That number down to what is the number down 225000 soldiers who donald trump insists the u. S. Deployment in germany comes as a tremendous cost. In berlin welcome to the shore its been a big victory for the l. G. Bt community in the United States the countrys Supreme Court has ruled that its illegal to fire workers for their Sexual Orientation or gender identity the court said the nations landmark 964. 00 Civil Rights Act which bars Workplace Discrimination based on 6 also protects gay and transgender people the vote was 6. 00 to 3. 00 weve 2 off the courts conservative justices joining with its 4 liberals in the decision. Gruber gives me the. Research and Communications Project at the center for American Progress she is in washington d. C. Thanks for joining us sure eisa Sexual Orientation and gender identity is becoming this real political battleground in the United States right now so could you just explain for us please how significant the decision is this is a landmark victory for the l. G. B. Here community particularly for the Transgender Community this is the biggest legal victory that community has had in the history of this country and as you said we have seen attack after attack from the Current Administration on basic rights of algae to keep people from playing the protection to housing to a new Health Care Rule that came out just friday claiming that algae to keep patients would be protected from discrimination in health care so the Supreme Court so firmly taking such a strong stance that prohibitions on sex discrimination and prohibit discrimination against people is its remotely important for the rights in this country. Not everyone is happy about whats happened today i just want to read a quote to you from the Alliance Defending freedom theyre a conservative christian nonprofit they says they say the decision will quote create chaos and enormous unfairness for women and girls in athletics womens shelters and many other contexts of want to get your reaction to that statement. As a woman of color the Alliance Defending freedom has never represented my interests and their litigation they have been supportive of faith based discrimination against women they oppose basic reproductive rights and so its honestly laughable that they are positioning themselves as the champion of womens rights in this country l g b t q people are women l g b t q right are womens rights and there is absolutely no evidence from the many states that have had these protections under their laws for decades now that such comprehensive protections would have any negative impact on womens rights. Sure everyone including yourself is saying this is such a landmark and you your institution the center for American Progress tweeted earlier that the work is still far from over what do you want to see happen next the next step is for congress to pass the equality act it passed the house a year ago this bill would modernize our civil rights law and and comprehensive nondiscrimination protections in key areas of life for l. G. B. To keep people as well as for women who dont currently have sex discrimination protections in federally funded services or public accommodations this landmark piece of legislation is supported by over 70 percent of the American Public across religious viewpoints ideological viewpoints Political Parties and it is long past time for congress to pass this important law you say its long past time why do you think its taken the u. S. So long to get to this point. I mean its a thats a very good question to hear advocates have been pushing for these changes for decades we are currently in the middle of our pride month which commemorates the birth of the modern l g b t Rights Movement which took place during the stonewall riots. So weve been pushing for these protections for decades i think the country is changing peoples attitudes are changing and people are understanding that it is important to enshrined protections under the law so that people dont face treatment or discrimination simply based on who they are they love to be good to talk to you cerise a group but focused on l g b t q issues at the center for American Progress thank you very much thank you for having me u. S. President donald trump has announced a lot cut american troop numbers in germany trump said hed reduce those station 2225000 now thats down from a figure that fluctuates between 34 and 52000 troops trump says hes responding to germanys finally get to meet its defense funding commitments to. One of the only countries that hasnt agreed to pay what theyre supposed to praise germany so i said until they pay were removing our soldiers a number of our soldiers by about half and then when we get down to 25. 00 those who will see where were going to germany has been delinquent and why should we be doing what were doing if they dont pay and theyre supposed to pay for more our correspondent all of us on the joins us from washington hi there all of a look ever since he took Office President trump has complained about German Defense spending so why is this happening right now. Now you just try jared since he took office over and over again he criticized germany over his defense spending and there have also been threats around drawing the american troops from germany since about a year ago not only by a president also by his ambassador as former ambassador to germany Richard Grinnell is considered a trump confident and he says that american taxpayer to simply tired of paying too much that germany now should not be surprised that you as is pulling out part of its troops at the core of this is a spat over nato funding and the German Defense budget is still under 2 percent of the g. D. P. In spite of some promises made at an early a nato summit in wales in 2014 no germany it would be arguing that they are increasing their Defense Budget but they say simply a very complicated process and it needs more time well trump doesnt have the time because