to condemn the murder of some your party on monday the turkish leaders spokesman responded by strongly condemning what he called the most famous murder of pot but president of the one has thrown his weight behind the Boycott Campaign should be banned im now telling my nation just as the saying in france not to buy anything from turkish brands i call on my nation here now do not Pay Attention to french labeled goods do not buy them. Commercial businesses in other countries including kuwait morrocco are do you have palestine and jordan have taken measures to boycott french products and we are which is leading retailer with more than 40 supermarkets across the country has been the 1st to decide a total withdrawal of french products they say it is a voluntary decision but it reflects the collective desire of its customers. About 50 french brands have been removed from the shelves the food items perfumes daily hygiene and Beauty Products have the mark of a mirror of musharraf i commend this decision by a mirror and i hope that other Companies Follow its example this is the strongest weapon we have right now. At this Shopping Mall in jordan of science reads in solidarity with Prophet Muhammad peace be upon him or the french products are boycotting supporters of the boycott hope it will produce results of any. Its a statement of our position and im sure it will reach the french officials and will certainly make a difference fyles has criticised the boycott and asked for it to be stopped but president insists his country will never give in to pressure of any kind and will continue to fight what you called islamic separatism. Or dizzy or. Yes or no outing is head of the justice and liberties for all committee he says freedom of speech comes with a responsibility. Well a forest that is no push needs to be asked is how good friends were from being celebrated oh were in the muslim and arab world a lot of after the only judge shock with user to engage with the americans who destroyed iraq 2003 i mean who got it all over the region is a question we need to as os for the original author know on our present or go to our web of kalgan emmanuelle mark orwoll is a freedom of speech includes inserting muslims which actually does mean that you know but who the most breach was a committee was possibility of public for the most would assert it also means our responsibility towards the censors you to give it to me but others of you now click on says the money remark on his hobbies and have a Mental Health check what could be the most speech from occasion but in many ways michael cannot say its ok to portray the prophet of islam in such a way and muslims have to accept it but when hes mr eagle is a little bit scorched you compare complains and fish and the 2nd point is that when emanuel mccaughan speaks of the most preached alchemy never mentions ridgeon there is School Report from war areas holcombe doesnt lets talk about the journalists who have been a plus accuser and that hes ordered miss ration. Protesters and Security Forces faced off for a 2nd day in the iraqi Capital Police fired tear gas and closed a major bridge in baghdad demonstrators a frustration about government corruption and the deteriorating Economic Situation the protests began a year ago but there was stopped because of coronavirus. A russian air strike has killed at least 78 Turkish Backed rebels in Northern Syria the syrian observatory for human rights says more than 90 others were wounded in the attack on a Training Camp in the jabal doyle area of live province russia and turkey back opposing sides in the conflict they live falls within a deescalation zone established under the cease fire agreement in march. Recent fighting between the taliban and Government Forces in afghanistans Helmand Province has forced thousands to flee their homes its also casting doubt over the prospects for peace despite growing talks in doha between the 2 sides for new calls for 40 reports from kabul. It is a place of nothingness no food no clean water no electricity a camp with thousands of displaced people mostly from home and were children even ripe tomatoes to survive. And the men try to help new arrivals like this widow from those whose husband died in the fighting a bag of flour is all they could buy for her the pieces of bread are all she has to feed her 2 children and theyre not the only ones was that there was a lot of the people here are a lot of money to the owners of the shops nearby city took food from them during the current team people were selling their households to buy food now these people dont even have a blanket for themselves. And has been stuck in this kabal camp since it was built 16 years ago like most unable to go back to home and and powerless to get a normal home here dozens of families from his province have found refuge here in recent weeks because of renewed fighting and life is just as hard for them with tens of thousands forced from their homes and home and many ran for their lives with no belongings. More than 220000 people have been displaced by the fighting in afghanistan in the last year and many have to live in camps like this the war and poverty prevent most of them from returning home. The koran a virus pandemic has pushed people deeper into poverty put prices because the border closures have skyrocketed across afghanistan making access to food for. Internally displaced even harder the u. N. Has revised its humanitarian Response Plan because of the pandemic and its still not fully resourced to respond adequately i just want to arm the humanitarians are worried about providing sustained assistance over the injured and doing the lean season so that we dont see a sudden increase in the numbers as were seeing now from lets say between here pro and now so the more. Funding and resources going to provide to the community and Response Plan which targets the most vulnerable and the beautiful and secure and also what Emergency Needs the better be can predict that more people may not fall into the high food insecure category in the future the Afghan Government says its priority is the newly displaced for those displaced for years and who may never return home the future appears as complex as the president theres a lot of them are Jeanne Meserve yet so we are responsible to get them on the list for land distribution and investigate if they are eligible if they are the ministry of rural rehabilitation and development is responsible to give them the land and the u. N. To build a house for them their. Winter is setting in and for the people of this camp the worry for now is how to survive the coming months if help doesnt arrive soon fully a contraflow a aljazeera kabul factory workers and students have gone on strike in belarus putting pressure on president Alexander Lukashenko to resign they say hes no longer a legitimate leader demonstrations have been held every weekend since august after look assange has claimed a victory in the disputed election nasa says its found evidence that water exists on the sun that surface of the moon the water molecules were detected in clavius crater facing aljazeera is highly joe castro has more on the discovery and its significance. Scientists already knew water is present at the moons frigid pulls but could the hydrogen detected on the moons sunlit surface also be water the answer yes was a surprise discovery made by now says stratospheric observatory for infrared astronomy or sophia for short sophia is a modified boeing jet with a telescope aboard equipped to detect the chemical signature of h 2 a water scientists pointed sophia at the moons largest crater visible from earth as a test what sophia saw astounded them. Individual molecules of water imbibing on the fungus of the moon and if you were to gang up all those molecules of water it would be about well the water big. Whole big media is already huge big. A lot of. Flowing love drier than that. Now so says this lunar water is nothing like the water on earth it doesnt pool because each molecule is incased in a protective shield possibly glass the finding comes from a brief snapshot here olding many new questions but the question is kind of astronauts women and men on the surface actually extract this water harder to get their inhabitants by perhaps the water molecules come from micrometeoroid or solar wind or maybe the moon has more water beneath its surface that emerged from promote will cain opes now says its preparing to send drills with the next generation of rovers and in 2024 will send humans back to the moon before humans will be doing. It here all. The. Frozen water known to exist on the moons shadow surface is difficult to reach if the water on the moons bright side is more easily accessible in may help sustain more Human Missions or even an outpost researchers say the next step is to use sophia to look again for longer and at a greater area and that the possibilities on the moon are tantalizing castro aljazeera washington. This is our facilities at the top stories the u. S. Supreme court has a new justice i mean connie barrows who was sworn in a short while