benjamin of ours gruber reporting for us from stuttgart thank you so much. let's get a check now of some of the other stories making news this hour police in washington d.c. are paying tribute to an officer who was killed at the u.s. capitol a man rammed his car into 2 police officers and lunged at them with a knife before he was shot authorities say there is no link to terrorism women's rights protesters have conversion of parliament square in london to call for improved safety and to condemn sexual aggression against women a month ago 33 year old sarah ever it was kidnapped and murdered a police officer has been charged. the last of more than 400 ships stranded by the grounding of a giant container vessel in the su is can now have passed through the waterway investigators will shortly release their report on how the ship got stuck. to taiwan now where a court has allowed the release on bail of the construction manager allegedly responsible for friday's deadly train crash at least 51 people were killed and more than 140 were injured when a train smashed int

and earlier i spoke with benjamin alvarez gruber political correspondent who was at those protests i asked him what the situation was like there. all innocence have just said that this really is finished we're still listening to music there are some speakers a lot of people have left the area already more than 10000 people are believed to have taken part in several protests in the city of should go today and you mentioned already even police admit that the vast majority of protested did not wear masks and they had not hold on to the to the social distancing it was a protest at 11 am in the morning and police said in a statement that the already opened investigation against the organizers because people did not follow this rules despite that the police did not intervene even after we had some difficulty to ations this is an attack there was an attack on a journalist as well the police said they are investigating this event and another one is the one of a crew of german public media of idea who had to cancel a large show because stones were stones were thrown at them at the moment then

benjamin of ours gruber reporting from stuttgart thank you so much . let's get a check now of some of the other stories making the headlines this hour italy has launched a 3 day nationwide lockdown all regions are now classified as a red zones with nearly all shops closed and restaurants open only for take away around 70000 police are being deployed to enforce the stricter measures women's rights protesters have converged on parliament square in london to call for improve safety and to condemn sexual aggression against women a month ago 33 year old sarah ever art was kidnapped and murdered a police officer has been charged a residential building on the outskirts of the thai capital bangkok has collapsed killing at least 5 people the victims included a resident and 4 rescue workers the house in a luxury gated community had earlier caught fire. a court in taiwan has released on bail a construction manager allegedly responsible for a deadly train crash at least 51 people were killed and many more were injured when the packs train smashed into a constructi

. >> reporter: last week lester spoke exclusively to pfizer's bill gruber, a pediatrician overseeing the company's clinical trials for children. >> if all goes as planned, the vaccine for 12 to 15-year-olds could be ready as soon as the start of the next school year >> reporter: as the global pandemic cripples countries overseas, today france announcing a month-long lockdown as cases surge. here in the u.s., covid was the third leading cause of death in 2020. nationwide, new infections rising 17%. >> the cases are coming into the e.r., into the clinic, people are younger, but we feel it >> reporter: many of the newly infected, say doctors, are those who recently traveled. a new study also showing high-risk americans don't regularly wear masks >> as a doctor, i'm horrified. we know what works we know what doesn't work >> reporter: tonight as the virus threatens to make another surge, vaccines are offering hope and soon the youngest of americans may also be protected tonight, we are learning after a mix-up at a manufacturing plant in baltimore, an unclear number of doses of johnson & j

benjamin elvira's gruber reporting for us from his car thanks so much we appreciate it. all right let's turn our attention now to some of the other stories making the news this hour italy has launched a 3 day. nation wide lockdown all regions are now classified as red zones with nearly all shops closed and restaurants open only for takeaway orders around $70000.00 police are being deployed to enforce the stricter measures police in washington d.c. are paying tribute to an officer who was killed at the u.s. capitol a man rammed his car into 2 police officers and lunged at them with a knife before he was shot dead but authorities say there is no apparently to terrorism. women's rights protesters have converged on parliament square in london to call for improved safety and to condemn sexual aggression against women a month ago 33 year old sarah ever ard was kidnapped and murdered a police officer has been charged. to taiwan now where a court has allowed the release on bail of the construction manager allegedly responsible for friday's deadly train crash at least 51 people w

