Across europe growing infection rates fresh lockdown measures and the inevitable health and Economic Hardship to follow is the headache for which there are no easy fixes. Well germany is also considering additional measures to rein in rising infection rates or storage is reported more than 5000. 00 new coronavirus cases in the last 24 hours the highest one day total since been able to answer im going to the heads of the countries federal states are meeting in berlin as we speak with announcement expected this evening new cases have been rising steadily since the end of summer some regions already imposed new restrictions and testing requirements for people in high risk areas. Well lets go straight to d. W. Political correspondent kate brady welcome kate can the chancellor get 16 state leaders to line up behind one set of proposals. Well it certainly is going to be a difficult task in the longer that those 16 state premiers and chancellor Angela Merkel stay behind closed doors this even
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Day. I. Want to hold this hearing i believe we should not being written forward on this nomination a lot of people on our side just ram it through not until the election is ended i would like the world and the country to know more about your spirit this is a vacancy this occurred there a tragic loss to the great woman and were going to build that they could see with another great the stakes are extraordinarily high for the American People theres nothing unconstitutional about this process. Also coming up corona virus infections are rising across europe but nowhere is the surge as great as in spain and that people say they know who is to blame to not get in more do not want to experience that again the government has to do its homework and must keep its promises and more personnel. Lets you our viewers watching on p. B. S. In the United States and to all of you around the world welcome we begin the day watching americas politicians trying to hold court today Senate Hearings of the conte
A place at the negotiating table. When more and more migrants are risking a dangerous new atlantic route from africa to europe via the Canary Islands. And a planet transformed into an uninhabitable hell a un report says World Leaders are failing in their duty to stop climate disaster. We start in the United States where a divided senate is pressing ahead with the confirmation hearings for Supreme Court nominee Amy Kearney Barrett just 3 weeks before the president ial election she was nominated by President Trump and her confirmation would increase the conservative majority in the Supreme Court alan fisher has been following events on capitol hill in washington d. C. The goal to have amy quiney bennett on the u. S. Supreme court before the president ial election the 1st step the Senate Judiciary Committee Hearing 16 days after her formal nomination from the Committee Chair a lament that politics plays such a big part in nominations now the bottom line is Justice Ginsberg when asked abou
Surrounding coronavirus here in germany restrictions seem to change by the week critics say there are too many different rules which often make no sense. And the arctic ocean is dying thats a warning from scientists returning from the largest ever expedition to study Climate Change surround the north pole. And unify most unwelcome u. S. President donald trump is back on the campaign trail 10 days after it was revealed he was positive for corona virus on monday a white tells dr announce that trump tested negative shortly before the president headed to a rally in florida meanwhile his democratic rival joe biden held an event in ohio in other battleground state 3 weeks ahead of the election day early in person voting has begun in some states in georgia queues formed at some polling stations. And im joined by g. W. Correspondent. Washington bureau had a frozen traumas florida rallied why tells doctors gave an update on this health what exactly did they say. They said theyre trying tested n