this is the w. news live from berlin growing frustration in germany over the government's handling of the covert 19 crisis president from falter steinmeyer makes a rare appeal for unity all the nations thanks he says will be needed to overcome the 3rd wave also on the show authorities on alert as a virus skeptics rally in the german city of such cards previous gatherings of the so called lateral thinkers movement ended in violence and taiwan laurens victims of

its worst real disaster in decades at least 51 people died when a train packed with holiday travelers slammed into a truck prosecutors believe the negligence was to blame. america evan steen thanks for joining german president from folder steinmeier is set to make a rare appeal for national unity this easter weekend steinmeyer is asking germans to set aside a crisis of trust in the government there is growing frustration as corona virus infections rise despite months over strictures on daily life the authorities are also under fire over the slow pace of vaccinations the president says new thinking is what's needed. the pandemic has held up a mirror to our country reflecting our compulsion to lay down rules for everything

our fear of taking risks the shunting back and forth of responsibility how can we change that and how can we make our institutions more resilient we will have to address that at the moment however we are in the midst of the 3rd wave and it would take all of our strength all of us together to overcome its. deadly chief political analyst melinda crane joins us now to put the german president's remarks into a bit of context for us hello to you melinda i'd like to go right to what he just said in that clip we played about germany facing itself in a mirror reflecting on this compulsion to lay down the rules for everything a fear of taking risks shunting back and forth and responsibility what is the president driving at. well he's essentially driving at what is perceived by many people here in germany as

a constant back and forth course of coded pandemic management so we have the minister presidents of the federal government meeting at regular intervals and then issuing pronouncements and then often a couple of weeks later appearing to take back those pronouncements or to modify them or different federal states disagreeing with one another about how to proceed and in fact the german constitution vests primary health cause responsibility in the federal states but the fact is that there's been a lot of tussling between them and the federal government about whether to tighten restrictions loosen restrictions and many citizens have the sense that leadership is missing and therefore that is why the president issued what is a pretty clear warning or even a scolding to politicians coupled with concert about as you said

a crisis of trust we have another short clip from these prerecorded remarks let's have a quick listen although we must all pull together my fellow germans we must give it everything we've got there's no use merely being outraged about others or about our leaders rather than constantly pointing out what doesn't work we should point out that things do work when everyone does their bit that is what i'm talking about when i talk about trust because ultimately trusting in a democracy means nothing other than trusting in ourselves for a long. all right melinda so you said just before it's clear that is addressing at least partly german politicians in this clip we just heard he's talking a lot about trust and also urging germans not just to focus on what's going wrong with the pandemic response what is his underlying message here and who is the

target of that. well it's essentially targeted at both german cities sense but also at german politics sensually saying look easter is a time for hope and there is every reason to be hopeful the vaccine roll out is now gathering speed many people will have the opportunity to be vaccinated but essentially he's saying for them to avail themselves of that opportunity they need to trust trust in the vaccines trust in the judgment of political leaders and therefore he's essentially melding these 2 hope and trust and it's crucial to know the german president doesn't set policy himself piece essentially the moral compass of the nation and that's why he's speaking to these overriding themes hope and trust the chief political analyst melinda crane thank you so much.

well staying in germany authorities are on alert for possible unrest that a rally against coronavirus restrictions supporters of the so-called lateral thinkers movement are marching in the southern city of st current participants range from virus skeptics and anti vacs or is to elements from the far right violence has flared at similar gatherings in several german cities in the most notorious incident extremists trying to invade parliament in berlin fought with police last summer. as political correspondent benjamin elvira's gruber is standing by at those protests in st guard and joins us now for the latest so benjamin we can just see behind you quite a lot of people gathering together what is happening where you are right now. that's right and there are more people joining this is to protest this is what the

rally now just outside of the city of shots got started this initial protests started at 11 more than $4000.00 people met there and then they work towards this place there was several counter protests of that try to stop them by police is on high alert you just heard it you just said it vetting the movement that organized that have been organizing this protest over the last year have been also accused of having a mix of anti vaccine as of call that 19. and also florida action is taking place at this rally it's the benjamin want are the people exactly protesting against what is their message. their message is that the restrictions to prevent the spread of the covert 19 of the coronavirus are of violation of the bite basic rights of calling for an immediate lift of all of those restrictions and also to not wear masks anymore and that's something that we saw today and that we also saw in the protests of crustal that we covered up. a few weeks ago the 2 roles

