this is due to the news live from berlin no love lost donald trump delivers his 3rd state of the union address before a deeply partisan and polarized congress well the u.s. president refuses a handshake from 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 a coronavirus fatalities continue to stack up this is how china likes the world to see its efforts to curb spread the spread of the coronavirus and this is the reality body bags left lying near patients we report on the work of a video blogger and citizen journalist. plus a german that state lawmakers break a political to boo for the 1st time the country's mainstream parties team up with the far right a of deep to elect a preferred leader in the state of the in chief. thank you so much for your company where we begin in the u.s. where president donald trump hailed what he called the great american comeback and his as. will state of the union union address to congress well in

a speech covering a wide range of issues the celebrated america's booming economy all that's his main platform in this election year also touted his moves on a range of signature foreign policy issues including trade deals and pressuring nato allies to increase military spending on the speech comes as the republican controlled senate prepares to acquit president trump at his impeachment trial this evening. 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 year is 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. 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 and 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 is a physician need one why dose 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 publicly is 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. expected he spoke about the economy how well it's performing you mentioned it's also being an

election year it was clear that he was going to base a lot of this campaign year on 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 and that word inclusive is key because president 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. call 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's 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 and supplies his hands at the very start that it was very much one side you can see other and you know one side have people standing up 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 i know it's minds being changed right now everyone says everyone is using this speech to confirm the previous views i think a message very interesting soundbite and don pablo because everybody is talking about the rip the house speaker ripping up her coffee copy rather of the president's speech how symbolic is it of the rift within 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 tricks 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 at 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. perhaps a comes as no surprise they don't feel the same way and also if we look at 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 year 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 president positons enough to stick to script but it is pretty clear that he is going to be found guilty or he won't it will he won't be impeached properly for these. pietschmann articles or he won't be found guilty and destroy trial i should say now 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 end in many respects of the the impact of what this impeachment senate trial will have on president trump probably is

reporting from washington thank you. and the president state of the union address has been watched around the world and to find out how it was perceived received rather in the african countries and are joined by our colleague african correspondent christine good to have you here christina president trump has a very troubled relation when it comes to african nations he has described as an derogatory terms africa as a continent he's never traveled to sub-saharan africa so maybe unsurprisingly it didn't even make a mention yeah right and it would have been a surprise if ethical was mentioned in that speech i mean president trump has not necessarily shown an interest in africa people i speak to say it's a place he doesn't quite understand it's not the top of the agenda for this president so no surprise that it wouldn't get a mention in the speech and perhaps maybe if you're an african present you don't want to be in that seat in the 1st base but the reality is you're looking at a prison who's been handled this continent very different to he's pretty broke obama who in he saw state of the union interest told americans that not only did

america. i have a duty and responsibility to help the african continent that it also protect its own interests in that way what we've seen with president is for example reduced age to the continent and just more and more distance envoys on the continent feel there's not necessarily a directive from washington so things are sort of up in the air but the point is this isn't a president who's put africa at the top of he's priorities actually worse worse the u.s. just expand that the travel ban on the tories travel back to nigeria africa's most populous a populous i should say and strongest economy added to the list of countries now facing a restrictions to the u.s. as they've been blindsided by this ban and it's safe to say the nigerians didn't see this one coming in fact that if you look at the responses to that run nigerians furious about this they look at the contribution that they make for example in the united states hardworking nigerians living in the united states and how they could be impacted in terms of being reunited with their families but there is the sense

that this has more to do with with the trump administration looking to pressure the nigerians into cooperating more with outside players in terms of dealing with the terrorist insurgency in the north of the country but nonetheless this came as a huge surprise the response by the nigerians was very diplomatic of course you know you don't want to come out there and win this thing in the wrong way so a very sort of need said we will cooperate with the united states and so we expect that perhaps in the near future that's something that could be undone but overall this latest ban remember the 1st one was dubbed the muslim bad this latest one has been called the africa band of the 6 countries that have been added to the list for african less so that's about a 5th of the african continent affected by that yeah that is a very stark number now how is the u.s. president viewed on the continent well i mean look here's the thing so this is the president too of course made that derogatory france was accused of that if he denies this but i think africans have the understanding that they don't have somebody rooting for them in the white house although they know that the u.s. is still an important place so no african president would possibly

