this is g.w. news live from berlin tonight in the u.s. it is the vide in harris ticket that has much of the country talking about election day. will soon hold his 1st campaign event with his new vice presidential running mate. it's kinda busy as a 1st in the u.s. for a woman of color we'll ask our impact this campaign also coming up on the show as 3 people have died in a train derailment in scotland it happened during stormy weather that has flooded many rail lines in the country and russia remembers the course submarine

disaster well look at the deep sea tragedy that shocked the nation and shook the kremlin 20 years ago. good to have you with us the world will soon get a 1st look at the biden harris team u.s. presidential hopeful joe biden and his pick for vice president harris are about to make their 1st joint appearance as running mates the 2020 democratic ticket will make its premiere at a high school nearby home in the state of delaware in about an hour from now harris is the 1st woman of color to be nominated for national office by a major political party democrats hope that her profile will boost efforts to beat donald trump in of members election. one time rivals no joining forces to launch

a historic presidential bid this was how joe biden i asked the california senator to help them reach the white house opinions are divided. at the top of the ball over the course of a black woman with. the vice president i think it's a little bit risky because she's highly controversial candidate through free in fact it was biden who welcomed the tough on crime prosecutor on to the national political scene when she was sworn into the senate in 2017. but looking at it. from there she burnished a credential as a combat's of lawmaker the president has asserted that torture works do you agree with that statement and for the last time yes or now did you have any communications with russian officials striking fear into her opponents you know i'm not able to be rushed this fast it makes me nervous that in 2019 she ran

for the democratic presidential nomination herself that campaign saw her cross examine biden over his track record on race. and said of joe's shuttering she was hurtful. to hear you talk about the reputations of 2 united states senators who built their reputations and career on the segregation of race in this country which characterizes my position across the board i do not praise racist they have buried the hatchet when she dropped out of the race team to win the nomination. locked up on the ballot. and jumped on the ballot. * and saw no is horace with the rumors that the aging biden merely savage single town it's a landmark pick that may 1 day propel hart to become the 1st female president.

artless pulling now our washington bureau chief in his poll she's on the story for us good evening to you in this so we look at these 2 what kind of partnership will this be well brant most unmanned a very professional partnership because you know what they've on his leg king the other kind of gives him so she is obviously a black woman she's only 55 years old he's a white man's 77 'd once he will. you know great if he is 78 by then so is he so younger she appeals to. nonwhite voters she appeals to women all that is very important for the democrats so i think they will present themselves as a very rare optimistic and strong couple and what about what we saw during the

primary elections in the debates i mean they clashed and has that just been kind of forgotten. well you know a debate is a debate right both or all the candidates want to win and she is a hard prosecutor resell the in this piece which you just played so she's tough and she played that out but i think it's pretty clear and joe biden made that pretty clear this is the pasta now they look forward they want to be donald trump and that's their main and their coming goal are democrats in the u.s. are they happy with this choice. well it depends the more progressive democrats are not really happy with her because she also had was part of the tough on crime in her days she changed it she put black men into

a jail she got more progressive in that regard as well is now working on a social justice reform platform by that for the more progressive democratic democrats it's not enough who is really happy these are the non white women i talked to some of this morning and for them it's really a historic moment that finally after all those years a nonwhite woman becomes v.p. and maybe even a president at some point you know it's a very good point and what about the republicans we know the president dropped yesterday described. as a nasty woman. yes indeed and he also accused her of flip flopping changing her mind interesting enough is enough he kind of paul trace her as a really left wing democrat was which is absolutely not true and i think when donald trump makes these accusations we always have to keep in mind not only

that he was running or he was a registered democrat for many years for 6 years 6 years more than 6 years in the 2000 and he supported her in 20112013 he supported camelot harris so talking about flip flopping. is a very good point to all of this story for us in washington. as always thank you for police in scotland say that 3 people were killed when a passenger train derailed in the north east of the country people will forget it's dead at the scene 6 others have been taken to the hospital the incident followed a night of heavy rain and thunderstorms in the area. an aerial pitches show the full extent of the accident. the train derailed nice story haven in scotland about 160 kilometers north east of edinburgh.

