Government suspends the countrys most popular independent news site we ask if authoritarian leader with machine codes bid for survival means the end of reporting from the country plus how nature has transformed what was once the death strip on the border between east and west germany 30 years on the tanks and guards have gone but Climate Change means this unique ecosystem now faces a new threat. And a 5 year battle ends in success and iranian canoeists in germany wins his fight to be considered for the refugee team at next years Tokyo Olympics. See those of you watching us on p. B. S. In the United States and those of you all. Around the world welcome we begin tonight with the 4 well from americas debate debacle u. S. President ial candidate joe biden has described president Donald Trumps performance in tuesday nights televised debate as a National Embarrassment the discussion over issues including the coronavirus Race Relations and the economy quickly descended into a series of interr
Of us in the free world im burnt off in berlin this is the day. This is the grand National Left what are you sure as a president who is on your list you know it was pretty hard to follow. Me it was this is not as loud as im a grandmother his family is not your family. Cant raise your president ial burn down your stores and kill people little dramas and you seem to be disappointed at how its not because you say it is complete really substantive. B. S. And im not going to give a let me have ended this segment were going to move on to the 2nd segment it was really the joke that experienced this earnest. Also coming up in bill ruse people continue to protest demanding the president resign demanding fair and free elections but the government doesnt want the world to know that foreign journalists theyre being forced to leave. Getting a new cretaceous for extending distant papers is no longer possible theres no outright refusal just the same excuse over and over again the commission in charge
But peaceful also coming up the death toll climbs in the breakaway. Region as armenia and azerbaijan the leaders say now is not the time for peace talks. Its good to have you with us we begin with the fallout from americas debate debacle u. S. President ial candidate joe biden has described president Donald Trumps performance in tuesday nights televised debate as a National Embarrassment the discussion over issues including the coronavirus Race Relations and the economy quickly descended into a series of interruptions and insults prompting horrified reactions from the u. S. And beyond. Some u. S. Commentators are calling it the worst president ial debate history 90 minutes of interruptions crosstalk insults and accusations mostly from the president exchanges like this one were typical for the composition of the u. S. Supreme court and the senate to consider you should go out and vote youre in voting now vote and let your senators know how you get on are you feeling lead vote now that i
Ashland. Henry clays home in lexington, kentucky, and for the next 90 minutes we will explore the life and legacy of this man, unsuccessful in his long quest for the white house, yet having an outsized influence on American History. And we are in henry clays parlor r parlor right now. Let me introduce you to jim plotter, historian. Thank you for being with us. Good to be here. Why is he relevant to americans living in our time . On a couple of accounts, his famous quote, i would rather be right than be president. Its a call to people whatever were doing, which is to do the right thing. In a sense, politicians need to remember the country and sacrifice for the country and i think that is still something that we need to remember, as well and the man known as the great compromiser, and a man that forges these compromises that not only kept the nation together, but were constructive and those are the kinds of things we need to remember about henry clay as well as the things that he did in
The coronavirus. Stimulus talks. Nights dueling banjos of town halls. One for donald trump, the other for joe biden. To get us started to talk about all of this is the Washington White House reporter ashley parker. Thank you for being here. These dueling debates, did the Trump Campaign achieve this aim scheduling the town hall at the if theas biden . Aim in some ways was to compete with biden for airtime and overshadow biden, i think yes. Anecdotally, more people seemed to be watching the trump town hall in real time than the joe biden town hall. Hindsight how that the, will the trump is Trump Campaign happy so many potentially watched the trump town hall. The day, i sent out a tweet saying, the town hall format is not exactly the best format for the president because he is interacting with demeanor with not, it is not warm and fuzzy, shall we say . I am bringing this up because i president ng from trumps perspective, which is better . A town hall or a Campaign Rally . From trumps pers