germany. only germany's declaration of war against the united states after pearl harbor convinced americans to declare war on germany. so that's one thing. the debate is about on the surface how much aid should the united states give to the allies to help them defeat nazi germany. but below the surface i think there's a much more important and fundamental debate going on. what role should the united states play in the world going forward? should it as the anti-interventionests argued remain a hemispheric power dominating north and south america as arguably it had done for the last century. should it try to do that in a world dominated by hostile dictatorships or as the interventionests argued, should it recognize that the united states was a global power and be willing to join the fight against those dictators to prevent those dictators from dominating the world? that's a big question. and behind all the details and we'll talk about a fair amount of detailed arguments that i think is the fundmental question americans are considering. what role should the united states play in the world going forward. the great debat

germany germany. why not permit him. to do stuff in simple online on your mobile and for e. d w z e learning course. german made easy. it let it. be corona virus outbreak is now a national emergency in the united states president trump said he would open up access to the billions of dollars in funding he also wants private companies to get heavily involved in fighting the virus look at the market's reaction also coming up with germany he signs off of the biggest aid package since world war 2 to keep business going a shutdown's effect for more and more e.u. nations. and the spreading coronavirus puts the tokyo olympics in the question. of course coburn berlin welcome to the program the u.s. government labeled the corona virus outbreak a national emergency on friday as a result president trump announced a raft of measures to tackle the worsening pandemic which has led to more than $600.00 factions in the united states and more than 40 deaths from promised $50000000000.00 to fight the outbreak and septic giants and big pharmaceutical companies would be included in the effort markets reacted positively after some of the worst losses in its history in recent days the dow jones industrial average closed 9.4 percent up nearly 2000 points for. for more let's bring in quarter in new york our financial correspondent there yes that was quite a few areas rally we saw there towards the end of the trading session it looks like p

germany. germany is home to 46 unesco world heritage sites few countries have more. to earn that distinction unesco stipulates that the sites have to be authentic unique and of outstanding universal value. the german world heritage sites are available lot about the country's history european history i do in fact the history of all humankind. we've chosen some of them to show what makes germany's world heritage so unique and significant. awesome cathedral in north rhine-westphalia became germany's 1st world heritage site in 1978 in medieval times charlemagne king of the franks and emperor of western europe made in the capital of his empire. he wanted to create a new rome and built his magnificent palace. chapel the oldest part of the cathedral in the late 8 century a.d. . for his chapel charlemagne shows an octagonal central domed basilica the coop of those vaulting long remained an equal in its height and breath. for 600 years after 936 a d. the palatine chapel remains the church where the kings of germany and the holy roman empire bore crowned more than 30 of them ascended the throne here the same marble throne he despised charlemagne. over the centuries the cathedrals collection of artworks and artifacts has grown to be one of the largest sacred treasures in europe this late gothic bust of charlemagne was probably donated around $1349.00 this relic contains bones from charl

also coming up germany reports a huge spike in corona infections as germany.

germany. so what about. the main concern is that many pharmaceutical products and active ingredients are produced in asia what that means is becoming clear right now during the current pandemic. in germany only produces a few products of its own it's the same throughout europe you know right now production standstill in china means that a number of active ingredients are not being produced. he reckons this could be felt in germany within a few months. this is a disadvantage of globalization globalization has many benefits but this is a classic drawback when you have different kinds of governments with different interests and it's possible that a country could find itself in a position of power and not use the power sensibly it's one of the political risks of globalisation of. germany gets most of its medications from india and china. antibiotics 90 percent of the critical ingredients for all antibiotics worldwide now come from the 2 countries. indian pharmaceutical companies like here in. the north of the country have become important players in the production of generic medications the low labor costs mean they can produce inexpensive drugs but most firms including side tech medicare rely heavily on supplies from china for their production. of china stops exporting key ingredients to india 80 to 90 percent of india's pharma companies are closed and patients will die. most of the active ingredients for its prod

yes indeed i mean there's been a long don't debate in germany well within germany and outside of germany that germany should do something on the fiscal side and i think this is the occasion where they will end up doing something there are some challenges there's certain rules they have within the constitution and within parliament that was straight how much fiscal stimulus they can do however there are caveats to that in socal come emergency situations they can engage in fiscal stimulus and there is indeed significant commentary amongst the ministers within germany in recent days for them to enact some kind of fiscal stimulus and my sense is that they will instigate some kind of fiscal stimulus especially when the number of cases in germany starts to increase and it has indeed been increasing of of late germany in particular not only does it suffer from the slowdown in china it also suffers if the rest of europe is slowing down including italy so in many ways germany is at the forefront or is at a crossroads of all the all the negative forces that are coming out from this from this healt

germany is a country that is respected by both parties in that conflict. and therefore you're probably and why why is germany respected by the parties. there is little of a colonial past of germany germany's not very much engaged with. some things that people think negatively about the west and in that region. many people in the region connect germany to football mercedes benz and things like that so generally speaking i would say that in the in the middle east people have a positive attitude to his germany and they think they think germans are also very punctual yes. on the german watch became a sometimes a something then when i said it was 10 o'clock it meant 10 o'clock you know exactly right yes yeah that's a good case of a stereotype being it and advantage and before you talk to me a little bit about the ship that you were on i mean was it a would you call it a ship or would you call it more like a large boat that's called a ship is 90 meters long it was built in 153 and. the united nations chose the ship to have infrastructure the place in a short time so due to the fact that many much of the infrastructure is destroyed it's a war that was probably a sensible decision but t

