Brought a lot of progress but divisions between east and west remain. A michael welcome u. S. President donald trump is being treated at a Military Hospital after testing positive for covert 19 is expected to remain at Walter Reed Medical Center for several days trumps doctor says hes taking the viral drugs. Earlier white house officials said the hospitalization was only a precautionary measure and trump would continue his president ial duties. The 1st glimpses of the u. S. President since he shocked the world with his coded 19 diagnosis. Donald trump is being transferred to hospital with officials insisting its only a precautionary measure. The white house said he was fatigued but in good spirits and experiencing mild symptoms before takeoff the president assured his supporters he was doing ok i. Think everybody for the tremendous support i heard you Walter Reed Hospital are they going to. Make sure that things were the 1st ladys doing very well so thank you very much very appreciative. Thank you. The white house had been on high alert after news that a top aide was diagnosed with the virus on thursday her pics seen here in the brown coach often travels with the president now the race is on to trace and test the people who might have come into contact with him and the potential pool of people is huge with an election to win trump has been on the road addressing voters and he hasnt always want to face mask all followed social distancing guidelines. With the president out of action all of his events have been suspended a month before the election this is throwing the campaign into uncharted territory if donald trump hopes to make America Great again hes going to have to beat the coronavirus 1st. Joining me now washington correspondent. Meyer what do we know right now about the president s condition and the treatment that hes received. Well as weve heard his symptoms were at 1st described as just my old and then later in the day i said oh theyre actually moderates and according to the doctors that are tending to him hes taking pretty well to the cocktail of antibiotics that they have him on the 1st lady in the meantime has also been tested positive has quote a mild cough and headache the white house is really trying to project an image that you know hes still with it theres nothing to worry about hes working hes in good spirits hes energetic but at the end of the day we have media reports that hes actually pretty feverish and theres been no official briefings from any doctors we have only have the word of the White House Communications team to go on this white house has been very noncommunicative very untransparent about what the story is theyve been that way really about his medical history in general throughout his term when it came out that he was moving to the hospital congressional leaders came forward and said they had received no briefings as to his situation you know this is a white house that has spent the last all 9 months now of this pandemic gaslighting the public as to the severity of this disease and now with so Little Information out there theres a lot of misinformation thats been spreading. How serious is this situation. Yeah its been quite a blast radius shall we say i think were up to 8 people at least who have come forward and said that they have also tested positive going to look at my list to make sure i get this right we have former new Jersey Governor Chris Christie his former aide Kellyanne Conway his truck his Campaign Manager these are all people who are very close to the president at least 2 senators also its spreading among the top d. C. Politicos but its not just the venom in the past week trump has traveled to 7 different states for various big rallies and fund raisers last saturday he was in pennsylvania for a big rally thousands of people attended and now the state Health Authority has come forward and said people who attended that rally need to get tested so its not just people in his close circle its potentially thousands of people across the country that former governor of new jersey Chris Christie you just mentioned just the other day said that he was helping the president prepare for his debate and nobody in the room was Wearing Masks its a very Interesting Development there. So the president s been hospitalized we know hell be out of commission for at least the next several days what does this mean for the election. This is another destabilizing moment in what has been an enormous shattering Campaign Season we know that he cancels or postponed all of his big rallies and the thing is these rallies are they are his campaign they are his hallmark his base loves them its where he gets his energy and if you believe the polls he is trailing rather badly in the polls behind his opponent joe biden so this is not a Good Development for his campaign now in terms of biden biden has to balance not looking too crass or overly political about this illness thats spreading in washington when making a closing statement about his candidacy in the last 30 days that we now have before the election so you can bet that hes going to be hammering home his Health Care Plan his Pandemic Recovery plan his economic Recovery Plan and trying to just draw a bright line between what he has and the trump approach which has been shall we say much more cavalier maya schwager with the latest on whats been an extraordinary political season in the United States to say the least think you. Earlier we spoke with berg associate professor of epidemiology and biostatistics at the university of albanian asked him how hard its going to be to trace the president s contacts over the past few days. For better or worse the president is one of the most watched people in the world and i think you know in order to attend his Events People have to go through security register and so forth so i think developing a lists and following up with people will be a possible task its going to be some it is doable and i think we know there are there are lots of contacts racers and states and counties that can provide