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 ScaliaJustice Antonin Scalia scale yes who was a very conservative justice one of the originalist so. Part of the school of jurisprudence in the United States that believes you have to 2nd guess what the founders and authors of the constitution would have said had they lived in 2020. If it puts a very conservative spin on what she does shes been an appeals judge since 1970 it was a very controversial hearing but split completely on party lines she was approved before that she was a professor of law at the university of notre dame and the perhaps the most interesting for the politics she is firmly in the antiabortion side of the debate and as a very conservative catholic catholicism dominates the Supreme Court she would be the 6th Catholic Justice of the Supreme Court right now but that by itself doesnt tell you much because as everyone knows a religion like that goes from so to maior all the way to judge barrett so the concern is the chief justice will no longer be the swing vote in coming elections that its clearly part of the plan ed thats clearly planted if she is in fact trumps nomination how likely is she to actually get that seat i mean the republicans certainly have the numbers. Barring unforeseen. 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 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 a failed president ial leadership that wont change so a distraction from reality with another reality fighting about abortion rights gun rights libertarian interpretations of the u. S. Constitution is an attempt to put a little bit of smoke when youre running out of mirrors like the smoke when youre running out of urban collyer from bard college for lynn really appreciate your insights glad to be here. And heres a look at other developments in the corona virus pandemic germany has confirmed the largest number of new infections since april with more than 2 and a half 1000 in the latest 24 hour period japans Prime Minister. Has told the United NationsGeneral Assembly that his country is determined to host the olympics next year after the games were spoken duty due to the pandemic an experimental vaccine being developed by johnson and johnson ease proving to produce a strong immune response against the virus according to the latest results the early to mid stage trial is being backed by the Us Government italy was one of the 1st countries to impose a krone virus lockdown back in march the International Community watched on as the countrys hospitals overflowed and struggled to cope with the spike in cases but now its a different story as many European Countries begin to suffer a 2nd wave of cases italy has managed to keep its numbers relatively low. The images that can be forgotten in march Italian Military trucks carried dead bodies away to relieve an overloaded symmetry in a moment italians were gripped by grief and fear as the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic upheaved society. Now little normality has returned to italian law. Bars and restaurants are open to manage trade temperature checks serving as a reminder to stay vigilant. Other European Countries including france spain and the u. K. A staring down a 2nd wave of the virus but numbers here are staying relatively low. Figures in italy have stabilized for several weeks we are averaging 1500. 00 cases per day. For the rest of europe epidemic hit italy earlier societally was very aware of the problem and immediately put in place a very severe and strong containment plan. Experts say this is why italy hasnt had to impose it new restrictions being put in place in other parts of europe apart from the strictly police to lock down and the robust Contact Tracing italians have willingly adopted mask wearing. But only the italian citizens have been very respectful of all the rules when i see on the news the images of the other european cities i see many more people without marks they need to leave. But they dont have much of a choice because they risk being hit with a hefty 400 euro fine i just think that syria i think theyre placing for say nothing more and. Its not to say there wont be a rise in cases Authorities Say they are expecting one. But many here are hoping that the current measures in place will make that 2nd wave. Their tsunami. Thats highlight now some of the other stories making news around the world at this hour hundreds of coal activists have broken into a coal mine in western germany to protest against the countrys continued extraction and use of fossil fuels has pledged to stop using coal by 2038 but environmentalists say that deadline is too late to effectively tackle climate change. French media reports say one of the suspects detained in connection with fridays. Has admitted to carrying out the attack the incident left 2 people wounded it happened near the headquarters of satirical magazine. The side of the 2015. Say it was clearly an act of terror. At least 26 people have died in a military plane crash in Eastern Ukraine the aircraft crashed and burst into flames while landing in the city of. Authority say one person survived most of the victims were young military cadets. Now