your story trying in all ways to understand this new culture. you want to become a citizen. migrants your platform for reliable information. as joe biden prepares to take office he is planning on a huge stimulus package to rescue the u.s. economy from the effects of the pen demick we'll see what he has in store also coming up anglo-american says germany's lockdown will continue till the middle of february as worries mount over new corona virus strains. on chris colfer welcome to the program and there is no doubt that expectations are high when joe biden takes the oath to become the 46th u.s.

president later today mr biden says getting the economy back on track cannot happen unless the pandemic is brought under control and he's prepared to spend a lot to make that happen his $1.00 trillion dollar american rescue plan includes $1400.00 direct payments to most american households and $400000000000.00 in public health measures to control the pandemic these include a national vacillation program and a plan to reopen school safely in the spring he also wants to raise the minimum wage from 7 dollars 20 $5.00 to $15.00 an hour now taking a more long term view he's pledged to invest trillions more in infrastructure clean energy and on buy american made products none of this will come cheap of course as well as borrowing a whole lot mr biden is hoping to bring in additional cash by raising taxes. on the

wealthiest americans from 37 to over 39 percent now regards to the pandemic 400000 people in the united states have so far died with covered 90 nor the country has such a sad record the failure to get the pandemic under control is not only costing americans lives but also jobs the new administration says it is the man that to stop both of these trips almost a 1000000 americans made fresh claims for unemployment benefits at the beginning of january that's 5 times more than before the pandemic the unemployment rate in december was hovering at 6.7 percent big challenges for the woman set to be joe biden's key economic advisor keeping people safe while getting them back to work better 1st yes but then there's the longer term project we have to rebuild our economy so that it creates more press for more people and ensures that american

workers can compete in an increasingly competitive global economy no half measures here this last week joe biden announced plans for a $1.00 trillion dollars economic stimulus package interest rates will remain low as the federal reserve has already stated. janet yellen plans to make the most of this with new borrowing members right now with interest rates at historic lows this smartest thing we can do is act big in the long run i believe in fits will far outweigh the costs especially if we care about helping people who've been struggling for a very long time and. the u.s. economy has shed $10000000.00 jobs during the pandemic the goals of the biden administration are to reinstate those jobs and revive the economy as

a whole. for more of those let's bring in stormy i make a move there she is the executive director of the aspen institute germany walk from a to d w it's quite a playful for joe biden under steam what do you make of his agenda. well i mean he has inherited a relation is really pretty dire we just heard and i don't fly on thursday and 6.7 percent and the economy last year shrunk by about forgiveness and and we also heard that. work a lot of death in the united states than in any other country so this is a situation requires a big big push and effort and and biden has proposed a 2 stage plan so to say the 1.9 trillion less cute package stimulus package we leftists heard about underwent and signed and the medium and long term his plan to rebuild better than made an ordinary couple and the investment in infrastructure

in education and in many factory and so he is planning for that push now as a bride wants to distance himself from donald trump and his policies of course but some hill keep some parts of the america 1st agenda it seems planning to vest a lot of money into buying american made products is that wise. well i mean what we really see is that debt is a big investment deficit in the united states in the many factory in sector and there should be addressed and also in the internet and infrastructure it's a huge deficit and i have to say i'm not so keen on buy american and proper ends because i think that competition and also international bids for those public documents and the white efficient way to girls are at very much how then the more protectionist emens in his economic plan and other his by america and

aspirations are not going to be a new stumbling block in the transatlantic relationship speaking on that what do you expect trade ties with europe to look like so 1st of all and biden it's really good news because here isn't what i left for this year's the transatlantic thers he believes in international organizations he believes in international our so it's a big change to the last 4 years of the time administration but we should not think that everything is going to be easy lot of conflict us there on the agenda. last names and the others bowing conflict they asked us to a lot of talents and steel and aluminum which have to be addressed so that's really important for the e.u. and the and the u.s. to come together quickly to decide on a positive agenda to sort of say it's a start and a positive knowledge and to set our country story miller of the aspen institute germany thank you for talking to d w thanks for having me. in

the u.s. state of wyoming as america's self-proclaimed energy capital the fossil fuel industry has been the backbone of the community for decades but now the winds of change are blowing through the form of clean energy generation. gillette has had a rough patch coal mining here and elsewhere in wyoming provided a whopping 40 percent of the total electricity mix in the u.s. within the last 10 years that figure has dropped to 20 percent many tools for more prosperity mia memorabilia these days and things are not likely to get any better for the state's fossil fuel industries on the contrary president elect biden candidate biden said more than once that he intended to move the united states away from fossil fuels and we take him at his word and that's going to be tough and we

will we will do all we can to fight it but the oil and gas industry in wyoming lost a 3rd of its jobs from 13000 down to 9000 in just one year the coal industry lost 2 and a half 1000 jobs within the last 4 years now only about 4005 from the people work in coal a far cry from what once was i think we're not losers call industry in particular it's going to be a tough 4 years at least however the changing face of wyoming is looking increasingly like this wind turbines as far as the eye can see a pacific or when park build the top what used to be the glen rock coal mine sports 158 wind turbines generating clean energy now warren buffett's holding company berkshire hathaway owns pacific corp it plans to invest a total of $6000000000.00 in wind and solar and while that sounds good but there's a problem clean energy doesn't generate enough new jobs and they tax revenue to offset the combined losses suffered by the declining fossil fuel industry beckons

