A criminal organization. To win. 20 nobel prize for chemistry work in developing a genomes. Called. The culture of life. Im the program. The doctor in charge of treating donald trump for his covered 98. 00 infection says the u. S. President has been free of symptoms for at least 24 hours since the final preparations are underway in Salt Lake City utah for the televised debate between Vice President ial candidates democrat kalahari and republican incumbent mike pence a 2nd president ial debate is set for next week but democratic candidate joe biden says that shouldnt take place so long as the president remains positive. The site of one of the bloodiest battles in the u. S. Civil will thank you all for being here used as the backdrop for joe bidens call thing unity and thank you. Today once again we are a house divided but that my friends can no longer be we are facing too many crises we have too much work to do we have to a Brighter Future to have a bit shipwrecked on the shoals of anger and hate and division. It is president ial opponent appears to delight in division donald trump may still be recovering from convince 19 but hes refused to let that stop play in a series of tweets about talks with democrats over Coronavirus Relief legislation the president declared i have instructed my representatives to stop negotiating until after the election. U. S. Stocks fell sharply on that bombshell. Hours later trump appeared to row back a bit demanding congress approve extra cash for the Airline Industry as well as calling for handouts to help struggling americans. It all adds to a sense of chaos in the white house trumps team trying to keep his Reelection Campaign on track while the corona virus continues to spread. Here with the president s Senior Adviser in chief speechwriter Stephen Miller just the latest to test positive. Trump continues to play down the virus even after his 3 days in hospital. Joe biden says he wont debate the president if he still infected well. I think if you know our program we should have it made. But trump insists there face to face next week will go ahead Division Even here and yet this show goes on. Straight to washington led where were joined. By to welcome so where are we on the state of the president s health what do we know what dont we. Well thats an excellent question so we know that he is back in the white house and according to his doctors he is working perfectly fine he has no symptoms you know this whole ordeal not just the past day or so when hes been back in the white house but throughout the weekend when he was in the hospital really has been to show strength to show that hes working through it hes continuing his work that its not a big deal that hes got it under control and everythings going to be just fine even the show that we saw when he returned to the white house with the lights and the cameras and him taking off his mask on the balcony was really to show that yes hes back and everythings going to be fine but of course there are big question marks as to the reliability of the information thats coming out of the white house lets remember that this is an administration that has not been forthcoming and sometimes extremely inaccurate with the type of information that they put out about the president s health and about the risks of covert throughout this pandemic so now of course we have to sit back and think well what really can we surmise we know that his doctor when he was released from the hospital said he might not be out of the woods yet he refused to say when the president s last negative test was and weve heard from the New York Times that the president is not being tested every day so lets move on to tonights debate to bed given the state of the president so much Vice President ial debate is likely to be watched particularly closely what do Vice President mike pence and democratic nominee komla obvious have to achieve tonight. Whether their goals are seemingly simple they have to make themselves look good they have to make their parties look good and they have to make their candidates look good most importantly now pence is a career politician he is very smooth and hes often seen as the antidote to trump in many ways he is there to smooth over the president s more rough edges especially after the show was a rough debate that happened last week harris has a trickier task she has to try to pin a lot of the failings of the trumpet ministration on pence and that is going to be all about cove it particularly because pence is the head of the task force in the Trump Administration now i should also add that both of these folks are going to be watching particularly closely because their candidates are elderly donald trump a 74. 00 joe biden is 77. 00 and if biden harris were to win the election in november a lot of people are looking at harris as a president in waiting of sorts so there is going to be particularly a lot of pressure on her to deliver her signature a prosecutorial style that weve seen a lot in the senate who told you thank you for that so much way to washington. Now well take a look at some of the other stories making news around the world but in show of in the form a Police Officer charged with the murder of george floyd has been released from prison on bail of to post and a 1000000. 