in dulles they had damaging claims for a man who derives some of his support from blue collar workers through his self promotion image as a successful businessman the president denies * the details in the new york times reports the 1st i paid a lot out of state income taxes to work state churches a lot and he paid a lot of money at stake. in the would be revealed is going to come down but the it is the belief that i'm being they are doing the assessment we've been negotiating for a long time to get settled like in the us but right now when you're under audit you're going to do it you would do that so we're under audit but the story was a total fake but his opponents have already begun to hit back that was your son trump his long avoided making his tax returns public and he's the only u.s. president since the 1970 s. to decide as the november election looms virtues may demand more answers about the

president's financial responsibilities. like so welcome now robert associate to professor in the department of sociology at lancaster university and the editor of the book a trump presidency journalism and democracy good of you to join us this is obviously undeniably a scoop for the new yorker at times but just how damaging really is it for president trump especially the image that he tries to project that of a very successful businessman do you think he can reset the narrative and turn this around in his favor. well it certainly is going to be a talking point from the democrats that he's going to have to deal with so it's going to be more than a mile annoyance for him but for the true trump supporters it makes you wonder how much it's going to take for them to jump ship i mean these are these are folks who already don't like to pay taxes and there's a joke that you think you can know are going to happen here taxes and death so you

know for them if donald trump can get away without paying taxes and still have buildings with his name on it although some of those are licensed to dismiss their own the buildings. that he is he's still a great businessman and someone that they can look up to they don't want to pay their taxes there that this is a president to defy convention it is really quite difficult to keep track of the number of controversies that we have seen during his term in office what is the picture that emerges from this new york times piece well you know the new york times and other media outlets have shown a lot of the dealings of donald trump his his take on race when he was you know 1st starting out building in developing the new york and all the way through his own admissions to bankruptcy his own admissions to having difficulty in business but then always following through this is one that's not going to go away quickly i mean now that we have these debates coming up it's not like he came bring up yet

another controversy every single day this one is going to this is going to stick or for a bit but at the end of the at the end of the night on november 3rd people are going to have to ask a question of ok so maybe he did pay taxes do i still think that he has america going in a good direction and if they think it is illogically him financially then that he's going to he's going to sit in for another 4 years so do you think that vice president joe biden his his the the contender for the presidency in the u.s. will he be able to capitalize on this exposé from the new york times. well certainly among his ranks this is going to be one of the things that shows that donald trump is the ultimate anti-american perspective not living in a democracy changing the rules threatening not to leave office not paying taxes and participating in his civic duty to do that and that's going to rally people together the question is is joe biden the right person to get people from long

walks different walks of life into the into the voter booth and to tell the people who support now that big tax isn't actually promoting socialism it's part of the civic duty of what an american should do so it's good it does make you wonder what it's going to take for people our dream sides who to move over at all so joe biden has to find a way to rally people in his camp get out the vote in if this is something he can hold out to you bet he's going to bring it up every chance he can have a good assistant professor at the department of sociology at lancaster university and editor of the book tom presidency journalism and democracy thank you. wanted to have us some of the other stories making news around the world. at least 5 iraqi civilians were killed when their home and baghdad was hit by a missile the iraqi army said militia groups had been targeting badat airport where u.s. troops are stationed meanwhile washington has threatened to pull its diplomats out

of the country if attacks on american interests continue. prominence a bell of russian opposition figure and nobel laureate svetlana alexei vich has left the country for medical treatment in germany according to her age 72 year old is a senior member of the opposition core nation council and says she has recently been harassed by authorities and brother who sued. her in germany a senior figure from the foreign a.v. party has been fired after it emerged he was secretly recorded suggesting migrants be shot or gassed when the claims about former press spokesman the christian roots are made in a documentary by broadcast oppose even due to be aired this evening. we want to turn our focus now to india where coronavirus cases have exploded the official count of confirmed coronavirus cases in india has now exceeded 6000000 people with almost 800000 deaths from covert 1900 reported india has the 2nd highest

number of cases worldwide after the united states about 80000 new infections are recorded each day the world's highest daily rise well despite this the government is unlikely to reimpose the lockdown after harsh restrictions battered the economy and wrecked life the hopes of millions of people. all right let's get you more on this then we should just swallow joins us now from delhi. a very sad and grim milestone infection rates are still searching in india any signs of how the authorities are trying to stop or contain the search. when i have the pull of the government tank it. seems to have shifted from not being down and sticking to managing the deceit the bad any number of us. in f.l. and just thought i'm from at the beginning of the pandemic here looks let's much

like doing mines. this scene is detached by me and since you factor in the plague not just one of my friends but also people with policy. so right now the dominant view if they go out of camera or going to the stations but he's going to options and beat a lot of. people out in about crowds out and does not look a. lot of people seem to like my school. but then so could the 2nd a context for us of course so in here one of the world's most populous countries i mean is there a worry that infection rates could possibly be even higher. none of their art and so on but you can buy enough sense in strapping up to what is the

