this is the the view news live from the coronavirus dominates the u.s. vice presidential debate the american people have witnessed what is. it from the very 1st day president donald trump has put the health of america 1st. facing off debating issues ranging from supreme court appointments to the climate what were their answers. plus a concerning takes to germany of coronavirus cases to over $4000.00 now that is the

highest number in a single day since early april. and china's race for a vaccine. one could be ready by the end of the year but experts say a return of the pandemic could come soon. good to have you with us today there coronavirus has dominated the 1st and only vice presidential debate ahead of the u.s. elections republican vice president mike pence and his democratic challenger clashing over the trumpet ministrations response to the pandemic other hot button issues included the open seat on the supreme court and abortion. after the recent chaotic presidential debate this seemed civil and much more orderly the 2

candidates seated at a safe distance divided by plexiglass barriers in the 1st and only vice presidential debate both harris and pence seemed ready for finally to give in we need to have eyes for just like he interrupted me and i'd like to just spend the coronavirus pandemic was just one of many issues of contention between mike pence and camila harris the american people have witnessed what is the greatest failure of any presidential administration in history of our country undermining the pen's who hits president trumps corona pandemic taskforce on excel went on the defensive from the very 1st day president donald trump has put the health of america 1st before there were more than 5 cases in the united states all people who had returned from china president donald trump do what no other american president had ever done whatever the vice president would depend demick still affecting millions

of americans leaving many worried about keeping their health care coverage harris went straight on the attack if you have a preexisting condition heart disease diabetes breast cancer they're coming for you if you love someone who has a preexisting i just think you they don't see how many you if the vaccine this response avoided specifics obamacare was a disaster for the american people remember well president trump and i have a plan to improve health care and for present return to preexisting conditions for every american and here's the abortion also came up as always an important factor in american elections were informed. i'm pro-life i don't apologize for. and this is another one of those cases where there's such a dramatic contrast joe biden kamel harris support taxpayer funding of abortion all the way up to the moment of birth late term abortion they want to increase funding

to planned parenthood of america issues before us can be more serious there's the issue of choice and i will always fight for a woman's right to make a decision about her own body it should be her decision and not that of donald trump and and the vice president michael pence though most viewings of the debate to place virtually at home some locations host a small viewing parties like this one in cincinnati. well i think it was a lot more like a debate than the previous presidential that be. a lot more with what normally happens. i was pleasantly surprised to see more civility in this debate than the previous presidential debate. it's unclear how much this vice presidential debate will change the dynamics of the presidential race donald trump and his challenger joe biden shitheel to face off again in the 2nd debate next week.

to talk about this latest debate could a roll of dolls here from our u.s. election team nice to see you again peter and now when we look at vice president presidential debates they usually don't get a lot of attention this one very different because of the age of the 2 contenders for the office and voters want to know about their possible successors yeah there's absolutely i mean bitin should he be elected it be 78 when he takes office the oldest president to get it to take office he's also said that he wants to be a one term president which obviously we leave the gate wide open for a vice presidential nominee harris trump is would be $75.00 if reelected on inauguration day and let's keep in mind here heat. has tested positive for corona he is still battling the virus and he's not out of the woods despite what he may claim and so you know the likelihood that either of these 2 candidates mike pence and come all the hairs could take over within the next years

is much greater than anything we've seen frankly in decades and so that really puts you know increased spotlight on the 2 to deliver and also makes it all the more important for them they sell themselves to the viewing public especially the undecided voters and and get that message across that their presidential material did they succeed in doing that well i think in many ways this was really the debate that a lot of voters had hoped for last week when trump and biden faced off you know this was much more civil both candidates frankly percentages of those much more presidential i mean let's not kid ourselves that we're still a lot of false it's a lot of spin this is after all still politics but it was a also much heavier on policy and as we heard one of one of the viewers there say you know it really felt like a throwback to the way the debates used to be so they're not a lot of undecided voters left but there are enough that it could still be election

and so you know this really i think introduced into to these candidates character their temperament come all harris who's a former attorney general known as a very fierce prosecutor in the senate you know had a challenge going into there's no standing her ground standing up to mike pence and the trump instruction call him out on their handling of the pandemic for instance but without coming across as an angry black woman which is you know something she was up against you know she her job was not just to fire the liberal base but also really to sway fears i think of a lot of moderate republicans who don't feel comfortable voting for trump and so this is some extent that came at the expense i think of the forcefulness but reactions from watchers suggest that she managed to pull it off. mike pence. even after 4 years as the vice president a lot of people are still not familiar with them so this was a chance to kind of reintroduce himself to the public i think to voters is a very skilled debater he's

