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a quick recap of what was said. well the u.s. president defended his handling of the pandemic but over 200000 americans die he's saying his actions saved millions of american lives if we would have listened to you the country would have been left wide open millions of people would have died not 200001 person is too much it's china's fault it should have never happened they stopped it from going in but it was china's fault and by the way when you talk about numbers you don't know how many people died in china you don't know how many people died in russia you don't know how many people died in india didn't exactly give you a straight count just so you understand but if you look at what we've done i closed it and you said he sent a phobic he's a racist and he's in a phobic because you don't relate it closed our country not just letterman says you didn't think we should have close our country because you thought it was too it was terrible you wouldn't close it for another 2 months by my doing it early in fact dr felt she said president trump saved thousands of lives well in response to that

from president trump joe bynes in that sense to the camera and asked people at home about the effects of covert 1000 on their families reasons shut down is because look you folks at home how many of you are up to smore knee and had an empty chair at the kitchen table because someone died a covert how many of you were in a situation where you lost your mom or dad and you couldn't even speak to him you had a nurse holding the phone up so you could in fact say goodbye at a loss for how many people are far more people and you would have been by the way slayer own his own his own c.d.c. director says we could lose as many as another 200000 people between now and the end of the year. well john hendren as life from the city where the debate was held that's cleveland ohio john joins us now if you were watching that 90 minutes of chaos there john to talk about it but let's start with the coronavirus what's your analysis of the way the c. candidates handled that quite serious topic.

that was one of the rare coherent moments in a brawl over debate if there was one subject did joe biden want to get in that was it his whole. driving force is to show the nation that he would do better on the coronavirus and he. essentially asked people how they would feel about it he pointed out that the united states has 4 percent of the global population and 20 percent of the coronavirus debts president trump is mentioned he said he would do a better job as you just heard there but. the nation already has a strong view of the coronavirus and generally all the polls show that they trust joe biden on coronavirus over president trump they don't trust him more on everything not on the economy on that they give trump a small edge but this was where biden was doing well coming into this debate it's

the main point he wanted to bring up and he brought it up as many times as he could even on the economy kept bringing up coronavirus talking about how the economy had tanked because trump didn't handle the coronavirus as well as he could have biden countered with his own plan he wants to see a nationwide mask mandate among other things you think that the shutdowns were badly handled because they were allowed to be done on a state by state basis with very little leadership from the federal government so that was joe biden's strongest issue right there he pressed to hard that president trump pressed hard back and one of his strategy seems to have been to have to interrupt biden is off. yes he could throw him off his game and in that he seemed to succeed somewhat biden would sometimes look a little befuddled as he was constantly interrupted trying to come back to his point so. that was one on which biden did strongly but i think trump defended himself about his aggressively as he could the bottom line here though is that the

nation feels like he did not do a great job or coronavirus and that came through in that to be ok well let's say let's move from coronavirus own city economies stand by john let's say here what the candidates have to say on bats donald trump of course defend his economic records he said the country is already well into recovery despite the fears of a 2nd wave of coronavirus i breaks take a listen so we built the greatest economy in history we close it down because of the china plague when the plague came in we closed it down which was very hard psychologically to do he didn't think we should close it down and he was wrong again 2000000 people would be dead now instead of still 204000 people is too much one person is too much should a never happen from jenna but what happened is we closed it down and now we are reopening and we're doing record business we had 10400000 people in a 4 month period that we've put back into the work force that's

a record the likes of which nobody's ever seen before and he wants to close down the he will shut it down again he will destroy this country well during that discussion on the economy biden sad that the trump administration was a disaster. he's going to be the 1st president in states to leave office having fewer jobs in his administration than when he became president fewer jobs they want to be came from the 1st one in american history secondly the people who have lost their jobs are those people who have been on the front lines those people who have been saving our lives those people who have been out there dying people who've been putting themselves in the way to make sure that we could all try to make it and the idea that he is insisting that we go forward and open when you have almost half the states in america with a significant increase in covert deaths and covert cases in the united states of america and he wants to open it up more why is he want to open it up why doesn't he

take care of them or you can't fix the economy until you fix the covert crisis. well let's head back now is joining cleveland's john the economy has always been president trump strongest seats i'd like to get your analysis on how you think both candidates dealt with that but also surprisingly we didn't really hear much about the economic story of the week which is trump's taxes it was that not a surprise here. yeah it was a little bit that but that wasn't more of a focus biden did trying to get in there eventually heard the moderator chris wallace of fox news asked trump if he did indeed as the new york times reported pay only $750.00 in federal income tax in 2016 in 2017 trump didn't answer at 1st but when pressed he eventually said that he paid millions of dollars now trump has been known to conflate. federal tax with sales tax and the

