join us for the 27th of march at 8 30 pm. and speak up for. this is g.w. news from berlin tonight washington d.c. on high alert a ring of steel around the u.s. capitol building as police act on a tip off that right wing extremists could again be plotting to storm the building also coming up germany's walked down extended by another 3 weeks transfer agrees to move towards a gradual reopening leaving by tells us the plans will not stop

a 3rd wave of infections plus thousands turn out to me and more for the funerals of protesters killed by security forces yesterday of the bloodiest day since the military coup one month ago and china was the only major economy to grow during the pandemic bragging rights said this year's national people's congress. viewers on p.b.s. in the united states and to all of you around the world welcome tonight the u.s. capitol is on high alert security has been ramped up in washington d.c. after intelligence officials warn that a right wing militia may be preparing an attack on the capitol building the f.b.i. warning about. right conspiracy theorists have made plans to storm the legislative

building in an attempt to return former president donald trump to power although police say the plans credibility the house of representatives canceled all sessions planned for today as a precaution the capitol complex has been on high alert for 2 months now following the january 6th riots that left far people dead. are those good or correspond they are all over salad he is in washington d.c. good evening to you can you tell those i mean what's the situation at the capitol building right now and we know. well the capitol really looks like a fortress right now so if there is this giant fans that surrounding the whole capital area so you can't get anywhere near the premises there is razor wire on top and quite frankly it really looks almost impossible to client that fans also there is for some 5000 soldiers deployed waiting on the other side of the fence that were

carried there this warnings i was just they are and looked at the situation myself really more police and journalists than anyone else on the streets near the capital area and it really shows there is a tense atmosphere right now and the draw morris' are enough to put police on high alert right now and the situation there's a lot of fear that the scenarios in the insurrection of january could be repeated and therefore capital police just today requested that the national guard would stay another additional 2 months earlier as the speaker of the house nancy pelosi delivered a press conference let's listen what she had to say. we have to have what we need when we need it and in our numbers and that need it but that is security decision we have to ensure with our security that we are. safe enough to do our job but not in heating our knowledge in san francisco so

people said well if you want to be totally protected by from earthquakes you jeff legend. and i are made illegal and then you're completely say well who want to do that. all over we understand the capitol police they have requested that the national guard continue to provide security of the capitol building for another 2 months what does that tell us then about the risk factor here worried that another truck militia will try to attack again well the threat is very real friend and the f.b.i. director chris of a raid just very recently confirmed that at a senate hearing there is sufficient intelligence to back that so a lot of chatter on social media that was evaluated were an undisclosed militia was apparently planning an attack for this day but there's also on the other hand this political will to not let the insurrection happen again so the security was

tightened around the capitol in recent days the big difference really if you want to compare it to the january 6th events is that law enforcement is prepared right now and it looks very safe that every other problem of course is another one and that is calling us currently has to be protected by 5000 soldiers and a fence with razor wire on top and the question is of course how long is such a situation really tenable maybe you could explain to his wife today why is march 4th significant for those trump supporters who believe in conspiracy theories. we have to go back in history a little bit march the 4th was the inauguration day until 993 and it understand why is it is still relevant for q. and on this conspiracy theory you have to dig into that theory that a lot of militia groups buy into by the way therefore they believe the u.s. government was turned into a corporation after march the 4th 1933 and that franklin roosevelt was the last

real president as they believe of the united states and according to pew and on donald trump is the only legitimate president after that date and he will according to that theory be inaugurated today so we will see how that plays out ok well there's still some hours left to go in this day we will see what happens all over sell it on the story for us in washington thank you all over. here in europe germany is extending its coronavirus shutdown until the end of this month though some restrictions will be eased to allow more shops and businesses to reopen where infection rates are relatively looked retailers say the plan is too cautious they called it a disaster chance are going to miracle is also under pressure over these slow roll out vaccinations. on the streets of berlin the government's new step by step plan met with little criticism even some sympathy. is read to understand if i don't

