in the future 66 meters rising sea levels starts to shift on g.w. . this is deja vu news live from berlin europeans might get their summer vacations after all the use expected to recommend border restrictions be lifted allowing millions of people to travel to summer destinations but the continued threat of the coronavirus means not all countries will be laying out the welcome mat for live to brussels for the very latest on the us also coming up on the show

a warning from the white house's top expert on the coronavirus tony 1000 you says the u.s. could see needless suffering and deeper economic damage if kobe lockdowns park ended too soon. i'm brian thomas great to have you with us today people across europe have been wondering if this year's summer travel will be possible with uncertainty about the length of lockdown measures but later today the european commission is expected to recommend easing restrictions to allow some travel new guidelines. could give conditions for reopening borders for schenkkan countries now under normal circumstances these countries allow passport free travel among member states expected are new guidelines on hygiene for hotels and other tourist accommodations

it is anticipated that the commission will also recommend that masks are worn on trains and in restaurants. that have used max sanders following the story for us in brussels good morning to you max it's sounding like good news what can you what can you tell us about the measures the commission is looking at today. well brian we'll have to wait and see what the commission are with the college of commissioners which concrete steps they are going to unveil later today they're going to be discussing the whole package this morning and presenting it to the public later this afternoon. as you said already these it's important to note that these are guidelines so not all of this is necessarily the binding so the responsibility of implementing these the suggestions to bring back safe and coordinated travel across the schengen area the

responsibility lies within the member states but the talking points are going to be the lifting of border checks bringing back transport making transport more easy again and with the holiday season coming up obviously tourism and one of the concrete measures that is likely going to be addressed and going to be mentioned today is that the implementation of green zones and this would mean defining regions in the member states that are relatively safe in terms of corona virus infection rate and allowing travel from and to these distant nations 1st so meaning opening up gradually step by step not too fast not to risk a spike but also not too slow not to hurt the economy more than necessary ok so safe and coordinated those are 2 important operative words you're now would these measures apply to all the schengen countries you mentioned the green zones how's this going to be working with the member states in toto. in the long run yes all the shining countries but right now we're just looking at the regions parts of

individual member states not at all the entire region. the situation the whole situation regarding coping 19 and showing in countries varies or greatly so we still have regions in italy for example where there's a very high infection rate greece on the other hand another very popular tourist destination has relatively low infection rates also has to do with many factors come into play here but also they are going into lockdown pretty fast at the beginning of march with we're likely to see travel to those regions 1st tests at the border or prior to travel might be an option to get around this this this green zone suggestion regulation but we'll have to wait and see how the situation evolves and if we can ultimately see and how fast we can see all of shouldn't come back to that to travel a briefly if you could max any idea when this could take effect people are very anxious to to book their holidays right now well booking will be the problem i

guess it just depends on if your flight's going to take place if the country's going to let you in if the hotel is going to be able to accommodate you but auster for example already announced that they were going to not have. regular border checks starting this friday greece said by mid june they were going to welcome people back to their beaches france on the other hand said we're going to be closed until mid june so there are different plans and policies in place and i think will will find out a lot more with the in the upcoming days max thanks so much for that from brussels today well the united states government's top infectious disease expert has warned lawmakers that cities and states could see a spike in covert 1000 deaths if they lift their lockdowns too quickly expresses concerns while testifying before the u.s. senate from. zoomie sings have become the new normal for people all over the world during this pandemic on the popular and took center stage in the u.s. senate as the nation's top infectious disease expert warned against rushing to

reopen the economy there is a real risk you will trigger an outbreak you may not be able to control which in fact dark simply will set you back only leading to some suffering and death could be avoided and could even set you back on the road to trying to get economic recovery when i was anthony fact she has served under 6 u.s. presidents but in his role on the white house coronavirus task force he's had to walk a tightrope between public health and the un scientific theories promoted by donald trump but this version is going to disappear. it's a question of what that when you talk about will this virus just disappear and as i accept publicly many times that is just not going to happen because it's such a highly transmissible virus and with the virus not going away felt she had another message for the senators safeguards like testing and contact tracing you need to be

in place before states open up. so if the community or region doesn't go by those guidelines and reopened the consequences could be pretty guard who are the consequences could be really serious. public health officials believe many kovac 19 deaths in the u.s. could have been avoided if or strictures were put in place 2 weeks earlier. and they fear that if lawmakers battled to demands to quickly lift restrictions the death certificates for tens of thousands more victims would be signed. dr found and president trump have clashed publicly over exactly how to deal with the pandemic that being the case we asked our correspondent alva salah how the white house is likely to respond to his comments as try to not only anthony fall

