this is news coming to you live from u.s. president and democratic candidate joe biden have clashed in the final t.v. debate despite a more civil exchange than last time trump still went on to attack his challenger with unfounded allegations. i don't make money from the ukraine. i don't make money from russia you make $3.00 and a half $1000000.00 that you gave you. 2 weeks to go before election day the sparring match between the 2 candidates covered a wide range of topics from the pandemic to race relations but. also coming up

big cases in germany break the 10000 mark for the 2nd day running. for imposing. a desperate attempt to slow the spread of the fun. of nigeria's president. protests. players across the country the prison was. ongoing protests against police brutality rights groups protestors were killed in the capital. hello i'm terry martin welcome to the program u.s. president and his democratic challenger joe biden have faced off in a puddle t.v. debate less than 2 weeks before election day the exchange in nashville tennessee was a lot more civil than the. ill tempered 1st debate between the 2 men

a large chunk of the 90 minutes was given over to the corona virus pandemic with the result of the president or other defending his record and biden going on the attack let's take a listen he says you know we're learning to live with people learning to die with you folks who will have an empty chair at the kitchen table this morning that man or wife going to bed tonight or reaching over to try to touch their out of habit where their wife or husband was is gone learning to live with it c'mon we're dying with because he's never said he said he's dangerous when's the last time is it really dangerous still we dangerous you tell the people it's dangerous now what should they do about the danger and you say i take no responsibility when you talk about your excuse me i take very i take full responsibility it's not my fault that he came here it's china's fault and you know what it's not joe's fault that it came here either it's china's fault the fact is that when we knew it was coming when it

hit what happened what to the president say he said don't worry it's going to go away begun by easter don't worry quorum whether they'll worry maybe inject belief he said he was kidding when he said that a lot of people thought it was serious a whole range of things the president said even today he thinks we are in control we're about to lose 200000 more people present the perhaps just to finish this i was kidding on that but just to finish this one eye closed he said i shouldn't have closed and that went on for months at one eye closed he said this is a terrible thing it is then a phobic i think he called me a racist even and because i was closing it to china now he says i should have close it earlier it just it doesn't i didn't say either of those things you certainly. did i talked about his in a phobia in a different context that wasn't about closing the border to chinese coming to the united states are our washington correspondent. was following that debate and she

joins us now from washington symbol of very different atmosphere to the 1st debate which candidate do you think came out on top this time. terry good morning to you you know i think i go out on the limb and say perhaps we the viewers came out on top this time because we actually got to see a debate you know some of the changes that were made in advance of the format of this debate the muting of the mikes for example really served us the viewers and voters really well and the moderator got to cover a lot of ground cover a lot of topics i mean the candidates also covered a lot of topics they got to actually spar on a number of questions that are important to voters now the consensus here is that president trump certainly delivered a far better performance than in the 1st debate he was far more disciplined he was able to stay on point on a number of policy issues it was far less combative and republicans here really are saying this is the president that they were hoping for and waiting for in that 1st debate and they were glad that he showed up this time that joe biden's campaign and

his supporters are saying that he also delivered a very strong performance particularly on the covert 19 pandemic but also on those more moral and ethical questions the question of bringing decency back into the white house and they believe that he really scored a big win on some of those topics i have to say that we did see both candidates issue some a half truths and some false statements that made it more difficult for viewers and that is something that fact checkers are catching up on now because of the campaign managers are probably happy with their candidates do you think voters will have a clearer picture of the candidates visions for the country after this debate. well i think what voters got here was a reinforced view of what the visions of both these candidates are and that hasn't really changed much from the previous month so for example on covert 19 we saw the president sticking to his perspective that the country is turning the corner of the

country is on the up that places and states that are seeing outbreaks are tamping down those outbreaks again and that a vaccine is imminent now joe biden also sticking to his perspective perspective which is namely that the president has mismanaged this crisis that. more than 220000 americans have died and more will die and he said that the president has as not been responsible in this crisis and that he would have a plan to keep americans safe here and that those were where they were on covert 19 on foreign policy what we saw was that president trump said he would tell it where you tell it it rather has more on orthodox policy there for example is relationship to kim jong il and of north korea joe biden they're saying clearly well kim jong un is a thug so if we were looking for daylight between the 2 candidates on policy we really saw that they are night and day in the way that they see where the country is right now and where the country is headed ok what do you think is this debate likely to actually influence the outcome of the election. well terry i think

