security question mark united nations. to not have to be cheap but so much more needs the job and i think people have to be at the heart of solutions money was on the top and they'll look at you tell you. this is news and these are our top stories in the united states house democrats prosecuting donald trump's impeachment have wrapped up their case they said the violent mob that invaded the capital last month believed they were acting on the former president's orders to stop the certification of joe biden's election victory comes lawyers will now have 16 hours to make their case. german chancellor angela merkel has admitted to failings in the government's handling of the 2nd wave of the

pandemic saying it had not been careful or fast enough lockdown measures are set to remain in place over fears of new virus variants all non-essential shops bars restaurants and leisure facilities will remain closed until march 7th. china's broadcasting regulators says it has banned a b.b.c. world news saying it violated guidelines by airing a report on the treatment of the country's weaker minority becomes a week after britain revoked the chinese channel c g t n's broadcast license after concluding it was controlled by china's communist party. this is due to the news from berlin you can follow us on twitter and instagram at to do w. news or visit our website w dot com. or . germany's long walk down is getting longer much of the country has been shut down since december and

chancellor angela merkel says the coronavirus restrictions will be extended another month into march every time a possible exit is pushed further into the future the likelihood of a public and political pushback groves today the chancellor warned the new strains of the virus now threaten to wipe out any success and a new danger what about new solutions or is just just more of the long longer locked down i'm burgle from berlin this is the day. the thing i need to complete has been a year of learning together how the virus works and what works against it. is turned off and i'm not pleased i think we should stick with it until everyone is vaccinated but i feel very restricted. down learning doesn't always mean doing

everything right from the start. we already made a few mistakes the virus made us pay for it immediately so i have full understanding of. the things we've learned is that we were not careful enough and not fast enough. also coming up with the u.k. coronavirus variant could very well become the dominant strain all across the globe and scientists say the more mutations the greater the danger to everyone. but actually what i'm looking for a cat's name is mutations going into that area and that also impacts on immunity and that's what starts to why we consider. it to our viewers on p.b.s. in the united states and to all of you around the world welcome we begin the day here in germany looking into the future and what do we see more lockdowns back in

october the 2nd wave of the pandemic began hitting germany head on it was then that chancellor angela merkel called for a hard to lock down to stop new infections from spiraling out of control but she did not get what she wanted november began with a walk down why it ended with sky high infection numbers hospitalizations and deaths from coburg 19 the hard walk down finally came in december the country has wrestled with the virus ever since today the chancellor warned of yet another danger the viral mutations that are spreading quickly and are on course to replace the strain that have strained the world for more than a year a year of mistakes made in lessons learned here is what chancellor angela merkel said today if they are in need they demand them get out it has been a year of learning together how the virus works and what works against it now turning to is not i mean always doing everything right from the start even

correcting assessments as we did for example with the recommendations for wearing masks. that one of the things we have learned is that we were not careful enough and not fast enough to know when to we didn't shut down public life again early and consistently enough amid signs of a 2nd wave and warnings from various scientists. arliss pull in our political correspondent simon young good evening to you simon the chancellor she admitted that germany got things wrong ahead of the 2nd wave of this pandemic tell me did politics did politics get in the way what brand as this pandemic has been going on has always been a battle or a struggle unite say between those like the chancellor and like the bavarian leader marcus whose inclination was to go for lock downs and for tougher restrictions

and on the other side those politicians he you know wanted to keep schools and businesses in particular open for as long as possible that group including a number of other state premiers and so that's been that the shape of the political debate you've had. what i think is happened is that the chancellor is at the present presiding over a sort of watered down approach in which as she said today you know not enough was done not enough was done soon enough and there was a failure to not just to provide aid. to to go into lockdown early but also to provide vaccines early enough and to make sure that they would be provided also to provide computers for school kids so they could learn at home or ventilation for school so they could get back and do in school teaching eventually

and other support for people working from home and so on there's been a lot of failures but of course hindsight is a wonderful thing it's always 2020 years and it's served if we look into the future for this year there are i think 6 state elections in germany and then there's the national election coming up this year how much are these events dictating the coronavirus policy that we're seeing right now. well as always the politicians say that their approach is science laden certainly they've spent a lot of time consulting the experts the viral exists and the immunologists and so on but inevitably in this situation the voters say that as far as they're concerned the getting on top of the pandemic is the number one thing that they want politicians to take care of so of course it is going to play a role you have as i mentioned seen politicians. apparently looking for the support

