almost both possibly want no more campaigning at all by. as the president's relation, chances appear to be dwindling. the opposite seems to be true for donald trump. last night his vice presidential running mate introduced himself to the country. j . d. vance has impact seems to be sort of positive. it could be called the trump bop. i'm burnt, golfing berlin, this is the day. the by officially accent, your nomination to be vice president. by reaction to the chose, the choice was shock more than anything. what can i say that hasn't already been said before? after all, the man was already the subject of ron howard movie. were regular man, regular live, regular wife, regular kids, regular mom. regular american awfully

coming up at taylor swift brings her arrows world tour to germany. and according to the rule where you find tailors with, you'll also find tens of thousands. busy swift, these have music is incredible. she's like, save those or um, she's given us how she's giving us like, are you using to go on her songs? motivates us and she's just an incredible person and i was having the hardware just to see her anywhere. let's do our viewers watching on tv as in the united states and to all of you around the world. welcome. we begin today with joe biden, under the weather and donald trump campaign, apparently over the moon. today the white house confirmed the us president biden is tested positive for cove. it is campaign events, at least for today were cancelled. but there may be more cancellations ahead to to . 5 actions of the democratic party from the us house speaker,

nancy pelosi and former us president brock obama, have both reportedly voiced concerns that bite and may not be able to win re election in november against donald trump. their names added to a growing list of doubting democrats. and all of this is happening as the momentum for a trump victory groups. the latest boost came wednesday night at the republican national convention in milwaukee, when trump's vice presidential running mate j. d. vance introduced himself to the country. a president trump represents america's last best hope to restore. what if last may never be found again? a country were a working class boy, born far from the halls of power, can stand on this stage as the next vice president of the united states of america . once a student, christie took donald trump. will you send it to g d van smith's new room to doubts his loyalty to the former president. when he accepted the nomination to be his

running mate, will keep close boys from the american hotline to drag himself on to pull the t. this is the message that he will take forward in the election campaign to win over blue collar workers and says that protecting the needs of ordinary citizens includes taking a tough 9 on us foreign policy. together we will make sure our allies share in the burden of securing world peace, no more free rides for nations that betray the generosity of the american taxpayer who's supposed to be are in c. so the trunk fence tickets. meanwhile, president joe biden is dealt another blow to his campaign and image as he is diagnosed with coven 19 was on the campaign trail in las vegas.

as he takes a step back from campaigning and returns home to recover uncertainty about his candidacy continues to build within his own ranks. california and congressman adam shift is one of the latest leading democrats cooling on joe biden, to step down from the presidential race consent. david biden's, age and cognitive abilities are the shadowing, his campaign in which a growing chorus of little make his se increases his risk of losing to donald trump in november when he w, as washington bureau g. b. this whole joins me now from the republican national convention. in milwaukee. good evening to you, eat us before we talk about the g o. p. i'd like to discuss this growing list of building democrats who publicly or privately don't think the joe biden can win against donald trump in november. the latest addition to this list is former

president or rock obama. tell me, what did you heard today? yeah, and that's of course huge. i mean, uh, joe biden worked under the rock, obama, brock obama and joe biden, that were really close. and what we uh here is the brook obama only talk, one's a to president fight, and after his weak performance during this debate. but that the pressure from this in the democratic policy, really gods hire, that the former president obama also spoke with a bite. and to step down of to advance to close the talk to him. officer hakim jeffries talked to him, a representative of the house. and then of course, talk to him or also kind of raise concerns that bite and what not only lose the election, but might also be losing states like colorado or, or new jersey,

which has been a democratic since more than 20 years. so the pressure definitely is getting stronger and stronger in is how do you explain how quickly the opposition to bite has grown since that debate debacle. last month to be do you think that the media especially the u. s. media, do you think they've reported this story fairly, or are you surprised at the speed with which mainstream media have reported by them as the candidates who won't be able to with that's a very, very good question. brandon, i was wondering myself, when i saw the reporting, you know, getting kind of more intense uh, per hour sometimes of, to the debate. and you know, that was a huge concern that people would not be tuned into this debate because to known old white men running against each other. many people told us when we were traveling this huge country, oh, well, this is the most boring election campaign ever. and that of course,

