♪ ♪ >> this is dw news live from berlin. germany pauses to honor the victims of a racist terror attack. joining lead -- emily's in a western town where last month a far-right gunmen shot 10 people dead. the country must do more to fight racism and anti-muslim hatrtred, people say. shots fired d on the border between greece and turkey -- and turkey.

migrants were told days ago by turkey, you are free to go to europe. and turning the tide in the u.s., joe biden wins big on super tuesday, surging ahead of front runner bernie sanders and michael bloomberg's half-billion dollars gamble fails to pay off. he is backing biden now. ♪ brent: i'm brent goff. to our viewers in the united states and around the world, welcome. we begin in germany were memory the horror of handout. two weeks after a racially motivated killing spree, the leaders joined thousands including survivors and relatives to remember the victims here at a far-right gunmen shot nine people dead in she shoved -- in shisha bars

and then went on to kill himself. angela merkel joined people at the ceremony today in the aftermath of the attack. she described racism as a poison in german society. during today's ceremony, the german president acknowledged a problem with islamophobia and racism. let's hear part of what he hadad to say. >> every person who lives in our country must be able to live in safety and peace. our state has a duty to protect this right. it has to do more. it must do everything necessary. this responsibility falls on our institutions, the men and women at the top and this responsibility falls on all of us.

it challenges us to stand together against hate and persecution against terror and violence. and that is the measure by which we will be judged. brent: the german president there speaking earlier this evening. i am joint in the studio by my colleague and political respondent kate brady. you heard the president talking about responsibility. what did you make of what he had to say? kate: there were interesting elements in the speech. one thing that stood out was when he said this crime didn't happen by chance, that there was a back story to this of hate speech and exclusion and discrimimination against minoriy groups in germany. that was clearly criticism of this normalization of far-right rhetoric in germany in recent years, a swipe at the far-right afd party.

it was interesting he stepped back from the comments he made after this attack as well saying rather symbolically this was an attack that hit us all. there was a lot of criticism particularly from the community in this town over the comments. although they understood what he meant, it was bad enough they also said while i was in the town it doesn't affect everyone. you don't know what it is like to be ostracized and to be proving your worth as a german. this was much at the center of his speech, the idea, issue in germany in germany about what it means to be german. brent: you cover the direct aftermath. we have heard time and time again this attack was a wake-up call for germany. what have you heard? how bad is the far-right extremist seen?

-- scene? kate: if this was a wake-up call, germany has missed many alarms already. we had the killing, shooting and killing of a regional politician in june last year who was refugee and then the attempted anti-semitic attack in which two passersby were killed in an eastern city. we had the notorious national socialist underground murders and for years there have been concerns raised about the far-right infiltrating military, authorities in germany. there is an overall plan to get to the roots of these problems. there is a lot of work to be done which is going to take a lot more than a few commissions to get to what end of the day is a fundamental problem in germany. brent: it can't be done overnight. thank you. there was violence on greece's

border to turkey. they repelled thousands of migrant trying to cross into greece. many of them are refugees fleeing war zones. last week, turkey's president clear the way for them to go to europe but they are fighting europe's gates are closed. reporter: hundreds of migrants try to cross the border to greece once again wednesday but wiwithout success.s. they were met by greek police using tear gas. migrants threw objects over the fence. there were casualties among them. >> six peoplple were brought t o the hosospital, one of them already dead. five people are being treated in ththe emergencyy room. one of them has a cracked skull and a bullet is in his head. reporter: greece denies reports, saying the fate news is being spread by turkey. in a speech to parliament, president erdogan called for

better treatment of the refugees. >> i call on all e.u. countries especially greece to treat refugees with respect in accordance with international human rights conventions. reporter: crisis diplomacy in ankara. the turkish president met the european president. there was very little reported. the e.u. foreign affairs chihief dididn't mince words on his trip to andorra. -- ankara. he asked turkey to no longerer encourage migrants to go to the you the e.u. has promised 60 million euros to help in syria. brent: this is the spokesperson in greece for the u.n. hcr, the refugee agency. we know this was a fluid situation not only at the border but also on lesbos which is a

main entry point for people coming from turkey. how is the situation where you are? >> today i am on lesbos and thee situatioion has b been calmer re yesterday. it has been the past few days including intimidation and viololence attttacks against humanitarian workers from some groups of locals but also against journalists. we have been affected sunday. one of our seniormost colleagues was verbally harassed and pushed. she was addressing a group of locals that were not allowing a vote to disembark. there were families with young children, telling them to go back. later on sunday a transit locationon we have been running fofor four yrsrs with the e helf ngo's was burned to the n north-

