it was a bit of that. this is the new year's live from berlin u.s. president donald trump is set to reveal his pick for the supreme court amy connie barrett is tipped to fill the key seat and cement a conservative majority on the u.s. is highest court but liberals are furious that alternation is taking place just weeks before the presidential election. and a new user could be wraps up 4000000 instagram followers he is far from the teen sensation 94 year old documentary legend david attenborough says he wants to use

the platform to save the world in trouble. i'm told me a lot of glad to have you with us u.s. president donald trump is preparing to name the woman 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 the previous 2 appointments to the country's top court she will replace ruth bader ginsburg who died last week. at $48.00 a judge amy conley 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 it 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 before election day on november 3rd one of the 1st case this 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. for more i am now joined by the washington bureau chief in s. paul going to tell us about amy callie barrett and what effect appointment would have on the supreme court. well trump could hardly have found a more of a polar opposite to lave justice ginsberg a pioneering champion of women and leader of the liberal wing of the court well however the 48 year old amy coney barrett 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 undermine a woman's reproductive freedom and she is an outspoken pro-life supporter ok so if trump does go ahead and nominate how certain is this

confirmation. well that is interesting because some white house officials warry the judge bearing in mind galvanize not just democrats and but also the kind of suburban women and independent voters 3 who have who would have favored . more mainstream pick well however barrett has been fairly vetted by conservative groups and unless there is something lurking we don't really know about the republican senate will appoint her as the successor of late r.p.g. as they only need a simple majority to so right now all the indications say that they have the. only 2 republicans objecting to the nomination happening

so close to the election day on november 3rd and this nomination is controversial the main reason being the timing it comes just weeks ahead of the november 3rd election so how is this playing into trump's reelection strategy. well he president trump gets through mine to conservatives why it's important to keep him and him in office he can nominate judges to the bench and as we see at this very day supreme court justices. we also have to keep in mind told me if he gets reelected it is possible that he could at least one more judge in the next 4 years and that would shift the highest court in the country complete control of conservatives and would have major implications for the everyday life here in the united states ok and i suppose thanks for bringing us up to speed in

a spall in washington d.c. let's take a look now at some other stories making news around the world. the prime minister designate of lebanon has resigned and stuff also apologized to the lebanese people for his failure to form a new government he was tasked with forming a new cabinet after the previous government resigned amid protests over august devastating blast in beirut. a mass rallies being held in jerusalem against israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu as response to the coronavirus and demick 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 . a storm and high winds battering the eastern italian region of the legal area the coastal area has been placed on high alert over the dangerous weather conditions other parts of the country have also been hit with years while winds

which have damaged buildings the storms now moving towards the border with france. in the u.k. 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. when the coronavirus emerged many predicted disaster for africa after all it suffered worst of all from the most deadly modern epidemic aids but despite poor hospitals and sanitation and political instability to contend with in parts of the continent the worst hasn't happened and africa has done better in the pandemic and many industrial countries. supply hand sanitizer check for fever and of course wear a mask shelters in kenya's capital nairobi have to comply with the rules everyone has their guidelines everyone knows what to do no one wants to get sick. the

continents leading for ologist and many of his colleagues say that this discipline is one of the decisive reasons for africa's low infection rate. countrymen who started that measure you cannot i cannot overemphasize the importance of the measures that we're taking i think actually have to blonde. a few months ago to explain its fears millions of people would be infected they were certain the virus would spread easily in poor neighborhoods but so far the entire continent with its 1200000000 residents has lost 34000 people to cope with 19 that's here with an embrace and this is in part because many infections with mild attribute is true you'd fruit nature of population and if you new records 70 percent of our population is less than 30 years 1000000 it's around 17 years

sood so africa has fared better than many of its richness of the neighbors and to its discipline and she is still on the pandemic let's take a look at other developments around the world. a new study suggests fewer than 10 percent of people in the united states have antibodies to a corona virus the results would mean the country is further from the herd immunity than previously estimated myanmar's biggest city young gone is back under strict lock down the city is one of the most affected by the corona virus in the country infection numbers in myanmar are expected to pass 10000 in the coming days and indian prime minister narendra modi has told the united nations that his country will help the world produce and deliver potential coronavirus vaccines what he vowed to use the nation's resources for all humanity since india is the world's biggest vaccine maker.

