the story that needed to be told from the heart of the today to be that to tell the people story was very important of the time. be back i think i'll be back soon in a video message from the hospital president donald trump says feeling much better but the next few days will be the real test as he continues to receive treatment for covert 19. 0 live from doha also coming up many as prime minister says his country faces a decisive moment as fighting with as ery forces intensifies in the disputed. reporting from the capital of kyrgyzstan where the stakes are high as polls open in

a complementary election. and today and 25 missing after a storm hits france and italy sweeping away houses and roads. donald trump says the next few days will be the real test for him but he's pledged to finish his presidential election campaign the way it started it made the comments in a new video posted on twitter from the walter reed medical center where he's being treated for corona virus but it follows a period of mixed messages from his medical team and the white house official begins our coverage from outside the hospital in bethesda. from inside walter reed hospital a message from the president i came here wasn't feeling so well i feel much better now working hard to get me all the way back i have to be back because we still have

to make america great again we've done an awfully good job of that an autograph from donald trump who was rushed to hospital late on friday i just didn't want to stay in the white house i was given little to stay in the white house lucky self in don't ever leave don't even go to the oval office just stay upstairs and enjoy it don't see people don't talk to people and just be done with it and i can't do that i have to be out front and this is america this is the united states. but the white house message and the president's illness has been confused and incomplete on saturday morning the doctors gave a briefing but that reese questions of when the president was actually diagnosed the president tweeted out the news ellie on friday morning just 72 hours into the diagnosis now the 1st week of it and a particular day 7 to 10 of the most critical in determining the likely course of this illness at this time the team and i are extremely happy with the progress the president has made. another of the consulting physicians said the experimental

cocktail regeneration was administered 48 hours ago some are working very closely with the company to monitor him but that would mean the president was diagnosed on wednesday before 2 big campaign rallies and a fundraiser and would suggest regeneration was given 24 hours earlier than the white house says it was. the 1st full of crisis communications one story one voice the white house has failed to follow that and this caused confusion and medical experts say it doesn't help that the briefing left a number of questions unanswered for example we were not told what type of feeder the president had how i did it go we were not told with any clear whether or not he in fact was or was not the recipient of supplemental oxygen h then adding to the confusion the president's chief of stuff mark meadows who told reporters trump's vital signs in the past 24 hours have been disturbing and the next 48 hours of treatment are critical. all that has meant

little to the hundreds of supporters who gathered outside the hospital to support for the president but the crucial period is still to come for corporate patients 5 to 10 days in is critical but know the president is in the best place for treatment even if he insists he's ready to head back to the white house alan fischer al-jazeera at the walter reed hospital but the middle. p.j. crowley is a former white house deputy press secretary he says this crisis will only add to an already strained white house team and the re-election campaign. this white house has a tremendous you know credibility problem. and not only on this issue but on a wide range of issues and look at the timing of this is very inopportune for the white house 30 days before the election everyone is sensitive about what they say. but i think you have a white house that has rely too heavily on the president's tweets and the

president's rallies of you don't have a seasoned team behind the president here we are when you're 4 by this stage and almost any administration is moving forward on all cylinders but you're on your 4th chief of staff here for the press secretary you know this is a white house staff but the president does not trust significantly all of these things are compounding a very very difficult situation i think that was a very useful didn't you know by the president i think he's beginning the process of trying to get on top of a crisis then coronavirus was going to be the dominating issue for the campaign anyway. and as long as the president is on the on the shelf and on the mend a matter of days you know this actually inhibits them talking about almost anything else. dollars from supreme court nomination of amy coney barretts was meant to be

a day of political triumph now it appears may have been a coronavirus super spread event rob reynolds we're told on how the white house became a coded 1000 hotspots. a few people who attended the rose garden event on september 26th war man 6 and the chairs were space close together president trump was announcing the nomination of amy coney barrett to the supreme court but as the guests mingled and chatted amongst themselves the coronavirus was silently creeping through the air it is for all intents and purposes a super spreader event we have multiple people that are affected there now we're seeing blossoming chains of transmission that probably emanate from there so this will be something that will be recognized as a super strat or that when the story of 1000 years at least 8 people who were there have now tested positive for covert 19 besides trump and 1st lady maloney a trump they include utah a republican senator mike lee who was seen hugging and interacting with other

people north carolina republican senator tom tillis trip advisor kellyanne conway and an unidentified reporter covering the event the latest to announce testing positive is republican former new jersey governor chris christie who also helped trump prepare for tuesday's to big notre dame university president reverend john jenkins who also tested positive said guests were told they didn't need to wear masks because everyone in attendance had been tested sometimes that testing is not going to be ironclad the virus can find holes and that's got to be clearly people were instructed to take off their face coverings once their test came back not realizing that tests have operated characteristics and there is some rate of false negatives they can occur when you when you are testing like public health experts are hopeful that the outbreak in trump's inner circle. could change the minds of

