this is the news from live from berlin u.s. president donald trump is set to reveal his pick for the supreme court amy kone barrett is tips to fill the key seat and cement the conservative majority on the u.s. is highest of course but liberals a furious the nomination is taking place just weeks before the presidential election also coming up major political shake up in lebanon the stuff i did the man designated to become the country's next prime minister steps down made political infighting.

i'm told me a lot of glad to have you with us u.s. president donald trump is preparing to name the woman he who he wants to sit on the supreme court media reports say he will nominate amy connie barrett to fill that seat the conservative appeals court judge was already seen as a key contender for trump's previous 2 appointments to the country's top court should replace ruth bader ginsburg who died last week. at $48.00 to judge amy comey barrett could shape the supreme court for many decades to come 3 years ago trump appointed the staunch conservative to the federal court of appeals in chicago she has indicated support for gun rights trumps immigration policies and restrictions on abortion and l g b t rights group called her quote an absolute threat feminists fear she may move to

restrict abortion rights in 2013 as a professor at the university of notre dame she was quoted as saying life begins at conception senate democrats grilled her on her religious views during the 27000 appeals court confirmation hearings and in california senator dianne feinstein was even accused of anti-catholic bigotry i think york case professor when you read your speeches. the conclusion one draws is that the dog lives loudly within you barrett has said repeatedly that her faith would not interfere with her judicial decisions if barrett is confirmed to be for election day on november 3rd one of the 1st cases in front of her will be about the fate of the affordable care act known as obamacare trump wants to invalidate the law which provides health care to millions of americans. talk more about this i'm joined by the washington bureau

chief and his poll ines what do we know about amy connie barrett if you tell us the effect appointment will have on the supreme court. well tommy trump could have hardly have found a more polar opposite to lade justice ginsburg a pioneering temp you know remains rides and leader of the liberal wing of the court so the 40 year old amy cohen he buried said she is a faithful catholic and critics fear that she would not only invalidate the affordable care act and take health care away from millions of people but also under my mind a women's reproductive freedom as she is an outspoken pro-life supporter ok trump does nominate barrett house is her confirmation.

it is interesting some white house officials worry that judge barrett might galvanize not only democrats but also suburban women independent voters who would have rather had a more mainstream pick but however barrett has been far only way to buy conservative groups and unless there is something lurking we don't know about in the next couple of weeks the republican dominated senate will appoint her as our b. g.'s successor as they only need a simple majority to cause so to your questions trades all indications say that they have the votes with only actually 2 republican senators objecting to the nomination happening so close to the election day. the nominee and the process of the nomination have been met in controversy for several reasons but mainly because of the timing it comes just weeks ahead of the november election how is this

playing into trump's reelection plan. well here it gets through mind to conservatives why it is important to keep him in office because he is able to nominate judges to the bench in this very case we're talking about today he is able to nominate a supreme court justice and we have to keep in mind if he is reelected it is possible that he could add at least one more judge in the next 4 years to come and no doubt that would shift the court in complete control of conservatives and would have a major impact on the everyday life here in the united states ok in a spall in washington thank you italy was one of the 1st countries to impose a coronavirus lockdown back in march the international community looked on as the country's hospitals overflowed and struggled to cope with

a spike in cases but now it's a different story as many european countries begin to suffer a 2nd wave of cases italy has managed to keep its its own numbers relatively low. images that can be forgotten in march italian military trucks carry dead bodies away to relieve the overloaded symmetry in bergen mon italians were gripped by grief and fear as the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic heaved society. now a little normality has returned to italian life bars and restaurants are open to manage street temperature checks serving as a reminder to stay be joint. other european countries including france spain and the u.k. staring down a 2nd wave of the virus but numbers here are staying relatively low. figures

in italy had stabilized for several weeks we are averaging $1500.00 cases per day. for the rest of europe. italy earlier so he was very aware of the problem and immediately put in place a very severe and strong containment plan. experts say this is why italy hasn't had to impose it new restrictions being put in place in other parts of europe apart from the strictly police to lock down and the robust contact tracing italians have willingly adopted mask wearing. italian citizens have been very respectful of all the rules when i see on the news the images of the european cities i see many more people without marks they need to leave it. but they don't have much of a choice because they risk being hit with

a hefty 400 euro fine i just think that syria i think they're placing for say nothing more and. it's not to say there won't be a rise in cases authorities say they are expecting one. that many here are hoping that the current measures in place will make this 2nd wave more then tsunami. a look now at some other stories making news around the world in the u.k. they have been scuffles between police and people gathered on london's trafalgar square to protest coronavirus restrictions hundreds of anti masked activists appeared to be flouting social distancing rules police say they gave several warnings before breaking up the rally. a mass rallies being held in jerusalem against him. israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu responds to the coronavirus pandemic activists say that the current lockdown is destroying the economy and the country as a whole protesters traveled from across israel to join the weekly anti-government

