this is news a live from berlin u.s. president donald trump speaks from the hospital where he's being treated for covert 19 i came here wasn't feeling so well i feel much better now we're working hard to get all the way back. but he says he still faces a critical next few days in his fight against the coronavirus or get the latest from our correspondent in washington also coming up. storm alex leaves at least

2 people dead and dozens missing in the french and italian alps homes are washed away in the worst flooding in living memory. a michael thanks for joining us u.s. president donald trump has spoken out for the 1st time from the hospital where he's being treated for covert 19 he released a video message on twitter adding that the coming days will be the real test of his fight against the coronavirus earlier the president's doctor also said he was doing well but follow up questions shifted to focus on the timing of trump's in faction and diagnosis. and doing his best to reassure the united states i came here wasn't feeling so well i feel much better. we're working hard to get me all

the way back and i have to be back because we still have to make america great again we don't you know out of there but we still have steps to go and we have to very said you know. i'll be back i think i'll be back soon. finishing up the campaign the way we started we are things happening that look like we're miracles but admitted the coming days will be crucial so i just want to tell you that i'm starting to feel. over the next few days i guess that's the real test will be seeing what happens over those next next couple of days. early on saturday the president's medical team had also given an update explaining their decision to transfer him to a military hospital as reported yesterday consultation with this group i recommended we bring the president up to walter reed is a precautionary measure measure to provide state of the art monitoring and any care

that he may need just 72 hours into the diagnosis now the 1st week of it in a particular day 7 to 10 of the most critical in determining the likely course of this illness but that clarification caused confusion 72 hours into the diagnosis would mean he was confirmed infected on wednesday. trump only announced that he and the 1st lady had contracted covert 19 early on friday. the president's doctor sean conley later issued a statement correcting himself. following an event at the white house rose garden last week a number of prominent republicans have also tested positive. including 2 senators from the judiciary committee who are due to consider trump's new nomination for the supreme court. vote trump is reportedly on the mend his chief of staff says the next 2 days will be critical in the president's fight against covert 19.

joining us now is our correspondent karen leaders from morning in washington greetings carol you know we just heard the president say he's doing well did he also defend his decision to continue containing without a mask well in this video of the 2nd one he released from the hospital his 70th trying to kill the room or as we heard a yesterday saying that his health condition was quite serious we don't know if though if this is going to change anything on his position towards the measures to stop the infections in the states like wearing a mask or keeping keeping a social distance we have to consider that the mask has almost become a political symbol in this country trying to trade as i say the mask and even made fun of joe biden for example during the presidential debate because he always wears a mask is he now going to change that position openly perhaps after having been

hospitalized for several days due to his covets 1000 infection so we don't know as you know more people in the president's inner circle have tested positive in recent days how certain are we that that rose garden event was in fact a super spreader moment within the president's team. this is not being come for that ceremony last week the white house was the place where several people got infected but we do know that at least 6 people including to republican senator sweat attended that event. are being tested have been tested positive for 19 so it is highly likely that this might have been the event where they contracted the infection also we have seen in the images that we got that they are not wearing a mask and they are not keeping social distancing so this could be the spreader

event vs how these infections affecting the trunk campaign team a month now from the presidential election. the impact on the campaign is huge specially for republicans trying to cancel his campaign events for this week. in the media have published he says he thinks he is coming back very soon and that he wants to continue on with his campaign to make america great again and bad as for now he has topped the campaign or the event by this campaign by the way as said the candidate joe biden will get tested more frequently and will now continue in person campaign his resolves off the tests are going to be disclosed every day. care leadership more in washington for us thank you so much clearly no. since donald trump announces diagnosis on twitter late on

thursday misinformation has been spreading on social media about the president some are even questioning if trump is actually ill who can we trust when it comes to the president's health reporter. joins me now to talk more about this where do we begin to lay i mean to tell us about the theories that are spreading on line you know 1st of all there is of course no evidence that trump was lying about his diagnosis is now being treated in hospital for carbon 19 and as with any conspiracy theory it would have taken a lot of people to be in on that if it were if if they are serious with what truth it is fair to question a statement that comes from donald trump washington post at the latest how he said he had made 20000 false or misleading claims in 202-0000. might get to $25.00 by the end of by the end of october. and so when this news broke on wednesday social media really exploded with with theories on both extremes