a master of spin. and as we heard there he's also develop. unapologetic you know born again christian and it's easy to forget that what makes trump attractive to a lot of people is that he had mike pence at his side you know special conservatives are watching him might make some republicans feel better about voting for trump a 2nd time around you know just one last as a study dependable middle of the road type of my taking this and you know the challenge for pence is recent polls really show that the gap between biden and trump has been whining right so you know results in a note about polls absolutely absolutely but the race is the it's been fairly steady so far recent polls suggesting the biden could be up as you know by double digits i'm not sure the pens managed to really close that gap but he certainly didn't help ok and just before the debate started the president tweeted. his

update on his condition let's take a look at that i want everybody to be given the same treatment as your president because i feel great i feel like perfect so i think this was a blessing from god that i caught it this was a blessing in disguise. varia donald trump there talking primarily you think his base but not only what do you think he was hoping to achieve by delivering this kind of message what was his goal or well i think obviously he wants to you know we were less than 30 days away from from election day and he wants to show that not only is he in charge of the pandemic also that you know he's living proof that it can be overcome i mean he called this new drug that he's been getting regenerate and called it a cure he said he wanted it to make he feels better than then than ever before and he wants to make that available free of charge to every american it must be said

this is still an experimental antibody treatment. you know it's been hailed as promising. but we don't really know kind of where it will take is or if it is really the cure all you know usually those tests take months and years. i do think though he does run the risk of selling something to the american public that he won't be able to actually deliver on. right now the election day is what's important and if he can sell them on this until then he'll be more than happy i think ok peter thanks very much from our election team joining us today for some analysis let's get you up to date on what's happening here in germany right now leading health official in this country has warned that the spread of the corona virus could become quote uncontrollable if people do not stick to hygiene and distancing rules a warning coming as official figures show the number of new cases in germany leaping with more than 4000 new infections reported in the past 24 hours that's the

rate seems april when the country was on lockdown but they already have tightened restrictions on our risk areas and warned against domestic and international terrorism germany's health minister has called the jump in cases all alarming and he's calling on young people to take it more seriously. at the moment it's mainly young people that i getting infected. because they want to party with you travel because if you invulnerable. but they are not since the crowing about remains a dangerous disease especially for the elderly. a spring indeed obvious political correspondent thomas sparrow who's following the latest developments for this continued thomas and did the german health minister mention any specific steps or was this more of a cautionary warning it was such only a cautionary warning because the numbers that we're seeing today those 4000 cases that you mentioned brian are certainly worrying not only for german authorities

it's something that has been a mocked increase compared to previous daily coronavirus numbers here in the country yet at the same time what job and health minister was very clear today was that on the one hand germany compared to other european countries has fared well with the health service is not being overwhelmed and there's also preparations for what will come in the winter in the next few months yet at the same time obviously authorities are concerned about these developments and that's why they were asking germans in particular to still maintain social distancing to still stick to some of those rules and regulations that have been announced and as such to be that those numbers do not jump any further tom stories are also warning against domestic and international terrorism can we expect mandatory travel restrictions in the pipeline . travelling was certainly one of the key issues in the summer months but all

thought is today in a press conference said that people who return from high risk regions are only a minority of those cases that are confirmed in a daily basis here in germany that most infections actually happen in the country for example when people potty when there are god there rings in religious services and they've also stressed that it's not only young people other young people certainly are now one area of concern but it's also more and more older people getting infected and that's also one of the reasons why health officials were particularly adamant to try and make sure that people understand the importance of maintaining social distancing and hygiene rules thomas sparrow forest very bring us up to date on the latest developments thomas thanks very much. with germany and other european nations moving to contain a rising number of infections china is reporting the pend them are there is under control beijing says it has beaten the pandemic and that it could have a vaccine ready by the end of the year. a crowded train station yet

people here are not afraid of getting infected there are a cowardly just a couple of 100 active cases in china it has already celebrated its victory over 19 . now china wants to be the 1st country to develop a successful vaccine. for companies have vaccines in stage 3 testing some trials could be finished by the end of the year. but several 100 people have already been vaccinated since july and initially it was military and health personnel but now it's teaches train conductors and journalists. here they usually only we have completed preclinical and on a mill test that fulfills the conditions required to approve the product. would push on the for television. even though in fiction numbers are currently low in china experts say the country might well experience

a 2nd wave of infections in coming months after the good times of summer and autumn have cited. and as more of these and other stories that our web site and on our you tube channel as well for now i'm brian thomas from the entire team thanks for being . in mexico many pushed home loves us right now in the uk climate change diverted off a story this is my placing way from just one week. how much worse can it really get. we still have time to ask i'm going. to. watch this.