one of your tests on the shop and. not have it needs to but i didn't is that enough. you must understand that now a long. list of thinking that it's not cheap. that's. so they're not consultants i'm not wild about i'm right on. what i have but one thing that. the government. and how it went in years doing the right numbers but it was even then given the mass population. over the 1000 feet up. and then conclusion i've got 30 seconds left of course there are millions of people in india that are already facing and dealing with extreme financial hardship how have they been coping in the pen demick do they receive help

a little even difficult millions not. joakim ones that actually come to office. some meeting was to get them to stop to look at our most. oh of the sector the savvy millions of jobs and come up with them in yet seen its last. action. reporting for you from delhi thank you for your continued coverage. an old conflict has boiled over into new fighting is armenia and azerbaijan confront each other over the disputed region of nagorno-karabakh well both sides are using heavy artillery and have reported casualties each accuses the other of starting the fight while the area is internationally recognized as part of as a by john but has been controlled by ethnic armenians since the war in the early 1990 s. killing tens of thousands of people russia germany and the united states have all

called for an immediate cease fire. wants to go to war on sunday he signed up as a volunteer in the median capital yes i'm 66 years old and ready to fight for my father. he like many has been left shocked by the weekend's clashes. the army and ministry of defense says. azerbaijani london vision of the nagorno-karabakh. 3 enemy tanks and 2 helicopters were destroyed. our media has declared a state of war. troops. of light not of the outbreak of a widespread war in the south caucasus that we can now see could have unpredictable consequences it could spread beyond the region and in danger international security and stability you've shot of

a line there taking up arms in the regional capital stepanek here mostly a millions left here the media has controlled the region for decades but under international law it belongs to azerbaijan. azerbaijani officials have imposed martial law and curfews the government in baquba blames its neighbor for the new escalation. it's no secret that the 1st shot was also carried out by the armenian military. star not. cocky has promised to back her by john there were joint military exercises in july which had never in the media. knowledge to the touch want to destroy the armenians and armenia that's clear yes the story amenia is hoping for russian support but moscow and the e.u. have called for an end to the fighting. coming right up as our coverage $900.00

special show with kate ferguson you're watching t.w. nears the mile iraq and. thank you so much for spending is part of. combating the pandemic. where does research stand. what are scientists learning. background information and. our corona update. 19 special next on d.w. . parasail the saudi oil. body that will never be. connected to the highest levels of government. why do journalists shockey have to

die. to spread this for. 2 years later and the reasons are still unclear the case of jump. starts september 30th on t.w. . the coronavirus pandemic has put the spotlight on the often difficult relationship between science and politics. in the scientific world researchers tried a slow and methodical top in the search for truth but for some politicians the rush to deliver quick and easy answers to complex questions has made find to figure research into a political football. how does the virus spread. to mosques really protect their way or is who is most at risk from the pump to make understand how

government researchers. still learning about the virus trying to understand how it behaves and devising strategies to fighters. they need politicians to turn their findings into public policy but that collaboration is often far from straightforward. this is de w.'s covert 900 special i'm kate ferguson thanks for joining me here in germany chancellor angela merkel has warned that the number of corona virus infections could rise to almost 20000 a day by christmas if the current trend continues she says the priority must be to bring numbers down and while keeping the economy alive throughout the pandemic she's been shaping her policies around the latest advice from germany's scientists and researchers among the experts that have her ear is the country's most well known for custom causton. wear a mask wash your hands and maintain distance people in germany are accustomed to

following the safety and hygiene guidelines yet despite this the rate of infection is climbing with more than 2000 new cases in a single day the highest count since april germany's most prominent virologist christian thorsten sees the development critically he recently spoke at a conference in berlin and detailed some of his concerns in an interview with deutsche avella looks at other countries look at france the u.k. and spain what we're seeing there is what we will see germany. if we don't react very early on. in a way that needs to be adjusted that needs to be. let's say bearable for the economy at the same time targets and this is a very difficult task to find the right point of time thorsten has praise for

germany's coronavirus policies and the response by the country's leadership during the past. he says germany has been efficient and measures have softened the pandemics impact but he also says the government could do a better job of explaining why certain decisions are made it is not sufficient to impose rules that people don't understand so the cooperation off the population especially in the coming weeks and months. over over of autumn and winter. is probably one of the most important functions in the whole concept 2 to intervene thorsten says from a global perspective current developments in india particularly worrying the virus is spreading there almost uncontrollably and he says the situation in many western countries could also become more threatening there are areas including in europe where there is little control where countries already go into autumn with