assistance to that so i think its a possible task but it will be obvious that i will go back some days and requires contacting reaching out to quite a large number of people but i think its a doable tells. From the beginning of this pandemic trump has been accused of not taking corona virus seriously enough or the precautions his own experts have recommended to avoid it with that in mind heres a look back at how hes responded to the greatest Public Health challenge in decades. From initial optimism in february looks like by april you know in theory when it gets a little warmer it miraculously goes away i hope thats true to a number up to about face in march that specific case today i am officially declaring a National Emergency us President Donald Trump has gone to extremes in his Public Attitude toward the coronavirus hes always saw a Silver Lining even as the death toll skyrocketed america will again and soon be open for business very soon we cannot let the cure be worse than the problem itself were not going to let the cure be worse than the problem in the start seeing some related the end of the tunnel but this is going to be a very painful very very painful 2 weeks that trump soon turned a medical problem into a political issue forcing the public to choose between him and the experts when government scientists recommended Wearing Masks he scoffed at the idea is that myself its a recommendation they recommend it. I dont see it for myself i just i just maybe have changed. He didnt change his mind but as the pandemic refused to go away miraculously he mused in public about rather unorthodox treatments supposing we hit somebody with a tremendous whether its ultraviolet or just very powerful late supposing it were the latest you can which you can do either through the skin or. In some other way right and then i see the disinfectant it knocks it out in a minute. By june as testing ramped up along with case numbers he seemed exasperated if you dont test you dont have any cases that we stepped right now would have very few cases if any. And he started marking the virus making racist jokes and blaming the pandemic on china. Its a disease without question has. More names than any disease theres a. I can name. Comes lou i can. Write the different versions of day. With the election looming he doubled down on mocking masks even during the president ial debate i dont have i dont wear masks like him every time you see hes got a mask he could be speaking 200 feet away from him he shows up with the biggest mask ive ever seen that attitude held up until the last minute at this rally in minnesota on wednesday trump threw souvenirs barehanded into a packed audience where few wore masks it remains to be seen how seriously trumps diehard supporters will now take the virus that has put their hero into quarantine and. Its true now to some of the other stories making news at this hour madrid has entered a new partial lockdown amid a surge in coronavirus cases millions in the spanish capital and 9 nearby towns are only allowed to leave their districts for central activities such as work or medical care they dread is currently europes worst infection hotspot as cases rise across the continent. Hundreds have turned out for fresh protests in the indian capital delhi after an alleged gang rape victim died of her injuries this week her family says she was cremated without their consent in the middle of the night protesters accuse authorities of trying to hush up the crime. Well germany is marking the 30th anniversary of the unification event many thought would never happen east germans were hoping for a better life many found new opportunities and improve their standard of living but others found themselves in the midst of upheaval and were left behind even now 30 years later divisions remain between east and west. There was no master plan no i example world. Wide for this is time event german reunification. Not even a year before the telling wall had come down after months of peaceful protest and the fall is john. Feal u. S. U. K. France and the soviet union gave the green light paving the way to reunify the 2 germanys. Those from the east had to adapt to many things new money and your Economic System and a new lifestyle soon the disillusionment kicked in. What was necessary was a its about because you know. You can only financial cost but also the social medical costs are a logical burden connected. Client economic decline or germany and the next unemployment nobody mentioned before in east germany as many as 4000000 workers in the east saw their jobs disappear countless others had to take on work that was below their qualifications many young and educated people left to look for a better life some areas feel the neglect to this day. There are rural areas where theres a lot of poverty and rip people feel left behind turning towards what they have which is often their National Identity or even their racial identity and the last National Elections the center right and center left parties were more popular and western germany the far left and extreme right in eastern germany. A celebration nevertheless takes place every year with good reason we have 30 years of peace and prosperity for a lot of people we think of germany as such a stable and secure country i think its amazing when you look back at your ministry over 100 years germany run through from monarchy to a failed democracy to a dictatorship to a communists system to a successful democracy and then through unifications a reinvention as the real headline for german history regardless of the differences really unified germany is often seen as an example of a stable and democratic country. Well youre up to date on d w you can stay that way by visiting us online at www dot com thats also where you can download the d w half you can also follow us on instagram and twitter at d w news im michael local in berlin our tech show shift is next with a look at how east germany is being recreated in the Virtual World stay with us. 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