to t the ground inin an arn attack his last couplple of days it has been morore calm m but the s sun is fluid. we do understand d local commmmunities have b been a inte pressure. there is incredible compassion but what we have now is not just the last few days but months of a criticacal situation on the islands with overcrowding in now 40,000 asylum-seekers that should a at least half ofof thee moved to the mainland through decisive government action. brent: we have got reports of fighting and tear gas, even guns being fired in the direction of refugees at the, turkish border today. what more can you tell us? >> the situation has been quite tense at turkey's border with the you know -- that you -- the

e.u. people have been p pushed back.. safe have legitimate -- states have a legitimate right to manage their borders. this should be done in a proportionate way without excessive use of force and it should allow those w who wish to seekek asylum to have ththeir cs handledd in an orderlyly way. we have been appealing for strerength and w we hope that te situations will quickly resolved in the next few days. brent: the u.n. hcr spokesperson joining us tonight from the greek island of lesbobos. thank you. >> thank you for having me. brent: here is a look at other stories making headlines. u.s. forces have bombed taliban targets in afghanistan after militants killed 16 6 soldiers n attacks north of a city. this is less than a week after

washington signed a peace deal with the taliban. greta thunberg work today met -- greta thunberg today met ursula von der leyen. committing to 0 -- but greta said the plan was inadequate, that europe needs to stop pretending it is leading the world on climate while still building new fossil fuel plants. this is the u.s. state of tennessee has declared a state of emergency after suffering its deadliest tornadoes in a long time. the worst hit were areas around the capital city, nashville. we are in the united states. the super tuesday primary results are coming in. super results for farmer vice president -- former vice president joe biden. he has taken the lead. joe biden now has 453 delegates

after winning 10 of the super tuesday races. the race is not over for bernie sanders. his four wins put him at 382 delegates and we are waiting for results from california. to clinch the party nomination, the candidate needs 1991 delegates. the candidate mike bloomberg struggled. he only won one primary, that was in america samoa. he has quit the race. today he quit the race a and he endorsed biden. reporter: super tuesday proved joe biden's campaign is alive and well. >> just a few days ago the press was declaring is dead.

and then came south carolina. they had something to say about it. [applause] and we were told when you got to super tuesday it would be over. it might be over for the other guy. reporter: the former u.s. vice president can claim to be the front runner for the nomination. icicles link his success to strong support from african-americans as well as older and suburban voters. >> i am a moderate. his message can reach a lot of people in the middle, left and right. >> i have been a big fan of his since the obama administration. reporter: bernie sanders is by no means out of the race. >> i tell you with absolute confidence we are going to win the democratic nomination. [applause] and we are going to defeat the most dangerous president in the

history of this country. reporter: sanders went in to super tuesday as the front runner. he is particularly popular with young and latino voters. >> he has what it takes and has the vote of the people. >> it was exciting and depressing at the same time. reporter: two other hopefuls, elizabeth warren and michael bloomberg, performed poorly. warren's campaign is deliberating whether to stay in, bloomberg has decided to drop out. super tuesday is an important date in the presidential election calendar but represents one third of the democrats -- delegates up for grabs nationwide. the campaign moves on to michigan and five other states holding primaries. 350 more delegates are up to be won. brent: the race is far from over. let's bring on our

correspondent. talk to me about what they are calling the former vice president -- he managed to turn the tide despite what people were thinking. how did he do it? reporter: that is what everybody is scratching his head about at the moment. not really. he is right. the press, and he did press bashing, declared his campaign all but dead. it was that. there was no telling he will go with south carolina with that margin, 30 points. super tuesday was a marvelous win for the vice president,t, te joe b ben campaigign. black voters put him over the line and women, college educated, people in urban areas and women is what sanders did not capitalize on and what biden

was put over the line in all of those states. brent: he got endorsements from former rivals who dropped out. bernie sanders didn't have that luxury. can he make up ground and compete with biden in a meaningful way moving forward? reporter: you are right, those endorsements are from klobuchar, overworked and buttigieg -- o'rourke and buttigieg.av those investments. elizabeth warren is maybe on the brink of throwing in the towel. everyone is expecting this because she has virtually a chance of getting a significant delegate count. that is the question. will she endorsed sanders, does it do something good for him? the answer is virtually no because the establishment and elites are circling the wagons

around biden. he is the most electable and generate the biggest chance for the democrats to win the election in november and get the president behind this house, out of this house. biden is the ticket for this according to the democratic establishment. and sanders gave a little press conference and he paints us against them picture. him and his campaign against democrat elites and establishment. brent: that is not good for unity in the party. and then we have like bloomberg. -- michael bloomberg. he spent so much money that he actually spent $100 for every vote he got. he is out of the race. who will benefit from the loss of this billionaire? reporter: i think alsoreporter: biden.

