Measures are being finalized at the venue where the Vice President ial candidates will soon face off for their debate. A greek court has found leaders of the countrys far right to Golden Dawn Party guilty of operating a criminal organization the group was once greeces 3rd Largest Political Party and its leaders now face up to 15 years in prison one of its supporters was also convicted of the murder of an antifascist rapper in 2013. And this years nobel prize in chemistry has been jointly awarded to french scientist in my us and Jennifer Doudna from the u. S. For their development of a message for genome editing the Royal Swedish Academy of sciences said it is contributing to new therapies against cancer and heritage diseases. This is g w news from berlin follow us on twitter and instagram d w news or visit our website dot com. Fresh out of hospital though still being treated for covered 19 u. S. President donald trump has called off negotiations with congress about a new covered 19 relief bill the president has accused the crazy. Radical left democrats his words of playing games democratic president ial challenger joe biden said the president has to be American People so look at that and look ahead to tonights Vice President ial debate. And this is the day. Well the stimulus negotiations are often too little support would lead to we are covering creating unnecessary hardship for. You after months and. Forward since it appears that many will undergo extended periods of unemployment there is likely to be a need for further support if you. Are still hurting. The day we look at the hot button issue that over guarantees donald trump the backing of christian evangelicals in the case swing state of ohio portion is such an important issue in our time and i cannot trust a president who believes that abortion is ok without the right to life we have nothing. To do the day u. S. President donald trump has abruptly halted negotiations on a major coronavirus stimulus package. For the u. S. Economy after congress failed to agree a price tag a day after returning to the white house to recover from his covered 19. 00 infection the president fired off a series of tweets accusing Democratic HouseSpeaker Nancy Pelosi of failing to negotiate in good faith hes ordered talks to cease until after the election saying that he would pass a major stimulus bill immediately after he wins democrats immediately attacked the president for abandoning the American People amid the pandemic House Speaker nancy pelosi accused the white house of being in complete disarray and then all the sudden he said infected by the current virus thing president in the hospital our president prayed for him and then to day comes that he has the essay comes out of her hospital room and. So you never know whats going to be coming next but i think that we see when thinking maybe using that term thinking loosely relates a President Trump appeared to backtrack by trying to salvage some individual items of assistance including money and lines and another round of stimulus checks his white house chief of staff mark meadows obviously were looking at the potential for standalone bills theres about 10. 00 things that we agree on any and if the speaker is willing to look at those things. On a piece by piece basis then were all willing to look at it so where does this latest on past leave the economy and us voters Kimberly Clausing is thought a while to mentee professor of economics at reed college who joins us from Portland Oregon a welcome to d w a pretty covert the us economy looked like it was going gangbusters then coronavirus hit how bad is the damage. Yes its quite severe memon thing that weve seen across countries is the countries that have handled the virus better have had swift overcover eased and less of the downturn the us did not end of the virus well at all and as a result has disproportionate number of das but also a disproportionate number of people who are scared to go out and shop or to partake in the economy because the virus is still very active here so i think the Poor Public Health situation really made this downturn a lot worse and it would have been so should we expect jobs lost to the pond i mean to return in time you know with time it will return and we have seen some improvement over the depth of this recession so far the Unemployment Rate is bounced back somewhat its still a lot higher than wed like it to be and weve got also seen that the trend of improvement has weakened so while there was some strong improvement 2 months ago that more recent improvements have been much flatter so i think in order for the economy to really improve we need to get control over the virus and once that Public Health situation is solved that will help but in the meantime i think the congress and central bank should be tenured to pursue stimulus and the Central Banks doing all that they can the Congress Really really needs to do more together course with the president to pass some stimulus legislation whether thats the stimulus is a really interesting way to talk a story in broad terms the best way to recoat the flow to the economy as diverse as the u. S. Pumping money into banks and businesses so putting stimulus checks into peoples bank accounts. Yes so in a way you need to do both you need to take care of the Financial System because that really is the lifeblood of the economy and central bank has done a nice job with learning disabilities and with making sure there is adequate at the quiddity i think what Congress Really needs to focus on most in the us had it is focusing on consumers and workers whove lost their jobs and also state local