want to you mrs merkel shoes i couldn't do it any better that's why i'm cautious we got it just as i'm thick. it's good i step by step isn't that it's the only way to do it if i wanted was i don't know what the alternative is opening everything up again i think you have to do it partially simply because the people want to see some restrictions easy problem mr. but there was also a fair amount of confusion critics say the careful opening strategy that anglo-american and state leaders agreed on this too complicated. they can with every song have to say that what's written there is pretty unclear very confusing when it's almost as if people aren't supposed to understand what's meant to happen . restrictions will be eased in 5 steps each dependent on infection rates remaining below a threshold of between $50.10 per 100000 people access to certain services will

also be based on a negative corona test to make this possible people in germany will get at least one free rapid test a week end to boost germany's slow moving vaccination campaign jobs will soon be available at many family doctors. this strategy marks a significant shift from the chancellor's very cautious approach to the pandemic in the past then 15 feet i in my we're at the threshold of a new phase of the pandemic in annoying thoughts are defined in me it's a phase which we can't go into carelessly but i think it's important to say with justified hold the heated argument. often only given the plan has already come under fire from opposition politicians. this might not even if 3 percent of germans have been vaccinated with both doses and despite that what they have decided to open up even though enough tests on to valuable yet doesn't

and fire all of just a warning that with infection numbers inching up again and new morning factious varian spreading fast the government's new opening strategy could prove very risky . parlous full in our political correspondent simon young he's on the story for us here in berlin good evening to you simon what was behind yesterday's decision to gradually reopen the science or the public's frustration weariness with the current lockdown. well brit the talk of opening up an easing restrictions is of course intended to give people some hope because there's no doubt germans is like people elsewhere around the world on top of lockdowns this lockdown has been running here since november and it's very tough for some people so the government has tried to package the measures up in

a way that gives people some agency and follows the sun it's in that sense is saying you know if infection rates full and they stay down for a while more and more businesses and other things can open up that's the idea but some people say it's just not realistic infection rates will go up pretty much straight away and there will be no sense of easing up in talking to call out a back he's a social democrat member of parliament and indeed a professor of epidemiology he's often warned against the dangers of too quick easing of restrictions let's have a listen to a little bit of what he thought the wave is not a mine a problem that is not a small wave before everyone gets the vaccination but we in order to let him risk groups next and it would have an author a couple of months to go that is a very long stretch in order to go through the wave personel locked on the spot to think that everyone hates them may be necessary or there was biologists and german

lawmaker carl wilder block there earlier simon believes further lockdowns may be necessary art germans did it do they want to accept that possibility are they willing to comply. well i think people are becoming more and more restive as i say people have had enough of lockdowns more than half of german said tell pollsters that they want to see some kind of easing of restrictions and to 2 thirds say that they believe the government's handling of the pandemic is not good enough so going forward is going to be the crucial test people say you know they want to see more vaccinations will there 'd be enough vaccine for that to happen will there be enough tests for this strategy to be properly and implemented it may be that the coming weeks march and april are very difficult nervous weeks not just for

german for the german people but also for politicians who really hope that there's going to be some good news in just just around the corner just around the corner because the national election is also kind of just around the corner of our political correspondent simon young simon thank you. and you can see more of simon young's interview with viola just a lawmaker coral lauterbach the full interview coming up on the day that's right after this show in about 15 minutes from now. germany moves timidly towards reopening many schools are welcoming pupils back for the 1st time since before christmas day w. visited one school here in berlin where younger pupils are already back we asked teachers how they feel about coronavirus security and the prospect of even more pupils return rapid testing is already routine for the teaches at this point in

primary school the tests have been available since last week math teacher has had of see it but shots are not ministering them twice a week for their colleagues. we have to do it ourselves and yes i met at a school and the staff i wanted to get involved and. most teachers take a test in the morning before classes start the result is available 15 minutes later the tests have all be negative so far. off of him fire does it gives us high security and and i think it's good that it's done twice or waged by muddy waters but sandra dirts won't feel truly safe until she's vaccinators. some time it's because we have contact unfortunate different households every day and the alternating classes we teach what i have it's very important that we get vaccinated and that we have prioritized in the vaccination strategy of you folks

