A look at the Game Changing discovery that to transform space travel scientists confirm there is a lot more water on the moon than anyone thought. Welcome to the program in the United StatesSenate Republicans are expected to confirm judge Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court the chamber is currently holding the final prevote debate the democrats dont have the votes to block the nomination judge judge barretts appointment will likely some meant a conservative majority for decades to come. Lets take a closer look at the woman who is dividing opinions across america. From the moment President Donald Trump presented his Supreme Court nominee amy kearney paris has been one of the u. S. Elections main figures for 48 year old catholic and former law professor has publicly opposed abortion and says the constitution shouldnt be reinterpreted but at Senate Confirmation hearings kone parents said she believed judges should stay out of politics. Judges cant just wake up one day and say i have an agenda i like dans i hate guns i like abortion and i hate abortion and walk in like a royal queen and impose their will on the world you have to wait for cases and controversies such as the language of the constitution to wind their way through the process democrats worry kone barrett would rule against the Affordable Care act their Signature Health insurance reform and that she could hand to trump another term if the Supreme Court decides the election but under questioning by senators kone barack refused to reveal her views on major issues and you believe that Climate Change is happening and its threatening the air we breathe and the water we drink and i will not do that it will not express a view on a matter of Public Policy especially one that is politically controversial because thats inconsistent with the judicial role as i have explained. Opponents argued that a justice shouldnt be appointed so called to an election in. This vacancy should not be filled until we have a new president. Progressives have been fired up by kone barretts nomination worried it could skew the Supreme Court in a conservative direction for years. Which is exactly what her conservative supporters hope for republicans have already filled 5 of the Supreme Courts 9 lifetime held seats if appointed cody barrett will continue to influence u. S. Politics for years to come. For more lets go straight to d. W. Washington correspondent Stephanie Stephon if the Senate Confirms a mico new parent tonight shell become the 3rd Supreme Court justice appointed by President Trump no other justice has ever been confirmed this close to an election is this likely to help when more votes next week not this close and not this fast this was about on the fast track here with mr barrett for about 2 weeks and what they go here is the confirmation coming probably tonight so yeah will it help the president this is a cautious maybe why because 60 plus 1000000 people have already voted here in the United States so they have ballots are actually up in the postal system and in a box now and waiting to be counted of course it will help the president because he has promised that was a 2016 Trump Campaign promise that he will stack the courts all over the country not just the Supreme Court but especially the Supreme Court with conservative justices so will it help for him on november 3rd on election day maybe either one of the other republican or independent voter will say he did a good job he put the conservative job or justice no on the Supreme Court vote for him but again careful very cautious maybe there will be a 6 to 3 conservative majority on the Supreme Court thats the most significant ideological shift and some 30 years what does that mean for the American People. Well the American People will learn that this has consequences appointing nominating appointing slash then getting confirmed Supreme Court justice has consequences number one if you 3 examples 3 big ones here trump texas the Supreme Court has to decide very very soon if a prosecutor in new york gets his hands on to the only trump texas which he will not release as off now number 2 wisconsin pennsylvania and other states have a problem with how long can you count ballots balance which have been sent in by by people now is not the problem but what about the ballots which are sent on the election day and they arrive a day later or a day later after that other still be counted yes or no republicans say no democrats say yes this will end up at the Supreme Court store steps and certainly thats a big one and that is abortion of course this is all in big picture roe versus wade budget this year mississippi law which will be in front of the Supreme Court and where well have our 1st say and that is mississippi has decided on the 15 day abortion ban yes no roe versus rate abortion is a big thing other decisions will be equally significant for the American People down the years down the decades to come now during the confirmation hearings refused to be drawn on some of these controversial issues that you were just getting at and do you think were going to see some surprises and her decision making. If we believe her that she is basically shielding herself from any political influence and heres the deal Supreme Court justices are supposed to be above the politics the daily politics the big politics they really need to look at the constitution and then they have to be some inter do some interpret it and here is the difference with ms berry ms barrett says she doesnt interpret she takes what she reads of the constitution by the book now this document the constitution is a little older right and there are a lot of