this is news coming to you live from berlin and his state of the union address president tells americans you've never had it so good. the american adventure has only just begun and my fellow americans the best is yet to come. republicans cheer and chant 4 more years but the democrat speaker of the house sitting just behind the president makes clear what she thinks of his speech we'll get the latest from washington also coming up coronavirus confirmed on

a cruise ship at least 10 people from the ship quarantined off the coast of japan have tested positive for almost $4000.00 passengers and crew could be stuck on board for 2 more weeks. than the rare moments when the children did live can just be children we visited an orphanage taking care of youngsters. out of their homes says syrian government forces and. rebel stronghold. hello i'm terry martin thanks for joining us present donald trump has delivered this year's state of the union address and it was a speech celebrating a wide range of the president's policies topped off at times with spectacle reminiscent of his reality t.v. background but the biggest issue not covered in the 80. speech impeachment open the

speech to congress and the u.s. public by saying he had ushered in an american comeback in clearing a booming economy president also touted his moves on a range of signature foreign policy issues including trade deals and pressuring nato allies to up defense spending so listen now to how the speech began 3 years ago we launched the great american comeback tonight i stand before you to share the incredible results jobs are booming incomes are so. poverty is plummeting crime is falling confidence is searching and our country is thriving and highly respected again. well we have team coverage of the state of the union speech joining me from capitol hill is our washington bureau chief alexander phenomena and with me here in the studio is reporter to the reporter william no glue croft thank you to you.

let's start with you presidents typically use the state of the union address to tout their own achievements what trump seem to be most proud of. the u.s. economy president still focused in his state of the address on the u.s. economy praising his role in the new trade agreements and reducing create galatians and when he talked about growing economy about stock markets being about the record low unemployment he made clear that he is taking credit for it and of course to democrats in the chamber they disagree and they protests and the atmosphere in the chamber was actually quite tense well the campaign promise of

course back during the last election was to make america great again his speech that he delivered on capitol hill seemed to say i've delivered on that promise but his term isn't over and he might very well get another one the president give any indications of his policy priorities moving forward well as alexander said what he focus on the most is economy and that is where he's going forward because every indication is that the economy is doing well and people are doing better they're still not where they need to be but they're doing better whether he can really take credit for all that also as alexander mentioned is very much an open question partly yes partly no but he also wants to give a little bit to everybody that was very clear in this speech is really his opening shot you might say in an official beginning to the 2020 campaign of his read of himself really really inserting himself into this he was you know attracting his base keeping his base with him by going after hard on immigration and guns a 2nd rights and also abortion these hot button cultural issues he was also

attracting the working class to talk about health care which has broad support across party lines american voters want health care of some kind that's cheaper and more accessible and also talking about prison reform an educational opportunities which tends to poll very well with black americans so. we're seeing trump trying to paint a very broad picture as he tries to attract voters in his friends for a reelection campaign well we can't forget of course that this year's state of the union speech is taking place against a background of an impeachment trial with democrats trying to remove trial from office and the tensions between trump of the democratic house speaker nancy pelosi were on display for everyone to see. just before his address the present from parents speaker pelosi attempts to shake hands with him and then just as the president is finished up finishing up his

speech this extraordinary scene and suppose he's standing up and demonstrably ripping up her copy of the president's address while he is standing in front of her at the lectern many people including the white house interpreted as a deliberate sign of disrespect towards president trump. and i suppose he said in an interview that she ripped up her copy of the speech because she couldn't find one page with truth on it we know that washington is divided the country is divided ripping up the speech was hugely symbolic wasn't it it was quite symbolic she she went on to say it was the courteous thing to do for what she called a manifesto of mistruths and let's not get bogged down in the the personality wars of trump and close it is as you know very symbolic it's also very. dangerous for the country let's not forget nancy pelosi is not just a democrat or any old congresswoman she is the speaker of the house the leader of

