A survivor of frances worst terror attack and find out how she copes with the trauma 5 years later. Im sumi so much gone thats going to have you with us german chancellor Angela Merkel is warning that up to 70 percent of the german population are likely to contract the corona virus as germany reported its 3rd death from the disease merkel said the country must do everything it can to slow the viruses spread and prevent the Health Care System from being overwhelmed she is calling on people to show solidarity with the elderly and those with underlying illnesses who are likely to be most severely affected michael said after its were also being made at the European Union level to contain the disease and the economic fallout it was the 1st time the chancellor had tackled the issue in public heres more of what she said. Whether or not. Game takes place where they are without an audience without spectators if we can contribution to ensuring that people who are old people who are sick maybe are protected from this disease by ensuring that no spectators go to a Football Game as hard as it is for friends thats what we need to do and this is where the recommendations that the German Health minister has announced namely that events with over 1000 people should be cancelled but even below the 1000 mark there are things that we can do to contribute to slowing down the spread all right lets talk now about the outbreak here in germany its response we have Derek Williams from d. W. Science with us here in our studio and we have our chief Political Editor michelle accuser also with us good to have you both michelle and lets start with you what were the main takeaways from chancellor merkels conference. Well 1st of all that she herself mapped out really the extent of this crisis and how serious the situation is calling on solidarity here and many also stressing that there should be a European Response she reported from a Conference Call that there had been between the e. U. Member states on how to respond some 25000000000 euros potentially on the table there and most striking the she was pretty much word by word echoing the expert advice shes receiving with the scientists sitting there in the press conference as well warning everyone that this crisis is only just beginning but also calling on the responsibility of local authorities and every individual there and michelle just to make clear she didnt announce any new measures did she. Well this is what she did say is that there would be a meeting with business leaders. This friday to put new measures in place but there was no news state of affairs both in terms of the recommendation by the Health Minister who get nickered scientists by recommending that not more than 1000 people should be in the room at any given event and calling on the responsibility of results or teams to decide whether a football match for instance should go ahead that pretty much i think is off the table nationwide here and in the right now and also she stressed that this was a test for society and she hopes that it will pass that all right of those are the measures in place derek is this the right way to tackle the corona Virus Outbreak here in germany well i think the right way its probably the only way at this particular point i mean when youre looking at 60 to 70 percent of the population eventually contracting this infection the only thing that you can do in this is this was repeated over and over in the press conference is to slow it down and slow the main reason that you want to slow it down is because you want to get the Health System time to to absorb that number of people and. That was the 1st message that came across the 2nd message that actually the that was repeated over and over again is germany is really going to try has to try to protect its most vulnerable that thats includes the elderly we know that the corona virus infects when it infects the elderly has a much higher mortality rate than it does with younger people and also people who are chronically ill slowing it down also gives researchers an opportunity to work on that vaccine that was also mentioned derek as this outbreak spreads and people are increasingly worried what is the most important thing to keep in mind here on the south break well there are a couple of things that you cant really say too often and set them over and over again go to the w. H. O. Website and look at the 4 or 5 things that you can do personally yourself to help prevent the spread of the corona virus theyve. Very simple things that include washing your hands and and practicing proper coughing etiquette or sneezing i think at some very very simple things and the other thing that is very important to you that you cant say too often is that 44. 