A picture on you. On you for voting it should be called voter id it shouldnt be mailed in voting it should be you go to a booth and you proudly display yourself you should vote at the booth and you should have a voter i. D. Because when you have voter id thats the real deal. Also coming up tonight seeking asylum in germany it has never been easy but how do you prove your case when youre told that to prove that youre gay. I got. Was when i was 17 because. The guy from me he was the ride in on a bike and he said. Oh a failure. Or failure. We see with it i mean sure that you would. Pursue our viewers on p. B. S. In the United States and all around the world welcome but we begin the day with the bad numbers and a bad idea 6 months into the pandemic more than 150000 people in the u. S. Have died from the virus that is the worst death toll on the planet earlier this year when people began dying from covert 19 countries including the u. S. Began shutting down their economies to slow the virus spread today we learned that the u. S. Economy took a hit like never before u. S. G. D. P. Dropped an unprecedented 9. 5 percent in the 2nd quarter and these figures to the horrible polling numbers for u. S. President trumps Reelection Campaign and you may understand why the president twee did what he tweeted today the president writing this universal mail in voting would make the election the most inaccurate and fraudulent in history now its important to note that there is no evidence of voter fraud connected with mail in ballots in the u. S. Then went on to say delay the election until people can properly securely and safely vote. Were trumps proposal to delay the nov 3rd election drew criticism from lawmakers including his own republicans the most powerful republican in the u. S. Senate Mitch Mcconnell said the election will remain on schedule representative zoe lofgren who chairs the House Administration committee which has jurisdiction over elections offered this reaction in a statement americans have voted during the civil war in the midst of the Great Depression in the shadow of world wars and in the wake of terrorist attacks she said in a statement americans will stand united to vote this november. For more tonight lets go to new york im joined by Richard Pildes hes professor of constitutional law at the New York Universitys school of law hes one of americas leading scholars of constitutional law professor its good to see you let me just ask you this suggestion from the u. S. President does donald trump busy have a legal leg to stand on. Short answer is no im often asked questions that cock it lee answers this is not one of them the president has no hours laterally postpone the election that only congress were to pass legislation to do so which will require a majority in the u. S. House and not only jory senate but a large majority who are common filibuster that we know that is not going to happen because the u. S. House of representatives is controlled by the democrats they would not want to delay the election let me ask you has there ever been a sitting u. S. President who has called for delaying the election because he predicted massive voter fraud. Certainly not and the United States takes tremendous pride in the fact that we have always held regularly scheduled elections d in the more than 200 year history of the United States including through some of the darkest periods weve faced including a civil war including the Great Depression including the 2 world wars including after 911. 00 so the election is not going to be postponed President Trump is floating a trial balloon maybe expressing whats on his mind but its not really conceivable that the election will be postponed but what about drugs claim that 1000000 ballots would result in major Election Fraud i mean is there any evidence to back up that claim. You know the president has set a variety of Different Things about this issue and its not possible put them together in any way that i can kind of get a handle on he has said and did say in his tweets today absentee voting is a good thing so he seems to support absentee voting which involves 1000000 ballots and he says hes a against a practice which is only done in small number of states the u. S. Which is call universal mail in vote. So no president s call for this in the absentee process we have had a few examples in lower level ringback races of absentee ballot fraud but we have never had any sort of large scale problems with absentee voting no evidence of significant levels of fraud but certainly at the level it would affect a National Election like a president ial election i mean is it true to say professor that when were talking about mail in ballots were also talking about greater voter enfranchise meant because what ive read seems to indicate that attempts to suppress Voter Participation include making sure people do not vote by mail in ballot is that true well thats a little bit complicated generally speaking the more conveniently make voting the easier it is for people to participate and in the condition of the pandemic its certainly going to be the case if the conditions are still very bad in the fall that there are some number of people who are not going to feel comfortable loaded person and for those people being able to vote by mail is perhaps the only way they are going to feel comfortable o. T. This all election. When the tweet came out today what struck me is that the president seems not to know who or maybe im reading into his mind here which i shouldnt but it seemed obvious that he doesnt realize that the authority to change the election date rests with the u. S. Congress and with the executive branch the president he takes an oath to uphold and protect the u. S. Constitution if hes not familiar with the contents of that constitution what do you think that means then for the oath that he took at his inauguration. Well i think it may be understandable that someone who comes from the Business World when they d first come into the white house may not understand a lot of the intricacies of the u. S. Constitution of the certainly once that person is in the white house they have 1st rate legal advisors or they should have 1st rate legal advisors who can provide answers to these very basic questions and the president did not claim in this tweet that he had the power to delay the election unilaterally he floated this question as a question delayed the election less than mark arbib so i dont know what he believes about whether he has the power to do it unilaterally he may be aware that he doesnt and hes trying to see if he can mobilize words in congress to adopt this view which of course has been rejected even really out of hand by the most important republican senator