Today my destination is like the former east german city where the peaceful revolution began in the autumn of 1990. 8 all started here on august the scots with a socalled monday demonstration. This sculpture the democracy belt is a reminder of those events. Chance of thousands took to the streets the fall of the berlin wall followed and communist east germany was history. The city of lights took its future into its own hands extensive renovation work building projects and large investments followed. 30 years after the peaceful revolution lights it has become a pretty exciting city everything seems possible here so its just the right time for a trip into the cities past and present. We visit one of the creative hotspots of like. We take a walk through a possibility with your at least. And we sure wave your video with holiday greetings from japan. St Nicholas Church is the symbol of the peaceful revolution of 1989. A church that has always been closer to the people but to those who were
Warns its impossible to know when the outbreak will peak as the death toll in hard hit italy jumps sharply. Close rwanda preps for the virus despite having no reported cases so far well have a look at one preventative measure Health Officials are putting into practice there. I mean use of welcome to the program u. S. President donald trump has declared a National Emergency in the United States over the spread of the coronavirus the move releases billions of dollars in disaster funding and gives special powers to Health Authorities heres what the president had to say americans are the strongest and most resilient people on earth. In the coming weeks we will have to make changes and sacrifices but the short term sacrifices will produce long term gain and again ive said were learning a lot for the future and future problems like this or worse or worse could get worse now for more on this lets go to w. Correspondent Stefan Simons in washington stefan thanks for joining us now the trumpet m
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As the number of infections soars the head of the w. H. O. Warns its impossible to know when the outbreak will peak as the death toll and hard hit italy jumps sharply. Close rwanda preps for the virus despite having no reported cases so far have a look at one preventative measure Health Officials are putting into practice their. Time on a use of welcome to the program u. S. President donald trump has declared a National Emergency in the United States over the spread of the corona virus the move releases billions of dollars in disaster funding and give special powers to Health Authorities heres what the president had to say americans are the strongest and most resilient people on earth. In the coming weeks we will have to make changes and sacrifices but the short term sacrifices will produce long term gain and again ive said were learning a lot for the future and future problems like this or worse or worse could get worse now for more on this lets go to w correspondent Stefan Simons in
Rest of the world combined apart from china head of the w. H. O. Was its now impossible to know when the outbreak will teach us the death toll in hard hit italy jumps shockley. And fogle welcome to the program u. S. President donald trump passed just declared a National Emergency in the United States over the spread of coronavirus the movie releases billions of dollars in disaster funding and gives special powers to Health Authorities to unleash the full power of the federal government that this effort today i am officially declaring a National Emergency. 2 very big words the action i am taking will open up access to up to 50000000000. 00 of. Very importantly very important. A large amount of money for states and territories a look at how that is in our shared fight against this disease lets get more from d. W. Correspondents jeff and siemens in the washington welcome stefan any big surprises in the president s announcements no not really we had expected that he declares a National Eme