India and bangladesh forcing millions to flee but winds and rain are not the only threat the storm is also jeopardizing the countrys virus response and is germanys top court says spying outside the country is unconstitutional but will ask does the ruling come at the cost of protecting national security. I bring to our viewers on p. B. S. In the United States and all around the world welcome u. S. President donald trump has threatened to withdraw the United States from the World Health Organization and to permanently end it u. S. Funding in a letter to the u. N. Bodies director general trump accuses the organization of mishandling the global Coronavirus Response and demands change based on his criticisms and for those changes to come within the next month beijing has described trumps comments as a smear campaign. Was between donald trump. And china has continued into a 2nd day after the us president s public letter threatening to leave the w h a permanent lee on monday basically they have to clean up their act they have to do a better job they have to be much more fair to other countries including the United States so were not going to be involved in the looser. President trump posted the open letter on twitter stating that if the w. Does not commit to major substantive improvements within the next 30 days i will make my temporary freeze of United States funding to the World Health Organization permanent and reconsider our membership in the organization. Chinas Foreign Ministry criticized the u. S. President s threats made through the letter tried to mislead the public in this plausible way to slander chinas prevention and control efforts and shock the us his responsibility for incompetence in its own prevention and control this is futile. Believe the movie. Member states agreed to a comprehensive and independent review of the Global Pandemic response i am always definite job in mainz fully cover me to try to spot and see accountability and Continuous Improvement we want accountability more than anyone the review will take place quote at the earliest appropriate moment. Well for more now im joined by Andrew Allman he is a harvard educated Infectious Disease specialist hes also a member of the German Parliament the bonus talk for the business friendly f. T. P. Pardon mr only its good to have you on the show let me ask you as a medical professional how what grade would you give the work of the w. H. O. I would give it a c. Minus to be honest because a lot of things didnt work very well as they do each show but we have to see what kind of institutional going to the scene can help us in a Global Pandemic and i only see the role of the deadly a show that could help the world to fight this pandemic but that. Is dependent on all countries of the world and its not a threat to the world is actually very helpful but all countries have to Stay Together be show solidarity work to reform w. H. O. Where you say you give it a c. Minus thats not a very good grade is that because the w. H. O. Is underfunded is it all about money here its not only about money but definitely with money it could actually strengthen there are going to zation and if you look at the budget the w. H. O. Its a really very low budget its wed like to compare it here in germany with the great hospital at berlin the cherry take the budget the charity is larger than the w. H. O. And the funding of countries to the show is actually only one 5th of the total budget which is in my opinion far too low and you can only get a Strong Organization if you are strongly funded so you can employ people and get the system running the w. H. O. Today agreed to conduct an independent review of basically itself and the things that it did during the beginning of this pandemic do you trust the w. H. O. To be able to carry out an impartial investigation into its own work. I think it is in this is the National Organization 1st of all and i trust the w. H. O. That they could actually review their handling of what can be done better but on the other side also all countries have to ask their questions how did they handle this pandemic in their own given country was the Public Health system up to the problems of 19 and i would say even the information that we received last year for the g. P. M. Beat was very clear cut and they say were not prepared for a pandemic and 900 x. A give us the proof that we were as a world as a Global Society not prepared for this. And now is the time not only to reform the w. H. O. But we have to review the International Health regulations need urgent implementation and improvement for the future the criticism has been that the w. H. O. Many times has been too lenient with china in order to keep china happy and also to keep that funding coming how do you see that as a doctor do you see the rules being bent for china. When i see is that the w. H. O. Is being a puppet many nations would agree to that point i think its not appropriate that china says that taiwan cannot participate in w. H. O. I also would say its not appropriate of the United States to say that the w. H. O. Is not doing the work thats why you are not working together with him anymore i think we have to realize that health is a global issue its for every person on this globe and we have to understand with Global Health and the security of Global Health actually is important for every nation in this world and house of understand out Infectious Diseases doesnt recognize borders and we have to really get our stuff together to be stronger as a single nation spouse a Global Society to improve our readiness for the next endemic which could be just around the corner we do not know that yet. Again the w h o should be strengthened not be all for any kind of political power play ok and your home and Infectious Disease specialist and a member of the German Parliament mr owen we appreciate your time in your insides thank you thank you for having me. While most us states have begun to ease restrictions with Business Owners eager to reopen despite the potential health risks a new Study Suggests that about 2 percent of american Small Businesses will not survive this crisis. Getting ready to reopen clichy china in the sez she cannot think of anything else salon in northeast washington one of the most successful Small Businesses in the neighborhood is struggling to survive. Its extremely hard i dont even know how hard is the word to describe its unbearable. We are suffering beyond belief and quite honestly i dont know how were going to recover from this even though her own is closed she still has to pay her rent 6100. 