Mitch Mcconnell the majority leader in the u. S. Senate there is some concern in the United States that the president if he loses the election in november that he will refuse to recognize the results of the election is there anything in the u. S. Constitution were talking about a constitutional wall that provides for how to deal with the situation a sitting president loses and says im not going to leave the white house. Well the constitution actually is Crystal Clear that the president s term ends im genuinely funny so he has no legal power no Legal Authority to act as president after january 20th im less he has been actually reelected to a 2nd term and the constitution is quite clear about that. Ok well we will see if he recognizes the results of that election come november professor Richard Childress a constitutional law professor at New York University school of law professor its good talking with you we appreciate your time and your insights tonight thank you thank you very much. For the United States has the largest economy in the world germany has the 4th biggest thanks to the corona virus pandemic both are looking small tonight and we have the numbers to prove it since the end of last year when the coronavirus 1st emerged in china the 2 economies have contracted like never before the 2nd quarter of 2020 saw them both suffer historic declines for germany the worst in half a century with the u. S. Suffering its worst slowdown since the end of the 2nd world war or to talk about these numbers now im joined by Ruediger Bucklin hes a professor of economics at the university of notre dame in indiana professor its good to see you lets start with the big picture here these are historically disastrous numbers how worried should we be. They are historically disastrous indeed we have never seen anything like that i mean how worried should we be to a certain extent we kind of knew it was coming and certain extent its also intended right as a corona protection measure would be shut down the economy quite deliberately so this doesnt come as a surprise and so you know part of it is quite deliberate and so in the sense that we havent really forgotten how to produce anything. Once we get the pandemic under control you know the economy can at least in principle recover relatively quickly so its as likely different than say the great financial recession which was also big but not quite as quite as deep where you know we had serious systemic problems in the Economic System itself here this is a tough no question and its deep but its sort of coming from the outside and so the remedy has to be found outside with dealing we have to deal find a way to date aware of the epidemic at the end of the day yeah that rim of the i mean we cant really talk about policy here its more about psychology isnt it the consumer especially in the us has to feel like its safe to go about with normal everyday life in business and in till we get to that point dont you see both in the u. S. In germany the consumer basically saying were going to just wait before we spend money again. Thats absolutely right and if you actually look at the numbers its quite interesting in a normal recession consumption especially Services Consumption hardly moves ok the typical recessions at least in the unit United States but also in germany a mostly driven by a collapse in investment right and in the activities of what firms do now we see do we do see a big collapse in investment as well but we see unprecedented at the blinds in consumption and in particular Services Consumption which again in normal recessions hot the moves its essentially flat we hardly see any and by congress for example we dont see much in terms of durable Consumption Global consumption is actually quite a rather stable so people are very comfortable in at least of principles apparently buying cars or you know lots of Household Items that seems to be ok but what is really collapsing is as services and thats completely unsurprising because you know you dont want to go to a concert you dont want to go to a restaurant you dont want to go to the movies if you can get sick and potentially die and so this is exactly right until that pandemic is under control weve been just wont see a significant recovery in this recovery how minded to look like weve heard talk about in the recovery but i dont think were going to get that now ive heard talk about a w. Recovery i think this is all speculation at the end of the day. 3 will get a recovery the moment people feel safe and that means we have to get the pandemic under control and thats why we have had too much talk about you know we can be fight the recession it can be fight depend demi but how much economics will we sacrifice and wise words that so people have made up these obviously full trade offs between the economy and Public Health but we really see now i think that days no trade off we need to get Public Health situation under control and then they khana me will ultimately recover how quickly that is and what shape or form that speculation that you know some others should engage all right ruediger barking professor of economics at the university of notre dame professor your time and your insights tonight thank you thank you for having me. Well it has been 6 months since the 1st corona virus case was diagnosed in the United States since then the world has watched in horror at a superpower rendered impotent by the pandemic no country has lost more lives from the virus than america as of today the death toll stands at more than 150001 of those lives lost was a man named Herman Cain Cain made his fortune as c. E. O. Of godfathers pizza and then decided to run for u. S. President in 2012 he dropped out of the race and did Sexual Harassment accusations cain was a republican and he was seen last month at the trump rally and told the oklahoma this video shows him seated in a ocean of people and no social distancing the face met. At the time this video was taken the number of new infections was skyrocketing in oklahoma and we do not know when or where it came contracted the virus but 2 weeks after attending the rally in tulsa he was hospitalized with breathing problems. His death like so many in the u. S. Serves as a cautionary tale a warning that if we choose not to protect ourselves the virus can easily choose and kill us. Russia has said that the withdrawal of 12000 u. S. Troops from germany announced by the u. S. Will promote peace here in europe a spokesman for president Vladimir Putin said the fewer us soldiers on the continent the calmer it will be. Trump says that he is pulling out the troops because germany has failed to meet its agreed defense spending target as a proportion of its g. D. P. Or force a german