Imagine how would welcome here in germany theres been a steady upturn in the number of new corona virus infections and its showing no sign of slowing the country boast price for its initial response to the pandemic back in spring when it quickly introduced haad measures to curb the spread of the virus but cases have spiked in recent weeks hitting a record high of almost 30000 new cases on friday its the in the number of death deaths thats causing the most concern thats prompted chancellor Angela Merkel to call an emergency meeting with germany 16 states latest that mating has just gotten underway. Well for more on that joined by our Political Correspondent hansbrough and hans the German Federal and state leaders are making now to discuss the situation given the numbers weve just heard a hard lock down seems almost certain is indeed that is correct the meeting is taking place in the chancery that you see here behind me but in fact its only a mark of a chancellor who be there in person a
Turned of today. The deadline looms as pressure mounts on President Trump to drop his wiretapping claim against president obama or prove it. Heres errol barnett. The president has one of two choices, either retract or to provide the information that the American People deserve. Reporter republican senator john mccain today said he has no reason to believe President Trumps claim of being wiretapped. I hope we get to the bottom of all these matters. Reporter Republican Senate Intelligence Committee member, tom cotton said he has seen no supporting evidence, neither has the ranking democrat on the house Intelligence Committee. Either the president quite deliberately for some reason made up this charge or perhaps more disturbing the president really believes this. Reporter last weekend, President Trump tweeted that president obama ordered surveillance of trump tower during the election. He offered no evidence or further explanation. No, i said im not aware and im not aware. Reporter press
Turned over today. The deadline looms as pressure mounts on President Trump to drop his wiretapping claim against president obama or prove it. Heres errol barnett. The president has one of two choices, either retract or to provide the information that the American People deserve. Reporter republican senator john mccain today said he has no reason to believe President Trumps claim of being wiretapped. I hope we get to the bottom of all these matters. Reporter Republican Senate Intelligence Committee member, tom cotton said he has seen no supporting evidence, neither has the ranking democrat on the house Intelligence Committee. Either the president quite deliberately for some reason made up this charge or perhaps more disturbing the president really believes this. Reporter last weekend, President Trump tweeted that president obama ordered surveillance of trump tower during the election. He offered no evidence or further explanation. No, i said im not aware and im not aware. Reporter pres
To vote for this, but were not going to vote for it. This has to do with a massive shift of wealth from working people to the richest people in this country. It is a 275 billion tax break for the top 2 . Millionaires will get about 50,000 a year in tax breaks, while at the same time, some 5 million to 10 Million People are going to lose their Health Insurance. Premiums are going to soar. The aart says if youre 64 years of age and making 25,000 a year, youll pay up to 7,000 more for your Health Insurance. Theyre going the defund planned parenthood, deny over 2 million women the right to choose the health care that they need. Theyre going to decimate medicaid, which is why the american medical association, the ama, and the American Hospital association oppose it, in addition to the aarp. This is a what speaker ryan says its an unfair comparison, because the people who have coverage now have coverage in a rick etty system that is getting worse, Insurance Companies are dropping out of the
China, turkey, or poland, pressure is rising on those who tell the facts. An alarming downward spiral. That is what we want to talk three guestsith who have been directly affected by declining press freedom. Meera jamal is a freelance journalism from during list journalist from pakistan. And loses contact with reality on the ground. Belongs to a bedoon family from kuwait. They are stateless. They fell through the cracks inn quaid became independent 1961. As a blogger, she says journalism under authoritarianism he comes the best tool for resistance. It is a pleasure to welcome andreas kluth. He is a germanamerican journalist or the economist. Every country gets the government it deserves and it also gets the press that it deserves. Freedom of the press is the first signal of freedom generally. Let me start out with you mr. Ball and ask you to tell us a bit about your personal story. You found yourself unable to work in your own country, in pakistan. The situation in pakistan is quite di