donald trump makes a surprise appearance in a brief drive by outside the military hospital where he's being treated for corona virus. this while questions remain about his health as he's given a powerful steroids usually administered to seriously ill covert 900 patients. who want you know just their own life from the headquarters and i'm dead navigator also coming up cities under fire armenia and azerbaijan accuse each other of

targeting civilians in the fight for nagorno karabakh. protests against police brutality in chile after an officer was accused of throwing a teenage boy from a bridge. my. fellow 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 who were gathered outside the u.s. president to a scene waving to crowds from a motorcade that did a lot of the streets directly outside the walter reed military medical center minutes prior to his 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 so certainly after

that video he went outside to pay his supporters a visit and john hendren is outside the hospital in bethesda maryland where the president john is now back into the hospital just talk us through how all of this played out. that's right the president sent out a tweet about 20 seconds before we saw his face that one that you just played in fact and we saw the streets suddenly not jammed like this with honking cars as you see it now but all of a sudden it even cleared police officers and cleared out the space and man this side of the road and then we saw a large motorcade of black vehicles that looked suspiciously like the president could of course people out here had no idea who it was they thought perhaps vice president mike might be coming by maybe some other dignitary that car passed on the opposite side of the street where walter reed national military medical center is and then he came by our side and it was right here on this corner i looked in the

window and saw the distinctive face of donald trump wearing a black mask in the back of that car with secret service agents in the front rather heavily guarded up and at the same time the president sent out that tweet announcing that he was going to make this surprise visit it is perhaps one of the most unusual presidential campaign stops in u.s. history. so as all this is happening the president doing a sort of campaign thing what everyone here is wondering is how healthy is the president because after all he was so sick that he's on an experimental drug cocktail he has had oxygen a couple of times and part of the problem here is that you see him looking healthy going by in his car and then we hear from medical authorities all of these things going on but there's a long history here in the united states of presidents concealing their medical history there was f.d.r. most people did not know that franklin roosevelt was in

a wheelchair because he practiced walking to the podium often with the help of his son john f. kennedy had addison's disease most people did not know that and of course when ronald reagan. shot at the hilton hotel just down the road here most people didn't realize until much much later that he had a near death experience to put together a story on the president. i it was perhaps the most brazen campaign stop in u.s. history a candidate so sick with a potentially lethal virus that he has taken an experimental cocktail of drugs and at least twice supplemental oxygen sneaking out of his hospital room and into a hermetically sealed as u.v. with 2 secret service agents waving at the fans lined up outside as his motorcade took a victory lap on both sides of the street he tweeted a video explaining why i also think we're going to pay a surprise to some of the great paper that we have out on the street and they've

been out there for a long time and. they love our country so i'm not. about to make a surprise visit yet another. moment like many divided america rilling the crowds here in the street but. remarkably the response to. the head of disaster medicine at george washington university medical center tweeted that presidential s.u.v.s not only bullet proof but hermetically sealed against chemical attack the risk of covert 1000 transmission inside is as high as it gets outside of medical procedures the irresponsibility is astounding my thoughts are with the secret service forced to play. earlier his team of doctors emerged for another update in the president's personal physician 1st explain the reason for the particularly rosy prognosis that was given 24 hours earlier saying he was trying to reflect the upbeat attitude of medical team and president didn't

want to give. any information that might steer the course of illness in another direction and in doing so you know. came off were trying to hide something was innocent true i feel much better now in a video tweet president trump said he was feeling well a sentiment supported by his doctors who are now saying he might return to the white house is soon as monday but dr sean connelly 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 that was about it and after about a minute on only 2 leaders his situation levels were 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 this steroids dexa meth is own

which is recommended only for critical care the texan meant his own use again is extremely extremely worrying sign judge ito it says it's only used for critical patients it actually recommends against people who are not serious and i also said only for serious patients who are i don't ventilators or supplemental oxygen which trump does barely 54 so he's on a really bad trajectory i don't know if tomorrow smiles a little premature for destroying questions continue about contact tracing in the wake of president trump's movements earlier in the week the white house says it is directing this in cooperation with the centers for disease control team. but many who were at this crowded rose garden last saturday say they have not been contacted authorities in minnesota where president trump visited on wednesday say they have launched their own contact tracing program in the absence of any white house direction a similar situation happening in new jersey from which the president returned after

a campaign fundraiser at one of his golf clubs on thursday just hours before a test confirmed he was positive for the coronavirus john hendren al-jazeera bethesda maryland let's talk about the president's condition with julie fisher who's an associate research professor of microbiology and immunology at georgetown university medical center she's joining us from washington thanks for your time will we'll talk about the specifics of the medications that the president is on in just a moment but 1st just give me your initial reaction to the president posting a video on twitter and then he left the hospital took a short drive around the area waved to his supporters what are these 2 events tell you about how the president is doing. well i think they tell us a lot about the current political situation and the image that the president the white house are projecting. that said in the tweet he looks pink he looks typically healthy and doesn't seem to be suffering so. combined with the really