00 bond. And im just a floyd guy didnt have to show up impresses me against these men for several minutes while i was deployed and saying he couldnt breathe. Germanys foreign minister has called for the imposition of european sanctions against russia over the poisoning of position figure. To call for high cost comes a day after International Chemical weapons watchdog the o. P. C. Confirm the presence of a. Nerve agent in samples taken from mr after he collapsed on a russian domestic flight from or. According to greeces 5 leaders of the countrys far right golden dog party guilty of writing a criminal organization the group was once the countrys 3rd Largest Political Party and these leaders now face between 5 and 15 years in prison all of the Group Supporters were also convicted of the murder of an antifascist rapper 2013 outside the courthouse scuffles broke out between police and anti fascist protesters awaiting the verdict. A roar of applause outside the courthouse where the far right Golden Dawn Party was just declared a criminal Group Thousands of anti fascist protesters have gathered here to await the verdict in a trial that lasted over 5 years and so almost 70 defendants. For the greek peoples conscience golden dawn is a criminal organization and will end up where it deserves in the garbage can of history as is appropriate after the battles waged by the people and this country. Cheering erupted into clashes with the police who deployed tear gas and Water Cannons after some protesters threw stones and moment of cocktails. Inside the court house the judges the clear 7 of the partys former lawmakers guilty of leading a criminal organization. Others were convicted of taking part in it. The court also found a supporter of golden dawn guilty of killing leftwing rapper populist feasts us. The greek Prime Minister expressed dissatisfaction with the verdict. Or for civil war as Prime Minister i consciously refrain from commenting on Court Decisions as a greek citizen however i share the universal satisfaction for the recognition of golden dons criminal character. Golden dawn was founded in the 1980 s. As an obscure new announcer going to zation it rose to prominence during the greek financial crisis entering parliament in 2012 as the 3rd Largest Party the group is strongly anti migrant an anti muslim and its members have been accused of carrying out acts of violence against minorities but the wind has changed last year will depend on failed to win a single seat in parliament now after being dubbed a criminal group its political aspirations may have come to an end. D. W. Conflict zone Tim Sebastian asks presumes Vice President hamilton of morocco about the current administrations close ties with the military whether there are threats the countrys democracy and its institutions democracy is a value not only for mr boast or not is go about our adamant force through so there is no any. There is no threat to the Supreme Court or of the system here in brazil and the fact that he attended rallies outside military bases where his supporters called for an armed intervention to get rid of governors judges and lawmakers to impose lockdowns in response to the pandemic no threat there either i suppose. Well the question of the pandemic people have to understand that brazil its a very unequal country where an equal social economic and of course geographically so since the beginning would depend amec it weve been trying to deal with the health. The economic girth and we have this thats the way that mr bowser not a government dealt with this by endemic and you can see the latest edition of comfort zone here on d w 1930 u. T. C. Online at www dot com forward slash conflicts us its another witness of the prestigious nobel prize in chemistry have been announced in stockholm this year the prize goes jointly to jennifer doubt and. Down from the youth the United States and french scientist emanuel shop painting the development of a method of genome editing the technology is already contributing to new Cancer Therapies and could help cure inherited diseases the w visit professor shot in her lap a couple of years ago to find out about her work. It was a grain free can discovery 8 years ago Emanuel Chapin together with jennifer did not find a way to rewrite the code of life or d. N. E. Neither the scientists have been recognized for their brief 3 with the nobel chemistry price. Yeah i feel extremely. Hopeful. To receive these ideas from cognition from sweden since a great discovery had not very happy to be one of the 5 years. Of cease the discovery. The 2 scientists figured out why bacteria defend themselves against invading viruses in the process they discovered that this natural mechanism can be used as a tool to modify d. N. A. The result was the crisper kasra in genomes that theres. A simple quick and precise tool to change the genome. Heres how it works the sensors are actually a protein which is given a kind of search term for example e. G. Seen in this simplified model our d. N. A. Is made up of lots of different combinations of codes like these the says are protein scans a copy of the d. N. A. And when its found the search word says are activated and they cut the section i. Then a different section of d. N. A. Can be inserted. What i think is is what is the most interesting and fascinating about this discovery is that you you dig into the nature and you try to understand that trying to make his arms over life and you and decipher that you can really use and harness for the purpose of. The genome says are already being used by plant researchers to create a higher yielding stream of corn as well as mushrooms that stay fresh for longer. Unknown allergenic peanuts. The discovery has sparked heated ethical debates about the manipulation of nature. But theres no direct about its current potential. In the future it could also be harnessed to treat cancer or other genetic diseases. Around 200. 