tax base to foreign governments and all kinds of other taxes capital gains taxes. so it's not clear that he has indeed paid millions of dollars the new york times as reported that out of in 10 of the 15 years they looked at he didn't pay any taxes at all now on the economy overall that was one of biden's stronger responses and it was because he was able to have the time to say something that he had clearly mapped out ahead of time but as you say the economy is trump strongest issue we know from poll after poll after poll that americans have faith in trump it's more than 50 percent far more than his regular popularity rate which is always under 50 percent. and they believe that he is a good steward of the economy at least a small majority of them do the stock market has been surprisingly resilient and

biden's job there was to remind people that $30000000.00 americans out of a total of. $120.00 or so have filed for unemployment since the coronavirus pandemic began trump's argument to that was a lot of those people have gone back to work and we are opening up the country which allowed biden an opportunity to say hold on the economy isn't going to recover until we get through this pandemic and that's not going to happen until the district or on the coronavirus so biden goes to his go to issue that's coronavirus trump goes to his issue which is the economy not clear whether that will change any minds but each of them was operating on their strongest point there ok john av we'll talk about the other main talking points and just a 2nd this is of course the supreme courts of the united states and donald trump said the opportunity it's defends his rights a selects and the supreme court justice before the coming election trump said that

the democrats would do exactly the same thing in his position we won the election and therefore we have the right to choose or and very few people knowingly would say otherwise and by the way the democrats they would even think about not doing it if they had the only difference is a drain to it fester there's no way they would give it up they had merit garland but the problem is they didn't have the election so they were stuck and probably that would happen in reverse also definitely would have been reversed so we won the election and we have the right to do it chris you know the rare car moments in a debate that was often angry and paris and i like this moment when joe biden said that trump has a problem with the truth here's the deal the fact is that everything he's saying so far is simply a lie i'm not here to call out his lies everybody knows he's a liar. ok john but there were those were 2 of the calmer moments that we just played for our viewers that coming at the top of the debate there were you

surprised that the supreme court's was the the the topic straight off the bat that the moderator cheese chose to go with the or is the supreme court pick really becoming the defining issue of this election. it's definitely an issue that americans are paying attention to large numbers of them say that that's an important issue for them in the vote interestingly a majority of americans in most polls that we have seen say that they want the next president to make this decision after the election but the law is clear on this donald trump does have the authority to name the next supreme court justice it's just that democrats feel it's been an incredibly unfair process and that is because it was $237.00 days before the end of his administration that barack obama appointed merrick garland a republican controlled senate which is the body that confirms those supreme court

justices simply decided to sit on that nomination and didn't act for 237 days and so the fact that it's it was a little over 30 days before the election when ruth bader ginsburg died and donald trump had the opportunity to name a successor that just strikes democrats as profoundly unfair but the law is clear donald trump has the right to do that the fact that that was one of the 1st issues in the bay perhaps reflects the fact that americans care deeply about the supreme court the next justice will perhaps have the authority to show the court to the right in a 6 to 3 majority possibly overturning roe versus wade this is a profoundly a catholic justice that the president has nominated profoundly conservative in her term in or jurisprudence and has criticized obamacare heavily which donald trump has been trying to overthrow for quite some time so it's a big issue americans care about and that makes plain why it was the 1st issue on the debate but it was coronavirus that joe biden wanted to talk about and it was

the economy that donald trump wanted to talk about ok john hendren that bringing as live updates from cleveland ohio thank you very much in scenes where the u.s. president was also asked not debates to condemn white supremacists and the violence perpetrated by them at some of his rallies botts said that the real threats was from the radical left wing. i would say almost everything i see is from the left wing not from the right like what do you want to do you sign up willing to do anything i want to see. do it say you want to call him what do you want to call him give me a name give me a white supremacist and like me can die proud grow as a son right proud of us stand back and stand by but i'll tell you what i'll tell you what somebody has got to do something about anti for and the left because this is not a right wing is is a levy are direct this is

a left wing i got word. that there was the u.s. president he was asked to condemn white supremacy as he hear from that clip he did not let's get more analysis now from laura brain she's the director of the graduate school of political management at george washington university and joins us now live from washington d.c. creates have you with us here on i will to syria we've been playing snippets of the debate we're trying to find it's called some highlights and several to find any highlights and that chaotic mishmash of shall you saying what were your main takeaways from this and here do you think one. well i agree with you that highlights might be thought of as low lights they were really a lot of schoolyard kind of times and many personal name calling was going on we also saw the president continually sort of interrupt and attempt to throw far vice president joe biden off his game as he was answering the

