Government powers. To deal with the panda. Hello, im terry martin. Good to have you with us. The u. S. Death toll in the corona virus pandemic. Has now surpassed a quarter of a 1000000 people by far the highest Nation National toll worldwide. Infections are soaring to new highs across the country. New york city was the epicenter of the us earlier this year and now its decided to close all Public Schools again as it fights a resurgence of the virus. Its an unseasonably last week of school for children across new york city. Classrooms are shifting to Online Learning until further notice. Its the latest in a series of new restrictions in the state. Parents and students alike are unhappy. Its super unfortunate that these kids are going to be denied an education, but we can go eat dinner inside a restaurant for too long to be in the news. Or it kind of are a little sad. Its close by. If thats whats best for the kids or go with it. This is man, feels the same way workers. I want to firms as much as we are unhappy today that this moment was reached. We are resolved to keep fighting. Thats what new yorkers do. And we will overcome this moment. Cases in the state have more than doubled over the past 2 weeks. But new york isnt the any state to see an exponential rise. Cases across the country are increasing, as are new restrictions. Deaths have also been mounting, passing quarter of a 1000000. Since the start of the pandemic. The president elect is warning even more people could die if President Trump refuses to share crucial information with the incoming administration. From the me. Over 300000000, americans that are beyond our, our Border Guards are going to have to be taken care of. And theres a whole lot of things that are just, we just dont have available to us, which, unless its made available soon, were going to be horrified by weeks or months or even as promising vaccines race to the hearth of an end to the crisis. The country will still have to enjoy a long winter for more, lets talk to dr. Peter chen, hong. Hes an Infectious Disease specialist at the university of california, San Francisco for being with more than 250000 deaths. How did things get this bad in the u. S. . Well terry, i think the answer is pretty simple. Its the lack of a national strategy. Its like where 50 Different Countries with 50 different strategies and viruses. No, i mean borders so that its no surprise that whats happening in one part of the country happens in the other right now. The whole countrys exploding 2, highly effective vaccines could soon be approved, possibly in a matter of weeks. What are your expectations in terms of impact on the pandemic in the u. S. . Well, its very apt, cautious optimism. Of course, thats the civil lining in all of this. Its estimated that pfizer says we could have 40000000 doses by the end of 2020 and, and one juror says, 20000000 doses, and that if 1000000 goes to college, will only be able to treat some of the Health Care Workers and 1st responders. So, you know, not good news for everyone, but at least something hopeful. Whats the situation in your clinic and others like it when it comes to treating coven 19 patients . Do you have the resources you need . Well, we start piling on this very stockpiled masses, like re preparing for the storm thats about to come. We know that he says in the community lag. Whats seen in the hospital by about 2 weeks, so that were preparing. Its like the sun shining before the hurricane comes to peter chin home. Thank you very much. That was dr. Peterson home. Hes an Infectious Disease specialist, university of california, San Francisco. I started, well, the number of new infections here in germany has risen again as well with more than 22000 cases reported over a 24 hour period. Thats despite almost 3 weeks of a partial loss. The increase comes as lawmakers in germany voted to strengthen government powers for tackling the coronavirus crisis, but in berlin, police were forced to break up a protest by thousands of demonstrators who defied calls to wear masks and keep it just what are canon and pepper spray deployed by police to disperse the demonstrators, thousands gathered near the German Parliament building a crowd including antigovernment protesters, coronavirus skeptics, and members of far right groups. Many were not Wearing Masks or maintaining social distancing. They were protesting against coronavirus restrictions, which they see as a violation of their civil rights. In my opinion, the restrictions are disproportionate. Surely it should have been possible to come up with other measures that dont cause so much suffering. I still am here for my children and my grandchildren. I will not allow their freedom to be taken away. Yeah. Police clashed with protesters outside lawmakers inside parliament who are largely in agreement and approve the new infection protections long below is meant to put the governments response of the coronavirus on a stronger legal footing. Previous legislation only listed broad general provisions and didnt foresee the severity of the pandemic or the specific restrictions needed to rein it in. This led to local courts, overturning some of the measures. The new law defines more concretely which restrictions can be introduced, including mandatory face masks, limited contacts, and restaurant closures. Housman, mr. Young spawn, defended the measures and criticised those protesting against them. To argue latitude to be against it even to deny the obvious. Oh, that is possible and must be possible in a free and open country. But those who are allowed are far from being right. And certainly not in the majority. And this did not deter the demonstrators outside, despite polls showing they are in the minority. A recent survey found 56 percent of germans believe the restrictions are justified and some actually want even stricter measures