00 out of 5 people around 80 percent of the people that contract this virus are not going to end up hospitalized theyre going to have mild symptoms or theyre going to have maybe even be asymptomatic and so its important not to panic at this point its important to remember that if you get the virus its not the end of the world the chances are youre going to feel it as you would possibly like a flu or even just a bad cold and youre going to come through it and afterwards the good news is that youll then have immunity from it all right those are the important things to keep in mind there michel i just quickly coming back to you weve been talking about the outbreak in approach here in germany can you tell us what the chancellor said about whats being done on the european level both she said that so europe would want to act together then she got a specific question from an italian this was rather interesting asking what that solidarity could mean in concrete terms whether germany would send doctors would send supplies and their spawns from under the america was that this indeed was the stress test for all Health Systems that and that germany would look into what it can responsibly do so its a very interesting moment in time here with so many european states not knowing it how big the force will be with which this virus will hit the own Health Systems but what is clear is that money will be on the table that there will be a lot of compensation for businesses across the European Union but there were still at the beginning of what is clearly a political learning curve for politicians and for all of us society our chief Political Editor michelle and Derek Williams with us here in studio thank you both very much. Now these hellion government says it will dramatically increase the sum of money its prepared to spend on easing the affects of the coronavirus roams putting aside 25000000000. 00 euros to mitigate the impact on the economy italy is the worst hit country by the virus in europe its in the 2nd day of a National Quarantine which most italians are reportedly observing. Room on lock down its streets on obscured by the usual hordes of 2 just. The shutters came down at 6 pm as bars restaurants closed in accordance with new measures to stop the spread of the coronavirus the message is simple stay at home its advice italians are taking seriously after the number of confirmed cases of covert 1000. 00 top 10000. 00 and the death toll rose above 600. 00 in florence to the normally bustling streets were unusually quiet and for some the financial consequences of the nationwide lockdown are already beginning to bite. Shes from around 140. 00 plates a day weve gone down to 25. 00 places soft to noon. This nice year weve decided to stay open to see who we can do something even if its a small thing we have employees and rent to pay. The fees in the. Meanwhile theres trouble with the neighbors slovenia has closed its border to italy well austria has banned incoming journeys by train and plane moves criticized by french president the manual home. Ownership focuses we dont want things to get out of proportion thats why because it needs to work good and because its only the beginning of this epidemic will diminish and if we take disproportionate measures that theyll be unsustainable in the long run and thats counterproductive i sincerely believe that these are bad decision because if european coordination is much more efficient as if it just. European coordination means working from home the brussels based president of the European Parliament is in self isolation after a visit to his native italy. Back in rome the president of the Italian Football Federation said that the season already suspended could be abandoned as the coronavirus effect every pillar of italian life. Well lets take a look at some of the other coronavirus developments around the world at the New York Stock Exchange opened a short time ago with share prices falling the dow fell almost 3 percent in early trading there is good news from china which is officially reported its lowest number of infections since the outbreak started there and will hand out the epicenter of the outbreak workers in key sectors are going to go back to work but elsewhere infection rates are still increasing in the u. S. There are now more than 1000 confirmed cases the National Guard has been deployed to a new york suburb thats been quarantined greece is struggling schools universities and Daycare Centers for 2 weeks and in the u. K. A Health Minister has announced that she has tested positive for the virus. And for all the latest on the corona virus including information about what to do if you think you might be infected you can head to our website dot com moving on to some other news now the u. S. President ial election it looks like joe biden has solidified his position as the favorite to take on donald trump in november the former Vice President scored big wins in the latest round of primaries including the largest prize the state of michigan the results are a blow to bidens rival for the democratic nomination senator Bernie Sanders. The 1st super tuesday make joe biden the comeback kid a 2nd has made him the man to beat just over a week ago many pundits declared that the scans he was dead now are very much alive. Coronavirus fees limited the size of the party to celebrate but there was no doubting the size and significance of the victory itself the former Vice President won 4. 00 of 6 states including michigan the biggest prize of primary voting on tuesday biden also extending his delicately does the main rival senator Bernie Sanders as voters voiced growing pragmatism. I voted for joe biden because i think he has the best chance of uniting democrats and moderate republicans and independents. Yeah i voted for him this time. I think. Hes got the best shot at the drop. Joe biden was careful not to claim victory instead he offered an olive branch to send his supporters whose votes hell need should he become the nominee. And i want to thank Bernie Sanders who supported through their Tireless Energy and their passion we share a common goal and together. Really if you didnt get. Bernie sanders is yet to verbal you concede anything other than the delegate lead but with voters increasingly turning to biden sand is devoted increasingly isolated Upcoming Elections in the delegate