amendments of course the decades and centuries here but shes basically saying i stick with what i read here in this will determine my decision we all have to wait and see if this is really how she will generate herself how she will fill this role as a as a justice on the Supreme Court all right stefan sing long and washington d. C. Thank you very much for your analysis. Here in germany chancellor Angela Merkel has called an emergency meeting with leaders of the 16 regional states in the hope of slowing runaway infections tough new restrictions are likely to focus on closing bars and restaurants and canceling Public Events cases and germany have almost doubled within a week. German officials are worried about the latest numbers coming from the countrys Public Health institute daily infections have reached new highs and there are more than 250 hotspots nationwide germany last weekend also exceeded the grim milestone of 10000. 00 coronavirus deaths now these numbers have led chancellor merkels conservative c. D. U. Party to postpone a pivotal Party Conference the goal of the conference which was supposed to be held at the beginning of december was to appoint a new party leader who would then be in the running to become the conservative chancellor candidates in the 2021 election while her Party Debates the future the chancellor has continued to focus on the pandemic she has repeatedly told citizens to stay at home whenever possible and she did so again at the weekend. The models we are not powerless against the virus our behavior decided to the extent to which in the speed at which the virus spreads and the order of the day for all of us is to reduce contact and meet far fewer people to go mention of. Job at officials recently announced new measures against the virus they include limiting private gatherings where in face masks on busy streets its really easy it was for me its obvious with the high numbers we have i myself had coronavirus and i know what im talking about we all have to protect each other now. We must ask does not stop iran salt you can talk about wearing them indoors but outside its total rubbish. Both on the streets and among politicians there is a growing debate about germanys course of action as the country grapples with a serious 2nd wave of the coronavirus pandemic. Lets now take a look at some other stories making news around the worlds christian democrats have put off choosing a new party leader the new leader of the c. D. U. Would be in a strong position to succeed america chancellor next fall the Party Conference planned for the selection has been put off because of the pandemic. British police have arrested 7 men suspected of trying to hijack an oil tanker in the English Channel special forces were called in when the ship began moving erotically the captain says the men thought to be stowaways from nigeria turned violent. Japans Prime Minister here say he has committed to achieving 0 Carbon Emissions by 2050 so that says green reforms could lead to Major Economic growth japan is the latest country to set similar targets following china the u. K. And several e. U. States. Workers and students and belarus have gone on strike to press their demands for democratic reforms and the resignation of president aleksander local shango the strike raises the pressure on go claim to have won a disputed election august thousands of people have been taking to the streets every weekend since then to demand his step down. Thousands of students took to the streets early on monday in front of the State University in minsk day one of the oppositions new call for a general strike i dont want to live in fear says this sign protestors feel intimidated by the oman riot police who made numerous arrests. Many workers in state owned enterprises joined the general strike images from the tractor factory and a plant for special vehicles. Joined us they chanted to their colleagues much of the machinery stopped running thousands of people gathered again on the streets of minsk on monday afternoon flying the flag of the opposition. On her website opposition leaders. Called on workers to fight for a peaceful future where she would know. This is just the start of a general strike that will continue of this i am certain every one of us must now decide for themselves how much responsibility they want to take on. This. Russian state Television InterviewPublic Enterprise workers who are not taking part in the strength of that we must feed our families send this man on his way to work rather than to the pick up a minus. Nasa Scientists Say they found clear evidence that there is more water on the moon than anyone previously suspected new Research Suggests that future lunar explorers wont have to venture to the moons polar regions in search of Life Sustaining water. More water on the moon yes life no thats what nasa announced that the Video Press Conference scientists there said they found more water on the moon than they ever thought before but they shot down the idea that that would mean the moon could harbor life. The discovery of more water on the moon was confirmed by technology from its flying lab the stratospheric observatory for infrared astronomy known also by its acronym sophia the scientists said that the deposits are at least partly the result of meteors that carried water and that crashed on the surface of the moon the impact caused rock to melt and form glass beads and trapping the water thus allowing it to survive on the moons harsh surface more water bearing beads might also be buried deeper now its also said that there is perhaps more water hidden in the form of ice patches located in permanent shadows of the moon one of the nasa scientists said that its not a lot of water the amount is equal to 1300. 