On the show shouts of freedom from italian protest against the sacking. Down demonstrations in children and the lawn ending in violence and clashes with the police the governors promising Small Businesses to support a common cause. And well also take a look at the beginning changing discoveries that could transform space truck nasa scientists confirm theres a lot more water on moon than anyone thought. Our brian thomas good to have you with us today we begin in the United States where the confirmation of Amy Komi Barack to the Supreme Court has given this key Political Institution a conservative majority for years to come the senate approving her nomination by 52 votes to 48 her appointment was opposed by Congressional Democrats will have some analysis after this report. After a month in the spotlight she finally got to say these words. Judge Amy Carney Barack is heading to the u. S. Supreme court. Its a privilege to be asked to serve my country and this office and i stand here tonight truly honored and humbled. President donald trump was on hand to celebrate one of his signature achievements locking in a conservative majority on the Supreme Court for many years to come. This is a momentous day for america for the United States constitution for the fair and impartial rule of law. Barack took an oath at the white house only in hour after the senate narrowly voted to secure the nomination order with only one republican not supporting the motion. Democrats strongly opposed to the confirmation saying a Supreme Court justice shouldnt be appointed this close to an election let the record show that tonight the Republican Senate majority decided to thwart the will of the people and confirm a lifetime appointment to the Supreme Court in the middle of the president ial election. Opponents of carney barretts nomination say it paves the way for conservative rulings on abortion Rights Health care and q. Rights Karni Barrett val but she will remain independent. The oath that i have some only taken tonight means at its core that i will do my job without any fear or favor and that i will do so independently of both the political branches and of my own preferences. Shell take this 2nd of her son choose date at a private ceremony which will allow her to begin official duties on the court. Lets get more on this key appointment now with boris foreman a professor of Political Science at bard college here in berlin good to see you again professor how much does amy kone baratz confirmation reshape this crucial in 6 to sion the u. S. Supreme court i mean it is it is an important moment and this is a 6 to 3 a conservative majority on the Supreme Court this is quite an imbalance this will shape major issues and there are Court Questions coming up just are all the corner one of them being about the president ial election so this is certainly an important moment considering that this Supreme Court could rule on the president ial election if theres difficulties especially with the malka the mail count as something a lot of people are talking about do you see that as a possibility. Well just just yesterday the u. S. Supreme court already rejected. The desire to extend the mail in ballots for wisconsin similar decisions are just coming up the boat in north korea line and felt pennsylvania so there is already an important debate going on and obviously people are thinking about 2000 the boat florida bush versus gore the Supreme Court decision to back george w. Bush at the time and similar things might be coming up since this is a very content contentious election and the Supreme Court might have to step in. That has a lot of people very concerned the country was of course bitterly divided over this nomination and the issues that the new Supreme Court justices set to rule on Like Public Health care thats another issue coming up you mentioned the election could be won do you see barack putting her stamp on things from the very beginning beginning with for example health care. This is very contentious and the democrats have been emphasizing that 20 millions might be left uninsured if the Affordable Care act was to be ruled on unconstitutional however i mean the Supreme Court has already ruled on it twice and has upheld its constitutionality so whether perry does actually going to tip the scale here is not entirely clear also one thing we shouldnt forget is that oftentimes conservative members of the Supreme Court think also of course the trick heaven law weve also been heavily criticized do tend to become more liberal in the specific institutional context of the Supreme Court so this is something that might also happen with it because. The democrats have been saying one way to address some of the concerns youve stated is to expand the size of the court do you see them actually pushing that. Well biden has been very hesitant in doing this and i think there is some danger in doing this because it would politicize an institution that a supposed to be bipartisan or impartial rather and so biden has rejected to come to any clear conclusion you said you would he would hold a panel of scholars to come up with a decision or a question i think that depends also a lot on the framing is this something that is done in order to rebalance the Supreme Court after the republicans are contradictory of the process of selfcontradictory process really of nominating and equally bird so i think it depends on the framing i think a biden will try to do this only in the. Push comes to shove fessor boris warman from bard College Thanks very much thanks lets get you up to date now on some the other stories making the news today a bomb