confusing messages about medications that it just added to the confusion about his actual condition right now leaving the hospital obviously that's not what is recommended when one is on quarantine. the president has access to resources most people don't have but normally one doesn't. doesn't recommend that the person who leaves their quarantine site to to go to join right. he didn't expose the crowd but he and the secret service were certainly in a small close space together so we heard from the doctors earlier who said that he had been administered oxygen twice on friday and saturday he's also taken rem decibel or as well as you were just mentioning a dexamethasone and then experimental antibody treatment what does this cocktail of medication tell you about about his condition. it's really difficult to interpret the messages that have been shared and clearly there is there are issues of patient

confidentiality even for the president and the clinicians are. balanced by their duty to be somewhat cautious about what information they share that said they've been very forthcoming in listing the cocktail of medications which are a combination of a antibody an engineered monoclonal antibody treatment that is. experimental dexamethasone which is as you said it is generally reserved for patients who appear to be very severely ill and have a worsening condition with a need for supplemental oxygen. and the run does appear as is has been approved for emergency use authorization it is a little bit it seems to be a little bit of a scatter shot method from the outside just trying a bit of everything which doesn't really match with the reports that his condition is is pretty mild in that he's good he's improving quickly what it what about the

condition of his lungs because the doctor has also said that they're monitoring the condition of his lungs but they didn't really reveal any more information when they were pressed by reporters so and we know that this disease the corona virus does have a tendency to affect the lungs and some people what would the doctors be concerned about or what would they be looking out for now they would be monitoring him for any signs that the that the disease was progressing into pneumonia or inflammation within the lungs which is pretty straightforward to diagnose it if they saw that kind of information it would be a sign that his condition was worsening and that they did need aggressive treatment all right we'll leave it there julie fisher thank you very much for speaking to us from washington. thank you so much for having. me logged 9 states in the u.s. have now reported record numbers of cope with 19 cases over the past week the country has had an increase of nearly 49000 new infections on saturday alone and

wisconsin an average of almost one in 4 tests are coming back positive. coming up in just a moment right here on al-jazeera. police about a water cannon to disperse tens of thousands of protesters demanding the release of political prisoners who also report from one of central asia as poorest countries where allegations are folks have dominated parliamentary elections. calloway have yet another developing tropical storm out in the open waters of the northwest pacific massive cloud here that's going to slide its way further north or so for the next few days it's a very slow moving feature but i suspect it will head towards japan for the latter

part of the week ahead of that a weak fronts here that's going to bring some sherry right now to central parts of china now some wet weather there easing across northern areas of japan for a time of brightest guys pretty much everywhere as you go on through choose day and then it comes our system as i said will be the end of the week before we start to see some wet weather edging up to was that eastern side of japan central areas of china on the other hand staying largely cold and dry northeasterly way and we'll see some wetter weather just making its way towards taiwan cooling off in hong kong around $27.00 degrees but it should stay dry here with some sunshine sunshine to show continuing widely across much of southeast asia labview downpours around the south china sea pushing over toward sea philippines is saying some flooding rain recently into thailand more heavy showers coming in here and they showers joining up with a wet weather that we have across me a monolith eastern parts of india bangladesh but this is saying some rather wet weather we could also see some wet weather there easing down towards northern

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hello again the top stories on al jazeera donald trump has briefly left the hospital where he's being treated for coronavirus to do a drive by for hundreds of his supporters gathered outside the us president was seen waving to crowds outside the walter reed military medical center earlier doctors treating trump said they'd given him dexamethasone it's a steroid the world health organization only recommends for 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 covert 1000 cases over the past week it's had an increase of nearly 49000 new infections on saturday alone in wisconsin an average of almost one in 4 tests are coming back positive. and armine are choosing each other targeting civilians in their conflict over the disputed region

of. the remote mountainous area is officially part of azerbaijan but it's ethnically armenian and has been an 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. least 10 people died during a sustained bombardment in the region's capital as the panic karats our reporter bernard smith was filming there when rockets and mortars started falling. 123-4567. this is been the most sustained bombing of japan since 1994 and the end of the war between ethnic armenians in the nagorno-karabakh and azerbaijan from early sunday morning raid sirens wailed across the city. as a rockets and mortars rained down. 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. karma. ok let's go come come to. life as moved underground insta panic at the 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 have 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 their 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 fought 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 back is going to go. back infrastructure is being targeted there was a direct hit on the electricity transformers

