p.c. anything that a reporter on the move would have been police ophthalmologist dr root seeing the light starts temporary any on t w. this is the w.'s lie from berlin that no love loss double trouble is over is his 3rd state of the union address before a deeply partisan and polarized congress the us president refuses a hand shake from a democratic leader nancy pelosi before defending his record in the white house speaker pelosi makes clear what she thinks of his speech.

also coming up as coronavirus fatalities continue to stack up and this is how china likes the world to see its efforts to curb the spread of the cornea virus and this is the reality body bags left lying in your patience we report on the work of a bridge video blogger and citizen journalist. plus the rare moments when the children of it live can't just be children we visit an orphanage taking care of youngsters who've been bombed out of their homes as syrian government forces advance on the last rebel stronghold. thank you so much for your company everyone well we start in the u.s. where president donald trump hailed what he called the great american combat. and

his annual state of the union address before congress well in a speech covering a wide range of issues he's celebrated america's booming economy and that's evidently also his main platform in this election year term 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 as the republican controlled senate prepares to acquit trump at his impeachment trial later today. as don't know trump made his way to the podium it was clear he had the support of his republican party. but as they chanted for more years there was no escaping the fact that this house is 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. this was to be his show 3 years ago we launched the great american comeback tonight as i said before you 2 share the incredible results jobs are booming incomes are soaring poverty is plummeting crime is falling 'd 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 you. he called venezuela's opposition need one why dope 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 our at a secure straight to do that we responded to either fully as who is in washington for you pablo very good day a presidential talk for more than an hour there were lots of made for t.v. moments talk us through some of the most salient parts of his address. as expected

he spoke about the economy how well it's performing you mentioned that it's also being an election year it was clear that he was going to base a lot of this campaign year on that and he also spoke about tax cuts he spoke about trade agreements he spoke about deregulation and that he wants to united states to be the world's most prosperous and inclusive society now that word inclusive is key because president trump who isn't particularly popular will say among minorities spoke particularly about the low levels of unemployment among african-americans in the united states among hispanic americans and also among asian american so clearly sending a message the message i have to them he also spoke about democratic plans to abolish the health insurance. system that they have here in place and saying that he wouldn't live socialism destroy u.s. health care he also brought up going rights and also immigration policy so so some of like we'll say the big key areas that we're expecting this election campaign to

focus on as expected but perhaps not for everybody it was a very very divisive it was a very divisive state of the union of course millions of americans were glued to their t.v. screens last night and in fact here in washington d.c. some of them even got together so it's always best to hear from one so many people have to say let's hear from some students here in the united states capitol. on our air trunks 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 is thriving like not because of him he's using that as like a platform to like make himself look good and even starting with snow bonanza it's a close his hands at the very start of it was very much one side you can see other and you know one side having people standing up and made his points that's of these very very partisan and like 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 speech to confirm the previous views i think a message very interesting sound bite and don pablo because everybody is talking about the rip the house speaker ripping up her coffee the coffee rather of the president's speech how symbolic is it of the rift within the u.s. society that the deeply polarized and partisan congress. yeah you're right i mean it's clear that american society is deeply divided perhaps doesn't really come as a surprise to many in many ways but of course you know the theatrical as well as the symbolic moment and also let's not forget the amount of cheers that we heard from the republicans highlight that you know in some ways it felt like it was you

know watching a theater show times that the polls are showing it to trump's approval ratings are actually very high at the moment but not at all that would be among republicans but in fact when you look at how democrats feel of of easily perhaps it comes as no surprise they don't feel the same way and also if we look at how polling is going democrats democratic candidates are actually polling quite well in the u.s. overall but there is very much a 5050 divide across the u.s. between those who would vote for president trump again and one of the new candidates of course we still don't have the democratic candidate yet but until we have it it's going to be very unclear how it's all going to pan out later this here in the election right now the president stayed on script he refrained from talking about impeachment not bringing it up at all but it's on everyone's mind with a vote in the senate today on whether to remove the president from office does he

expect to be exonerated. well 1st it was somewhat of a surprise that he did stick to script because the president seemed not to stick to script but it is pretty clear that he is going to be found not guilty or he won't he won't be impeached properly for these impeachment articles or he won't be found guilty in the stroke trial i should say and the senior republicans have stood behind him despite coming out saying that he didn't act appropriately that some senior republicans but he will be cleared and the question is really next is how it's going to impact him among republicans and democrats in this election year will it have an impact on them will it mobilize democrats to go out and vote later this year and you know really what are the feelings among republicans heading into the election in november so of course this year there are many questions left unanswered from this i don't think it's the and in many respects of the impact of

what this impeachment senate trial will have on president trump probably is reporting from washington thank you. like to get your the european angle now because policymakers on this continent have also been watching with keen interest to what the u.s. president had to say want to bring in terry struts in brussels for you a terry good to see you any reaction to president trump state of the union address . well a lie think european leaders woke up and breathed a huge sigh of relief that they didn't play a bigger role in the state of the union speech as problem mentioned you never know when president trump is going to go off script and suddenly decide that he does want 25 percent tariffs imposed on european auto imports or that he is going to pull all the troops out of afghanistan and leave the europeans high and dry so i think when they stand the speech they were relieved that there wasn't a bigger mention of europe i think that there could have been a lot of things he said that would that we have seen in previous speeches by