democrats in the house the leader of congress of congress the lower house assets the 3rd in the line to the president regardless of party the president the speaker of the house have to have some kind of communication some level of seeing eye to eye if there is an important if there's a military strike planned if there is some major policy about to be announced by the president the speaker the. house is traditionally involved in those conversations and is privy to a lot of what the president is thinking on policy and fact they haven't spoken to each other such tobar is not a great sign for the united states being able to move forward on any number of issues hugely polarized in washington alexandra pelosi did make a very bold gesture there by tearing up that speech what did you make of it you think it showed more results on the democrats' side or desperation. i would result and i would also see is a very symbolic gesture of course. her ripping up her copy of the president's

speech was criticized by the white house and also by a republican lawmakers who accused her or of dishonoring the chambre however we have to say that we couldn't expect this state of the union address to be business as usual when we consider that we are seeing this we saw the state of the union address after 6 months of impeachment proceedings and only if you months before the next you asked presidential election or getting back to the speech itself president trump had a lot to say about trade as part of his foreign policy agenda let's take a listen. on fair trade is perhaps the single biggest reason that i decided to run for president following nafta is adoption our nation lost one in 4 manufacturing jobs many politicians came and went pledging to change or replace nafta only to do

so and then absolutely nothing happened but unlike so many who came before me i keep my promises we did our job. job done according to trump. alexander the president obviously is happy with his own accomplishments concerning trade the economy and the stock market or american voters equally happy. well that's of course remains to be seen next november but of course we have to say that the president was successful negotiating new trade deals and new trade agreement with mexico and canada however i hear critics say that this new deal replacing the old nafta deal is not very different from the old one and he is also making progress negotiating with china he just signed

a new the for phase one the u.s. china deal however here we have to add that this is just the beginning because many issues that are controversial in the trade relations between china and the you as have to be resolved issues such as intellectual property property protection for transit technological technological transfers so there is still a lot of potential contentions contentious issues on the way to a real trade agreement between the u.s. and china ok well of course foreign trade is foreign policy staying with foreign policy the present also talked about nato claiming to have convinced allies to increase spending defense spending here's how he put that we are also getting our allies finally to help pay their fair share of rose garden abuse

from other nato members by more than $400000000000.00 and the number of allies building their minimum obligations has more than doubled. well you know what do you think leaders on this side of the atlantic whether we're talking military leaders in nato or just heads of state heads of government what do you think they'll make of the president's speech any new messages for them oh i would say that no news is good news given a lot of what trump has said about his traditional allies over here on the european continent it should be noted of course that this this push to get nato allies to increase defense spending give more commitments to nato went back to 2014 when obama was president there was broad agreement then at the nato summit to raise to this 2 percent limit and that's been steadily increasing since 2014 donald trump has really turned the screws on that to ensure that those budget commitments would be continued to met but that is something that predates him as many of these

policies that he takes credit for now have he's building on a lot of the past despite him trying to or at least saying he's dismantling it and of course there's a long tradition of presidents taking credit for what their predecessors have done absolutely center this is an election year of course we get a taste of how trump will approach his reelection bid. yes this was definitely an election speech and the fact that president trump. economy is also very telling because this is his strongest arguments to get elected in his state of the union address to he addressed his face but he was also trying to extend his base and it was very telling also very telling that he didn't mention that 2020 democratic hopefuls but he addressed them by criticizing his democratic rivals for their alleged socialist policies

and ideas. ok we'll leave it there xander of xander from naaman in washington our washington bureau chief thank you very much and william no glue cropped the reporter in studio with us thank you both for your analysis. now some of the other stories making headlines around the world today partial results in the iowa caucus show democrats pete booted cheche in the lead followed closely by bernie sanders just over 70 percent of the results have now been released after unexpected delays iowa kicks off the democrats' nomination process for a presidential candidate. police in was so to have charged the country's 1st lady with murder moved to bonnie is accused of murdering the ex-wife of her husband prime minister thomas to bonnie his former wife was shot dead outside her home and 2017. severe floods in new zealand south island have forced thousands of