let the city is betting on technology and new research that will allow coal to become better carbon capture new coal products and hopefully a good working relationship with the incoming by the administration for the mayor this will make them when there's. me if you can give me the option because we are looking forward we have already been working with department. anarchy and if you take a president like biden at his word i mean he just wants us all to work together so i take comfort in that because that's what i we want to do. seems like it's not all gloom and doom for wyoming embracing change will be key. i and germany the lockdown has been extended until february the 14th to try to stop the country being overwhelmed by the new pandemic wave measures are also being tightened with stricter mask rules for people shopping and using public transport transferring

merkel says the steps are necessary to protect people and the economy from an exponential rise in the number of infections and potentially more infections strains she said the coming weeks were crucial. in the press briefing following to the negotiations as mega said these new mutations were very concerning. to some of us inside there's still time to contain the danger but it would be completely wrong to think we have all the time in the wild side there that we must act now yet that is what really got me and everyone else during the discussions today to put to the let's take a closer look at this with our financial correspondent chelsea delay me in frankfurt chelsea lockdown measures are extended does that mean there will be more financial help for businesses which are affected by these lockdown measures as well . there are

a lot of aid programs available for both businesses and workers here in germany and the 1st is the so-called short time works. that have to has been supporting a lot of workers who have been furloughed who haven't been able to to work full time throughout the course of the pandemic so there are about 2000000 people who were on that scheme at the end of last year but i would expect more people to be joining it now but the government's also been offering this bridging aid to companies to basically covering all of their fixed costs and they've been offering about $10.00 to $15000000000.00 euros each month the big the big challenge for germany right now is making it easier and faster to get that money to companies who need it there's been a lot of criticism of the government for taking too long for making the process too bureaucratic so that's really where we're seeing the focus that this week generally have been demands lead to give more people here in germany the rights to work from

home but this pandemic in the recent negotiations have political leaders agree. they have agreed on a new rule that would allow employees to work remotely if they're in an area where the incident rate is more than 50 infections per 100000 residents so companies have to make that an option for workers if they're able to do their job from home this comes as only about 14 percent of people working at home offices at the end of last year that's far too low many politicians say so giving people this right will hopefully get more and more people working from home but of course there are still industries that have to be working and person shows you really need friends for thank you. and finally as one u.s. president makes way for another washington souvenir shops selling presidential merchandise have to adapt trump gauls t. shirts hats it's all got to go and it's being sold at low prices from shop floor

bargain bins to make room for a new product range this shopkeeper says joe biden come out to harvest merchandise is selling like hotcakes though people are buying more harris dolls then biden figure. that's a show thanks for watching. the phone against the coronavirus 10 damage. has the rate of infection been developing what does the latest research say. information and contacts the coronavirus update 19. on t w. hi neal and i'm game did you notice that 17 trillion land animals are killed worldwide sure so that we can get into but it's

not just the animals at all suffering it's the environment we went on a journey to find ways out of the nutrition if you want to know how old one cliff to the priest and the whole just changed this listen to our podcast on in the green sense. of. the world spent 2020 on defense. trying to play catch up against a fast moving pathogen with simple tactics like mobs solve social distancing. in the medical field innovation became the name of the game. scientists develop vaccines at breakneck speed putting governments on offense there are no killing whole populations to outsmart this prickly little competitor and looking at other

ways to innovate our way out of the crisis. a survey by the consultancy mckinsey shows 90 percent of executives from all fields expect covert to change the way they do business but it's an opportunity few feel equipped to pursue the study also shows commitment to innovate fell last year except in the pharma and medical sector. is this simple like a weapon against the coronavirus. rosario valas think so together with other researchers the doctor invented this l.e.d. lamp its light has certain frequency characteristics which could destroy the coronavirus. this light bulb is similar to an ordinary one you screw it in switch it on and it works. in the light and then destroys all microorganisms by destroying their structure that is the outer membrane and in the

case of the corona virus probably also the protein spike the sting. by this is already worked with bacteria and a series of experiments carried out by the researchers together with the italian military have now also shown that the special l.e.d. light destroys the corona virus and it's not harmful to humans either. before now we have to fine tune the whole experiment in some way because we must not forget that up to now we have done the whole thing and laboratory conditions which are different from the normal environment. the coronavirus pandemic in italy has also inspired other inventions for instance when ventilators became scarce and hospitals and doctors sounded the alarm these young researchers quickly developed a valve model and their start up company the valves can be produced with a 3 d. printer and attached to a standard commercial sports snorkeling mask. the next day we took this to the

