don't go away mr with us for all time i. bought this. book starts feb 7th. this is d w news live from berlin in his state of the union address president trump tells americans you've never had it so good the american adventure has only just begun and my fellow americans the best 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 up to speed. also coming up how china likes the world to see its efforts to curb the spread of the coronavirus and the reality bodybags left lying near the patient's plea for pork on the work of the brave video blogger and citizen journalists at the rare moments when the children of it live can just be children we visit an orphanage taking care of youngsters who have been bombed out of their homes and syrian government forces that fancy on the last rebel strongholds. i'm sorry welcome to the program u.s. president donald trump held what he calls the great american comeback and his annual state of the union address to congress in a. speech covering

a wide range of his policies he celebrated america's booming economy that's his main platform in this election year now trump also touting his moves on a range of signature foreign policy issues including trade deals and pressuring nato allies to increase military spending the speech comes against the backdrop of his impeachment trial in the senate. as don't know trump made his way to the podium it was clear he had the support of his republican party. but his they chanted for more years there was no escaping the fact that this house's democratic controlled impeachment wasn't mentioned but president trump appeared to snub house speaker nancy pelosi the most powerful elected democrat by refusing to shake her hand. and this was to be his

show 3 years ago we launched the great american comeback tonight i stand before you 2 share the incredible results jobs are booming incomes a story poverty is plummeting crime is falling confidence is surgery and our country is thriving and highly respected again. from the economy to trade foreign policy to defense donald trump in short he was sent to stage america's enemies are on the run. america's fortunes are on the rise in america's future is blazing bright. the years of economic to k. are over. donald trump also had a few surprises up his sleeve. please take this message back to us. he called

venezuela's opposition leader one why go who was watching from the gallery the legitimate president of venezuela the best is yet to come. but is trauma true to a close it was what was going on behind him that stole the show nancy pelosi ripping up his speech the bitter feud between the 2 boiling over once again. and we are joined here in the studio by tyson barker fellow at the truman national security project welcome to the program tyson could you put the speech into context for us because this wasn't your typical state of the union address right i mean this was a very choppy week of a very politically heavy week we have iowa we have the state of the union and of course today we have the vote in the senate on impeachment and removal which looks like obviously a trip or even an office but more than anything if you look at yesterday's speech it was the declaration the beginning of his reelection campaign and he was in for

sizing really 2 areas one is the economy it's the economy stupid you know unemployment below 4 percent heavy growth stock market rising for one case doing fantastically and the other was trying to energize his base in the best symbol of that was the presentation spontaneously of the medal of freedom which is the largest the most important civilian honor that the u.s. government can convey on somebody to rush limbaugh who has a quite a right wing provoked a tour so that's signaling to his base i'm with you we're going to do this together and we also had political polarization really on full display in what has been a packed week as he's articulated here we got some public reaction to the president's address this is among some students in washington d.c. let's have a listen and then we'll get your reaction well on our air trumps a corner so like i'm watching it sort of to mock him. and i think a lot of the stuff he said about like abortion and things i don't really agree with and i think he's just like because the economy's thriving like not because of him

he's using that as like a platform and like make himself look good and even starting with snow and it's a close he's hansard at the very start of it was very much one sided you see out there and you know one side will standing up when he made his points that's really is very very partisan and i think we were all hoping you know for a more unifying message coming from president trump but i don't really think that it's reasonable to expect from him especially because he leans into the polarization in order to kind of get the media attention and get the attention of the american public no one's minds being changed right now everyone's everyone is using this putin from the previous views i think. polarization you have it there tyson i mean what is the state of it in the country right now i mean it's extremely polarized you know some democrats question whether or not it was you know that they needed to be at the speech including alexander custer cortez very famous democrat from new york who did not attend the speech and said that it would be legitimizing

in essentially an illegitimate president the cloud of impeachment continues to hover above him we have to remember that he is still in impeachment and has not been acquitted by the senate so this is a cloud that it will have only that but will happen today and really it is the way that the united states works its all about turnout in elections we have about a 60 to 65 percent turnout in presidential election years so it's all about energizing bases and for him he was trying to really use a lot of red meat on abortion on the rush limbaugh point to energize his base on the democratic side and i think when we heard from those students a lot of them seemed to seem to be democratic leaning there are some worrying signs for example in iowa in the iowa caucus turnout was at the same level as it was in 2016 much lower than it was in 2008 when it was hillary clinton versus obama versus john edwards the enthusiasm gap that we saw from 220162 now versus 2008 is a worrying sign for the democrats as they try to energize their base to go up in