00 milliliter bottle of water per cubic meter another said that the water doesnt mean that there could be life on the moon because you need more than water to ensure the conditions for life we go whoa. Whoa whoa. Whoa whoa body. Will be cool ready. However scientists did say that if they can eventually extract enough water from the moon it could eliminate the need to bring water on Space Missions water is very heavy and takes up a lot of room room that could be used for other purposes. Finally a football now and a monday night match here and certainly without spoke playing at leyva cozen the match was timed deep into the 2nd half but lucas interactive the ball into the net with this free kick for his 2nd goal taking the r. s in time scoring in the 74th minute and they have a cousin who went on to a well deserved 31 win that kept them 4th and the bonus they got standings. Youre watching the news line from berlin stay tuned for meanings africa and dont forget you can get all the latest news and information around the clock on our website thanks for watching. Today dont miss our highlights. Program online w. Dot com highlights. It was the 1st International Tribunal in history. The nurnberg trial some. 75 years ago high ranking officers of the nazi regime were you judging by the allied forces who. Were the 1st war criminals to be held accountable for their crimes. Found them on. Going rideau. Frazier. Our 2 part series the 3rd reich the dog starts nov 12th on d w. Theres theres news africa coming up on the program that investigating impact of Climate Change on africa why is the continents the most vulnerable and how can we better handle it and you reports hopes to give some promises also coming out. After another weekend of looting in nigeria the Judicial Panel in lagos house convened to look into allegations of Police Brutality but is that enough to pacify protesters. I. And you are welcome to the program in Europe Africa is the in hits hard by Climate Change but the west could be yet to come if action is not taking the world mature a Logical Organization says the continent was impacted by your number of extreme weather events in 2019 including cycle only die one of the west tropical storms on record it has also suffered droughts rising temperatures and floods it says Climate Change is one of the main driver drivers of hunger out on the continent devastation has outlined a number of recommendations to try to love that the worst. To philippe lucio director of the global framework for Climate Services with the world but your logical existence i 1st asked them why such a report was important now. This report critically important now because africa faces challenges in addressing Climate Variability and Climate Change risks including for example increased temperatures in chile that will. Attaining patterns of precipitation and also the occurrence of extreme weather and climate events which have significant impacts on climate sensitive sectors such as agriculture or. Risk reduction so in other terms which have significant impacts on the overall social Economic Development of africa. Africa is a continent which is mostly dependent and i culture which. Employs more than 60 percent of of the population and extrude culture that most people get there their livelihoods maybe a. V. M. Drains as they are for significant impacts on the current and so it is critically important that africa intends to adapt to Climate Variability intends to adapt to Climate Change africa has actually and uses the best available science coming from the court to teach so sources but at some time in africa. And the ability of. Dealing it sent capacity in order to increase climate term climate really. So this ought lets lets thats how my a bit more on impact because thats what ordinary africans care about what that europe wants fine to be some of the major impacts of Climate Change well it starts wed like to go back a little bit to 2019. Where we had more than be compacted. Which was considered to be one of the most term destructive tropical cyclones ever recorded in the south in the sphere it caused the death of more than 700 people widespread displacement and the city. Was totally paralyzed services and all the activities where where the tillage interrupted. Him and later the same country mozambique was the impact of the trip cycle in kenya which was Even Stronger and of course cycling now. And so if these are the pattern then it is that and as we move into the future we could expect more damage and therefore the need of. The continent to get organized when we look at the data it is in a critical africa has been warming says 1901 the continent has warmed by more than 1 point one degree celsius relatives the pre industrial period of 21000 was the warmest ever recorded in the continent after 2010 and 26005 the a period 20152019 for each of those years and it was warmer than any year prior to 2014. And when we look at the decade 20102019 these were the warmish decade on record in africa and one particular point about the could the k. The warming is the fact that educate has been consistently warmer and the previous decade and with those that warming you have. The increase in each waves but also the increase in in them in a drying that ok so we always dont want to spell draw fall for africans for more info and what lessons can africans learn from the reports to better manage the situation. The lesson is. In doubt ill draw city kelly from the case of mozambique for africa to be able to deal effectively with climate extremes they have to fish to for use effective risk