pleasant strolls through romantic bruges, though, are a burden for the town's homeless. >> i have tokeep moving all day long. sometimes i will quietly sit down on a bench, keeping an eye out to make sure the police don't catch me. >> an estimated 150 people live on the streets of bruges , sidelined by society but in full view of everyone. the lockdown means the town is empty and quiet. in the hotel t'putje, this evening's menu features veal cutlets with peas, carrots and potato mash. tina wijns' project is getting plenty of support from other restaurants and bakers through food donations. she's as thrilled by the wave of local cooperation and solidarity as she is by her guests. >> when the first group of homeless came downstairs after their first night, they had been transformed, their eyes, their faces, the gratitude, the joy. it was amazing. you never get that response from tourists. >> that is why tina is keeping her hotel open for those who really appreciate the hospitality. >> strong women, changing the world as we know it. on our facebook channel dw women you'll find stories ab

. >> t the t'putje is the only hotel still open in the old town of bruges in belgiuium.tina wijijns normally cacatero business travelers and weekend holiday makers in her quiet 3 star hotel. those markets collapsed fafasts the coronavirus spread. now the t'putje serves as a hostel for the homeless funded by the local authorities. after breakfast, romi has to take charge of the dishwasher himself. the hotel's regular staff have all been put on leave. >> we've got a tv here. in the homeless shelter, there is just a bed and a table. here you can even take a hot bath, that's brilliant! there aren't many people who'd do something like this for us. >> 25 of the hotel's 37 rooms now house guests who normally huddle under bridges. they're happy to pitch in with the various chores. >> i told my colleagues: we have to adapt. we may be in the hotel business, now we have to be social workers. it's heaven on e earth for the guests: luxury they're not used to. they're incredibly grateful. they help me clean the tables and wash up. >> patrick's been on the streets for 10 months. the co

well it's also bruges example of the united states and how they've treated treaties the entire existence of this country let's go back to the native americans for a moment how many treaties did we sign with the native americans who lived here before us white people got here let's get that straight before the white people got here the native americans were here how many treaties have we broken with them i would say just about all of them in the international phase of our country our word is good for nothing today and you know donald trump when he ran for office he said he was going to clean out the swamp i didn't realize the swamp meant all of our allies i didn't mean that meant our european allies were going to get cleaned out in any agreement we had over climate change over weapons over everything like that would now go nola void and we're going to start from square one with no friends throughout the world i guess he wants to build things up from his perspective see that's the problem with donald trump everything is done to benefit him not the country president donald trump has also saw

do you really think they're going to investigate those relationships now no not now tell you why bruges this goes all the way back i can take this back to the warren commission believe it or not when the warren commission was formed to investigate the murder of john kennedy news came out that lee harvey oswald was an f.b.i. informant out of houston they held a special warren commission meeting now you'd think that would be to investigate is this true it took 10 years for harold weisberg to get those minutes to know at the meeting was really about how do we cover this up and not let the public know that walled was an f.b.i. informant that's 6 what the official meeting was now i'm getting to the point the government's going to you're going to expect the government. to investigate 2 of our presidents that's like putting the warren commission here in charge again you're not going to get an investigation you're going to get a call for up let me repeat that cover up no surprises there look we're still in a pandemic so we've got to talk about some health news now a growing body of evidence rev

i'll tell you bruges this whole thing is bizarre 1st and foremost i guess i need to look at it this way i've never understood sure side to begin with and that's fault i guess but i look at it is if you're to the point of committing suicide. things can only get better if you're at that low level things can only improve but that being said i think we need to look at the situation here how normal is that for people to individually go out and hang themselves from trees is that the normal suicide today i pod don't think so you don't hear of a very often now you do hear of old days of lynchings definitely but that is a form of suicide time the strange to me really really strange it seems there would be other ways to kill yourself if you were going to do it rather than to go out to a remote place and hang yourself from a tree so definitely it needs to be looked into and you know there's that possibility of a serial killer here or plural killers because let's not forget ted bundy crossed the country serial killing women all the way from seattle and cali seattle washington to florida this to me