hes nearing the election in november ok all of us are trumps going to reduce the number of troops here how is the move going to go down weve hes republican allies in congress well thats a tall think jerrod that causes a lot of disappointment in the Republican Party and therefore 22 lawmakers wrote written an open letter to President Trump already couple days ago where they write that such steps would significantly damage the u. S. National security as well as strengthen the position off russia and essentially what theyre saying is that this move that pulling out troops from germany is another signal to russia that the u. S. Is giving up its leadership role in the world over has the german side had anything to say about this yet. Theres been a confirmation by the german ambassador to washington Emily Homburg and she also made clear that u. S. Troops are not in germany to defend germany but to defend the transatlantic security as a whole as she says and she is arguing along the same lines as the republican lawmakers there that the u. S. Is damaging itself when theyre pulling out part of their troops from germany all right our correspondent all of us solace in washington thank you. Heres some of the other stories making news this hour the Prime Minister of kyrgyzstan has resigned amid a criminal investigation into the illegal assignment of radio frequencies by his government. Says hes resigning to avoid hindering the investigations progress he has denied any involvement in the scandal the 93rd Academy Awards has been postponed by 2 months due to the corona Virus Outbreak it will now take place on april 25 next year the pandemic has hit the Film Industry high. Closed for months and movie release dates pushed back. The u. S. Food and Drug Administration has revoked its image and say use authorized. Clora queen to treat covert 19 the agency said it is no longer reasonable to believe the drug is affective in treating the disease germany has started rolling out a track and trace. It helping to stop the spread of corona virus germany follows easily and france which launched there are now apps to weeks ago user privacy is a big concern so how has the technology been received we have this report now from paris. Who. As soon as it was launched users who test positive. They can enter in the app. Then they use this theyve been in close contact with. Sam and you do you appreciate. The app is on a voluntary basis and obviously doesnt replace other measures like face masks. But its one out of several tools that can help protect me and the people i meet. Michelle hasnt tested positive nor has she received an alert there are no official figures on how many alerts have been sent out so far but she still hopes the app will be effective. To give me i know that there has been a pandemic so in the past i never thought id live to experience one it was frightening and very worrying and its too early to say if its over only to keep up our guard. But only about 2 percent of people in france have downloaded the app so far many are concerned the government might use stop could lead to track people but michelle says that doesnt bother shuki we are all using mobile phones and being tracked through relay mouse its its very easy to know where people have been at a certain point in time also through facebook and twitter compaction that is not a threat. Michelle hopes more people will use the app and that the cave it 19 epidemic soon becomes a thing of the past well after 3 months of lock downs many European Countries are now reopening their borders for summer tourism and spain is kicking things off with a Pilot Project that invited a select group of German Tourists to the island of mayorga where theyll test the new Public Health measures aimed at preventing a corona Virus Outbreak. Official footage from the 1st plane load of German Tourists allowed to land in majorca on a trial run. They can hardly wait for their holiday to begin. Before you happen to be back i think the Spanish Government into we have done a great job of preparing things this is going to be a great vacation not as full as it used to be a bit quieter but thats how it should be thought of on. Hotel staff welcome the 1st arrivals with applause glad to be finally open for business again as its europes biggest Tourism Company to e. Existence is the travel is our livelihood especially marketing air travel its incredibly important for us and for the region as well if you consider how many jobs depend on tourism dollars most are paying but the impact of the Coronavirus Crisis is evident barely a few meters away from the beach many restaurants and bars are still shut some hotels may never reopen thousands of people have lost their job and many of them are obliged to stand in line for food like here at the top door charity in the majorcan capital palma volunteers here can hardly meet the demand which took them by surprise. To help around 750 to 800 people now we have nearly 8000. Thats why everyone here wants the rest of the tourism season to be a success booking numbers are up for the coming week when people from other European Countries will be able to travel here again and they wont just have to rely on masks to stay safe majorca is deploying technology to keep the risk of infection to a minimum sensors at beaches and Public Places will pick up mobile phone signals to determine when an area is too crowded because the coronavirus pandemic is far from over. His or minder of our top story this hour the u. S. Supreme court has ruled that its illegal to fire workers for their Sexual Orientation or gender identity the courts in the nations landmark 1964 Civil Rights Act which was Workplace Discrimination based on sex also protects gay and transgender people. This is to help with the news from berlin is born our web site t w dot com you can follow us on twitter and instagram picture a t w news im sorry thanks for watching. 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