ah, was true, was vague, it doesn't matter. the only criteria won't, will people we shed light on the opaque world who's behind benefits. and why are they a threat to whistle open equals this week on d, w d ah ah, this is dw news live from berlin. joe biden defense is record one year into his presidency. it's been a year challenges, but it's also been a year,

but norma's progress biden counts his vaccination roll out and infrastructure bills as wins. but other key parts of his agenda remain stalled. also on the program elk is on the way to talk to after last weekend's devastating volcanic eruption with the airports. runaway now cleared of ash, plains are bringing age from australia and new zealand. plus british prime minister, boars, johnson, in the political fight of his life party gates scandal, has his fellow conservatives outraged. you will stop it too long for all the good you have done. and the name of god goes ah, ah, i'm ami and you said welcome to the program. thursday, march 1 year since joe biden became president of the states at

a news conference. biden's fielded questions about setbacks with key parts of his agenda blocked by both republican lawmakers and holdouts in his own democratic party. but he also defended his achievements so far. morrow will mark one year since i took office. it's been year challenges, but it's also been a year of enormous progress. we wiped from 2000000 people being vaccinated at them . moment i was born in to 210000000 americans being fully vaccinated. today, we created 6000000 new jobs. were jobs in one year than any time before. for more now i'm joined by the w. washington bureau chief in his fall in us. it's got good. have you with us. so by and just wrapped up his address, reflecting on the 1st year in office. so what stood out to you it was actually outstanding that the press conference took of one and one hour and 45 minutes.

that's a long time. so he probably really wanted to prove that he has the stamina to take questions for that. a big amount of time. so one of the main goals of this whole conference was, in my opinion, the shift to shift the blame for his failure to the republicans. he repeated the rhetorical question over and over again. what are they, the republican lawmakers for? they are only against my agenda, but what do they do? that was definitely of one message she wanted to spread on. the other news, he kind of created there by saying that he wants to run again in 2024. this carmella harris on his side as his running mate. we'll talk more in a minute in this, but 1st let's take a look at this report. you sent us looking back at biden's 1st year. i, joseph robinson by jr. do solemnly swear. one year ago, large parts of the western world breathed a sigh of relief. not so much because of the new occupant. a white house president

joe biden, a long term figure in washington, with almost a half a century of policy making experience. but because they hoped that the chaotic chapter that was the donald trump experiment would soon be at an end. david mariners is an award winning journalist and a presidential biographer. the he was clearly the right person for the job a year ago, he was probably the one democrat who could get elected and stop the trump descendants. but now a year later, the real questions about that about whether is right person for the next 3 years. to start with the positives, his 1st year in office president biden was able to push a one trillion dollar infrastructure package through congress of feet that no president had been able to accomplish in 60 years. but its impact won't be felt for a long time. and people might not reward him with their wont in 2024. what they do

feel immediately are the increasing prices for basic goods. inflation has risen at its fastest pace in nearly 4 decades, pushing prices up at a 7 percent annual rate for the international community. the chaotic withdrawal from afghanistan raised many questions, especially about how closely the new white house is really willing to work together with its nato partners. one, like most parts of the world, dealing with the co, with 19 pandemic, is a major challenge. the midterm elections coming up in november biden is in danger of losing his razor. thin majority in the senate and in the house biden has to walk a fine line between protecting the american people and scaring or ignoring the concerns of possible motors to present with his approval rating at an all time low with 65 percent of americans believing his presidency is

a failure. what could the next steps b requires more than just jo bye to requires the tired democratic party to get its act together on which it hasn't been able to do in this last year and getting some luck on the pandemic. i mean, some of it is beyond his control. even one of the most powerful politicians in the world face a severe limits to pushing through his agenda. i want to come back to you here in his dis, biden, have a big plans for the next 3 years or does it look like he's kind of run out of ideas here? well, i mean, at this point he really sticks to his plans. he really wants to bring a through his build bag better plan, even so in this press conference today, he kind of insinuated that he would be willing to split some parts of it that he might be allowing that are like some social spending topics awarded on separately

also the road, unlike protecting wording rights, but this is probably, or this will be the 2 topics he will neg, besides obviously fighting co with 19 and the pandemic. he will focus on before the midterms because this is crucial for him if he loses the senate and maybe even the house that makes him a lame duck for the next 2 years and limits his possibilities to be re elected in 2024. so he will focus on the midterms in this november and looking back at the election biden didn't just run on specific policies. you also promised to be a president or the president of reconciliation to bring the country back together as he made any ground achievements on that ground. there was also question in the conference in the press conference or which is just ho with just ended. and well, it, so a one probably could say he over promised and he under performed. he indeed