of the voters with these elections coming up to in march 1 in june and then 3 according to the plans at least on the same day as the federal election in september and it just so happens that angle america has made a promise that all adults in germany will be offered vaccine by a date in the middle of september just a few days before that election of course it's impacting there and i think we're seeing we're going to see politicians you know being judged on their ability to deal with this pandemic yeah that's a very good point the the head of the european commission admitted yesterday the mistakes it made had slowed down the back scene across the e.u. does germany blame the slow rate of vaccinations on the e.u. . well public support for the common e.u. purchasing approach has been dropping but it's still that 2 thirds in favor but i

think well the main point is there just isn't enough vaccine vaccination senses aren't operating at capacity any here anywhere near because they just don't have the doses it's moving forward very slowly and what's also failed is a u. level was ramping up production early they could have done that even before the vaccines were ready they didn't do it they're trying to do it now chancellor merkel said in parliament today they'll do all they can to increase production as soon as possible so they're moving on that front. so i'm in europe with the latest tonight here in berlin simon as always thank you. scientists are now predicting that the corona virus variant 1st detected in the u.k. will likely become the world's most dominant strain the only way to manage the mutations is to test for them nonstop. examining 10 percent of all positive.

looking for signs that the virus is changing. in the global fight against could that 19 is mutations that are preventing the next great challenge and here in the u.k. authorities are taking the fight directly into people's homes that. they're doing do to do the testing in areas where limitations have been found to go to identify cases they have a chance to spread. it was just one case of the south african variants found here in this community that launched this door to door testing scheme but the concern is that one case could just be the tip of the iceberg ordinarily only a small amount of positive tests to screen 2 mutations meaning that when they often around authorities hear a cracking down hard it's thanks to genome sequencing that authorities can pinpoint where. the u.k.

is the world leader in sequencing analyzing 10 percent of positive covert samples for the emergence of new variants. in total the team of the u.k.'s haven t. genomics definitive is responsible for almost half the world's poor by sequencing. work that will continue to prove crucial as more mutations emerge i don't think we've seen the full spectrum of mutations that could arise so the very common in england at the moment 117 that's very good at spreading but actually what i'm looking for very carefully is mutations going into that variant that also impact on immunity and that's what starts to worry me considerably and that is what we're seeing in the in the u.k. but no population is immune to retake that's why professor peacock says genome sequencing needs to become a global priority without comprehensive international screening it's feared new more dangerous variants could take hold and putting vaccine programs at risk mutations will be in the 4 corners of the year and there'll be lots that we don't

know about that would be quite concerned if we did know about now the reason that support of all of us is because some of these variants are actually going to lead to a challenge in terms of immunization now that is really critical as we go forward we need to know what the virus is doing so that we can keep up with that same development work is already being done to modify the axes to protect against existing variants. professor paul he is the chief investigator at the u.k.'s novak spanx in trial he says he's confident sequencing can help manufacturers keep ahead of mutations one of the 3 vaccine knowledge. that we're seeing. in the production of 19 vaccines a very oppression and calexico and so it's entirely possible that modified vaccines will emerge very quickly from. their point

vaccine manufacturers vaccines will lie. you have to adapt in the meantime identifying and isolating mutations will be an invaluable tool in the cats and once again between facts scenes and variance. well my next guest tonight is an epidemiologist and a professor at johns hopkins bloomberg school of public health dr caitlin rivers has coauthored many of the reports on the pandemic that have become a primer for the by the administration's 19 response dr rivers joins me tonight from baltimore maryland dr rivers it's good to have you on the program as you just saw in that report the world is now focused on the corona virus variants and the weapon that we have right now since that we don't know if the vaccines are going to work or face masks and i understand the c.d.c. has now said that one is maybe not enough that's right the 2 days that we know that

can help to improve mass performance art filtration and that and so c.d.c. is now recommending that people consider adding a 2nd mask wearing to mask or ensuring that their nests get snugly around them now because these 2 things lined up to protect other people and also how to protect the wear. and so we're getting this advice were worried about the variance and it comes at a time when the u.s. remains on a course for half a 1000000 cope with 19 deaths by next month correct. that's right and unfortunately we have suffered an enormous loss of life particularly during the severe winter surge the good news as we are now coming down from the peak of that winter surge days are improving a kid says have fallen substantially and we expect new deaths to follow as well but there's no question that it has been an enormous tragedy you know i was looking at your twitter feed you tweeted last week that it is painfully obvious now that there