on the bundesliga 2nd match day leverkusen and rb leipzig shared the spoils and in a one all draw on saturday afternoon and will forsberg opened the scoring for lives in in the 14th minute the swedish winger outmaneuvered last band and fired into the top of the net. no clues and said 6 minutes later thanks to karen there may be his long range rocket flew just out of the reach of the lives of cuba and to kill a lucky bounce off the crossbar. and into the net. the windows leaguers only saturday games are done and dusted so let's take a look at all the results fell far from our state to bremen easily beat. augsburg upset dortmund drew with union berlin and there's that. result the 2 newly promoted teams one stuttgart beat mines and build a field down to cologne on friday frankfurt defeated her berlin and on sunday will

see often home battle by munich and fibered face vosburgh in formula one defending champion lewis hamilton topped qualifying for sunday's russian grand prix the most cities drive driver would match michael schumacher record $91.00 career wins a few notches a 7th victory of the formula one season in sochi red bulls max washed up and sees 2nd place on the starting grid and how it all turns teammate all terry both us came in 3rd german driver sebastian vettel crashed his ferrari and will start 15th. now on to a shiny new star of social media not him but someone who's already a household name for his adventures on the small screen at the age of $94.00 wildlife documentary legend david attenborough is not instagram sensation anthony howard is until now it is yet to talk to us about a week in which algebra howard said and your records are probably you can actually

tell us more about this so i would add it to the fastest man to a 1000000 followers mary brought jennifer aniston the friends star's record which she held at 5060 minutes she went on to instagram and had a 1000000 followers out of that amount of time so they would launch his account on thursday and just 4 hours and 44 minutes later he had a 1000000 followers and a new record just like the man himself his instagram is not slowing down either now 2 days later he's passed 4000000 followers now clearly that the 94 year old is not the man you associate the typical candidate for social media we think actors singers performers and anyone else who might be in danger of being described as work but off the 60 years this man bringing the wonders of the planet into well and to our lounge room his stock has not dimmed and nor his ability to attract across all demographics. he was of course given a rock star's welcome at glastonbury on the last year and we had a glimpse of how he was reaching

a younger audience now 4000000 people 2 days later he is every inch the social media star as he is a t.v. legend so what he posted is going to netflix documentary he's a storyteller and a salesman is going to netflix documentary coming out next month and a life on our planet now the film will see him reflect on his career but also what he's witnessing and that's what he says that the decline of the planet's environmental and bio diversity which he is of the 1st 10 his 1st post says citing our planet is now a communications challenge now this is the symmetry he wants to reach a younger audience and he says it's a communications challenge so he's going to take instagram. he's open to the count that's one thing right but it's flooded by people who are who love him respect him he's a knight but you can well ask is it not a 4 year old going to cut through an instagram and be able to to reach this audience but as much as social media is china's everything it's changed nothing because the story is still king and the many things that this man has done achieve

thing witnessed in his life he is one thing if nothing else and that is a must the full story teller and the story he thinks most important the moment is the one about the planet and is he being posting any clues about his new show. a nice bit of symmetry here is that the kensington royal account from prince william posted a picture of 2 dick chairs 2 directorial chairs sitting together with the name said the david on the back and prince william on the other a collaboration coming up i think a t.v. royal if you like there's the picture out there and so david next to him exciting things to come from so david attenborough a treasure that just keeps on giving now on instagram tommy super looked up from a reporter and you know how many thanks. that land in finland has lived up to its name as one of the best regions of the world to see the northern lights the spectacular display also known as all roar of bread is lit up

the arctic sky for several hours the aurora flickered with a myriad of colors from fluorescent green to pings and pulp walls and all the lights of course by electrically charged particles from the sun entering the earth's atmosphere. you're watching news i'm told me all the logic will stay with us. and you hear me now here's we're going to leave you and i last year's jam in sounds that will bring you uncle a mascot and you've never had a talent for surprise yourself with what is possible who is magical really what moves that and want. to talk to people who follow along the way maurice and critics write join us for metal slash dots. consumer. sometimes.

what makes people is stronger than it separates them. is so strong that it can be torn down. we celebrated the 30th anniversary of germany's reunification october 3rd on d. w. . new news. this week on world stories. the united states how coronavirus is driving people into poverty israel where white storks used garbage to regain their strength but 1st we'll start in germany the courts are currently dealing with a sea. case of sexual violence against children again mark was think man was sexually abused as a child now he's raising awareness of the suffering of other victims. as

a child marcus dyckman was sexually abused for almost 10 years by 3 different perpetrators in his home town of curtain. today he's returned to the scene of the 1st crime this is where a shooting gallery owner at a funfair lured him into a caravan and raped him. and i have this movie playing in my head that i haven't been able to stop since the trauma have you're lying here as a little boy 5 years old all shoulder length blond hair naked on a bed with creased white sheets in. the shooting gallery owner was lying naked next to him for 4 decades marco stickman repressed what had happened today he drives his motor home through germany and fights for justice for other victims. i've always had to somehow figure out for myself what's right and what's wrong because you don't believe anyone anymore you don't trust anyone. the under

a huge victims in the back is clawed back case probably going through something similar 130 investigators are now working on the case the largest known abuse scandal in german history so far they have identified more than 80 suspects but there are 30000 leads to other potential perpetrators person suspected of exchanging child sex abuse photos and videos on chat forums. if you read the chats in particular you get the impression that by communicating with each other the participants reinforce in each other the believe that their child abuse is a socially accepted sexual preference for the nth many perpetrators have no sense of wrongdoing it's a case of appalling dimensions and goes far beyond germany according to the senior prosecutor marcus dyckman is still not free of his trauma with his group he supports other victims the group wants the statutes of limitations for sexual

