with our toes in september 16th on. business d w news coming to you live from berlin president trump under fire for playing down the credit virus outbreak in its early stages. the one who would still panic we don't want to jump up and down and start shouting that we have a problem. u.s. president defends his response after a new book alleges he knew about the dangers of the fire is failing to warn the

public also coming out left with nothing what for the $12000.00 migrants with nowhere left to go after a massive fire destroys the morea temple the greek island of less false will hear from the n.g.'s trying to help them grow. hello i'm terry martin good to have you with us u.s. president double trouble centerfire again for his handling of the corona virus outbreak following an explosive new book in that book veteran journalist bob woodward says trump deliberately downplayed the danger posed by the virus in the 1st weeks of the pandemic at a news conference the president defended his handling of the crisis from said he was not lying to the public but that he did not want to calls conics for more than $100.00. 89000 americans have died from the virus so far i don't want people to be

frightened i don't want to create panic well joining me here in the studio for more is a reporter and u.s. expert peter dolls peter what do you make of trump's explanation for apparently misleading the american public about the dangers of the credible right i mean i think one thing to understand about trump is that he is he's a big believer in the power of positive thinking right he likes to talk things up rather than play them down except for apparently in this case he likes to call himself a cheerleader for the country and said you know he wants to project strength and confidence and i think he said one thing last night the really kind of summed up that that ethos that i think embody is let's listen and certainly i'm not going to drive. this country or the world into a frenzy we want to show confidence we want to show strength we want to show strength as

a nation and that's what i've done and we've done very well right and so of course you know what he actually did by withholding information from the public is was in a sense actually create more panic because he created a false sense of security he repeatedly told americans not to wear a mask even though he very early on knew that the virus was airborne he said that it was no worse than a flu even though we have him on tape on temporary 7th saying that you know this virus was 5 times more deadly than the flu so. it created penny because americans did not understand essentially what they were up against the economy has been tanking asked result because they didn't know how to respond to the pandemic and one last thing i will say for him to say that he did not want to create panic really just does not square with you know his basic campaign message that we've seen in these past couple months where you know panic is very much driven his message he's you know to treat the unrest that we've seen in connection with the

black lives matter protests as the biggest threat to the suburb in the safety of americans he's betrayed by radical socialist that the you know that the fate of the country and the security of the countries at stake here so those 2 things don't really add up and ok well all of this of course is happening right in the middle of the u.s. election campaign and the democrats have been watching what these revelent revelations that have been coming out of bob woodward book let's take a listen to what democratic candidate joe biden is saying about these latest revelations he knew how deadly it was it was much more deadly than the flu he knew and purposely played it down worse he lied to the american people he knowingly and willingly lied about the threat it posed to the country for months he had the information he knew how dangerous it was and while this deadly disease ripped

through our nation he failed to do its job on prop 8 was a life and death betrayal of the american people. so joe biden is saying that trump failed in his duty to protect the american people even though he knew there was an imminent danger could this further damage trump's reelection prospects do you think yeah i think you know biden is not just up by 8 points in the national average he is also the one that voters say they trust most to get this pandemic under control. you know we saw essentially republicans trying to paper over a little bit the revelations that came out of this that are coming out of this book by saying you know what expects perts really got it wrong as well. and i think what democrats are going to try to do and i think that's going to be potentially quite effective is to say you know this is exhibit

a in their case to voters saying that they can't trust trump that he only has his own reelection in mind not the lives of americans trump well do his best to convince voters that he can still be trusted that he has now got the pandemic under control he will need more voters than just you know his base you need suburban voters he will need older was a lot of those people have turned their backs on from because of his handling of the demi and so a lot of people and that's what we saw especially a lot of social media as they say he has you know essentially failed his most sacred duty as a president that is to protect americans thank you very much a little a dud. let's take a look at some of the latest developments in the corona virus and like the global death toll from the pandemic has now fast 900000 the united states remains the were the world's worst affected country with deaths exceeding $190000.00 as mention

however india continues to see a rapid rise in case it's france's covert hospitalizations have served to a one month high of more than $5000.00 season spreading there at the fastest pace since it emerged and germany's foreign ministry is advising against travel to several cities including prague geneva and to broad nick due to local spikes in infections. catch up on some of the other stories making headlines around the world today in the united states at least 7 people have died in wildfires in the states of california oregon and washington hundreds of homes in oregon have been destroyed with the governor warning it could be the greatest loss of life and property due to the blazes the state has ever seen. u.s. secretary of state my phone peo has said the alleged poisoning of kremlin critic alexina bunny was likely ordered by quote senior russian officials doctors in berlin say no body was poisoned by the nerve agent no vigil compay of said

