Im michael oku welcome we begin in lebanon where the there im sorry we begin with a Major Political fight in the u. S. Over the vacant seat on the Supreme Court u. S. Media reports say President Donald Trump will nominate Amy Kone Barrett to fill that seat she would replace Ruth Bader Ginsburg who died last week barrett currently serves as a federal Appeals Court judge and is known for her conservative religious views trump told journalists on friday he had made up his mind but he refused to confirm the speculation ahead of an official announcement on saturday. For more im joined by Irwin Collier professor at bard college in berlin and irwin its really nice to have you with us. What do we know about amy coney buried in essence what effect would she have on the Supreme Court to start probably with the most important she is 48 years old which means with good health she could be around for a long time and she clerked after law school with Anthony Scalia Justice Antonin Scalia scale yes wh
Skeletons in her closet which strikes me as unlikely given that shes already been through a pretty serious vetting. Its a done deal they knew that before trump even announced it which made it was also sort of peculiar they said we have proven we dont know who hes going to name which isnt a rather odd way of doing things so the republicans are going to stand behind this nomination so turning to another big factor in this election all together the coronavirus pandemic of course the United States has hit another new milestone lets get this right 7000000 cases now more than 200000 deaths how significant is this likely to be going into the election in november well as the old saw goes one persons death is a tragedy 200000 is a statistic. This has been weighing on the american body politic and the difference in the polls when you see it its been a sea. Steady difference between joe biden and donald trump to bidens favor that difference is built on a pandemic that has literally had no preside
A done deal they knew that before trump even announced it which made it was also sort of peculiar they said we have proven we dont know who hes going to name which isnt a rather odd way of doing things so the republicans are going to stand behind this nomination so turning to another big factor in this election all together the coronavirus pandemic of course the United States has hit another new milestone lets get this right 7000000 cases now more than 200000 deaths how significant is this likely to be going into the election in november well as the old saw goes one persons death is a tragedy 200000 is a statistic. This has been weighing on the american body politic and the difference in the polls when you see thats been a steady difference between joe biden and donald trump to bidens favor that difference is built on a pandemic. That has literally had no president ial leadership or of failed president ial leadership that wont change so a distraction from reality with another reality f
happening on the border no closer than griff jenkins in mexico right now and their side of the border, thanks are things are getting worse and rampant there. we re in mexico and witnessed multiple times this morning of smugglers moving the migrants across. i want to you see this, by the way, this is a rope that you can see that literally been tied together for the migrants in the dark hours to take into the water to go across and this over here is the u.s. side. that s where we have seen groups for the last 24 hours we ve been here crossing all day, every day. a smuggler tells me that the border is quote, open, and he also says that to cross this river about 500 to $1500 u.s. dollars, but then if you want to be picked up and taken to san antonio or houston, upwards of 9 to $10,000. let me show you a drone shot, some footage of the group that crossed right at this location several hours ago. our drone on the u.s. side eagle pass was able to get a shot of that. this is part
Juan reported technical fault believed to be battery related before it went missing theres been no contact with the crew since wednesday there are forty four people on board those are the headlines on aljazeera but do stay with us and sad story is coming up next thank you for watching. Whos in charge of zimbabwe and the embattled president Robert Mugabe is clinging to power and faces impeachment everyone but him seems to agree his time is so whats next for zimbabweans desperate for change this is inside story. Hello there and welcome to the program im laura Zimbabwes President Robert Mugabe has ignored a deadline to resign his posse had told him he must step down or be impeached now it says that process will begin the parties accusing mugabe of being responsible for political instability and an unprecedented economic tailspin and that frustration is spilling on to the streets with hundreds of students out protesting demanding mugabe get out of office a powerful War Veterans Association