crimes to be eliminated as for the trial against the main suspect he has hopes that will extend beyond the baggage blood back case. starts off with a signal is now being sense that the perpetrators can no longer feel safe and that they will now be dealt with severely. man sets off again to continue his mission of drawing attention to the fate of abuse victims it's become his life's work. not one that he chose for himself. in the u.s. the pandemic has now claimed over $200000.00 lives more than anywhere else in the world but the virus is not only a threat to the health of the people it's also a growing economic threat to more and more u.s. citizens. total stumbles they serve themselves as a lucky guy the 35 year old stonecutter and resident 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 down to. almost 0 at that point i did have to file the unemployment way 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 in arizona governess executive order to postpone addictions just a week ago thomas was addicted his new home now the del rio launch motel where he now pace around $300.00 per week. now i have it's going to be very hard to get a new apartment great for ken vocal president of 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 fuel to 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 groups there's no one that's going to be safe safe is something julie brewer hasn't felt in months she says her husband a chef forced furloughed early on independent make and then got sick with copd it she and her son were also hit by the virus the summer was the worst since all of us catching and now we're everything that could go wrong.

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 and $53.00 left out of my sources garrity 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 in the shadows of arizona's capitol building in downtown phoenix this tent city for the homeless is growing every day. south africa is also suffering heavily from the pandemic around $3000000.00 people have lost their jobs because of the chronic virus crisis along with their income on rent and food many are now turning their backs on big cities and trying their luck

in the countryside. when cynthia needs water she can no longer open it she could do quite a few weeks ago she lost her office drop in the city and move back to her village. to collect water from a neighbor's tank. it's. this was i'm hoping to get more on training so that i can connect my work to straight pay because everything in the 6 you do is inside the house so there's not sort of outside. except going maybe joking oakum to wake. her daughter's remains in the village while their mother spent 80 years in the city working to support them trips home where where it wasn't making sense and where because i had to pay rent home. at the same time i took some money to my kids home and also with the percent of us looking after my kids so it wasn't balancing at all so i thought i might as well just come back home and be

with my kids and do something here. for me and my family now the 38 year old is turning a pastime into a profession and her small house she takes spreads and disputes. she receives up to 7 orders a week and has already made enough to invest in all of that her daughter's cell powered they are happy to have their mom back home. what did you miss most of your immunity the most places. when you're home confronted. and after living in the city since the scheme to offer advice. many of us is on the boat 'd being married having kids didn't get it's not so many young women that are independent but getting to be getting to see women that there that you don't know 'd it in the night as it encourages me it helps me go on how do

you move and it helps me even june because. cultivating fruit for export is just one of the business opportunities she could explore here in the village. so i went to a certain critical place this small place you know like oh i'll be sending. and make us so that people do not have to go to town to get pizza said because so they can only get it locally the worst of the little money that i'm getting from breaking is one thing that i've been trying to save so that i can be able to do that so if you have time bonnie is happy to let her daughters moved to the city to continue their education but she is certain her own future lies here in the country so. our last stop israel twice a year the country is a stopover for white storks on their migration route between europe and africa one of the best vantage points for birdwatchers to see this natural wonder

a garbage dump. time for break for flocks of white storks in the jordan valley and the occupied west bank at dawn on you thought of just yasi leisure mess up early to observe the birds at this huge garbage dump twice a year distorts navigate their way thousands of kilometers from europe to southern africa and back israel and the palestinian territories are like a bottleneck they're one of the main micro tare routes for millions of birds. because they avoid to fly over the mediterranean so we are like a highway across or treasure between 3 called good and so we are lucky to have in fact 600000 stalks flying twice a year over all that almost all the world population of whites talks about how that 50000 stuff like that i think so that doesn't. so we are lucky to be in the best

high rate of the job would still. rather than taking a shorter route over the many terrain in like smaller bats stalks fly over land to catch up north streams of long and pockets to write a thermos to conserve energy. the landfill is like a pit stop for the storks to just stay for the night to rest to feed and gather strength before setting off on the next leg. in the last 10 years they go to look for. that you are places where you catch a thief but for garbage that of course they have plastic bags and stuff like that which is of course dangerous but they go where they have the easy food although bird migration happens twice every year it still amazes here celestion who studies to birds for decades unlike most humans to storks don't need g.p.s. to arrive at their destination. we had one stall that was

amazing for 15 years she was going every you for the same nest in your book new 1000000000 to this same tree near kept on giving after a year. if they have stored wins she can compensate and she knows how to go but said they got exactly where she wants to go because they're doing it for ready billions of years. it's time for this truck to take off every day they fly between 302500 kilometers next stop the egyptian sinai before they continue their exhausting journey towards their winter home in southern africa.

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