is not good for making money for the big networks. so i wonder, is displayed into the fact that they reported so intensely about a job aid. and by then by to having that said, of course, this performance was horrible. and every single interview he gave off, the words couldn't really turn the tide. i was at the nato summit in washington following his press or he wasn't convincing there either. so joe biden just really seems to get more tired by the day today the, the news and bite and testing positive for co bid. you know, you get the sense that it was reported as another nail in his re election cost. and i'm wondering how would the story be reported if donald trump tested positive for coven tomorrow as well. you know, as donald trump is in a totally different spot, right? now, i mean, he's just like on i don't know on the top level,

i've seen him ever like, everybody seems to love him at least here. of course at the republic national convention. and he doesn't appear to be we ethan, even off to the us as a nation to attend. he seems to be back in the game being strong. i mean, just minutes off to he nearly got killed. he was raising his fist shouting, or telling his a support those fight fight. so i think if he would be tested, oh wow, it wouldn't have it wouldn't be seen as like such a big thing for president biden as it is for joe biden. yeah, yeah, exactly. i mean, it does seem like the to me that there's, there's different treatments there where you're talking at least about a virus this week in milwaukee. all the talk has been about trump, the candidate who dodge the bullets that assassination attempt. how did it impact the convention and trump's campaign? i mean it's only been what 56 days ago yeah, definitely was dominating the 1st day of you arrived here on sunday and everybody

was talking about it. and you know, there are many, many very religious people here at the r and c. and so you wouldn't believe how many you told us when we talked to them that the lord almighty had had something to do with the fact that donald trump is still alive. i mean, he got out of this stronger than he was before. we shall see how it is really impacted to him when he came here the 1st night when we saw him, he still looked very tired and a kind of really thoughtful fun. couldn't say that we shall see. you know how this move in this really life, this experience might've changed and he wouldn't be the 1st one would say that's true, that is true. i mean, he's not the 1st president to dodge, but one or to be hit by a boat that's for sure. and then is there is trump spice press dental running, mate j, the vance. now, i mean he's a millennial, he's the youngest person ever nominated to be vice presidential running mate. but

it trump reportedly decided on vance, just hours before it became public 2 days after the shooting. amazing. how do you explain this last minute decision making about, you know, his own running may? well, 1st of all, i think donald trump really enjoys having all the power in his hands. and just to be able to wait until pretty much the very last minutes to announce who is running made i would be, i honestly think you just, uh, enjoy that. but of course, there were also like a checking out the pulse that definitely be watching very closely the bite and come pain is bite and stepping down or not what it's coming to harris comes in or not. so these are all factors also coming together. and of course, i mean, as you just said, j events is super young, who delivered a fantastic speak just right behind me a year behind me last night and to use giving

a lot of energy into come into the campaign. and it was also interesting, a brand to know, we talked to many people here before he spoke and they didn't really know them. of course, i've heard of him but weren't really familiar with them. but afterwards they were just like so fascinated and all behind to be in many uh, eyes just represents the american dream. so this really goes stone where evil. this is trout here in milwaukee. yeah, it's interesting. you say that is, you know, the american dream. i'm wondering is j, the vance? is he the golden boy for donald trump? does he guarantee that trump will win in november? it definitely will help trump um to get the younger oldest. we also talked to many younger republican policy members here in milwaukee, and t might also law donald trump to be a little bit more presidential to, to be a little bit more thoughtful to whole back. like with his decisive sometimes even

toxic language. she could leave that to is vp, but it so be interesting to watch. if donald trump is really able to keep up with the fact that j. devens is so successful in fight the really winning over the hearts of many a potential republican voters. so that's going to be an interesting dynamic to watch over the next couple of months. yeah, it reminds me what my grandmother used to say. there can only be one star in a relationship. simple see which one tends to be the star in this? do i know it is that you've spoken to german lawmakers who are at the g o. p convention this week? our german politicians, despite their public worry worries about a 2nd trump presidency. are they preparing already the channels of communication between a trump white house and berlin? i would say definitely are you know, this is my 2nd mention i'm covering for dw,

