israel and the united arab emirates today announced what has been in the making for years they are normalizing relations and a peace deal brokered by the us it includes a promise from israel to suspend further an exception of the west bank you know at 1st glance this sounds promising but israel already controls most of the west bank that means little if any change for the palestinians and the 2 state solution tonight a deal donald trump calls a victory for peace peace for whom. berlin this is the day. to day we are in a new era of peace between israel and the of ruled everybody said this is impossible let us try one and one to get that let's try and develop this organic

traineeship things are happening that i can talk of that. extremely positive i've always believed that if we could establish peace with the arab world i hope the palestinians will see this for what it is as well a stark opportunity for the middle east to be stable and peaceful and what it is to be brought down on a truck. to take a rest would understand that. also coming up tonight the summer of social distancing that is it the coronavirus many countries thought that they had under control in the spring is coming back this summer with a vengeance so this virus has a long way to burn if we allow it we need to make choices so little choice is are not easy they are hard and. i think that's going to be the struggle over the coming . but to our viewers on p.b.s.

in the united states and all around the world welcome we begin the day with a peace deal between israel and the united arab emirates today at the white house u.s. president trump announced an historic agreement that will reduce the number of hostile countries towards israel by one the u.a.e. says it and israel are normalizing their relations in return israel has agreed to suspend any further annexations in the west bank president trump said the agreement was the result of months of negotiations led by his son in law jared kushner but he offered no answer when he was asked about the timing of the deal why now trump said his policy of maximum pressure against iran was key to sealing the deal israel and the u.a.e. both regard the iranian regime as an enemy however trump offered no explanation as to how u.s. policy on iran had helped to bring israel and the u.a.e.

closer now this deal marks a substantial change in the accepted equation among arab states for reaching peace in the middle east the creation of a palestinian state the u.a.e. is no longer making peace with israel dependent on the creation of palestine today's deal requires israel to stop and seeing any further areas of the west bank no new ones but the existing settlements they will remain along with the conflict between israel and the palestinians. i just came from an historic virtual conference between myself president donald trump and crown prince mohammed bin zeid of the united arab emirates we are now of the establishment of a full and formal peace between israel and the us it includes the mutual opening of embassies direct flights and many many other bilateral agreements this is the greatest advancement toward peace between israel and the arab world in the last 26 years and that if this agreement doesn't serve the palestinian cause is said to

scientists narrative it encourages israel to continue its denial of palestinian rights and its crimes against our people we need support for the legitimate struggle against the occupation and not to establish agreements with the occupier the palestinians will meet any annexation with confrontation and we will be supported internationally by arabs refusing to sign normalization agreements with israel that the. oh i 1st guest tonight has been called the rabbi to the muslim world for cause of his research and work on muslim jewish relations newsweek has named him one of america's top 50 rabbis i'm happy to welcome tonight rabbi marc schneier rabbi schneier joins me tonight from new york city rabbi it's good to have you on the day with this agreement there will be 3 arab countries with diplomatic ties with israel does this deal does it make the middle east a safer more peaceful region. i know this will have

a domino effect on other states. i don't know is protected by any 20 we see one of the arabian gulf states sound shape relations with israel 'd right behind you 8. saudi arabia the brain and amman kuwait spawn and then i know that. in life there are you you need tension to make a deal and there were 3 major actors here that were reached with the making of the steel 3 contributing elements 1st called the 19 pandemic i've heard from several gulf leaders that with our wealth and resources and israel's brain trust and technology that to enter we could break that you're a panacea and only the region of the world secondly the whole controversy over the

possible and station of the west bank what the emirates did today is they say in the 2 state solution and why i consider this a tremendous opportunity and thanked me for the palestinians the fact that there will date discussions down to state solution and 3rd you always have the angolite as extension of this threat coming from iran but it was these 3 intruding elin's that created the tension to make this this card that jordan apparently does not see it the way you do rap on today jordan the government of jordan said that the region will move towards a just peace if israel sees this deal as a step towards returning to the borders of 1967 do you believe that in israel led by benjamin netanyahu sees it that way. abstain i don't

think all states see it that way i think the difference between this feel like i mean stern and they get the presence of dots back in 81 with bacon returning the sinai or the deal robin made with hussein's father that was about the sation of hostilities this is a tremendous tremendous opportunity both for is relations and for the arab gulf states from an economic point of view from the scientific point of view from a technological point if you eat this reach it can be the most powerful economic region in the world this is a deal of opportunity after opportunity what a significant partnership 1st led by u.a.e. as i mentioned others will follow by the end of 2020 and it is an alliance that will only bring opportunity to the region well where is the opportunity for the

palestinians in this. book i recall at the conference last year and behind the peace to prosperity aren't where you had in the mccray means hosting this conference and israelis you had representatives from saudi arabia from the u.a.e. from cantarell from other arab states and there is no question that the gulf states today recognized they have skin in the game in terms of bringing about the final reconciliation between israelis and palestinians for chipley in the arena of economics you know this can bring great economic empowerment opportunities to palestinians and that's really the name of the game you should know that i mean this and it's a should is very consistent with an overriding principle. in jewish history in judaism not in jewish people that. the one discipline that