a high. background incidence i believe. there are countries including india. will have to impose stricter measures very soon as germany and the world prepare for a likely 2nd major wave of new covered 19 infections in the coming months now more than ever politics and science need to work hand in hand. let's bring in professor all of a d.n.i. go he's a neurologist brilliant shot at a hospital and the founding director of the qwest center for transforming biomedical research professor dan i got thank you so much for joining us how has the coronavirus changed the relationship between science and politics. i don't think this relationship has changed in principle scientists provide evidence and politicians may or may not act accordingly but that is different for example to the

scientific council because climate change is that it is in the nature of an emerging pandemic that the visual evidence is often tentative and new evidence leads to new interpretations and new recommendations potentially universals so in general politicians don't have a good track record in following sound scientific advice i mean i think climate change again is therefore no big surprise to me that politicians have difficulties in following scientific advise if it is based on preliminary evidence and reckoning by statistical models now as they saw in that report there here in germany could stand off and he's become a household name how much influence what you say individual scientists have on politicians. i just have to ask the scientists generally they downplay the influence but for us observers it appears that some scientists are indeed highly i guess it's obvious who's on sweden with the stated emotion and just taken who has to say or officially on anthony fauci in the us although he seems to be

marginalized by a problem. but i think the u.k. for example it's quite likely the new focus and his model of the potential death toll triggered a policy reversal in the u.k. and lead to lock down what is problematic in my view is that it is and it's not the scientists who are the people aim for that scientific advisory supposedly not guided by for relevant principles advice research be inclusive in preventing sources expertise stakeholders it should be rigorous that's comprehensive free of bias independent review and transparent that it should be clear that conflicts of interest assumptions limitations gaps and which are also be accessible that is freely available in a plain language and we don't see that at the moment in any country and expanding out what you're saying they do you think find that they're under pressure to advance a certain political agenda and all this. well in every country politicians now

claim to act according to the best available science but what is the best available science someone has said that it's a case of survival of the ideas that fit so politicians tend to favor the kind of science that alliance with existing preferences what special to political actions or inactions in the pandemic is that they are felt immediately in viscerally by everyone it's days instead of years as the climate change so is a prominent epidemiology this recommends closure of schools and the government indeed close the schools and scientists becomes an immediate target for those opposing this measure so i guess this puts tremendous pressure on scientists giving advice. and i'm not hold that what you say the attention they cloned a virus is getting about now is good or bad for science. i guess a little bit of both and the jury's still out with the positive or negative effects will prevail science hopes to contain and eventually a predicate a threat this will reflect positive on on science i hope on the other hand many of

the measures taken have unintended consequences are many many people and as i said just now therefore as it's straightforward to blame scientists for all the negative consequences even within science because it's not black and white on the positive side are new forms of disseminating evidence scientific discussions which are currently popularized thing for example pre-print. scientific collaboration also gets a push but on the other hand we see a skin color coding these ation of research resources and expertise is funneled away from here is with the surfing call attention thing t.v. there are a cancer and there's increasing noise making it harder to focus on the signal that's the robust and relevant research results plus we see what has been called research exceptionalism and that's on the bed not bad data is better than no data and that's clearly dangerous especially in the conditions of of a pandemic some pros and cons f.f.s.

they are they cannot go from very emphatically thanks so much for speaking to us thank you very much. time night on for one of your questions about the coronavirus over to our science correspondent eric williams. if i think i had the virus but couldn't be tested could the vaccine actually be dangerous for me. well we don't know at least not yet but presumably the ensor to this question and others like it will be provided by the extensive phase 3 testing that a number of vaccine candidates are going through now they involve tens of thousands of volunteers and some of them i'm sure will have already had covert 19 and most other diseases there aren't mechanisms that would cause someone who had them to react badly to subsequent vaccinations i think the assumption most experts would make is that with covert 19 that's amazing someone who has already had the virus

will generally act more like a booster shot reminding the immune system that sars of 2 is still around and putting it back on high alert which isn't to say that potential vaccines won't have any side effects in fact reports so far imply that some if not most candidates are pretty react to generate which means they can cause discomfort ranging from from headache to soreness at the injection site to the tea or fever but the big question is whether those side effects are seen as acceptable in terms of tolerability if some people get a headache for a couple of hours the day after a vaccination that would probably be considered an acceptable trade off if their temperature spikes dramatically then it wouldn't that's at least in part what what

phase 3 testing in vaccines is about one thing it's meant to do is identify as many rare. adverse events as possible and big test go work to evaluate as many potential dangers as possible before you give a vaccine to the wider population. and we leave you with this spain has been one of the european countries hardest hit by covert 19 over the weekend activists placed thousands of spanish flags in a park in the capital madrid to mourn the over 30000 people who've lost their lives to the disease in recent weeks the city has become one of europe's coronavirus hotspots the secret auction was also meant as a sign of protest and a call on the government to do more it to stop the spread of the virus.

and that's all from this covert $900.00 special if you want more of the dedicated coronavirus section of our website from maine the team take care.

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