knowledge we have to understand the behavior or so. And they are forward looking print they have to improve their Early Warning system capability and actually observations by announcing forecasting capability they have to improve communication actionable warnings which are understandable by those who have to take the treatment. They have to put in place a Massive Education Campaign where people understand the risk they should get to the engine and what is it that they need to do in order to. Take action in over 40 but most important most importantly as it and disaster in africa cannot be dealt with independently they have to be dealt with with an integral approach integrated approach. Was that for you to lose your overwhelmed mentor a logical organisation now to nigeria where the judiciary inquiry has been set up to look into Police Brutality as well as the killing of peaceful demonstrators in lagos last week independent investigations into Police Abuses what he called demand of the protest as would have mistreated nationwide for more than 2 weeks peaceful protest against Nigeria Special until robbery spark and violence last tuesday when witnesses and human Rights Groups said soldiers opened fire on protesters killing at least 12 the army denies its troops well that in a following these notices ransacked the government warehouses and authorities struggled to halt the rest. From on as our correspondents find facade joins us from Lagos Nigeria and funny its good to see you now the Judicial Panel begins the work today what can we expect from the. Thats the question everyone is asking here what is to expect from this Judicial Panel that is currently sitting at the lakers squad trying to bring some light they promise into what happened here behind me at the lucky toll gate that horrendous night and tuesday almost a week ago you know it comes to the lagos state governor he says everybody should file their claims whatever they have seen what ever they a witness to this panel but that of course sells like more curry to a lot of people who witnessed it or who are supporting the so called and source protests which began to bring an end to Police Brutality because they say the governor himself sad after the night when this happened that the forces who did this all beyond his control know if the forces are beyond his control what really is to expect from this panel other than a farce other than a basically a form of a piece meant that yes the governor here is trying to do something hes trying to investigate but then again what about the results and yes thats the big question what is to come out of this Judicial Panel now that the judicial pano and now do you have its about is that enough to pacify the protesters. For legal standards it is a peaceful day today yes but when it comes to pacifying people pacifying to supporters of these demonstrations i have to say you know you just have to look at social media the anger they had as broiling the the store also that theyre expressing about what happened here at the lack of tollgate in the heart of the legacy of the commercial capital off nigeria when you look at that then no there is no way off the supporters of stepping back home please what theyre doing right now is organizing basically and trying to coopt in that idea to either take to the streets maybe again with some of the channel politically their demands and be ready even for the elections in 2023 and even though they do not expect much to come out from this traditional power. And all this still try to put up the pressure on social media and say come on the governor come on mr president just admit what happened on that night that the military killed innocent people that they killed Peaceful Protesters here on tuesday night now they are mostly coincident. Vultures very important in maintaining help the ecosystem dont be surprised it you know because by consuming garbage and rotting on the mall corpses they can keep the Environment Team but unfortunately something is going on wrong conservationists say they are among the most vulnerable of africas lots of births and its only getting worse after a state of things in kenya. A week of vultures feasting on what may be their last meal thats because increasing numbers carcasses least with poison laid out by farmers to punish predators the biggest threat to baltar is poisoning and that is generally not targeted at the bolters its actually targeted at carnivores mostly lions. Leopards as well because the carnivores are actually occasionally killing livestock god is part of the Peregrine Fund a u. S. Based conservationist Group Raising Awareness about the scavengers plight as well as encouraging how to predator proof their farms the group is training rangers on how to gather evidence of poisonings. With these heightened vigilance. We stand a bit i chose to on solving because then we were on what is reported on that we also know someone is knocking out whats happening monitors see if the scar tissue of wildlife poisonings continues unabated the barge wont be soaring for much longer. So when you get multiple poisoning incidences as we have where youre losing even just you know 102030 birds at an incident you know youre talking many generations many years before youre going to get those birds back action cannot come soon enough for the finely tuned ecosystem here for natures cleanup expats. The morale of the story lets all protect a court system the best movie tap. Stories on do. All you can. So the next time its bye for now. Chief. White house. After the revered. So now. When. I. See gene transfer dogs live in dusty shoes. So you put this legal record. 60. 