the man designated to be the next Prime Minister of lebanon has resigned amid an impasse in efforts to form a new government. Was parachuted into the position in the wake of last months devastating blast in the capital beirut and the subsequent resignation of the government. To germany blamed political infighting over cabinet positions for his decision to step down lebanon has been gripped by months of protests over corruption and a protracted economic crisis he did have to say of his resignation. A cabinet based on the principles i insist on protecting National Unity under. Our constitution was bound to fail. And i apologize that the search for forming a government will have to go on with them and whatever is chosen to follow me for this difficult task i wish them all the luck given the dangers our country people and economy are facing. Just lets cross straight to beirut where d. W. Correspondent basil radii standing by basil its good to see you another stalemate in the ongoing political impasse what more can you tell us indeed the counter known going ahead political toward 2 days ago president said whats your what did you notice what would happen if the french he shifted for you he said we go straight to hell it seems that the country lebanon now its coming closer to the something political have special as you mentioned when you talk about lebanon were talking about political financial economy collapse this happened after the announcement of the step down would be putting it Prime Minister nice pound notes. Markets not get the u. S. Dollars and now he is i dont hate 1000 more than 8000. 00 given its bond for one u s dollars which means that the bodies found last i dont its 80 percent of its value so the the situation its very critical the all the bodies parties after the announcement of the step down all Political Parties said that they still hand. With the trash initiative but whos going to buy this now this is the main question. So basil to say the lebanon is suffering is clearly an understatement french president emanuel met call who has visited the country twice since the blast had given a 2 week deadline to lebanon to form a government in order to receive much needed Financial Aid they clearly have not been able to meet this demand whats next for lebanon this is the main question that i asked all my sources that i called after the announcement they said they still as i mentioned that they still. Would be to actually be shifted somewhat to some forces that the flesh each to say in session that they gave the 1st 2 weeks and the 1st of september but then to get an extension for the end of the 2 weeks and all its failed to achieve anything. In this regard so the transfer the main the fact that it reflects president has another alternative another initiative is the main question is what no one has the answer it seems that the some believe that the only solution now is the scientists the Government Back to the cabinet to the south right thats right what the student cabinet usually me to go back to it again since it seems that its so hard to form a new Government Regarding the 2 amounts to a conflict confrontation between Political Parties and the regional conflict mainly because you know about the between the confrontation between iran and the us basil in reading in beirut for us as always basil much appreciate it thank you. Sport now and in the bundesliga frankfurt kicked off match day 2 on friday night by beating her to berlin 31 in the german capital with frankfurt already sebastian mota fired in their 3rd goal in the 71st minute and it was a stunner walk it flew past the reach of the outstretched for to goalkeeper to win puts frankford in 1st place at least for one day. Spanish side at lead to a ko madrid have signed forward luis suarez from rivals barcelona in a 2 Year Contract worth around 6000000 euros the year Gray International passes medical on friday suarez was barcelona 2nd highest goal scorer of all time after lino messi but after a recent coaching change the 33 year old was told he was no longer a part of the clubs plans suarez one for big titles with barcelona and a champions league. Youre watching news up next the 2nd part of the documentary peace talks the oslo diaries dont forget you can get all our latest news and information around the clock on our website thats d. W. Dot com thanks for watching. Imagine how many push. Ups right now in the World Climate change a different story faces one plastic way and one week. How much were going to get. We still have time to an ongoing. Process. Its hard to find an opening to my story. The tale of a small footnote in the history of our region. I can only write my own private memories of these 3 years of hope and anguish. Is this a tale of triumph. Or defeat. The ending to our story has not yet been written. Was. The place you know ducks began 40 days after the mexico in hamburg luckily the 14 days of mourning was a full and when theyre out and you see blood on the streets and people are saying this is the peace that you promised us and you could not say dont forget it was only at the o p. Wasnt there a ceremony out of fun and rubbing and clean wasnt good. Why