discovering new filmmaking talent from around the. american. let's. see. donald trump makes a surprise appearance in a british drive by outside the military hospital where he's being treated for corona virus this while questions remain about his health as he was given a powerful steroids usually administered to seriously ill cope with 900 patients. you're watching al-jazeera live from a headquarters and. also coming up cities under fire are media and accuse each other of targeting civilians in the fight for nagorno karabakh. feeding

some of the most vulnerable during the pandemic the challenges faced by the un's refugee agency in distributing aid supplies in gaza. thanks for joining us donald trump has briefly left the hospital where he's being treated for coronavirus to do a drive by for hundreds of his supporters who are gathered outside the u.s. president was seen waving to crowds from vattel motorcades as he did a lap of the street directly outside the walter reed military medical center minutes prior to the trip outside he posted a new video on twitter saying he now understands covert 19 having experienced it firsthand. we're getting great reports from the doctors this is an incredible hospital well to read the work they do is just absolutely amazing and i want to

thank all the nurses the doctors everybody here i've also got to meet some of the soldiers and the 1st responders and what a group i also think we're going to pay a little surprise to some of the great patriots that we have out on the street and they've been out there for a long time and they've got trump play and they love our country so i'm not telling anybody but you but i'm about to make a little surprise visit so perhaps i'll get there before you get to see me a but i just when i look at the enthusiasm and we have enthusiasm like probably nobody's ever had our people that love the job we're doing we have more enthusiasm then maybe anybody so it's been a very interesting journey i learned a lot about cove it i learned it by really going to school this is the real school this is in the let's read the book school and i get it and i understand it and it's a very interesting thing going to be letting you know about it let's bring in john hendren he's just outside the hospital in bethesda maryland that's where the

president is being treated so john the president now is back at the medical center after a visit to his supporters who are standing behind you just talk us through how it all played out. well it was perhaps the most brazen campaign stop in political history a candidate and president so ill that he's on an experimental cocktail of drugs 2 and has taken oxygen twice to supplement his own low oxygen levels climbing with a mask into a motorcade and rolling by on both sides of this street here the hundreds of fans that are lined up to pay tribute to him it's a classic moment but unlike many of those moments it is divided america thrilling the crowds out here in the street but alarming medical authorities who on the move incredibly irresponsible. by james phillips he is the head of

disaster medicine nearby here in washington a george washington university medical center who tweets that presidential s.u.v.s not only bullet proof but hermetically sealed against chemical attack the risk of covert 19 transmission inside is as high as it gets outside of medical procedures he went on to say the responsibility is astounding my thoughts are with the sikh are with the secret service forced to play that is to play along with the president's campaign stop here. the crowd go. see the distinctive face of the president right behind me here in the back of that car just hours after medical authorities acknowledge that twice he has received supplemental oxygen after his oxygen came below the bottom of the normal range it's about $95.00 his was at $93.00 and so he received supplemental oxygen is also on steroids that is

really designed only for people who have severe disease or usually a few days in but the president likes he's proud he likes his campaign events and this was some. certain to say a stroke of genius on his behalf but many people think that this was dangerously irresponsible possibly endangering those 2 secret service agents wearing masks in the front of that same vehicle carrying all right john thank you very much for that update from just outside the walter reed medical center where the president is being treated for the coronavirus let's speak to bill snyder he's a public policy professor at george mason university his joining us from washington thanks for your time your thoughts on the president leaving the medical center getting in his motorcade and taking a drive by and waving to his supporters you know our political theater this was wholly responsible you showed him different attitude towards the disease it sent a very bad signal to the american people it's pretty clear what he was trying to

prove that he's much oh that this disease i'm going to hold it back remember something about the importance of this moment he is in a presidential campaign and he's running behind he needs to campaign he needs to get out there to catch up to joe biden well what are you showing is even though he has this not communicable disease and it would be can be accused of being irresponsible in the way he's handling it he's not going to stop campaigning he's going to get out there with people right so does a move like this actually then help his campaign. what divides americans is going to create enthusiasm among his hardcore base who really don't care about the disease they follow the president throughout and since really the disease broke out in earlier this year we've basically been saying what disease we don't care about this and the president has communicated that same attitude his people are going to respond with because he has an admiration for the rest of the country is going to say how stupid how dangerous can he be even though you know before he went out in

that motorcade we saw that video that he posted on twitter and he ended that message saying that he's learned a lot about covert and he has gone to school on it this of course the spike more than $200000.00 americans having died so far from the disease it will be interesting to see whether he does change his approach to the coronavirus will there be changes to his campaign events will people be mandated to wear masks from here on what do you think i think that is personal interactions you believe that he will wear mask if you expect people to wear masks because if they don't they're crazy and he doesn't wear a mask he's cruel and irresponsible that's very clear but he intends to keep up a schedule remember what i said before he is behind and he has to catch up he's the one who really needs to campaign and this is a very responsible thing to do and sends a very bad message to the voters there yeah a lot of the latest poll that i was reading bill schneider there's according to n.b.c. and the wall street journal that biden is now ahead of trump by 14 points and this