a couple of hours after we'd filmed nearby stepanek kurt is now without power you are. i don't the very edge of not going to carry back more electricity transformers were targeted on sunday afternoon we driven past 5 minutes earlier. this on clay he's under pressure like never before as a by john's military forces seem to be trying to completely cut it and its people off from. burnet smith zira nagorno-karabakh well as our. cities are also under attack the government is accusing armenian backed separatist forces of firing on civilian areas and its 2nd largest city ganja the armenians say they have only attacked military targets destroying an airbase. also says armenians armed forces launched a late night missile attack against a city of miniature vere sin and cos of all who was there earlier and she says the

warring sides are no closer to entering into any to go. 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 menu and as our page on that within this week top azerbaijan officials including the president to have threatened that if our mania attacks us our bridge 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 eventually 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 all 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 big john isn't 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 big john and i remain in office szell's for the 9th with tens of thousands of people who are marching the center of the bell the russian capital demanding the resignation of president

alexander lukashenko demonstrators in minsk are calling for political prisoners to be freed. police used water cannons to disperse them and cordoned off streets anti-government protests have been ongoing since for the shank of declared victory in a disputed election on august the 9th. one of central asia as poorest countries kurdistan has been voting for a new parliament 3 parties with close links to the governmental acceptance dominates preliminary results suggest the birthday party which includes the president's younger brother is leading the count with just over 24 percent of votes but allegations of vote buying dominated the election as troll stratford reports in 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 thora tarion post soviet states in central asia

opposition parties are free to criticize the government has been lively 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 ok i want these elections to be fit have despite all the violations we see on social media this election is good for our country others we spoke to this polling station said many people have been transported there by a pro-government political party in accordance with the so-called form to ruling through to 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 were relocated to cost about. what you were 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 curators 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 there are more and more tools used by pro-government parties now 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 2015 and already at least 3 opposition parties have rejected

those results after such widespread allegations of vote buying of manipulation analysts are saying they predict other opposition parties by respond in the same way trial started out 0 bishkek kyrgyzstan. people in the south pacific territory of new caledonia have narrowly voted to stay part of france in a 2nd referendum in 3 years there's been a long running tension between indigenous cannot so while independence and the sentence of colonial settlers who remain loyal to paris french president emmanuel my father says he is grateful for the results. as he'd of state i welcome this expression of confidence in the republic with a deep recognition i also welcome its results with humility and i do hear the voice of those who want independence and want them to know this it is with you it is only together they will build tomorrow's new caledonia. of france has deployed the

military to search for at least 8 people missing after devastating floods almost a year's worth of rain fell in just 12 hours around the city of nice cutting off villages and washing away roads and houses 2 of the missing are firefighters. there have been violent clashes in chile's capital during protests against police brutality it was sparked by a video which appears to show officers pushing a 16 year old boy off a bridge the government has ordered an investigation sara reports. it was the voices calling for change in chile growing now and a few hundreds of anti-government protesters rallied in the county santiago infuriated by this video that went viral on friday it shows a riot police officer chasing a teenager who's then thrown from a bridge and lands in a shadow can now face down and motion us he survived and is in

a stable condition in hospital bought the pictures are being shared widely with public schools and by a position politicians for sun sega's chief of police to resign police deny an officer pushed the youngster off the bridge and say much of what's being said on social media is incorrect we're going to meet you we want to clarify the untrue story but this person was held of the bridge by his feet or pushed over the edge by the water cannon and some on social media claim they witnessed fortunately there is a video that shows this unfortunate accident happening during an intense situation with a group of people causing disorder now the prosecutors must evaluate based on the evidence. following friday's incident read i was thrown into the canal water symbolizing plans highlighting what protesters say has become the systematic government crackdown since last year you'll see a look at when i want to see the police a violent we can't bear it anymore they've rape tortured run people over blinded

others and now they're throwing people in the puppet show river. no kidding can i mention the government doesn't want us to protest it doesn't want us to get it together but they don't care that we gather in the subway and on buses like sardines to go talk work the government issued a statement saying it's condemns any form of violence adding that the officer in question has been removed from his post why don't investigation is underway i un release that it's a page and best of report condemning the government's response to mass protests of year ago against increasing public transport costs and social inequality was. during the unrest 31 people were killed and many injured and 150000 were detained hundreds of them reportedly being tortured and sexually abused cats prompted chadian prosecutors to investigate thousands of human rights violations that point to be convicted by security forces during the protests. since last october a series of cabinet reshuffle as

a result to do 3 men successfully being prince in charge of the interior ministry. box the leadership changes don't seem to have calmed protesters the constitutional referendum is the 25th all to cave in 19 restrictions since march has prevented demonstrations close are increasing for further protests we. saw the hideouts i just read and. i. follow again 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.