i'm going. to subscribe. to. this is g.w. news live from berlin the outgoing u.s. president backs down signs a huge coronavirus relief bill. back pedaling means millions of cash strapped americans will get government payments albeit delayed. changed. also a warning for critics of china's coronavirus narrative citizen journalist branded a troublemaker for reporting on the will have now breaking pays the price for

speaking out. welcome to the program. u.s. president donald trump has signed into law a $900000000000.00 coronavirus relief package that would deliver money directly to businesses and individual taxpayers president retreated from his fret to veto the bill and from his demand that congress increase stimulus checks from $600.00 per adult to 2000 that's something democrats pushed for and his own democrats own republican party opposed the delay of almost a week meant that unemployment benefits lapsed for millions of people and threatened a government shutdown. go over to our correspondent in washington oliver good to have you with us this relief package has been

a long time coming what is it exactly and for whom. so we're talking about a more than 2 trillion dollar. u.s. dollar relief package wm $900000000000.00 u.s. dollars in direct aid and $1.00 trillion to fund government agencies so large amounts of money in the 2nd relief package since the pandemic began so mostly that money is used to provide financial support for businesses for unemployed individuals as well as for families and then every religious person would receive $600.00 u.s. dollars in direct payments and that will probably take another 2 weeks according to export for the experts for the treasury department to pay that money out to the recipient remember donald trump as you just mentioned also don't call for 2000 u.s. dollars in direct aid and refused to sign the bills that bill for long periods of

time and it seems very much like he has not accomplished anything on that and except sowing a lot of uncertainty here in the united states and as you know donald trump's been all over the place for or against more money for corona aid and relief what made him finally change course and signed the bill. well that's just a couple weeks left in his presidency and of course he does not want to be the one the culprit in fact for millions of americans ending up without food ending up without being able to pay their bills and to make ends meet of course he rather wants to be the one you know calling for more aid and that's exactly what he did and now congress has to vote on this 2000 u.s. dollars proposal that all trump made and the democratic controlled house of representatives will certainly or very likely support that idea ironically of course because it's not donald trump's party and then the house will send this bill

to the republican controlled senate and this is where the again with the republicans have the majority in the bill will very likely fail there but donald trump in the end will be able to say i try congress denied and funny you mention the republican controlled senate because that could change coming up based on the battleground state of georgia it's holding its runoff election for 2 senate seats next week the democrats need to hold both of those seats a stooge me win both those seats if they want to control the senate and you were down there in georgia following one of those democrats hoping to become the next senator for georgia let's have a look stay by stand by while we have a look at your report. all i is are on him in 33 year old democratic hopeful and a major challenge. because it's a race georgian senate candidate john also

a must win for the democrats to win control of congress the stakes are high and so are his goals and this is about. jobs and justice for. establishing health care is a human right in the united states investing in clean renewable and. to create jobs and solve the environmental crisis passing a new civil rights act to secure equal justice for all regardless of the race these priorities require us to win these 2 senate races so that we can enact legislation in the public interest. political centrist john also has built his campaign on joe biden's message of unity many supporters believe he has a bright future i think this is history in the one thing i think in my lifetime that i will see john us out as president of the united states john as if i think

it's representative of the future of america and i think because the senator that he is that he is opposing represents the old america latin and those are american hired men away to as where they can afford health care but i do feel like they're here in an app if they will be a lookout for the runoff is a big corporate unity full democratic hopeful john in his attempt to unseat the republican incumbent david per june at the runnels remain a neck and neck race in georgia has been a republican stronghold for decades until now so who knows the fate of the biden presidency lies in his hands the free testing and vaccination for every american in a recent campaign ads by going to appeal directly to george and voters let me be clear i need raphael warnock and john also in the united states senate to get this done. or folks in congress trying to do everything in a power to block our efforts. in a suburban use of than