who haven't alternating classes means the children and great one to 3 are divided into 2 groups which attend school on alternating days starting next week the older students are also meant to return to class the teachers are looking forward to seeing their students again but their return will expose the staff to more children which will increase the risk of infection and where teachers will get the vaccine is still unclear. 5 years ago b. isn't that's the ideal situation would have been that we would have been vaccinated and the test would have been available for the children and then the schools would have reopened. and maybe if i could proactively speed up the vaccination process i would walk to you but i haven't found out how to do that yet. and how bad is it i mean i have no idea how i could register my tamely and so that we could get vaccinated straightaway that gets my own team and. we had

the schools would have liked more active support from politicians to help them shoulder the responsibility they bear for the future day in and day out. here's some of the other developments in the pandemic italy has blocked 250000 doses of the oxford astra zeneca vaccine from being shipped to australia it's the 1st time in the e.u. country has blocked a vaccine shipment under new export powers that took effect in january the medicines regulator is reviewing rushes sputnik the vaccine paving the way for its potential approval sputnik has proven to be more than 90 percent effective in clinical trials and the world health organization is warning europe to increase its vigilance for new highly contagious strains of the corona virus 1000 infections in europe rose by a 1000000 last week ending 6 weeks of decline. 30

people were killed in me and more on wednesday the bloodiest day since last month's military coup the german parliament has condemned the army takeover germany's foreign minister calling for the release of all political prisoners and a return to democracy a demand by the united nations. yesterday she was a protester today perception carries her body through the streets of mandalay carlson and 19 year old university student shot in the head during a protest against the military on wednesday. at her funeral relatives surrounded her open coffin as mourners passed by paying their respects all singing revolutionary songs and chanting anti cue slogans. mourning protests gave way to new violence as security forces and protesters faced off again protestors know their defiance could cost them their lives. we don't want anything from them we

just demand that our mother and censored she is back and the power is on the people sands we don't want the military ruling the country that's why we're protesting and i'm also ready to die instead of others when soldiers come back again. and i don't. know terry too has ramped up its response with the show of force scrambling fighter jets to make several low altitude passes over mandalay. such violence continues the question remains who else will lose their life today for the chance of a democratic future. well here's some of the other stories now that are making headlines around the world a powerful earthquake has struck off the coast of new zealand prompting authorities to issue a tsunami warning the magnitude $7.00 tremor centered off the northeastern coast officials are warning that waves of up to one meter could hit the eastern coast of

. north island spain has destroyed more than a 1000 weapons seized over the years mainly from the basque separatist group prime minister petro sanchez presided as the arms were crushed at a ceremony in madrid the event was part of a tribute to the victims of terrorism britain's prince philip has undergone a successful heart procedure the 99 year old husband of queen elizabeth the 2nd has been in the hospital for more than 2 weeks buckingham palace says he was treated for an existing condition and will remain in the hospital to recuperate. thousands of members of the chinese communist party are preparing for the annual national people's congress in beijing the congress largely rubber stamps policies drawn up by the party elite and gives an indication of where china is heading a new 5 year economic plan and hong kong are likely topics for discussion it's also

expected that trying these leadership will celebrate the eradication of all poverty in the vast country a target beijing had set to coincide with the communist party's 100th anniversary but not everyone has seen the benefits. and not a bumper crop for me jaji his orange business has blossomed over the past few years so much that he can now afford a brick house a sign of wealth in a rural county in central china. he says all of this was made possible by government assistance. from gumball variable diligent socialists and the government were very helpful in potency early ation where they helped to develop the orchards countrywoman which had its own main source of income here and they supported it well i can earn up to $5000.00 nearest a year right now for your for. me is the shining example of china's go to

eradicate extreme poverty by 2021. in 2014 president xi jinping announced release tragedies to aid the poor government officials went door to door to assess household income and provided 8. now beijing says it's achieved its target. dzogchen almost 100000000 rural and poor fish population have been lifted out of poverty. by journalists showing fully finishing the hazardous task of his magic age an absolute poverty funds all are you creating another. incredible. surrogate. but some critics say she's official version isn't the full story they say his government set the poverty threshold to low here in biology some farmers who have officially expat party still struggle. says his harvest has not improved

