100 ventures. one goal. the preservation of our planet. is an issue regarding trees and certain kind as any more. because there is a danger to run on us or our true our cities are radically different where you live or in the broader. issues or china starts november 6th on to you w. this is d.w. news and these are our top stories a major security incident is under way in the austrian capital vienna police say at least one person has been killed and several others injured several gunmen have attacked a 6 locations in the city center close to the main synagogue the austrian interior minister says it appears it to be

a terrorist attack police have told the public to remain indoors. u.s. president donald trump and his challenger joe biden are making their final pitches to voters on the eve of election day in north carolina the president said he would win again it despite what he calls the faithful was predicting his defeat biden told supporters in ohio that it's time to end the chaos of the past 4 years. german chancellor angela merkel has described the country's latest partial lockdown as essential to ensure the health system does not reach its breaking point bars restaurants and most leisure facilities will be closed and the and to november the chancellor appealed to the public to keep social contacts to a minimum over the next 4 weeks. this is g.w. news from berlin follow us on twitter and instagram at state of the union is or visit our website dot com. for. more now on.

germany with into a partial coronavirus walked today and will stay there for the rest of movember a month of walk down wife says that is weighing heavily on everyone today chairs are made it clear the government can close restaurants and bars but it's up to the people to stop the virus to come through november feeling rather alone so that we don't feel lonely come christmas i'm bored off in berlin this is the day. the light at the end of the tunnel is still quite a long way away. exponential growth which is leading us faster and faster towards and health care emergency. looked long and hard for

a better way as we didn't find one. have to do without much of what makes life nicer we know that. and if we stick to this rigorously for one month then we can break this 2nd wave. law in a democracy i believe in the power of reason and responsibility. also coming up in the foreign policy of donald trump's america 1st diplomats here in germany and europe describe it as 4 years of brazen bombastic brinkmanship from this day forward it's going to be only america 1st american church the fact is this was a horrible one sided deal that should have never ever been made if you look at.

germany is a captive for. to our viewers watching on p.b.s. in the united states and to all of you around the world welcome we begin the day beginning the loneliest of novembers today germany went into a partial lockdown in the hopes of stopping the exponential spread of the corona virus in the past 2 weeks the number of new cases has tripled the number of covert 1000 patients in intensive care has doubled the prescription from the government for weeks and closed restaurants and bars stores and schools will remain open and interpersonal contact it is supposed to be reduced to a bare minimum today german chancellor angela merkel admitted this will be and endure instead a nation at home all alone in the wimber hoping it won't be come december. a wet start to germany's new partial lockdown early morning in berlin as school

children have to class they are some of the few whose routine won't change that much with the new measures the new restrictions don't affect shops schools or day cares the german government says it will prioritize children's education something it says is better achieved with person lessons. what does appear different is the street usually bustling with tourists and locals now quiet and empty its many bars and cafes have to shut down and can only offer takeout. german chancellor angela merkel acknowledged that the new measures are hard but said that they are necessary to limit social contacts and bring the pandemic back under control. doesn't do it and of course this means that for the next 4 weeks will have to go without a lot of the things that make life worthwhile and we all know that the state premiers as well as we in the government we spent a long time considering whether there was

a better or moderate way but we did not see one that's why with heavy hearts we decided on these measures. the government has also urged those who can to work from home and asked employers to facilitate the transition with more people staying home fewer commuters should crowded trains and buses. at lunch time clients lined up outside restaurants not to wait for a table but to order takeout a buffer for many restaurant owners but not enough to make up for the lost income. this is really a service to customers but it's not much more than that i assume that i will have to accept some losses this month in. a difficult november lies ahead the hope now for germans is that the next 4 weeks will. be enough to curb the spread of the virus. a new

vision will govern our land from this day forward it's going to be only america 1st american hurt the most for you simply don't know of left america's european allies the mistakes. he's. preaching the fact is this was a horrible one sided deal that should have never ever been made he's a lash tam's it's america's friend if you look at. germany it's a cat. and he's done 2 authoritarian. things 4 years of donald trump europe's state of shock what you just saw is a clip from a new d.w. documentary by our chief international editor richard walker i can highly recommend it and you can watch it at youtube dot com slash d