are no guarantees that things will improve continuously this does that negate the promise that the public hands the things that the public hands right now in the vaccines not at all i think the vaccines are an amazing innovation and they will be the tool that will help us to get out of this crisis but in the united states right now only 3 to 4 percent of people are fully vaccinated and that's a good start but it's not enough to stop the virus from circulating there is a possibility that things could again worsen they're improving right now but if we are not vigilant about continuing to amass social distance to avoid gatherings they can worsen again and so i do think people need to continue to stay the course while we continue that axion roll out camping and how do you see the variance impacting to the timeline the time horizon when we're talking about the rest of this pandemic i mean will the pandemic automatically be longer because of these variants. i'm concerned about the variance places where they have become established and started

to circulate widely have had a difficult time because in the united states we are a little bit further along in the timeline with our vaccine campaign relative to when we expect to face the variance i think we have a little bit of an advantage i'm hoping hoping that we won't see the severe surge that the u.k. saw for example but there's no question that this is an added challenge that we're going to need to be responsive to and so i am concerned and not keeping a careful eye on things until how do you see the vaccine in the variants of playing out i'm wondering will the vaccine be like a flu vaccine that we have to get once a year but also knowing that if we don't get the flu vaccine you know we're not risking our lives will it be that way or will it be a vaccine that we have to give every year if we want to save our law. i do think it will be likely that the maxine will need to be updated much like the flu vaccine whether it's every year or every 3 years i don't think we quite know yet but now

that we understand that variants are playing an important role in the epidemiology we will likely need to update our defenses i do hope that with widespread vaccination we can get to the point where the pandemic does not threaten us like it does now where we're able to return to our normal lives that vaccines will continue to play an important role and i know you support the creation of a national center for epidemic forecasting similar to the way the national weather service forecasts hurricanes pandemics and viruses are a part of national security yet the public and politicians don't equate pandemic preparedness with tanks in finder jets why is that. there's a saying we have in public health that it's a killick like cycle after something happens and you realize we can't wait for crises to hit in order to mount a response we need to have a stand keep ability to prepare and i think that's what this national center for epidemic forecasting an outbreak in

a linux would be it would help us to anticipate threats to get our response in order before they become a crisis and i think as this condemn it has shown us that's really badly needed and before i let you go do you think that it's a given that there will be another pandemic sooner rather than later you know these events happen a lot more than people realize when you have based your tracks attacks in 2000 wind stars in 2003 i could go on and on but it's an hour every 2 years that there is a fairly serious crisis and so i do think we need to update our understanding in expectations that we need to prepare and we need to anticipate and we need to be prepared to contain things for they growing them and then next all right dr caitlin rivers is with johns hopkins bloomberg school of public health director was it's good talking with you we appreciate your time and your insights tonight thank you thank you. prosecutors are wrapping

up their arguments on this 3rd day of the 2nd impeachment trial of former u.s. president donald trump trump's attorneys will then have 16 hours today and tomorrow to make their case that the former president did not incite the insurrection at the u.s. capitol 1 january 6th many in the u.s. and around the world have watched the trial and seen those gut wrenching videos of the violence as well as how the vice president and his family narrowly escaped what could have been a public execution there were also accounts from senators who feared for their lines when the mobs arrived and who blame everything on donald trump. their own statements before during and after the attack make clear the attack was done for donald trump at his instructions and to fulfill his wishes donald trump had sent them there. they truly believed that the whole intrusion was

at the president's orders and we know that because they said so many of them actually posed for pictures bragging about it on social media and they tagged mr trump in tweets folks this was not a hidden crime the president told them to be there and so they actually believed they would face no punishment i want to bring in now henry olson a journalist author and a columnist at the washington post henry's piece in the paper today contends that trump may have helped the republican party in the last elections henry it's good to have you on the program if i look at where politics is right now in the u.s. trump waltz the white house the republicans lost control of the senate how did he help the g o p. well where the republican party is right now is in a position that is a little bit stronger than it was when he actually took it if you look at fortis an

