First state of the union address. Plus, guilty of corruption. The former head of world athletics is sentenced to two years in prison following a doping scandal. His lawyers say the court has made him escape vote. And how to keep her lens party scene going during the pandemic berlins party scene going during the pandemic. One businessman thinks he may have found the answer. Brent im brent goff. To our viewers watching on pbs in the United States and all around the world, welcome. We start here in germany, where police have launched raids against some of their own colleagues. Officers suspected of trading neonazi imagery and online chat rooms. 29 Police Officers have been suspended and 11 are now under criminal investigation. Images shared include pictures of adolf hitler and nazi symbols, such as swastikas. This is not the first time germanys Security Forces have been at the center of a scandal involving farright extremism. A disgrace and a slap in the face for germanys police forces. T
Sparking intense criticism of President Donald Trump as the country inches closer to an electition. Morere than 6. 8 million cases he been confirmed since the pandemic began. It showed signs of decline in august, but recently the tide has changed with fresh outbreaks in several states. About 20,000 flags were planted at the foot of the Washington Monument tuesday as a way to honor the victims. Democrat nancy pelosi, the house speaker, and an outspoken critic of trump, spoke at the event. This was preventablele, not l of it, but much of it. And what could be lost in the future is preventable too if we embrace science. The white house defended its antivirus measures as appropriate. Press secretary Kayleigh Mcenany pointed to early estimates which suggested 2 Million People would die. The fact that we have come nowhere near that number is a testament to this president taking immediate action to shutting down travel from china. Trump is still promising to have a vaccine by the end of the y
Cspan. Next Senate Energy hearing on impact of wildfires on the electric grid. Lawmakers are looking at wildfire mitigation technology. Power management and system reliability. Were here to discuss wildfire and grids. In recent years, devastating and related electricity blackouts in california have drawn national maintaining grid resiliency in the face of stream conditions. Tragically we remember last years camp fire. Deadliest and destructive fire in california history which killed 85 people. The fire was caused about power linesyearold during so called fire weather. Winds, lowstrong humidity and heat. The camp fire was a sobering call on the risk of maintaining thousands of miles linesve ground power across fire prone landscapes. Regulatorscalifornia reekier to increase use of Public Safety or power shut off as a precaution to get possible wildfire ignition during high winds. Intended as a measure of last plans called for utilities to deenergize power lines in extreme weather conditi
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