A michael welcome u. S. President donald trump is being treated at a Military Hospital after testing positive for covert 19 hes expected to remain at Walter Reed Medical Center for several days says hes taking the drug year earlier white house officials said the hospitalization was only a precautionary measure and trump would continue his president ial duties. The 1st glimpses of the u. S. President since he shocked the world with his covert 1000 diagnosis. Here donald trump has been transferred to hospital with officials insisting its only a precautionary measure. The white house said he was fatigued but in good spirits and experiencing mild symptoms before takeoff the president assured his supporters he was doing ok. Thank you everybody for the tremendous support. To Walter Reed Hospital i think i knew we were. Going to make sure. The 1st lady is doing. So thank you very much appreciate it. Thank you. The white house had been on high alert after news that a top aide was diagnosed wit
Im going to have our 1st welcome to this special edition of the news as we cover the festivities commemorating 30 years of german reunification on this Germanys National holiday it was on this day 30 years ago that east and west germany reunited to become one country again for the 1st time since the 2nd world war this years event is being held in potsdam the capital state of brandon book state near berlin that german president from father steinmeyer will be speaking shortly well bring you his speech live its a splendid occasion but this years festivities are scaled down in compliance with social distancing measures and other restrictions put in place due to the coronavirus kind. Of help me guide us through the events today and shine a light on its significance im joined in the studio but it of you cross part. Common ration venue in potsdam nina hoss is standing by at the iconic Brandenburg Gate in berlin we welcome. Thomas sparrow and lets start with you the german president is speakin
Hes a bit of a cute childlike figure hes also a grown man with a hat who acts very responsibly when crossing the street as well as work for us day and night. I think its the combination that makes him so. The standing man is also something balanced and calm about him and a clear design like which clearer than other traffic right now. 30 years after reunification the on to mention is celebrated as an east german success story. The traffic light men were 1st introduced in east berlin in 1970. Traffic psychologist carl wanted to design a pedestrian signal that caught peoples attention. Difficult to appeal to children and older people when using abstract pictograms. So i simply tried to translate their clarity into personified symbols. Lifelike and likable in this 1st designs the figure even had fingers on a mouse and karl big losses wife helped when it came to the half. The op to mention became recognizable symbols which in the 1980 s. Were used to teach children about road safety on east
Initially against it because the soviet union had fought this great war against nazi germany which is very much a substance of salvi it and russian history until today there were a lot of in the end you could say it is the allies the americans it was george h. W. Bush at the time was the president the americans too had their dogs they all had to agree to this and that was the presses that happened after the fall of the german wall which was how shall i say the symbol that nina was talking about earlier but to turn that into a treaty into a unified into unified germany that was a diplomatic. Force and to really that willis and i married or scientists i think you know. The german president especially. Mentioned george go. The. Leader of the soviet union at the time when he agreed to this then the last element of resistance basically fell the allies agreed to a treaty that allowed the unification of germany and then it happened but it was really touch and go in some sense but there was al
The cold war ended in moscow in 1990 bringing a new era of peace to europe a divided germany was free to reunite the treaty that paved the way for german unity was signed here in moscow 30 years ago it was a historic victory for democracy and the deep rifts in europe were on the road to recovery. The lotus we are still aware of was that this was the most important signature of my life book. It wasnt an illusion it was a political project to keep. It we did a lot of things a lot different then when we won the cold war against. Soviet ambassador vaslav terra coffin was here in moscow 30 years ago when the victorious powers of the 2nd world war determined the fate of germany moscow looks back on this treaty with far more criticism than the west. You know the most by me and this i think listen see is speeches and champagne lift or rather try to send annoying off to taste in new when you think about all of the problems that arose during the many negotiations about whats to finally do with g