he will have, he said he will, and member this, have spent -- remember this, have spent $1 billion whoever will be the candidate against donald trump he will follow-up on this. that is what everybody says and thinks. there is legal work to do, to form a super pack, but that he can get a lot of money into the democratic party. he will stand against donald trump but you are right. the man spent $500 million more than that. half $1 billion in his campaign just compared to this. the biden campaign spent $15 million. bloomberg -- brent: thank you. turning to the coronavirus, china is reporting another drop of cases and the death toll in

the country where the outbreak began is now nearing 3000. italy's death toll is now around 100 with a steep jump of 28 people dying in the last 24 hours. the italian government today announced it will close all schools and anniversaries across the country until mid-march. the german airline lufthansa saying it will ground 150 aircraft because of the coronavirus. many people in areas affected by the virus are concerned about being stuck at home if they have to self quarantine. that is leading people to stockpile food and other essentials. this is for real. stores have beeeen empty because of people panic buying. supermarket chains have had to start rationing toilet paper after shoppers began stockpiling target -- toilet paper.

you are not stockpiling toilet paper but -- why are people doing this? >> this started over the weekend after the first coronavirus death was confirmed in australia. toilet paper will not stop the spread of the virus. there is no shortage of public paper and it is not necessary for survival come the apocalypse but panic buying is not a rational thing. you might be worried about the spread of the virus but you see other people buying up the product. you want to make sure you are not left without toilet paper so it becomes a self filling prophecy. -- self fulfilling prophecy. there is no shortage of public paper yet although authorities are saying that. but #toiletpapergate have been

trending and people are posting pictures like this. authorities in australia have been baffled by this but the prime minister is saying after talking to supermarket chains they can meet any spike in demand. brent: there is a serious side to all of this stockpiling. kate: of course many people in many places have been stockpiling protective equipment. this is a problem like facemasks and hand sanitizer. the world health organization said many countries might be compromised because health care workers won't have the equipment they need. hand sanitizer is sold out in our -- in many cities. in germany there are reports people have been stealing and

sanitizer from hospitals, waiting rooms and emmanuel macron said the government will requisition all -- health care experts say we should not be stocking the facemasks. they are not that effective in protecting us on the bus or on the train. the toilet paper, the advice is don't panic, it is enough for everyone. brent: it will be a clean world after this. some other stories making headlines and evacuation orders have been lifted for the japanese town near the fukushima nuclear plant. it was abandoned following the reactor's meltdown and explosion. cleanup has made a small section

safefe although most of it remas off-limits. rescuers were searching for dozens of people after landslides hit cities in são paulo. 16 people are confirmed dead. this southeast area has suffered an intense rainy season causing flooding and landslides. four catholic bishops in mexico have been referred to superiors following alleged connections to cases of sexual abuse. it is part of the church's drive to get information on sexual abuse coverups. vatican leaders will go there to examine the allegations. some sports now and a new charity in the u.k. hoping to encourage more black people to go swimming. recent figures from the government body sport england showed 95% of black adults and 80% of black children do not swim at all. the consequences can be deadly.

the world health organization says minorities are at greater risk of drowning. reporter: alice during is on the it -- she could become the first black female swimmer to represent britain at the olympics. >> i am proud of my achievements. it is a shame that it is newsworthy that i am the only one. i wish i wasn't in that sense. it would be nice if black people were more involved in swimming in that way and took it to a higher level. reporter: black people account of 2% of registered swimmers in england. she has joined forces with a filmmaker to set up a charityty. it aims to challenge stereotypes. >> one of them is the theory that black people have heavy bones and some people believe that. with ladies, black ladies, the

hair, the chlorine does so much damage. for that reason a lot of people don't swim. >> a man's natural habitat is not in the water. reporter: he producuced a film about overcoming h his own anxieties s with water. the lack of diversity in swimming has been blamed on affordability and accessibility. many perceive the sport as elitist. >> we need to start with the black community first. breaking down the barriers which have been put up by generations of people saying this is not a sport for them, not an activity for them. that is where we have to start. reporter: she has shown what is possible. she is hoping others follow her lead. brent: here is a reminder of the top stories are following. germany's leaders have expressed solidarity with victims and survrvivors of the racist attack in one city.

speaking at the memorial some of the german president said -- memorial, the german president said it is proof racism and hatred is spreading. 10 people were left at m sent shockwaves through minority -- and send shockwaves through minority communities. confrontations at the greek, turkish border for micros try to enter the european union. greek security forces have been trying to prevent refugees from crossing the land border. migrants have made repeated attempts to breach the frontier in recent days. the billionaire and former new york city mayor mike bloomberg has dropped out of the u.s. presidential race and endorsed joe biden. this is after a super tuesday that saw biden winning victories in nine states and go ahead of vermont senator bernie sanders. you are watching dw news from

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