comes after the debates so the way biden and trump have behaved specially over the past few weeks and few months couldn't be more different. could not be more different in trouble suffering because of it the big difference in this campaign is a difference of character american see the president is not having a pretty good character a poor character that's been true on through his presidency but now it's having real consequences the way he depends himself he wrote in a tweet today he said i can't be locked up in a room upstairs totally safe and say whatever happens happens i can't do that we have to confront problems as a leader you have to confront problems there's never been a great leader that would have done that i can't think of a great leader that would have taken the unnecessary risks that he's taken with this pandemic what about the what are the implications of other senior republicans who are now tested positive for corona virus and at events that trump held

a have led to a trail of infections what are the implications of all of this that exhibit a dangerous man the implication is that you have to be very careful in dealing with him that he's very irresponsible about the way he's handling this particular problem and we don't know what's going to become of it the senate has to consider is he's planning to take up the confirmation of his supreme court nominee but it's going to be very difficult to do that in the next few weeks of a number of senators i think just about all of them have been infected have been republicans and there are a couple of republicans who say they don't intend to vote before the election so this is going to be a real political problem here for the president not just with his own reelection but also getting the confirmation of his nominee to the supreme court bill schneider we thank you as always thanks for joining us on al-jazeera ok. now 48 hours after the us president was taken to hospital with coburn $1000.00 it's still not clear how sick he actually is so doctors treating donald trump say they've

given him dexamethasone that's a steroid that's only recommended for severe cases this after his oxygen levels as you've been hearing dropped on friday and saturday or the spike this doctor say he could be discharged from hospital as early as monday mike hanna reports from bethesda as her trunk is being treated. the team of doctors emerge for another update on the president's personal physician 1st explain the reason for the particularly rosy prognosis that was given 24 hours ago saying he was trying to reflect the upbeat attitude of medical team and president didn't want to give any information that might steers the course of illness in another direction and in doing so you know came off that were trying to hide something was initially true i feel much better now what in an overnight video tweet president trump said he was feeling well a sentiment supported by his doctors who are now saying he may return to the white

house residence as soon as monday dr sean calmly confirmed what he would not in the 1st public briefing that the president received supplementary oxygen on at least 2 occasions the 1st on friday he was not short of breath he was tired had the fever and i was about it after about a minute and only 2 leaders he said ration levels are back over 40 over 95 percent stayed on that for about an hour maybe it was off and gone. another critical piece of information that the president is now receiving the steroids dexamethasone which is recommended only for critical care the texan meant to zone use again is extremely extremely worrying sign w.h.o. it says it's only used for critical and severe patients it actually recommend against people who are not serious and i also said it's only for serious patients

who are i don't plan to leaders or supplemental oxygen which trump does barely 54 so he's on a really bad trajectory i don't know if tomorrow most little premature discharge questions continue about contact tracing in the wake of president trump's movements the white house initially said it's directing this in cooperation with the centers for disease control team. many who at this crowded rose garden last saturday say they've not been contacted authorities in minnesota where president trump visited on wednesday say they've launched their own contact tracing program in the absence of any white house direction a similar situation in new jersey the white house has now sent a list of names of those who attended the fundraiser with the president on thursday hours before he tested positive for the corona virus but essentially leaving it to the state to take contact tracing. this apparent lack of any central direction

reflects the limited federal response to the pandemic as a whole during the months in which more than 200000 americans have died there has been no federal tracing program established by kind of al-jazeera but that's. meanwhile 9 states in the u.s. have now reported record numbers of covert 900 cases over the past week the country has had an increase of nearly 949000 new infections on saturday alone in wisconsin an average of almost one in 4 tests are coming back positive. still ahead on al-jazeera. listen on the wrists using water cannon to disperse tens of thousands of protesters demanding the release of political prisoners we report from one of central asia poorest countries were allegations of vote buying have dominated parliamentary elections.

we've got a band of cloud now moving away from the eastern seaboard of the u.s. staying rather unsettled though and see florida for a time base in places of cloud in the rain making their way down across the plains is easing out of central canada temperatures will recover there was to go on through monday southerly went there for minneapolis for example getting up to around 21 celsius little comfortable than recent days into the high teens over towards the east disabled that shabby right down towards the south and that will continue to be the case not to go up into georgia as we go on into tuesday temps just still just about on the rise just around the plains sherry right there insist central and eastern parts of canada i would toss a question must be a little bit of wet weather united states dry along the western side of the u.s.