hospital they tested the ventilator for half an hour then a doctor came and said they work we need $100.00 of them within the next 24 hours. another new invention is this anti covert carpet it reduces the amount of bacteria and viruses carried into rooms from outside step on at once and your shoes are disinfected the carpet automatically releases disinfectant when it senses when. the inventors of the n.t. coronavirus lamb i hope they too consumed implement their disinfectant and hospitals and schools. and let's talk to economist get. from this with science and technology and security. a lot of the know how behind these sorts of inventions was around before the pandemic why weren't they already in existence i mean they would have made our lives so much better and could have stopped more than just the corona virus also the common flu and many other things. that's true and

that's a very good point you say that necessity inventions are now reaction see the needs for these new technologies. and decide there is no. barrier is willing to buy these products which did not exist before and certainly not to the same extent so we actually do is young person a vision because of the media and market. and then we seem to be out doing ourselves on other levels when it comes to vaccines say developed a record not only just one we've got more than one. true. and we might be worried that we are wasting money on the $1.00 hand we are putting a lot of resources on developing vaccine research has been more than $200.00. minutes but only 100 winners and so as much as you know we praise the winners and we might even complain that they may be making money we should not forget that

a lot actually losers and very long. invested more lives and just wasted. a lot of wasted competition in other words we could be working on other fronts not just vaccines but also treatments. yet more than that so of course we're putting a lot of money and brains in sure comic relief. but we should not forget that the earth is other problems that we need to tackle and so we've been diverted a lot of research our way from from all of these other questions so as much as research is accelerating we might be worried that there is a slowing of research in these other. she's a science back to innovation what about the sharing of the knowledge of something like a vaccine and some of these companies are holding on tight to their pain and sunday . true lots of knowledge has been shirt's scientists do talk to

each other and we know a lot and you know we collect information from from parties from countries institutions no no let the fact that firms wants to keep their ip rights for a lead as business as usual and i know that some some some some people in some countries complain about you know that the strong enforcement of ip for vaccine research to be good but we should not forget that for private firms emergency to produce those as boston on. government can actually save the patents parties ask for compulsory licensing and start producing the facts and themselves so based on that what would you say the role is that money does play in innovation in this case is that profits that's driving innovation. these big divisional profi is 70 driving. innovation. but nevertheless many many many people in the in the pharmacists getting just 3 are not

just as much of it that my money you know these are people working on you know. people to really care about getting out of the crisis and out back who are mississippi is the mother of invention that is you know very broad as well of course isn't it also in times of crisis and when there's a lack of funds that we become more innovative that is very much true and we have seen so pricing you lower costs you know that i do the early days of the underneath on respiratory devices and we're seeing very very creative solutions and it's also history suggests companies that invest in innovation through a crisis outperform is in the recovery. is that what we're going to see in this case do you think. most likely. a crisis is the group that is a good soundtrack to invest in innovation but it's very short forms unfortunate he can afford to do so and we should not forget that research has been i mean you know

issued research and innovation not uncovered but in general it has been slowed down people have to stay at homes and might not have access to collapse so it's extremely challenging to maintain a high that if you ration very despondent in particular and the big question will we innovate enough to prevent the next pandemic we don't be able to prevent the next 10 in but we can certainly mitigate its effects and the only way we can do so is by keeping investing in a strong science society we need a strong science because then we need to fund universities but not on the rest and need to have. an appropriate me gratian so think of that of the developers the pfizer bio into a vaccine one of of the yet to actually get turkish migrant right and so we need to work on a strong science because you stand and that goes as far as immigration policy is an indication ponces and it's on me with you know

a high performing knowledge state that will be able to meet to get us out of the mexican didn't get us from the p f l thank you very much for being on the show today. thank you and he's our science correspondent derrick williams with your questions on the coronavirus. what lessons are we learning from covered 19 that might help us deal with the next pandemic this excellent question has way more answers than i can go into here but some lessons are obviously more importance than others at the top of the list i'd say is what we've learned about rapid response a sars could have to completely out ran our ability to get on top of it early because it could spread faster than we could react i don't want to go into why or who supposedly did what wrong early on because because i think it makes no

sense to play the blame game but it does make sense to look at how we can speed up international response to spillover events like the one that started this pandemic because if you can be certain of one thing it's that they're going to happen again in the future and that means in my opinion giving the w.h.o. or a successor organization the money and real backing it will need to recognize threats to clay or emergencies and react faster and more independently of the nations that make it up a 2nd important lesson that people have learned from this pandemic i hope is that human health doesn't exist in a vacuum that it's closely tied to the health of the environment we actually all know that already things like air or and water pollution kill millions of us every

year and and the repeated emergence of new diseases is directly tied to the fact that we know really can and do go to pretty much. every corner of the planet while destroying the habitats that act as buffer zones between us and pathogens that can jump the species barrier when that happens that science can help but it can't provide instant fixes and where science can really help most i think is not in the accelerated development of vaccines although believe me that's been really amazing to follow but instead now through its potential to help us reach the longer term goals of greener more sustainable society it's ones that recognize how dependent our own health is on the environment around us. on they forget fine dining in the pandemic but that's not stopping stock shifts from

opera falling themselves example receiving his. this week as a restaurant am has been setting up creations from a food truck off the takeaway says through cooking you can touch people something generally off balance in this crisis. it's for watching thanks a fan see you again sir.

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