and i've never seen a so many lawmakers from europe attending at these conventions. they don't want to make the same mistake. i stated in 2020, they already went to work kind of on, you know, keeping the channels open to the republican party. i, for example, talk to you and spawn from the conservative german polity. it said it was and he told me that there, that there are many, uh, you know, that the, that the say the warranty and in particular the things that uh, there are many, uh, call me or comments its things to have in common, both parties. so this is something a people are watching out for, and i also have a chance to talk to mr. lyn keys, the co ordinator of the trans atlantic relationships from the german government. this is the united states and he also was very frank. you said, you know what the united states are our most important trade personal. they are

very important for our security in europe, in germany. so yes, of course they, they are going to work or try to work with every government in the white house. and this is what they're doing here. that's a lot of networking going on. all right and, and final g questions after all, that has happened in the past week in this presidential race. eat is one. do you think biden's name will be on the ballot in november? if not, who will be the democratic nominee in november of the, you know, the, if the democratic party is small, they really will come up with a new plan very, very fast. and they would maybe be able to take a little bit of the momentum away from donald trump and jay to events, but they have to be click on that feed. just finding a solution that's totally open if it will be the vice president coming to harris.

she would be the natural choice, but if is she really able to compete successfully against donald trump and take events, we will see bugs. i think the name will not be job either. all right, our washington bureau chief, easiest poll approaching the end of what has been quite into that for a week in us politics for both the democrats and the republicans and is always good talking with you. thank you. and staying with that theme of concerns on this side of the atlantic, about the return by trump to the white house, there is a sigh of relief to nights here in the european union or so a fund to lie in a secured a 2nd term as president of the european commission now that's the use top position, european parliament re elected fund a lion today for another 5 year term with a comfortable majority or election welcomed by many as

a continuity of leadership. especially as europe struggles to deal with the war in ukraine, climate change, migration, and threats to democracy. we are working all together for a strong you're, we're working on the topics of prosperity and competitiveness in our economy, social fairness because we have a social market economy. we're working on protecting people, so security and defense, but the most important is the over arching topic of strengthening our democracy. our democracy is under attack from inside and from outside. and therefore it is crucial that the democratic forces stand together to defend our democracy. what do you use alexander for knob and she has more now on ursula for the lions plans for that 2nd term. it was enough one to 9 presented to ourselves here in distress. smoke as a safe pair of hands. ready and eager to continue leading the blocks with

a load shows times. in her speech, she made the efforts to address issue is considered essential to the political parties supporting her like staying the course on the green deal, strengthening europe's competitiveness and the role of law and moving towards the defense union. her announcement on establishing a commissioner for defense is seen as a crucial 1st step to evolving the you into a security extra. however, on that pulling over the phone, the line is likely to clash with the e. u. member states who consider defense policy. they are competency in a short term. her next challenge will be to pick her fellow commissioners based on that the only nations of national governments. only when her cabinet is complete. she can start working on delivering what she has promised here in the european

parliament. in brazil tonight, dozens of wildfires are burning and the world's biggest tropical wet land. the painting all is a rich ecosystem stretching across the borders of brazil, olivia, and pair of white. so far this year alone, at least 7000 square kilometers, have been burned. that's almost 5 percent of its entire area. and drought has dried out more than half of the wetlands that we use latin america correspondent, the co risk reports tonight. as you can see, the extent of the destruction best from the air. this is the punter now. it should be with the drought has dried it out and now fires are consuming it. hundreds of thousands of pictures look like this. $53.00 days have come from all parts of brazil as well as neighboring bolivia towards you today,