she also deborah burks a member of the virus task force in the wide tells both of them repeatedly had to correct the president trumps claims some of them really bizarre you remember certainly the one when he was talking about is injecting disinfectant to help those suffering from the coronavirus so his aides eventually told trump that he stand the himself he therefore stopped his daily coronavirus press briefings in the white house press briefing room but of course with any follow you know testifying before a senate committee he was able to give his take and that was certainly not a very flattering one for trump but nevertheless the president is in a tough spot here because anthony followed she as well as the other leading figures in this task force are quite popular among the u.s. population so attacking them would certainly backfire which she is trying to avoid of course over self there let's get you briefed on some of the other stories making the news this hour u.s. president donald trump has tweeted his support for electric car maker tesla the

company restarted its factory california defying a local order that restricts non-essential businesses c.e.o. ulong mosque at threat to polls factories out of the state officials do not allow production to continue. for the 1st time in over a century the annual may 13th celebrations of portugal's fatima shrine are taking place without gross this year's activities are being broadcast of a boy spreading over 19 event usually draws hundreds of thousands of pilgrims from all over the world. well new violence in afghanistan threatens to further undermine the peace process there which began in february between washington and the taleban that as authorities struggle to contain the corona virus the latest attacks were on a funeral for a police commander and separately at a maternity hospital where infants and mothers were among the dead. another day of

deadly violence in afghanistan in the capital kabul gunmen disguised as police stormed a maternity hospital they killed 16 people including 2 newborn babies mothers and nurses. the gun battles raged for hours as the security forces struggled to evacuate over $100.00 women and their infants. that were similar. looks like took my grandchild to the hospital to get a vaccine but. when i heard a gunshot we were outside of the hospital. i wanted to go inside. they shot me and one of my grandchildren was killed i think that has been. so far no group has claimed responsibility but the days by alliance extended beyond kabul a suicide bomber in the eastern province of not

a hard target to the funeral killing 24 people and wounding dozens more the so-called islamic state which has a strong presence in our heart has claimed responsibility for this talk of the violence has provoked a strong response from the afghan government president ashraf ghani said the attacks left him no choice but to resume offensive military operations. to defend the country for the security and safety of the people in public places not to prevent the threats of taliban and other terrorist groups that. the afghan security and defense forces to come out of defensive mode back to offensive and start their operations against the enemy. afghan forces have been refraining from offensive action against the taliban as part of a cease fire deal brokered by the united states the taliban deny involvement in the attacks but there's a serious risk now that moves toward peace talks between the group and the

government will. be derailed. and we have more of a story at our website where some sports now in formula one where world champions for safety say they will consider signing german driver spots in federal for next year team boss toto wolff said their loyalty lay with their current drivers but the federal would be an asset to any formula one team ferrari announced tuesday that vettel would leave at the end of the year when his contract expires he joined far in 2015 after winning 4 world titles with red bull however he struggled at the italian team and as seen his position as far as number 15 are threatened by teammate charles kerr. in football germany's bonus league returns this weekend without the fans though under strict and he grown a virus guidelines matches will be played behind closed doors was orders only permitted to follow the action on t.v. now in a league famed for its passionate supporters a lack of atmosphere is a concern but an app developed in munich might provide

a solution. the boom does legal returns this weekend with guys to matches without fans but a new app may provide a solution to erie scenes inside stadiums across germany one of its inventors victim raz believes it could make upcoming games more enjoyable and interactive for fans watching on t.v. . you know nothing really bad about it really good. most have really good sound system so it sounds amazing it's really fun and. you know it's cool you know press a button and the whole thing you miss cheering. some german club such as brasil minging bloodbaths have found novel ways to feel less stands these coupled cutouts of fans faces cost $19.00 euro's a pop with proceeds going towards community projects the problem though they don't make any noise. the app provides an abundance of options cheering

clapping singing and even whistling fans have their say at home and speakers inside stadiums respond the technology has already been in use in better roos one of the few european leagues to continue playing throughout the pandemic matches invention even provides a sense of home and away support to those watching from their sofa. the songs for one team come up with the left loudspeaker disowns for the other to come up with the right loudspeaker of yours at the separation of blocks which you have been stadiums usually but could artificial atmosphere be too much for beleaguered blunders league fans to stomach. it's not the real thing we'll never never said the real thing that did so much better than nothing amazingly better than the the bond is league is yet to adopt the idea and will make do without noise at the weekend but should eerily silent games cause fans to switch off perhaps

a bit of extra buzz may need to be brought in. i will find out how that works all weekend this is deja vu news live from berlin this morning a web site of you dot com you can follow us of course on twitter and instagram as well for all of us here in fact some of. combating the corona pandemic. where does research stand. what are scientists learning. background information and news. our corona update. covert 19 special next on d w. i'm doing great thing in the

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