wearing of the mask and the social distancing are not followed by almost anyone at this protest so the ones wearing masks or police officers and also the journalists and this is important to note that it's a pretty hostile environment also for the press there also have been already attacks against journalists here in the today we should mention though that opinion polls do show that most germans are actually supportive of mask wearing and social distancing and these other measures to stop the spread of the virus that said the vast majority of them are quite frustrated however at just the leadership in the country how the government has been managing this crisis will the government address this frustration that many people feel not just those at the demonstration where you are today. this writer with the chancellor angela merkel all already

saying that people are asking people once again for sympathy and also to follow this call the 1000 guidelines over easter now saying that the new magicians mean that we're actually in a new pandemic and especially now in germany that we're in the 3rd wave of the pandemic and here in the studio a few days ago the city had to pull the emergency brake because the 7 day incident surpassed 100 were also expected to hear german president francois just i'm not trying to appeal to those people also to wear a mask and to keep the social distancing as well. benjamin of ours gruber reporting for us from stuttgart thank you so much. let's get a check now of some of the other stories making news this hour police in washington d.c. are paying tribute to an officer who was killed at the u.s. capitol a man rammed his car into 2 police officers and lunged at them with a knife before he was shot authorities say there is no link to terrorism women's

rights protesters have conversion of parliament square in london to call for improved safety and to condemn sexual aggression against women a month ago 33 year old sarah ever it was kidnapped and murdered a police officer has been charged. the last of more than 400 ships stranded by the grounding of a giant container vessel in the su is can now have passed through the waterway investigators will shortly release their report on how the ship got stuck. to taiwan now where a court has allowed the release on bail of the construction manager allegedly responsible for friday's deadly train crash at least 51 people were killed and more than 140 were injured when a train smashed into a construction truck that had slid onto the tracks it happened at the start of taiwan's 4 day tombs sweeping holiday which is when families often return to their

hometowns. the start of a long recovery process cranes have now cleared to re a carriage is from friday's crash site but it will take about a week to clear 6 others still mangled inside the tunnel where rescuers expect to find more bodies. on the front 1st carriage had the most serious injuries and greatest number of deaths. the carriage was open and bodies washed piled on top of each other. as the train was packed with nearly 500 people many of whom were crammed into the aisles without a seat just as it entered a tunnel the train slammed into a truck tearing the front carriages apart authorities allege the truck slid onto the tracks from a nearby construction site after the break was not engaged prosecutors sold to detain the construction site manager who was later released on bail meanwhile

taiwan's president visited dozens of survivors being treated in hospital. we heard the sound of a collision as we heard the collision over passengers on the train with turned upside down. relatives of the victims visited the crash site on saturday to hold ceremonies for their loved ones and investigation into the catastrophe is ongoing. to german soccer now and this weekend says the most important match of the bundesliga season so far 2nd place leipsic hosts the leaders byard munich the defending champions a win for life they would put them within a point of the top spot and live 6 chances have been bolstered by an injury that ok biron star striker out of action. when a club has to leave this kind of challenge. this kind of scoring powerhouse.

this robert levin dusky on the sidelines or in the stands. it's going to hurt the guy was on track this season to actually break a 49 year old boy in his league a goal scoring record. then playing for his home country poland he suffered a knee injury expected to put him out for a month so how can byron beat the club nipping at their heels leipsic without their wonder score is he pushed by shifting to get you riled up about this because i don't have anything that maybe we redistribute the team a bit we do have other players who can play at this position so we approach this in a positive way because defun it's now yeah it's a challenge for us but we'll face that. there's much to face in leipsic at leipsic stadium it is one bundesliga club that doesn't fear the defending champs in december they played byron 2 or $33.00 draw at byron with 11 dusky so player and coach and confidence is their. coach you really are not looking and says biron is obviously better with their top scorer but leipzig his game plan won't suddenly

change. over the course of the bonus legacies and so far as 11 dusky scored almost half of byron's total goal count leipsic have spread the scoring out in this left and dusky less matchup between the top 2 clubs the 2nd place team on paper have an edge was. the stadium of the french top flight football club leon has been converted into a covert $900.00 vaccinations center thousands of residents are taking advantage of the service the goal is to administer $30000.00 doses each day over the easter weekend several other sports stadiums around the world have also been repurposed for medical services. and a quick reminder now of our top story. the forty's are on alert as viruses skeptics rally in the german city of stood guard previous gatherings of this so called the

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