demonstration. in bella ruse arrests have been made at a women's protest in the capital minsk the opposition organize the demonstration ahead of an alternative inauguration next week for movement leaders for plan a 2nd off sky ronnie's have been held nationwide against alexander lukashenko z. years long grip on power. the death toll from a jihadist attack in northeast nigeria has risen to 30 insurgents linked to the islamic state ambushed a convoy transporting the governor of borno state near the town of bugga officials said the terrorists stole an armored personnel carrier a gun truck and 6 convoy vehicles. the man designated to be the next prime minister of lebanon has resigned amid a number in efforts to form a new government staff i did was parachuted into the position in the wake of last month's devastating blast in the capital beirut and the subsequent resignation of

the government of former ambassador to germany a deep blamed political infighting over cabinet positions for his decision to step down lebanon has been gripped by months of protests over corruption and a protracted economic crisis. from d.w. arabic is here with us to explain lebanon's political crisis well thanks for joining us so mr was destined to be the prime minister and then in just over a month the other but he's gone what was that about this is not an unexpected move from this side of. the day one when he was assigned as designate they have been many difficulties facing his new talks. and nonetheless he. tried for months to form a government amid various political economy tensions and crises taking taking their toll on the on the country we have seen him yesterday on his way to the

presidential palace to meet with president bush and he was holding what seemed to be a fire with the kind of names that would form the new cabinet however he left and we heard the comment today saying he dies and he could inform the new government so it's not an unexpected move however this will have severe consequences on the on the crises of the political crisis and now we've seen french president. step in and try to broker a way forward but of course this would come as a blow to him with his whole plan that he had. planned well a source close to. a comment today and called this a collective betrayal from the side of lebanese politicians that kind of threw away the french plan now if we remind our audience a bit about the plan has came and we all know the relationship between france and levanon there's a colonial history that holds them together and france seems to be involved lately

in the changing politics in lebanon and to kind of end this stalemate that's been happening so my crew gave the lebanese politicians that line on september 1st and gave them a deadline of 2 weeks to form a government that is an independent 21 that's able to impose strict and swift implementation changes that could grant lebanon billions of dollars in aid and lebanon is in real need specifically after the loss of the 4th of august is in dire need of financial aid now we've seen that his plan is kind of broken through the wall so we're expecting kind of more reactions to morrow. we'll hold a press conference and comment on this so we'll see what happens ok briefly what's the mood. like among the people people are feeling a lot of dismay they're struggling already with a lot of economy economy difficulties and we're witnessing a spike in numbers k daily cases another not people do not like the current

political elite and they want a way out ok a motive from the arabic thank you thank you for having me. on the blunders leaders 2nd match day leverkusen and rb leipzig share the spoils in a one all draw on saturday afternoon and bird open the scoring for lapses in the 14th minute swedish winger outmaneuvered last bend and fired into the top of the net. and said 6 minutes later thanks to karen deborah his long range rocket flew just out of the reach of the leipsic and took a lot. off the crossbar in to the net. in formula one defending champion lewis hamilton topped qualifying for saturday for sunday's russian grumpy the mercedes driver would match michael schumacher record

91 career wins in not just his 7th victory offices of the season in such a red bulls max rushed up and seized 2nd place on the starting grid and how it all turns teammate valtteri bottas came in for the german driver sebastian vettel crashed his ferrari and will start 15th. lapland in finland has lived up to its name as one of the best regions in the world to see the northern lights the spectacular display also known as aura borealis lit up the arctic sky for several hours europe flickered with a myriad of colors from fluorescent green pinks and purples northern lights are caused by electrically charged particles from the sun and during the earth's atmosphere. still watching in years up next it's reporter find out what it's like learning to

read and write in your sixty's over again you can get all the latest news and information around the clock on our website it's called a loss on twitter and instagram as well as i'm told me a lot of cool for me and the entire news team thanks for joining us. again for. language courses. video audio. anytime anywhere. w.v. listen. to only. 3 or not too low. what about assuring economy instead. of

a change in thinking is changing the economy to create something that. the economics magazine made in germany. on d w. get hard conda is hard work it's like being back in school the 63 year old has dictation today. wants to finally be able to read street signs. news it's hard for me. for decades he hid the fact that he can't read and write but he wants to change all that. the way my dream is to write my. daughter a letter. what

does that say. you know use. the street sign up there but it's really hard it's always difficult to read. what you gave of course it's different for people who can read but. now i just can't. also got the numbers there i can read them. every tuesday get hardpan that attends literacy classes. he knows the way there by heart he knows which buses to take and it's the milieu with the street names. but if he has to go somewhere new it's more difficult. sometimes i invent excuses because i'm a bit ashamed i put on

a swiss accent. excuse me please could you help me i'm not from around here the falls then may help me so tricks like that yes they're the kind of tricks you have . usually works you people are friendly and they help me. in germany there are about 6000000 people who can't read or write properly places like the lan cafe or learning cafe in berlin and to help. the cause. you know how it works 1st i read a sentence and then you repeat it there was then you write it down from memory so i just listen carefully yes we put too much salt on our supper. we put too much salt on our dinner.