has ripped through an islamic seminary in northwestern pakistan killing at least 7 students and wounding dozens others police say the blast went off during a visit by a prominent religious scholar no group has yet claimed responsibility. Oblivion judge has thrown out an arrest warrant for the exiled former president if home at all us the decision unable him to return to bolivia without risking detention as socialist party swept back into power earlier this month when bolivians elected luis as president. Arcane has made landfall on mexicos yucatan peninsula battering the coast with winds of up to 130 Kilometers Per Hour forecasters say the storm is likely to regroup and move towards the u. S. Gulf coast later this week saying it is the 27th named storm in the historic hurricane season. Well protesters turned out across italy on monday with hundreds venting their anger at a new round of government restrictions aimed at curbing rising coronavirus cases clashes broke out in cities including long naples and turned with riot Police Firing tear gas to disperse groups of violent demonstrators. A number of Luxury Stores were ransacked this unrest comes after telling authorities ordered bars and restaurants to shut at 6 pm and closed down theaters cinemas and gyms for a month lets get the latest now a journalist joining us from rome good day to sima can you give us an idea of the scope of these nationwide protests and and whos joining them. Well just to give you an idea you that protest in the north in milan in the 2 are in but he also had them as far south as naples and palermo and here in rome as well basically hes a Business Owners all of the effect this is is that have been ordered closed or shut and theyre out on the street saying that we are suffering and you cant close us down now some of these protests have fortunately turned violent as you mentioned where there were clashes between the protesters and the Security Forces insurance for example north it started out peaceful but then they smashed shop windows they set they set small bombs and reports that the violence was triggered by these are violent soccer fans of football fans in the town and several people at least some dozen also were detained in milan people troops stone and bottles at the Regional Government quarters and he will were detained there as well and the Prime Minister had said he understood the fatigue anger and social inequality that has come about as a result of these. Restrictions but he says that there is a risk that these protests are being hijacked by extremists. Whats your assessment do you think that these protests are going to continue or was this a one off day of unrest. Well the truth of the matter is that a lot of the groups that have organized the demonstrations you know for peaceful purposes are planning to continue their protest because they say they are really frustrated a lot of the businesses that have been shot they say they havent had access to the compensation even before some of them they also say for instance restaurants most people in italy dont dine out before 730 and if the restaurants us chart at 6 whitesell any revenues that they can earn that have already been reduced as a result of the lockdown earlier this year so really the government has said theyre going to publish compensation packages for the businesses affected some 4. 5 to 5000000000 euros today so well have to see whether thats going to be enough but the are planning already more protest in the days to come and see me what about the spike in crime iris cases that that sparked a new law down our new infections still rising in italy and are they regional well here in the last 24 hours there has been a drop in the number of new infections but thats also because there have been fewer tests of swabs carried out but if you look at the trend in the last few weeks since the 8th of october the daily infection tally has increased 5 fold and on sunday we saw more than 21000 daily new infections in the i. C. U. The the intensive care Unit Missions have tripled in the last 3 weeks so there is cause for concern and the World Health Organization consultant to the Italian Health ministry has said very clearly that the steps put in place are in the right direction in terms of the measures but they are not sufficient because in certain areas of the country the spread of the virus is out of control similar gupta for us in rome thanks very much for that simo. Well here in germany a doubling of corona virus cases in one week as chancellor of america considering more drastic measures as well on wednesday america will be holding an emergency meeting with the 16 state premiers to discuss tougher restrictions theyre likely to focus on orders to close bars and restaurants and restrict public gatherings well go live to our Political Correspondent for more on that after this background report german officials are worried about the latest numbers coming from the countrys Public Health institute daily infections have reached new highs and there are more than 250 hotspots nationwide germany last weekend also exceeded the grim milestone of 10000 coronavirus deaths now these numbers have led chancellor merkels conservative c. D. U. Party to postpone a pivotal Party Conference the goal of the conference which was supposed to be held at the beginning of december was to appoint a new party leader who would then be in the running to become the conservative chancellor candidate in the 2021 election while her Party Debates the future the chancellor has continued to focus on the pandemic she has repeatedly told citizens to stay at home whenever possible and