moderators questions to a certain extent the president won in that he achieved what he wanted which was to have a chaotic night a night where there wasn't a through line or a clear winner and in some ways that allowed him to say that he is a better debater because he claimed that at the time but i think what you did see was that former vice president joe biden did have some quiet moments that were quite effective especially when he spoke directly to the camera and when he was really talking to those voters who were tuning in and trying to understand some of the substance of what tonight's topics and discussions were about do you think anybody was likely to be swayed by that debate because pulling across the board suggests that most people have made up their minds there are very few undecideds

left and when undecideds tune in and see a couple of white men in their seventy's yelling at each other i mean what do they make of this i mean has this really anybody's. anybody's interpretation of who would make the better president. both seems highly doubtful i mean we know from political science research that mostly partner sends tuning into the debate they tend to see it as a sporting event and they like to root on their teams so to speak those few motorists who really hadn't made up their mind i imagine if they did tune in they probably turned it off after about 30 minutes that back and forth were all because there just wasn't enough there to help them make up their mind and i would imagine that many of those people are now saying to themselves that they may not even vote

at all because it was such sort of a grotesque display of. a debate to do you think americans want seeing this super haps would have tuned into the end would be convinced that the integrity of the u.s. electoral process remains intact well i think what you see is that many americans are fearful that there will be some upset in the results of that we may not know the results in time but it is the case when you look across the united states that we have a system that is very difficult to tamper with we also have a system because it is done on a state by state basis at the local county level that has many different rules and procedures so it is a complex process but that complexity should reassure most americans because it is so much more difficult to try to do anything that

would affect the outcome ok. brian they're joining us from washington d.c. great to get your thoughts and analysis thank you so much for joining us certainly thank you. here without zeros bring you a quick reminder of the headlines this hour the 1st presidential debates that has wrapped up in the u.s. state of ohio donald trump and joe biden they came at times very personal item on trump a liar and a quite fierce president told his opponents there is nothing smarts about trump defended his response to the pandemic saying millions would have died if biden were the president's provider said the trump administration had failed to prevent the pandemic from ravaging the country and the president still to not have fun joe biden said he would accept the results of the election though trump once again

suggested action could be flawed. let's bring in some other news now in kuwait sas begun 40 days of mourning its own of the death of its a mere 91 year old. had ruled the gulf arab state since 2006 before that he steered kuwait's foreign policy for more than 50 years foreign minister. takes a look back at his life in recent years. had become recognized and relied on as a regional mediator in 2017 when g.c.c. member states saudi arabia and the united arab emirates along with egypt accused qatar of supporting what they described as terrorism and imposed a land air and sea blockade it was him who intervened the kuwaiti amir attempted to broker a settlement urged for more dialogue between the gulf rivals and pushed for reforms to prevent future disputes. no question

a lot of we have discussed the situation in the country foremost done for trade dispute between our brothers in the gulf region and our efforts to contain it. ships' abbas was born in kuwait city in 1929 the son of a comma there job who was a mirror from 1984 to 1950 for 4 decades he held the post of foreign minister in that time the oil rich country experienced huge economic growth but was also vulnerable to regional struggles although kuwait had supported the iraqi government during the nearly decade long war with iran in the 1980 s. . then president saddam hussein ordered his forces to invade kuwait in 1900. more than $1000.00 civilians were killed and hundreds went missing during the 7 months iraqi occupation which triggered the 1st gulf war that same year. after u.s. led air campaign forced iraqi troops out of kuwait so bach was closely involved in

rebuilding his country. and in 2003 he was appointed prime minister. at the time it was widely expected that his next role would be that of crown prince but in 2006 then amir jobber lama do the job of his half brother died a new amir saddam abdullah salim was sworn in almost immediately concerns were raised over the state of his health and sparked what's appear to be a power struggle within the royal family. after a tense 9 day reign the emir abdicated. the cabinet swiftly nominated as the next leader ending what was seen as a major crisis. in 2015 a suicide bomb exploded in a packed mosque in the east of quaint city killing 26 people. there near immediately rushed to the mosque despite security warning staring his sympathy with

