we'll what should be done with the stunning north from africa. star september 7th on t.w. . this is the interview news live from berlin a military grade nerve agent was used to poison a leading critic of the kremlin that poured into the german council the russian opposition figure alexei navalny remains in a coma in a pearland hospital we'll go live to moscow for the latest also coming up. the effects of the pandemic in the u.s.

for many it has been a downward spiral from a secure job to a vacation from their homes some winding up the tents on the streets or in cheap hotels. i'm brian thomas good to have you with us today german chancellor angela merkel says she wants answers from moscow after her government confirmed that russia's leading opposition figure was poisoned a military laboratory found that alexy of all it was attacked with the deadly no talk nerve agent like those developed by the soviet military in the 1970 s. in all these in a serious condition right now in a hospital here in berlin after falling ill last month moscow disputes the allegations that the volley was over was poisoned. for years alexei navalny has been fighting to rid russia of what he calls crooks and thieves and you know the

united russia party has always won for 20 years and even if they lost using fraud they want anyway. the outspoken opposition figure has organize numerous anti kremlin protests has been arrested several times for civil disobedience and even attempted to get on the ballot to run for president in 2018 his bid was blocked by the courts. but now the law is in an induced coma at a berlin hospital in critical condition german chancellor angela merkel calls the suspected poisoning attempted murder. alexina. saying about me is the victim of a crime he was meant to be silenced and i condemned this in the sharpest possible manner in the name of the entire german government. never only is one of president vladimir putin's fiercest critics drumming up a vocal and growing opposition against putin's 20 year grip on power the family has

suffered physical and verbal attacks in recent years the attorney an anti-corruption activist fell ill on a flight from the city of tomsk in siberia on his way back to moscow on aug 20th it's believed someone poisoned his team before he boarded the plane the pilot was forced to make an emergency landing to save his life the german government says testing carried out by its military proves a soviet era nerve agent no overt shock was used to. back the russian government to explain itself over this incident there are very serious questions now that only the russian government can and must answer with. russia is set to hold regional elections next month the valley and his allies have been campaigning to get their candidates elected but for now his family and friends are holding. on to the hope that no valley pulls through. let's get much more on this story now a d w z the hossa joining us here in berlin yuri rasho for us in moscow good day to

both of you nina what proof is the german government presenting the good german government says there is unequivocal evidence that he was indeed poisoned with novacek he is in one of germany's leading clinics they run several tests in independent different labs before they concluded that he was poisoned this was last week and now there was a special toxicology test at the german bundeswehr the lab and this is a department that focuses on chemical weapons so they have some expertise and they are that to protect civilians and the military from chemical attacks euro yury what's been the response from moscow to all of this. well the reaction seon russia brian are as one might expect expect as always the russians turn the tables and either ask for a heart to a conclusive evidence or go further and see even the americans behind it we haven't

yet received the detail to answer from the kremlin the russian foreign ministry however see through the whole story is a purely political affair asking for the doctor solutions and wondering why the german government is going to the public and to not to the scientists if they seem to deliberately keep quiet about the fact that the german chancellor allies exclusively on the statements of german doctors and france are just the russian parliament cold to the poisoning provocation dictated by political motives that could be organized by the united states as i sat to undermine the gossip brought jake to not strain to between russia and germany so once again a war of words has broken out a war of mutual accusations the north stream to angles very interesting the volley had a lot of enemies it was investigating corruption and all sorts of levels if it wasn't the kremlin what other credible perpetrator or perpetrators would have been by. yeah there's

a list of you write on phonics and of all the support and maybe hate us is a very long including the some original politicians local politicians inside peary in the us if there's no us a boost for example the city one of the last city in the valley has visited before here was poisoned and his corruption investigations of ali has harshly criticized if you really high ranking russian government politicians he's published videos on you tube that have gotten millions of views and of all his largest and most popular investigations for example was a report about the former russian prime minister dmitry medvedev if i can now vali had many enemies but the real question is who of those enemies have access to the highly dangerous poison of a child and apparently there aren't many people left to talk about because one thing is clear brian x. is still in the laboratory with not a child had to be approved by the highest authority ok that is a very important fact that we're going to have to focus on you know what was this poisoning likely to affect german russian relations there's

a lot of layers to the story. well it all depends on whether russia russia cooperates now in the investigations and actually helps find out who was behind it as you said there is still the hope even by the politicians who are more russia friendly here that putin was ultimately not behind it or wasn't aware of it so that even still saying please let's just look into this together and help us find out what's going to happen or what we who was behind it but if that doesn't happen then of course this could mark a watershed moment in german russian relations because it's not the 1st time let's not forget last year a chechen citizen was murdered right here in broad daylight in berlin at the heart of. the foreign minister criticised only a few weeks ago that the russian authorities are still not cooperating they're still not helping looking into what actually happens and this could have much wider