that's pretty hard to imagine at this point i mean there really aren't that many undecided voters so voters who are on the fence i saw a number today saying that between 2 and 8 percent of voters are still undecided so there really aren't that many minds to change at this point what do you think that both candidates and campaigns can say is that there are candidates delivered good strong performances but i don't think either candidate can say that they came out of this being able to change the outcome of the election so we thank you very much steve washington correspondent for now so let's count them. germany has recorded more than 11000 new coronavirus infections over the past 24 hours for the 2nd day in a row the surge in corona virus cases here is mirrored in other countries across europe with many countries reaching new highs in a section writes faced with the spiraling crisis governments around the continent or tightening restrictions and imposing new law or report begins in france.

another sad record in france where more than 41000 corona virus infections were reported on thursday in some cities intensive care units are already reaching capacity a public health crisis looms large. the government has responded by extending curfews already in effect in the capital paris to a total of 38 regions france is set to become the 2nd european country to exceed 1000000 cases. after spain reached this grim milestone earlier in the week with an infection rate 3 times the national average the region of nevada has resorted to drastic measures. it has banned most travel into and out of the region and closed all restaurants and bars. the capital madrid has been under a similar lockdown for the past 2 weeks to stem

a spiraling caseload. italy was the 1st european country to be hit hard by the coronavirus. prime minister's decepticon to has appealed to a tally ends to adhere to curfews imposed in italy's 3 biggest cities the country is desperate to avoid the massive casualties and overflowing hospitals witnessed earlier this year. the caseload is exploding in the czech republic a record 15000 new infections on thursday prompted the government to impose a hard lockdown. prime minister i'm sorry bob ish said to have system would otherwise collapse by early next month. the shop sheltered in the capital prague. army moved in to set up a field hospital. a lockdown is also in effect in ireland over the next 6 weeks households are not allowed to mingle and people have to stay within 5 kilometers of their homes non-essential shops have been closed and restaurants are

restricted to take away so. now let's look at some other stories making headlines around the world today the u.s. senate judiciary committee has approved president trump's pick for supreme court justice the vote keeps amy cohen barrett on track for confirmation before next month's election the republican controlled senate will decide the next step democrats protested a rush to replace the late justice ruth bader ginsburg. russian president vladimir putin has rejected accusations that he was involved in poisoning kremlin opponent alexina bonnie he said he would not have allowed me to leave the country if the case in a television interview putin said he had personally authorized evacuation to germany for treatment. and u.s. regulators have approved the viral medicine does appear as a hospital treatment for covert 900 patients is the 1st drug to win full approval

with a us fight the study published by the world health organization last week which found the medication had no substantial effect on patients. nigeria's president has called for an end to protests across the country as demonstrations against police brutality continue your president will do bihari warned protesters not to undermine security is addressed came after 12 people were killed when the military opened fire during a protest earlier this week. la crosse has descended into chaos. gunfire rang out shops were looted and a prison was such a blaze in nigeria's biggest city on thursday prompting the president to call for calm. i therefore core. to discontinue the street forests and constructively engage government in finding solutions

you have always as we know and clear and. people are losing faith in this occurring forces and the government after 12 demonstrators were killed earlier this week. peaceful protests against a police unit known as sars has been under way across the country since earlier this month with the unit accused of torturing and killing citizens. from there in south africa but tensions escalated on tuesday night when security forces fired into a crowd of protesters singing the national anthem according to amnesty international and from what we have seen on the ground clearly. the they did not respect international. a major us constitution as low in themselves in people's lives and security in. the incident

sparked condemnation from the international community and violent unrest within the country mobs vandalized and burned police stations courthouses and t.v. stations while police fought back but the nigerian military has that night shooting at the protesters and they have us in particular. and members of the international community. many of whom have expressed. aboard the ongoing development in that we thank you as you all to seek to know all the facts available before in order to judgment and making history for now months the president said he was pained by the loss of innocent lives but did not directly acknowledge the protests shootings it's a retard that may not be well received by the nigerians who have been calling for

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a more restrained tone biden renewed his criticism of the president's handling of the credible pandemic while trump said little on actual policies. monica's up next with business news thanks for watching. it's session for spectacular pictures. it's their passion for nature. it's their complete a function that makes them the wildlife photographer in the world. and. confrontational and story. 5 adventures. one goal.