this is the news live from berlin u.s. president trump dismisses climate change as being behind the fires ravaging california. it'll start getting cooler. you just watch i wish science and anybody even. from blames a poor forest management instead for the deadly wildfires on the u.s. west coast presidential rival joe biden labels him

a climate arsonist also on our show. thousands of refugees left homeless by fire at the mori of migrant camp on lesbos protest against remaining on their greek island they fear they'll be worse off than before they want the e.u. to go. and territorial disputes over energy resources are inflaming tensions between greece and turkey 2 nato members in the eastern mediterranean. island residents caught between the frosts. and life on venus scientists say they've found what might be a clue talk to an astrophysicist to find out more. brian thomas kocherry with a. today u.s.

president donald trump is back in washington d.c. after meeting with officials in california who are battling the worst wildfires on record there and then to other western u.s. states the president downplayed arguments that climate change is fueling the record blazes instead he said it was poor forest management that's largely to blame. these are some of his scenes providing the backdrop to the president's visit to california. raging wildfires that have burned millions of acres wiped out whole communities and left dozens dead. scientists they've blazes like these are being made worse by climate change. but donald trump spoke of other concerns after landing in california to meet with top officials. and we have to do a lot about forest management obviously forest management in california is very

important. california governor gavin newsome said those concerns were justified but he and other officials went on to press trump on climate change just as one of force management science has been and observed the evidence is self evident that climate change is real and that is exacerbating this if we ignore that science and sort of put our head in the sand and think it's all about vegetation management we're not going to succeed together protecting californians it will start getting cooler but i was just you just watch i wish science and anybody about it but. i don't think science knows actually. and earlier that day harsh words from trump's democratic presidential rival joe biden if you give a climate arsonist 4 more years in the white house why would anyone be surprised that we have more america blaze. if you have a climate denier for more years in the white house why would anyone be surprised

when more of america is under water but trump has his supporters even in deeply democratic california i was displaced by the taubes fire i woke up with my city in flames and the democrats have not done their due diligence policy wise and so if there is a component of global warming it is a very very small component because the democrats are failing california meanwhile firefighters on the front lines face challenging conditions with shifting winds and drier weather sparking several new blazes. let's get more now it did abuse i mean s.f. joining us from the capitol building in sacramento california good day to you i mean these fires are absolutely catastrophic the images certainly are very disturbing and they've also become highly politicized how are they playing a role in president trump's campaign strategy considering he only spent just

a few hours in california. that's right it was a quick stop and it was unplanned it was not part of his trip out west part of his campaign trail if you will but he came in anyway and it seems to show that trump is conscious that with these fires unprecedented fires making headlines nationally and internationally he had to finally say something he's been quite silent about that for a couple of weeks he wants to perhaps look like he has the situation under control now in the meeting as you can see he deflected criticism that this was his fault and said that it had more to do with forest management in california. and what's been the reaction from some of the voters where you are the president's visit. well this is a largely democratic state which is one of the reasons why he hadn't planned on coming here he's not really worried about the votes here he thinks he'll lose the

state anyway he lost to hillary clinton by 4000000 votes in the last elections so this wasn't a part of his planned trip because the voters here already turned against him just 2 years ago he said that californians need to rake their forests more and totally denied that climate change had anything to do with this this doesn't sit well with people here especially since the federal government owns more than half of the forests in california the state only owns 3 percent so it doesn't sit well with those voters there were a lot of trump supporters at the airport this morning however to see air force one land to give their. their support for their presidential candidate so there is a bit of a mix here but then again there was a protest there as well and they clashed with trump supporters yeah we heard some of those and protesters actually ended up in hospital during the president's visit

can you tell us more about that. it was a scene that's becoming much more common in the united states where protesters protesting trump black lives matter protesters lining the streets blocking traffic are hit by cars now this happened in 2 separate separate instances here in sacramento where protesters were attempting to block the streets and cars just ran into them or side swiped them and that sent 2 people to the hospital there was another instance of a protester climbing up on a police vehicle and being dragged away by that vehicle ok now or the president's visit comes as california's struggles with the pandemic with the effects of the lockdown what kind of economic impact are these fires having. some estimates brian have put that figure at $150000000000.00 in costs to the west coast because of these unprecedented wildfires that's

