Studio. Plus many are calling it a Seismic Shift fulfill the promise announces a Game Changing Distribution Plan for 2021 us fans for joy sing but fear to owners down in the dumps. Because you have you with us lawmakers in the u. S. Congress are preparing to block president Donald Trumps order to withdraw u. S. Troops from germany its a rare instance off the democratic and republican parties working together to pass legislation the final version of the annual defense bill which still needs to be voted on his support for the continued presence of u. S. Forces in germany and it would require an Impact Assessment before any troops are removed in july this year the pentagon announced it would withdraw about a 3rd of the 36000. 00 u. S. Troops based here. So how likely is it that u. S. Troops will not be withdrawn from germany washington correspondent stephanie this is. Actually it is very likely that there wont be any withdrawal at least not under the reigns of this administration of the t
Grasp the opposition claims the vote was rigged. The very has announced tougher coronavirus lockdown rules aimed at slowing the rate of new infections there the new measures will see people having to provide good reason for leaving their homes and a maximum of 5 people from 2 households will be allowed to meet in public a very has the highest coronavirus death toll in germany. Thousands of people have taken to the streets of the bell of russian capital minsk and elsewhere to demand president Alexander Lukashenko resign from office the march was the latest in nearly 4 months of weekly demonstrations hundreds of people have been detained by police. This is d. W. News from berlin you can follow us on twitter and instagram the handle is at d w new or visit our website to be found at d. W. Dot com. There are nearly 2000000000 people on our planet and an impact. On the one hand on the fossil fuel band 1900000000 energy and the resources of nicholas lee but on the other hand our efforts to re
Four weeks, so through december 21st. First lets bring in the Public Health officer for Alameda County, dr. Nicholas moss to talk about some of these. Dr. Moss, i want to congratulate you. I know you have been in this role on an interim basis but made permanent this week. Thank you. Thank you very much. Its a big job ahead. I want to ask you, what do you think of the statewide curfew . Is it a good idea . Were still waiting to hear the secretarys remarks and get a sense of the details of what the state has in mind, but i would say more broadly were supportive of everything that the state of california is trying to do to keep californians safe, and we think its good for our residents here in Alameda County and across the region to really take a cautious approach to covid, especially with this surge. But again, still waiting to hear the details about this latest set of restrictions. Yeah, still waiting for the details. We know based on what we were able to learn its not as severe and all
Napa sonoma and solano counties, those are the areas that are in the purple most restrictive tier where there is widespread covid19 moran, San Francisco and San Mateo County are in the red substantial tier. Were not sure yet though if all the bay area counties are going to join together and insist enforce this curfew what we know about the curfew is that it will be in effect from 10 00pm until 05 00am and it will start this saturday and then end on december 21st. This is for all nonessential businesses and gatherings and all the effort to stop the spread of covid19 this is a limited stay at home order. Were expected to hear new information about this any minute now from the states Top Health Official. Its very similar in some ways to the stay at home order that was listed in march, but this will only be applying to nonessential businesses and gatherings between the hours of 10 00pm and 05 00am and only in the purple tier counties that are seeing the highest rates of positive cases of h
Sick and dying. Of of course the troubles the relatives they ask who was with my father my brother my son well what should have to die for. Germanys Health Care System has risen to the challenge many critically ill patients have been safe but many people dying of covert have been denied visitors for weeks on end. And weve seen this medicine can heal the body but the soul requires love for it to heal and thats what is being neglected here those stores force these outside it supports. What needs to be done so that covert patients and their relatives dont suffer psychological trauma. I patients as. Transferred to the copan center at the University Hospital in essen western germany currently there are 12 patients being treated here the new patient is unusual hes just 29 years old. This is a patient whos come from some distance away he was receiving noninvasive breathing assistance but it was insufficient weve connected an artificial long put him on life support he was brought here by helic