transcends all others is the pursuit of peace even if it means give no land even if it means giving up land it's all about the pursuit of peace israel's not giving up land her have are all i mean israel's not israel is agreeing to suspend any further annexations in the west bank but it already controls most of the west bank and it's not agreeing to give up any territory that is already in control. right but these are the lambs captured you know in battle in 67 so what is really is are now saying this that we are going to suspend and exception the 2 state solution is back on the table kudos to the emirates for helping to facilitate that and this is a win win for the palestinian people today 2 state solution back on the table and we're going to see tremendous economic opportunities for the houses but it's about

reading what i'm wondering is how how you are seeing the 2 state solution being supported by this deal because as it stands now with the annexation and the settlements that israel has you can't draw a continuous line to make a state of palestine so until you can do that you really can't talk about having 2 states of course you can't because there's always and even the saudi peace initiative 2002 there was a principle there of swapping you know different pieces of land taking parts of the negev to make up for the loss of the land in terms of the west bank you know if there is a will there is a way today what has been made very very clear on the part of israel and the gulf that there is a real desire to bring about peace in the region of peace that will also greatly benefit the pounds the palestinian people it's

a day of great celebration and i'm telling you that i know that in the coming months you will see other gulf states all weighing in the same pattern before we run out of time when i ask you about iran you say that iran is one of the reasons why the u.a.e. and israel have come together what has changed about the role of iran in the region. nothing has changed you know iran has always been you know seen as a very. evil as it sensuous threat not only it is rude but to the gulf states as well. considering this kind of nato alliance you know i think that the gulf this and i've heard this from the king of bahrain over this from other gulf leaders that our only hope for a strong moderate arab choice in the gulf this is strong israel i think many of the gulf states to look into israel to really serve in that capacity to bring the

security to bring the protection it's a win win for both sides rabbi marc schneier joining us tonight from new york city reveille we appreciate your time and your insights tonight thank you very much. you 2. so this person on way to burn if we allow it the key objective for us all is to try and suppress that fiction to a point where we have control a community level and then risk manager with through this we have to make some difficult tradeoffs opening schools versus crowded gathering places we need to make choices and some of those choices are not easy they are hard and. i think that's going to be the struggle over the coming months there was michael ryan there with the w h o's health emergencies program speaking a major new study estimates that 3400000 people in england may have been infected

with the coronavirus now that figure is more than 10 times the official number of known cases researchers tested 100000 people and looked for covert 19 antibodies and found 6 percent of respondents tested positive now that figure was much higher in london where 13 percent of those tested were coded 19 positive the study also found that black and asian people had higher antibody rates at 17 and 12 percent respectively well i'm joined now by one of the researchers involved in that study professor helen ward with the imperial college in london she's with the faculty of medicine school of public health professor words good to have you on the program the headline figure is 6 percent that's that's more than 10 times the number of known cases were you surprised by that. no i wasn't surprised because we know that the number of as you know cases where only those who tested positive and

we know particularly early on in the epidemic there wasn't very much testing capacity in england as in many other countries that particular in england there and so most cases were not able to get test unless they were really seriously ill so we knew that it was much more widespread than that i wasn't surprised and also there be another small thirty's. actually quite similar think around 6 percent of people having antibodies and. as you suggest well does having curve of 19 antibodies does that mean that a person has definitely been infected. if you test positive you haven't definitely because not all tests are not perfect new tests us in there might be a few files opposed to this not that many as far as we understand it from are quite extensive evaluation of this test in the. cases and known cases

so we quite confident that most of those people will have been exposed to the virus because you have might be cross reactivity would work around viruses but we don't think that's very common so yes most of those people will have had. 19 direst sars could lead to. you found a rate of about 13 percent in london and that is a similar figure to the swedish capital stockholm which you know did not have any lockdowns why is the prevalence so high in london despite having a walk to. and ins of the infection across all regions the u.k. right back in january february so it was obviously introduced right across the country in multiple plates i would suggest and there are also of these these higher rates for black people asians do we know why they seem to be harder hit.