inclination he's does look at exit poll data and find that partisan identification and most important states the swing states is higher for republicans and lower for democrats than it was after the 2016 election if trump it even split independents he would have won and republicans would have held the senate so what that means that he spent millions of people into the party who had not voted before for republicans while the people who have left haven't joined the democrats they're kind of hedging their bets and that gives republicans an opportunity that they really didn't have after mitt romney's to see what if what about the polls that came out this week showing that a majority of americans now favor convicting trump how do you put that into the calculus with trump helping the g.o.p. . you know if you're talking about a majority you have to remember that 51 percent of americans a little over 51 percent voted for joe biden if you take

a look at the cross tabs in those vast super majority of those people are people who voted for bribery you also have to remember that the same people a small number of them who voted provided also go to the republicans 30 congress which is why the republicans gained a number of seats so just because they want to get rid of trump doesn't mean that some of these voters won't feel pain to a non trump g.o.p. well trampas right millions of people into the republican party who haven't even given it a 1st look before we we've heard the house impeachment managers attempting to tie donald trump to the insurrection at the trial this week have they managed to do that and is that going to have an effect on the outcome of the trial in your opinion. i think they've done a very good job of making the case and trying trying to look if your burden of proof is that of an american criminal trial which is you have to have be beyond all reasonable doubt or

a murder trial where you have to show in specific intent well then the republican senator can still find room for some doubt or say truck might have been reckless but he didn't intend for this to happen but if you have any lower standards if you say that you know trunk should have known or they're trying to put things in motion that that he should have expected would run this way i think the house impeachment managers have shown that and that's going to give a lot of republican senators gerry deep thoughts about whether they want to break with their party's voters and do what the evidence suggests which is convict the whole trial well what do you think should republicans should they distance themselves from donald trump as they look at the 2022 midterms and then 2024 election i think that what we're publishing is need to do is understand that. the ideas you know the number of the ideas trump talked about are the ideas that their voters want a conservative populist alliance is where

a potential majority is but it is not something that can be tied to the person of donald trump and i think once republicans start to acco many of those themes which they've been loath to do for many years they'll find the trump support actually starts to evaporate because a lot of people are supporting trump because he's the only person who puts it all together for them when trump's got competition from other republicans i think trump support will start to face the manson foreman out of time if trump is acquitted in this trial what happens to the republican party went moving forward. i think the republicans are in for a period of introspection and intraparty conflict that there's a lot of debate over the role of trump personally in the party going forward there's a lot of debate within the republican party about whether we should have a populist party or whether we should try and go back to the pretrial strongly conservative not at all populist party i hope that both sides recognize or that all

sides recognize that they only to each other that if one side triumphs but alienates the other then you don't have a majority and that just gives the democrats a chance to move up and build super majority so ultimately i think we're 'd going to have a lot of introspection a lot of fighting and from a republican point of view hopefully it comes out of the stronger party but it could end up with a fratricidal. reduction or write him rail some columnist with the washington post henry it's good talking with you we appreciate your insights tonight thank you thank you. bye football now in a sparkling new chapter in the story of germany's most decorated team by a new nick the bundesliga champion swept aside mexico's team gress to win the club world cup and make it a clean sweep of all 6 major trophies that they could win within a year barcelona in 2009 was the only other club to do that. right out of the

starting blocks teague rays showed they had every intention of battling man while neuer put a stop to this attack. but it remained a physical affair throughout neither team giving ground easily. biron finally appeared to go up in the 18th minute only to have the goal disallowed by video assistant referee for offside. the royston a had a great 1st half chance but rattled the crossbar in the 1st half ended scoreless but by and got on the right side of the v.a. are in the 2nd half ben human cobar banging the ball in and assistant referee immediately called it offside but video replay with a match on the line over rule the goal was good off the yahshua commish cross one nil by aaron and that's how it would stay byron munich club world champions and

winners of an historic sex couple. organizers of the oscars have announced a very different looking awards ceremony this year as the movie industry continues to grapple with the pandemic the academy of motion picture arts and sciences has this year's event will be live and in person but from multiple locations including its traditional venue hollywood's dolby theater they say that decent lives in the ceremony prioritizes public health and safety. well the day is almost done the conversation continues online you'll find us on twitter either at d w news or you can follow me a boring golf t.v. and remember whatever happens between now and then tomorrow is another day we'll see you then everybody.

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