w news now if the past 4 years have shaken the world's perception of the u.s. what will the next 4 years do well that depends on the outcome of the election this week and the elections aftermath in its latest report the crisis group is warning that for the 1st time in recent history violence erupting post-election is a real risk in the u.s. and for the 1st time the group is advising u.s. political leaders to heed the advice from foreign allies when it comes to respecting the rule of law and fair and free elections american democracy long the standard by which other nations have measured their freedoms may need other nations to remind it of what those freedoms are. correspondents are on both. the atlantic and will be doing exactly what many of you will be doing on election day in the us waiting for the results washington bureau

chief in his poll covered the election 4 years ago when donald trump beat hillary clinton she's back in the u.s. capitol on the same beat for the past 3 years my colleague alexander phenomena covered the white house for us she is now our brussels bureau chief and in money shots covers german politics and that includes chancer on the america's struggle to connect with us president donald trump to all 3 of you it's good to have you here on this election even as i want to start with you u.s. presidential campaign there marathons we know that now we've got the final sprint to the finish it may or may not be over tomorrow night what are you expecting right brained i mean for voters and actually also of viewers who are hoping to know who the next president of these united states is. i think they will be disappointed if they think we will have resolved by tomorrow night or even early

wednesday morning this result of this election hangs on only a very few states and that has a lot to do with how this country works and so much of the electorate deciding to use maiden ballots this year people are going to have to be patient so i think it's going to take at least a couple of days before we know who the president of the united states will be in is do we know what preparations are the drawn by campaigns making for a disputed election result. well for republicans they have a court system that has been handpicked by trump which of course includes the recent supreme court nominee picks a conservative churches also have been clear that they are not in favor of postmark ballots that are returned to office he would say this is going to be

a big issue so and for democrats and liberals it is important for them to make sure that as many people as possible go out to vote because well it's really my it's being that president on the trumps announces his victory even before the columns are all in so all both sides kind of are really ready to fight the outcome in front of courts alexander is that the biggest worry in brussels for the european union that the election will come and go and deliver no clarity no closure. well actually you know our officials that i spoke with they told me that they are concerned that there could be appropriate of chaos of uncertainty and this is because the united states is still a very important partner for the european union and it's so important for nato but that's also reason why i think it's safe to say that the majority of officials in

the majority of the leaders they're really hoping for a change they're rooting for joe biden because they want to see a you asked president and the white house who is more predictable who appreciates long held alliances who cherish international organizations but of course they're not naive to to hope that you know all the problems and frictions would be would disappear overnight but what they are hoping for is a change of tone and of the tone and change of the atmosphere in the transatlantic relations and what about the german chancellor we all remember that after trump one in 2016 mrs merkel she offered to work with trump on the basis of the values of democracy freedom respect for the rule of law and human dignity how has that worked out for the genes that. well brent's not so well because the usual

means of communication between the 2 countries have changed over those past 4 years president trump in the us has several times a scolded germany and india international scene and chancellor i get america acknowledged this radical shift in the relation between the 2 countries remember in 2000 and seventy's during a g 772 and she's say that the times when we could soon be counted on others are over to a certain extent and a tramp oh so heavy to criticize and go america last for europe's handling of the pandemic and also of course his tweeter are fine many participants here in germany among the population only 22 percent off germans have a positive view of the us since the beginning of the tram presidency and for several several reasons there's a redress restoril sorry for it from the paris agreement on climate more recent and recently we saw the restoril of us soldiers from germany trade disappeared so this

has been a really difficult 4 years here in germany in terms of transatlantic relations and we know that there are reports that the german government want to deal with the us through this election what is that new deal what is it supposed to be exactly. well there's a lot to be amended between the 2 countries and barely in hopes to reset the transatlantic ties of foreign minister high command sayed that he would quickly reached out reach out to washington no mot so who wins this election and send out proposals for a new compilation between the 2 countries now he didn't want to take sides and he reminded that it was not his place to do so as a foreign minister but he did say that joe biden stewed in the tradition of seeing cooperation as a strength for america and he also warned that in terms of us the teacher to his jam any change would be required and that he hopes to be able to tackle global