washington would have value 8 its response to the attack. and following international outcry over the next balm the case russian president vladimir putin has announced a committee will investigate what happened that's according to italian prime minister 2 separate kaante he told an italian newspaper it was ready to work with german authorities russia has said it had no evidence that at all he was poisoned. thousands of light brits have spent a 2nd night without shelter after a fire ripped through the morea facility on the greek island of les false a fresh fire broke out on wednesday night and part of the camp that had survived the 1st blaze local officials suspect arson say it may have been a protest against a coronavirus lockdown imposed earlier this week you know officials say the migrants fate must be made a priority. a humanitarian catastrophe unfolding on the streets of

lies false solutions of exhausted men women and children some born in the now destroyed maría camp left homeless fighting heat and hunger. over 3. i'm just north of you know doing nothing really. to do the will of the fuel for. no money put up listen. now we will sleep on the street what can we do if we don't have food and if we don't have anything what can we do. meanwhile officials point the finger of blame for the fire at residents angry over strict coronavirus quarantine measures. and. is this going to cincy i recognized the difficult conditions however nothing

can become an excuse for violent reactions to health checks and even more so for such extensive on rest as is that it has. amid the ruins of what was moreas notoriously crowded camp aid workers say the tragedy has been a long time coming. we had our shock about. the situation that time and the bricks that in one way or the other. night. by years of progress will find it difficult to take the party state run by local government as much as you know. the people who live here and. the race to really housed the displaced is under way 400 unaccompanied children boarded a flight to mainland greece on wait and stay. for the families. left behind the week continues their fate in the hands of leaders their futures on satin.

for more i'm joined by journalist. and. it's going on 2 days now since fire gutted the morea camp on lesbos forcing thousands of migrants on the streets what's the situation there now. well we've heard some pretty bold remarks by the government coming out especially the prime minister saying that the situation will be brought out under control and that the government is scrambling to place it under control but that doesn't match up and square up with what we're seeing on the ground which is just harrowing images of thousands of people out there on the streets toward lawyers pregnant women elderly handicapped just trying to seek and find some place to to to put their belongings to the where they've slept out in the rather people

who have gone into parking lots others i saw trying to erect a tent in a cemetery next to tombstone to shelter the families these are scenes of complete and other chaos and a lack of state initiative and involvement but what the authorities are telling me is that they have presented the local authorities with 4 proposals i think 5 actually of where they can actually set up a tent city to get these people to get these refugees into a safe shelter and these proposals have been knocked down by the authorities who are simply frustrated by this lingering situation here on the island of lesbos this camp situation this camp which was built initially to house between 2300 people now housing 6 times over 12000 and overcrowded in abysmal conditions so many here are saying that this was in and you know and accident that was waiting to happen in

a tragedy that is unfolding it's not the 1st time we've seen such violence gripping these this island but it's definitely the worse because so this is not coming entirely unexpectedly and yet there apparently is no plan in place what is going to happen. to these 12000 mind prince who are now utterly dispossessed. you're absolutely right. the plan calls for then to be taken to a facility an enclosed facility and it to be relocated that because the camp in malta is just inoperable it's been raised it's been destroyed down and in fact we had a fresh fire overnight that destroyed even whatever remaining bits that could have been used to restructure it so but again there's

a lot of local opposition what kind of support is the e.u. providing in this situation if any. what we have an e.u. commissioner who's coming in from brussels to athens for an eyewitness for an on the ground account today but all again all this this entire situation has rekindled calls by greece to the e.u. to really reach out and make a difference and assist greece in this task of shouldering the migration crisis the prime minister yesterday was very very proud of and his national address saying that greece can no longer shoulder the burden of europe's migration problem and there's a huge debate today among pundits and critics about revising european migration policy and to thank you very much for bringing us up to date there that was and the enough. just

a reminder of the top story we're following for you this hour u.s. president told trouble has responded to allegations made in an explosive new book that he downplayed the coronavirus and albright weeks before he publicly acknowledged his concerns about the pandemic trump said he was not lying to the public but did not want to call. this is d. w. nous remember you can always get all the latest news and information on our website it's called i'm terry margins thanks for watching. go beyond the obvious to. all of the stories that matter to. the whatever it takes. the running nut.