. >> reporter: last week, lester spoke exclusively to pfizer's bill gruber, a pediatrician overseeinghe company's clinical trials for children f. all goes as planned, the vaccine for 12 to 15-year-olds could be ready as soon as the start of the next school year. >> reporter: as the global pandemic cripples countries overseas, france announcing a month-long lockdown as cases surge. here in the u.s., covid was the third leading cause of death in 2020 nationwide, new infections rising 17% >> the cases are coming into the e.r., into the clinic. people are younger but we feel it >> reporter: many of the newly infected say doctors are those who recently traveled. a new study also showing high risk americans don't regularly wear masks >> as a doctor i'm horrified we know what works we know what doesn't work. >> reporter: as the virus threatens to make another surge, vaccines are offering hope and soon the youngest of americans may also be protected. this morning we're learning after a mix-up at a manufacturing plant in baltimore, an unclear number of doses of johnson & johnson's one-shot vac

and let's bring in a benjamin alvarez gruber d.w. political correspondent who is standing by at those protests benjamin what's the situation like now. organizers have just said that this really is finished we're still listening to music there some speakers a lot of people have left the area already more than 10000 people are believed to have taken part in several protests in the city of should get today and you mention it already even police admit that the vast majority of protested did not wear masks and they had not hold on to the to the social distancing it was a protest at 11 am in the morning and police said in a statement that the already opened an investigation against the organizers because people did not follow this rules this fight that the police did not intervene even after we had some difficulty to asians there's an attack there was an attack on a journalist as well police said they're investigating this event and another one is the one of a crew of german public media of idea who had to cancel a live shot because stones

political correspondent benjamin alvarez gruber is joining us it seems as if the mood benjamin within the past 4 weeks has toppled completely absolutely the mood has changed and not just over the past 4 weeks back in december still a majority of germans approved of the government's handling of the situation in generally though we saw over trend and also a negative trend that has been increasing to the point that now 4 out of 5 germans just said 79 percent of germans are not happy with the way the government is dealing with the pandemic and it's especially interesting if we compare this figures of this new poll that was just published with the ones of april of 2020 of last year back then the government in all florida is reacted quickly enact it and restrictions also to prevent the spread of the virus and back then 2 thirds of german still approved of the measures of the government something that has clearly changed one year later so the big question why are germans so dissatisfied with the government's pandemic management let's take a little bit deeper and then we got reaction from ben

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former georgia state representative and democrat strategist done jones and talk show radio host steve gruber thank you so much for joining me good to have you know. that i'm going to put steve i'm putting you on the hot seat 1st should it represent matt gates be it is an investigation by congress justified. absolutely 100 percent but in fact allegations of this nature in this day and age are in any danger that matter should be investigated now i think investigation should run its course or should be due process and not jump to conclusions unfortunately we live in a day and age when jumping to conclusions is what people do but i think certainly these are very serious allegations i think the people that voted for madd gates in his district in florida have a right to know it is their congressman involved in these tawdry affairs i think the american people have a right to know that if if a member of congress is accused of sere the disks investigated thoroughly there's no question in my mind that they should be looked into extensively and if it turns out to be true that gate should be held to the

and political correspondent benjamin alvarez gruber was at the protest in stuttgart and he said this. more than 10000 people gathered in the german city of to go to protest against the coronavirus restrictions this protest was called by the committee. think of the so-called lateral thinking movement that was founded in this city exactly one year ago of vast majority of protesters did not were mass did not hold on to the social distancing the police did not intervene they said though that they opened a preliminary investigation into the organizers of this 1st event because people were not wearing masks police officers in journalism almost the only one attaining to this mandatory mask mandate. the pandemic has of course made working from home a new normal this exodus from offices and big cities is now making room for more living space in paris a city infamous for sky high rental rates prime real estate is now being made excessive for those without deep pockets. a visit to the site of his latest project real estate developer jackie mazhar is transforming this office space into something