issues together again namely trade climate protection and the ongoing pandemic and i'm wondering let's assume that will draw with real hell is us foreign policy likely to play out in the event that we are dealing with a trial when. i mean brenda no this country is facing major problems as so many other countries and this will do to the pandemic and as we all know there is hardly any social safety net here so we'll see the gap between the filthy rich and the absolutely poor growing and is this going to be proof will we actually already see that more and more tense even in a rich city like washington where people are living because they lost their homes they've got a diktat so i think the main focus of whoever will win these elections will really to kind of restart of i'll keep this this country going so this is

kind of a fair prediction to say that they will be mainly looking inwards but i mean as we just heard from from my colleagues there are some immediate actions biden would take if he gets elected that will impact the international community and he already said that he wants to rejoin the paris climate agreement for example and he also plans to re worst tramps plan to withdraw from the b.h. all but again the major focus will be in that and alexander let's talk about what the european union is expecting what would an other 4 years of the trouble ministration mean for the e.u. . it would be a disaster for the transatlantic relations many here fear they fear that donald trump would feel freer and more empowered to pursue his everywhere in dealing with europe and it's an ma mentions there are so many issues at stake let's take trade issues that the europeans are so eager to solve trump has threatened to impose

massive tariffs on the european cars and other goods let's take a climate change the need for the united states to tackle climate change steps not likely to happen with trump and let's take nato and the fact that still no trump has repeatedly questioned the american commitment to the alliance and many here fear that he could even try to leave the alliance or to try to destroy the trust among allies in a tweet you know there's a very good point. even if biden joe biden wins there are still going to be some big issues that will be any different than they've been with the trump administration of the belt you know the issue of defense spending here there's also the nord stream to project that is by is not a theory and of right. definitely in fact president charm subtle times pointed out that for example germany didn't comply to its obligation to spend at least 2

percent of its budget to defense the way he did it was a breath but it is a fact that germany along with other countries were in complying wasn't complying with natives requirements but tensions speak freely with trams declare ations and with same deciding to restore u.s. troops from germany with see how it joe biden handles 8 if elected but for example on the issues such as a controversial russian gas popular pipeline north stream to or trade disputes such as on taxing u.s. tech giants here in europe the issue won't these appear even if we see a democrat president in the white house. before we run out of time we have to remember whoever we're as you said the u.s. is probably going to be very busy with itself for the next couple of years will the u.s. let's assume joe biden wins will the u.s. go from having a twitterer in chief to needing a therapist in chief. that's

a good question i mean joe biden most definitely won't. just as eruptive and constant as president donald trump does but he will have to put in a lot of work to bring this country together again we were able to travel the united states from one side to the other and what we saw over these or during these 7 weeks it is devastating how little people are still able to talk with each other and how divided this country is so some kind of therapeutic capacity as a abilities of a president would probably help i think a lot of people would agree with you in washington alexander phenomena in brussels and even your own shots here in berlin to all of you thank you nice talking with you. on this u.s. election eve millions of votes are in the hands of u.s.

postal carriers the unprecedented the use of millin balance this year is one reason why voter turnout is expected to be the highest in a century but u.s. president donald trump has spent much of the campaign trying to discredit smell and balance claiming joe biden's democrats will use them to rig the election. was a false report. well look at what happened. i think it's a terrible thing when ballots could become like that after an election because it can only lead to one thing and that's very bad you know what that thing is i think it's a very dangerous terrible thing and i think it's terrible when we can't know the results of an election the night of the election and a modern day you if you're president don't determine who gets to vote but is the servitors going to be the president. one american routes american be heard one americans heard i believe the message is going to be loud and