a democratic activist julius hall is volunteering to convince voters to cast their ballots. voter turnout might decide this runoff especially among african-americans you know and we have cameras and they're trying to get there by the get out and vote. we got you on the list as a democrat we've been behind so long. in this country. and so when you get a sense of you're own the raz and things are happening where we are there is some inclusion and then you get the clown that takes office for 40 years which is donald trump now we get rid of him and we feel like we can over again. pressure is mounting on john also if in the final days of his campaign but his supporters keep dreaming of his victory. and back with all of our salat in the studio he's in washington all over you were down there in georgia we just saw you

met the candidate you met his supporters but george a very republican state but a weeks ago to this election how are also of chances looking. well william it looks like a very close election perhaps of the likes of the presidential election or even closer but there's certainly something that has changed since november and that is donald trump of course lost the presidential the presidential election and with that also he lost a lot of momentum certainly not on the ballot in georgia but he's still representing the republican party and he's still campaigning down there by the way next week so in an effort to help his candidates down there donald trump discredited the election as you know repeatedly called it rick and that resonated with many american voters now the big question is can the republican candidates on the ground down there in georgia still mobilize the voters given that the his very own party of their very own party holds the election rigged adding to that is

another problem one of the 2 candidates kelly lefler of the republican party again even called for boycotting that election she's now back pedaling actually she's saying go out to gold but she certainly has a credibility issue there david perdue the other republican candidate had a particularly poor campaign so that's all not in the favor of the republican candidates but again the quote the polls if you look at them right now they look very close like a razor thin if at all and it will all come to come down to voter turnout in the end all over if both democrats can't win in georgia what does that mean for biden. well for biden this is not only of a of course a senate run all of this is about the success of his presidency really because in order for him to be able to govern successfully in to undo many of donald trump's policies which of course has been part of his campaign he called it the battle for

the soul of america in order to be able to do so he needs control of the senate that's the 2nd chamber of the u.s. legislature now if he doesn't win those 2 seats he won't won't have control even one seat would not be enough and so there's a lot of stake here and the republicans will very likely up struct all his attempts to undo president trump's policies sal in washington thank you very much and now a look at some of the other stories making headlines newly released security camera footage shows a the moment a christmas morning bomb exploded in the u.s. city of nashville authorities have identified the suspected bomber as a 63 year old local man who died in the blast they have not established a motive at least 3 people were injured. francis paid tribute to 3 killed in a shootout last week ever gunned down responding to a domestic violence call in

a small village police described and shootout scene resembling a war zone they say the alleged gunman committed suicide. european union member states have given provisional approval to the post trade agreement with the united kingdom allowing tariff free trade with the united kingdom to continue when it leaves the single market on january 1st the deal still needs to be ratified by the european parliament which is expected to happen in february. european markets jumped on monday as germany's dax reached a record high it comes after a slew of good news for investors including a post trade deal for the stimulus package in the u.s. and the distribution of the corona virus vaccine across the european union. thousands of people have now received the beyond tech pfizer vaccine in the e.u. which began a coordinated vaccine rollout on sunday but supplies are limited and member states

are prioritizing medical staff nursing home workers and the elderly that has put a growing pressure on the german government to ensure quicker production of the vaccine. the country will receive $1300000.00 doses of vaccine before the year's and that's according to the german health ministry but it's minister says mass production can't happen overnight. i'm just that some people have the impression that vaccine production one of the most complicated and challenging fields in the pharmaceutical industry could just simply be ramped up at will in the coming weeks to stop producing extra vaccine doses elsewhere in germany or europe to do this preparations need to be made those preparations are underway and our goal is to soon be producing additional vaccine in coordination with. that was german health minister against. chinese citizen journalist john has been sentenced to 4 years in prison for reporting on

a covert 19 outbreak during the early months of the pandemic was detained in may after posting videos criticizing the government response lawyers for the 37 year old say she has been on a hunger strike and is in poor health. police pushing journalists back outside the court building where yet another journalist was being sentenced for years behind bars for citizen journalists. the charges picking quarrels and provoking trouble john has been imprisoned since may she went on a hunger strike and her lawyers claim she was force fed through a nasal tube. after i explained to her what kind of punishment she could expect she was determined to follow through with her hunger strike come what may i reminded her of the risks she said she knew in her heart what she was doing was right. during the lockdown and john john put up critical posts on twitter and you tube