people who still don't take the virus seriously i do think that this is a turning point for many people to see the most protected man in the world be infected by this virus despite the process at the white house had put in place for testing so this is something that. really should make people who doubt the virulence of this pandemic an aspirant to take a step back with covert 900 spreading at the highest levels of washington republican senate majority leader mitch mcconnell is delaying most senate business core 2 weeks but even though 2 republicans on the judiciary committee were apparently sickened in the rose garden mcconnell says he'll push ahead with confirmation hearings for supreme court nominee barrett on october 12th robert oulds al-jazeera a mania says its forces a facing a decisive moment and will use all necessary means to protect ethnic armenians from azerbaijan this as the fighting as an intensified in the disputed and they go on

a karabakh region which is officially part of as a by john but is ethnically armenian and has been controlled by armenian forces since 1900. 3 leaders in the enclave says another $51.00 of their soldiers have been killed the fighting broke out 7 days ago with both countries blaming each other for the aggression international peace efforts have comes in the things i fall but in its way it has the latest from the region's largest city of stepanek. the military here says that now 198 soldiers have been killed since fighting started on sunday and 14 civilians now they won't give specific details on advances or losses on the military front they say for security reasons but the military says the fighting has been and remains very intense all the way along the line of contact that says some 182200 kilometers down the eastern side of nagorno-karabakh and on the other side as

a by john here in stepping back at the main city in a go no karabakh the mood has darkened considerably over the last 24 hours and that is because this city has been hit twice now with a series of attacks of large scale weaponry into episodes and that's the 1st time that has happened here since the war ended in 1994 and we've seen more women and children trying to leave the town and more civilians sheltering in bunkers thousands of people have been displaced by the fighting out 07 course reports. as a by john less than 30 kilometers on the gonna cut about where the family where families are sheltering in school buildings. this classroom was supposed to open to students this week. instead it's full of families are men you know forces heavy shelling or the tear chair region officer big john pushed

thousands of civilians out. many have taken refuge in public buildings like this one in barter region made us learn of a flood torta are with their kids and father 4 days ago their ask and. i became displaced once again like i was in 1904 i mean in forces occupied our land we slept in tents we finally settled in tata but we had to flee without even a mattress to sleep on why should my child suffer what i suffer at sacrifice my home and everything but our soldiers shall be safe. they say they are ready to bear the brunt as long as they can eventually return home the row between us all by our wish our flag flies again and i die in my own land. around 30 kilometers to the so-called context line which separates armenian and as eerie forces 65 families have fled to the school in the past week each classroom accommodates 2 to 5

families caught unprepared by armed men yes rockets. children drove war pictures before learning to write a memo. to spend the arrow has brought his family from character to bear to keep his grandchildren safe as a proud to answer and he say's as there is never wanted war but are many and forces pushed it to do that it is in rough terms of the when we fought armenia in the 1990 s. we were ordered not to hit soft targets like women children and civilians they aim to intimidators if you are fighting with them hit our tongues not civilians why should these kids be here if i die defending my land my people will call me a hero as i'm defending my land how will they answer their own people. it is not just armed conflict they need to worry about the international red crescent says it is extremely worried the current turmoil in displacement may lead to

a surge of call with 1000 cases due to people taking refuge in shelters for hours or being accommodated in common old buildings or places with inadequate sanitation history is repeating itself for some families sleeping here as they or their parents have been displaced before they have faith that what they call their occupied lands will be returned and 3 decades on homesickness will end this time i say now because all of al-jazeera. as our vigil. still ahead on out is there a. india is crying a virus death toll crosses a 100000 but some say the actual number could be much oil. we look at the efforts to revitalize and preserve the city known as the pearl of the orient.

however we have something of a cold blast across the northern plains of the u.s. a lot of cloud just diving out of central canada pushing down towards the midwest some wet weather of its was a southeastern corner as well some potential for flooding into parts of florida these disabled not too bad for a time but we will see some showers heading up towards the carolinas as we go through saturday sunday on into monday some showers that just around the midwest and heading of it's was the appalachians temperatures around 15 celsius in winnipeg around 12 degrees in minneapolis it will improve it will warm up as we go on into monday see those temperatures quite nicely on the rise a few showers over towards the eastern seaboard still a few showers down towards the southeast in kota for much of central u.s. pushing it was the west of course no help it's always fossilised our concern north of the border we will see a few showers getting into were british columbia now from mexico it is generate dry

away from the south southern parts will see some very heavy right and we have yes another tropical storm in the offing here gallery's making its way across the yucatan peninsula possibility of life threatening floods moving in across this part of mexico it will gradually make its way into the by of campaign as we move into next week. on counting the calm tensions in the south china sea over shrinking fish stocks by . he sends out the navy. take it's plus responsible capitalism. the chief executive officer. counting the cost to 0. from the for vendors of caracas to the battlefields around our job is to get to the truth and empower people through knowledge.