people to flee their homes and farms the flooding follows days of torrential rains authorities have declared a state of emergency for the region forecasters say the weather should ease in the coming days. at least 10 people from a cruise ship quarantined off the coast of japan have been confirmed palls due for the coronavirus they were tested after a passenger who disembarked and hong kong was diagnosed with the illness in hong kong itself another cruise ship with almost 2000 people on board has been quarantined the ship called the world dream had been turned away from taiwan because 3 passengers on a previous voyage had been diagnosed with corona virus those on board now are being screened. also in hong kong medical workers get a 3rd day of strike action to try to force the government to seal the border with mainland china the territory was hit hard by the sars virus 18 years ago and the

new coronavirus is fueling a lot and anger. of hong kong's health workers are angry they want the border with mainland china shot to halt the spread of the corona virus that has infiltrated hong kong and now killed one man. thing i hope the government listens to all demands quickly closes the borders and brings this epidemic under control so . the concern is not only here many countries are taking drastic measures in an effort to contain the spread of the virus. japan quarantined this cruise ship after a passenger who disembarked in hong kong tested positive for the virus a medical team found 10 passengers were infected after they conducted extensive health checks. the world health organization has declared the virus a global emergency but not a pandemic in other words it might be spreading but don't panic. currently

we are not independent make. our odds of phase where it's an epidemic. and we will try to distinguish the transmission in each of these for sites. in tough times china is claiming a victory the beds are for the thousands of expected coronavirus patients who are already arriving at this emergency hospital in where the outbreak began the facility was built in under 2 weeks breakneck speed to tackle the rapidly spreading by. the w.h.o. has praised the china for its urgent action saying it's provided a window of opportunity to halt transmission around the world. china says the number of people infected by the corona virus is the top 24500 have died several

cities in china or on lockdown notably the city where the virus was 1st detected. efforts are being made there to test and treat patients but it seems that not all is going as smoothly as the chinese government wants its people to believe. a conference center converted to an enormous makeshift hospital part of who hands response to the flood of new infections. chinese state television broadcast fitch of recently completed hospitals with multitudes of doctors taking care of few patients. but secretly recorded videos from hospitals paint a very different picture body bags containing the dead lying close to patients even in waiting areas the citizen journalist visited for hospitals and. people are not being informed about the real situation state t.v. doesn't go where it hurts but i think this needs to be seen.

the journalist found more body bags outside one hospital. inside he saw dying patients together in one room he posted his videos on line officials had him arrested and released him after a public outcry but in china his online videos have been deleted. you're watching d.w. news coming up later in this program teaching climate change a region in the north east of england is aiming to get united nations recognition for its new program we'll see how one teacher is going about it. to syria where a government offensive against the last rebel stronghold has caused one of the biggest waves of displacement in the 9 year civil war the united nations humanitarian coordination office says more than half a 1000000 people have been forced to flee in the province since the beginning of

december 80 percent of them are women and children. there are reports from an orphanage and it offers children some respite from the fighting. rare moments of happiness in which could derail can simply be a child. the 11 year old fled with her 2 brothers from the bombs to the southeast of the city of it loop the family home was hit by russian fighter jets the father fell into the hands of government troops no one knows if he's still alive. i remember how bombs ate our house and that of our neighbors both houses were completely destroyed a girl from next door lay dead in the rubble i saw her the whole thing. the children's mother was overwhelmed and left them here at the orphanage in it live it's a roof over their head but they are not safe here either. fear that bombs keep

falling nearby we are so afraid i hold the plane spare us and don't shoot at us. and all. the orphans are aged between one and 15 years old and they come from all over syria. 20 children live here together often in the bitter cold the house only has one heater. haase now reads books to the children helps them learn to read and write one year ago she and some friends collected money rented this house and bought books and toys to give shelter to these children in need. who try to satisfy the most basic needs of the children at least. of course there is still a lot missing but we do our best the situation is hard and life here is expensive but most of all it's not safe with the crowd in amman. the attacks are getting