00 Police Officers have raided the offices of the German Football Association and the homes of current and former dea f. B. I. Officials on suspicion of tax evasion 6 people are suspected of falsely declaring advertising income of football stadia as Asset Management meeting to an invasion of 4700000 euros worth of taxes will forces did not named any suspects. Thats it your updates are more world news at the top of the hour of good. Combating the corona pandemic. Where does research stand. What are scientists learning. Background information and news of. Our corona update. Covert 19 special next on d w. Y and on demand. Language courses. Video and audio. W media sector. These are the doctors and nurses at the front line. The 2nd wave is here. Spains capital madrid is europes new coronavirus hotspot but medical staff say the. There brady. Back in one selfie now it is truly sharpened our treatment. We have more experience in what to do and when to do it. That were getting patients into intensive care as soon as possible. And if need be were putting them on ventilators earlier than usual so. There is some good news the speed of new infections in spain is waning. That could change. Whatever the case madrid is back under lockdown a great deal of europe is reintroducing restrictions as infection spike is imposing a curfew from saturday parts of the city and now hotspots in germany daily coronavirus cases have hit a new high since april rising hospital rates have Health Officials worried in the u. K. The governments reviewing measures in iceland pubs clubs and arcade halls and gyms are closed there are fears the latest wave of infections could be much higher than the 1st and paris has shot at spas but there is resistance. This is pathetic only when you look at whats happening with public transport people are crammed together in metros and buses. He said i think its stupid its a political issue the government is constantly manipulating people left right and center with economic interests. Running an economy and keeping a pandemic at bay is a balancing act so far the virus hasnt overwhelms germanys hospitals but theyre in a better position to tackle the 2nd wave bruno table had just started working here at the hell eos clinic in berlin when the coronavirus pandemic reached germany. The younger sister and doctor is still impressed by just how quickly the hospital reacted in march. For example we reallocated parts of the central surgery area to be used as a new intensive care unit within 24 hours. Along with that entire coronavirus Treatment Centers were set up in berlin equipment was scarce and management were worried there werent enough ventilators many hospitals had to improvise the 1st wave of infection took the hell yes clinic by surprise. From the cup at the post Virus Testing capacities are concerned in terms of masks and protective clothing we are prepared we know where and when you talk about allies patients we can make quick diagnoses and quick decision was them. Everyone who arrives at the hospital is tested for corona virus before theyre admitted and patients are strictly separated those who test negative go to the green ward those who test positive go to the red toward a suspected cases go to the yellow ward. Feels this system is safe. We havent seen a single case of patients infecting staff since these measures were initiated now treating coronavirus patients has become routine. The applause once heard from german balconies has quieted down people seem to have forgotten the significance of Health Care Workers but say many coronavirus deniers have taken to the streets in recent weeks is something nurses and doctors struggle to understand. Because some people say ive never seen coronavirus so i dont believe in it or we never seen electricity but i dont put my finger in the socket weve seen coronavirus here weve seen deaths. Bruno table has also seen the effects of the corona virus firsthand but he knows that his hospital is well prepared for what the pandemic might bring Monica Gandhi is an Infectious Disease doctor and research or with the university of california San Francisco monica great to have you on the show what do the rising rates need lockdowns and latest preparations all tell you you know who we are either in a 2nd wave or more likely the continuation of our 1st wave and unfortunately we havent gotten on top of this pandemic the keys are still grazing and theyve been raising interim many and throughout the United States and in europe however death rates are staying lower than they were trying the 1st way why do you call lockdowns though a blunt instrument in the fight against the corona virus. Because lock downs are extremely disruptive to the economy to the poor to workers to so many aspects of other aspects of Public Health and there are other ways that we can stay safe from infection and those pillars of pandemic control are essentially social distancing Wearing Masks hand hey jean ventilation doing things outside when we can and staying away from large crowds but complete lockdown are completely blunt instrument they both acted aspects of culture cult that were going to have ramifications for so long talking about crowds weve seen huge protests also here in berlin against these lockdowns mean a justified or or is it quite. Counterproductive considering these people are all coming together and maybe not wearing mobs so its completely counterproductive to be in large crowds without masks so there is absolute full acknowledgement of the seriousness of this disease and we have to completely change life as we know it Wearing Masks unusual. Complete social distancing is unusual not having large crowds is different having settings where we are keeping to small cohorts of groups doing things outside keeping things ventilated all of this is different life is different but it is risky to be in large crowds without masks in the setting of a pandemic i was just talking to friends in sweden theyre not wearing mosques the boz a full why if they stay relaxed. You know sweden is a very interesting