strip in the general and as you mentioned i mean trump are really trying to draw everyone back to his economic track record and in fact we heard a lot about that in the speech we also heard about the trade war between washington and beijing let's have a listen and then we'll discuss i also promised our citizens that i would impose tariffs to confront job is massive theft of american. our strategy has worked days ago we saw the groundbreaking new agreement with china that will defend our workers protect our intellectual property bring billions and billions of dollars into our treasury and open vast new markets for products made and grown right here in the usa. sounds like a really rosy picture picture tyson i mean what is trump's track record on the economy is this correct well in all honesty it's quite mixed if you look at trump's approach to china more hawkish approach to their trade relationship on things like

intellectual proctored property manufacturing he has a lot of bipartisan support and has a lot of support within the country that said even though unemployment is low the job growth that is taking place in the united states is not in the manufacturing sector and in fact those suffering most from the trade war have been a lot of his base including farmers very important constituency in the republican base in some rural states like iowa nebraska etc the other thing is if you look at the trend line of the us economy it has been the same since the obama days so when he spoke in his inaugural speech about american carnage and today says we have the best economy ever the trend line has been the same and that's been based on a lot of policies that frankly predate his administration as well what he can't take credit for of course are the the tax cuts major policy initiative which did give a jew to the economy and 20172018 going into now and you know when you look at his his pro-choice to to china you have to say for example on the handling of the

coronavirus he has overwhelming approval right now i think it's around 65 percent for his handling of the coronavirus and one more data point to point out he has the highest approval rating he's had in his presidency 49 percent still underwater but still the american public are at least to some extent coming home to him a lot. so take all of these factors now what he said last night also what you've mentioned there in terms of his approval ratings and let's not forget we are in an election year right now so all of these clues combining together how do you see his his re-election bid and this is this is the $24000.00 question right and you know like many others i would not be in the prediction game because it's really too soon to tell and anything can happen a week is an eternity in politics and we still have about 7 months or 8 months before we even know who the democratic nominee is so let's let's take a hold on that i think after the last election we all stopped projecting parker

fellow at the truman national security project thank you thank you. it's of get a quick check now some other stories making news around the world partial results in the iowa caucus show democrats to judge in the lead follow 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 the south though has charged the country's 1st lady with murder with sika name is accused of murdering the ex-wife of her husband prime minister thomas to bonnie his former wife was shot dead outside of her home in 2017. malawi's president peter with arika is to appear on appeal after the country's constitutional court an old his victory in last year's presidential election is spokesperson called monday's ruling an

attempt to circumvent democracy the court said that there were grave irregularities in the vote in may last year. china says that the number of people infected by the corona virus has now topped 24000 almost 500 have died several cities in china are on lockdown notably the city where the virus was 1st detected hon 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 footage 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 in. 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 online officials had him arrested and released him after a public outcry but in china his online videos have been deleted. now a cruise ship carrying people who may be infected by the deadly corona virus has returned to hong kong after being denied entry to taiwan health officials say that 30 members of the crew are showing symptoms the world dream has returned to hong

kong though it remains unclear whether passengers will be allowed to disembark coronavirus symptoms can take 2 weeks to surface meaning suspected carriers must remain in quarantine least that long to prevent further transmission health officials have begun testing the passengers and crew on board with confirmed cases already being sent to hospitals. ships arrival came as hong kong health workers began a 3rd day of strikes in the city but he wants a meeting with hong kong chief executive kerry lamb to discuss officially closing the border with mainland china a move a believe would hope the spread of the corona virus that has infiltrated hong kong and already killed one man. earch to solve this situation by coming out. and talk to us 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. we are in phase where it's an epidemic with. foresight and we will try to distinguish the transmission in each of these sites. china was praised this week by the w.h.o. for its reaction to the outbreak with the virus relatively well contained until now . it's all right and for more we go to charlotte and kill our correspondent in hong kong who is at the harbor there and charlotte and we'd like to ask you what is happening with the passengers on board that quarantined cruise ship because we heard that there was a man taken from the hong kong cruise liner into the ambulance after a coronavirus check. well this is clearly going to be a very anxious wait for the passengers on board this cruise liners they're facing an additional extra nights now quarantine in this cruise ship now what they don't