governments that dont have the ability to borrow the way the federal government does so what happens when the state and local governments you know hit a recession is they have to lay off teachers and firefighters and all sorts of important Public Servants and that also contracts the economy and state local governments because then those people have less money to spend and so normally the federal government would step in and help out states and localities theres a little bit of that in the spring but we could use a lot more there if we could also use more assistance to the unemployed and there are now 28000000 americans either unemployed or waiting to enroll in Unemployment Insurance so thats thats a lot of people that you sell and i was reading an estimate today that as much as hof americans age 55 and over to retire in poverty only have poverty. Yes so that one of the sad things about this pandemic is it sort of looked like the u. S. Economy was doing really well going into it but there still are some fundamental weaknesses that were really not addressed despite the Strong Economy so we started this recession with a big budget deficit not with but balance we started this recession with a great deal of income inequality and with those at the bottom still being quite vulnerable with 10 percent of millions of americans who dont even have Health Insurance right so what we need to do is really strengthen that social safety net to make sure to expand health ensure and strad there then undermine the expansions weve seen so far and to make sure that those at the bottom are protected and have adequate you know health and nutrition and income to. To lead a successful working life and a successful retirement groups that youre talking about i just finally all not an issue of expanding the site and its do you see any sign of either a push from congress so all the white house or indeed from from all of the votes of this for that to actually happen. Yes i think this is this coming election is going to be really crucial on all of these matters 1st in terms of getting coronavirus under control i think weve seen that the Current Administration is incapable of doing that so hopefully the new administration should biden be elected hopefully that new a new administration will be much better at that also i think theres a lot of interest in strengthening the social safety net with democrats in congress i think the republicans are a little more reluctant there particularly with with Health Insurance that actually challenge the expansion of Health Insurance through the Affordable Care act they kind of when i go in the opposite direction but if the election turns out such that democrats have the senate and the house as well as the presidency they can move forward to make a stronger safety net and hopefully a stronger economy tip ok thats clear thank you so much professor professor closing from the college thank you my pleasure. Well with the present terms covered diagnosis tonights Vice President ial debates has suddenly acquired greater urgency Vice President mike pence and democratic challenger kamla harris will square off in the only debate at the university of utah in Salt Lake City the televised clash comes at a precarious moment for the trump Parents Campaign with questions still being asked about the state of the president s health and a covered outbreak of the white house cutting through the president s inner circle so far mike pence is tested negative but his potential exposure to the virus as many calling for him to quarantine which he is refusing to come harris who also tested negative this week has insisted on extra precautions for tonights debate plexiglas barriers have been installed on state between the candidates and the Debate Commission has limited the size of the audience they also say that anyone who doesnt wear a mask will be escorted out. Well tougher line on hygiene and social distancing news in response to the 1st president ial debate when Donald Trumps entire entourage remove their masks and refused to put them back on the president s coverage infection and the lack of information about his Current Health status have now thrown his 2 remaining debates with joe biden into doubt and im not sure. What read from all about now i dont know where they stand. Looking forward to being able to grade him but i give the protocol. I think you can go on our program we should have it. Lets get more of this from d. W. Washington bureau chief in a spoke whos in the key swing state of ohio welcome back in this set up tonights debate for us what can we expect from these 2 candidates. Well phil i think these 2 candidates couldnt be more different from each other theres mike pence on the one side these white men very conservative very traditional on the other hand there is camelot harris the 1st female Vice President ial candidate the daughter of immigrants the mother from india the father from my car this is what theyre really different and but they share the one goal they have 2 modes promote their candidate and convince their voters to go out and vote for donald trump or joe biden. Well the post of u. S. Vice president has famously been described as not being worth a bucket of spit but with the president just out of hospital still receiving treatment people are looking at mike pence much more closely now. Absolutely absolutely i think not only because donald trump is ill he has got the virus its also the pure age i think its fair to say that there have been never president ial or Vice President s who were so close to become the next President Donald Trump is 74 years old and joe biden would be 78 years