my. goal plain. oh. this is c w news live from berlin in his state of the union address president trump tells americans you've never had it this good the american the drenches has only just begun and my fellow americans the best is yet to come. republicans cheer and chant 4 more years for the democratic speaker of the house sitting just behind the president makes clear what she thinks of his speech. also coming up how china likes the world to see its efforts to curb the spread of the

coronavirus and the reality body that is left lying near patients we report on the work of a brain video blogger and citizen journalist plus german engineering giant demons under pressure from environmental groups demonstrators at the shareholders meeting demand that the companies stop supplying fossil fuel companies and the rare moments when the children of it live can just be children he visited more financial taking care of youngsters who have been bombed out of their homes a syrian government forces advance of the last tribal stronghold. welcome to the program u.s. president donald trump held what he calls the great american comeback in 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 trump also touted 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 to 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 decay are over. donald trump also had a few surprises up his sleeve. please take this message back he was 60 called

venezuela's opposition leader why i don't know who was watching from the gallery the legitimate president of venezuela the best is yet to come thank you but is trump 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 trouble remain in 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 emphasizing 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 is 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 have 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 tran supporter 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 thriving like not because of him

he's using that as like a platform like make himself look good and even starting with snow and it's a close he's answered at the very start that it was very much one sided you see either and you know one side will stand enough when he made his points that's one thing 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 beauty to confirm 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 truly polarized you know some democrats question whether or not it was you know that they needed to be at the speech including alexander closer 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 he will have only that that will happen today and really it is the way that the united states works it's 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 against trump in the general and as you mentioned i mean trump 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 signed 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 property 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 in 20172018 going into now and you know when you look at his his approach 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 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 attorney be 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. and let's get a quick check now some other stories making news around the world malawi's president peter ruther reka is to appeal after the country's constitutional court an old his victory in last year's presidential election his spokesperson calls monday's ruling an attempt to circumvent democracy the court says that there were grave irregularities in the vote in may of last year. turkish authorities say that 8 people have died and 10 to 15 are missing after an avalanche in turkey the snowslide stuck wall a large team of rescuers were searching for 2 people who had been hit by an earlier avalanche the slides occurred in eastern van province. 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 that the weather should ease in

the coming days. china says the number of people infected with the coronavirus has now topped 24000 almost 500 have died several cities in china are on lockdown notably the city where the virus was 1st detected will han 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 2 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 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 online officials had him arrested and released him after a public outcry but in china his online videos have been deleted. and hong kong has announced that anyone entering the territory from mainland china will face a mandatory 2 week quarantine to prevent the spread of the corona virus health care workers in the territory have been calling for authorities to completely close the border authorities have also quarantined a cruise ship with more than 3600 people on board after some crew members showed

symptoms of the virus. 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 were vents 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 they believe would hope the spread of the corona virus that has infiltrated hong kong and already killed one man. urge her 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 to face where it's an epidemic we folk and we will try to distinguish the transmission in each of these for sight 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 arrival in hong kong represents a new challenge this government has now also prove it is equal to the task of dealing with it. and for more we go to charlotte pill 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 quarantined in this cruise ship now what they don't know at this stage is exactly how long they will be there authorities have not said how many more nights they could be facing here. 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 was 3 people from mainland china who were then diagnosed with the new coronavirus and it is that which is causing so much concern for people on board the ship every now and then we hear announcements telling people to thanking people for that patient saying it's not clear when they'll be allowed to disembark

that testing is being carried out every now and then people coming on to the balconies just behind me just to have a look around just to see what's going on looking at the press pack reporting is the situation unfolds so what is the mood there given all of that charlotte and how much of a risk is hong kong really facing from the coronavirus. well everybody here has very painful memories of the saw as far as back in 2003 which almost 300 people lost their lives in a in a densely populated city like hong 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 sentence that is causing a great deal of war here that is exactly why i carry am encouraged people today to stay at home to not go out unless necessary to wear face masks while people that we've spoken to say though that they ideally want all of the borders with mainland

china now to be places 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 possible 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 charlotte's health impale in hong kong thank you charlotte. the german engineering group has come under fire for and bought from environmental activists for its involvement in the big new opencast coal mine in australia the humans is supplying signalling for a railway that's being built to take coal from the mine to the docks for export the activists picketed the company's annual shareholder meeting in munich to demand that it stop selling to fossil fuel companies. as demonstrators joined hands outside the munich venue to protest siemens environmental record shareholders in

europe's biggest engineering company were keen to learn the financial details orders and earnings were lower in the 1st quarter. but before c.e.o. joe kayser could address siemens results you have to deal with the environmental issues he told media it was grotesque the project in australia had made siemens a target of environmental protests but that doesn't change the fact that the signal equipment we delivered ensure a safe rail transport and is relevant to the overall operating of the controversial mine is. kayser is in his last year at the helm and is attempting a major restructuring of siemens which makes everything from trains to wind turbines siemens reported study profits despite a drop in orders in the october to december period way down by weaker performances in the auto and energy sectors sluggish results for its when business could hinder siemens bid to launch a new energy company with plans for siemens energy to go public later in the year the company also saw

a weaker than expected 1st quarter profit in its flagship digital industry's business. let's get a quick check of some other news climate protestors briefly forced the closure of b.p.'s london headquarters wednesday morning activists placed mock solar panels outside of the building to show the oil and gas companies the new c.e.o. what he needs to do to tackle the climate emergency at least 9 people were arrested . police in the suit to have charged to the country's 1st lady with murder. to bonny 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. somalian authorities and the united nations have called for urgent humanitarian assistance and a food shortage that they say could threaten millions of people they say that the situation could be exacerbated by swarms of locusts that have been damaging crops across east africa. to syria now 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 an ellipse province since the beginning of december 80 percent of them are women and children now did abuse daniel reports from an orphanage in if the 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 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. her 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. 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 that most of all it's not safe. in a man. 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. has not has learned to live with the risk she buy 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. if i see a national a 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 what sins did they commit to experience all this misery here and limbs 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. and now a glimpse of an exhibition at the vatican where many unpublished works of art are on display for the 1st time the show which is called the signs of the sacred unveils masterpieces by munch klee nero and others the works are part of the vatican collection which organizers say aims to give witness to contemporary spirituality and reestablish the historical links between the church and modern

culture. in football argentina is breaking down barriers maria gomez has become the 1st transgender player in the country's top female league gomez who already has played in the lower division says that the sport has helped her overcome obstacles like discrimination and exclusion however her journey hasn't come without criticism . 22 year old maria gomez started playing football in the middle of her transition process years ago soon she made her name as a goal scorer and a 2 time champion in argentina's amateur league and now she's made history becoming the 1st transgender to compete in the country's professional female leake vs on carlos's new edition has been faced with critics throughout her career who believe that she could be an advantage against other women but the argentine disagrees and has her sights set on playing for her country you know. i would like to play not

just for our johnson food but as a session but also to play at the international level and even in a word cup why not. it's very difficult right now to hope for is that but anything is possible i could say we are all whatever we are in society things to destroy as we've made before so far when a simple man and not the man with a foot on however each day so a car is for everyone men or women don't see them out of law and for. gomez has urged fans to focus on her play and not her gender and with her new side vs on carlos bottom of the league goals from gomez could only help. a quick reminder of the top stories we're following for you here on news 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

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