6 of the you dont need to agree you go to the people for over a mention home the 4th time for the most recent go to. The bottom of the families at the dragon this word. To use. To. Turkey calls for a sweeping boycott of french goods escalating a standoff between the 2 countries over free speech. Pro bono virus cases are ticking up as temperatures drop but Business Confidence is falling even faster germanys love tongues out for one says its calling into partial hibernation for the winter. And inflight dining has never been so grounded Singapore Airlines serves up food and movies in an a free 80 that doesnt take off but to mount. This is the w. Business im joined now the milan in berlin thank you very much for joining us the route between turkey and france over is long and free speech is turning into a trade battle turkish president. And a number of arab countries have called for a boycott of french goods you know while france has withdrawn at some basket or from turkey. Turkeys wretch of Tayyip Erdogan is furious with france accusing a manual mccraw of being anti islam and calling for a boycott of french goods. Im calling on all my citizens just like they say dont buy goods with turkish brands in france im calling to all my citizens from here to never help french brands or buy them. Whereby france is the 10th because source of imports into turkey and the 7th biggest market for turkish exports french cars are among the top sellers in turkey. Also as you are not part of the french tradition is among the best strategy is to calm tensions and explain things. That we have a diplomatic corps that is perfectly suited to fulfill this mission. And to remind people there is no battle against french muslims but against islamic terror. Visual it good quality will be small. Germany is backing from its foreign minister heiko mass describes erica wants verbal attacks on frances head of state and the boycott call as a new low in relations with ankara. Meanwhile the turkish economy is struggling with the coronavirus pandemic turkeys lira currency continues to slide hes a new record lows on monday following the turkish president s boycott threats. As the 2nd wave of coronavirus rolls through europe things are turning from bad to worse for Hard Hit Industries like aviation germanys Biggest Airline lost tons announced monday that it is switching into a kind of winter mode heres what that means exactly. Only a few weeks ago Companies Like lufthansa thought the worst was over but like its industry counterparts most of the german flag carriers fleet is grounded. Tons or is losing half a 1000000 euros an hour. Its only operating 25 percent of flights. 27000 of the airlines 130000 jobs hang in the balance. 2 thirds of its employees are already on short time work. Officers are being closed down. The situation for the competition is equally dramatic. Other industries are also increasingly feeling the effects of the 2nd wave of the coronavirus pandemic the info institutes barometer of Business Confidence fell half a percentage point. The coronavirus is buck all over europe and thats hitting the economy hard the i. M. F. Says spain will be hit hardest this year followed by italy germany may not be as hard hit and the eurozone as a whole is expected to decline by 8. 3 percent this year spain and italy have now declared a Health Emergency and tighten curfews measures which will continue to weigh heavily on their economies. The u. S. And china have been caught up in a multiyear vicious trade dispute which has involved all sectors now china says it will impose sanctions on american Arms Companies beijing says Lockheed Martin boeing raytheon and many other u. S. Corporations welkom under the sanctions it calls them punitive measures following u. S. Arms shipments to taiwan worth 1800000000. 00 china claims taiwan as its own territory under its one china policy and says that arms sales violate that principle are financial correspondent yes court joins us now from new york yes can you tell us what sort of Business Impact will these sanctions have on these American Defense companies. Theres still a couple of unknown so for instance the timeline is not obvious yet but it appears at least at this point that the him picked might be limited because u. S. Defense companies are the ones here named are not really doing defense business or arms sales which is china if you look at boeing for example china is a very important customer and it comes to commercial airlines also Lockheed Martin for instance has been selling some private helicopters to chinese individuals but those businesses so meaning the nondefense parts though they are not impacted by this ruling from china therefore the impact might be limited i mean the stocks of those 3 companies they did trade lower in the monday session but that was probably due to the overall negative sentiment on wall street now speaking of stocks trading lower were at the start of whats promising to be a very significant trade week you are to said its not looking great so far but can you give us an outlook of the days to come. Now you have clearly i mean this is a wave of earnings reports that we will be getting this week specially from the Big Tech Companies microsoft apple Google Facebook and amazon those 5 Companies Stand for roughly 20 to 25 percent of the market capitalization of the s. And p. 500. 