a big number but to put that into human figures this means thousands of homes thousands of businesses burnt to the ground this means thousands of people homeless hotels are almost fully booked in this area it's hard to find a hotel room because so many families have been displaced by these fires there was actually a collection of cans of canned food at some hotels and around here this morning for the people here so i don't want to exaggerate but i have to say it is bleak here especially with the pandemic and california still being in partial lockdown. i mean house of horrors sacramento california thanks very much for that update. we're going now to the other coast of the u.s. people along the gulf coast are bracing for the arrival of hurricane sally which is gradually approaching spec to bring winds of up to 90 miles per hour that threat there is especially difficult when you consider the heavy rains are expected

a storm surge is being exacerbated by the storm slow movement forecasters say there's significant uncertainty about where exactly the storm will hit the warning of potentially deadly flooding and possible tornadoes it's always the 2nd hurricane to threaten the region in less than a month. let's get you a brief 1000 of the other stories making the news at this hour more than a dozen hong kong pro-democracy activists have appeared in court to face charges of illegal assembly prominent movement members including joshua long and jimmy lie are accused of taking part in a band event in june that commemorated china's 1909 tiananmen square massacre. british lawmakers have given their initial approval to a controversial new breck's a bill that despite concerns that it breaches international law the bill will allow boris johnson's government to override parts of the withdrawal agreement which was

agreed with the european union in january this country. and japan the former aide to x. nissan bought boss carlos go and has gone on trial kelly's use of helping don't hide tens of millions of dollars in pain payments go and should also be in court but he fled to lebanon in december both men deny any wrongdoing trials expected to last 10 months. while greece has repeated that it believes migrants deliberately started the fires that destroyed europe's largest refugee camp on the island of lesbos migrants are being urged to move into new shelters being erected for them last week's fire left some 12000. refugees brought new pressure to the search for solutions for housing migrants. at the back of a long line of hungry people waiting has become part of life on the island of les pass the front aide workers handout bags of food. since the maurya camp burned

down migrants have been camping out on the streets they return to roadside to eat is a simple but desperately needed meal and soon it will be time to start queuing for the next. images from the air show new shelter tents for thousands left homeless hundreds have already been resettled in sites like this but others fear moving to new camps would just perpetuate of their misery if the good to new camp moriarty again is to start about to me we experience a one year more i think it's enough to be able to stay despite the ability to catch these detainees or get feats of. protesters demand to be allowed to leave less pass nearly $400.00 unaccompanied children have already left these women and children appealed to germany to get them off the island too. in berlin germany's

foreign minister said it plans to help more homeless families. there are a lot of voices in germany that have expressed a willingness to help those in distress in moria for in addition to his taking in unaccompanied minors mention in the woods. was grieco forages hope to move all migrants off a streets and into new camps by the end of the week but these protesters say as long as they are on less boss they will never be truly free. for all a story let's bring in our chorus. now mark saunders joining us from moria max good to see you you're just outside the area where many migrants are being held right now what's the situation like where you are. yet brian this situation is quite tense here on the ground i'm standing outside the new facilities

that the greek authorities have now put in place for the people who are the former residents of moriah camp who became homeless in the following of of the fire and there's a very heavy police presence here right now at the moment just a few 100 meters down the road this is the area where still far from what we know a 1000 thousands of of migrants and refugees are stuck. camp camping out surviving on the meager rations that they're provided and by by a by the greek authorities. there's. also we have to point out there's also a lack of medical that's is there in the area and this in the middle of a coronavirus help break so all in all it's a very dangerous situation ok amidst this this tense situation the greek government wants migrants to move into temporary facilities that are now being built for them how's that going down with them and with the residents there on lesbos.