the people. in the long life of some of the slovak he witnessed kuwait's so-called golden years of economic growth and darker periods of conflict regional turmoil and political crises towards the end his well honed skills in diplomacy mediation were increasingly relied on by other gulf states a role here pierrots welcome and one that will be missed. well 6 about dies in the united states where he'd be in an hospital following surgery in july he'll be succeeded by his half brother the 83 year old crown prince is expected to be sworn in as the next emir on wednesday we modify and smooth the crown prince has always been known for his prudence honesty did occasion in devotion to serve for the benefit of kuwait and the kuwaiti people to be the basis exists to the best and sister. armenia and azerbaijan have accused one another of

firing into each other's territory as the flare up and fighting entered its 3rd day their dispute centers on the region over the. in one incidence armenia says as area like turkey a short time one of its fighter jets in its airspace has a claim turkey tonight in force here walker reports from tbilisi georgia. soldiers and civilians are being flown to hospitals in armenia's capital yet over from the conflict zone. then the helicopters returned to bring more we did from the government care about. but not everyone can be airlifted he. is fighting for his life in the regional capital step panic at her going doors and carnivore we took the children out so they could hide or run away but we failed one of my family members my 9 year old daughter was killed they either by artillery

or a bomb dropped by them my little boy seriously injured my wife is in hospital she is also injured. dozens of people have been killed and hundreds injured since fighting began on sunday as a by john says it is taking back towns and territory held by armenians since 1994. armenian forces say they are holding their ground and. the most important thing is we are brave fearless and we will go forward with our stock then over the capture a lot of us very military equipment and we continue to fight against them using their own equipment we do well with this. all the while civilian men are signing up for the duty in azerbaijan's capital baku just as they are in yerevan. by all that are our president people here gathered for a partial mobilization which means that it concerns

a man under the age of 32 and those who are considered suitable for us by their profession on tuesday armenia claimed that a turkish f. 16 fighter jet had shot down an armenian plane 60 kilometers inside armenian airspace barcoo and ankara both swiftly denied that allegation but if true it would be a worrying new development turkey has already said it's prepared to help as a by gone on the battlefield and the risk is that russia could be brought into the fighting because armenia is part of the moscow led c.s.t. oh the collective security treaty organization and any attack on a single member state can be considered an attack against. france's calling an urgent meeting with russia and the u.s. to find a path to deescalation the 3 have mediated the dispute in the past. this

is the most intense fighting between the 2 countries since the 1990 s. and so far the international community seems powerless to stop it robin for a steelworker al-jazeera tbilisi. gray sas began moving thousands of refugees and migrants off its eastern agena islands many had been stranded there for several years on able to travel to the mainland or further into europe on safire and maria camp on the island of les false reinvigorated efforts to help them move on john psaropoulos reports live from the port of la freo near athens. the people on board this ferry have been waiting for this moment for a long time they're among thousands of refugees on greece's east asian islands who received asylum months ago and haven't been allowed onto the mainland because there wasn't enough accommodation for them after a fire destroyed europe's biggest refugee camp on lesbos earlier this month the

government decided to move them it started with the most vulnerable unaccompanied minors and is now moving those who've received asylum this kuwaiti bedouin has been in greece for nearly 2 years 8 months ago he and his 2 sons received asylum now that he's on mainland europe he doesn't plan to stay in greece a very able to go to school well yes and very good if you stay in greece. you know . germany. germany come here these 2 families have traveled across asia they too intend to leave for germany where a mentally handicapped child can receive care i have. got. can you tell me what's your job what work to do. if it. is get it in syria refugees who are granted asylum

a free to fend for themselves in greece with unemployment at 15 percent and few integration programs it's almost impossible to do so the international organization for migration is putting these people up in hotels for 2 months. after that their apartment rentals will be subsidized but the condition of the island is a dynamic procedure which had started a few months ago after the fire in moore yeah there are more collective efforts from the competent authority is in order for people to be transferred from the greek islands to the mainland these are the lucky refugees who've survived dangerous crossings over land and sea crossings and that alone has taken them years to reach the european mainland and receive asylum and they have years to go before they learn european languages and skills and finally integrate themselves into the work force the government has drawn down island refugee populations by 40 percent

since the beginning of the year but 23000 remained the government says it plans to move all of them to the mainland by christmas but it hasn't said where they will go or how it will help them begin their lives jumps at all al-jazeera. somehow mohit into how with the headlines on al-jazeera the 1st presidential debate has just wrapped up in the u.s. state of ohio donald trump and joe biden at times became personal with biden calling trump a liar and a crime the us president told his opponents there is nothing smart about you trump defended his response to the pandemic saying millions would have died to fight and were presidents the us president was also directly asked by the moderator of the debates to condemn white supremacists this was his response. i would say almost everything i see is from the lead.