the wind has already turned around $190.00 degrees. you know? so we're fighting. assume the wind will change again and every time it changes, we need a different strategy over stop the engine because today's strategy here is to try to push the flames to us the product y river. the light equipment enables them to move fast and to target the little flames that can lead to so much destruction. for the call the firefighter because was just put on one of the next ones that are already in the making as lots of little flames that's developed to one village. well, front of an over, you know, tons here. this year's bias of breaking records up by more than 2000 percent over last year. volleyball it is cookie on the growth to try to stop defies spreading. but much of the ground is pete, meaning fires can continue for days on the fee to hear these fall as

a largely started by people putting rubbish, clearing undergrowth. dave and smoking cigarettes is thank you popped up on this. i saw i will. we need to avoid a mo regrettable situation and capital at the may were taking action because most of the files here are a private property and they start to scratch into the middle. it depends on the state and federal area, so we have to stop it from spreading it into the protects. there is no means on us as i was told this whole process. that's when you see all this destruction that we saw from the helicopter. how do you feel about it? so you're not broke and you caught us home is is a feeling that low cost a share 0 that ascentis lives by the river. so her land was the sped the fires, but the drought is also affecting the water. it's to me to is lower than normal jeopardizing fishing business. as have passed this difficult,

there are very few fish. we don't have fish like we used to. my, we usually go here to my porch and catch printed or so they were good conducted not just the right size, and nowadays i don't catch them. neither the right nor the wrong size. give me the, the new part of give me the, the, the whole region. ripple and land are in trouble. as firefighters tried to limit the damage, the government is investigating potential culprits. taylor swift stairs brought her arrows world a tour to germany. 60000 fans notice whip these, they were at the 1st of 3 sold out concerts in the western city of gills and kitchen last night. and they were not only from germany. you know, this with these. if there anything they are international, they know the words and they've made the own sparkly coast teams. they all switch

these and goes and kitchen has rolled out the red carpet for them and the idol, the city has changed its name to swift cushion, finds a hanging out in taylor town before the concepts. and of course, signing up to buy t shirts and other memorabilia, the, the florida and water you prepared to wait so long and such a big q. but because it is a key merchandise here that you can only buy on the 2 days off. and so that we can get something with which to remember this crazy day we have really been looking forward today would a few kilometers away at the belt. and serena, with the 3 concepts will take place the funds gathering here on to and the german some have traveled to from as far away as thailand, canada, or malta, like juliet nevada. lo and have friends. they are here long before doors open. they

proved to bog of who made friendship bracelets like the ones, painless things about which they swore with each other. um, i mean have you is it is inside of issues like save those or um, she's given us whole. she's giving us like, are you using to go on her songs? motivates us and she's just an incredible person and i was having the hardware just to see her anywhere these dedicated switch these, the prepared to pay up to $600.00 euros for a ticket again, hard to and we're going to the end on friday today. we're kind of behind the stage and the cost hundreds heroes to friday, we're in a better spot and we pay $220.00 swifty fees is a boon to the local economy. thomas dick's was a, the run with hotel bookings long before tickets were even on sale. price commodities and dropped goods. i've been doing this job for 31 years and i've never seen such high over at the pharma pacific we have people coming from america,

israel, south africa. i've never seen anything like it. africa. does. the tokyo paris doesn't cushion the german city, will have a special place and these finds how it's forever the place where they have the chance to see that idle taylor swift live on stage. and finally tonight as much of southern europe sweats through a blister a heat wave, it's not just affecting people, but animals to in rome where it's currently 38 degrees celsius. that's a 100 degrees fahrenheit. zoo inhabitants are getting some frozen traits like meat in giant ice cubes for these big pads and dangling frozen fruit cocktail for the parks. lima monkeys. and you know, the same advice goes for animals as well as humans, as well as swift. these you have to stay hydrated

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shuttle stops august 3rd on d w the this is the domain use africa coming up on the program, voices of a canyon generation in results. it's a use lead movement against tax hikes and corruption. that pressure has forced concessions from the canyon government. but these young people tell dw why they're not satisfied. germany's foreign minister visits west africa, one aim is to help contain instability, by strengthening ties of democracies in the region to discuss what half of the time and chief the situation is. we don't have that in. so much so it's not clear to be would do anything different, which is why doing the pods. so see how we find that it's fine.