rich states of florida illinois and ohio could prove decisive in the fight to challenge donald trump. Lets check in now on some other stories from around the world chapin has been paying tribute to the victims of the 2011 Fukushima Nuclear power plant disaster a powerful earthquake and tsunami killed more than 18000 people and caused the nations worst ever Nuclear Accident this years ceremony was kept small because of the corona Virus Outbreak. Malawis Security Forces fired tear gas to break up protesters as prodemocracy activists painted himself into Police Timothy mcveigh was wanted in connection with his call for fresh elections following last years disputed president ial vote. Violence broke out in venezuelas capital caracas as demonstrators led by the selfproclaimed president on by though clashed with Security Forces Police Used Tear Gas to stop the protesters from marching on the National Assembly which progovernment lawmakers seized in january. Today europe is remembering the victims of terrorism a special event in paris will pay tribute to those killed or impacted by terrorist attacks the european day of remembrance of victims of terrorism was established by the e. U. After a deadly attack in madrid in 2004 on march 11th of that year islamist militants bombed commuter trains in the spanish capital killing 191. 00 people and since then there have been many more deadly attacks in europe one was in norway in 2011 on july 22nd of that year right wing extremist unders brevik planted bombs in the capital last low and then went on a shooting rampage at a youth camp killing 77 people while terror struck again in berlin in 2016 on december 19th of that year a tunisian Asylum Seeker radicalized by Islamic State stole a truck and drove it into a Christmas Market killing 12 people and the year before paris was hit by a series of attacks on nov 13th Islamic State militants struck the National Sports stadium as well as numerous restaurants and the bot to con music club 130 people were killed our reporter lisa lewis met one survivor in paris. Returning to the battle plan is an act of resistance for cutting the toll it was inside that she survived one of frances worst terror attacks the massacre at the batter clan was part of a series of assaults across paris in which 131 people died this is. Labor day but i still get knots in my stomach when i come here but i didnt want to develop a phobia so quite soon afterwards i started coming back to the battle. Its like a pilgrimage im remembering the dead and reminding myself how lucky i am. Kathleen survived these sort unharmed or so it seemed shortly afterwards she developed what many other victims of terror attacks suffer posttraumatic stress disorder p. T. S. D. Says im tom ridge by live. At 1st i was in denial about the symptoms but then i developed socalled hyper vigilant noises like doors slamming shut things hitting the ground or balloons bursting really scared me i had auditory hallucinations i imagined hearing sirens. And i blamed myself for being alive as if the others had to die so that i could live on it felt like i was going crazy for her family and friends were struggling to understand what she was going through and cuts clean felt incapable of putting our feelings into words so she found another method to express them. I channeled all my suffering into my drawings its a great relief its like a catharsis i wanted people to understand how i was suffering from this invisible injury this huge millstone stands for all the symptoms of my p. T. S. D. Little much. But she realized her drawings could do more than just help her alone thats why she decided to put them in a book. Than her therapist my fellow survivors said that my drawings showed exactly what they were going through they took them to their relatives and friends and that helped them reconnect with their loved ones i think my drawings could also help other survivors of terrorism or people suffering other traumas around the world. To mourn kathleen has since published a 2nd book which includes drawings of more every day ordinary problems thats her way of getting back to some sort of normal life but the attack changed her forever. And. Its like im a new katherine now the old me is dead i have no time to lose i want to live life to the fullest my 2nd book is a symbol of my new life i have a lot of goals and i want to develop my art further. On. The train will also keep returning to the bottom line she says shes determined not to give in to the fear the terrorists have awaken in her. Foreign minister. Has been called to testify in front of a Public Inquiry into the sasa nation of daphne. The journalist was killed in a car bomb and 2017 while she was investigating corruption her death through the country into political turmoil now the foreign minister was asked to testify after an interview on his show conflict zone where he admitted he was aware of attempts to obstruct the investigation heres a clip from that interview. Who exactly was and is protecting murderers who 1st of all when it comes to the assassination that were going to have. A judicial process going gone now because the alleged killers have been brought to justice but you know more than this stone sure you know more than this i know more than this you know more you talk about murderers being protected im asking you very simply whos protecting them on malta who i keep on saying went i will keep on pushing for all the truth to come out but youre not answering the question im asking you i cannot give you not have no course not to be