she did so again at the weekend. The isnt models we are not powerless against the virus our behavior decided to the extent to which in the speed at which the virus spreads and the order of the day for all of us is to reduce contact and meet far fewer people mention of. German officials recently announced new measures against the virus they include limiting private gatherings and wearing face masks on busy streets its for music 1st for me its obvious with the high numbers we have i myself had coronavirus and i know what im talking about we all have to protect each other now. We must ask does not stop air assaults you can talk about wearing them indoors but outside its total rubbish often both on the streets and among politicians there is a growing debate about germanys course of action as the country grapples with a serious 2nd wave of the coronavirus pandemic. So what is in store for germany our Political Correspondent joins us now from parliamentary studios good day to you nina all a macro meeting tomorrow wednesday with the 16 state premiers what do we expect that view. Well angloamerican is going to try and press the countrys 16 state premiers to essentially agree on whats been dubbed lockdown light and you have to keep in mind that here in germany every one of the 16 states are len is responsible for Public Health but theres always the goal to have some sort of a coordinated approach and they struck down like were basically work with 2 tools one that would continue to be strict lockdowns in districts wherever infection rates are skyrocketing currently 2 districts in the very are experiencing that life is standing still there because of high infection rates and to nationwide some new restrictions would be implemented a bit like in spring in concrete terms that would mean pubs and restaurants would close again and events would become sold and Opening Times the shops would be limited now the government have so far always said that theyre going to try and avoid to close schools and kindergartens at all cost but of course weve already seen that schools and cannot gardens are closed in the 2 districts in various and let me add that angle michael does feel that the situation is serious geminis not yet overwhelming numbers are way lower than in the neighboring countries the Health Care System can still cope but she feels it serious the numbers are causing concern and that there is a real risk that the situation could get out of hand ok theyre closing schools into guns concerning a lot of families out there we wont know for sure of course until tomorrow but should we see a a lockdown lie the 2nd lockdown considering the protests weve seen here in germany with the population except that. Well of course theres a certain sense of wearing this here in germany and yes there have been some protests including last weekend here in berlin some 2000 people came from all over the country there is a movement against corona measures but there are recent polls that show that 2 thirds of germans are expecting new restrictions and one poll shows that 51 percent of germans find the current measures appropriate and one 3rd of the population even want stricter restrictions against the coronavirus measures so there is still a lot of support for the go the current government and its strategy against the current virus nina thanks so much for that analysis today from our parliamentary serious well the death toll is difficult to verify but russian president Vladimir Putin says some 5000 people have been killed in the ongoing fighting over nagornokarabakh by john and armenia resumed hostilities in this largely frozen conflict one month ago today we go to the city of city and by john where civilians have reportedly come under fire. Colledge who shows us his neighborhood on the western edge of the city of tar tar in azerbaijan the 42 year old says there are grenade attacks every day coming from the hills of Nagorno Karabakh the enclave is controlled by Ethnic Armenians backed by the armenian government type can be type target a different house each day one after the next if one hasnt been attacked on one day it will be attacked on the next. Most of the residents especially women and children fled when the attacks began at the end of september azerbaijan and armenia both accuse each other of having fired the 1st shot the districts older residents used to live over there and nagornokarabakh which belonged to azerbaijan during the soviet era the fighting over the region can be seen and heard all day long from this neighborhood. Says that when he was 12 armenian militias drove him and his parents out of nagornokarabakh russia france and the us have unsuccessfully trying to resolve the conflict for 30 years there have been repeated casualties. There are also 7 dead and injured here but its not important our soldiers are important to. Us get out. We go with him but into one of the cellars where those left behind wait out the attacks the whole of azerbaijan according to the daily televised propaganda stands behind the soldiers. Would Ethnic Armenians now living in the garneau karbala be allowed to stay if azerbaijan takes over the region opinions here are mixed would be. Civilians who didnt fight who didnt shoot anyone who didnt take part in terrorism would be allowed to stay in the garner car about that with these men we cannot live together with these hateful enemies their enemies we cannot accept them. Its. Turkey supports john in this war and has sent combat drones thats another reason. Locals are sure of victory even if theyre being bombarded with grenades every day. We have some good news now for all those