you're watching al-jazeera a reminder of our top stories this. donald trump is free of fever and improving but is not yet out of danger that's according to his physician and follows a video from trump from trump speaking from the hospital where he's being treated for coronavirus he says the next few days will be the real test some of trump's high profile staff members will be campaigning on his behalf while he's receiving medical treatment the president's team has launched operation where the vice president and family members will appear in key states. says his forces are facing

a decisive moment of will use all necessary means to protect ethnic armenians from azerbaijan as the fighting intensifies in the disputed nagorno-karabakh region. millions of voters are heading to the polls in kyrgyzstan as parliamentary election the country is often described as being the most democratic of all of the former soviet states in central asia but widespread allegations of election rigging already throwing over the legitimacy of the vote. joins us live from the capital charles certainly a important election in the region but what's at stake. well the number one thing is the continuation of the kind of democratic progress that this country has made in the last certainly the last 10 years. we've seen some very lively debates on television between members of opposition parties and

pro-government parties the opposition parties here highly critical of the government and the president that's something that we don't see in neighboring central asian states i think the highlight the real focus will be on how any kind of full nation over new government policies what kind of influence they can have on economic policy the economy of kyrgyzstan was tanking full of aids and it's now. the 2nd poorest country. in this region bear in mind just under a 1000000 people to work abroad because they just work opportunities here also it's going to be interesting to see how the makeup of this parliament can influence foreign policy keep in mind that china in the east and russia to the west of vying for huge influence in the central asian states but of course as we've seen in previous elections there have been widespread allegations of voter fraud voting fraud we've been looking at those problems and this is our report.

re bishkek the capital of kyrgyzstan a country often described as being more democratic than its neighbors which were also part of the soviet union before it collapsed. 16 parties with more than 1500 candidates competing in these parliamentary elections but there is little trust in many of the faces that adorn campaign posters would have works on a farm on the outskirts of the city he's angry about mounting allegations of parties trying to buy votes in the run up to the poll. it was something i found. people who sell their vote a selling their hope selling their country selling their memories of their ancestors and selling their future. this man who didn't want to be identified said in recent days people working for a pro-government political party have twice offered him money if he promises to vote for them all citizens who work for

a given party are involved in vote buying he tells me that a party gives a person $50.00 to buy a vote they will buy it for $25.00 and pocket the rest the system happens every election and it's happening again he says. kyrgyzstan's post soviet political experience has been lively to say the least 2 presidents overthrown in revolutions the former president currently serving in 11 year jail term for corruption but politicians and analysts say that kyrgyzstan may be more democratic than its central asian neighbors but in terms of free and fair elections the still a long way to go there are dozens of candidates with various parties who have criminal records that want to kill gives law can be wiped clean if they pay a fine. they will take the trial a good rose was it a long time ago nothing lawless is happening now but i agree there are issues with the legal document form 2 i thought we were a new democracy and we are learning

a foreign. election monitors say people in poor rule communities are particularly vulnerable to accepting bribes for votes form 2 is illegal lupo the lower as a voter to change the precincts in which he or she casts a ballot it means parties who feel they may lack support in a given area offer transport and money to voters if they agree to be moved and vote for them. it's estimated around hof a 1000000 people have been moved from their precincts to vote. the likely outcome of the vote is tilting in favor of pro-government parties but then. there's always that possibility that even those. half a 1000000 people or many many many among them are still able to vote independently when they enter the voting booth. the reform party has used rappers singing and she government songs to rally support reform aims to

attract young voters tired of what analysts say has been decades of economic mismanagement pull job opportunities we're not happy with what is happening and we need this is choice and for change because in this bill or you're 30 years where we end up on the country but we still are suffering our people are poor i mean the corruption. and we threw the thieves out stealing our future so we're going to stand for that for a generation hoping that no matter the struggles against corruption and criminality of age the political system the journey towards true democracy and development must go on. so yes worrying signs there are allegations of potential voter fraud and there are concerns here amongst many that if indeed pro-government parties do dominate the results of this vote then we may see some pushback by opposition groups and we've seen protests and political violence in the past