closer despite a truce russian and syrian fighter jets are reportedly bombing islamist positions in syria in reality however it is mainly civilians who die. a few days ago more than 20 people died in an attack on an industrial area of it lip any trip to the city can be fatal. ha's not has learned to live with the risk she buys sweets rice and eggs for the children there is not enough money for much more. they wait for her at home playing outside is too dangerous they helpers prepare 3 sparse meals a day not everyone is full but they are still grateful. nor we are very concerned about the fate of these children it seems they have a difficult future they've been displaced several times the bombs death and destruction left since did they commit to experience all this misery here in

england and yet it is a place of hope in a region that leaves so little reason for hope in the end it is children who are hardest hit by war not terrorists. well for about a year in school children in many countries around the world have been heeding the call of activists great to tourne back to strike for climate action but health for has teaching moved to reflect the climate the science of climate change well one education authority in the north east of england aims to be the 1st in the world to have a climate change teacher in every state primary and secondary school recognised by the united nations take a look. at the science experiment a 6th grade class in the northern english town of hexham tries making fire with different types of fuel the teacher meryl botch elder asks her pupils the difference between energy derived from paraffin and ethan all bella answers that

only ethan allen is carbon neutral it's a science lesson about climate awareness whose name is to teach young people how to mitigate global warming. we do this practical so we burn paraffin we burn ethanol what does it matter when you say actually the type of fuel makes a difference to our long term goals you know survival and health on earth then that makes it relevant merrill batchelder is england's 1st climate change teacher certified by the un for which she took a 20 hour on line course her goal to raise awareness among children as a foundation in the movement against climate change. heat waves and cheering from all from by july so to the end of august i think that really changes how we think it's our future and like people like costanza it's not a future it's our future and our kids' futures so i feel like we should have

a bigger say than the there's just little things like get an electric cars or turn your lights off when you're not in the room that's what merrill does she's taken the initiative to put a climate change teacher in every school in the region convincing school administrators was easy. everyone recognizes changes in their natural surroundings batchelder recently switched to solar energy at home and tries to raise her own food she 1st heard about climate change 30 years ago but felt optimistic i was not particularly concerned i thought government would protect us i thought times of chinese now that we knew the science and the evidence was coming out 30 years later nothing much has changed now mero much older is taking matters into her own hands as a climate change teacher and northern england. round of 16 in this year's german cup kicked off today and the 1st 4 quarter finalists have been confirmed shocker

prevailed over how to blend with a dramatic winner in extra time while bonus legal struggle is about to blame and completed a surprise victory over brucey dortmund elsewhere rb leipzig were knocked out by an top 5 put and fortuna disallowed or beat 3rd division causes loud and by 5 goals to 2 thirds well off the heels of super bowl $54.00 american football plans to extend to extend its annual london visits the jacksonville jaguars of the national football league will play 2 home games at wembley stadium in the 2020 season the jaguars have played a home game at wembley every year since 2013 and now the jags will become the 1st team in the league's history to play. to play time back to back games abroad likely strengthening the franchise's foothold in the u.k. however the dates and opponents are yet to be confirmed. now a glimpse of an exhibition at the vatican where many unpublished works of art are

on display for the 1st time the show called the signs of the sacred unveils masterpieces by moon's clearly miro and others the works are part of the vatican collection which organizers say aims to give witness to contemporary spirituality and reestablish the historical link between the church and modern culture. just reminder the top stories we're following for you here today on the w. news u.s. president though trump has celebrated what he called the great american comeback in his annual state of the union address the speech focused heavily on the economy democrats mostly stayed seated during a speech in silence. and hong kong has quarantined a cruise ship while passengers and crew are checked for coronavirus infections it's the 2nd cruise ship to be affected china says the epidemic has now killed almost

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