yeah this. you have to understand where these people are coming from they're coming from a from a from a camp that was designed for roughly 3000 people and they live their lives figure was 13000 before the fire 20000 people were living there under really very very difficult could also say inhumane conditions and these people who are stuck on the street now they feel that this is me this might be their only way out some of them have been there for have been on lesbos have been in the camps for months or even years now they have the attention and they feel there might be some momentum for them to actually be able to to change the situation for its rich change for them. and for them to be able to leave but at the same time in order has been has been placed out by the greek authorities here they have been saying that nobody will leave the island of lesbos unless they process it they go into this camp here behind me and they are silent cases properly process as it is the law but these

people also know this is going to take it's going to take months this is going to take years for some of them so there's not really a lot of trust so that's why a lot of people are still trying their luck testing the luck camping out on the street and so far only roughly a few 1080900 people have moved into the new facilities here behind me and these are most vulnerable cases a single women unaccompanied minors and families max thanks so much for that bring us up to date from what's left of the morea cap the new camps being built there where you are on the island of lesbos thanks very much. and we have some breaking news just coming in related to this story german media suggests that. the macro and her government have agreed to take in some 1500 migrants from the greek island of lesbos we were just talking to a moment ago let's bring indeed of his political correspondent for more and nina give dates you do you have any more details for us. i do have

a bit of detail there is the government cabinet meeting tomorrow on wednesday and we have been hearing that the german government had wanted to find a figure to agree on the figure of people that they will take in they will except here in germany and so now we've got this figure of a 1500 we're hearing that these people are supposed to be mainly families with children from greek islands and we're also hearing that the federal interior ministry here so that mr minister the office ministry is going to send a delegation to lesbos to identify the most vulnerable people according to what they call objective criteria so now those 1500 migrants that germany plans to take in are in addition to the 150 that germany has already announced it will take in as part of that european contingency of 400 ok now this is you we have to let our

viewers know he is very controversial here in germany can you tell us why did you give us the background there please well it's fairly simple germany doesn't want to go it alone it needs a coalition of the willing that's common sense here among all the all the parties that all the european countries need to be more active in their support of greece of the greek government who have been dealing with this crisis on their own and so germany says that they need to find other countries that can basically join forces and take in some of those people who are homeless on the ground in greece and so this is something where of course the german government is struggling because they do want to help but they're saying we can't be the only country that takes in refugees because that would attract more people and it would also mean that the other european nations wouldn't be under pressure they would have an excuse not to be active you know thanks so much for looking into this for us today.

this is either of you new still to come on our program is there life on venus scientists have found what could be the 1st sign of extraterrestrial life on earth . but 1st a diplomatic standoff between athens and anger over territory of claims in the eastern mediterranean does not appear to be over turkey says the research ship this one behind me here at the center of the standoff will resume its mission after maintenance and resupply now this after pulling it out of the contested waters over the weekend the dispute is over gas reserves potentially very lucrative gas reserves in the mediterranean and that is inflaming other turd tauriel tensions between the 2 nato allies greece recently sent its troops to the naval and naval units to the small greek island of coastal resort this 2 kilometers off the turkish

coastline turkey says that violates a longstanding treaty correspondent alexander phenomena went to find out how residents are coping with finding themselves in a new militarized zone. and ferry takes us to custom the result a greek island just off the turkish coast military vessels patrol the area with both sides on high alert and that's bad for business says ellen who kind of a lot see surance a local company promoting tourism on the island the recent tensions with turkey's care of tourists she tells me even those defying coby 19. in the 1st days had tons of messages people asking what these 3 hopping there because we can have a clear immense and we. need to it was on the phone the whole day thanks to all the even that itself i. wanted boats to have with ellen instead with at the

same time her business partner most route here the to direct the alone the turkish border. turks are people like me and her dad tell me we are neighbors despite some decades old disagreements they say and yet they don't think that turkey has the right to explore energy resources around the island this is the sort of. caught in the middle of the dispute many residents here think like. costello resist deputy mayor they expect more support from the european union. for instance practicing self-restraint. is the other side thoughts turn to aggressive rhetoric. and we want to solve the issue as good neighbors as long as traffic compliance with international law. even though