both blocked by the chinese government her reports dealt with everyday problems in hospitals and official corruption john john is one of several citizen journalists who ran afoul of the authorities in. this way but there are many similar cases of human rights abuses in china you never hear from these people again some are allowed to go home others disappear john john is the only one to actually end up in court. the government has reacted harshly to any criticism of its handling of the corona virus outbreak it appears determined to stop journalists like john john from muddying the official message that its response was both swift and effective. some football news now manchester city's premier league game with everton has been called off just hours before kick off because of a corona virus outbreak in manchester city's squad the call that previously reported to covert cases on christmas day but now say more players are affected the

premier league will require further testing on tuesday and the game will be played at a later date. this is g.w. news we're back with more headlines at the top of the hour until then check out our web site d w dot com and of course follow us on instagram and twitter at u.w. news playbook craft thanks very much for watching. or not to. what about assuring the economy instead. of. the change in thinking is changing the economy to create something that.

the economics magazine germany. on g.w. . in the height of climate change. for because most of. what's in store. for the future will. come trickle megacities to the multimedia insight. enter. the. u.s. and european stocks. territory a pandemic. recovery package as american base is excited britain's breaks of deal with the e.u. has sponsored variations on trading floors on this side of the atlantic. the 2nd wave hit south africa the government announces a coronal curfew another alcohol ban and strict mosques rules. can be.

hopping. and an attempt to clear the air the 1st of its kind electric kroft from slovenia they call these admissions free flying in the future. as well and that's their business it's up and away equities went crazy in the united states and europe on monday we're in the middle of what could be the worst crisis in our lifetimes and stock markets the trumpeting what looks like a soon to come recovery we're far from it but there is finally hope for those struggling financially with u.s. president donald trump suddenly backing down on sunday to sign a $2.00 trillion dollars pandemic a bill that restores unemployment benefits to millions of americans and avert a government shutdown. that was a record high on the new york stock exchange but is the optimism about an economic recovery hopeful. is on wall street for us what did change trump's mind.

well i mean we don't know for certain if the us president ever really wanted to veto the bill or if he would just was pushing hard for a $2000.00 per american citizen and not just 600 what is now in the bill so maybe he just wanted to shine bright in the eyes of the u.s. population but well eventually we got the bill on its way and that what donald trump did is he delayed the whole process and that actually in the end might have cost the unemployed americans a couple of billions of dollars. it's cost. them struggle that's for sure but another day of juicy profits for investors. definitely we saw new records all over the board all the big new sees the nasdaq composite the dow jones of the s. and p. 500 all hitting new highs at the beginning of the week the nasdaq composite by now

by the way is up more than 40 percent so the tech heavy index is up more than 40 percent since the beginning of the year. germany's dax also finished a record high of monday put all this into perspective what's it mean for people around the world is it good to make their lives better. well i mean if you look at the stock market it depends if you're invested or not and clearly americans are more invested than the counterparts in germany i saw it seen recently a number that retail investors so small investors now make up about 20 to 25 percent of the u.s. stock market here a goal that was maybe about 10 percent just so yes people who are invested in the stock market clearly profited from that and now that the 8 pickett's is underway that might also strengthen the u.s. economy and germany is not really well known so that we tell investors are on a broad base invested in the stock market so. accordingly they've not really

participated that much from what's going on but maybe one final word we definitely shouldn't forget all year long what's happening on the stock market and what's happening on main street is a definitely not the same. point to finish. thank you. south africa has imposed tighter coronavirus rules it says a new strain could explain the rapid spread of a 2nd wave that's affected many young people it's led to travel bans to and from south africa tourism industry president cyril ramaphosa this monday reimposing a bad on alcohol sales and ordering the closure of all boz has also announced the closure of beaches and public swimming pools in hotspots like cape town johannesburg and turban wearing masks in public is mandatory otherwise expect fines or prison at night curfew has been extended from 9 pm to 6 am as our correspondent