of the political spectrum to be honest on the on the left you have the documentary filmmaker michael moore for example he suggests that trump was faking this. to somehow has postponed the election all this was saying that he was faking it to get out of more doing more television debates of the chaotic debate earlier in the week obvious again said it was a distraction from his tax scandal on the far right conspiracy theorists there suggest that this was part of his grand plan to take down the washington elite somehow the details on that are a bit murky we're not going to get into those details but there are plenty of theories so given the on line theories of her rich raid all over the place and the fact that throughout history administrations have been shall we say careful about disclosing all medical details about the president can we believe the information

that's coming out of the white house well yes and no take the statement yesterday from his chief from his personal physician he did not on the question about oxygen and whether the president at any time had been on oxygen he didn't oncet those questions clearly the white house has the white house has also not been forthcoming when it comes to the timeline you know that hope picks the aide who 1st had symptoms she had symptoms for 24 hours before the news broke and when the news of her positive test broke that did not come from the white house that came from bloomberg news we also know that the president went to a fundraising event in new jersey off he knew that hope picks had tested positive and as you said in the past this white house especially has not been very forthcoming when it comes to disclosing medical records there was a incidents few years back of a letter written by trump's forma personal physician saying that he was that good

health turned out that had been dictated by trump himself and there was also an unplanned hospital visit to the same hospital in november last year to which we still how. no explanation was it so important that we get accurate information. the health of the u.s. president is very important it's the biggest his the leader of the biggest economy in the world the markets were rattled this this week when news of his coverage broke if he is incapacitated say if he isn't oxygen if he is on a respirator that's a matter of national security especially if you imagine how some decision making process is happening in this white house sometimes the president will make decisions and his people below him might not even know about them so you you could see a breakdown of communication and. it's also of course an issue for people's health it was

a survey this week saying that donald trump himself was the biggest the biggest source of misinformation about the coronavirus in the u.s. and a lot of people gets most if not all of the news from social media so we're dealing really here with differing realities differing versions of off the story the physician yesterday said his in his condition was improving earlier the chief of staff said that his condition was very concerning and the president himself said we would see the severity of the illness in the next few days so who do you believe well whoever you believe i have a feeling that this discussion will continue long after donald trump gets out of the hospital. thank you so much for that. let's turn now to some of the other stories making news around the world pope francis has signed his latest and cyclical in the crypt where his namesake st francis of assissi is buried the letter presenting the pontiff views on a specific topic addresses solidarity in the coronavirus pandemic the pope will

deliver the in cyclical later on sunday. turnout has been high in the french archipelago of new caledonia as voters decide whether to break away from france after almost 170 years if they choose independence in a referendum they'll be a transition period otherwise the south pacific territory will keep a close ties with parents. hundreds of demonstrators have taken to the streets of chile's capital santiago to protest against inequality and police brutality the demonstration was called in response to a video which appeared to show a police officer pushing a gun demonstrator off a bridge during clashes on friday. now hundreds of rescue operations are underway along the french italian border after a massive storm front front battered the region at least 2 people have been killed storm alex brought to rental rain that collapsed bridges enclosed mountain passes

that's been hampering efforts to find the dozens of people reported missing. hanging on for dear life. hundreds of homes have been rendered uninhabitable after storm from alex struck the vests to be valley in southern france on saturday. an entire year's worth of rain came crashing down in just 12 hours triggering landslides and causing rivers to burst their banks. as rescuers search the debris for survivors local officials take stock of the damage is sold. even though there are more than $100.00 houses washed away some partially destroyed or isolate it is . the inhabitants won't be able to live in these houses for a long time. across the border in italy flash floods have forced emergency services to take to the air to reach victims trapped by the water

communications networks have also been damaged complicating rescue efforts and cutting many families off from their loved ones. tuscany and companion were hit worst by the storm front. despite flood warnings venice was largely spared from the rising waters thanks in part to its new 1000000000 euro anti flooding barriers. now here's a story you don't hear every day of rocket carrying a new $23000000.00 toilet is heading to the international space station and you you heard that right the cargo includes meats and cheeses as well as scientific equipment but the women astronauts onboard the space station will no doubt be more interested in the new toilet which is better suited to their needs than the current facilities. you're watching news from berlin our tech show

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