president trump criticism of european policies and what was not said may be more important for europeans today now what was said the speech was mainly about the great american comeback but when foreign policy did make an appearance in his address the president mentioned nido something that you are very familiar with taking credit for convincing allies to increase their defense spending let's take a listen to what he said exactly i will pick up the conversation after that we're also getting. finally to help pay their fair share of raised contributions from other nato members by more than $400000000000.00 and the number of allies meeting their minimum obligation has more than doubled our terry was to take away. so you know i have to fact checked lately can't resist it is true that europeans are spending more on their own militaries it's not true that president trump is solely responsible for it but in fact he can declare somewhat of

a win here because it was u.s. pressure that convinced them to add to their defense budgets more closely quickly than they otherwise might have done but listening to the toll it's completely different than we've heard in his previous speeches usually he's absolutely a serb in criticizing european defense spending he's decided to declare it a win and perhaps that's a sign that on the campaign trail his advisors have decided that trashing the alliance is not going to spur points with the american electorate and that again as i mentioned earlier maybe something that nato is going to have some relief in this campaign season and nobody will be sorry about that. reporting from brussels for you thank you very much. our own bring up speed now with some of the other stories making news around the world iran's president has responded to the u.s. president's state of the nation address by accusing america of being quote a terrorist and taking terrorist actions in an address televised on state

television assad oh honey took aim against washington's re imposition of economic sanctions and donald trump's proposed mideast peace deal a. turkish authorities say at least $33.00 people have died in a 2nd avalanche in turkey several are still buried under the snow well the avalanche struck while a large team of rescuers were searching for 2 people missing after an earlier snow slide in eastern that province and that's light had already claimed 5 lives. malawi's president peter beutel rica is to appeal after the country's constitutional court and know of his victory in last year's presidential election which rica's spokesman called monday's ruling an attempt to circumvent democracy the court said there were grave irregularities in the vote in may last year. china says 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 all efforts are being made there to tests and treat patients but it seems the 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 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 only thing where. absolutely the government is doing very little there is no no i have to say that's a call from public a whole thing to when certain the only thing the government is trying to do is to control the information rather than you know can control the virus by encouraging effect if a systematic public intervention. let's talk about president xi jinping who is very hands on but he has kept a very low profile throughout this ordeal we understand that the prime minister is in want trying to get to the bottom of the outbreak but what about president g.'s role or lack thereof during this major public health crisis.

i think it's the liberated distance from the crisis. you know kind of from. the anger doesn't directed towards him or towards the authorities so instead the central governments you know kind of run think it up. to just you know kind of. the information and make the case a political campaign and. actually then everything reality over the virus was left largely to the local authorities and they have no resources hospital were didn't have so they had to sit in a country make they have to a makeshift hospital and there's not enough even if you have a hospital that's not enough health. to deal with the situation very

very very sweet wishing that you sketch there dr drew thank you so very much joining us from the university of essex in england thank you so much for your perspective. thank you. all right next we turn our attention to syria were a government offensive against the last rebel stronghold is causing one of the biggest waves of displacement in the 9 year old long war the united nations humanitarian coordinator in 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 our next report comes from an orphanage and lip that offers children some respect from the fighting. the rare moments of happiness in which could 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 but. 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 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 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 his learn 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. 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 let's 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. severe flooding on new zealand's south island have forced thousands of people to flee their homes

and farms as well as leaving tourists stranded all days of heavy rain have triggered landslides and left parts of the island cut off authorities have declared a state of emergency for the region. sure renshaw rains have resulted in flash flooding on new zealand's south island leaving roads properties even entire towns and brewing. for many local residents who have seen their fair share of adverse weather conditions down the years it's the worst they've ever witnessed. as bad as i've seen it in terms of level and and i understand it is the most it's ever gone through this channel but it's not only the locals who are suffering earlier this week rescue teams airlifted some of the nearly 500 stranded tourists in the remote milford sound region with many more visitors and hotel staff still stranded people are banding together in a bid to protect their communities in whichever way they can. as well as

devastating properties and roads the flooding has cut off power supplies with thousands forced to evacuate their homes in towns such as metallica and wyndham. the hope now is that the fences hold and the weather holds up until water levels drop the levels of itchy exceeded the design limits of the flood defenses here which is why we finish it it's a major evacuations ahead of that but at the moment and everything crossed the flood defenses are actually holding for forty's have to clear a state of emergency but believe the water level should return to normal within a matter of days. and some welcome news for new zealand because in rugby the 2021 women's world cup will be held in new zealand bring the final to the southern hemisphere for the 1st time organizers are hoping the 5 time champs new zealand squad will draw crowds comparable to the men's final in the country in 2011 or the

last women's rugby world cup took place in ireland sitting at records for attendance and elevation the draw for the tournaments will be held later this year . this is the that we now use and these are top stories. u.s. president donald trump has celebrated what he called the great american comeback and his annual state of the union address the speech focused heavily on the economy democrats mostly stayed seated during his speech often in silence. turkish authorities say dozens of rescuers have died in a 2nd avalanche in turkey while several others are still buried under the snow the avalanche struck while the team was searching for others missing after an earlier snow slide in eastern van province that's light had already claimed 5 lives. a cruise ship carrying people who may be infected with the coronavirus has been

quarantined in hong kong the territory's authorities have also announced a 2 week mandatory quarantine for chinese entering from the mainland there are now over 24024 almost 25000 cases of the virus worldwide. malawi's president peter moved to reka is to appeal after the country's constitutional court an old his victory in last year's presidential election a court cited grave irregularities in the may vote in its ruling on monday. this is you know it is from berlin from our follow us on twitter if you don't use or visit our web site that dot com. therefore you can always get did everything is on the go just download are out from google play or from the app store they'll give you access to all the latest news from around the world as well as push out of occasions for any breaking news and if you're part of a news story you can also use that he to be optus send us your photos and videos of

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