reaction to this our Washington Bureau chief in this poll called up with thomas sibal horn hes a Senior Member of germanys defense minister. Mr state secretary thank you for making time here in Arlington Cemetery regarding. The yes the term in government you dont care what my dads abode was almost 5000 is that right. You know of course we are concerned a bit not exclusively because of the withdrawal of troops but the reasoning im glad to be here and they had the opportunity to put our arguments to the table in the pentagon on monday and tuesday now we had these announcements and wednesday today ive been to the white house on the state department and its i think it crucial to get a clear to teach you could prove to these questions of readjusting u. S. Troops not only in germany but all over europe in the end its a question of our nato ally and to stand together and to respond to threats from outside nato in this regard the u. S. Troops did it in the can if its in sharp for decades in germany and europe of course we understand the argument the europeans and in particular the germans should do more for security in you yes thats true but we do already a lot we stick to our commitments and we fulfill our obligations. What does all that mean to the transatlantic relationship i mean you have been in the white house today sara a little bit what you experienced there today where very open discussions in the white house was there is some an understanding on the Global Threats we are confronted with theres always a global understanding really to use our Nato Alliance to stand together and to respond to those threats and thats why its not only about. Chessman but we have to discuss how to deal with russia and china for example we have to continue the trust for dialogue at the. By 11 this has always been the offer of the United Nations and no doubt it states to europe and to germany the United States of america presented a partnership at a level for us of course the usa are a bit stronger and bigger we know everybody can see. This partnership at a high level enable us as really to make the best possible use of our potential and if there is Mutual Benefit to all of our 4 sides then the Nato Alliance can really deliver what it has been founded for do you see this i and i had level communication still being a life with President Trump in the white house. Well this is what i put to the table this is what has always been a big difference for example. In comparison with russia or china or how they. Behave towards the neighboring countries and thats why its so crucial not only to come to substance but also to be careful in our communications what we can contribute to a chance for cooperation weve all delivered many experts say the withdrawal is a really a big gift to the kremlin. Here agree with that no i dont think so its a shift towards. Eastern flank often a till and of course its indiana stood as a reaction. To the development of the recent 30 years until 1990 the german unity. Which make it made sense to keep u. S. Troops near to the german eastern borders and now nato has been enlarged the boundaries shifted eastwards and so it has some logic. To follow this development and to keep in mind the south eastern flank of nato thank you very much and safe travels thank you. Race religion politics there are many reasons that drive Asylum Seekers to come here to germany in most cases its possible to prove religious or Racial Discrimination but its much harder to prove your Sexual Orientation how do you prove that your wife is in danger because youre gay tonight e ws joel doughboy introduces us to 2 refugees from the same country one is allowed to stay the other faces deportation. To similar stories to very different outcomes to ice and matia both left jamaica escaping homophobic persecution in a small town in western germany these 2 friends are taking steps towards a new life but only one can stay both say theyve been attacked in jamaica a country where same sex into course is illegal and which Rights Groups called one of the most dangerous places l g b t people. I got was when i was serving tea in because gate and i reported it and i didnt get. Both one from the police because with. The guy from me he was the ride in on a bike and he said. 03. Or 3 the next that we see you were going to me sure that youre in jamaica because im openly lesbian been an activist since jimmy i am known so certain places its not safe for me i went to i remember i went to dinner. In sovereign plaza with a friend and thats where we were basically stalled and with glass bottles and stones in seeking asylum they faced the same court on the same day the judge accepted marshs story she can stay. But twice case was rejected the court said he could live safely in jamaica. He takes a call from his caseworker there is no good news hes to be deported i didnt kim come to germany because i want to come here because im running from my life and for them to thin or youre a thief go back. I think on fear of. That actually feel about it and most of the time i think about that i given up because i dont i dont think my thought of going back to jamaica not even in a body bag are some thing i dont feel myself going back. I can go back there. Their diverging outcomes reflect the findings of a study of Asylum Seekers in europe academics from the university of sussex found that a 3rd of applicants felt their stated Sexual Orientation was disbelieved and 40 percent told they face no persecution at home. German migration north already say their staff are trained to treat l g b t claimants sensitively and that the differing outcomes may depend on how each applicant tells their story. This assumes. The asylum procedure is a special procedure in itself where it always depends on the individual case and as individual nuances can always be different one cannot make sweeping statements on this. Kind of. Ok. To watch hes trying to keep a positive outlook has already learned german and wants to train as a care worker hes hoping for an intervention to allow him to stay in germany close to his friend marcia and far away from his fears of life in jamaica. 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From the fruit of the logs to their final resting place the russians on g. W. Documentary. Relations between the superpowers china and the United States have hit a new low mutual rivalry in the pacific is becoming more menacing with intense saber rattling on both sides u. S. Naval vessels have been staging maneuvers in what they see as a response to chinese expansionism also the new american sanctions against the crackdown in hong kong and tit for times consular close years so our question here on to the point this week is usa versus china a new cold war