the island's residents are used to tensions between greece and turkey with those sites and soldiers and warships to the region regularly many people here are concerned that an accidental confrontation might lead to a war right in front of their doorstep her gold bucket she moved from turkey to cost to lawrenceville 8 years ago for law she and her husband are the only binational couple on the island. that they've been going to begin on the friends and family on the turkish side of the border. are closed yes there are political problems political but we don't care about politics. they are message both sides need to deescalate if only often sundown karl would listen. now astronomers have discovered what could be signs of life and venus they've detected a gas and zap misfire one that has so far only been found on earth now it's usually

a byproduct of organic matter breaking down this news has been held by the head of nasa as the most significant development yet in the hunt for extraterrestrial life . is there life in the clouds around venus. it's too early to tell but an international research team has discovered a clue the rare gas fos feen on earth it's produced by microbes who live in low oxygen environments. telescopes in chile and hawaii's part of the gas by its chemical signature. phosphate molecules in venus's clouds absorb short wave radio waves that exist in the lower atmosphere but can the gas really come from microorganisms. don't even the researchers explicitly say that they are not in the position to state that they've discovered

life in venus is atmosphere. if osteen could result from natural processes like lightning volcanic activities or for other reasons most of any of his. if there really are microorganisms in venus as clouds they would be hearty beings indeed those clouds are full of sulfuric acid which is formed full to life. whether there's truly life in those clouds must be confirmed by further observation a russian space probe is expected to reach venus is surface in the coming decade. we're joined now by david clemons he's an astrophysicist a college london and co-author of that study on life in venus's clouds thank you so very much for coming in today we heard a lot in that report about what you were able to detect and can you fill in some parts we didn't get in that. well the week we detected phosphate from its.

absorption line so it's very delicate work which was quite complicated because we're looking for a very faint feature against a very bright so seamless one of the brightest things in the sky. so we initially did these observations a chance not maxwell telescope and then got some follow up confirmation independent confirmation using the alman. interim metric arrange chile so that's what we stuck starting with the data in terms of looking at where phosphate might come from. our colleagues in the us what sarah seekers group they looked at a very extensive set of possibilities as to how it could come about for normal chemical processes and i couldn't find any of them that worked the most most ambitious the most. optimistic pessimistic depending on how you look at it a pretty 110000th of much as much phosphate a sweet same and we looked at possibilities like lightning like volcanoes even

looked at what in fulling meteorites might do to produce foreseen and none of those come up to the good so looking either at some chemical process that chemistry experts unserious grape can't come up with or 'd the other possibility which is that it's pretty is by something biological so as far as fairly open right now in some ways of could be something else but basically it looks like you found life at least in the atmosphere of venus is that correct. i wouldn't say that we definitely found life at this point we've we found the possibility that this might be a signature of life and that's going to require a lot more research to confirm ideally what you want to do is actually get into those crowds and look in detail what's there whether that's with a floating observatory sitting on on a balloon that sits in those clouds and takes observations or through

a sample return mission we can grab a chunk of these. possible bacteria and bring them back to earth that subject them to the full rigor of an earth earthly bio chemistry lab to see what's really going on are there steps in that direction right now either telescope likely or with some kind of module going up into the clouds i mean it's well as any making preparations further. telescoping if if if you would be she's that word we have been awarded time on several telescopes that if a lot of the russian but unfortunately the pandemic is really going the why the most the telescopes that we would like to use a currently closed down. for a space mission that's a much longer term prospect there is there are lots of mission concepts out there for the anus not any of them are funded yet or not many of them and what we found is likely to change the plans for those mission developers considerably so suddenly

rather than sitting in orbit around the u.s. mapping it surface for example getting actually down into the clouds not looking at the surface so much but the clouds become much more ok becomes what we really want to do we have to leave it there david clemons thanks so much for coming in on this and good luck to you with all your work there. thank you for joining us i'm brian thomas for the entire team that's all for now we'll see you again at the w.l. .

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