ramifications the u.s. came in immediately backing berlin the use backing germany as well is the chancellor looking for a unified international reaction she made that very clear right from the start that she had told the e.u. about it she had told nato and they were looking into a concerted responds and of course the big elephant in the room is indeed that gas pipeline that the german government still supports against the criticism from all sides from the e.u. from other partners and from the u.s. in particular but also from opposition politicians and from conservative politicians here in germany so america did raise that very high yesterday and actually has to walk the walk as well because she used extremely strong words a year he has no volleys team been saying anything about all of these developments

yury did you get that did has the volleys team been saying anything about this about the poisoning. ok we lost the sound to moscow so we're going to have to go on and say thank you to our correspondent you're shit on moscow and you know us here in berlin thanks very much to both of you. let's get you briefed on some of the other stories making in the news at this hour japan's coast guard has rescued one person during a search for a missing ship carrying livestock the rescue crew members of the vessel capsized and sank them as strong winds and rains from typhoon may's act ship was carrying dozens of crew and thousands of cattle. the trial of 14 suspects accused of leading the 2015 is the most attack on the satirical magazine charlie hebdo is into its 2nd day in paris 3 cells murdered 17 people before being shot dead by police the magazine was targeted because of published cartoons

of mohammed. a verdict is expected in the trial of a slovak a business a magnet charged with ordering the murder of an investigative journalist marian costner is accused of masterminding the killing of young kids he was gunned down with his fiance at their home in 2018 the case sparked massive protests that led to the resignation of the country's prime minister. italy's former prime minister silvio berlusconi has tested positive for the coronavirus staff say he will continue working from his home near molong the 83 year old will help with campaigning for his party force tahlia elections later this month. is to the united states now where democratic presidential candidate joe biden is due to visit can osha the city troubled by unrest in the wake of a police shooting president trump visited there on tuesday biden's criticize the

president's response to the shooting of a black man there by a white police officer now the president has focused his campaign most recently a law and order and he continues the push for economic revivals the u.s. struggles to get a handle on the pandemic now that struggle has had a domino effect on those who've seen their earnings drastically cut it up used up and simon's reports from phoenix arizona. thomas stumbles thinks of himself as a lucky guy a 35 year old stone cutter and president of phoenix arizona just from new full time work after several months of unemployment. now is right around the beginning of the pandemic the hours went from $40.00 to $20.00 within 2 weeks i went from 20 you know almost 0 at that point i did have to file the unemployment wait for that stuff to come through 1st time i ever applied for. unemployment payments from washington and from the state government kept them somewhat afloat but then he fell behind on

his rent and that had consequences despite and there is only a governess executive order to postpone addictions just a week ago tom's most addicted his new home now the del rio launch motel where he now pace around $300.00 per week. it's going to be very hard to get a new apartment great for president an organization called arizona tenants advocates thomas case is just one of many he's dealing with every day the pandemic puts people out of work then many can't pay rent anymore they get thrown out of their homes and onto the streets and that in return fuels the pandemic again it's a no win situation it's a lose lose situation there's there's no. proper. solution here until we get a handle on this virus and you know especially if you've got people out on the street you know conveying the virus from person to person to social group to social

group there's no one that's going to be safe safe is something julie brewer hasn't felt in months she says her husband chef was furloughed early on independent make and then got sick with cove it she and her somewhere also hit by the virus the summer was the worst since all of us catching. and now we're everything that could go over our. promise julie has a rare never logic condition called stiff person syndrome she can't work and receive social security and disability payments it pays the rent but that's it i have $53.00 left out of my social security disability after paying her rent and. you know crying trying to figure out which bills going to be paid are we going to have enough food left over am i going to have to go to the

food bank. julie is afraid things could even get worse for her to have family she has a message for washington and the 3 branches of government need to come together and make a legitimate plan for the people this is serious and they need to be able to come together on a good plan and right now. right now can't come soon enough here in the shadows of arizona skeptical building in downtown phoenix this tent city for the homeless is growing every day. it's the space now and astronomers have detected the biggest cosmic collision observed since the big bang the 2 stellar black holes formed when a star collapses crashed merged into one the collision took place some 7000000000 years ago the shock waves have only been tested now you're looking at them right there because it happened so very far away the black holes created it created has

a mass of $143.00 times that of the sun it has been termed an intermediate black hole the size never before observed researchers say could help them unlock the mystery of how super massive black holes were for. this is the interview news live from berlin up next business with rob and don't forget you can always get the latest well our website i'm brian todd in the entire team thanks again. beethoven in-situ to dig deep doo doo doo doo doo doo.

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