piece that will be looked at for her for a year isnt and decades to understand what happened there is social distancing at the beginning there was sort of a recommendation to the public to stay away from each other there are a lot of deaths at the beginning very unfortunately because a lot of their vulnerable older people people in Nursing Homes died and whether there is more immunity in the population is being speculated i think thats likely true they do stay away from each other in general but youre right things are much more normal in sweden they took a different strategy they are in a different place but it was at high expense of the beginning if an interview you said how much virus your breathing is probably one of the most important determinants of how sick you get do you still stand by them. As you know we and others have been looking at that question of the viral dose or the viral inoculate the amount that you get here is proportional to how sick you get and weve not only been looking at this with part of virus this is actually been shown in missiles during the salmonella many other Infectious Diseases were putting together a review paper on this now but the mean thing is that if this is true with chronic virus social distancing and wearing that mask we do says the amount of ours who get it and the likelihood that youre going to become ill and this seems to make sense in animal models and what weve been seeing with this virus including decreasing mortality in places that are consistent with facial masking monica 2 quick questions for you what do you think about your president s message that hes sending to the rest of the world. I think president trumps message is dangerous and we did kill lists and he has been. Flouted almost all Public Health recommendations for testing he doesnt mask he doesnt actually distance he keeps large crowds he doesnt Contact Trace in the case of this disaster he didnt isolate encourage quarantining he just tested theres only one strategy of the pandemic and its not enough and lastly if you can sum it up in one word whats going to end this pandemic you know it is not being normal for at least a year plus the vaccine on top of it so it is Wearing Masks stay away from each other hand washing and then waiting for that safe and effective vaccine but not completely shutting down society you heard from Monica Gandhi thank you very much for being on this earth day. Here and now its their aquariums chance to answer your questions on the coronavirus if you want to look into something in particular just write to us on our future channel. If i free coverage from code 19 do i still have to wear a mask. Sometimes its easy to forget that millions and millions of people worldwide have also recovered from cope at 19 and want to return as much as possible until life as usual but what does coming out the other end mean are you safe from the disease because youre immune can you still pose a potential danger to others do you need to continue to social distance and wear a mask its all questions that we still dont have a firm answers to we just have to guess and rely on what we know from other Infectious Diseases particularly those caused by other coronaviruses based on what weve seen so far with coke at 19 people do acquire some immunity the problem is we dont know for how long on average but we do know is that with other coronaviruses that infect humans immunity can wane pretty swiftly there are a number of studies that convincingly show that people can be really infected with some of them within a year and there have been a few isolated documented cases of that also happening with coke at 19 also at least in some of those cases the people who were infected showed no symptoms the 2nd time around so were they infectious to others we dont know and to me it seems like in general that until we have better data when it comes to questions that we have to answer with we dont know we should be erring on the side of caution so in the face of this particular we dont know i go for the fallback position which is to continue to assume that masking up is a way to protect yourself and others even if youve recovered from covert 19. Good to have you along for another about covert specials ive been fizzling see you next time. Enter the conflict zone with Tim Sebastian. Brazilians in the news these days for all the wrong reasons i didnt say thats the 4th highest figure in the world for covert 19 infections my guess is me from brazil a half is the countrys Vice President how to close out how did the governments financial hole gets so bad. Conflicts of. Interest on t. W. The 2020 u. S. Election on coming. Down the course on one of the biggest voting blocks in this country many of them find the language of behavioral stone trump hard to stomach but there is one single issue which matters most abortion. Young christian voters like the finest their positions on Election Night whats also reported on g. W. Staying up to date dont miss our highlights. Program. W dot com highlights. They are going to want to fishel estimates more than 1200000 venezuelans live in colombia legally and illegally. Id return to vast land. To visit friends i dont think id ever go back there to live you know what i live there again i dont know so im not sure. Bearing witness global news that matters. Made for mines. Here in brazil everything is ok for you preparing for the military to intervene we are not a military government brazil is in the news these days for all the wrong reasons allegations of high level corruption uncontrolled illegal logging and 5 is raging in the amazon rain forest i did so thats the 3rd highest figure in the world for cope with 19 infections my guest this week from brasilia is the countrys Vice President hummel