a visit or invites to washington so it is. in fact we've seen a few of them go to washington because the understanding is that the u.s. is still a very important partner and an ally for african countries and you know just as recently as 2018 we will still saying that it was american companies that were leading the world's companies in terms of foreign direct investments on the continent but interesting you know we see how that's changing and of course the u.s. not necessarily troubled by that we've heard from washington's top diplomats africa as recently as august basically alluding to the fact that washington isn't obsessed with the fact that it's losing the race to china on the continent but of course on the continent there are people worried about that who prefer the u.s. as an ally as opposed to new influences like the chinese and the russians and other players coming in from our africa correspondent christine wonder what a pleasure to have you thank you. ari want to tell you now about some of the other stories making news around the world. turkish authorities say at least 33 people have died in a 2nd avalanche in turkey while several others are still buried under the snout of

the avalanche struck while a large team of rescuers was searching for 2 people missing after an earlier snow slide in eastern province that's 5 had already claimed 5 lives. somalian authorities and the united nations have called for urgent humanitarian assistance amid a food shortage that could threaten millions of people or they say the situation could be made worse by swarms of locusts that have been damaging crops across east africa. malawi's president peter wood to reka is to appeal after the country's constitutional court an old his victory in last year's presidential election which requires a spokesman called monday's ruling an attempt to circumvent democracy the courts said there were grave irregularities in the vote in may last year. china says the number of people infected by the current virus has now topped 24000 almost 500 have

died and several cities in china are 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 we found response to the flood of new infections chinese state television broadcast footage of recently completed hospitals with multitudes of doctors taking care of just a few patients but secretly recorded videos paint a very different picture body bags containing the dead line close to patients even in waiting areas. one social media activist visited 4 hospitals and we've gone. to. 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 activist found move body bags outside one hospital. inside he so critically ill patients together in a room he posted his videos online officials had him arrested then released him after a public outcry. but in china his online videos have been deleted. all right let's discuss china's handling of the corner virus outbreak with dr shewn a historian of modern and contemporary china who is currently at the university of essex and england a very good day professor the deaths in china as a consequence of the corona virus continue to rise there is no sign of a slowdown what do you make of the authorities handling of this outbreak. i would say the authority is the efforts to control the narrative rather than

openly share the information and the public communicates the health risks about virus with the public effectively has been largely come to productive as you see the e.u. to which has been kind of slipped out and there's lots. of spreading. why all the social media platform chat. and these rumors stir up fear among the people and to create panic make the situation worse well the asli. like a lot of pro-democracy organizations u.s. is using this opportunity to. you know the power of harness to have serious issues there professor i mean you know if you see this i mean under source and overwhelmed health care facilities there are some serious issues i mean it's not just

pro-democracy activists wanting to capitalize on the situation it's misinformation but also the government not being completely transparent. of course you're right i'm not i'm not saying i'm kind of the captain rice. thing we. absolutely the government is doing very little there is snow i have to say it doesn't cool from public health intervention the only thing the government is trying to do is to control the information rather than you know can control the virus by introducing effective and systematic public intervention. let's talk about prisons using ping 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 is that the distance from the crisis. you know kind of from. the anger doesn't directed towards him towards the authorities so. instead the central governments you know kind of run think it. just you know kind of. information and make a political campaign and. actually their everyday 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 be 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. are well now to an election right here in germany that's being labeled a political earthquake for the 1st time the country's mainstream parties have joined forces with the far right to elect a regional leader tomas kemas a politician from the business friendly free democrats was elected state premier. with the help from the conservative c.d.u. and the well until today germany's mainstream parties have long refused any cooperation with the anti migrant. party. even thomas kenniff seemed dumbfounded by his election as the ranges state premier last fall his business friendly free democratic party had barely managed to top the 5 percent hurdle his victory was secured with votes from the far right alternative