however. it is very it's very important to recognize that today is a hugely significant day full the political future of this country and we'll be bringing you reports so out the day as voting goes on. for that any best kak. storms and floods in italy and france have swept away homes and left others teetering on the edge of cliffs at least 2 people have died and more than 25 they're missing after almost a year's worth of rainfall in the mountains around the city of nice gentle ripples . record rainfall in the mountainous region the joints france and italy has threatened lives homes and if the structure of the. storm alex as it's known swept across southeastern france and into northern italy causing rivers to burst their banks and flooding on both sides of the border. this was

rockville year on the outskirts of nice. it's said to be the worst flooding in the area in more than a century. to clear the bodies in the coming days and weeks there will be a massive mobilization in this mountain region which is just experienced devastation without compare and without precedent in the past 100 years. roads and bridges were destroyed high altitude communities isolated with rising numbers of missing and injured. all of ali's collapsing one go so we don't have a boat left to take us back home have our it's blocked on both sides of the road no electricity nothing further up there out of tap water there were many elderly people who needed help to be given shelter lives have been lost in italy's alpine

valdosta region a firefighter was killed during a rescue operation in virtually province another body was found. and the toll could well ply with the equivalent of 4 months of rainfall ing in just 24 hours jonah al-jazeera. france's code 19 outbreak has once again hit record levels with almost 17000 new cases confirmed in the past 24 hours another 49 people have died bringing france's total death toll 232000 the government's expected to announce new measures to curb the outbreak. india's surging corona virus outbreak has now killed more than 100000 people that's nearly 10 percent of all cope with 19 related deaths in the world it's the 3rd country to record that number of the united states and brazil india was hit harder than any other country in september causing the highest daily number of infections and fatalities in the world promised an earner modi's

government has been criticized for its handling of the virus and the effect on the economy which is left millions job this. though tony jones is a public health expert and consultant to the world health organization he says the death toll india is likely under and. it is quite clear that you know the kind of infection that is happening in india is not quite severe because of our demographic dividend we have a pretty large young population in the country so that the number of people who are infected quite severely is pretty limited and like many other countries and that is also the one of the uses why we let him live to be bolder what that it delayed in india compared to many other states but we need to be population with the law median age compared to many other countries you know this is also going this is a plea of the reason why the number of death itself is quite low compared to most other countries are one of the think that the government should have done right from the beginning is to really wrap up the besting off of the people you know but

the testing has been lacking quite a bit by the beginning and. i just clear from many of the ways that just happened recently one of the surveys by the country's top medical body i c m r which did just that open a study of course. simply it's just that the actual number of cases 20 times higher than the number of cases which clearly mean there are a lot of cases of that with the director and that both cases were clearly missed because of a lack of sufficient testing. yes of decay and the glitz has left the city of manila a shadow of what it once was but there have been efforts to revitalize the city and preserve its historic buildings dungan reports. this is manila one of the oldest and most densely populated cities in the world a melting pot of asian and latin cultures a place where the divide between rich and poor is conspicuous but decades ago

manila was called the pearl of the orient the manila metropolitan theater was once a testament to the city's grandeur it was a staging ground for artists from all over the world who wanted to perform in the far east but decades later the theater has become a symbol of mandela's decade now the philippine government is changing that what will make this a different piece people will come here not only because of the show but because of the building. the battle for manila between the joint filipino and american forces and the japanese imperial army in 1945 caused the loss of more than 100000 lives and destroyed much of the city government buildings the universities and monasteries were just some of the many structures that were destroyed in manila during world war 2 and historians say the country lost an irreplaceable historical

treasure with the destruction of the city manila was the most devastated city during world war 2 after war so in poland but rebuilding a life and a city from scratch has proven difficult and some experts say manila has never truly recovered. over the decades with a growing urbanization pollution and do reputation for violence businesses moved to other areas of the country we lost the prime. and you cannot buy back down it's kind of that's what we have our cultural history to make money like this and that at the same time hopefully we leave with that expectation of being the capital of the country. people don't remember that we all came from from. it centrality was a people went to school here our economic activity was based we have to get

acquainted again with that and respect that history but article buildings museums and historical parks remain a reminder that not all is lost in manila at least for now similarly in dugit which is 0 manila. this is al jazeera and these are the top stories donald trump is free a favor and improving but not yet out of danger that's according to his physician it follows a video from trump speaking from the hospital where he's being treated for crying a virus it says the next few days will be the real test i'll be back i think i'll be back soon and i look forward to finishing up the campaign the way we started in the way we've been doing the kind of numbers that we've been doing we've been so proud of it so i just want to tell you the i'm serving to feel good.