here borders are already shutting down around germany germany has 9 direct neighbors what impact or those border shut. well amongst the impact is that germany has just announced as you said briefly at the top of the show that it will not be taking in any more refugees or application applicants for refugee status in syria and resettlement program now the chancellor did speak yesterday to the leaders of britain france and turkey about this very matter turkey certainly would then face a much bigger burden in terms of the large numbers of people leaving syria for turkey the chancellor has said she would be willing to see turkey given more financial support to handle that burden but that's just one of many many consequences that we are seeing a fast moving story melinda thanks rangers update that is our chief political correspondent linda craig. doctors and nurses are at the forefront of efforts to save lives in europe's worst affected country italy more than 2 and a half 1000 health workers have already tested positive for the corona virus the northern region of lombardy which has been at the center of the outbreak is appealing to recently reti

this very very different if you look at germany germany has a huge budgets plus lying around with money that's actually lying around of course they can use that. germany is a country that is incredibly powerful still economically speaking different situation in italy as we've heard from. from was not fond of they are telling government has already been asking about more leniency and would actually break the rules which they apparently have allowed so countries poor countries in the e.u. i said to suffer more calls and there was a press conference by germany's economics minister and the finance minister left they said what the german measures were going to be in this crisis and they gave us the details of that comprehensive economic aid package and they said interesting lead that we learned a lot in that banking crisis we learnt a lot in that financial crisis and we at the time we put a lot of measures in place that we can use again now and explicitly he mentioned mentioned the instrument of short time for example that this is something that is becoming law at the moment as we speak because if they scribe says that german companies can send people home

germany unification. since the 2nd world war to has been no challenge to a nation that has demanded such a degree of common and united action the chancellor is calling on every person in germany germany to protect the most vulnerable in their country also coming up as the global number of coronavirus cases talks 200000 new e.u. travel restrictions mean long delays at border crossings some people having to wait in their vehicles for more than 24 hours others are not getting through it all else where airports stand empty as airlines around the world cancel flights plus. at 9 i collapse on the sofa i sleep but not well because i'm waking up every hour with 9 and will visit an intensive care unit debts battling to save lives in italy's hard hit global r.t. reach and the preparations for the olympic games continue with a plane leaving japan to pick up the olympic flame from greece but as the coronavirus pandemic spreads are growing number of athletes want the games cancer. i've got off to our viewers on p.b.s. in the united states and all around the world while the german chancellor angela merkel has addressed the nation in a rare televised speech saying that the country faces its biggest

get into the pit you get a little bit of education you need to study hard but bring it back to germany germany has apprenticeship same programs we don't have that part of it is this neoliberal economy got to be like a celebrity kind of a doing nothing mckinsey ask sort of think tank or so is that it was how do we even bring back vocational schools though if we don't even have in an industrial capitalism here anymore michael hudson well you may have mentioned china also where you have the confucian system where you have to take tests in order to get into the university and the people who get in are the people who do the best in tests so again we're having a whole international divide we're having that part of the world where people 'd get an education on the basis of merit and intelligence and here where people get education in proportion to that well how much wealth they've inherited from their family and which of their ancestors have gone to the most prestigious schools so that they get a legacy they were having a bifurcated economy here that is the exact opposite of what the more successful

more drastic measures you think you're in germany as well well germany is a federal state that means a lot of the competencies lie in the regions they lend germany has 16 regions and of course a measure of what it comes to health policy when it comes to education policy when it comes to decisions like cancelling mass gatherings for example they're taken at regional level some of the most affected regions have already implemented those bans on mass gatherings for example. more than a 1000 people but whenever we speak to politicians here in berlin even when the microphones are switched off is that border closed as i'm not an option yet and everybody is saying the situation is extremely volatile and dynamic a lot of attention was paid to the fact that the chancellor angela merkel said yesterday based on information from senior health officials that she expects 60 to 70 percent of the population here could be infected with this virus and how are people reacting to that well of course it took a long time but i think it is beginning to dawn on germans that the virus is coming closer and people really do need to change their behavior and so people are

our party if you look at the electorate you see a clear difference between west germany and east germany and west germany we have city one s.p.d. and in east germany you have the left the radical left and the and we see it in berlin i am here in berlin if we have one leadership. of our party and we put in about 25 percent. and in the western part we just have between 7 and 15 percent this is a shift it's it's got to do with socialisation political socialization and this is the real thing it's not a hooka it's a 50 and this is important to to tell people. from christiane joining us tonight we appreciate your insights tonight mr hudson thank you thank you very much. well with concerts around the world scrapped for months to come and many artists are taking to the internet to host free concerts for their fans a special series has been initiated by the global citizen and the world health organization to raise awareness about the spread of the corona by. casual and much more intimate than a concert hold around the world artists are looking to connect with their fans hello there in performances broadcast from