i'm hopeful come the end of the week we could even see some rain coming in here so i said he want to watch out for said he saying some rain across the yucatan peninsula southern parts of mexico now feed in the impacts of tropical storm gamma which will occupy background into the bay of palm beach as we go on through the next few days another system just pushing across jamaica i suspect we will see some very heavy rain the logic of the floods and mudslides coming in here that aggression make its way to western cuba. of all my friends. it's important to trace or to take i am the one survived waiting for news of the man for cause only one which is much the saw a boy killed in his father's arms i saw a man killed next to his son i have only once in my life seen man scared to death one of the bosnian darkest secrets. the count on

al jazeera. oh. hello again the top stories on al-jazeera donald trump has briefly left the hospital where he's been treated for 2 and a virus to do a drive by for hundreds of his supporters gathered outside u.s. presidential seal waving to crowds outside the walter reed military medical center earlier doctors treating trump said they'd given him dexamethasone that's a steroid the world health organization only recommends for a severe cases they also revealed his oxygen levels drop briefly on both friday and

saturday but say he could be discharged from hospital as early as monday. 9 states in the u.s. have reported record numbers of covered 1000 cases over the past week it's had an increase of nearly 49000 new infections on saturday alone and wisconsin an average of almost one in 4 tests are coming back also to. as a razor many are accusing each other of targeting civilians in their conflict over the disputed region of nagorno-karabakh the remote mountainous areas officially part of azerbaijan but it's ethnically armenian and has been on officially run by armenian forces since 1904 the ongoing fighting threatens to drag in turkey which is backing azerbaijan and russia which has a defense treaty with armenia at least 10 civilians have been killed in the region's capital stepanek air al-jazeera as bernard smith was filming in the city when rockets and mortars started falling. 123456789.

this is been the most sustained bombing of the panic since 1994 and the end of the war between ethnic armenians in the nagorno-karabakh and azerbaijan from early sunday morning air raid sirens wailed across the city. as a rockets and mortars rained down on. the target where we were filming seems to have been a nearby electricity distribution station now that was a. very close. rocket targeting somewhere near. here. and i think. coming. ok let's go guys come come.

life has moved underground insta panic at 8 days now those who haven't left here have been living like this. we are in a very bad situation we sent all of our children out of the city and we're here for our soldiers for our sons waiting for good news and to get out of the cellars we haven't heard from our fighting we don't know how they are but to be armenians are strong we are patient. this apartment building was hit on friday night fortunately the people who live here were in that shelter the shockwave smashed the windows of buildings nearby. weapons technology has advanced considerably in the 30 years since ethnic armenians in the go no karabakh and azerbaijan last fort

with this intensity because there is now of help from the turkish military and it seems precision guided missiles and drones. i was 7 years old when i 1st saw war we don't want our children to go through all that that's why we took them to we are brave united that is why everything is going to be ok kind of is going to. come back infrastructure is being targeted there was a direct hit on the electricity transformers a couple of hours after we'd filmed nearby to panic and it is now without power. and on the very edge of nagorno-karabakh more electricity transformers were targeted on sunday afternoon we driven past 5 minutes earlier. this on players under pressure like never before as azerbaijan's military forces seem to be trying to completely cut it and its people off from. bernard smith zira

nagorno-karabakh. says it's cities are also under attack the government is accusing armenian backed separatist fighters forces rather of firing on civilian areas and its 2nd largest city. the armenians say they've only attacked military targets destroying an air base. and also says armenians armed forces launched a late night missile attack against a city of. cinema was there earlier and she says the warring sides are no closer to entering into negotiations. amid accusations of all those are great john and are many against each other for attacking their civilian settlements in a corner car about conflict seems to be transforming into a direct war between our mania and us our page on that within this week top azerbaijan officials including the president to have threatened that if our mania attacks us our rage on from our many in territory those firing positions would be

destroyed and today our mania official said that they hit. again jay aboard again jet is the 2nd largest city of azerbaijan with 350000 population after that we heard off the show saying that there is then chalet area in the city center was hit by rockets fired from armenia so now everybody is worried as well as our bridge on retaliate against this attack from our mania because as soon as i heard the incident i spoke to official sources in the foreign ministry and to some academics sources both sides are saying that are many as front to drag as arbet john into a bilateral conflict because if this happens they believe our main will be able to regain the. international support all regional support let me say that they've been they find it necessary from the. security collective security treaty