know at this stage is exactly how long they will be their authority have not said how many more nights they could be facing here. on this ship but we do know is that several of the crew members were displaying symptoms they've now been taken off the ship and are being tested for that new coronavirus we also know that on board this ship on a previous trip there were 3 people from mainland china who were then diagnosed with the new coronavirus and it is that which is causing so much for concern for people on board the ship every now and then we hear announcements telling people to thanking people for their patience saying it's not clear when they'll be allowed to disembark that testing is being carried out every now and then people coming onto the balconies just behind me just to have a look around just to see what's going on looking at the press parked below reporting is the situation unfolds so what is the mood there given all about charlotte and how much of

a risk is hong kong really facing from the coronavirus. well everybody has very painful memories of the sanzar is back in 2003 which almost 300 people lost their lives in a in a densely populated city kong with such close ties to mainland china this is an area where this virus could spread very quickly and of course everybody knows that it could take up to 2 weeks before people displaced symptoms that is causing a great deal of war here that is exactly why i carry am encourage people today to stay at home to not go out unless necessary to wear face masks while people that we've spoken to say that they ideally want all of the borders with mainland china now to be closed it's for that reason the medical staff are on strike at the moment demanding just that saying hong kong needs to take as many preventative measures as closeable to stop the spread of this virus carry lamb and mounting today further measures she said anybody traveling from mainland china will not be quarantined for

14 days as of february 8th in an attempt to try and stop the spread of this virus. pale in hong kong thank you charlotte. you're watching news coming up a little bit later in the program teaching climate change and education authority in the northeast of england is aiming to get united nations recognition for its new program we'll see how one teacher is going about it. but 1st it's to syria where a government offensive against the last rebel stronghold is causing one of the biggest waves of displacement in the 9 year war the united nations humanitarian coordination office says that more than half a 1000000 people have been forced to flee live province since the beginning of december 80 percent of them are women and children. daniel there are reports from an orphanage that 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. 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 into 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 poor 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.

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. and we 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. 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. i seen no 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 lots since did they commit to experience all this misery here and live 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. a quick check now some other stories making news around the world somalia and authorities in the united nations have called for urgent humanitarian assistance amid a food shortage that they say could threaten millions of people they say the situation could be exacerbated by swarms of locusts that have been damaging crops across east africa. severe floods on new zealand south island have forced thousands of people to flee their homes and farms the flooding follows days of torrential rain authorities have declared a state of emergency for the region forecasters say the weather should ease in the coming days. for about a year now schoolchildren around the world have been heeding the call of the activists gratitude to strike to protect the climate but how far has teaching moved

to reflect the science of climate change 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 have a look. a 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 even on 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 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 and her goal to raise awareness among children as a foundation in the movement against climate change. heat waves and cheering from all from july 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 our future it's our future and our kids' futures so i feel like we should have a bigger say than this is just little things i 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 bunch elder recently switched to solar energy at home and tries to braise her own food she 1st heard about climate change 30 years ago but felt optimistic but i was

not particularly concerned i thought government would protect us i thought times would change now that we knew the science and the evidence was coming out 30 years later nothing much has changed now meryl much older is taking me. matters into her own hands as a climate change teacher and northern england. this is news and these are our top stories u.s. president donald 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 the speech often in silence. partial results in the iowa caucus show democrat people 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. a cruise ship carrying people who may be infected

by the corona virus has returned to hong kong after being denied entry to taiwan health officials say 30 members of the crew are showing symptoms of the virus there are now over 2 to. 24000 cases of the virus worldwide. malawi's president peter move to rica is to appeal after the country is constitutional court an old his victory in last year's presidential election the court cited grave irregularities in the may vote in its ruling on monday. this is g w news from berlin for more follow us on twitter at t w news or visit our website www dot com. and don't forget you can always get to do news on the go just download our opt for google play or from the apple store which will give you access to all of the latest news from around the world this will push notifications for breaking news and if you're part of a news story you can also use the d w apps as send us photos and videos of what's happening. coming up next

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