old if he would be elected and therefore he would be the oldest president ever to start his job all gratian day so this kind of puts some extra. Kind of attention to this president Vice President ial debate tonight and of course the best to the president sickness how much is that the president s allison the swirl of infection cutting through the white house affecting attitudes on both sides. So we are here in this battleground state ohio and ohio and had the chance to talk to all those democrats obviously our shaken by that in that regard that they would change the way they voted and it would have been to expect that some republicans might reconsider if they would still go with president from as far as we talked to them every single one said yes i will and why is that because many many republicans just are just a single issue voters some of them are eventually kills so watch our report who they are and why they matter so much christine mentoring meets fellow activists they are all devoted to the cause kristin found inspiration in the bible which she takes this really. They are on their way to an Abortion Clinic to try to persuade women to keep their pregnancies. Like her make up 25 percent of us voters most of them share a central goal to ban abortion. We are kind of the the last stop before that abortion we want to reach them one more time and so thats why were here its my duty to do what i can do here to persuade as many people to not have abortions as possible but ultimately thats in gods hands and one day they will have to give an answer to god she and her fellow activists believe donald trump is as committed as they are to banning abortion. Abortion is such an important issue in our time and i cannot trust a president who believes that abortion is ok without the right to life we have nothing so if were taking away and its a wifes no one has right the right to life is so important and im seeing that from him and thats why i will be voting for him. Politics professor laura vinson from the university of indianapolis has been analyzing trumps supporters the evangelical vote is critical to Donald Trumps reelection theyve been essential part of his base since he began running in 2016 and even though sometimes the president has wavered on policy issues the evangelicals have never wavered on their support for him theres no generation gap in terms of the evangelical bloc you see this with Younger Voters obviously with older voters in their support as well you dont see a difference in terms of age. Christine is studying to be a nurse in her spare time shes already trying to save lives one way talking with people about abortion another way she says is by voting for trump theres a lot about donald trump that i dont like that i dont agree with but in the areas that he does promote truth and justice i pray that god would bless his administration heavenly father we thank you that you are the author of life and Prayer Office crucial support for her and her friends they are also praying for donald trump but he recovers and is relex its to fight with them against abortion. And in this poll in ohio the United States is seeing record job losses and a deadly pandemic right a. J. Is a portion still going to be such a huge issue. First summit is this is the only thing they care about for others its the Supreme Court as we know donald trump tries to put in a successor of late rb before he might have to leave office and then sure for many it is the economy because more and more people like we leave feeling kind of the outcome of that they are losing their jobs furloughs turn into like permanent job losses they hardly know how to bring food on their tables they are they have to leave their houses so i think the this issue will become more and more important over the course of the next weeks. It was poll in ohio thank you. Germany and france say they will push for a new sanctions against russia over the poisoning of prominent kremlin critic annexing the valley in a joint Statement Today the german and French Foreign minister said they had received no credible answers on the attack on mr novelli with a banned nerve agent and they accuse moscow of involvement and responsibility russia denies any connection to the case next in the valley spent just over a month after he was medically evacuated to germany. Political correspondent simon young has more on the sanctions and whom they might target germany and france have said that they are jointly seeking sanctions against russian nationals because they believe that russia has not done enough to help clear up and explain what happened in the poisoning of alexei nevada only and theyre going to take this forward now in the next few days they say putting suggestions of what names should be on that list only a handful we believe of individuals that they will be individuals. Who are identified as having a function which makes them responsible for involvement in the crime thats how its been formulated also probably sanctions will be placed on an institution involved in the production of the novacek poison and these suggestions will be put to the of the e. U. Member states and it will then be for them to decide whether the e. U. Imposes these sanctions on moscow. So i mean you are now to another case straining relations between moscow the 1st day of the trial of an alleged russian hitman has adjourned here in the german capital of the 55 year old is accused of shooting a former chechen commander in a park last year only orders of the kremlin the cases the grip popular imagination here in germany. Welcome to the capital of spice the German Spy Museum in berlin recently adde