we have seen from hospitalization figures from testing and. death think it's that there are greater in some ethnic minority groups almost ethnic minority groups and what we have to share is that he this is not just because they are likely people in those groups the last to get more sick or so on it is actually because then let the infection 1st place that a lot of that can explain that that people black and asian people online in sectors that are essential work sectors such as care health care transport delivery shopping etc so they are actually is a lot of it's associated with work and that are more exposure it's also associated with living in areas that want to private areas where the virus spreads easier larger households more desk populations design so there's a number of reasons why it's is just simply people will be more likely to come into

contact with it less able to look down are not themselves where. the professor before we run out of time by reading this correctly if these figures are correct then they suggest that most people who develop anti-bodies are also symptom free asymptomatic is that correct. you know about west as you said just under 30 people didn't recruit and he said since they didn't they weren't suspicious that. most people see that people are the case. but he tests positive oh they had symptoms that night and suspicious that is that of people you asymptomatic that are in this interesting need to know anything 50 percent and old people people of 65 so lots and lots of banks it's not actually on the population. professor helen board with the school of public health said imperial college london

professor we appreciate your time tonight and your insights thank you you're welcome and he's well for months germany has been seen as the poster child of efforts to deal with the coronavirus crisis but in the last 24 hours germany recorded its biggest daily increase in infections since may the number of young people catching the virus continues to increase as well since will berlin or berlin mitta which is known for its younger demographics now has germany's 2nd highest rates of corona virus infections the health minister calls this worry and is urging people to be alert temperatures aren't the only thing rising jaring gemini's heat wave they're all but caulking institute for public health reported 1445 new cases on thursday the highest number since may fast. and that's i want to say on behalf of the government the development of these numbers is worrying and they should

glorious we don't have a single be cowed break but many small and medium sized outbreaks across the country. many cases have been traced back to holiday makers returning from vacation as well as family gatherings and parties at 34 the average age among positive cases is also younger than in previous months. that means that infections are prevalent above all among younger people but thank goodness that means fewer serious cases that said there's still a risk because at some point you visit your parents your grandparents or maybe there are people among your friends with chronic illnesses underlying illness is perhaps there are people that work in health care in hospitals and other areas. testing meanwhile is on the up but the process isn't always going to plan the southern state of bavaria announced wednesday that 44000 results of tests taken by holaday makers returning to germany by road still hadn't been relayed among them

1900 positive cases the delay was due to the manual input of handwritten data the consequences on the region a still unknown. i have no doubt that i picked the right person to join me as an expert as president i'm states of america and that's senator coleman ours after the most competitive primary in history she left angry she left. the country received a resoundingly message that joe was the person to lead us forward there was nobody more insulting to biden she said far worse about biden than i ever did she going to stand with me in this campaign and all of us. we're going to stand up for her joe biden of the democratic party have been overtaken by the radical left it's no surprise that he chose senator harris to be his running mate she's tough she's

experienced she's a proven fighter she i think she's going to be a big failure the case against donald trump and mike pence is open and sat where you can hear it in her delivery. a former prosecutor and attorney general will bring a prosecutorial style to the biden campaign it has been 24 hours since joe biden introduced his vice presidential running mate to the california senator. harris has been a boost for the biden campaign already on many levels yesterday alone the campaign raised $34000000.00 the excitement surrounding harris is palpable but not in ways that we are used to the pandemic means much of this year's presidential campaigning will be done online and in person social distancing means many voters will not cast a ballot in person but rather send in their votes via mail in ballots a good solution many say but not everyone is ready to hand over their ballot to the

mail carrier. over 2 thirds of the u.s. voters will be able to make their choice by either mail in or absentee ballot in the 2020 election more than ever before in the history of the united states this is what this year's election battlefield looks like sounds ridiculous well donald trump has politicized malin voting in absentee voting because he fears that this might lead to a great awarded her knowledge among democrats according to president trump made in voting is more susceptible to voter fraud even though there is little to no evidence for this he has already announced that he might not accept the outcome of the 2020 election undermining the most crucial tool of democracy the right to vote. he is unfortunately turning into an authoritarian figure

and. he doesn't like democracy so much anymore it seems like so i think it's really important for all of us to exercise our right to vote and i'm teaching that to my children to know. how people want to exercise their right to wode looks different from many in this year's election due to the coronal 5. 1000000 tonne lapus a professor of cringe a pack university of connecticut and he has been teaching constitutional and criminal for decades i'd rather vote in person i'm used to doing that i've been doing it for 50 years but because of the pandemic i just don't want to go into a polling place where people are standing in line where i'm dealing with people who could be infected or i have to cut your voting machines other people may have touched so i'm very much in favor of the absentee voting this year at least. the academic has

a very different take from the republican president compass been sowing doubt about the reliability of this year's election results from the beginning of his tenure. the biggest risk that we have is mail in ballots because with the mail in ballots called universal mail in ballots each month it is a much easier thing for a foreign power it's much easier for them to forge ballots in said the man it's much easier for them to cheat. the president's statements raise concerns that he might not accept a defeat and might try to remain in the white are concerns about his even if the president doesn't refuse to leave it remains to be seen how was followers are going to take this they have already been primed to believe that if he loses this was an unfair alexion and that could easily lead to mass resistance even to violence in the street. the pandemic damages many aspects of life even the integrity of the

democratic process itself. where the day is almost done but the conversation continues online you'll find us on twitter either you knew she could follow me a brand golf t.v. and remember whatever happens between now and then tomorrow is another day we'll see you then everybody.

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