points out the rules a strict so years from now on you can end up in jail if you don't wear a free small scale inside africa hoffer year prison and one fine sort of it's one of the drastic measures how do you try to basically push people here in compliance with rules that were already here we already had a few small sproule and not a regulation that people might not be too happy about is that we're going into a 3rd barren on alcohol sales and that will impact of course restaurants and cafes liquor stores and the wine industry in the western cape near cape town but the present and saying it is needed it's we need hospital beds freedom now taken up by people that have been drinking too much and driving or got into fights and also our whole place in big rural in so-called super spreader events and now we're mainly young people have been partying and drinking and where we've seen a lot of transmission of the virus so he wants to stop all of those. time now for

a quick look at some of the other business stories making news and and identified group of american philanthropists plans to spend 150000 doses sent them from biotech pfizer's vaccines to iran it's the worst hit in the middle east with over a 1000000 coated patients officials in tehran claimed u.s. sanctions complicate the delivery and payment of shipments. the u.s. government has appealed a court ruling that blocked the commerce department from imposing restrictions on the world famous chinese app to talk to trump administration wants to stop the video sharing app from being downloaded and banned business with take on a bike that citing national security concerns. and spain says spanish commuters to the british territory of gibraltar will be exempt from border controls off the brakes and even without a free movement deal agreed in london a negotiating how to police the border left out of last week's trade deal between

the e.u. when u.k. . now you call it a small miracle with a deadline looming london and brussels came together to seal that deal on trade relations on christmas eve a lot was made about how fisheries could sink it that wasn't the only problem carrying weight. it's a rough life out there at sea cold white windy but the hard work pays off when the fishermen reel in their nets herring mackerel sole place and pollock for the whole market and for export competition between british and other e.u. fisherman has been strong for decades disagreement over who can fish weier and how much so as not to deplete fishing grounds was one of the main points holding up rex and talks after intense haggling both sides seem satisfied. all the time that we were in the e.u. we were in the common fisheries policy. that act as

a constraint all our coastal communities it meant but of fishing industry to coins now we have a child's to turn the corner. certainly good news for the fishing sector but what about the british economy in general fishing represents only 0.2 percent of britain's g.d.p. it pales in comparison to other sectors like the financial sector with banks and exchanges in the city of london which represents roughly a 10th of the british economy. no longer part of the e.u. london doesn't have to play by brussels rulebook and some hope that the country can establish itself as a european version of singapore using business friendly regulation to learn new partners. and you aircraft from slovenia is turning heads it's a lot quieter as a smaller carbon footprint and is actually quite affordable it's all thanks to

electric propulsion and decades of research the question is could it change the way we fly. it's not an audio college this airplane really is this quiet is that it's called the valis and it's battery powered develops is the 1st certified aircraft of its kind instead of a gas tank indicator the instruments indicate battery levels. it was still in the same month that kicked off the company 30 years ago it was to make flying cheaper and electricity is cheaper than fuel it's also quieter it was again another step into this direction where we wanted to approach flying to more people since summer pip distro has sold 50 of its veliz planes the aircraft is a sticker price of $160000.00 euros the company was able to do but automakers couldn't they're offering their electric aircraft at the same price as a combustion engine aircraft the slovenian company has pioneered

a new way of thinking among pilots. so the market is interesting and all it turns relatively quickly from naysayers for people from people who might in the majority say this is not practical not useful it doesn't make sense to it's cool it works i saw it somewhere so maybe it's time for me to consider it as well but what helps the most is the noise aspect to pilots in switzerland have opened up the world's 1st electric flight school they were only allowed to open the school at this location because the aircraft is so much quieter than a standard plane the only hitch its 140 kilo battery is out of juice after only 50 minutes not a problem though. we have to realize that electric flying already makes sense in basic training because the plane's duration is pretty much exactly the amount of time we need for a flight lesson one lesson last 40 minutes and that's what we can fly without any

problems using today's technology. that we're going to make these electric aircraft are undoubtedly just the beginning the slovenian manufacturer has been working on clean propulsion aircraft for 13 years including this electric motor glider. the head of development as the maids that in 5 years the villas will be able to fly 100 minutes using improved batteries when it comes to the future of electric aircraft the sky's the limit. business with a. healthy

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