no question this is hard work teachers i'm not on good smiles encouragingly. trying there are just words oh help you don't worry. she's determined to get the most out of her students get hot is roughly twice her age we despite 9 years of schooling get hard pon that didn't learn how to read or write so we. but paul at what. point. then he and this is not the 1st literacy course that get hot has attended he finds it very difficult to turn the words he hears into written language it takes more than a half hour for him to write the complete sentence in his exercise book. her period initiative. well done. but

there's one problem the sentence is meant to be error free. will have to try again. you know i did well. happy yes of course. i learned something. it's tiring sure. i'm already 63 and it's really difficult to get things to stick in my head. but i enjoy it anyway and. my reading has improved a little. with the easy words. but i couldn't write something like that disqualified. normally there are 6 students in this class but none of the others wanted to be filmed. the others in the class aren't as far along as get hot he says

he has no problem being open about it. many people are ashamed and don't want people who they know or maybe their employers to find out that this. like many others with this disability has almost always worked mainly temporary jobs often for years he now has a permanent job with quba a nonprofit organization that seeks to provide work for people like him. now did you have a dream job i wanted to become a bus driver. but i didn't because of the difficulties that i had with reading and writing. that and then i wanted to become a plumber. and i tried to learn that trade but i wasn't really coping with vocational training. and so if they thought and so after 3 or 4 months my boss said to me that i should go back to school and learn how to read and write. then it

would be better. but then again i didn't do that of course. so i was sad that i didn't learn a trade. but things are looking up. until now i collect trash but i also enjoy that because of being outdoors and all that. and it's great if. we have a lot of freedom it's great. he's almost the only one here who is so open about not being able to read or write. but there are others who work with similar problems. but most keep it a secret. as if it is noticed. men talk about it more openly than women and yes the women tend to talk about it less they're really ashamed to unfortunately. the men are also

a shaman. but the men tend to be more open about it. at least that's the case with me i decided that something had to change. is divorced and lives alone is a recovered alcoholic 10 years ago he decided that it was time to come clean no more secrets. my decision triggered by the fact that his daughter was just about to start school. unfortunately i wasn't able to help her and apart from me i could help are there but that's not enough. reading and writing are very important skills these days and i have always wanted to be able to write to her but i can't at least not without making mistakes but i'll keep on trying i'm only 63 but if when i'm 65 i'll definitely write her a letter. his daughter didn't want to appear on camera but she's proud that her father is addressing the problem. but maybe flukes when i see the planes flying

past i always think you'll have to fly to sweden again someday. i start daydreaming. it's beautiful up here. the view is wonderful. he has fond memories of sweden he spent some of the best days of his childhood there going to school in berlin was a painful experience. there were 40 of us in one class back then and it was really hard to learn with so many pupils. and the teacher who was probably a left over from the war he used to hit our hands and make a stand in the corner. case standing in a corner is not so bad. but hitting our hands was a lot and that was what i had to go through there were 7 of us children in my family. then my mom sent me away. i was sent to sweden i was

8 years old i lived with her parents until i was 16 and all those years i was allowed to travel to sweden summer and winter. of course that was good i learned swedish and i can speak perfect swedish whenever i speak swedish and i also think in swedish. school report that it is their condo or though i think a. lot of shows that you're intelligent. people who are literate the ones who find reading and writing difficult aren't stupid they remember a lot of things really they're pretty smart because they remember so much stuff that the others have to check their phones where street such and such and you just know that the street is to the left or to the right. what do you do when you get mail my girlfriend helps me out. she reads it for me.

and and if i have to i go to the job center or i call and ask and. unfortunately she hasn't seen this letter yet i'll have to remember to take it with me so she can read it through. thanks to this is this dense he has this paperwork pretty much under control these days. but before he came clean about his illiteracy things were different there were heaps of unopened letters. 2 boxes full moving boxes really big ones. there was stuff from the job center inside from the local authorities but the youth welfare office. i didn't throw anything away. and also stuff about my pension and bills were in there too. on top of that got into debt but he's put those days behind him and he no longer feels under pressure to conceal his disability. i used

to say i'd forgotten my reading glasses or the like or i've got another appointment and no time to fill this out now or i'll take it with me things like that. stressful yes it's stressful of course it is when you're nervous you really need to fill up some form and that creates stress. that's one thing that's really close to get his heart these days is raising awareness about adult illiteracy today he's in a pub garden the mobile literacy project the alpha male b o has a quiz for visitors anyone can take part and there's a prize. but i think they've got a full plate. every year we put out 160 events like this across germany and one or other of you always help out a lot by approaching people on the street and telling them then hey if like us you

maybe didn't learn to read or write particularly well then have the courage to do something about it. it's particularly important when people like pond are there to tell their personal stories. but i did it well by my daughter knows that i can't read well and i always wanted to read her a story but i couldn't i'm still working on it she's 17 now but everything will be ok i will read a story to her one day. thank you yeah knows that his life could have been very different if he had learned to read and write at school and he's very keen to pass on that message to others. and the one law. or and.

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