honest if because of the legs why do journalists have the police if there are investigations i can assure you that im doing my duty and my only being to the police home im doing my duty. Well you can watch the full version of that interview tomorrow at 9 30 pm Central European time and also on our web site. Now former hollywood movie producer Harvey Weinstein is set to be sentenced today for his conviction on Sexual Assault charges he faces a maximum of 29 years in jail last month he was found guilty on charges of Sexual Assault and rape accusations of Sexual Misconduct against weinstein date back decades that a moment well go live to a journalist in new york where the sentence will be announced but 1st heres a look back at the key events that led to the guilty verdict. February 24th 2020 Harvey Weinstein left the courthouse in an ambulance after being found guilty of Sexual Assault and rape. His trial had begun in january Public Interest in the proceedings was immense it was a watershed moment. Point. For many women the trial was cause for hope the District Attorney spoke plainly weinstein is a vicious serial sexual predator weinstein with his manipulation his resources his attorneys his publicists and his spies did everything he could to silence the survivors the trial was the culmination of a dramatic fall from grace Harvey Weinstein was the king of hollywood producing Box Office Hits and oscar winning films but he was a man who sexually harassed assaulted and raped women who abused his power as a matter of course the whole hollywood system seemed to be on trial with him for years it was hollywoods dirty secret in 2017 women started breaking their silence 80 accusers stepped forward with allegations among them stars like Gwyneth Paltrow and angelina jolie. He led me to his bathroom pleading that i just watch him masturbate i remember harvey afterwards rolling over on his back saying dont you feel were so much closer to each other. Too terrified you know around the world women saw their own stories mirrored in those of weinsteins victims the me too movement was born there were worldwide protests against Sexual Violence the range transcended borders in may 28th seen at the khan Film Festival women occupied weinsteins former hunting ground. The protest movement ensured that charges were brought against Harvey Weinstein the trial finally began in new york. Were both of my clients in this case have been very brave very courageous because theyre willing to testify under oath to tell the truth the whole truth and nothing but the truth. Now weinstein is to be sentenced the sex offender has been stopped its a historic moment but perhaps only a beginning the trial is over and its a victory for women and justice but the need to story will continue. And lets speak now to journalist james rial hes been following this case in new york hi james what can we expect to see in that sentencing today. Well the sentencing hearing and manhattan has already begun today a very tense scene were hearing from the courtroom Harvey Weinstein once the king of hollywood is that report just described and has traveled this morning from Rikers Island jail the jail cell hes been held in since he was convicted of the serious charges last month hes been brought into court has been pushed in a wheelchair symbolizing once again the impact this case and his conviction that had upon the man and also wearing and then in court hes once again come face to face with the women whove accused him there are 6 women who gave evidence in the trial 2 of them other cases for which hes been convicted against them and theyre in court and they get it if you think victim testimony theyre going to be saying to the judge this is what binds did to me this is how it affected me personally and this is how it affected my career and the judge is going to have to take that into consideration when he gives his sentence one of the prosecutors say should be strong to wards the 29 year limit at the maximum sentence the charges while of course pointing defense teams they should be much lower more like by james this really has been a landmark trial for the need to movement i mean what is a significant of the sentence. I think its going to not only give an indication as to how seriously the judge feels about. About Harvey Weinstein and the client that hes been convicted of its also going to be seen as a barometer where america. Obviously the claim that was made by many of the womens Rights Groups and the made to move movement during the trial is that women believe well of course juries did believe the women and they were willing to convict the white paint of course lots of things are going to go to the judge. And hes going to take into consideration what the bank team has said the weinsteins in poor health that hes 67 years old so i suggested a Life Expectancy of Harvey Weinstein is in the region of 12 years so were going to be thinking in terms of whether or not Harvey Weinstein is actually going to spend the rest of his life behind bars on the flip side of course prosecutors say these are very very serious and Harvey Weinstein is committed a lifetime of the pews and in many ways yet he was above the law and of course when youve got somebody who acts as if theyre above the law and they show little remorse or the actions that theyd be convicted of well judges generally speaking go 20 halasz almost kind of convicted people all right journalist James Reynolds speaking to us there from new york thank you very much. 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