why in march not before we headed back to the negotiating table since the wave of suicide bombings is really close to border to 2 and a half 1000000 palestinians poverty was rising throughout the occupied territories and Living Conditions declined our people were losing faith in the Peace Process but i knew we must not give up. His will to do the other 7007 hes also keen about the 6 or could it go in the future of slieve fact for the prominent arrangements or whatever but yeah thats going to sort of. Go away now the trick of negotiating with the palestinians is not to address the main aspects of the prominent to enjoy. If were trying to deal with a permanent arrangement now the whole thing will fall upon your problem if you have a bit of it if you dont think. It will set off without me despite the blood and the violence the process had a force of its own and in may 94. 00 when we set out to sign the gaza jericho agreement granting the palestinian self rule in gaza the use of the uses. Told the stage was finally set egypt president mubarak provided a suitably dramatic setting for the thurmont in cairo. The morning of the signing of the gaza jericho agreement faisal and i were being interviewed in jerusalem while watching on my broadcast of the ceremony. On my way to the interview i was held up by Israeli Soldiers at the checkpoints someone said to me this is your idea of peace tell the old man not to sign tell him to come at the checkpoint and sign it here along with the rest of us. I stared at the screen and wondered is this a celebration of the birth of the Peace Process or its burial. Both sides appear to have sorted out differences over the gaza strip and jericho but within minutes it was clear that the deal like the stage positions was not going to plan it just finally gave it a go sell for a living. Im sitting there and i see a 5 signing the document signing the book signing a document be all the popes humans and then the guy who took the system brought the maps looked at them. Didnt sign close the and went back to spare them copying was walking through the same. Spot i walked up the stair. And i stand next to a beam and as he begins to sign i open it and then i whisper in his ear without show trying not to show any excitement up because everything was recalled and and filled and i told him are off the sign maps. So he says so what does he mean. I responded it means that there is no agreement. Israels Prime Minister. Examines the documents. Foreign minister shimon peres and also refused to sign. For a while it seemed as if the entire ceremony was about to collapse. Because we had not been a part of that channel we didnt fully appreciate what the gaps were between the 2 sides israel saw this as a devolution of power as a power seems prove themselves. And saw this as we have to show this is a new day and as a new day we have to have all the trappings of statehood even if we dont have a formal yet so immediately they want to you know they didnt want controls over across he wants they wanted they wanted to be say you know the israelis are out of our lives. Would have been without father if you know the negotiations says and. He says no no no. I was. They want to just. So i would go to them and says no they would quote me and to stop it. Mubarak said it probably. The son of a bitch. After a brief interval the p. L. O. Leader was assured that the signs of the jericho region was still under negotiation he signed the document and did a few comments finally with the briefest of answer except to go was done at the very last minute. On july 1st 1904 Yasser Arafat returned to his home and reclaimed his position as the palestinian leader. It was an ambivalent return he came back and had to govern palestine which was divided and driven apart. Or perhaps israel brought him back in order to control him. What was the price we had to pay for his return home was this 1. 00 of those minefields or was it the 1st step toward peace and the liberation of palestine. As we made our way to probably his time my heart pounding and i was choked with the emotion of the moment. I wept tears i had never wept before kissing and hugging all my relatives and friends. The last time i met my father in jordan i hinted that i might be coming home so it cried and raised his hands swearing he would prepare a feast on my return. My sadness was that my father had passed away just 4 months earlier after waiting for my return for so many years. So when i called yuri i said im finally back in march childhood on. A greeted me with the arab word of welcome and told me he was really pleased to hear my voice we have become neighbors and asked. One week after i returned to our bodies we met once again in taba this time in order to negotiate the 2nd stage of the osce low process israels withdrawal from the west bank. By spread out the map we had kept secret until then. The oslo accord stated israel will withdraw from most of the west bank within a year and the palestinians were expecting to receive control over the land immediately. But israel demanded a gradual withdrawal and offered the palestinians full control of only 2 percent of the land. The remaining 98 percen