despite government aid to diversify his crops. and. i have 2 sons who go outside to work with others when they're free they can earn some money to sustain a living i'm nearly 70 and my wife is over 65 we cannot work like this living in such a poor shape. leo and his family of 5 wish to move to a better home like others they know but for now they have to stay in this wooden house which does little to keep them warm the 67 year old still hopes that one day his farm will bring them the wealth he has long wished for. berlin's international film festival has committed itself to showcasing more work by female directors this year with a program vastly reduced by the pandemic just over a 3rd of the entries have been directed by women here are 2 examples from iran and

here in germany. i don't know how much you can tell. from the end of our. lives that. he's extremely polite but a bit stiff and somehow uncanny but that's no wonder since tom is a robot he's meant to be a partner for alma as finished and i have a say in there as she i think this idea is very much of the moment in a world that doesn't fact have humanoid robots. but at the same time it presents questions for which we maybe don't yet have any answers to life and for. stephen and i think it's keep in mind that in the indictment high up and go from. pesach any mention of ashton what i understood thought of him among us and alma is meant

to write a report for an ethics commission about whether tom the robot is suitable as a companion or not. and tom does everything he can to make life for almah a heaven on earth but i'm a is a really interested in romantic gestures like strawberries and champagne in a candlelit bath it soon becomes clear that from a human perspective tom is simply too perfect. east bank of the us is in for she and i think there are moments in this film that hold up a mirror to the viewer that's and you see yourself as a human being through tom's eyes and simply have to admit that humanity is sometimes very strange indeed that food he is present at the scene alphabets abandon tanga and the machine so it's perhaps inevitable that the human android pair end up in couples therapy i'm your man is cleverly funny and it avoids the overly broad humor that usually characterizes german romantic comedies but like its

humanoid lead tom the film is a bit too predictable the basically inventive story could have used some unusual twists frankly from like tom i'm talking about. from a german romantic comedy to an iranian drama in ballad of a white cow menas husband has been convicted of murder and executed now it's emerged that he was in fact innocent and there's been a miscarriage of justice polished over here to show my devout muslim of us and them with us just. about the cages i'm sad about it is horrible and going out to hospital. now mena is on her own caring for her hearing impaired daughter with very little money the film by director and lead actress mary a model is a cry for help it was streets poignantly how hard women have to struggle against injustice and inequality and not just in iran.

where the latest space x. effort to send people into outer space has ended in an explosion despite this space x. founder yvonne musk says the test was a success the s intends touchdown represents the 1st successful landing of this type of rocket look at there shortly after celebrating touchdown it burst in to flames most later tweeted rip s. intent on rable discharge. the rockets are being developed to carry people to the moon and mars without an explosion sports news now in football german bundesliga club shanghai have been playing in the top division for nearly 3 decades but this year it looks like they'll be relegated it's been a chaotic period the club's new coach is their 5th this season. dimitrios promotes his has been unveiled as the new head coach of the 42 year old's task is clear say

shall go from relegation definitely a tall order. i see schulte as a great challenge i'm really looking forward to the job and will try to channel more of the energy and power this club usually exudes into the team so we can then show that on the pitch. schulte his new man gained his coaching experience in the lower division in germany but as a player remotes is made nearly $150.00 appearances in the bundesliga he's played at various clubs shoko only managed one victory under his predecessor their 1st all season now the aim is simple when he voted and. we now want to approach it all with an open mind we want to push with the boys have fun and play like shellac again will now do everything for that. to his 1st chance comes on a friday in a real relegation 6 pointer at home vs minds. are and we've got some time now for

a look at some winter sports seems extreme winter sport scenes from the eastern swiss alps where women and men accustomed to catching ocean winds and riding ocean waves tried snow instead the athletes came together as part of something called the x. project there was no real problem with social distancing as all of them were masks help anyway the extreme sports include snowkiting speed riding snowboarding of course and snow wind surfing. you don't have to worry about the sharks they are either. you're watching t w news after a short break i'll be back to take you through the day stick around we'll be right back.

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