suspects example on the border of germany and luxembourg of germany germany and france these commuters crossing the borders unable to make get to work it's becoming a little bit more difficult if you're talking about workers who come to germany just work for a short period of time and are coming say from or have to travel through hungary. remaining at such a so we're still working on not and thirdly the agreement of the euro group where something that we very much welcome to yesterday and made it clear and i think everyone involved agreed with this that we. have to assume they'll be very serious consequences for our economy which is why the free flow of goods is all the more important because our european single market is based on the division of labor is fractured across a european union if i look at the supply chains of our automotive industry and it's not just about the production capacity here in germany but also suppliers delivering parts from other member states and if we want to send out a clear signal that we want you to come back to the a and mitigate the impact on the economy

germany. germany has invested a lot of money in out research and will continue to do so i think is very important as we continue to study the effects of global warming. we need to find out more about how the entire climate system functions and. the. cost is a geologist who works for germany's institute for geosciences and natural resources which is part of the federal ministry of economics and technology. there are scientists here from several other countries as you can see from these flags. stephen grass be as a geochemist who works for canada's department of energy and environment his work here will focus on the composition of rocks. american biologist john spear will study microbes that could be used in research on antibiotic resistant bacteria . so right these are. tough tubes is $15.00 each. and they. are for extracting d.n.a. out of samples all collect like a little bit of a pencil eraser size amount of material and i'll insert it into these tubes and it will shake it around i'll take it home will extract d.n.a. out of your home. the weather is good today so the scientists head out to do some work. when these mountains were formed millions of years ago the local environment looked much different there was no ice cover and the land was covered with plants and trees. g

continent well you know when you look at all of there is to lose monetary i can look at germany specifically germany employees well over 50000 people for the german german football and then you look at the t.v. deal the t.v. money the sponsorship ticket sales as well you know there was one estimate they estimate between 680 and 750000000 euros if everything were to stop today so it's important to give these teams an opportunity and then you know the lower division teams that are dependent on ticket sales could actually fold or collapse you know so it's a pressing matter for all the football even the europa league and champions league and the u.a.e. for their look at it different formats possibly a final 4 format and you know to close out this but just to give an opportunity and rest for these future football tournaments to take place what about some of the other competitions that are due to take place i mean is everything being pushed back you know they were thinking of pushing back the european under 21 championship was scheduled next summer as well as the women's european championships well the pr

germany no limits from the german government in terms of aid just walk us through how germany is responding here this is huge and analysts are calling it an aggressive response i mean the germans are so on about balancing their budgets and he never wants to go into debt here in germany right that's that's always the big thing you know it's a completely different situation to italy italy really needs this help from the e.u. germany's in a cushy position and this shows how dire the situation really is for companies and businesses and consumers because if people are being forced to stay home and not work at the local have the money to spend businesses are closing down clubs are being forced into bankruptcy and we're already seeing the big companies take on. this help lufthansa saying that it's going to apply for aid from germany not just germany switzerland austria belgium as well baritones airlines we're talking about companies in a really tricky position right now we're looking at and of course economists are all arguing about this but what we're looking at what could be the next big recession we had one it's still in the rearview mirror right how would you compare the financial situation now to what we saw in the latest crisis of the global financial crisis was all

here in germany reporting germany is reporting an increase of nearly 2000 cases of the coronavirus in 24 hours government leaders are set to discuss tougher measures to restrict residents on sunday and nationwide blocked and could be announced but here in the german capital berlin there are mixed views on what the country should do next. in berlin's park's spring maybe in the year but most likely also particles of the coronavirus still some left their homes to catch a bit of fresh air exercise and enjoy some family time all the while generally keeping the recommended distance. these could have been some of the last weekend outings for berliners as a possible nationwide lockdown was on everyone's minds so we have a lot of what i heard from friends in spain how depressing a lockdown is on it wolf but let's i'm afraid it's going to happen for the better and maybe the weather will also play a role that people stick to the recommendation and he hopes oh yeah. and lots of people it is of course people shouldn't gather in large groups it's unnecessary so that's a sensible rule but it couple

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, germanyissed 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

germany alslso be on ckdown? >> i think i if you obobserve hw citizezens are b behaving rightn in germany, everyone has to be well aware that ththis is a development we can face in germany also within the next dadays. this is a question of days. we may well see it in the next days. brent: all right, konstantin kuhle, thank you. >> my pleasure. brent: germany's disease control agency has raised the coronavirus risk assessment too high. robert koch institute says that measures are necessary to contain the spread of the virus was a germany is not yet under general lockdown, but appeals for people to stay home and avoid unnecessary contact are having an effect. simon young reports. simon: there is a curious calm in the normally pulsating heart of berlin. on tuesday morning, far fewer people than usual were out and about in the german capital. the foreign minister announced another unprecedented measure, a travel warning for the entire planet. he said no unnecessary trips should be made. in addition, the government will provide 50 million euros so german citizens currently brought can,-- abroad can come home. >> the ministry of foreign affairs has agreed on a unique program