for germany party. that's been met with shock by parties that led the previous state government. because this is this is a rupture of the political landscape the mainstream conservative parties the christian democrats and the free democrats have forged a coalition with a group led by fascists you could see this was a coordinated maneuver. chemicals only entered the race in the 3rd round of voting the previous state premier. had lost twice as did his opponent christophe kinda fatah a rural mayor who had been appointed by the far right kinda fatah emerged from the 3rd round without any votes those who supported him in the 1st 2 rounds apparently voted for chemical the 3rd time around but now he faces major challenges the new state leader has no platform and no team so it's social democratic ministers will not work for state premier who was elected with the support of

a far right period it's the end of the term for germany's 1st ever left party state premier. and he's still in shock why because it is sending shock waves here in germany let's find out why this is described here as a political earthquake among the crazy our chief political correspondent is standing by explain to our international viewers why is this development so no worthy. well 1st of all because until now all forms of cooperation with the far right if tea party have been viewed as politically taboo when they've been reviewed that way by all of the mainstream parties including clipping the business friendly free democrats whose party member was now elected mr president through this maneuver and also by the chancellor's own christian democrats and it appears now that those 2 parties actually called warden

a did the 3rd round of voting here in the state of the regina with the far right a.f.d. which suddenly deserted its own candidate on mass and through its weight behind mr kennedy and it must be said that the f.t. in 3 is a particularly rabid branch of the party so by coordinating with it these mainstream parties have essentially lent into an air of legitimacy secondly mr chemistry the f.t.p. member who was then elected to be minister president he comes from a party that barely scraped its way into the into the state parliament just barely beating the 5 percent hurdle so of course many voters in the state of will be asking themselves is this democracy and that is why we're now hearing national politicians calling for new elections in the state saying that this result cannot

stand does this in effect mean milind that the far right will join the state government. no mr cameron says that he wants to govern in a minority close coalition with the christian democrats the social democrats and the green party and he was adamant saying that he would reject any cooperation with the a.f.p. the far right let's hear what he had to say. under both most of the right from the beginning goal was to form a government from the middle of society not from the center of the parliament we stand by this now what we said before the election also applies after the election . that's been altered this also means that the walls still stand against the extremes they remain they have and will exist. those who have chosen primary chosen a better opponent of everything that shows even

a hint of radicalism right and left of fascism. was. so you could hear laughter and boos in the background there and that is precisely because by accepting f.t. support mr cameron would appear to have loaned lend legitimacy to the a.f. d. and it's also quite logical to ask what with the far right expect in return for having helped him into office for giving him their support and should his minority government prove unstable would we see a newly emboldened a.f.d. into ringo possibly flexing its muscles once again all of those questions present provoking an absolute outcry here in germany and as i said calls for new elections to be held chief political correspondent and the current thank you. her mind now

the top stories that we're tracking for you this hour u.s. president at donald trump has hailed what he called the great american comeback in his annual state of the union address while the event was overshadowed by a confrontation between trump and democratic a leader nancy pelosi who tore up a copy of president trump's speech. konkani has quarantine a cruise ship while passengers and crew are checked for corona virus infections as the 2nd crew shift should be affected china says the epidemic has now killed almost 500 people more than 24000 kids since have been confirmed. plus so germany's mainstream parties have broken a political to boot joining forces with the country's far right if the party to elect a regional leader tanishq tomasson candidate should of the business friendly f.t.p.

was elected state from here with the supporters of the conservative c.d.u. and the f t. thank you so much for watching now we'll be back at the top the hour with the world headlines.

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