00 so you can imagine if those companies should miss was their earnings i mean that would put more pressure on the market on the other side if those numbers should be brilliant maybe that gives wall street a little push specially after we had a little di fear on monday with new corona cases it was a new record in blue chips losing 650 points and besides those earnings especially on thursday we will also get the 1st estimate on Economic Growth for the 3rd quarter in the United States and a list believe that we might have seen an increase so gross of 33 percent in the 3rd quarter that would be a new record but clearly that would come after we also had to record dive in the 2nd quarter so wafer of numbers and all of that hedge off of president ial elections that also just one week away president ial elections theres that to our financial correspondent youngs court a hes bracing for a busy markets week thank you very much for your analysis now to some of the other Global Business stories making news. 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It for his 250th anniversary year beethovens had a pretty bum rap has the coronavirus pandemic has way made countless performances and events but germanys good to institute was not to be discouraged well check out its latest project also coming up. In the end i dont care whether you love me or you hate me just as long as i win the 1st leading up to our own slaughter shed us election we look at how american president s both real and fictional have fared on screamers. And in our series 100. 00 german most streets get ready for an assault on the senses as we feature patrick zoosk an bestselling novel of murder and sensual obsession perfume. Welcome to arts and culture it was fun beethoven has been hailed as the man who freed music and there are few composers whose work has been so universally celebrated all now a new project underscores his cosmopolitan qualities with International Artists joining a global exploration of how beethovens music can transcend the most profane of obstacles. Some of the singers might have difficulties with the german text but the melody of beethovens famous ode to joy was perfect the ensemble sirens instruments down bowl one of 6 women squires that Cathy Milliken has been working with for the past year the choirs of from the remaining bosnia serbia bulgaria cyprus and turkey firstly i went to each choir in each city and we had workshops and there i got to know the choirs i got to know how they sing i got to know how they function i got to know how they make decisions and that was incredibly important to me you know how they sort of manage their feelings of joy and how they translate them into song. I collective search for an old foothold in each country the singers develop songs with it and sounds and texts in february they met up in istanbul and sang each of the songs the 1st 6 women are from different cultural backgrounds but they mostly agreed on the question of what joy means to them. To family and love and unity and certainly it was the choir that said will you know the luxury of time is for us amazing because we are just so busy and another choir said its actually luxury to be sitting here talking because were not used to actually pulling together we used to from another political system to be. Sort of much more isolated. The. The same a fire care the head of the go to institute in istanbul took on the job of organizing the choir summit there was some cultural barriers to overcome this was. The to call it was very moving to see the choir from bosnia and the choir from serbia singing to one another many will move to tears because many of the songs are basically the same and thats very bonding and for the choir from cyprus it was hard travelling to istanbul it was emotionally challenging but the ice was broken very quickly here. The results of this musical journey of discovery were presented to the public for the 1st time in an installation in berlin that was supposed to be live singing but the coronavirus pandemic put a stop to that a huge disappointment the old for all still plans to go on tour to all 6 countries whenever that may be possible. And owed for all and im joined by my colleague Adrian Kennedy from our culture desk later and thats one beethoven year event that has managed to take place albeit a little differently than expected tell us what else is happening well as you say a lot of events have been canceled or hopefully i can just say. Because the good news is that the celebrations have been extended now until september 2021 the organizers have announced that most vents will go ahead within this new trying for a man as we heard the 6 choirs hope to go on as soon as the situation. Allow lets hope that that is sooner and later than later now obviously in the meantime t w hasnt flagged in its celebration efforts and has launched not one but 3 major documentaries one of which also dealt with this ode to joy in beethoven going around the world this is a beethovens 9th symphony for the world it looks at why the 9th is so popular around the world and how it is perceived one story it tells is the japanese premiere of to joy which actually took place during world war one sung by german troops in an internment camp. But from tiny cons to mighty opes every year now around 10000. 