clear it's time for donald trump to pack as bags and go oh all right let's go now to julie from the law our political strategist and veteran of the or walk obama campaigns a familiar face to our viewers here joe is it's good to see you again there is really what does real fear in the us tonight stores are being boarded up why care hurricanes come i mean can you believe that this is america on the eve of a presidential election. i mean it doesn't feel like it and certainly it a peaceful transfer of power something that has been completely unquestioned for for decades and centuries i mean that is all the sudden on the line and but i think there's also a hopeful perspective for america and that is of course that $94000000.00 americans have already cast their vote and we expect a record turnout so again the electorate is actually mobilized joe biden has been

out on the campaign trail and so tomorrow it's of course in the hands of the voters and of course also in the hands of the election volunteers the poll workers to make sure that this is a smooth electoral process and everybody will be counted help those imagine what is going on inside the. campaign tonight julias me you've been there with obama are they at the stage now where it's just wait and see and hope for the best. you know this is absolutely everything goes she chided do every campaign stop possible they can see exactly around the country you know i saw that joe biden has been up to 20 stops in this past week donald trump has actually done 29 stops i believe it was in the 12 states so right now it is really just about grabbing every single last vote trying to mobilize trying to knock on every door doesn't matter whether there's a condemning get out there you try to contact as many voters as possible sent text

messages to calls and again turnout is everything right now and we're going to say that in states like florida in the sun belt down there in georgia north carolina and arizona it's going to be every vote that matters in the same of course goes for the rest of us while we look at subterranean michigan and wisconsin so they're going to try to reach every single vote out there and make sure that they have every advantage that they can get you know you mention north carolina the numbers coming across right now say that it is a statistical tie in the state between trump and biden right now so yeah you know anything could happen let me ask you about both systems you know the american and the german electoral systems there are calls for a radical overhaul of the u.s. system after this election i mean we've got you know 50 us states we've got 50 election systems what do you see as the weakest link in the u.s. electoral process. i mean from a european and from

a german perspective it should be clear that whoever receives more votes than the other candidate should ultimately win the election and you know go back to 2016 where sitting at the big table where he's sitting right now counting the votes and in the end harrison had 3000000 mile boat then donald trump that and of course donald trump due to the electoral college math became the president out of states and so of course of the big question is should there be a overhaul and you know in all honesty i don't see it happening because whoever wins this election is going to say well you know this worked out in our favor and they're going to come with the same arguments that that we've always heard which is going to be the founding fathers intended this to be have many exactly the way that we're seeing it right now so why change it now because of course there's an advantage for whoever side is winning this election so i don't see anything to change and i don't see any shift in public perception of course into the parties

who go out there and try to push or change and think so again it is a system that is fundamentally different from what we have over here in europe and again those are the rules so you've got to hear to them yeah you know people who do look at both systems say that germany's election system seems to be much more resilient i mean you know elections take place here on a sunday it is a decision it's done and it's it's over. with are there qualities or lessons that the americans to maybe learn from what is being done here in europe . well i mean i don't feel like we should be giving advice to other countries but i think that there are a lot of upsides to our electoral system you don't have to register to vote you are automatically enrolled and we see that in the voter turnout that you know german voter turnout is way higher than the american voter turnout there's a clear set. of rules on what type of id get me you know again

if you want to do absentee ballot voting you can and there's a clear process for that as well you know we always vote on a sunday which is future of course because a lot of working class people have to go out there on a tuesday and and work so a lot of issues are taking place i think a lot of countries especially united states could look at our system to do some overall of some of those trucks. all right julian swindle our political strategists and a veteran of the obama campaign so as always good talking with you we appreciate your insights thank you. thanks friend happy election day thank you. and finally tonight president trump's former head of national intelligence is being accused of spreading election mis information now this is a tweet posted today by richard grinnell who is also the former u.s. ambassador to germany grinnell calls joe biden here a phony for wearing

a mask outside for the public but not inside an airplane but there's just one big problem the photo of buy without a mask was taken one year ago before we even knew that the coronavirus existed no one was wearing face masks the label phony fits the information the mis information coming from richard grinnell. well the day is almost done but the conversation continues online you'll find us on twitter either at g.w. news or you can follow me at brant go off t.v. and remember whatever happens between now and then tomorrow is another day tomorrow is election day in the u.s. stay here with g.w. news will have a special edition of the day tomorrow up to see that. boy . oh boy.

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