organization which are many is a member of but as our bridge on is and by this way russia might be in all different and then this question comes up will this turn out to be a regional conflict because if russia is involved turkey might be involved so all these questions are waiting for answers but the coming days seems to be a far from coming around the negotiation table for us are based on an enemy an offer szell's. for the 9th week tens of thousands of people have marched through the center of the bell the russian capital demanding the resignation upright of president alexander lukashenko demonstrators in minsk are calling for political prisoners to be freed police used water cannon to disperse them and cordoned off streets anti-government protests have been going on since the shango declared victory in a disputed election on august the 9th one of central asia poorest countries kurdistan has been voting for a new parliament 3 parties with close links to the government looks set to dominate

preliminary results suggest the party which includes the president's younger brother is leading the count with just over 24 percent of votes but are like allegations of vote buying dominated the election as charles stratford reports from the capital bishkek. voters came early to cast their ballots at this polling station in the curious capital bishkek kyrgyzstan is often described as much more democratic than neighboring more thorough tarion post soviet states in central asia opposition parties are free to criticize the government there's been reliably open debate in the run up to this poll but widespread allegations of vote buying by pro-government and opposition parties alike means these parliamentary elections are seen as a test of how sustainable the country's democratic development is i thought i want these elections to be fair despite all the violations we see on social media this election is good for our country. others we spoke to at this polling station said

many people have been transported there by a pro-government political party in accordance with the so-called form 2 ruling that form 2 is a legal loophole that allows a voter to change the precinct to which he or she casts a ballot it means parties who feel they may lack support in a given area of a transport and money to voters if they agree to be moved and vote for them. it's estimated around half a 1000000 people we dedicated to cast a ballot. but you through all these people they come from another area they have all sold their vote. of with video showing people who would photograph their ballot paper after voting was posted online. a violation of killick is law which added to speculation that people were having to prove to parties they had kept their promise to vote for them and so receive their payment al-jazeera has no independent way of

verifying these videos we see that ways to falsify to pressure voters to vote certain way have also. expand their ear and there are more and more tools used by pro-government parties know to make sure that they prevail at elections preliminary results suggest a much bigger majority for pro-government parties than in the parliamentary elections in 2 $1015.00 and it will ready at least 3 opposition parties have rejected those results after such widespread allegations of vote buying and manipulation analysts are saying they predict other opposition parties respond in the same way that al-jazeera bishkek kyrgyzstan. the u.k. has reported more than 22900 cases on sunday setting another record since the

pandemic began but this includes infections that had been reported earlier in the week due to a technical error and brings the u.k.'s total to around half a 1000000 confirmed cases the increase in numbers was announced hours after the british prime minister boris johnson war and living through the pandemic will be bumpy through christmas and possibly further and france has put paris on maximum alert after a surge in corona virus cases the prime minister's office is expected to announce new restrictions for the city and surrounding areas it's believed they will include the closure of cafes bars and restaurants more than 12 and a half 1000 cases were recorded nationally in the past 24 hours alone. a days of have begun in lebanon because of a record rise in infections their stay at home orders have been issued in more than 100 districts state institutions places of worship are shut but health centers and delivery services remain open many lebanese object to the restrictions as they are

facing the worst economic crisis in decades now and all public and private gatherings in tennessee are banned infections increase there more than 2 and a half 1000 new cases and 45 deaths are reported the united nations refugee agency in gaza is turning schools into food distribution centers to help those most at the start of the pandemic was forced to suspend its aid because of code 19 safety restrictions victoria gate b. reports. in the shati refugee camp in a gaza city people queue up for food parcels many live in extreme poverty and for then aid provided by an what is a matter of survival at that that leaves there are 8 people in my family before the pandemic the economic situation was already bad and now after the outbreak everything stopped no work no life there is nothing in gaza we depend on food parcels and the charity we get from volunteers. and or is working gaza was made

more difficult by the u.s. decision 2 years ago to end its $360000000.00 annual contribution to the impact of the coronavirus and the disruption to food handouts because of health and safety restrictions has increased anxiety levels say many cars and this and this is a it will be a humanitarian catastrophe stops the you know you to palestinians people will not have food to eat most of gaza's population about 80 percent depend on this i eat. food the blockaded territory with high unemployment and an under equipped overstretched health system these are desperate times the u.n. says the coronavirus is having a big impact on people's mental health you have no hope to find a job you have no hope to travel and now you are asked to stay at home you can't even go out to find work and i really think what we don't see with the eyes but we

hear about is that that violence you know aggressive is increasing because of frustration causes economy which was already struggling before the pandemic is under more pressure the u.n. says is unemployment rises more families will rely on feed handouts like these victoria gates and be algis their. salary and the headlines on al-jazeera donald trump has briefly left the hospital where he's being treated for a coronavirus to do a drive by for hundreds of his supporters gathered outside the u.s. president was seen waving to crowds from inside a vehicle outside the walter reed military medical center john hendren has more. well it was perhaps the most brazen campaign stop in political history a candidate and president hugo ill when he's on an experimental cocktail of drugs 2 and has.