00 japanese prime singers come together in osaka to pay homage to beethoven. Amazing stuff now the full documentary of course can be seen on d w classic music Classical Music you tube channel but just quickly tell us our because the viewers can also get involved themselves in the beethoven year tell us how google and culture and the beethoven year organizers are asking people to get involved to make videos that inspire joy as a sign of Global Solidarity and hope you dont need to play any music just use the global ode to joy hash turk upload your video to you tube the selection will be will make it onto an official playlist and just ahead of beethovens birthday in december final video will be cuts of all the best moments for a special musical version of george hopefully beethoven will appreciate all the efforts despite the coronavirus and hopefully this stimulates a great amount of creative joy Adrian Kennedy thanks very much for bringing us that update on the beethoven year they can go in. Weve stopped counting the number of times that jaws have collectively dropped over the antics of the current us president and as a bona fide reality t. V. Star Donald Trumps hold on the public imagination is certainly larger than life on american t. V. And cinema have a long tradition of portraying its highest office kevin spacey chilling turn in house of cards of course is just one example in a speech tonight in moscow the president in t. V. And the movies the american president can be anything he can be an action hero. With family kitchen he can be an ordinary guy yeah theyre together. He can even be a she there is that donovan new era when i had her i. Wrote the house movie president s have reflected our hopes and expectations for the real resident of the white house as well as our greatest nightmare. This american carnage stops right here and stops right now. You original model for the saintly larger than life hollywood president was walter houston in d. W. Griffith Abraham Lincoln for the people. Not heard it from there. He said the goal has always president s are the. Born in the public imagination president s from lincoln all the way down to john f. Kennedy were statesman fighting for the good of their country. When the person then came nixon and watergate to any major city without fear of a hospital demonstration married him only lost confidence in their president they also didnt and then nixons on screen legacy can be seen in everything from Jack Nicholson smarmy president and mars attacks to conniving kevin spacey in house of cards in the end i dont care whether you love me or you hate me just as long as i win. It took a hollywood actor we store americas faith in its commander in chief. After Ronald Reagan movie president s became action stars and the. Morning. In the 9090 s. The president will be a superman. We celebrate. Your tax t. V. Has done a better job of depicting president s who get politics to martin sheen in the west wing was more popular than either of the real candidates for the 2004 election some argue Dennis Haysbert black president and 24 pave the way for barack obama so far however fictional female president s have not inspired americans elect a woman to the white house. Thank you for economy of comedians to trump impressions but theres never been a film character anything like the current u. S. President perhaps trump as a reality t. V. Star prepared america for his own reality t. V. Presidency which in turn could inspire trump like presence on screen he created this sort of. All. New all these. President s who are unscrupulous. Only interested. Nor is. The you soon to be. In government. But i dont know. I think perhaps when it comes to donald trump truth really is stranger than fiction. Well on now to a heady edition of our series 100 german must reads heavy because it sort of put your all factory glance through the ringer parts like skins 985 debut perfume went on to become one of the best selling german novels off the last century well its a page turning tale of murder and obsession and even if its only words on a page its sent. Manure. Rats sweats. Rotting teeth. Time travel isnt always as glamorous as it sounds. Republics you skins but a perfume so if you want to pick 18th century paris you understand why the french have the worlds biggest perfume industry. The main character is on but he is born in the stinkiest place of all the polish fish guts. Obviously is destined to make perfumes perfumes to die for literally he makes them out of people. For a moment he was so confused that he actually thought he had never in all his life seen anything so beautiful as this girl he meant of course he never smelled anything so beautiful her sweat smelled as fresh as the sea breeze the tallow of her hair as sweet as not oil her genitals were as fragrant as the bouquet of water lilies her skin as apricots blossoms. Is obsession with that scent turns him into a serial killer. Oh yeah theres also a movie. Even with Dustin Hoffman stick to the novel theres no arthur who has captured the sense of smell as vividly as part of existence so if you want to smile with your eyes. This is the art of. One to put on your reading list for more on the website as always just go to g. W. Dot com slash culture and with that it is time for me to sign off so stay safe until next time all the best. Can. Mean our must see a doctor in one town shaka. After the revered army the mild blues are now 9 months without when. I when they. 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But i do the news often confronted difficult situations for conflict between do something still i see despite my job in front of good leaders on policies and development to put the spotlight an issues that matter most hunger to security oppression martian isolation. Not has been achieved but so much more needs to be job and i feel people have to be a concrete solutions my name is on the top sheet on and i welcome to tell you. Theres a state away in news and these are our top stories the german chancellor Angela Merkel is said to be considering a pared down nationwide lockdown in the battle against record Coronavirus Infections german media are talking of a lockdown light and able in schools and workplaces to stay open bars and restaurants would have to close according to the reports. French made products are being pulled from supermarket shelves in several muslim