promised with all his experience that he would bring this country to bed 2 together again, and would heal all the wounds. but we didn't see, or we don't actually really see that may be quite the opposite, or the united states is more radicalized than we have seen it before. and he is obviously not able to reach out to the republican party to work together on this most important bills. he wants to push through our i one year in office 3 more to go in is for washington dc. many thanks. australia and new zealand say, aid is now being flown into tomba. after an airport on the pacific islands was cleared of volcanic ash. some communication lines are also being slowly being restored. these images from the capital indicate the extent of the damage from last weekend volcanic eruption, and nami ash has contaminated fresh drinking water on some islands. whole villages

have been wiped out. local journalists, marianna cooper says government officials are trying to reach people on islands in the archival archipelago and that tongue and have begun cleaning up to breathe from the volcano. everyone from a everywhere. we are good. now it was a let's take a look now at some of the other stories making news around the world. the u. s. supreme court has rejected a bid by former president donald trump, to block the release of documents related to the storming of the capital on january

6th. last year. trump, who has been accused of stoking yourself on congress, had thought to prevent the records from being given to the panel, investigating the events. the caribbean island of barbados has held a snap general election 2 months after the former colony cut ties with elizabeth and became a republic company. prime minister motley called the vote. more than a year ahead of schedule opposition leaders have accused her of trying to consolidate power. according ukraine has rejected an appeal by public prosecutors to detain former president pedro poorer shanker ruling means the 56 year old will remain free while being investigated for treason. thousands of supporters rallied outside the court house or shingle denies. the charges says they're politically motivated. ash a french actor gas bach earlier has died in his skiing accident. williams became famous for appearing in chanel perfume, adds,

as well as film and various televisions eventually becoming a top french actor. most recently had a leading role in the upcoming marvel series. moon night, was only 37 years old. to the u. k. now were born, johnson is fighting to stay on as prime minister after revelations about boozy gatherings held in his downing street residence. at the same time that millions were enduring, coven 19 locked outs. johnson is facing mounting pressure to quit, from the opposition from his own conservatives. and from ordinary citizens after the drink parties to hang over in parliament bars, johnson defied cold to resign from his political opponents, most likely is no time for him to resign. a speaker. but what i can tell her is of i, as i said to his last week, i apologize, sincerely for any misjudgments that were made, continued johnson as apologize for tending bring your own booth gatherings. bassetti told was

a work event and wasn't told to was against the rules. he sitting tight for now, but even his tory peers may try to asked him, one law maker defected to the labor opposition and his party's former breakfast minister urge him to resign yourself. there to law for all the good you have done in the name of god, go. as the political storm continued in the house of commons, johnson announced the end of covert 19 measures introduced to curve the rapid spread of the arm across variant. some people were skeptical that the timing and felt was meant to distract from his current political woes. m. o being cynical, i think his baby book, boy johnson feels he's about to be upstairs and he wants to vote for the public something maybe among health workers in particular. there was anger at the idea of the government boozing while they fought the virus. ah, 100 percent with well,

we're sitting now says unreason. think about why city reply ng when we're working hard. as anger grows, johnson we'll now hoped out an inquiry is ordered into the downing street parties. plus a bit of luck can help save his job. museums and concert halls in the netherlands have been offering haircuts and managers in a protest against corona virus restrictions, as because the government recently eased restrictions for small businesses such as hair salons, but not for cultural venues. they've been shot since mid september. much to the dismay of many dutch ah, it's a different kind of into met. so at this concert, hold and amsterdam, the orchestra play 2nd fiddle to a pair of hair dressers. yes, it was her phone. it's so beautiful to, to be here. now in these days, sure. where there's no possibility for oh,

predict the culture sector. the netherlands was put on to lockdown in mid december due to record coven 19 cases, hair dressers, beauty salons and gyms have now been allied to reopen museums, concert halls, and other cultural venues, have not in a protest auction called hare saloon. stages and galleries were turned into small beauty parlors or yoga studios, or at the famous vanguard museum. you could catch your finger nails painted for organizing this to make the point that we think the cultural sector should be open in museums, in particular, a very safe places to visit. the way we've set this up is also according to the rules. there's plenty of social different thing, there's lots of space left, the fresh air. and we think we just really don't understand why we're close. and beauty salon is open this concert hot to eventually stop.

but the barber of seville would surely have been proud. lou could be a new, beautiful trend there. that's it. you're up to date for now. of next business news with chelsea, delaney and you can always get the latest on our website. that's d, w dot com. we're on instagram and twitter to our handle. there is at dw, i'm ami in use of thanks for joining ah good.