say look now at some of the other stories making headlines around the world today. U. S. Secretary of state mike pump aoe has held talks in jerusalem. Is meeting with the israeli Prime Minister binyamin netanyahu, and bahrains foreign minister, abdullah teef. The 2 countries have agreed to normalize time under a u. S. Backed deal toilette. Prime minister is threatening protestors to bending his removal, a new constitution and foremost of the monarchy. He spoke after another night of mass protests in bangkok with activists marching on thailands Police Headquarters and defacing the walls with paint a day earlier. Police used water cannon and tear gas on demonstrators injuring dozens. Armenias leader nicole has presented a plan to resolve the political crisis to begin. After he signed a truce with shawn aimed at ending fighting over the disputed nagornokarabakh region. Prime minister is facing mass on rest for agreeing to the russian brokered cease fire. Armenia lost significant territory under the deal. So Ethnic Armenians have begun leaving their homes in areas set to be handed over to his every control. For more, im joined now by emily. Sure, when in the armenian capital your of you were just in the girl in a car. Whats the situation there on the ground . We, we just got back from the going to yesterday and the situation on the ground is peaceful there. We saw convoys of armenian soldiers who were seemingly leaving some of the regions that we crossed through. But there are traces of this recent conflict, this recent war. Basically everywhere you look, they even lined the road. There were burnt out cars cars that were clearly thrown from the road side by blasts during the war. We also saw a rocket that was basically just sticking out of the road, just armed rocket. And that cars were kind of driving by. And the same can be said in the towns and cities, including the biggest city in the carriage, where many of the windows were blown out. There were traces of bombs. I saw one man who was taping closed, his windows with cellophane. He said he is preparing for his grandchildren to return to step on the carriage. And the anger at what has happened is really real on the ground. As you said, some people leaving districts that have been under armenian control, even though theyre under international law. And theyre now being handed over. Some people who lived there have been burning their houses. We saw one of those houses burning on the roadside. They dont want to leave anything behind for azerbaijan. In armenia, where you are now, theres been protests demanding the resignation of Prime Minister pasha myan. Is there any indication that he might actually step hes under huge pressure, but so far hes been standing his ground. That sense of betrayal by the Prime Minister he called crushing on is one of the main emotions that we kind of felt on the ground as well in nagornokarabakh. And in yerevan, everyone has been saying to us that sold part of armenia off and that hes a traitor. And thats one of the main chance that weve been hearing at protests here and yerevan as well. Even the president here in armenia, the other day called for and he called on to resign for his cabinet to resign and for there to be new elections, new parliamentary elections. But pushing on himself has repeatedly said that hell take responsibility for what happened on to himself, and he is kind of trying to reshuffle his cabinet in order to remain. Emily, thank you very much for that update. That was really sure, one in your, of, on now to poland, where thousands of people have staged a press rally in warsaw to protest. An attempt to tighten the countrys abortion laws. Last month, polands top court outlawed abortions for fetal abnormalities amounting to a ban. On nearly all abortions on the country, the proposed changes have unleashed the largest demonstrations in decades are driving more women to seek abortions, a brawl. Another night of protests in poland. Thousands of women took to the streets once more to voice outrage over a Supreme Court ruling that could further tighten the countrys strict abortion laws. Already many women have been forced to travel abroad for the procedure. Polish ecologists works in germany. Hes inundated with hate mail from compatriots for performing abortions on polish women. First and foremost, they want to insult you. Tell me, im a murderer. Im used to that by now. He also gets letters from women, thanking him. You saved my life. This one reads. Hes horrified by the proposed changes. The baby would die after birth. It is torture to force women to have it anyway. Polish women can count on a network of european organizations providing help a prochoice organization based in berlin. She has come to the train station to pick up a woman arriving from poland. She was really anxious and cried for 2 days. She doesnt want to give birth to a disabled child, but shes being forced to do so helps women find a clinic organizes accommodation and collects donations. Mara clarke, founder of the international network, abortion support says many of the women reaching out for help are polish. And when this ruling happened, on the 22nd of october, we went from getting 300 polls a month to in one case 300 calls in one day. And i know because people are terrified, fueled by desperation, to protest in poland, show no signs of abating. Just reminder, the top story were following for you here today on t. W. News. The u. S. Death toll in the coronavirus pandemic has now surpassed the quarter of a 1000000 people. The countrys largest city, new york, has to close all Public Schools again thursday as it fights a resurgence of the virus. Thats all you news from the Business News is coming up next with monica. Im sorry mark, thanks for watching. From popstars, rails against corruption violence despite coming from a poor family to become