00 plus the utility costs and despite the existence of multiple relief programs with Small Businesses cushy china says its impossible to get help im up countless hours applying like endless 234 oclock in the morning im like waiting for applications to open they open theres a list in the system they close them up like you know and. Nothing has panned out that one. We drive across the Potomac River most of the neighboring state open ginia has already begun reopening gradually but some counties decided to wait much to the anger of many Business Owners we meet with Kimberly Clark and stanley couth of the Supreme Court chamber of commerce 65 percent of their members are Small Businesses they are the mood it is just general question from the consistency i would say between federal local and State Government the Business Owners again that ive spoken to want government to step back and let the Business Owners take take over. Stelling cause his works as a Community Development manager with and respectable credit union he takes us to have branched me on by where they have already introduced changes like plexiglas barriers or enhanced cleaning businesses dont need the government to tell them what to do it saps this sense of the Business Owners that ive spoken to. Really feel that they are capable now that they have more information opening their businesses in a responsible manner back of the beauty salon in washington d. C. Reopening and staying safe thats what cliche china sutton want i miss being at work i miss my team i miss my dad. So. She was determined to make her way back. Her clients and her community clichy china says she expects a difficulty year on the hop but to survive she needs to reopen. Well hear more of the latest developments in the 1000 pandemic the worldwide number of infections now stands at more than 4800000 thats according to Johns Hopkins university airways the National Carrier of the United Arab Emirates made its 1st ever flight to israel today delivering medical aid to help combat the virus in the palestinian territories the u. A. E. And israel have no official diplomatic ties with each other can the United States have agreed to extend the ban on nonessential travel between the 2 countries for another 30 days and the science journal nature says recorded global c o 2 emissions fell by 17 percent in april all because of these shutdowns from the pandemic. Millions of people in india and bangladesh are fleeing their homes as a super cycle race is towards the border between the 2 countries so i clone is packing winds of quibbling to a category 5 hurricane its expected to bring massive flooding and mudslides when it makes landfall on wednesday the storm is also complicating the countrys response to the coronavirus pandemic. In the midst of a pandemic and packing winds speeds of up to 160 Kilometers Per Hour supercycle known im high on is heading for bangladesh and india. But there are chances that will have had very fast and with covert 19 its making the preparations for us the people and for the government difficult and a big challenge. But they are racing to evacuate millions of people while trying to maintain social distancing in eastern india villagers and families are seeking refuge away from the coast in shelters and in buildings that had been repurposed for quarantining. The cycle own hasnt come yet but since the weather change we came here we didnt want to live in fear of the cycle and our hometown. Some villagers are choosing to try to defend their homes from the tidal waves and flooding im han might bring. Home really about were piling up the sandbox to save our village from the supercycle all the villages are working here were constructing a kind of which can hold off the sea water. And bangladesh physical distancing isnt possible as people boarded rafts heading for safety aid workers worry about the spread of the coronavirus and about how people here will rebound from the fierce decide clone the country has faced and 21 years. Dont know. About. Thank lone on pine is expected to make landfall when say morning. Lets take a look now at some of the other stories that are making headlines around the world protesters in the chilean capital santiago have clashed with police over a lack of food and essential supplies in one of the citys poorest neighborhoods people threw stones and lit fires local Officials Say the aid packages that they distributed are not enough to meet peoples needs german prosecutors have dropped in charges of market manipulation against 2 top vokes wagon executives after the carmaker agreed to pay 9000000. 00 euros to close the case against c. E. O. Robert d. S. And Board Chairman dieter putsch in 2 men were charged with withholding information about the existence of devices to cheat emissions tests. Were now into a major ruling here in germany that could change the way the country gathers intelligence secret intelligence the nations highest court says that germany can no longer freely spy on the worlds internet traffic it says the mass surveillance of Online Communications outside the country violates the constitution and its guarantee of the right to privacy and press freedom. Germanys Foreign Intelligence Agency has been spying on known germans abroad including journalists even without any clear suspicion of wrongdoing activists have long said this care tails freedom of the press now germanys highest court has ruled its not legal the german Constitution Office protection against wide sweeping surveillance to german citizens now this is being extended to people outside the country. The formation thats hard to go with has been placed with this side of the ruling as a milestone for the protection of journalists in the digital age that was for this is the 1st time that the Constitutional Court has recognized the need to safeguard the rights of journalists who are working abroad and that cunt the case was brought by the Reporters Without Borders group 6 foreign journalists and human rights lawyer in its ruling the Constitutional Court did not outright ban blanket surveillance of data but judges said Confidential Communications between members of certain professions including journalists and lawyers must be offered special protection surveillance must be restricted to specific targets and controlled independently the court doesnt see any risk to germanys security through its rolling. Sits keep us up startled grants substantial burden to make challenges to Global Security policy through the monitoring of Strategic International communications was a hoax a biggie. The German Government will now consider the future operation methods of the Foreign Intelligence Agency and Reporters Without Borders says it will now consider a similar legal action in other countries. Are all in our Political Correspondent thomas hes on the story here in berlin going to need to you thomas so germanys foreign intelligence has described this ruling as a setback in the fight against terrorism. Is it well there are different views on this and it is definitely the case that some people have argued in that line brant that this is a setback for germanys intelligence gathering that this actually affects negatively the way germany can gather that intelligence and in particularly difficult times when were talking about Cyber Security for example whether were talking about the fight against International Terrorism so thats one side of the story the other side of the story we actually saw you know report those who are saying that this is actually a milestone this is actually something that defends press freedom the court actually said that it believes that its in the Public Interest to gather that information but that he has to be done by germanys Foreign Intelligence Agency in a way that complies with germanys constitution and so what will this ruling mean how will it change the way German Foreign intelligence to operate abroad it can change any it probably will change but its important to understand that germanys Security Apparatus or Intelligence Community is very complex both at the federal and its a regional level there are many different institutions and in fact the Foreign Intelligence Agency the b. M. D. Is the largest of all those institutions and something very important to understand the political implications of this is that its subordinated to the federal chances Chancellors Office so that it gives you an idea of why this is important also politically and what the court actually said in that ruling today is that the b. M. D. Is actually bound by the rights that a protected in the german constitution when he operates abroad and when it operate also on foreign soil for example when it conducts surveillance on foreigners im this is why this ruling is so important it has been described as a very important far reaching ruling by germanys top courting consul with what does this mean for the work of journal