the sound of sirens could be heard from the 5 and 6 smoke billowed from behind the heli to rain well 30 say they were called to the scene just before 10 am on wednesday morning dozens of emergency service fee crews arrived soon afterwards. shortly after the 1st reports of the crash scotland's 1st minister nicola sturgeon addressed local lawmakers emergency services are currently on site and a major incident has been declared i have just come off a call with network real and the emergency services and details are still emerging i am afraid to see that there are reports of serious injuries. in a tweet british prime minister bar's johnson said it was a very serious incident and his thoughts are with all of those affected. the cause of the incident is unclear although the area was hit by thunderstorms and

flash flooding overnight. these pictures were released on social media by network rail the company that maintains scotland's railways. they are working alongside him agency services as investigations into what caused the accident continue. there's a quick look now at some of the other stories that are making headlines around the world security forces in mali have used tear gas to disperse hundreds of protesters who have camped out overnight in the capital bamako they've been demanding the resignation of the president because of the faltering economy and an ongoing insurgency in the country's north germany has pledged $20000000.00 euros for relief efforts in lebanon on a visit to beirut foreign minister said that the aid is contingent on lebanese authorities tackling corruption he met emergency responders at the site of last

week's massive explosion which killed more than 170 people. the prime minister of marie says is says engineering teams have removed almost all of the oil from on board a grounded japanese ship more than a 1000 tons have already spilled into the waters around the island after the vessel ran aground on a coral reef. flooding in south sudan has forced an estimated 135000 people from their homes one of the worst affected places is the town of bor where heavy rains caused the nearby white nile river to burst its banks efforts to reinforce a levee prevented even more of the town from being swung. for russia is marking the 20th anniversary of the course submarine disaster the nuclear powered vessel saying in the barents sea on august 12th 2000 after a faulty torpedo exploded on board british and norwegian divers entered the vessel

9 days later after a failed attempts by russian navy rescuers all 118 crew members were found dead russia's then newly elected president vladimir putin faced strong criticism for his handling of the crisis. a small memorial is being held in kaluga in central russia. every year relatives of crewmen from the corps meet in this orthodox chapel. the safaga family lost their son and brother. they say they still feel the pain today 20 years on. every morning i wake up and think about our son i look at people his age and i ask myself what our son would look like today what would he have achieved in life. she was born with you i just can't stop thinking these thoughts. we

have here going to these memories hurt them and i it was a very hard to. august 12th 2000 the russian nuclear submarine kursk it was taking part in a routine naval exercise in the barents sea. lieutenant maxime siphon off was one of the subs navigation officers the 26 year old was among other things responsible for making maps. suddenly a faulty torpedo detonated. the sub screw all 118 men were killed. upon hearing the tragic news maxime's father suffered a heart attack and almost died even today he can hardly bear the loss of his son. who was a very humble person that he did not like being

a center of attention he never wanted to be front and center but still people were attracted to him. or. he was a most professional officer and loved his job. but in one of his letters he complained that many officers were quitting their jobs. and he wrote it's hard to believe what this will mean for us. would you feel ok. the officers were leaving because they couldn't stand the conditions on board the submarine after the collapse of the soviet union the russian fleet was in desolate condition. both officers had to wait up to half a year for this hour. 3. there were supply and make mince problems. but the navy's rescue service had basically stopped existing. the accident was initially hushed up all russian attempts to rescue the sailors trapped in the submarine

failed it wasn't until the 4th day that the navy top brass swallow their pride and ask for an expert's for help. but it was too late rushes newly elected president putin was severely criticized for his crisis management even today the exact details of the tragedy remain unclear i think there are many questions and people who don't want to answer them again when you when you heard the shit. to this day the cursed tragedy remains not just a curse in a catastrophe for the suffering a family but also a disgrace for the russian navy. tragedy 20 years on you're watching news here's a reminder of the top story that we're following for you this hour u.s. presidential candidate joe biden is due to make his 1st campaign appearance with vice presidential running mate. in about one hour from now the senator from california is the 1st woman of color to be nominated for vice president by

a major political party. you're watching at the top of the hour with more world news followed by today will have complete coverage of the biden paris team can they have what it takes to be good to see in. combating the corona pandemic. where does research stand. what are scientists learning. background information and. our corona. 19 special and next on.